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Condolences - Charles Trippe, MBE

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22 October 2024

It is with great sadness that we learnt of the death of Charles Trippe, MBE, who passed away on 22 October at the age of 81. He had been a member of our Club since 1988.
Charles held several senior roles at the LTA, joining the Main Board in 1995 and serving as Chairman of the National Tennis Development Board from 1995-1997, Treasurer of the LTA from 1998-2000, Deputy President from 2000-2003 and President from 2003-2005. He represented the LTA on the Committee of Management for The Championships between 1998 and 2012. Charles was awarded an MBE in 2013 for services to tennis and was very well respected across the tennis fraternity. There are detailed obituaries posted on both the LTA and ITF websites.
Our condolences go out to his wife Helen, family and friends.

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Condolences - John Curry, CBE

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19 October 2024

It is with great sadness that we learnt of the death of John Curry, CBE, who passed away on 19 October at the age of 86. He had been an Honorary Member of our Club since 1990.
John served as Chairman of the All England Club between 1989 and 1999, leading it through a significant period of progress and success. He was made a CBE in the 1997 Queen's Birthday Honours List. There is a detailed obituary posted on the Wimbledon website.
Our condolences go out to his wife Anne, family and friends.

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Win for Winchester in mixed encounter

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6 October 2024

Winchester emerged from a hard-fought encounter to win this annual fixture 4 - 2, a reversal of last year's score. Always keenly fought, the final result is invariably in the balance until the last round of mixed matches are played.

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Dutch Fixture scheduled for Aldershot TC 7-8 November

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29 September 2024

We are playing our Dutch friends this year at the Aldershot Tennis Centre - there will be two days of tennis over the 7th & 8th Nov and a guided tour of the All England Club on Saturday 9th Nov, which is a free day for them. We also plan to hold a Gala Dinner on Friday 8th Nov in Guildford, location tbc pending confirmation of numbers attending. Ages of the Dutch team are between 50-60 yrs and there is still opportunity for our women players to make themselves available to play - contact our Match Manager Paul Scullard if you are interested. Also, if any committee members would like to attend the Dinner then please get in touch with Carolyn Neale who is kindly organising that event.

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New Honorary Member - Ian Hewitt, MBE

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26 September 2024

We are pleased to announce that Ian Hewitt MBE has become an Honorary Member of our Club.
Ian is a past Chairman of The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club and oversaw many successful tennis-related and charitable initiatives during his tenure. He was also our guest speaker at this year's Chair & Members' Annual Dinner.

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Desborough Cup Golf Day

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20 September 2024

The event took place this year at Studley Wood GC in Oxfordshire. Many of our members participated in what turned out to be a great occasion. We would encourage all of our members who play golf to diarise the event for next year, it's usually held around the end of September. More information can be found in our document repository or by accessing the Desborough Cup website and/or Instagram Account.

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Condolences - Jim Gordon

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17 September 2024

It is with great sadness that we learnt of the death of one of our Vice Presidents James (Jim) Gordon on Monday 16th September 2024, a member of our Club since 1982.
Prior to his election as a VP, Jim served as Hon. Treasurer from 1984-1995 and Chairman from 1996-1997. He had also been a member of St. George's Hill LTC since 1969 and served on their Board for many years, representing them in inter-club competitions and Surrey seniors in inter-county events. In business, Jim was a Scottish Chartered Accountant who was involved with two engineering companies as well as Lloyds Insurance.
Jim was a lovely man in every way and would have been 90 on 28th November. His presence and learned input will be greatly missed at committee meetings.
Our sincere condolences go to Jim's wife Heather, his family and friends at this difficult time.

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Ladies lose at The Hurlingham Club

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7 September 2024

Our ladies team lost a tight encounter at Hurlingham 7-5 on sets, although there was only one game separating the teams regarding the games score. Unfortunately, there was no play on grass but the day was full of enjoyable tennis completed with a wonderful tea.

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Ladies win at Shrewsbury 6-3

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5 September 2024

Our annual trip resulted in a 6-3 win against a competitive Shrewsbury LTC ladies team - an improvement on last year's 6-6 draw (sets). This has become a wonderful fixture as it includes a social evening prior to the match. Thank you to all of the Shrewsbury ladies for their hospitality and making us feel so welcome.

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Ladies lose at Roehampton

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4 September 2024

Our ladies team lost a tight encounter at Roehampton 33 - 45 on games. Match Report and photo posted in our Photo Gallery section.

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British Masters Open Grass Court - Eastbourne

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2 September 2024

Congratulations to all Club Members who won events and reached finals at the British Masters Open (Eastbourne) Grass Court Championships held during the last week of August. More information on our Masters Tennis Events page and/or refer to the ITF Seniors site for detailed results.

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Mixed Team win at Gerrards Cross LTC

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31 August 2024

This is the first time our two clubs have met in a mixed doubles match and we prevailed in a very competitive encounter 6-3 (8-4 on sets). Many thanks to Gerrards Cross Tennis Club for arranging this excellent fixture, which we hope will become a staple of our tennis calendar. Match Report and photo posted in our Photo Gallery section.