A ‘BIKE ‘N’ Bash fundraising effort in aid of charity is the novel idea hit upon by Duston United club coach David Barr.
Barr, along with club-mates Dean Conopo, Tony Wye and Dave Hutchinson plan to cycle to all 22 of the Northampton League clubs over the weekend of July 6/7, which coincides with the Wimbledon finals, and play a tie-break at each.
Barr said: “I wanted to do something for Cancer Research UK and the whole trip will total 165 miles.”
Starting at their home club at 8.30am on the Saturday, the intrepid quartet have scheduled an itinerary which involves visiting 14 clubs on the Saturday, but cycling less miles on the Sunday when that figure will rise to 92.3.
The Saturday route will take in Duston United, Dallington, King’s Park, Corby, Kettering, Ferrers, Wollaston, Earls Barton, Northampton, County, Abington, Rushmere, Collingtree and Roade.
Sunday will involve a broader sweep beyond the county border as after trips to Brackley, Towcestrians, Nether Heyford and Priors Marston, tie-breaks will take place at Rugby and LMRCA in Warwickshire, before returning to Northamptonshire to conclude at West Haddon, Harpole and finally back at Duston.
Anyone wishing to pledge support to Barr and his club-mates can do so by contacting him at dustontennis@fsmail.net or calling on 07912 746693.
New club opens on Easter Monday
THE new tennis club at Brixworth is set to open its doors on Easter Monday, April 1, with prospective new members welcome to come along to glance the facilities between 2pm – 4pm.
Will Haxby, the man chiefly responsible for getting the venture of the ground alongside the village’s cricket club committee said: “We currently have 64 members which I believe is a reasonable start.”
Anyone interested in finding out more can contact Haxby at willh@haddonstone.co.uk.
Town League embracing new technology
THE Wilson’s Northampton Lawn Tennis League is to fully embrace the world of technology this summer by introducing the online submission of results through ‘Mydivision’.
League chairman Barry Searle said: “This is something we trialled during the winter with the top two divisions of the men’s leagues and apart from a few understandable hitches, it has seemed to work very well.”
Depending on reaction, the league is considering holding an educational night for team captains not fully versed in the laptop age...
Dallington B end winter league season with a win
DALLINGTON B ended their men’s winter league season with a 5-3 win at lowly Wollaston on Saturday.
The pair of Peter James and Richard Ball picked up three sets, beating Terry O’Reilly/Gareth Street 6-1, 6-2 and halving 6-4, 3-6 against Kerry Anderson/Mark Stockley. Dallington’s Patrick Punch/Daniel Knight beat O’Reilly/Street 6-3, 6-1 but lost 1-6, 0-6 to Anderson/Stockley.
Graham takes it to the Max
DALLINGTON 10U junior Max Graham recently reached the semi-finals of a Grade 3 event at Tipton in Birmingham.
Among a string of events at Dallington in the near future, it is staging an Easter camp between April 8-12 followed by a ‘Babolat’ Open Day on Sunday April 14.
This year Dallington stages its Grade 4 junior tournament beginning on the Tuesday of the bank holiday week, May 28.
Entries are now being accepted with further details on www.dallingtonltc.co.uk.