Brilliant sunshine favoured the brave as 16 players - magically, eight women and eight men - turned out on a chilly morning for the annual Winter Tournament at the Club on November 18th. Maggie Andrews and Paul Cowling narrowly emerged as winners, with Adam Hope and Liz Jay second after both pairings won four of
The Club's A team ended its 2018 summer with a narrow win over Taunton B and kept its place in the West Somerset League's Second Division. The squad won promotion to the Second last year, and its 7-5 home win reversing an earlier away defeat by Taunton B secured fourth place with a tally of
Wiveliscombe B team has won promotion in the West Somerset Tennis League after winning nine of their 10 matches this season – the last one a 9-0 victory in Minehead on Sunday, August 19th. The squad, which featured more than a dozen players this year, had already secured their move to the Fourth Division when
What do you do if you have lost a three-match series two to one? Go for best of five... That's what Wivey's super-vets team came up with after home squad Minehead scored a clean sheet against them on August 8th. Paul Cowling's invitation to return to Wiveliscombe in September met with general approval (hence our
Anyone who dreams of winning Wimbledon, meeting their lifelong partner at a tennis match, or just taking a swing at a ball is invited to Wiveliscombe Tennis Club this Sunday, July 22nd as part of a national Great British Tennis Weekend. Regular year-round supporters of the Club will be on hand to offer tips, take
Following Saturday's successful Junior Tennis event, an enthusiastic assortment of adults contested the Mixed Doubles Tournament on Sunday July 8th. The heat was intense but Helena Trump and Jeremy Toye battled through to lift the handsome trophy.
Ten youngsters and five supporting adults turned out on Saturday morning, July 7th, for a pilot session for the new Club Junior sessions starting on July 21st. The players paused their games on court to vote unanimously for weekly sessions, and agreed that Saturday mornings between 10 and 12 would work best for both players
Minehead's tennis Super-Veterans reaped revenge on a Wivey squad when they won three of the four matches in their latest clash on June 29th, and drew the fourth. Helena Trump and new signing Shena Harknett were alone in holding their Minehead counterparts Jenny Thomas and Mary Fay to a 6-6 draw in the last match
The hot summer season at Wiveliscombe Tennis Club is now well under way, combining organised matches with simple playing for fun on any day of the week. While the newly-promoted A team battles with the big shots in the second section of the West Somerset League, the B team has risen to the top of
Four "super-vets" from Wivey Tennis Club beat the home side, Minehead, in their first match of the season, with a return fixture at home scheduled for June 29. Paul Cowling, Mary Hughes, Jeremy Toye and Helena Trump racked up 38 games to Minehead's 30 in what is becoming a regular friendly clash between the two
