Club News

2010

May 2

Westside players won seven singles titles at the Surrey LTA Winter Postal Championship finals at the National Tennis Centre at Roehampton.
Reigning club champion Simon Bramwell added the county Men's Open and Over-35 singles crowns titles to the two championships he won in the same categories on finals day at Westside last September.
The Women's Open final was an all-Westside affair with 21-year-old Edita Raca beating 17-year-old clubmate Michaela Knespl.
Westside head coach Alison Taylor won the Women's Over-40 title.
Chloe Halliday also achieved a double success for the club, emerging as girls champion in both the 14 and Under and 16 and Under sections.
She recorded identical 6-0, 6-1 wins in the two finals, beating Hannah Key-Collins in the 14s and Kirsty Marsh in the 16s.
Scott Moore added to his recent success at the Westside Easter Junior Classic, beating Olive Macritchie 6-4, 6-3 in the Surrey 12 and Under Boys final.

CAPTION FOR ATTACHED PICTURES: Chloe Halliday: Two titles

May 16

Westside Men's 1st team overcame Roehampton in a tie-break shoot-out to secure a 7-6 victory after their Aegon National League South East Division One match finished all square.

Wimbledon club Westside won three of the four singles but Roehampton hit back to take both doubles and level the match at 6-6.

But Westside had the final say with Marek Karas defeating Nikolai Snapes 10-3 and James Silvester beating Mark Beim 10-8 in the tie-break deciders.

Earlier, Bojan Jelovic, Karas and Silvester had secured singles wins for Westside, with Thomas Inskip winning his rubber for Roehampton before Snapes joined up with Chris Archer and Inskip partnered Beim to doubles victories for Roehampton.

Results (Westside names first):-

Singles: Bojan Jelovac bt Nikolai Snapes 6-1, 7-5; Marek Karas bt Chris Archer 6-4,
6-3;James Silvester bt Mark Beim 6-4, 6-2;Jesse Koti lost to Thomas Inskip 4-6, 2-6.
Doubles:Jelovac and Karas lost to Snapes and Archer 4-6, 6-1, 7-10; Silvester and Simon Bramwell lost to Beim and Inskip 6-0, 5-7, 7-10.
Tie-break shoot-out: Karas bt Snapes 10-3; Silvester bt Beim 10-8.

It was Westside's second victory in the space of two weeks, following a thumping 12-0 win over Magdelen Park.

Jelovac, Karas, Silvester and Gary Thomson all won their singles rubbers in straight sets as Westside put defeats in their opening two matches firmly behind them.

Jelovac paired up with Tomson and Karas partnered Silvester as Westside also took both doubles to complete the whitewash.

Results (Westside names first):-

Singles: Bojan Jelovac beat Patrik Ewe 6-1, 7-6, Marek Karas bt Ben Stanbury 6-3, 6-2, James Silvester bt Joe Barnes 6-2, 6-2, Gary Thomson bt Ben Stanbury 6-3, 6-2.
Doubles: Jelovac/Thomson bt Ewe/Roger Hill 6-4 6-3, Karas/Silvester bt Rolfe/John Carrol 6-3 6-4.

March 20

Britain's tennis No 2 Alex Bogdanoic braved the rain to help Westside LTC raise £514 for Sport Relief.

Bogdanovic - ranked second in Britain behind Andy Murray and 155 in the world at the time of his visit to Westside - emerged unbeaten after taking on all-comers, who paid £2-a-head to play him, in first to seven points tie-breaks.

He saw off all challenges for an hour and a half, emerging with his reputation intact against more than 20 Westside players ranging in age from 12-year-old Chester Gash upwards.

Club members boosted the funds with a range of activities, including a fastest serve speed gun competition and a hard-working car wash team.

Organiser Peter Tullo said: "Alex was absolutely brilliant and we had a great day. It was a shame about the weather but Alex kept going and took on everyone who wanted to play him."

PICTURE CAPTIONS

Alex Bogdanovic shakes hands with 12-year-old Chester Gash, the youngest Wesside member to challenge him.

