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The Southampton LTA proposes to run it all – the Apsley, Summer Doubles, and the Winter Leagues. This will be the biggest shake up for the Hampshire tennis scene in years.

This holiday season, they’re quite literally going to rewrite the rules. You get to vote on this on December 2. So where does this podcast urge you to put your vote?

Rob Ernsberger joins us this week to debate the pros and cons, so you can enter the room well briefed on all the issues. Think of this edition of the podcast as a time-saving life hack, at least if you are an AGM attendee.

You should be able to walk in the room knowing exactly what your position is after this one. I know Rob will... let's just hope the club president let's him vote after his Winter AGM rebellion on the record.

Before that, we compare note on County Singles, despair at run of form that had Portswood's Safar Isaev giving Dave life conselling, and talk about the latest news from around Hampshire tennis scene.

We close with the matches you should look out for this weekend, including Warsash Ladies' debut fixture this season in Division One and a top of the table clash in Mens Division Four between Bassett C and Totton & Eling A.

PS - Heat Rule? What Heat Rule? No one's talking about it. Weird.

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Melissa Byrne joins us for our first exploration into the winter leagues of East Hants, taking the show into its third district within Hampshire. Tennis in East Hants is anchored on clubs that lie within 15 miles of Liss. Melissa looks at the early leaders in mens, womens and mixed doubles, and how that contrasts with the summer winners.

We take a look at how some of Hampshire’s biggest players are doing in US college tennis, pro doubles and pro singles.

Also in this show: as another tennis facility is converted to padel, is padel really growing at the expense of tennis? Totton & Eling are looking for a new coach as the winter merry-go-round continues to spin, and we take a closer look at Her Contact Point, a new initiative from Hampshire & Isle of Wight tennis for women coaches, volunteers and players.

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There’s a County Cup-sized hole in the winter calendar this year, after the LTA quietly snuffed out one of the most popular and longest-running county-level competitions in the county. If there is a silver lining to such a thing, our investigations have unearthed an entire movement dedicated towards bringing back the event, and ANOTHER podcaster covering county-level tennis in the UK?

And to think we thought we had the UK tennis scene all to ourselves here in podcast land.

Hampshire's County singles boxes are bigger than ever, and the deadlines are more generous than ever. We welcome the chance to meet more players, but will this spur the renaissance we’re all looking for? It’s a nice try from the league, and we debate its chances of success.

Southampton’s winter leagues are a fifth of the way through the winter schedule, so we check in with the most active mens and ladies divisions so far, and compare notes on how our own seasons are going so far.

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