{"id":157626,"date":"2025-09-24T14:16:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T14:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/157626\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T14:16:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T14:16:08","slug":"burnhams-avenue-tennis-club-celebrates-league-success-at-annual-presentation-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/157626\/","title":{"rendered":"Burnham&#8217;s Avenue Tennis Club celebrates league success at annual presentation night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Burnham-On-Sea\u2019s Avenue Tennis Club has celebrated a successful season in the Somerset Tennis League at its annual presentation evening.<\/p>\n<p>The event brought together players from the ladies\u2019 and men\u2019s teams for an evening of tennis and celebration.<\/p>\n<p>Organised by outgoing Men\u2019s Team Captain Barry Ramsden, the night began with a series of ladies\u2019, men\u2019s, and mixed doubles matches.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-222521\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Img_2451.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"690\" height=\"452\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Club President Pauline Jenkins led the trophy presentations, honouring teams who had won their divisions or earned promotion.<\/p>\n<p>The standout moment came when Avenue Ladies A Team Captain Emily Rossiter collected the North Somerset Division One winners shield, joined by teammates Charlotte Bolton, Claire Gass and Megan Rundle \u2013 all in their first year in the division.<\/p>\n<p>Team results for the 2024\/25 season included:<\/p>\n<p>Ladies A: Division 1 \u2013 WinnersLadies B: Division 6 \u2013 Winners and promotedMen\u2019s B: Division 4 \u2013 Second and promotedMen\u2019s A: Division 1 \u2013 Second<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-222524\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Img_2443.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"690\" height=\"409\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Barry Ramsden announced he would be stepping down as Men\u2019s Team Captain after many years, handing over to Sam Goodhew while continuing as Tennis Manager. Players thanked Barry for his dedication and for organising the evening.<\/p>\n<p>The club\u2019s AGM will take place on Sunday, September 28th at 12 noon in the clubhouse. Volunteers are being sought for committee roles, especially lettings. Anyone interested is encouraged to contact the club secretary at sjhyde27@hotmail.com.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-222520\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Img_2458.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"690\" height=\"437\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Coaching sessions for juniors and adults are underway, including Cardio Tennis with Head Coach Tim Seymour and new parent-and-tots sessions on Thursdays. Details are available at www.tennis-extreme.com.<\/p>\n<p>The club\u2019s internal tournament is in full swing, and the Jo Gooden Cup \u2013 a fun ladies\u2019 event \u2013 will be held on Saturday, October 18th from 3-6pm.<\/p>\n<p>Social events continue with Wednesday Supper Evenings and Friday Family Nights, featuring Vinny\u2019s Minis junior sessions and adult coaching. Membership details and weekly tennis schedules can be found at www.avenuetennis.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Burnham-On-Sea\u2019s Avenue Tennis Club has celebrated a successful season in the Somerset Tennis League at its annual presentation&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":157627,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[101,118,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-157626","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-sports","9":"tag-tennis","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157626\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}