SR1 and SR2

British No 2 Alex Bogdanovic in action at Westside's Sport Relief day



April 11

Scott Moore achieved a home victory for Westside by winning the 12 and Under Boys Singles title at the club's annual Easter Junior Classic tournament.

He beat Alastair Gray, from David Lloyd Raynes Park, 7-5, 3-6, 10-4, taking the deciding champion's tie-break in a closely-contested final.

Scott, who celebrated his 12th birthday the day before the week-long tournament started, also reached the semi-finals in the 14 and Under section.

His Westside clubmate Chloe Halliday was runner-up in the Girls U-14 Singles and also reached the semi-finals of the U-16s at the tournament which attracted more than 190 top youngsters from several counties.

The winners were:-

Girls - 16 and Under - Lily Miyazaki, 14 and Under - Marie Ba, 12 and Under - Mariam Bolkadze, 10 and Under - Daisy Phillips, 9 and Under - Gemma Heath, 8 and Under - Cameron Stevens

Boys - 16 and Under - Alexander Jhun, 14 and Under - Nicholas Nugent, 12 and Under - Scott Moore, 10 and Under - Timothy Goodman, 9 and Under - Harvey Conway.

PICTURE CAPTIONS

Scott Moore on his way to victory at the Westside Junior Easter Classic

2009

Junior Achievements

Scott Moore won the Sutton Grade III Junior Tournament U/12 during the October Half Term

Chloe Halliday won the Yonex Junior Player of the Year Award. Pictured below with Pete Tuffrey from Yonex

Sixth team victory makes it a double for Westside.

Westside Ladies 6th team from Division N made it a double for the club when they emulated last years 5th team winning the Surrey Grade B knockout once again with a 3-1 win over the same opposition - Magdelen Park III(Wandsworth) from Divison F.The event, for players who have not played above division F in the season of competition, saw a close fought match with the team of Jane Britton (captain) and Caroline Joy, Anna Blatiak and youngster Lana, only narrowly missing a 4-0 victory when one match went to a championship tie break.

Speaking of the day Jane said, "It was a firecely competitive game on a warm and sunny day. All the players did well supporting one another to ensure a win for Westside and we were delighted to be presentedwith some engraved glasses by a Surrey representative,as a memory of the occasion".

The Third Annual Scott Hampton Charity Tennis Day 2008

The following is a message to everyone at Westside:

Thank you everyone at Westside for being there and making Scott's Day such a great success and fun!!

Special thanks to all the helpers and organisers: Alison Taylor for her energy and enthusiasm realising Scott's Junior Tournament-the matches were played with great competitiveness and maturity-congratulations to the Girls U12s winner Lila Simpson, LTA's young National star beating Westside's young star, Chloe Halliday and to the Boys U12s winner Zeki Horoz, who battled through long rallies to beat equally talented Edward Kandel.

The American Tournament was run with great efficiency by Liz Bingham, who managed to move around 48 players with controlled ease-thank you Liz-a great achievement!

The Barbeque could not have happened without Liza Roe's amazing super energy and catering skills-a huge support to the whole event. And many thanks to Patricia and Luca who kept the Barbeque on the go all day with wonderful Wendy and her delicious cakes plus Peng in charge of the Pimms, plus Alison G and her tremendous help selling the Raffle tickets all day.Thank you,thank you!

And last, but not least-thank you Mark Steele for always being there and overseeing the event and making the day run so smoothly and for your auctioneering skills -much appreciated.

Lastly, the sponsors and donors-Pete Tuffrey from Yonnex who came especially to be with us and brought the authorised signed goodies, Darren Powell of PWP gave us 24 tins of balls, Sainsburys' donation, Headmasters' 2 vouchers, the hamper from Olive Garden, theatre tickets from Bill Kenwright, producer and champagne and cake from Jenny and Liza.

It was a wonderful Saturday and Weekend. A great tribute to the memory of Scott and we raised £1500 for his Foundation.

And the sun shone!

Stephanie and Wade

The Annual Club Championships 2008

Finals were played on Sat 12th July, click below to view all the results.

Club Championships: Results

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