Final

Sunday 13th March: The Hyde

Wellington beat Oxford 3-2

The big day arrived and we were ready for a tough day on court against Oxford! Oxford have a great track record- under the careful eye of their Captain Chris Lintott they have reached 4 finals in the last 5 years!

We had to make a tough decision on Thursday! Do we play Tom Monk and roll the dice that his wife can hold off giving birth of their first born until Monday or play safe and put super sub Simon Roundell in the line up- Wiser heads prevailed and we put Simon in the 30 singles-First up was Willem Sweet and Francis Moore in the 35 doubles- They took on James Kempton and Georgie Willis, a solid Oxford pair with a strong partnership! Willem and Francis started strong with Willems booming forces which had the dedan ducking and Oxford looking for their safety helmets- Francis as always kept Willem calm and composed while hitting perfect length winners throughout the match and we took first blood 6/1 6/4!

Up next was super sub Simon who took on Matt Alder- This had three sets written all over it and we were not disappointed- SFR started strong with an array of heavy cut shots, accurate forcing and a lot of running- every point was played like a match point- SFR took the first 6/4 and lost the second 3/6- Post Covid symptoms appeared for Simon with a little fatigue and slowing of pace, which allowed Matt the vital opening to exploit, which he did without mercy and took the match 6/3! We could not ask anymore from Simon – huge effort and a lot of passion was on display for the packed dedans.

Up next Benji Barnes V Quentin Gueroult - This was the pivotal match of the day- Both captains new the match could be won or lost on this result- Both players were super fired up and Benji chased down every ball but Quentin found the grill with alarming regularity and Benji struggled to hold the service end- Strong tactics from Oxford but Benji responded like a legend from the roar of support from the Dedans and followed team captains (DPJ) advice to the letter- On this point I was receiving text advice from the dedans and numerous ideas from the crowd for Benji to follow!! Most of it was exceptional advice!! Against play Benji pulled out a masterful 11^th game, attacking and defending each ball and pressurised Quinten into a series of errors- 6-5 Benji! Second set followed the first and at 4-4 it has very hard to watch as the nerves of team captains and the dedans was palpable- Benji on orders to step up and attack the ball didn’t just take the lead 5-4 but used that momentum and aggressive play to convert his third match ball to win the match 6/5 6/4- To say Benji was exhausted from the physical and mental exertion was an understatement!!

Up next was Cesca-almost a guaranteed win in the 50 singles and Cesca took on Liz Leach, who can play with both hands and has exceptional match play tactics to cause an upset! Cesca was dialled in and super focused from the first ball,everyone new the match was in the bag and Cesca didn’t disappoint with a clinical dismantling of Liz’s game with a 6/2 6/1 win to take the Brody Cup for the first time in WRTC short history- The Dedans erupted and went wild!!

There was talk of cutting short the final match and even getting on with the presentation but after the events at the Pol a quick and decisive decision by the captains was made and NOT to change a single thing! Clive and Tim wanted to finish the day with a clinical finish and stormed the first set 6/1 to a stunned Oxford pair, who looked a little deflated (understandably) but Oxford team captain Chris Lintott gave a passionate speech which ended with “ time for you to put on your big boy pants” and Oxford certainly put them on and took the second set 6/3 Game on and both pairs were now playing as if the title was decided on this result- No surprise it went 5-5 in the third and after some amazing rallies, tactical, calls, superb escape and attack shots on display the motivational speech won through and Oxford won the final point of the day. WOW What a day!

A huge thank you to our traveling supporters who made all the difference and showed the passion and commitment our club has for real tennis- A big thank you to Oxford for being such amazing opponents, fierce on court and super friendly off court, the perfect balance to a successful Brodie Cup. I can’t finish the report without thanking George Scott for playing in the semi final against Radley and getting us over the line and into the final and to Tom for all his efforts and success in the earlier rounds!

