Club Future Chronicle Nov 2015

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C L U B FU TUR E S S Q UA D
C HR O N I C LE
NOVEMBER 2015
Sizzling Summer and Frenzied Fall at MLTC!!!!!
Every Chronicle it just gets better!!!
Summer 2015 and Autumn 2015 has produced the best set of performances recorded by the Club Futures Squad players across the age groups. We have
dominated at tournaments, representing Berkshire in inter county events and then our Juniors dominated at the MLTC Club Tournament and National AEGON
League.
I will attempt to list the achievements seen by our players and Squads: during the past 6 months:·
Boys 12&U won National Aegon Div 2 South West (Gregor Webster, James Okonkwo, Elkan Dillon, Alex Okonkwo, Josh Hills)
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Lewis Brown, George Hedley, Oliver Okonkwo and Holly Russell all represented MLTC in the Mens / Ladies AEGON National Division 1
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George Hedley and Chloe Lant left to studya nd paly tennis in USA on Tennis Scholarships
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Oliver Okonkwo and Holly Russell dominate Senior MLTC Club Finals. Both Mens and Ladies Singles Champions
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Gregor Webster and Alex Okonkwo have been invited to a National 12&U Camp at the National Training Centre.
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Shreya Walia has attended the Girls 10&U National Talent ID Day
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Shreya Walia, Eva Lancaster, Amber Knight,(Gilrs 10&U); Steffi Swanson, Lily Doherty, Dina Kamel & Lizzy Burrows (Girls 9&U) are attending LTA
Winter Regional Camps and are being accepted and competing at the Winter National Grade 2 events
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Gregor Webster was invited to guest for Croatia in an International Match during Summer 2015
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Oliver Okonkwo reached the Winter National Tour 16&U for the first time.
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Jemma Lancaster and Gregor Webster were awarded the Manning Davenport Awards by Berkshire LTA during 2015
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24 Reception and Year 1 school children were invited to join Project Red Squads in Summer 2015.
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The following players represented Berkshire in LTA County Cup:- Jemma Lancaster;Gregor Webster;James Okonkwo; Elkan Dillon;Phoebe Fox;
Xanthe Ashe; Eva Lancaster; Alex Okonkwo; Jack Graham; Arda Dramali; Booby Pocock; Dina Lipovski; Sarah Vickers; Lizzy Burrows; Steffi Swanson;
Holly Russell.
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The following palyers represented Berkshire at the Lionel Cox Trophy:- Bobby Pocock; Alex Okonkwo; Gregor Webster; James Okonkwo; Elkan Dillon;
Eva Lancaster; Daisy Doherty; Shreya Walia; Steffi Swanson.
I am sure that I have unwittingly omitted a fantastic achievement (if I have, I am so sorry!), the above list illustrates how successful we are being as a LTA
Performance Centre. Congratulations to everybody (Players and Coaches) in the Maidenhead CFS Squads that make them such a successful Performance
Squad structure.
COX GREEN INDOOR DOME FUTURE ASSURED
In 2011, MLTC financially supported the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead in the erection of the
Dome at Cox Green School. The money has been repaid by the council through the usage of the Dome by
MLTC members and CFS Squads. In 2015 the leisure services (including Cox Green Dome) were
contracted out to Legacy Leisure (Parkwood Leisure) for a period of 10 years. Maidenhead LTC opened
negotiations with Legacy Leisure (profit making company) at the beginning of 2015 but they were
reluctant to commit to a deal and subsequently decided that it would invite parties to tender (sealed bid)
for the exclusive usage of the Dome. This was prompted by a local commercial Tennis provider expressing
a serious interest to acquire the Dome.
Over the past 3 months Maidenhead LTC has been compiling a competitive tender for submission in
late November. It’s with great pleasure, we can confirm that Legacy Leisure awarded the contract to
MLTC as the exclusive “Tennis Supplier” for 2016 and 2017.
Upon receiving the great news, Nigel Mann said “I am delighted that we were successful in the
tender and I would like to thank Sue Topchik (Chairman) and John Coleman (Treasurer) and the
committee for their support and expertise in the application process. The competitive nature of the
tender and the historical low court hire charge will result in increased court hire charges but we will
still able to offer fantastic value for indoor tennis to both our performance players and MLTC members”.
