Ladies Away to St Budeaux

A good win for the ladies, score St Budeaux C 19 : 63 Plymstock.

This was even more impressive given that Karen was playing her first match and had rarely even played doubles before.

Men Home to St Mellion

If the points reflect the standard of play, then it was a much better performance from the men this week. Result 68 21 in favour of Plymstock. The weather had turned rather gloomy and just a bit chilly. As usual it was a race to complete the matches in the available daylight. Dave and Steve raced through their first set against the A team of St Mellion. Then raced to defeat on the second set, but won the tie break. Tim and Phil didn’t drop a set.

League Match Results 2022

Results P and D League 2022

Mens

Players – Tim Randell (TR), Dave Bate (DB), Steve Maller (SM), Phil Hughes (PH), Dave Roberts (DR), Doug Langford (DL), Mark Skerton (MS), Adam Clynch

Date Fixture Players Plymstock
Points
Opposition
Points
May 5th Ivybridge C Away TR DB SM PH 28 69
May 9th St Mellion Home TR DB SM PH 68 21
May 16th Tavistock C Away TR DB SM PH 33 64
May 27th Hill Lane B Away TR DB DR DL 43 43
June 6th St Budeaux C Home TR DB SM MS 44 48
June 13th Ivybridge C Home TR DB SM MS 58 31
June 27th St Mellion Away TR PH DB MS 42 50
July 4th Tavistock C Home TR DB MS DR 72 14
July 18th Hill Lane B Home TR MS DB DR 50 48
July 29th St Budeaux C Away TR SM PH AC 28 56

Ladies

Players – Jess Randell (JR), Clare Law (CL), Nicky Slight (NS), Vicky Roberts(VR), Karen Johnstone (KJ), Dylys Bradshaw (DB), Anne Hughes (AH), Debbie Bauckham (DeB), Jane Williams (JW)

Date Fixture Players Plymstock
Points
Opposition
Points
3rd May Yelverton C Home JR CL NS VR 24 49
13th May St Budeaux C Away JR VR KJ DB 63 19
17th May Plympton D Away JR AH NS AW 67 22
24th May Looe C Home AH CL DeB KJ 37 57
10th June Hill Lane B Away JR AH JW DeB 26 57
16th June Yelverton C Away JR DB JW KJ 46 40
5th July Plympton D Home JR AH NS VR 54 40
12th July St Budeaux C Home JR NS VR CL 57 23
20th July Looe C Away JR AH VR KJ 68 26
26th July Hill Lane B Home JR AH VR NS 39 52

Ladies home to Yelverton

The first match of the season was played on Monday evening. Very frustrating that the road works outside the car park are causing such chaos. This resulted in the match not being able to be finished before darkness fell. From the games that were played it was a win for Yelverton, 24-49.

Here is a screen shot of the main bit of the scoresheet.

The comments section (not shown) adds that the first set tie breaker went to 11-9

Thursday Evening Rusty Rackets

We are starting a session on Thursdays, from 6pm, for people who have played before but have been away from the game for a while. If you want to get back into tennis, with a view to joining the main club sessions, then this will be for you. It is £3 a session and we have rackets you can borrow. Turn up, pay and play.

Mixed Doubles Knockout Cup 2022

This year we are drawn at home against Tavistock. This is a big club and, if they wished, they could field their A team against us. We will be striving for an upset just as we did last year against Yelverton.

The match will be held on the evening of the 23rd May. Two mixed doubles pairs from each club will play each other over the best of three sets. Seven point tie-break at 6-6. Points for each set won. If equal then it goes to games won. If still equal then the away team wins.

League Fixtures 2022

Teams home match days shown in brackets.

Division 4 Men

Teams

  • Plymstock (Mon)
  • Ivybridge C (Thurs)
  • St. Mellion (Mon)
  • Hill Lane B (Fri)
  • Tavistock C (Mon)
  • St. Budeaux C (Fri)

Notes

5th May, Arrive Ivybridge anytime
between 6pm and 6:15pm

9th May, St Mellion arrive 17:45

27th June, 18:30 start at St Mellion.

St Budeaux: 18:15 starts.

Hill Lane: 18:15 starts.

Week Date Day H or A Opponents
1 May 5th Thursday Away Ivybridge C
2 May 9th Monday Home St Mellion
3 May 16th Monday Away Tavistock C
4 May 27th Friday Away Hill Lane B
5 June 6th Monday Home St Budeaux C
6 June 13th Monday Home Ivybridge C
7 June 27th Monday Away St Mellion
8 July 4th Monday Home Tavistock C
9 July 18th Monday Home Hill Lane B
10 July 29th Friday Away St Budeaux C


Division 5 Ladies

Teams

  • Plymstock (Tues)
  • Yelverton C (Thursday)
  • St Budeaux C (Friday)
  • Plympton D (Tuesday)
  • Looe C (Wednesday)
  • Hill Lane B (Fri)
Week Date Day H or A Opponents
1 3rd May Tuesday Home Yelverton C
2 13th May Friday Away St Budeaux C
3 17th May Tuesday Away Plympton D
4 24th May Tuesday Home Looe C
5 10th June Friday Away Hill Lane B
6 16th June Thursday Away Yelverton C
7 28th June Tuesday Home St Budeaux C
8 5th July Tuesday Home Plympton D
9 20th July Wednesday Away Looe C
10 26th July Tuesday Home Hill Lane B

Match Format

Matches are the best of 3 sets. The first two sets have a 7 point tie break at 5-5.

If a rubber is tied one set each, a 10-point tie break will be played to determine the winning pair.Scoring is one point for every game won, plus a 6-point bonus for the winning pair.

Starting times for matches will normally be between 6pm and 6:30pm, to be negotiated with the opponents

The Full Rules Document

Summer Time is here again

As from this Wednesday we are switching to the summer time slot for club sessions. The session will start at 4pm. It is hoped that people will drift in after work at whatever time they can make it and the session should continue into the evening.

The full plan for the week is available on our schedule

News from the League

The Plymouth and District League AGM was held on Wednesday 23rd March. The issue that mattered most to our club was whether the ladies team would be accepted in the league. This may seem strange since they were playing last year but a combination of special circumstances last year and strange rules (and attitudes) in the league meant that there was meant to be a vote, affecting several teams. The vote was changed to a lucky dip selection and our team was one of the three lucky ones.

The other issue that might be of interest was the scoring system, where the system trialled last year was agreed upon for the future.

The draw for the mixed-doubles knockout cup was held and our first round match is at home against Tavistock.

Dean Cross Playing Fields, Plymstock,
Plymouth. PL9 7AZ
info@plymstocktennis.org.uk