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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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The winter storms hit this weekend, so instead of playing a long-planned tennis friendly at CourtX, Dave and Robin recorded this episode together.

We explore how Portsmouth & District’s Winter Leagues have started, now that we are into Week 5, and Robin shares his expected winners and who might find it tough across the area’s top divisions.

Portsmouth have a strong turnout for winter this year, with 90 teams registered, representing 20 clubs. And things will be competitive at the very highest levels.

Robin shares who he expects Portsmouth to send into battle at the Solent Cup, which will be played at CourtX in April, since it is Portsmouth’s turn to host.

Elsewhere, a Starbucks millionaire builds the first new tennis court in Hampshire in ages, but he’s going to have to tear it down after the Coucil came down hard on the misadventure.

And.a local school has upgraded four courts to move them inside, with the very best of playing surfaces. They’ve committed to making the courts available to others outside of school use. Do we have the birth of a new Thornden on our hands?

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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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The never-ending summer feels like it’s now quite close to ending, which makes this a perfect time to look at who’s celebrating the most as another Apsley comes to a close.

Thornden look odds-on for a pretty magnificent double this weekend, but we talk abut how Twyford - and all in their ilk - can only focus on what’s reasonably within their control as the season hits its finale. Speaking of controlling the controllables, Totton & Eling seem to have quietly but clearly turned things around. We reflect on their very successful summer.

Elsewhere, the gunshots have been silenced in Winchester and padel is out of the dog house. With a two-year battle now in the rear view mirror, are we about to see a burst of investment into Winchester padel?

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We’ve only got four weeks to go and there’s everything to play for in just about every Apsley division. It’s been a competitive summer to say the least.

Things will start to get settled from this weekend though, especially in Divisions Three and Four, which started that bit earlier.

The MAIN EVENT is definitely Thorden A taking on Riverside A for the right to try and hunt down Warsash A for the Premier Division title. We examine the squads that have made both teams strong again this year.

The Singles Groups have also sprung back into life, although Rob offers Dave a walkover live on air. Shenanigans? Listen to the end of the episode to find out.

Plus there’s good news for West Hants, Waterside and Romsey & Abbey in this week’s local tennis news.

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