Important Dates
20th December 2015 Ratings Cut Off Mid Season
4th January 2016 Ratings Go Live
31st March 2016 Ratings Cut Off End Season
FINAL LTA SUMMER 2015 LEADERBOARD RANKINGS 31/8/2015
ORANGE 9&U WRT
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Eva Lancaster 2nd National 2nd Regional
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Shreya Walia 22nd National 4th Regional
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Amber Knight 66th National 14th Regional
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Jack Graham 38th Regional
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Amber Knight 3rd County
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Eva Lancaster 5th County
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Bobby Pocock 9th County
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Sean Trueman 10th County
GREEN 10&U WNT
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Gregor Webster 2nd National
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Alexander Okonkwo 32nd National
GREEN 10&U WRT
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Gregor Webster 3rd (11th)Regional
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Alexander Okonkwo 6th (17th) Regional
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Chanula Wickramaratna 17th (77th)
Regional
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Arda Dramali 44th Regional
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Phoebe Fox 16th Regional
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Eva Lancaster 26th Regional
GREEN 10&U COUNTY
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Jack Graham 4th County
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Arda Dramali 5th County
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George Atkins 6th County
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Lawrence Doe 7th County
FINAL SUMMER Season Rankings 12&U—18&U
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Gregor Webster 12&U Berkshire 1st
Elkan Dillon 12&U Berkshire 2nd
James Okonkwo 12&U Berkshire 3rd
Aryan Agrawal 12&U Berkshire 6th
Alex Okonkwo 12&U Berkshire 7th
Joshua Hills12&U Berkshire 8th
Phoebe Fox 12&U Berkshire 7th
Xanthe Ashe 12&U Berkshire 9th
Daisy Doherty 12&U Berkshire 10th
Gregor Webster 14&U Berkshire 6th
Elkan Dillon 14&U Berkshire 7th
James Okonkwo 14&U Berkshire 8th
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Jemma Lancaster 14&U Berkshire 1st
Seb Harris 16&U Berkshire 1st
Oliver Okonkwo 16&U Berkshire 2nd
Jemma Lancaster 16&U Berkshire 4th
Tom Swanson 16&U Berkshire 8th
Lewis Brown 18&U Berkshire 3rd
George Hedley 18&U Berkshire 2nd
Oliver Okonkwo 18&U Berkshire 5th
Chloe Lant 18&U Berkshire 4th
Holly Russell 18&U Berkshire 7th
LTA Mini Tennis Tournament Acceptance
The LTA have made minor changes to the regulations for 9U (Orange) and 10U (Green)
tournaments grade 1 to grade 5 acceptances which will be based on the following criteria using
the information available at the closing deadline of the competition:
1.Qualifiers from linked tournaments
2.Wild cards. These will be awarded up to a maximum of 1 wild card for every 4 places
in the draw size and decided by the Organising Committee including a County/National
Association Representative (usually the local Talent & Performance Coordinator).
3.Mini Tennis Rating
4.Recent Form – which is the player’s best individual tournament performance at that
ball colour within the last 3 months
5. By lot
LTA WINTER 2015/16 LEADERBOARD RANKINGS (12/11/2015)
ORANGE 9&U WRT
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Dina Lipovski 3rd National 2nd Regional
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Steffi Swanson 15th National 5th Regional
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Lizzy Burrows 57th National 14th Regional
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Sarah Vickers 64 National 15th Regional
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Lily Doherty 19th Regional
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Isabella Burke 34th Regional
ORANGE 9&U WCT
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Joseph Brittain 1st County
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Sarah Vickers 1st County
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Dina Lipovski 2nd County
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Lily Doherty 3rd County
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Steffi Swanson 4th County
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Isabella Burke 5th County
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Lizzy Burrows 6th County
GREEN 10&U WNT
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Amber Knight 16th National
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Shreya Walia 23rd National
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Eva Lancaster 28th National
GREEN 10&U WRT
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Eva Lancaster 14th National 3rd Regional
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Shreya Walia 58th Regional
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Amber Knight 62nd Regional
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GREEN 10&U WCT
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Amber Knight 1st County
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Shreya Walia 2nd County
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Bobby Pocok 6th County
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Toby Wheeler 13th County
October 2015 Half Term Winter Season Rankings 12&U—18&U
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Gregor Webster 12&U National 50th
Gregor Webster 12&U Berkshire 1st
Elkan Dillon 12&U Berkshire 2nd
James Okonkwo 12&U Berkshire 3rd
Aryan Agrawal 12&U Berkshire 5th
Alex Okonkwo 12&U Berkshire 6th
Joshua Hills 12&U Berkshire 7th
Phoebe Fox 12&U Berkshire 6th
Xanthe Ashe 12&U Berkshire 8th
Daisy Doherty 12&U Berkshire 10th
Gregor Webster 14&U Berkshire 3rd
Elkan Dillon 14&U Berkshire 6th
James Okonkwo 14&U Berkshire 7th
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Jemma Lancaster 14&U Berkshire 1st
Seb Harris 16&U National 44th
Oliver Okonkwo 16&U Berkshire 2nd
Jemma Lancaster 16&U Berkshire 3rd
Lewis Brown 18&U Berkshire 2nd
Oliver Okonkwo 18&U Berkshire 4th
Charlie Pridmore 18&U Berkshire 10th
Holly Russell 18&U Berkshire 5th
LTA Mini Tennis Tournament Acceptance
The LTA have made minor changes to the regulations for 9U (Orange) and 10U (Green)
tournaments grade 1 to grade 5 acceptances which will be based on the following criteria using
the information available at the closing deadline of the competition:
1.Qualifiers from linked tournaments
2.Wild cards. These will be awarded up to a maximum of 1 wild card for every 4 places
in the draw size and decided by the Organising Committee including a County/National
Association Representative (usually the local Talent & Performance Coordinator).
