Richard Waters the gentlemens' singles championfor 2008 (click on image to enlarge)

Sandra Hume won 3 of the club championship competitions in 2007 - singles, ladies and mixed doubles - in 2008 she retained the singles title - click on image to enlarge

News from Gosfield Lawn Tennis Club

8th December 2008

QUIZ EVENING

The club is hosting another quiz evening on Saturday 31st January 2009 at the Maurice Rowson Hall in Gosfield, full details here - if you wish to enter a team please contact Andrew or Ann, click here for an entry form

17th September 2008

Social Events -

End of season dinner - we are holding the end of season dinner at the Green Man in Gosfield on 3rd October, please let Ann Summerland know if you wish to attend

Race Night - we are running a Race Night on Saturday 22nd November at the Maurice Rowson Hall to raise funds for the club , there will be 9 races and tickets are available at £4 each which includes a £1 bet on the first race. We are also looking for sponsors for the first 8 races and there has been a good take up on this with only 3 remaining at £10 per race , all the race sponsors will have a chance to win their money back plus a profit on the last race. You can also own a horse for £3 the winning owner in each race will get £15 back. If you are interested in sponsoring a race or owning a hores click here to see the race card and contact Andrew or Bob to purchase the horse of your choice. The final race will be an auction race with prizes for each successful owner plus a cash prize for the winning owner. Prizes donated so far include a signed Essex County Cricket Club bat , a years membership for the Pitch & Putt Golf course at West Park Chelmsford and a round of golf for 4 persons (including club hire) at the same venue - both of those prizes kindly donated by Golfwise Ltd . We would appreciate help publicisung the event so if you can display a poster click here for a downloadable copy

Quiz Evening - Andrew Goldsmith is the quizmaster again as we run our third quiz evening at the Maurice Rowson Hall on Saturday 31st Janaury , more details will be available nearer the time

17th September 2008

Passfield Shields - last Saturday we played the twice postponed Passfield Sheilds tournament, 8 members took part in a round robin pairs format, the four pairs being Richard Waters and Sarah Goldsmith, Bob Waters and Agnes Kittles, Cyril Potter and Judy Atkin and finally Andrew Goldsmith and Richard Collingwood. going into the final round of matches Richard and Sarah played Bob and Agnes in what was to be the deciding set and the former ran out winners 7-5. Diane Passfield kindly attended to present the shields to the winners in what turned out to be the best weather for several weeks, click here to see a photo of the presentation

9th September 2008

Club championships , finals day - the finals day took place on Sunday 31st August with six competitions reaching their conclusions. First to be decided was the Mixed doubles which was played in the morning with Judy Atkin and Matt Wood playing Elaine Jones and Andrew McLeod, Judy and Matt won a close match 7-5, 7-5. In the afternoon the mens and ladies singles were played in parallel. The mens singles saw a repeat of last year's final and the same result as Richard Waters retained the title beating Stuart jones 6-4, 6-3; meanwhile in the ladies final Sandra Hume came from a break down on the first set to beat Alison clarke 7-5, 6-4. In the mens singles plate Simon Greengrass defended last years win and ran out a comfortable winner against David Scarlett. Then it was time for more doubles starting with the ladies and in a match interrupted by rain Elaine Jones made up for her disappointment in the morning by partnering Agnes Kittles to a 6-2, 6-4 win over Sarah Goldsmith and Alison clarke, finally in the mens doubles Stuart Jones made it a family double as he partnered Matt Wood to beat Bob Waters and Cyril Potter 6-1, 6-0.

Club President Peggy McLeod presented the trophies at the conclusion of play with a good crowd watching on (click here for photos of the presentations).

11th August 2008

Chairman's Cup (over 40's) and Under 40's Cup- we played these competitions yesterday and unfortunately on 6 played in the Chairman's Cup and 2 in the under 40's . The chairman's cup was played in a round robin format playing short sets so that everyone played with everyone else and against everyone else at least twice with different combinations of opponents each time. Andrew Goldsmith won the event and Cyril Potter was runner up. With just 2 participants in the Under 40's Cup, brothers Tom & Josh Wiffen played a full 3 set match to decide the winner and Tom overcame his brother to win the cup. (click here for photo)

15th July 2008

Maurice Rowson Jubilee Bowl- this competition was played on Friday 20th June and had a good entry of 16 players playing in a whist drive format, results were close all evening and it wasn't until the final game that the winner was decided - Richard Waters won narrowly with Seb Goldsmith finishing runner up. The chairman and his wife to be laid on a barbeque as well to make the evening a thoroughly enjoyable occasion

