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** CURRENT (and Archived) NEWS AND INFORMATION ** November 2012 Recognition for the Randalls !! Elsie and Pete Randall were nominated by the club for the "oldest athlete" awards in the county. Pete and Elsie received certificates at an awards ceremony at the Link Hotel in Loughborough. Elsie was nominated in the playing categoryand Pete as a volunteer. Congratulations to them both ! (photos are in the Photo Gallery section) See http://www.lrsport.org/oldest-athlete 21st March 2012 ----------------------------------------------------- February 2011 (posted 27/02/11) ---------------------------------------------------- Excellent year for Rothley (posted 01/11/09) PRESS RELEASE……… PRESS RELEASE …………PRESS RELEASE . An excellent year for Rothley Tennis Club Rothley Ivanhoe Tennis Club are capitalising on an excellent year of results for the 2009 season which has also seen an exciting addition to the club - a new gazebo - erected earlier in the year. This has been appreciated by many spectators who have certainly seen some first class tennis. In the Leicestershire leagues the club achieved fantastic results. Of the five men’s teams the 3 rd team were promoted and all other teams held their league positions with the first team consolidating their place in the Premier League by finishing 2 nd. All ladies teams maintained their division position and a promising start was made by the newly formed fifth team. The mixed teams also achieved exceptional results with the first team being promoted to division one after winning all five games and the other three teams coming 2 nd in their divisions. The club’s winning streak continued with the Ladies Vets which saw three couples finishing runners up in their groups. Rothley’s head coach Tom Kisiel hit the top, winning the Leicestershire County Championships men’s singles title for the second year in a row. Also worth mentioning is Ryan Punia who reached the semi finals. Further success in the County Championships for Rothley was achieved with Tom Lewis and Sophie Matthews winning the Handicapped Mixed Doubles and Tom Lewis, this time partnered with Laura Morley, reaching the semi finals of the Mixed Doubles event. Tom Kisiel also had back to back wins in Rothley’s own club championship men’s singles event. Other club champions are as follows: Ladies Singles - Rosemary Perkins Men’s Doubles - Andy Davies and James Lloyd Ladies Doubles - Ronnie Porte and Julia Bayley Mixed Doubles = Tom Lewis and Elsie Randall Mixed Vets - John Moore and Anne Mumford
Rothley juniors on top (posted 27/2/09) Congratulations to Louis Green and Daniel Maud of Rothley Ivanhoe Tennis Club for their superb efforts at the GSM Leisure Mini Red Tournament on 10th August. Both players overcame strong opposition before winning their groups, Louis won the A draw and Daniel won the B draw ---------------------------------------------- Louis Green (posted 27/2/09) Louis Green is looking to continue his form into 2009 having had a very successful end to 2008. His recent achievements include: October - winner of the GSM Indoor Mini Red Event November - winner of the Leicestershire Indoor Winter mini red event December - winner of the Loughborough University indoor mini red event and runner up at David Lloyd Dudley, narrowly losing out 10-8 in the final. -------------------------------------------- Sophie Matthews is Club Champion (posted 27/2/09) Rothley Ivanhoe Tennis Club has a new ladies club champion. Sophie Matthews has won her first club title at the age of just 13. The final was a tense affair with Sophie winning the first set 6-0, but a strong comeback by her opponent Alison Thompson in the second set, saw the score tied at 3-3. Sophie then used some aggressive baseline play to push ahead and win the second set 6-3. Just a few minutes later she was back in action in the ladies doubles final with Jodie Parker but tough opponents edged them out. A great performance and a glimpse of what is to come from this talented junior. ------------------------------------------ GSM Dudley Trip (posted 27/2/09) GSM Leisure took seven of its Mini Red players to Dudley on December 30th to compete in a David Lloyd One-Day Tennis Tournament. Louis Green, James Gossage, Sam Godrich, Riley Cliff, Daniel