Wellington win the Brodie Cup

Wellington beat Oxford 3-2

Willem Sweet & Francis Moore bt James Kempton & Georgie Willis 6/1 6/4
Simon Roundell lost to Matt Alden 6/4 3/6 3/6
Benji Barnes bt Quentin Gueroult 6/5 6/4
Cesca Sweet bt Liz Leach 6/2 6/1
Clive Watson & Tim Shaw lost to Wayne McLennan & Bruce Morrison 6/1 3/6 5/6

Semi-finals

Sunday 23rd January 2022

Bristol lost to Oxford 2-3

Radley lost to Wellington 2-3

Bristol lost to Oxford 2-3

Stuart Andrews & Nick Geere lost to Bruce Morrison & Wayne McLennan 2/6 5/6
George Bretten lost to Matt Alden 2/6 2/6
Max Gunning bt Jean de Pourtales 6/2 6/0
Chris Harland bt Otis Brinkin-Frisbee 5/6 6/3 6/4
Chris Barnard & Reggie Williams lost to Natalie Barber & James Kempton 6/2 4/6 4/6

Radley lost to Wellington 2-3

James Eadie & Giles Fitzpatrick lost to Willem Sweet & Francis Moore 6/5 0/6 5/6
Paul Kettle lost to Tom Monk 3/6 0/6
Ed Alder bt Benji Barnes 4/6 6/3 6/
Rory Acheson-Gray lost to George Scott w/o
Hugo Axel Berg & Andrew Bishop bt Clive Watson & Tim Shaw 0/6 6/3 6/5

Quarter Final

Brodie Cup Quarter Finals

ROUND	DATE/TIME	FIXTURE
Brodie Cup Quarter Final	Dec 05, 2021	Leamington lost to Oxford 1-4
Brodie Cup Quarter Final	Dec 05, 2021	Canford lost to Bristol 1-4
Brodie Cup Quarter Final	Dec 05, 2021	Manchester lost to Wellington w/o
Brodie Cup Quarter Final	Dec 05, 2021	Radley bt Jesmond 5-0

Leamington vs Oxford

30 Singles Will Todd bt Matthew Alden 6/2 6/2
40 Singles Simon Gill lost to Natalie barber 5/6 4/6
50 Singles Chris Sampson lost to Liz Leach 0/6 6/5 2/6
35 Doubles Henry Bryan & Ben Andrews lost to Georgie Willis & James Kempton 3/6 2/6
45 Doubles Kannan Nithi & Callum Watson lost to Bruce Morrison & Wayne McLennan

Oxford win 4-1

Canford vs Bristol

35 Doubles David Dickson & Chris Fenwick lost to Reggie Williams & Chris Barnard 0/6 5/6
30 Singles Ed Lyle bt George Bretten 2/6 6/3 6/1
40 Singles Oliver Hunter lost to Max Gunning 1/6 1/6
50 Singles Tim Anstee lost to Chris Harland 2/6 6/3 1/6
45 Doubles Nick Hewitt & Clive Jeffery lost to Stuart Andrews & Nick Geere 4/6 3/6

Bristol win 4-1

Manchester vs Wellington

Walkover awarded to Wellington

Radley vs Jesmond Dene

30 Singles Paul Kettle bt Tom Hetherington 0/6 6/3 6/5
40 Singles Ed Alder bt Nigel Penna 6/5 6/0
50 Singles Rory Acheson-Gray bt Dean Juric 6/3 6/5
45 Doubles Hugo Axel-Berg & Andy Bishop bt Peter Quinn & Stephen Goodhart 6/3 6/5
35 Doubles James Eadie & Giles Fitzpatrick bt Simon Johnston & Paul Reading 6/0 6/3

Radley win 5-0

First Round

First Round - 14th November

Leamington bt Cambridge 3-2
Oxford bt Hardwick 4-1
Moreton Morrell lost to Canford 2-3
Bristol bt Petworth 5-0
Manchester bt Newmarket w/o
Hatfield lost to Wellington 0-5
Radley bt MCC 3-2
Jesmond Dene bt Queen's Club 3-2

Leamington vs Cambridge

30 singles Will Todd bt Andrew Petrie 6/1 4/6 6/5
35 doubles Charlie Wells & Ben Andrews lost to Ashwin Ahuja & Aaron Wienkers 1/6 2/6
40 singles Simon Gill bt Ben Geytenbeek 6/5 6/3
45 doubles Kannan Nithi & Callum Watson lt Christie Marrian & Alan Sharpe 4/6 3/6
50 Singles Chris Sampson bt Gerald Smith 6/2 6/2

Leamington win 3-2

Oxford vs Hardwick

Jean de Pourtales lost to Juliette Lambert 3/6 2/6
Bruce Morrison & Wayne McLennan bt Katie Leppard & Peter Buckley 6/0 6/0
Matt Alden bt Simon Constantine 4/6 6/2 6/3
Otis Brankin-Frisby bt Candida Nichols 6/3 6/2
Natalie Barber & James Kempton bt Nick Parkinson & Eric Walker 6/1 6/4

