The men’s first team played match 7 at home yesterday and managed a win against local rivals Knaresborough winning 10-2. They are now in 2nd place and could, with a little more consistency get promotion again this year. For the last few weeks they have been able to play most[…]
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Men’s Team News Catch-up
As I’ve been away on holiday I got just a little behind on reporting the results of the men’s team matches, so here goes! The first team playing in Division 4 have had two matches in my absence. They played ‘Starbeck 2’ away, on 19th May but unfortunately came away[…]
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TEAM TENNIS – KICKS OFF!
Apologies for mixing my sports terminology in the heading perhaps it should have said “SERVES UP”! Anyway notwithstanding my failing grasp of the English language the Centre’s teams began the competitive season this week. On Sunday both of the men’s teams playing in the York based Tyke Petroleum Men’s Tennis[…]
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Team Preparation
The men’s second team have begun their preparation for the upcoming season by having a friendly match against Harlow TC. Spa defeated Harlow 3.5 to 2.5 in a men’s doubles warm up yesterday. The 2 teams are in the same league this year so will do battle in earnest later in[…]
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Trophy Time!
Last week saw the realisation of the success of the men’s teams when it was time to pick up the trophies they won. Andy Clayton picked up the Division 5 Trophy and Ben Toulman did likewise for the Division 8 Trophy
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Men’s 2nd Team Champions
The men’s second team followed up last week’s promotion by securing the Division 8 title today with a thrilling 7-5 victory over Wheldrake. A very tense match went down to the final few games, when although beaten 5-4 in rubbers Spa secured the 3 bonus points by winning 55 games[…]
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Men’s Second Team – still pushing!
The men’s second team won yesterday (9th Sept) defeating Strensall 8.5 – 2.5 to maintain their push for the divisional title. The position at the top of the division however remains ‘tight’ and the outcome for the title of divisional champions rests, thrillingly, on the final fixture of the season[…]
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Men’s First Team – Champions
September 9th saw the achievement by the men’s first team of winning their Tyke Petroleum League Division 5 title. They defeated Riccall by 10 – 2 and thus gained promotion for the second season on the trot. Congratulations to all the players who took part and a special thanks to[…]
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Promotion Push!
Spa 2 were in need of a win to keep up their promotion push going into the final 3 matches of the season. 1st pair for the match were David Whan and Paul Toulman , both players were below their best but dug in deep when it mattered to secure[…]
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Men’s Second Team Go Back to the Top of the Table
Sunday 22nd was a big match as Spa 2 took on David Lloyd 4 away in York in a second vs third encounter. Spa 2 with 6 wins out of 7 matches so far this season were in good form, their only defeat coming against David Lloyd 4 in the[…]
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