3.Mini Tennis Rating
4.Recent Form – which is the player’s best individual tournament performance at that
ball colour within the last 3 months
5. By lot
Carolyn Pocock MLTC New Junior Secretary
For those of you that don't know me, my name is Carolyn Pocock and I am the new junior representative on the MLTC committee. I have been a club member for nearly four years, my son Bobby is
a green ball player in CFS.
During my time as junior rep I would like to look at the following things:
Getting more juniors involved in club nights including our CFS players. This is an opportunity to allow
our children to socialise and have some fun as they work so hard at their squads. I'm thinking of starting a tuck shop, or offering a drink and biscuit after each club night, to encourage the juniors to stay
and socialise for a while after they have played. I also plan on running an event each half term, this
might be, movies, quizzes, table tennis etc. Ideas and volunteers are very welcome.
Getting parents involved, I'd love to see more parents at the clubs social events and meetings. The
juniors are the future of the club and we need to look after their interests. If you don't play tennis you
can be a social member for £26 a year which gives you full voting rights.
Unfortunately there will be no winter teams this season, there weren't enough volunteers to run them.
We hope to enter plenty of Aegon teams to start in May, each team will need a
parent captain in order to run, with help from myself and the coaches of course.
I am very open to your and your children's ideas on how the junior section should
run over the next couple of years! Please email me with any ideas [email protected]
The sign up sheets for the junior Christmas parties are now on the junior notice board.
Red and orange players on Thursday 10th December, I understand Father Christmas is
hoping to come along. The older players party is on Friday 11th December. The bar will
be open both evenings so please stay and have a drink if you can!
A Story of a 12 year old Junior Player
One day a junior tennis player, whilst riding in the car with his coach to a tournament, was discussing his match and the
tactics he needed to employ to beat his opponent.
The match was played on clay and it was a match he was favoured to win. His
coach told him "Today I want you to serve and volley every point" The player proceeded to look at his coach with bewilderment as he never serve and volleyed and
replied "What? But I can beat this guy if I play my game from the baseline" His
coach was adamant that he wanted him to serve and volley every opportunity.
The match was played and the junior lost and was very upset afterwards and even
held some resentment towards his coach. As they drove home the coach turned to
the player and said " Well done. today you showed me why you will be a champion.
You trusted me we're prepared to go out of your comfort zone and showed me we
can work together as a team"
Who is the well known player???? (See page 15 for answer)
A record 9 Maidenhead LTC players represented Berkshire at the Lionel
Cox County Tournament in May. Bobby Pocock, Shreya Walia and Steffi
Swanson represented Berkshire 9&U, Alex Okonkwo and Eva Lancaster
played in the 10&U county event, and Elkan Dillon, Gregor Webster,
James Okonkwo and Daisy Doherty played in the very strong 12&U
event.
This year it was based in the fantastic venue of Queenswood Girls
School in Hertfordshire, where over 180 children competed across 26
courts.
The results from the boy and girls age groups were combined and after a
long weekend Berkshire managed to come 7th out of 10 (very strong) counties from across the
east region.
A big congratulations to the U10 girls age group where Berkshire came 2nd overall narrowly losing to Middlesex in their final.
A fantastic achievement from the Maidenhead players showing the strength of the club.
Top performances (8 –10U) during Apr—Oct 2015!!!
Name
Matteo Mirone
Pos
W
Age
8&U
Tournament
Lammas Park
Grade
R
Name
Pos
Age
Tournament
Grade
Steffi Swanson
QF
9&U
Poole
3
Matteo Mirone
RU
8&U
Gerrards Cross
R
Steffi Swanson
QF
9&U
Maidenhead
3
Matteo Mirone
W
8&U
Chesham Bois
R
Maggie White
SF
8&U
Bradfield
R
Jake Hyslop
W
8&U
Bradfield
R
Dylan Doherty
RU
8&U
Gerrards Cross
R
Dylan Doherty
SF
8&U
Bradfield
R
Dylan Doherty
RU
8&U
Heston
R
Dylan Doherty
RU
8&U
Leatherhead
R
Hugh Ormond
RU
8&U
??
