WINTER TOURNAMENT

A mild winter again allowed both our Tennis & Padel Tournaments to proceed mainly without interruption and attracting more than 300 tennis players in the usual categories. At the same time, urgent maintenance work was completed on Centre Court (Number One) : an early stage of this work is shown in the first photo with Hervé Ferrandes valiantly attacking the beginning of a new wall.

The replacement wall was carefully constructed in concrete as seen much later in the second photo :

Matches played on clay (terre battue) continued on Courts 2 & 3 outside, and on 4 & 5 inside.

Other matches & training took place on the hard courts (6, 7, 8 & 9).

The Club birds (peacocks, peahens, &c) were discouraged from interfering, especially during tournament games !

Eventually, Finals were reached at the end of the usual fortnight, finishing with the Men (Simples Messieurs) on Sunday afternoon.  This match was won by Benjamin Pietri against Elias El Khalifa in two sets on hard court. Here are photos of them in action : winner first :

Keep practising everyone !

Now for the best photo of the prize-giving :

Pascal Eysseric escaping from the two Club Presidents with her Cup !

Well done !