Friendly match v Stebbing- we played a friendly match against Stebbing on 16th June and had a very enjoyable evening, the sets were close and going into the last 2 sets Stebbing led 4-3 and they managed to win the both sets to win the match 6-3. A return has been arranged for 24th September

Gosfield Village Fete- we had a stall at the fete on Saturday 12th July which raised the profile of the club a bit within the village as well as enabling us to make a contribution to the village funds, Generally the rain held off and the stall was well received by the visitors. The short tennis proved popular with the younger attendees - click here to see a picture of the stall

A date for your diary- we are holding a race night on Saturday 22nd November , tickets will be on sale nearer the time but make a note of the date now

11th May 2008

Bernard Brooks Cup - this now annual mens singles tournament took place in very hot conditions with a reasonable entry which saw Stuart Jones and last year's winner and club champion Richard Waters contest the final. Richard went into a 3-1 lead but Stuart came back well to clinch the deciding game for a 6-5 victory to become the third different winner in 3 years since this tournament started.

photo: Stuart receiving the cup from club president Peggy McLeod -

30th April 2008

Vice President's Cup - Richard Waters won the trournament on Sunday thus retaining the vice President's Cup. It was a family affair as his father, Bob finished runner up. Unfortunately the entry was very poor but those that played had an enjoyable afternoon.

Court Closures: Briantree tennis club have hired our courts for matches on three dates in May: Monday 12th, Thursday 15th and Monday19th, therefore the courts will not be available for members on those evenings from 6.00 pm onwards

20th April 2008

Vice President's Cup - A reminder that our first tournament of the year takes place next Sunday (27th April), if you wish to play please put your name on the list at the club house by Saturday p.m. thank you

Murder Mystery Evening! - last night the Maurice Rowson Hall became the famous 2 star Primrose Glade Hotel at the resort of Gosfield on Sea, for the murder mystery evening, the stage was transformed in to a hotel reception area and the hall laid out by some of the committee with the tables as hotel suites all named after flowers and a reception desk where the visitors confirmed their reservations. Meanwhile other committee members and partners - led by Sheila Sutton, prepared the buffet in the kitchen area. Over 70 of the 96 available tickets were sold so that the Coggeshall drama group - who acted out the play for us, had a good sized audience to play to. The play was well performed and quite humourous to add to the fun with some excellent additional pieces to entertain the audience. Several of the suites worked out the culprits correctly so the winners were decided by their reasons for making their choice, the winners - judged by the drama group , were the Bluebell suite who were delighted to collect their prizes from the stage. A separate prize for the best comedy solution went to the Hyacinth suite - including members Stuart and Elaine Jones and Stuart duly collected their boxes of chocolates as prizes. The raffle was well supported both by the number of tickets sold and by the committee members who donated raffle prizes (16 prizes in all so most tables got at least one). To see some photos of the event click here.

The cast - Coggeshall Amateur Theatrical Society:

2nd March 2008

Murder Mystery Evening! : Our next event ( social or otherwise) is a Murder Mystery Evening at the Maurice Rowson Hall, Gosfield , which for one evening only will become the famous 2 star Primrose Glade Hotel at the seaside resort of Gosfield on Sea. The evening promises to be full of entertainment as hotel guests try to solve the murder of the hotel manager. Reservations need to be made in advance to either Andrew Goldsmith, Bob Waters or Ann Summerland, you can contact me by e-mail initially if you wish ( use the link at the bottom of the home page). Reservations cost £12.50 per person which includes a ploughman's supper and there will be 8 places per table , you can either book a complete table or individual places and we will seat you on a table with spaces available. The mystery is presented in the form of a 3 act play which will be presented by Coggeshall Amateur Theatrical Society. Places are limited to 96 persons

28th January 2008

QUIZ EVENING: The quiz evening took place on Saturday with over 90 people making up 16 teams to participate.The winners were 'CATS - the team from Coggeshall Drama Group' who finished on 117 points out of a possible 179, 2 points ahead of Six Oaks.

To see a copy of the quiz together with the answers click here

COMPETITION CALENDAR - We have also prepared the competition calendar for 2008 and a downloadable copy is available by clicking here. If you wish to enter the club championships this year there will be an entry form to complete which will be sent out to all memberswith a newsletter shortly, otherwise you can click here to download a copy

NEXT SOCIAL EVENT: Our next social event is a Murder Mystery Evening in association with Coggeshall Drama Group who are providing the actors and the script - it's the first time we have tried this but based on ones that I have been to before it should be great fun, tickets will go on sale soon so book early to avoid disappointment

As we are into a new year I have started a new News page to make it quicker opening, last year's news page is still available by clicking on the link at the bottom of the page below

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