October 2025 Newsletter
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Forthcoming Events ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 1
Social News ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 1
Friendlies ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 1
Laura Haywood Finals ………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 2
A Team ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 2
WhatsApp Group for Members …………………………………………………………………………………………. 2
Forthcoming Events
Saturday 18th October – End of Season Tournament, on the courts, starting at 1.30pm – set
up from 1pm on wards. Bring your own refreshments.
Of course, members can still play after this date if the weather is conducive.
Thursday 6th November – Indian meal at the Shalimar Restaurant, Darley Dale – 6.30 for
7pm. Further details to follow once I have made final arrangements with the restaurant.
1st January 2026 – meet in Terrace Room for socialising and general chat – if not got
anything better to do!!!!
Mid-January 2026 – Lunch time meal at Matlock Golf Club – date yet to be arranged.
Thank you all for attending our socials and making them such a success.
Social News
Our latest social event at Barrington’s was a good event; 21 members attended and the
raffle raised much needed funds for the Club; many thanks to those who brought prizes as
well as buying tickets.
Our next social at a local pub will be sometime in March 2026, if anyone could suggest and
alternative to Barrington’s which can accommodate around 25 people all in one room, we
can give it a go, but if not, I will arrange for it to be held there again.
Friendlies
We should have travelled to Sheffield a week earlier but stormy weather caused a
postponement to 22nd September. Our team was John, Ida, Debbie and Colin D, Val and
me. We were allotted a partner from Sheffield and played 3 rounds, first to seven, followed
by a delicious tea. The most successful pair was Debbie and Dave, with 2 wins and a draw,
a total of 19 hoops.
We’ve enjoyed friendlies with Buxton, Bakewell and Sheffield Parkhead this year and look
forward to meeting them again next year
Laura Haywood Finals
The weather forecast for the designated day showed torrential rain in the afternoon so the
finals were switched to the morning and a few members managed to come along to support
the players. David Gregory, John Travis, Donna Hawkins & Ida Greatorex were the finalists
and they each played one another in some very closely contested games. John made the
early running with wins in his first two games but David managed to beat him in the last one. This left John, David and Donna all on two wins and the overall victor was decided on the number of hoops run.
Again, this was very close with John & David on 19 and Donna on 20 so she was declared
the overall winner.
A Team
The last two league matches of the season were played within three days of each other.
First, we entertained Leicester B on a day which threatened rain but we fortunately finished
the match before the rain started.
The session before lunch was good and we were up 4-2 by the break. The afternoon was
another 4-2 outcome so the match score ended at 8-4 which lifted us off the bottom of the
league table. Congratulations to Peter who won both his doubles and his three singles
games.
The final match was at Southwell where we experienced flat, full-size courts on a fairly fine
day. The threat of rain was imminent so we played straight through and had refreshments at the end. Unfortunately, they were better than us, being near the top of the league and we
struggled to lose 3-9 on the day.
Having lost two players early in the season and only having four of us to call on for the team
we did well and enjoyed the matches we played.
WhatsApp Group for Members
This has been set up by Donna and has proved very useful in making sure members know
when anyone is interested in playing. It enables members to arrange to play a lot easier as
well and pass on important information about the Courts and other Club matters.
It would be great if ALL members would sign up to this – if you are interested, please
message Donna Hawkins on 07972 724563 to get connected or follow this link
https://chat.whatsapp.com/LO7MOeqjYrP14vhvRwAUG9