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Three years ago he picked up a racquet for the first time, this summer he became David Lloyd Southampton’s most successful summer captain in the Apsley League. Aaron Williams joins the show to share his developing philosophy on tennis captaining, reflections on his surprises about captaining during his first year in the gig, and aspirations for next summer.

We look together at the start of the Winter Season in Hampshire & Isle of Wight’s mixed, mens and ladies leagues, including a closer look at the new rules for this winter. Think you know your Rule 11 and Rule 15? This again… weather rules have changed, and Rule 15 was broken no fewer than five times last winter, costing teams points and prestige.

Being that kind of podcast, we go through the rule-breakers, and chat about why players and captains keep tripping over all the red tape. One club tripped Rule 15 not once, but TWICE!

Looking ahead, we make our predictions for who will represent Southampton at the Solent Cup by winning the HIOW Mens Doubles and Ladies Doubles.

It turns out Aaron has a lot in common with Tom Mitchell, including quite the crush on a certain club riding high in the charts. Meanwhile Dave offers some shock predictions for the Southampton side of the Solent Cup.

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OK, someone has to call time on summer, and that time is NOW! We. celebrate the end of a great summer of tennis by looking through who won top spots and promotions across the Apsley, the Hampshire men's and ladies leagues, and the parallel leagues in Portsmouth & District.

We delayed the episode by a day to be able to incorporate the last results that will make a difference to promotions and relegations in the Apsley League, and I'm glad we did! Last ditch relegation battles for Littleton, Waterside, Portswood and Romsey & Abbey brought some classic matches to end the season.

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Upstarts Ventnor and perennial champions Warsash are chasing top spot in Portsmouth's Summer Mixed Doubles league as the summer closes. Robin Ellison joins us from the blue side of the county to share with us how that's playing out, and delivers a full run down of how the mixed summer league is playing out.

The LTA has opened nominations for its annual awards recognising players, coaches, volunteers, clubs and much more. Why not nominate someone you this deserves a pat on the back for all their hard work? Link below.

Over in the Apsley, Thornden A won the Premier, Thornden B took second spot in the first division, and Lee on Solent got a win at last, but will it be enough to stay up?

Send your LTA Awards nominations here: https://www.lta.org.uk/what-we-do/lta-awards/

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