The Autumn Junior Open tournament, sponsored by Panacea Pharma Projects proved to be popular with the younger players, with no less than 25 under 8s playing most of the afternoon on Saturday 17th October. The other age groups though the entry was lower still provided some good standard, competitive play for those taking part. The Referee for the whole event was Colin Hanbidge, who was ably assisted on the busy Saturday, by Paul Bratty, and Sally Walker. The older age groups were played after school plus on Saturday and Sunday. At the conclusion of play on Finals Day, the prizes were presented by Lorraine Karran, on behalf of PPP. Results: Boys 8 & u r/r Gr A winner Zac Walker, r/up Ben Clarke; Gr B winner Patrick McCord, r/up Louis Peake; Gr C winner Hugo Cruz -O’Dwyer, r/up Ben Ferns; Gr D winner Oliver Wait,; S/finals Oliver bt Zac 10/8, Hugo bt Patrick 10/8; 3rd/4th place Patrick bt Zac 11/9; Final Hugo bt Oliver 10/7; Girls – winner Amaline Batty, r/up Kitty Thomas. Boys 9 & u r/r Gr A winner Max Walker, r/up Oscar Cruz O’Dwyer; Gr B winner Jack Tyrer, r/up Morgan Harrison; Gr C winner Joshua Mills, r/up Connor Cooke; Final winner Max r/up Oscar; 3rd/4th Joshua bt Jack 10/6; Boys 10 & u winner Sidney Batty r/up Max Walker; Girls 10 & under winner Caoimhe O’Mahony, r/up Rebecca Keeley; Boys 12 & u s/finals Calvin Smith bt Edward Batty 4/0, 4/0; Sean Drewry bt Alexander Thomas 4/0,4/0. In the final Sean bt Calvin 6/0,6/3. Girls 12 & u r/r: winner Katie Harris, r/up Ciara McMahon. Boys 14 & u Final Sean Drewry bt Will Broadhead 7/5,6/3. Boys 18 & u r/r winner Marc Chinn; r/up Oliver Broadhead. Girls 18 & u winner Sarah Breed, r/up Catherine Breed. Special notice to all Albany MINI TENNIS members – the new shirts which have been presented to the club by PPP, will be handed out to the players on Saturday 6th November at 1pm and 3pm. Will the 1pm and 3pm groups please attend 10 minutes early so that photos can be taken at those times. Orange and green ball players can come at either time to collect a shirt and join the photo call. Winter Indoor Singles League – Final reminder to members to nominate their teams by 27th October – teams of 2 or 3 players and one member may be from another club. Play will take place on Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings. Each team will use 2 players though it is suggested that a team registers three players. The format is a mini league round robin for an initial six week run of matches. Each fixture will consist of 2 singles matches per week each lasting one hour. The cost per team will be ?50 per team inclusive of court use, lights and match balls, which is a discount on normal court fees. Results will used to decide a second run of league matches. Entries to Colin Hanbidge, Competition Convener. Full details on club website: albanyltc.co.uk. Ends