It was great to see so many young competitors in this years Parent and Offspring over the festive period! Congratulations to George and Harry Nosworthy managed to retain the Parent & Offspring title beating Ian and George Harnett 6/3 in the final. Ian & George had earlier beaten the eventual winners 6/1 in the group stage but sadly couldn’t repeat the job when it mattered in the final. This year we had 3 children aged 10 and under taking part, all of whom played some amazing tennis and one player who had only been on court twice before who made it all look disturbingly easy! Many thanks to the Akers family who produced a delicious lunch with the help of David Wormald! We hope to see you all
The first weekend in December saw Hatfield's 3rd year of its newest tournament; The Hatfield Hurricane! Attended by 18 competitors in a doubles round robin format players attended the tournament meal on the Friday where pairings were drawn out of the hat, odds were attained and bets were made on the most likely victors. Unique to the Hurricane each player also got to draw out of the hat a player from the opposing group who they "owned" for the tournament. If this player happened to make the final or even won on the day a cash prize was up for grabs. This created a great atmosphere in the dedans with players cheering on their backed competitor. Play commenced on Saturday morning from 9am thro
