Linlithgow Tennis

Good luck to Jack Bonnar this weekend representing East of Scotland in the county cup

Men's 2s lose out at Bridge of Allan.
Our men's 2s lost out 8-4 on Thursday night to an improved Bridge of Allan side.
Our team was... Norrie Watson/ Ian Kirkwood 2 sets Eugene Creally/ Richard Walton 1 set Stuart Coe / Gregor Taut 1 set
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Men's 1st team draw with Dunblane
A 6-6 draw at home to Dunblane could yet prove crucial as with 1 game of the season to our men could finish 2nd or face relegation in 5th as 2 points separate 4 teams. Our team was Simon Lynn/Jack Bonnar 2 sets... Kevin Doyle / Jim Stevens 3 sets Zander Bohle/ Martin Fleming 1 set
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Ladies 2s retain Division 2 status
Our ladies 2s took to the courts on Tuesday night with the strange predicament of being 2nd in the league while still having the possibility of relegation. Taking matters into their own hands they got a good 8-4 win at home to Inchyra. If our ladies 1st team also defeat Inchyra in the remaining game of the season we will finish 1st and 2nd in division 2.... Performance of the night was Liz Thomson and Laurie McKerrow taking the 1st set against Inhyras strong 1st pairing, which helped the team to a commanding 5-1 lead at halfway point. Our team were Liz Thomson/Laurie McKerrow 3 sets Elaine Townsend/Fiona Walton 3 sets Anne Marie French / Anne Cross Bissett 2 sets
Well done Ladies
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Ladies 1st team wrap up league title
Our ladies 1st team saw off Dollar 2s and confirmed their return to the 1st division with a fine 10-2 win Roxanna Milne and Louise Featherstone were in unbeatable form losing only 3 games in their 4 sets. Our team were... Roxanna Milne / Louise Featherstone 4 sets Edith McDowall/Diane Mackie 3 sets Alison Kirkwood/Caroline Mckie 3 sets
Congratulations Ladies
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Linlithgow 12U team win at Bridge of Allan
Linlithgow sent a full strength team to Bridge of Allan on Saturday comprising of members of last years league winning side. It proved to much for a young Bridge of Allan side as Linlithgow ran out 6-0 winners Our team were... Jack Bonnar Lewis Gordon Mackenzie Griffiths Corin Jack
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Helicopter moment for 16u team
Our 16U 1st team won the league on the last day of the season as they beat Dollar 6-0 while rivals Bridge of Allan went down 4-2 to Kippen. The highlight of yesterdays match was in the doubles. Sam Featherstone and Jack Bonnar fought back from 4-0 down to win 7-6. They saved match point at 6-5 in games with some spectacular volleys from Jack. In the tie break they saved another 2 set points from 6-4 down to 6-6. At 6-6 Jack scorched a return for a clean winner down the tramline, for partner Sam to punch home the winning volley to take the tiebreak 8-6. Well done to all players who took part this season including Gregor Tait and Lauchlan Muir, a ridiculously strong 3rd and 4th combo who both went unbeaten all season.

