ARC Summer Open - A HOT Week
Well! What a week we had! Probably the hottest ever ARC Summer Open. Temperatures reached a peak on the Tuesday at 29C! Well done to all the players who battled through the heat with the help of ice pops, and the spectators who were all crammed under the hedge! There were 37 different events, 9 days of competition, 225 entrants, over 500 matches played and competitors aged from 6 upwards! Delicious cakes supplied by “The Cake Lady” Cindy, followed by the Pop-Up Bar and Cafe, also helped the week to go with a swing!
The week began with Men’s and Ladies Vets doubles which was fiercely fought by both sexes! Thursday saw 72 children U8, U9 & U10 on site for all the singles events, and we were even able to have separate boy’s and girl’s events in all 3 age groups. The play lasted for 10 hours! These could not have happened without the help of our great team of Junior volunteers who were on court scoring: Heidi, Theo C, Oli W, Amelia, Theo M, Nate, Jess, Iseo, Rufus, Henry. The team were so good we were asked if they travel outside of the Southwest to run events-praise indeed. Also, a huge thank you to Doug who assisted with the refereeing this year.’
Events for older juniors were well supported and the compass draws meant that everyone found their own level in the end. It was great to attract enough girls to hold 2 singles events this year, but sadly no doubles. Children travelled from as far away as Manchester, Wales and Sussex to compete here. 32 children from ARC entered with some excellent results.
ARC players who claimed trophies:
U8 Boys Singles Winner Ethan Cook
U10 Boys Singles RU Dylan Crighton
U10 Girls Singles RU Ella Emptage
U10 Doubles RU Ella Emptage & Jay Carr
U12 Boys Singles Winner Boris Lobato
U14 Boys Doubles Winner Iseo Gould RU Rufus Underwood
U16 Boys Singles RU Nathan Fox
U16 Girls Winner Heidi Clarke RU Amelia Crighton
Winsome Trophy for Most Improved and successful ARC Junior in this tournament Heidi Clarke
The adult tournament did not disappoint with its late-night doubles of a very high standard, but no spectators wrapped in blankets this year, just the 80’s themed party which was such a success and the cakes and drinks going down well. Again, competition was fierce, both from the home club and visitors from away. The Men’s Singles Title this year went to ARC member Emerson Styles who fought off Stan from Truro in a final of high level tennis. The Ladies Singles was won by a 15-year-old from Bath whilst Heidi was RU.
ARC players who won trophies:
Men's Singles Winner Emerson Styles
Ladies Singles RU Heidi Clarke
Ladies Vets’ Singles RU Sue Donegan
Ladies Doubles Winner Heidi Clarke, RU Cath Andrews and Teresa Poole
Mixed Doubles Vets’ Winners Paul Ley and Cath Andrews
Ladies Vets’ Doubles Winner Sue Donegan & Jinny Stapley, RU Cindy Reynolds & Alison Widdicombe
Men's Vets’ Winners Gerald Sussex & Kevin Hooper, RU Dave Thresher & Ashley Clements
Mixed Doubles Winner Euan Greenslade, RU Heidi Clarke & Nathan Fox
If you missed out on all the fun this time, make sure you enter the next weeklong tournament which is the ARC Winter Open October 24th to November 1st – save the date now!
Remember all events are either Compass Draw or Round Robin so you get to play 3 or 4 matches and only need to commit one or 2 days/evenings!
Also coming soon for ARC members The ARC Club Championships for all our sports.