R
Hugh Ormond
RU
8&U
Heston
R
Hugh Ormond
SF
8&U
Chesham Bois
R
Hugh Ormond
RU
8&U
Heston
R
Hugh Ormond
W
8&U
Gerrards Cross
R
Eva Lancaster
W
SF
Toby Wheeler
QF
10&U
Berkshire Closed
3
Bobby Pocock
RU
10&U
Leamington
5
Bobby Pocock
QF
10&U
Berkshire Closed
3
Amber Knight
W
10&U
Gerrards Cross
5
Amber Knight
QF
10&U
Leverstock Green
3
Amber Knight
RU
10&U
Heston
3
Amber Knight
RU
10&U
Radlett
3
Amber Knight
QF
10&U
Gerrarsd Cross
3
Amber Knight
SF
10&U
Great Missenden
3
Amber Knight
SF
10&U
Heston
4
10&U
Abingdon
3
10&U
DL Southampton
3
3
Hugh Ormond
SF
8&U
Leatherhead
R
Eva Lancaster
Lily Doherty
W
9&U
Heston
5
Eva Lancaster
SF
10&U
Loughborough
3
Eva Lancaster
SF
10&U
Berkshire Closed
3
RU
10&U
Abingdon
3
Lily Doherty
SF
9&U
Berkshire Closed
Lily Doherty
W
9&U
Barnet
4
Eva Lancaster
Lily Doherty
QF
9&U
Maidenhead
3
Eva Lancaster
W
10&U
Windsor
3
Joseph Brittain
RU
9&U
Games Set x2
5
Eva Lancaster
W
10&U
Winchester
3
Joseph Brittain
W
9&U
Stony Stratford
4
Eva Lancaster
W
10&U
Heston
4
Joseph Brittain
W
9&U
Wheatley
4
Eva Lancaster
W
10&U
Virgin Oxford
4
Dina Lipovski
SF
9&U
Woodford Wells
3
Eva Lancaster
W
10&U
Heston
4
Dina Lipovski
RU
9&U
West Bridgford
3
Eva Lancaster
SF
10&U
Harpenden
3
Dina Lipovski
SF
9&U
Bucks Regional
3
Shreya Walia
SF
10&U
Northampton
3
Dina Lipovski
W
9&U
Langley
5
Shreya Walia
SF
10&U
Gosling
4
Dina Lipovski
QF
9&U
Maidenhead
3
Shreya Walia
W
10&U
Heston
5
Isabella Burke
SF
9&U
Heston
4
Isabella Burke
W
9&U
Epsom
5
Shreya Walia
SF
10&U
Berkshire Closed
3
Lizzy Burrows
W
9&U
Berkshire Closed
3
Shreya Walia
SF
10&U
Leverstock Green
3
Lizzy Burrows
W
9&U
Eastleigh
3
Alexander Okonkwo
SF
12&U
Maidenhead
3
Lizzy Burrows
SF
9&U
Llanelli
3
Lizzy Burrows
RU
9&U
Windsor
5
Lizzy Burrows
RU
9&U
Goring
4
Alexander Okonkwo
Sarah Vickers
RU
9&U
Heston
5
Alexander Okonkwo
Sarah Vickers
W
9&U
Gerrards Cross
5
Sarah Vickers
RU
9&U
Langley
5
Sarah Vickers
RU
9&U
Chesham1879
5
Alexander Okonkwo
W
Sarah Vickers
RU
9&U
Gerrards Cross
5
Arda Dramali
QF
Sarah Vickers
RU
9&U
DL Raynes Park
5
Arda Dramali
QF
Sarah Vickers
RU
9&U
Hampton
5
Jack Graham
Steffi Swanson
QF
9&U
Bromley
3
Steffi Swanson
SF
9&U
Bucks Regional
3
Jack Graham
Steffi Swanson
RU
9&U
Hampton
5
Steffi Swanson
W
9&U
Salisbury
4
Steffi Swanson
SF
9&U
Dorset Open
3
Alexander Okonkwo
W
10&U
Berkshire County
3
Alexander Okonkwo
SF
CD 58POCF
W
10&U
Bromley
3
10&U
National Tour Finals
1
CD F RU
10&U
National Tour Hatfield
2
Alexander Okonkwo
W
10&U
Bromley
3
Alexander Okonkwo
W
10&U
Maidenhead
3
10&U
Chesham Bois
3
10&U
Berkshire County
4
10&U
Great Missenden
3
QF
10&U
Newquay
3
QF
10&U
Abingdon
3
Jack Graham
SF
10&U
Eastleigh
3
Jack Graham
SF
10&U
Heston
3
Jack Graham
RU
10&U
Maidenhead
3
Jack Graham
RU
10&U
Windsor Junior Open
3
Jack Graham
W
10&U
Berkshire Closed
3
In order to be included in the above, you need to achieve success in a Grade 2,
Grade 3 Quarter Finals, Grade 4 Semi final, Grade 5 Runner Up or 2 wins against
players of the same rating at a matchplay event. If you are not included, my apologies.
