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The Annual General Meeting (and fixtures meeting) was held on Tuesday 31st March 2026 at The Colchester Officers' Club and the following clubs have affiliated to The Friendly Tennis League for the 2026 season and have entered the following teams:
| Dedham Tennis Club Club: | Mixed Team |
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| East Bergholt: | Ladies Team (2-pair), Mens team (2-pair), Mixed team |
| Colchester Officers' Club: | Ladies Team (3-pair), Mens Team (3-pair), Mixed Team |
| Kirby: | Ladies Team (2-pair), Mens Team (2-pair), Mixed Team |
| Lexden Hill: | Mens Team (3-pair), Mixed |
| Lexden Rackets and Fitness Club: | Mixed Team |
| Little Clacton: | Ladies Team (3-pair), Mens Team (3-pair) |
| Spring Lane Tennis Club: | For individual tournaments only |
| West Mersea: | For individual tournaments only |
| Wivenhoe: | Ladies Team (2-pair), Mens team (2-pair) |
The Colchester and District Friendly Tennis League finals were held at Wivenhoe Tennis Club on Saturday 13 September 2025, the culmination of matches between 116 participants across 10 events. The Friendly League is intended for competitors who play in leagues below division 1 of the C&D tennis league in the Colchester and District area. It runs both leagues and knock-out competitions, and the day was for the finals of the knock-out competitions to take place. Seven clubs were represented on the day: Spring Lane, Little Clacton, Kirby, Colchester Officers Club, Wivenhoe, Frinton, and West Mersea. As expected for the Friendly League, all of the matches were played in a good spirit and the many supporters for competitors were generous and good-natured in their support. Some 8 of the 10 finals were completed on the day &mdash: the remaining two were rained off and will be played on dates to be arranged by the participants.
Christine Clark, who chairs the league, presented the winners’ trophies and winners’ and runners-ups’ plaques to each finalist. She thanked Wivenhoe Tennis Club for hosting the event and the volunteers who had made the event possible by officiating matches and helping with refreshments. Special thanks were given to Sherry Hodgson who organised the knock-out competitions and the finals day.
Finally, Christine presented the league competition winners’ shields. These were East Bergholt for the Ladies’, Lexden Hill for the Men’s, and Dedham for the Mixed. The day finished at 4.00pm with heavy rain falling, leaving the Veterans Ladies’ final between Nicky Potter & Christine Metson (Spring Lane) v Christine Clark & Clare Smee (Wivenhoe) and the Married Couples’ final between Andy & Sherry Hodgson (Officers Club) v John & Lucy Carpenter (Officers Club) to be arranged by the participants.
For full scores see Individual Tournaments
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Junior singles finalists Jasper Wilding (Frinton) (winner); Isabella Clarke (Spring Lane) |
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Ladies Singles finalists Nicky Potter (Spring Lane) (winner); Janet Sullivan (Little Clacton) |
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Mens singles finalists Dave Aston (The Officers' Club) Alex Temple (West Mersea) (winner); |
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Mens doubles finalists Contenders for the John Sambrook Cup Gareth Lee & Joe Bushell (Kirby) Neil Westbrook & Martin Picker (Little Clacton) (winners); |
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Ladies doubles finalists Sarah Morton & Barbara Ager (Kirby) (winners); Sherry Hodgson & Sarah Ward (The Officers' Club) |
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Mixed doubles finalists Martin Picker & Carol Wright (Little Clacton) Jasper Wilding & Charlie Macnamara (Frinton) (winners); |
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Veteran mens doubles finalists John Carpenter & Kevin Eastaugh (The Officers' Club) (winners); Keith Monk & Onder Savas (Wivenhoe) |
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Veteran ladies doubles finalists Nicky Potter & Christine Metson (Spring Lane) (winners); Christine Clark & Clare Smee (Wivenhoe) |
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Veteran mixed doubles finalists Contenders for the Don Rampling Cup Jeremy Wedge & Natalie Cowie (Little Clacton) (winners); Martin Picker & Carol Wright (Little Clacton) |
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Married Couples Doubles Andrew & Sherry Hodgson (The Officers' Club) (winners); John & Lucy Carpenter (The Officers' Club) |
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The Annual General Meeting (and fixtures meeting) was held on Tuesday 1st April 2025 at The Colchester Officers' Club and the following clubs have affiliated to The Friendly Tennis League for the 2025 season and have entered the following teams:
| East Bergholt: | Ladies Team (2-pair), Mens team (2-pair), Mixed team |
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| Colchester Officers' Club: | Ladies Team (3-pair), Mens Team (3-pair), Mixed Team |
| Dedham Tennis Club Club: | Mixed Team |
| Kirby: | Ladies Team (2-pair), Mens Team (3-pair), Mixed Team |
| Lexden Hill: | Mens Team (3-pair), Mixed |
| Lexden Rackets and Fitness Club: | Mens Team (2-pair), Mixed Team |
| Little Clacton: | Ladies Team (3-pair) |
| Spring Lane Tennis Club: | For individual tournaments only |
| West Mersea: | For individual tournaments only |
| Wivenhoe: | Ladies Team (2-pair), Mens team (2-pair) |