Archives for Tennis
TENNIS: Stefan Steps Up in Amherst Club Finals
BILLIE KOTTING This year’s Amherst club tournament involved around 60 players playing across five formats – mens and ladies singles, mens and ladies doubles, and mixed doubles. With a main…
TENNIS: Correction
In HIP 281 we reported Joe Adams, coach at The Green, as receiving a presentation “on his Sussex county award as LTA Coach of the Year”. Adams was named as…
TENNIS: Old Guard Hold Sway at The Green
The Green club of St Leonards held their annual closed tournament on Saturday 19 July after earlier rounds were played on fine evenings through the previous week. There was a…
TENNIS: Family Rules in Club Finals
HUGH SULLIVAN The Amherst club tournament finals took place on the day of the summer solstice, Saturday 21 June. In mostly glorious sunshine, a full crowd watching from the central…
TENNIS: Finals Day at Amherst
HUGH SULLIVAN The annual international tennis tournament on the grass courts of Devonshire Park in Eastbourne has been downgraded in status this year, with the top women players on the…
TENNIS: Amherst Ladies Bounce Back
Two matches on successive Sundays at Amherst this month brought contrasting fortunes for the club’s ladies team, playing in Division 2 of the Tennis Sussex Winter Doubles. On 16 February…
The Year In Sport 2024
ATHLETICS At Hastings Athletics Club (HAC) it’s been a busy and successful year for the club in every discipline - from local events to international level – as it celebrated…
TENNIS: A Sport for Everyone?
FIONA MCGARRY With Wimbledon starting in less than two weeks, many people are toying with the idea of picking up a racket. Tennis is seriously good for you: it involves…
TENNIS: Amherst Club Tournament
The Amherst tennis club has held its own pre-Wimbledon tournament with competitive matches most evenings over an intensive fortnight. The club courts at Amherst Gardens are situated at the crest…
TENNIS: Doubles Successes for Amherst and The Green
HUGH SULLIVAN Amherst tennis players enjoyed a vintage winter doubles season as their top two men’s teams and first ladies’ team each gained promotion up the Sussex (TDS Ultra) ;…
TENNIS: Amherst Ladies Rule
There’s both strong local rivalry and shared camaraderie in relations between the tennis players of Amherst, whose club courts sit squarely in Hastings, and those of The Green, a mile…
TENNIS: Local Teams Seek Promotion
The Green men’s first team virtually ensured their promotion from the third to the second division of the TDS Ultra Sussex Winter Doubles League when they defeated Preston 3-1 last…
TENNIS: Men up, Ladies (mostly) down in Summer Doubles
There were mixed fortunes, as ever, for Hastings clubs in the Sussex doubles leagues over the summer, with both promotions and relegations decided by the narrowest of margins. Anthony HickeyAmherst…
TENNIS: Park Courts Reopening
Six hard courts in Alexandra Park have been renovated by Hastings Borough Council (HBC) with funds from the Lawn Tennis Association, and will be officially reopened tomorrow (Saturday). In celebration,…
Tennis: Amherst Hanging on in Summer Doubles League
Amherst Ladies gave themselves a fighting chance of retaining their Division L2 status in the Tennis Sussex summer doubles league when they drew 2-2 at home to a strong Weald…
Tennis: Alexandra Park courts to be renovated
Hastings Borough Council and the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) last week announced a partnership to renovate six tennis courts in Alexandra Park at a cost of just under £100,000. The…
Amherst Ladies Lose Status
Amherst Ladies first team lost all four doubles matches on Sunday at home to Hove visitors Pavilion & Avenue, and thus failed to preserve their place in Division 2 of…
2022: The Year in Team Sport
After two years of major disruption from lockdowns and social restrictions associated with the Covid pandemic, 2022 has seen a welcome resumption of sporting normalities. By Hugh Sullivan, Peter Knight…