Burnham-On-Sea\u2019s Avenue Tennis Club saw its spirited Over 75s team narrowly miss out on victory in a County showdown against Hereford and Worcester last month due to a technical rule.<\/p>\n
The tightly contested match was held in Malvern and featured five determined Avenue Club players \u2014 Axel Ruttler, Ian Howard, David Holiday, Barry Ramsden, and captain John Barrington \u2014 representing Somerset.<\/p>\n
After nearly four hours of intense rallies, lengthy deuces and nail-biting tie breaks, the teams finished level on rubbers at two apiece.<\/p>\n
However, under the County League\u2019s match rules, victory was awarded to the home side for having claimed the first two rubbers.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a tough result for the team who gave it their all,\u201d said Club spokesperson. \u201cThey showed exceptional skill and endurance throughout.\u201d<\/p>\n
The team will regroup for their next fixture on Tuesday, 29th July, travelling to Downton near Salisbury to face Dorset, with further matches against Devon and Avon scheduled later this season.<\/p>\n
Pictured are Somerset\u2019s Over 75s squad \u2013 Axel Ruttler, Ian Howard, John Barrington (Captain), David Holiday and Barry Ramsden.<\/p>\n
The Avenue Tennis Club continues to welcome new members of all ages and abilities. With social sessions throughout the week, free floodlight access for members, and one of Somerset\u2019s best facilities, the club offers something for everyone\u2014including pickleball, Friday night family sessions, and junior coaching.<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t miss the club\u2019s upcoming events: Burnham-on-Sea Open Tennis Competition (17\u201323 August) \u2013 free entry for spectators; and\u00a0Summer Holiday Tennis Camps for Kids \u2013 from \u00a318 per day. See Avenue website for more detail \u2013 www.avenuetennis.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Burnham-On-Sea\u2019s Avenue Tennis Club saw its spirited Over 75s team narrowly miss out on victory in a County…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28231,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[101,118,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-28230","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\/28230","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=28230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}