Maud, Matthew Howse and Stephanie Addison all arrived at the pick up point early (7.45am) and together with Tom Lewis and Tom Kisiel set off for the West Midlands. In the girls event Stephanie Addison shone, beating all of the other girls, finishing first and taking home the trophy! The Boys event was split into three groups with winners going through to semi finals and one lucky loser also going through. James Gossage came top in group ‘Federer’, with Sam Godrich finishing 3rd and Matt Howse 4th. In group ‘Murray’ Daniel Maud narrowly missed out despite playing some brilliant tennis finishing 2nd in his group. In group ‘Nadal’ Louis Green won the group with Riley Cliff finishing second and claiming the lucky losers spot. In the semi finals Louis Green and Riley had a tough match, with Louis eventually emerging the winner 10-7. James Gossage coolly went about winning his semi 10-4. The final was always going to be close with both boys playing some great tennis on the way there and the match didn’t disappoint. The first point saw an 87 stroke rally and the rest of the match continued in this form. James Gossage finally managed to get a lead and hold on to win 10-7 and take home the title. A great effort from all of our players both on and off court. Tom Lewis – Head of Performance. GSM leisure ----------------------------- Rothley Tennis Members win Charity Lions Golf Day - (posted June 2007) Rothley Tennis club entered a team in the Annual Lions Golf Charity Day held at Lingdale Golf Club on 8th June 2007. The team beat 36 other teams to claim 1st Place. This is the 2nd time that Rothley have won this event. Well done to the team of Ray Newman, Tim Porte, Richard Ashdown and John Shelton.
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ryan Punia Press Release 5th September 07 10 August 07 - Ryan Punia had a great week at the Leicestershire Open Tournament held at Hamilton LTC last week, winning the Under 18 boys title 6-2, 6-2 and narrowly losing out in the Under 16’s final 2-6 6-7. He has also helped Rothley Tennis Club achieve promotion into Leicestershire’s Premiership Men’s Doubles League with solid performances all season. Coached by club coach Tom Lewis, he is now busy preparing for the County Closed Tournament. Good Luck! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Connor Glennon Press Release 28th June 07 Connor Glennon recently returned from a 2 week stay in Slovenia , where he had been taking part in the Galeja Open and the Bergant Memorial Under 14 Boys Tennis Events. It was mixed fortunes for the Rothley player in both events, exiting the singles early on, but winning the doubles event in Galeja and coming runner up in Bergant teaming up with George Morgan of Lancashire . These two results helped him to reach a career high ranking of 98th in Europe and to be picked as one of only three boys to play for Great Britain in Granada for the European Summer Cup, competing against 10 other countries including Spain and France.
--------------------------------------------------------------------- Connor Entry - posted 6/6/07 Connor Glennon had a fantastic Bank Holiday weekend whilst playing for Leicestershire’s county cup team. On Saturday he beat National Number 9 Lloyd Glasspool of Warwickshire 6-2, 6-2, Then on Sunday he came through a gruelling match against Michael Watkins (National No 3) 6-4, 5-7, 7-5. He followed these two successes up on Monday with victory over Derbyshire’s Michael Torkington (National No 7) 6-3, 6-2. Currently ranked National No 5 Connor flies to Slovenia on Friday hoping to improve his European ranking from 136
Connor Glennon in Croatia - (posted May 2007) Dear all please find below the latest news from Connor Glennon of Rothley Ivanhoe Tennis Club. If you need any more information or results from this tournament please contact Tom Lewis on 0789 9994503 or email tom@tplewis77.wanadoo.co.uk Leicestershire’s Connor Glennon of Rothley Ivanhoe Tennis Club has just returned from playing in the Mladost Grill Open in Croatia. Having battled through the qualifying rounds the 14 year old made it all the way to the semi finals before succumbing 6-4, 0-6, 6-2 to the number 5 seed Mate Delic of Croatia. He now travels to the Galeja Open in Slovenia on the 14 th May.
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