Please keep me informed of your tournament progress -win or lose, we are
always interested!!!!!
Top performances (12 –18U) during Apr—Oct 2015!!!
Name
Pos
Jack Graham
Age
Tournament
Grade
12&U
Woking
5
Chanula Wickramaratna
SF
12&U
Portsmouth
4
Gregor Webster
SF
12&U
Bromley
3
Gregor Webster
W
12&U
Slough
4
Gregor Webster
W
12&U
Berkshire Closed
3
Gregor Webster
SF
12&U
Abingdon
3
Gregor Webster
SF
12&U
Great Missenden
3
Gregor Webster
W
12&U
Oxford
4
Gregor Webster
W
12&U
Worthing
4
Gregor Webster
QF
12&U
Chesham Bois
3
Gregor Webster
W
12&U
Maidenhead
3
Phoebe Fox
W
12&U
Heston x2
5
Phoebe Fox
W
12&U
Slough
5
Daisy Doherty
SF
12&U
Slough
4
Jemma Lancaser
SF
14&U
Bucks Regional
3
Jemma Lancaser
SF
14&U
Southampton
3
Jemma Lancaser
QF
14&U
Sutton
3
Jemma Lancaser
RU
14&U
Berkshire Closed
3
Jemma Lancaser
RU
16&U
Abingdon
3
Jemma Lancaser
QF
18&U
Abingdon
3
Jemma Lancaser
SF
14&U
Bournemouth
3
Jemma Lancaser
SF
16&U
Windsor
3
Jemma Lancaser
SF
14&U
Windsor
3
Jemma Lancaser
W
14&U
La Manga
3
Jemma Lancaser
RU
16&U
La Manga
3
Jemma Lancaser
SF
16&U
Wimbledon
3
Jemma Lancaser
SF
14&U
Wimbledon
3
Jemma Lancaser
SF
14&U
Maidenhead
3
Elkan Dillon
SF
14&U
Slough
4
Elkan Dillon
SF
12&U
Gosling Regional
3
Elkan Dillon
SF
12&U
Gerrards Cross
3
Elkan Dillon
QF
12&U
Abingdon
3
Elkan Dillon
QF
12&U
Letchworth
3
Elkan Dillon
SF
12&U
Chesham Bois
3
Joshua Hills
SF
12&U
BA imperial
4
Joshua Hills
RU
12&U
Georgians
4
Joshua Hills
SF
12&U
Berkhampsted
4
James Okonkwo
SF
12&U
Berkshire Closed
3
James Okonkwo
QF
12&U
Gerrards Cross
3
James Okonkwo
SF
12&U
Chesham Bois
3
James Okonkwo
RU
12&U
Maidenhead
3
Aryan Agrawal
RU
12&U
Berkshire Closed
3
Aryan Agrawal
RU
12&U
Slough
4
Aryan Agrawal
QF
12&U
Westway
3
Xanthe Ashe
RU
12&U
Heston x 2
5
Name
Nicholas Rowe
Nicholas Rowe
Nicholas Rowe
Oliver Okonkwo
Oliver Okonkwo
Oliver Okonkwo
Oliver Okonkwo
Oliver Okonkwo
Oliver Okonkwo
Oliver Hills
Oliver Hills
Tom Swanson
Tom Swanson
Holly Russell
Holly Russell
Holly Russell
Holly Russell
Lewis Brown
Lewis Brown
Lewis Brown
Lewis Brown
Lewis Brown
Charlie Pridmore
Pos
W
SF
W
W
W
RU
W
SF
W
QF
W
W
RU
SF
SF
SF
W
RU
QF
SF
RU
RU
RU
Age
16&U
14&U
14&U
16&U
16&U
16&U
18&U
16&U
16&U
16&U
16&U
16&U
16&U
18&U
18&U
18&U
18&U
18&U
18&U
18&U
18&U
18&U
18&U
Tournament
North acton
Heston
Heston
Gosling Regional
Berkshire Closed
Gerrards Cross
Chesham Bois
Chesham Bois
Maidenhead
Berkshire Closed
Oxtalls
Chesham 1879
West Worthing
Gosling County
Slough
Heston
Queenswood
Berkshire Closed
Leverstock Green
St Georges Hill
Woking
Maidenhead
Chesham 1879
Grade
5
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
In order to be included in the above, you need to achieve success in a Grade 2, Grade 3
Quarter Finals, Grade 4 Semi final, Grade 5 Runner Up or 2 wins against players of the
same rating at a matchplay event. If you are not included, my apologies. Please keep me
informed of your tournament progress -win or lose, we are always interested!!!!!
