Welcome to the Junior Section of Malton
Tennis Club!
We welcome all junior members and offer
opportunities for play and coaching at all levels.
Junior members may use the courts at any time
provided they are not booked for matches. (These occur
most weekday evenings from 6.30pm but there are often
spare courts especially when the grass courts are in
use.)
Membership gives significant discounts on
coaching and fun days, and enables juniors to enter club
tournaments and play team matches.
Junior Coaching
Junior Club Night is on Tuesdays from 4.00
– 6.00pm during the summer term but not during the half term
holidays. This will be organised social tennis run by Derek, for
improvers and advanced players i.e. should be able to play on
the full court, use standard scoring and underarm/over arm
serving. It will be a chance to play arranged matches, eg Road
to Wimbledon, or just turn up and play whoevers there. This
starts on 15th April.
Fun Days & Tournaments are being run throughout
the season. Entry forms and other information regarding junior
activities will be posted on this website and updated regularly.
To enter please download the form and send with payment
(preferably a que) as appropriate. Should an event be
cancelled then all cheques will be destroyed. Places are limited
and priority is given where possible to members. The Club
tournament we charge only a nominal fee for as Derek and Ian do
not charge us for their time, but the fun days do have to cover
costs, hence the difference in cost.
Junior Driffield League – This year we have
entered three teams in the Yr11&U sections, and one team in the
Yr7&U. Matches are mainly played at the weekend and are home &
away. Anyone wishing to play should tick the box on the
membership form. The team squads will be organised by the
coaches and everyone should get at least one or two matches
during the season. A parent is needed for each match to
supervise or provide transport, so please be prepared to help
with one of the matches.
2007 Results
Junior Doubles Tournament
The winners of the John Atkinson Memorial cup were Gareth Webb &
Jack Thackray, runners up Sarah Megginson & Dominic Dunne, and winners of
the younger Double cup Sam Coppack & Tom Gentry, Runners up James Kellett &
Peter Grayson ( alias Steph!)
Driffield Tennis League
Malton Tennis Club once again demonstrated the strength of
our junior players by topping two of the Driffield Tennis League
Junior sections - a competition which runs throughout the summer
months. The League shields and individual prizes were awarded at
the Presentation event at Driffield Sports club on 14th
September.
Malton entered 4 teams for the Driffield Junior League which
includes clubs from Scarborough, Driffield, Pocklington,
Beverley, Bridlington, Hornsea and many East Yorkshire villages.
Malton B team in the 16 years and under age group won 6 out of 7
of their matches to win Division 2 and Malton's D Team in the11
years and under age group won all 7 of their matches to top
Division 4.
Malton's Individual awards went to:
A Team: Gareth Webb and Jack Thackray - Players of the Year.
B Team: Fiona Marsden - Player of the Year and Scott Parkes -
Improver of the Year
C Team: Caroline Dryland - Player of the Year and Beth Wootton -
Improver of the Year
D Team: Freddie Hickes and Steph Young, Players of the Year and
Jonathan Pitkin Improver of the Year.
Representatives of the club's junior teams are
pictured here with their trophies. 
Annual Junior Tournaments
Malton Tennis Club held their annual junior tournaments
this weekend. Saturday was the singles tournament, and 64 members took part,
with some fiercely fought competition. The trophies were presented by Jenny
Smith to:- Novice: Toby Hawes, runner up Sam Batty Yr 6 and under boys:
Jonathan Pitkin, runner up Thomas Brown Yr 9 and under boys: James Jeavons,
runner up Alex Carrie Yr 11 and under boys: Danny Alasfar, runner up Jack
Thackray Junior Girls: Steph Young, runner up Lauren Young Senior Girls:
Caroline Dryland, runner up Fiona Marsden.
The Hannah Smith Cup for the most improved player went to Eve Nelson.
Sundays Doubles tournament was abandoned due to rain and has been
rescheduled for Sunday 2rd September. Coaching finishes for the summer on
Saturday 21st July but there are two fun days arranged on Thursday 26th July
& Monday 20th August.
Winners of May's Fun Day
On Thurday 31st May we enjoyed a Davis Cup event. 25 juniors entered
and were divided into 5 teams and they were seeded 1 to 5. They then
played singles and
doubles matches against the other teams throughout the day. Each team
had to choose a country to play for (they had to be able to spell its
name and it should be a tennis nation)! We had Argentina, Switzerland,
Tibet, Thailand & Isle of Man. THe winners were the Isle of Man :
Rosie Megginson, Oliver Gilbank, Freddie Hickes, Emily Alasfar & Dominic
Dunne.