President’s Plate Winners 2023
Well done to our 2023 winners Corrin and Georgiana who beat Linda and Nick in the final. It was a great day with amazing tennis and an even better BBQ! Thanks everyone for attending.
Ally’s Lifetime Achievement Award
Ally Weir has been presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award for Services to Avon Tennis. Congratulations Ally! For the last 12 years she has been the Results Secretary for Avon Tennis. There always seems to be a league of some description going on, and apparently that 12 years has covered 41 different league competitions. Thornbury [...]
Courts 1 to 4 video
Following the successful regeneration of courts 1 to 4, Brian (with a bit of help from his son) has created this stunning masterpiece. It is rather a large file, so could take some time to load. Viewing is not recommended unless you are on an unlimited data contract!
Changes to Seating Arrangements
There have been complaints that there is a shortage of places where players can rest their feet in order to tie up troublesome laces. Brian has the answer to this problem, and (with help from Carl doing the concrete bases) has installed four superb benches which are exactly the right height for tying your shoelaces [...]
Floodlight Upgrade Complete – Thanks to Enovert
The first phase of the upgrade program for courts 1 to 4 was completed on schedule in April 2022. The Treasurer is delighted with this for two reasons: We can now illuminate all four courts for as much as it cost us previously to illuminate just one. (approx £1.70 per hour). The cost of the [...]
Stream Clearing
Saturday November 6th saw a good turnout for what is pretty much the Annual Stream Clearing exercise. The way this works is that the chaps stand around drinking coffee while the ladies do all the work. Don't believe it? The photos don't lie. Many thanks to all who helped, and particularly to Di [...]
Cancer Research Tournament raises £855
October 5th saw the club host Pam Forrest's excellent annual Cancer Research Tournament. All good fun, an excellent time had by all, and £855 raised for a very good cause. Well done Pam, and thanks to everyone who took part.
June & July Lottery draws
Sorry folks, we are a bit late with the June lottery draw (because we didn't have a Committee Meeting in July). So we have both June and July to report ... Your June Winner is none other than your Chair, Claire Hawkins. An your July Winner is Andy Ferris. Congratulations to both, who are £24 [...]
Good News
The road works on Kington Lane appear to be ahead of schedule. Contractors expect to complete the job and leave by Friday 13th August. Even though work is ongoing, the road is now open on evenings, and will be open all day from Saturday 7th August.
President’s Plate 2021
And the winner was ... the weather. Tennis was played between the showers, but not of the deadly serious competition variety. After a couple of sets the heavens opened - at one point courts 1-4 looked to be totally underwater. Still, every cloud and all that. The silver lining was provided by Linda's excellent chicken [...]