Results Please!!!!!
Please can you regularly submit players results
With 50 players playing regularly, it is impossible to
research each players qualifying results to include
in the results round up. As a result I am likely to
miss a players performance and unintentionally offend player and parent.
Thanks.
Nigel
CLUB FUTURES SQUAD LESSON RED THEMES OCTOBER – MARCH 2016
Week Commencing Game Situaı on Tacı cal Situaı on
Strategy/ Theme
06 October 2015 Both Back
Neutralize
Time- moonball
Build
Space - wrong foot
13 October 2015 1st Serve
Trade
Time - T serve
13 October 2015 Return 1st
Trade
Consistency - deep central
20 October 2015 All
All
Match Play - overview of term
03 November 2015 Both Back
Stay
Space - Lateral recovery
Build
Use strength - ii FH
10 November 2015 1st Serve
Build
Space - wide
10 November 2015 Return 1st
Neutralize
Trade
Consistency - X crt Tempo
24 November 2015 2nd Serve
Trade
Consistency - spin
24 November 2015 Return 2nd
Trade
01 December 2015 At net
Stay
Reacı on volleys
08 December 2015 Both Back
Neutralize
Time- moonball
15 December 2015 All
All
Strategy/ Theme
05 January 2016 Both Back
Trade
Consistency - X crt Tempo
12 January 2016 1st Serve
Trade
Time - T serve
19 January 2016 2nd Serve
Trade
Consistency - spin
Build
Use strength - io FH
02 February 2016 Opp net
Staying
Time
09 February 2016 All
All
23 February 2016 1st Serve
Trade
Time - T serve
02 March 2016 Return 1st
Trade
09 March 2016 At net
Finish
Use Strength - smash
16 March 2015 Both Back
Build
Use strength - io and ii FH
Neutralize
Time- moonball
30 March 2016 All
All
CLUB FUTURES SQUAD LESSON ORANGE THEMES OCTOBER – MARCH 2016
Strategy/ Theme
Neutralize
Time- moon ball
Build
Space - wrong foot
Trade
Time - T serve
Trade
20 October 2015 All
All
Stay
Build
Space - wide
Neutralize
Trade
Control space - X court & down line
17 November 2015 Doubles
Control Space
Build
Consistency - topspin
Trade
Consistency - spin
Build
Space - wide
Stay
Reacı on volleys
01 December 2015 Opp net
Turn around
Use Strength
Turn around
Use of strength - counter aı ack
All
Week Commencing Game Situaı on
05 January 2016 1st serve
05 January 2016 Return 1st
At or approach12 January 2016
ing net
12 January 2016 Doubles
26 January 2016 Return 2nd
02 February 2015 Both Back
23 February 2016 2nd Return
02 March 2016 Opp net
16 March 2016 2nd serve
16 March 2016 2nd return
30 March 2016 All
Tacı cal Situaı on
Strategy/ Theme
Build
Control Space - wide ﬂat serve
Staying
Control ı me
Finishing
Control ı me/ space
Finishing
Trade
Build
Build
Build
Neutralize
Build
All
Neutralise
Finish
Staying
Build
Build
Trade
Stay
Turn around
All
Control Time
Use strength - io FH
Use strength - ii FH
Space - wide
Time- moon ball
Space - servers 2nd ball
Consistency - deep X court
Time
Space
Time
Weakness
Consistency
Control ı me
CLUB FUTURES SQUAD LESSON GREEN THEMES OCTOBER – MARCH 2016
Strategy/ Theme
Neutralize
Time- moon ball
Build
Space - wrong foot
Trade
Time - T serve
Trade
20 October 2015 All
All
Stay
Build
Space - wide
Neutralize
Trade
Control space - X court or down line
17 November 2015 Doubles
Control Space
Build
Build
Time - Early Ball
Stay
Reacı on volleys
01 December 2015 Opp net
Turn around
Use Strength
Turn around
Use of strength - counter aı ack
All
Week Commencing Game Situaı on
05 January 2016 1st serve
05 January 2016 Return 1st
At or approach12 January 2015
ing net
12 January 2016 Doubles
26 January 2016 Return 2nd
23 February 2016 2nd Return
16 March 2016 2nd serve
16 March 2016 2nd return
30 March 2016 All
Tacı cal Situaı on
Strategy/ Theme
Build
Control Space - wide ﬂat serve
Staying
Control ı me
Finishing
Control ı me/ space
Finishing
Trade
Build
Build
Build
Neutralize
Build
All
Neutralise
Finish
Staying
Build
Build
Trade
Stay
Turn around
All
Control Time
Space - wide
Time- moon ball
Space - servers 2nd ball
Consistency - deep X court
Time
Space
Time
Weakness
Consistency
Control ı me
COACHING CORNER - THE VOLLEY
00:01 Preparation Phase
00:01 Unit Turn
00:01 Hitting Phase
In the preparation phase note the
athletic balanced position, with the
feet a bit wider than the shoulders,
and the upper body leaning slightly
forwards. Having just finished the
split-step, knees are bent and head and
shoulders are level, with arms in front
of the body.
