THORNBURY Lawn Tennis Club was the recipient of five awards at the recent Avon Tennis League Presentation evening.

Three trophies were for the club’s performance in the 2024 Summer League where the Ladies’ Second and Third teams topped their divisions and the Men’s First team won their division.

The other two trophies were for the 2023 Late Summer League, which is a Mixed Doubles competition, with victories for both the First and Second teams.

Certificates for the players with the best results in their division in the Summer League were presented to Sarah Hurley and Tom Perren, who both won 18 out of their 20 matches.

Since September Thornbury has also started to enter teams into the Junior Leagues with the club fielding an Under 11 Boys’ team, an Under 11 Girls’ team and an Under 8 Mixed team.

They have already had some success in the opening weeks of the season and the club is hoping to expand the number of teams competing during the 2025 Summer League.

On the domestic front the finals of the club’s annual tournament was held over an October weekend.

Corin Gibson swept the board in the Men’s competitions winning the Men’s Singles, Men’s Doubles and Mixed Doubles.

Lauren Hatcher had the best results in the Ladies, winning the Ladies’ Singles and Mixed Doubles and was a finalist in the Ladies’ Doubles.

The full results were as follows

Ladies’ Singles – Lauren Hatcher beat Georgiana Pollen

Ladies’ Doubles – Sarah Hurley & Jen Howe beat Lauren Hatcher & Georgiana Pollen

Men’s Singles – Corin Gibson beat Nick Goulas

Men’s Doubles – Corin Gibson & Roger Lamb beat Tom Perren & Nick Goulas

Mixed Doubles – Corin Gibson & Lauren Hatcher beat Nick Goulas & Georgiana Pollen

When the matches had been completed a barbecue was held to help restore energy levels and the awards were presented to the winners by the chair of the club, Claire Hawkins.

Thornbury Tennis club is always happy to welcome new members and there are opportunities for social tennis, both in the daytime and evening, as well as a variety of fun events, in addition to the league programme.

Coaching is available from JRW Tennis, under Head Coach James Wagstaff.

Further information is available from the website thornburytennisclub.co.uk or by emailing the club at thornburytennisclub@gmail.com