tennis Fixture

* Club Handicap Singles Winners 2023/24 (Chetwood Trophy) 2025

Jun 14, 2025 - Jun 15, 2025 Hyde Bridport J Brodie

Update Jun 24, 2025
Published Jun 26, 2024

Chetwood Trophy: 14 -15 June at Hyde Bridport

D. Whitehead bt M. Cork 4/0 4/1

The Hyde Tennis Club had an action packed weekend hosting the Chetwood trophy - the cup-winners cup of handicap tennis. The first group couldn’t have been closer. Richard Bellars beat Ben Geyenbeek. Ben in turn beat Dan Whitehead. Dan then went on to beat Richard. We got the calculators out, and if Ben had won 1 more game and lost 1 fewer, he would have gone through. Instead Dan and Richard progressed to Day Two.

Jon Spiers was hitting the ball beautifully, unfortunately for him, his opponents were retrieving well and wherever possible managed to keep the ball out of his reach. Having each won a match against Jon, Nick Geere and Damien Fouracres were playing for top place. Nick gave a masterclass in patience and precision as he out rallied his less experienced opponent and secured a well earned win.

The Final group of the day saw the two youngest competitors of the tournament. James Dowson hit some brilliant serves and could have won his first set against Oscar Wolfenden, but Oscar was very solid and kept his cool to win the match. Merlin Cork got off to a great start and served James off the court. With both players through, Merlin and Oscar had a good tussle, but Oscars soaked up the power game from Merlin and managed to win the tie. 

On Day 2, Merlin and Richard had an incredibly close first set, but in the deciding game Richard's return of serve faltered and Merlin won the second set with momentum he had gained from winning the first. Richard didn’t put a step wrong against Nick and earned himself a convincing result. Nick put in a very steady performance against both opponents, but Merlin progressed to the final with two good wins.

In the second group, Oscar played some very fine shots, but had lost a bit of the consistency and confidence that had served him so well on day 1. Damien and Daniel had a good tussle to decide the second finalist. Daniel came out of the blocks quickly and took advantage of a slightly nervous opponent, but Damien recovered well to win the second set. In the 3rd, Damien struggled to get chases and that gave Daniel the advantage.

Having received handicaps all morning, Merlin looked a little bit tentative giving one to Daniel. Merlin was hitting the balls with decent pace, but Daniels' volleying and half volleys were rock solid. The real cincher was the length of Daniel's tambour shots… Merlin had been retrieving incredibly well all tournament but Daniel took all the pace off his shots from the service end, and didn’t give Merlin anything off the back wall. In the end it was a convincing victory for Daniel and after his initial loss against Ben, he went from strength to strength.

Many thanks to the T&RA for sponsoring the tournament. Also a huge thank you to all the competitors and supporters for travelling to Bridport. It was a great atmosphere all weekend, and win or lose, everyone played with good humour and great sportsmanship… It was a credit to the nature and core values of Real Tennis!

The Hyde

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Group 1

Date/Time Fixture Score
Jun 14, 2025 - 10:00 AM R. Bellars bt B. Geytenbeek 4/3 4/1
Jun 14, 2025 - 11:00 AM B. Geytenbeek bt D. Whitehead 4/2 4/3
Jun 14, 2025 - 12:00 PM D. Whitehead bt R. Bellars 4/3 3/4 4/0

Group 2

Date/Time Fixture Score
Jun 14, 2025 - 1:30 PM N. Geere bt J. Speirs 4/2 4/1
Jun 14, 2025 - 2:30 PM D. Fouracres bt J. Speirs 4/1 4/0
Jun 14, 2025 - 3:30 PM N. Geere bt D. Fouracres 2/4 4/1 4/1

Group 3

Date/Time Fixture Score
Jun 14, 2025 - 5:00 PM O. Wolfenden bt J. Dowson 4/3 4/1
Jun 14, 2025 - 6:00 PM J. Dowson bt M. Cork 4/0 4/0
Jun 14, 2025 - 7:00 PM O. Wolfenden bt M. Cork 4/3 4/2

Quarter-finals

Date/Time Fixture Score
Jun 15, 2025 - 10:00 AM M. Cork bt R. Bellars 4/3 4/1
Jun 15, 2025 - 11:00 AM D. Whitehead bt O. Wolfenden 4/0 4/3
Jun 15, 2025 - 12:00 PM N. Geere vs 4/1 4/0
Jun 15, 2025 - 1:00 PM D. Fouracres bt O. Wolfenden 4/0 4/1

Semi-finals

Date/Time Fixture Score
Jun 15, 2025 - 2:00 PM M. Cork bt N. Geere 4/1 4/3
Jun 15, 2025 - 3:00 PM D. Whitehead bt D. Fouracres 4/1 2/4 4/1

Final

Date/Time Fixture Score
Jun 15, 2025 - 4:00 PM D. Whitehead bt M. Cork 4/0 4/1