This phase marks the beginning of the
stroke where the shoulders turn in
conjunction with the racket and the
body. This stored energy will later be
transferred to contact with the ball.
You can also see the first step which
initiates movement to the ball. Note
how the non-racket arm is used to
maintain balance.
As the hitting phase begins notice
how the racquet is lined up behind the
flight of the ball. From this position
the racquet will move forward and
slightly downward to the ball which
enables the player to impart backspin.
You can clearly see how the player
unleashes the stored energy loaded in
the muscle groups in a sequential
order.
00:01 Contact
00:02 Follow through and
Recovery
At contact the speed in which the ball
is struck is a combination of forward
lower body movement coupled with
the forward swing of the racket. The
wrist is very stable at contact with
little or no flexion or extension
occurring.
In this phase, recovery is seen by the
squaring of the shoulders, the return to
the classic ready position and the
player again beginning to prepare to
execute a split step to address the next
shot. Note that the follow through of
the racket is minimal
Okonkwo stars in
Maidenhead tennis finals
OLIVER Okonkwo was the star on show at the 2015 Maidenhead Lawn Tennis Club finals with five
wins at junior and senior level.
Okonkwo, who is tipped to be a future champion of the sport, won the Men’s
Singles Open title after a 7-6(5), 6-3 win against runner-up Andrew Flynn.
He was then crowned Under-18 (U18) Boys Singles winner following a 6-1, 7-6
(5) victory over Tom Swanson.
At senior level, he teamed with Holly Russell to win the Mixed Doubles against
Richard Downs and Jessica Bull, followed by success in the Mixed Doubles
with father, Oliver Okonkwo. The losing parent and child pairing was Nicholas
and Paul Rowe (6-1, 6-0).
Oliver Okonkwo, the Most Improved Player at junior level, also took home the
U15 Boys Doubles Crown with James Okonkwo after a 6-2, 7-6(5) win against
Oliver Hills and Nicholas Rowe.
Not far behind him with four wins all fellow junior member Joseph Brittain,
whose haul included a round robin victory in the Red Singles event –- Lily
Doherty was runner-up.
Brittain revelled in more singles success in the Orange category, this time dispatching of Toby Wheeler 75, 2-7, 7-3 in the final. The young starlet paired with Dina Lipovski to take home the Red Doubles award,
beating Dylan and Lily Doherty 10-4. Brittain completed his four-timer with victory in the Orange Doubles, combining with Wheeler to see off Bobby Pocock and Shreya Walia 11-9, 7-2.
Russell showed all of her credentials with more medals in open matches, most notably the Ladies Singles
crown after a 6-1, 6-0 win against Claire Roberts.
Russell then teamed up with Jemma Lancaster, who has already enjoyed success on the international scene, for victory in the Ladies Doubles, seeing off Jessica Bull and Kellie Johnston 6-3, 6-2 in the final.
Also a winner at the 2015 finals, was the Observer’s very-own Mike Swift, who won the Mixed Doubles
Handicap with Anita Moiser. The duo recovered from a slow start to beat Rob and Claire Castignetti 5-7, 6
-2, 6-2 in a thrilling final.
Amongst the junior male players to have won more than won one award at the finals are James Okonkwo
and Sebastian Harris, whilst Xanthe Ashe matched that feat for the girls.
In the senior division, double success fell to Timothy Paton, Nigel Mann, Cedric Egby, Mike Bottomley,
Dave Reid and Jacqui Bird.
GB DAVIS CUP WORLD CHAMPIONS
Page 14
MLTC AGM - SUE TOPCHIK NEW MLTC CLUB CHAIRMAN
The Maidenhead LTC AGM
was held at St Pirans School
on Friday 16th October.
The AGM was attended by
over 120 MLTC members. If
you are currently a non
member parent—please join
as a Social Member to have
your say as MLTC Juniors are
not entitled to vote at the
AGM.
Sue Topchik who has been
Acting Chairman since the
summer was elected Club
Chairman. Sue was delighted
with support she received at the
AGM and said “ Since becoming
Active Chairman I have been
working closely with Nigel to
secure the future of the
performance junior squads.
These squads are a integral and
vibrant part of our club and
together with the committee we
will continue to support them. If
there are any issues you would
like to discuss, related to these
squads or any other club issues,
please do not hesitate to
contact me”.
Carolyn Pocock is the new
MLTC Junior secretary
taking over from Mary
Stanley.