Oxford win 4-1

Moreton Morrell vs Canford

45 doubles A Dalton & J Murphy bt N Hewitt 6/5 3/6 6/4
30 singles O Broom lost to Ed Lyle 2/6 2/6
40 singles J Miller bt O Hunter 6/2 6/3
50 singles T Branfield lost to T Anstee 5/6 6/3 4/6
35 doubles A Hamilton & S Hobson lost to A Sawyer & E Aspinal 5/6 6/3 4/6

Canford win 3-2

Bristol vs Petworth

Stuart Andrews & Nick Geere bt Simon Fisk & Henry Russell 6/5 6/3
Chris Barnard & Reggie Williams bt Simon Armstrong & Hereward Taylor 6/1 6/3
Max Gunning bt Stuart Allison 6/1 6/1
Chris Harland bt Tim Fooks 6/3 6/5
George Bretten bt Mark Fischel 4/6 6/5 6/3

Bristol win 5-0

Hatfield vs Wellington

30 singles Nick Brodie lost to Tom Monk 4/6 2/6
40 singles David Hudson lost to Benji Barnes 6/3 3/6 4/6
50 singles John Balfour-Lynn lost to Tim Shaw 1/6 1/6
35 doubles John Savage & Joe Thompson lost to Willem Sweet & Francis Moore 3/6 2/6
45 doubles Louise Mercier & Mike Asplin lost to Clive Watson & Charlie Enticknap 4/6 1/6

Wellington win 5-0

Radley vs MCC

30 singles Paul Kettle bt Tom Hemingway 6/5 6/2
40 singles Ed Alder bt Jonathan Potter 6/3 5/6 6/3
50 singles George Acheson-Gray bt Ben Martin 6/1 6/2
45 doubles Hugo Axel-Berg & Andrew Leslau lost to Tom Hussey & James Pittaway 1/6 4/6
35 doubles Giles Fitzpatrick & Mark Jaggers lost to Tom Carew Hunt & Rufus Parkes 2/6 1/6

Radley win 3-2

Jesmond Dene vs Queen's Club

45 doubles Peter Quinn & Gordon Reed lost to Anthony Bailey & Johnny Saunders 6/4 4/6 4/6
30 singles Tom Hetherington lost to Alan Giddins 5/6 2/6
40 singles Nigel Penna bt Paul Cattermull 6/3 2/6 6/0
50 singles Dean Juric bt Astrid Drayson 0/6 6/4 6/5
35 doubles Simon Johnston & Alan Douglas bt Marek Stefanowicz & James Skeggs w/o (covid)

Jesmond Dene win 3-2

Preliminary Round

Preliminary Round - Sunday 17th October

Oxford bt Oratory 3-2
Moreton Morrell bt Seacourt 5-0
Bristol bt Prested Hall 3-2
Holyport lost to Wellington 0-5
MCC bt Middlesex 3-2

Oxford vs Oratory

40 singles Jean de Pourtales bt James Maclachlan 6/2 5/6 6/5
45 doubles Wayne McLennan & Bruce Morrison bt Simon Wetton & Martin McNair 6/2 4/6 6/4
30 singles Matthew Alden bt Mark Candlish 6/5 6/3
50 singles Liz Leach lost to Gordon Tanner 2/6 6/1 2/6
35 doubles Georgie Willis & Natalie Barber lost to Max Wetton & Alfred Backhouse 3/6 6/5 5/6

Oxford win 3-2

MCC vs MURTC

Tom Hussey & James Pittaway bt Stuart Kerr & James Strachan 6/5 6/1
Hugh Pemberton bt Jack Drew 6/5 5/2 (retired hurt)
Ben Martin lost to Jack Carter 1/6 1/6
Henry Stuttaford lost to Eddie Cotterell 0/6 3/6
Tom Carew Hunt & Rufus Parkes bt Mark Heffernan & Alex Hume 6/5 5/6 6/5

MCC win 3-2

Holyport vs Wellington

45 doubles Mark Piper & Hugh Kingsmill-Moore lost to Clive Watson & Charlie Enticknap 5/6 3/6
30 singles Attila Kerekes lost to Tom Monk 0/6 0/6
40 singles Colm O'Shea lost to Richard Vallat 1/6 2/6
50 singles Alan Everett lost to Casca Sweet 2/6 4/6
35 doubles Barnaby Briggs & Tim Dadd lost to Willem Sweet & Francis Moore 0/6 0/6