Club Tournament
2024 Adult Club Championship
Tournament Draws and Results
2024 Championship Report
The annual Wychwoods Tennis Club Championship is now complete, concluding with a strong and enjoyable finals day played in pretty decent weather. The tournament was played across several months with 65 players and played in good spirit.
Many thanks to all who came to support and watch both the finals and trophy presentations - and huge appreciation for the superb BBQ goes to Chris Bird.
Championship Winners
Men's Singles - Freddie Frithz
Men's Over 50s Singles - Mark Stratford
Men’s Doubles – Freddie Frithz and Dan Bizzarro
Ladies Singles - Ali Buckley-Sharp
Ladies Doubles - Ali Buckley-Sharp and Denise Shepherd
Mixed Doubles - Philippa Middleton and Freddie Frithz
Under 10s - Bill Owen
Under 14s - Kiril Egan
Under 18s - Deavel Constable
Special Mention
Freddie Frithz, who managed to win all three finals in which he played - men’s doubles, men’s singles and finally mixed doubles. What a huge achievement and massive well done to Freddie. But another shout out to goes to Mark Stratford, who played in three finals and won the Men’s Over 50s Singles.
It was also a privilege to have former club Chair Anita Hollingdale there throughout to present the trophies and awards and we all fondly remembered her dear husband Roger, also a past Chair, who sadly passed away earlier this year.
Highlights
The day began with a mixture of power play in the Men’s Doubles from Freddie and partner Dan Bizzarro, against the finesse of Brad Payne and Mark Stratford with Freddie and Dan winning 6-3 7-6. Meanwhile the Ladies Singles Final was being fought out in a tough match, with long rallies, between the eventual victor Ali Buckley-Sharp and Karen Purvis 6-1 6-3.
On the far court the juniors were in full flight - and my goodness even the under 10s hit the ball so well. The Under 10s Final was won by Bill Owen 2-4 4-1 10-3 against Luca Smith, with the Under 14s won by Kiril Egan 6-0 6-0 against Miguel Fyfe.
Then came on the big guns of the Under 18s and it was wonderful to see how much these young guys have improved as they grow and get ever more strategic in their play with Deavel Constable beating Alex Williamson 6-2 6-3.
With lunchtime in view, the BBQ was moving into action, while Mark Stratford - beaten finalist in the 2023 Men’s Over 50s Final - against the 2023 victor Phil Dunk. It was tight as a drum in 2023 and again this year, with Mark coming out on top 6-3 2-6 7-5.
The Ladies Doubles Final was happening too with Karen, Ali and Denise back on court alongside Clare White, partner to Karen, and it was a terrific spectacle, quite attritional in a good way, with Ali Buckley-Sharp and Denise Shepherd winning 4-6 6-1 6-1.
We switched things about order-wise as the day continued, balancing courts and players. As you can see some names had several outings on the day but that is their own ‘fault' for being so good at tennis. The Men’s Singles Final started between (yes you guessed it) Freddie Frithz and last year’s losing singles finalist Alex Hollingdale, with Freddie winning this one 6-4 7-6.
By now the crowds had subsided after quite a long day - and with the BBQ a distant memory - only the die-hards watched the final match of the day the Mixed Doubles Final with Philippa Middleton and Freddie beating Denise Shepherd and Mark Stratford.
What was fitting was the final presentation of awards for the Mixed Doubles was to four players, who across the day had all won one trophy at least.
The Plate winners were:
Men's Singles - Adam Thomas
Men's Over 50s Singles - Craig Ogden
Ladies Singles - Debbie Mills
Ladies Doubles - Kate Kaye & Barbara Layton
Mixed Doubles - Tilly Painter & Dan Symons
Men’s Doubles – Chris Powley & Richard Whittington
View the results and winners of previous Club Championships here