Mary Stanley had been
Junior Secretary for nearly
20 years and has devoted
much energy and
commitment to the role
both on and off the court.
The MLTC Club Futures
Squads would like to record
their thanks and wish her a
very enjoyable and well
earned rest. Hopefully it will
give Mary more time to
play. Enjoy your tennis
Mary!
LTA PERFORMANCE CENTRES
Following the Performance
Review by the LTA the 16
International High
Performance Centres and
HPC’s were invited to
reapply for continuing HPC
status. Bob Brett has left the
LTA and Peter Keen has been
appointed temporary LTA
Performance Director
The LTA’s performance
centre funding programme,
has also been restructured
The LTA are now focusing
their resources to support a
reduced number of grant
funded programmes located
across our club network
Maidenhead LTC is one of
those centres (no longer
known as a LTA Performance
Centre) which will be part of
the new an LTA grant funded
programme for 2015-16
within the new LTA
programme funding
structure. However the
funding has been reduced
by over 35% in the past two
years.
receive financial support
from the LTA. The planned
expenditure has been agreed
with the LTA and will support
the players targeted by the
LTA and our continued
development of the CFS
Squads and our Talent
Attraction Programme”.
Nigel Mann Head Coach is
“pleased that we continue to
Holly Russell (LTA Level 2
Coach) is a “LTA Registered
Coach”
Holly is helping the MLTC
Coaching Team by providing
additional hitting for those
members that wish to have
additional lessons.
Holly has been CRB checked
and has the LTA insurance
Cover.
Holly can be contacted on
07538 332316
Su
MLTC Players Awarded Berkshire Tennis Award
Top MLTC players, Gregor Webster and Jemma Lancaster have been awarded the prestigious
2015 Manning Davenport award.
Jemma, 14, a member of Maidenhead Tennis club since 2008 has represented
Berkshire at the 18&U County Cup event in Southampton in February and
competed as part of the 14&U county team in Sutton.
During Summer 2015 Jemma has competed regularly, winning a grade 3 in
Spain and finishing 1st in the Berkshire 14&U rankings. She always trains
with a smile on her face giving her very best at every session.
Gregor has had a great year, finishing 2nd in Great Britain in the 10 & Under age
group and winning the Grade 1 10 & Under National Championships at the National Tennis Centre in March 2015. He then started his ‘yellow ball’ journey in
April, and has made a great start, reaching the finals in several regional tournaments as well as qualifying for the first winter season 12 & U national event.
He has been invited to attend an LTA residential national training camp in London
in November.
Gregor has also shown great commitment to Berkshire tennis in 2015. He won the
12&U county closed event and represented Berkshire in the 12&U Aegon County
Cup, as well as the Lionel Cox tournament
A Story of a 12 year old Junior Player (Part 2)
That player was Rafael Nadal.
Was a great story told to me by Emilio Sanchez a few years back at his academy as
to what makes Rafa so great.
One thing parents and players must ALWAYS
remember is that it is a long developmental journey and results can take too much of a priority
over developing a player to reach the long term
goals that are set. Whilst building the right foundations technically, tactically and physical are of
upmost importance it's the look in the eyes and
the desire of a junior to be willing to do whatever
is required, and be prepared to take a fall. Like
Rafa, when someone is put out of their comfort
zone, that is truly when a person's true character is on show.
And that's part of the reason why Rafael Nadal is arguably the greatest and fiercest
competitor in world sport today!
The LTA have introduced FAST4 which starts in September 2015
FAST4 Tennis provides a simple, exciting way of speeding up a conventional tennis match. The fundamentals of tennis remain
the same, but there are four rules that ensure matches are fast, competitive, exciting and can be completed in a reasonable period of time. FAST4 Tennis is being introduced to the British Tennis junior competition structure from September 2015 with the
winter county tour (Grade 4 and 5) events using this format for 10U - 18U. Some other competitions across Great Britain will
also use this format.
It doesn’t matter how you get there, just make sure you do before your opponent does!
At 3 games all a tiebreak is played to 5 points.
A deciding point will be played at 4 points all.
If the score reaches deuce, it’s a sudden death point. The receiver choses which side to take
the serve on. This also applies in doubles with the receiving pair deciding who receives the
serve - however the pair cannot change positions. In mixed doubles the player of the same
gender shall receive.
If the serve clips the net and lands in the service box, there’s no let and the ball is in
play. If you are playing doubles either the receiver or the receiver’s partner can play
SARAH HYLTON – LTA
STRETCHING PROGRAMME
shoulder stretch
forearm stretch
bicep stretch
chest stretch
upper back stretch
tricep stretch
waist stretch
thigh stretch
hamstring 3 way stretch
groin stretch
hip flexor stretch
piriformis stretch
stomach stretch
figure 4 stretch
lower back stretch

Club Future Chronicle Nov 2015

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