In other news
A brief summary of other results this week
In their penultimate match of the season our Ladies 2s went down 10-2 at Dollar with Diane Mackie and Liz Thompson picking up the 2 sets
... An under strength mens 1st team travelled to Kippen1s and lost 11-1 in what is now becoming a very tight 4 way battle to avoid the last relegation spot. Martin Fleming and Zander Bohle picking up the only set on the night.
A sore 7-5 defeat for our mens 2nd team see's them drop back into the relegation spot with 1 game to go. Norrie Watson and Ian Kirkwood again stood out picking up all 4 of their sets with Gregor Tait and Stephen Bell picking up the other.
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Division 2 title within touching distance for Ladies 1s
Our ladies 1s now only need to turn up for their remaining matches to ensure the title as they picked up another strong 11-1 win on Tuesday night against Cumbernauld
Our team were... Julia Stevens/ Roxanna Milne 4 sets Laura McGowan/ Louisia Botha 4 sets Laurie McKerrow/ Caroline Mckie 3 sets
Well done ladies !!
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Mens 3rd team season ends at Stirling.
With the tough task of trying to field a team on Marches day our mens 3rd team travelled through to Stirling to face their 3rd team with only 4 players available. Eugene Creally and Jack Bonnar stepped in to make the numbers up although their results didn't count. As expected they comfortably won their 4 sets. The remaining 4 picked up a set each as we went down 10-2 on the night... Our team was Stuart Coe/ Lewis Gordon 1 set Andy Bonnar / Richard Bateman 1 set
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16u intraclub league match
Our 16U squads faced off against each other in the league today. The 2s put up a spirited display with each of them making their counterpart work for their victory, none more so than Matthew Fulton, who had an epic match with Louise Featherstone. Long rallies of consistent hitting from both players saw the match ebb and flow, with Louise rising to the occasion to come back in both sets to win 5-3 5-3 Our teams were ... Jack Bonnar Louise Featherstone Lauchlan Muir Gregor Tait
Lucas Smith Matthew Fulton Kinloch Law James Shearer
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President's day mixed doubles
Our members took to the courts today for the annual president's day mixed doubles tournament. 7 pairs fought it out over 6 round robin rounds of timed matches. Our winners this year were Anne Marie French and Jack Bonnar, who has finally started to pay his parent's investment back with a bottle of wine .... Thanks to Graham our club President for running the event and a special thanks to Richard and Anne Marie for the barbeque.
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Mens 3rd team lose out to Stirling 2s
There were some should have been's , some could have been's and a couple of how on earth did it not come to be's but the men's 3rd team found some fresh ways to lose games to go down 12-0 to Stirling. (Smashing game point onto the adjacent court from directly above the net being a particular classic from their heroic captain.) Our juniors on the other hand were eyed enviously by Stirling with some of their play, outstanding. Matthew Fulto...n was singled out by the opposition over tea for his forehand consistency, Logan Ireland making his debut for the men's teams showed why he is so useful with a badminton racket with some bullet overheads and Lewis Gordon showing some serious power on his forehands. The future looks bright to reverse some of the 5-7s and 4-6s in the coming seasons Our team was Andy Bonnar/ Lewis Gordon Scott Jack/ Matthew Fulton Edward Brice/ Logan Ireland
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12U team in tight draw at Falkirk2
An entertaining match was played out at Falkirk yesterday where our 12U team were involved in a 3-3 draw .
2 tight tie breaks in the doubles went to Falkirk, making the difference on the day, with Linlithgow winning 3 of the 4 singles matches.... Good wins for Lewis Gordon, Corin Jack and Matthew Beaton with Tom Shearer going close as well
Good effort boys
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Round Table assault course relay
Some of our juniors represented the club at the round table fun day at Linlithgow rugby club yesterday Mackenzie Griffiths, Sophia Anderson , Corin Jack and Lewis Smith took part from the tennis club. Wish they held one for the over 40s

Mens 1st team falter at Stirling
An uncharacteristic performance from our men's 1st team saw them slip to a 10-2 defeat at Stirling 2s Getting off to a slow start on the quick surface they found themselves 6-0 down at halftime before finding some form to finish the match 10-2 Our team was... Kevin Doyle/ Ian Shearer 1 set Jim Stevens/ Jack Bonnar 1 set Zander Bohle/ Martin Fleming
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Mens 2nd team draw with Falkirk.
Our mens 2nd team got another important result last night with a hard fought 6-6 draw against Falkirk 3s. With results elsewhere going their way, the result lifts them out the bottom 2. Norrie Watson and Ian Kirkwood starred on the night winning all 4 of their sets... Our team was Norrie Watson/Ian Kirkwood 4 sets Eugene Creally/ Richard Walton 2 sets Brian Joy/ Stuart Coe
Well done guys !!
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Linlithgow ladies in intraclub rematch
After the brawl in Boghall it was the "square go" in Linlithgow on Tuesday night as our ladies 1st and 2nd teams did battle in what was also a top of the table clash. With team captain Diane watching on from the sides to everyone's relief, it was a high quality encounter showing the depth of our ladies teams with other regulars also missing. As expected our ladies 1st team ran out winners ... Teams were 1sts Roxanna Milne/ Julia Stevens Louisia Botha/ Laura McGowan Caroline McKie/ Alison Kirkwood 2nds Liz Thompson/Laurie McKerrow Anne Cross-Bisset/Anne Marie French Alison Dickson/ Doreen Adie
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