Bridgwater Lawn Tennis Club

13/09/2026

🎾What a fantastic day at our Ladies Doubles Club Championships! 🎾
7 pairs took to the court for a fast-paced round-robin format, with everyone playing 36 games each.
The afternoon was filled with great tennis, good sportsmanship, and a competitive yet friendly atmosphere.
A massive thank you to Debbie and Hilary for organising such a fun event and keeping everything running smoothly! 🙌

🏆 The Results
Following an afternoon of hard-fought matches, Linda & Nicky took the title, defeating Anne B & Sue H 4–2 in a close final!
Congratulations 🎉to our champions, well played to our runners-up, and thank you to everyone who came out to play and support! 👏🏆

11/09/2026

This year’s Chair’s Award for Club Volunteer of the Year 🏆 will be shared by two volunteers:
Jon Gould and Jon Burton in recognition of their outstanding contribution to Bridgwater Tennis Club 👏👏

🏆Jon Burton
Although Jon spends part of the year in Tenerife, he has for several years organised the twice-weekly Friendly Fours sessions throughout the year. These sessions remain very popular with members 🎾
He has also played a key role in establishing the monthly Saturday tournaments.
Jon also organises and runs the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning charity event, known at the club as the Championship Tie Bake 🍰raising more than £300 each year for Macmillan Cancer Support.
His efforts help bring members together through tennis, cakes, raffle-ticket sales and a strong sense of club community.
Sadly Jon was unable to attend the presentation to accept the award in person.

🏆Jon Gould
Jon willingly took on responsibility for maintaining the astro courts, which need sweeping every three weeks 🚜He is also closely involved behind the scenes, meeting contractors and most recently overseeing the new floodlighting project for the hard courts 💡💡
He has introduced pickleball to the club, which has proved extremely popular.
He also finds time to captain four league tennis teams🎾
Special thanks must go to Jon’s wife, Lynn, for allowing the club to borrow so much of his time.

Congratulations to them both! 🎉 🎉 🎉 very well deserved, and a big thank you from Bridgwater Tennis Club!

10/09/2026

🎾Men’s Practice Night returned to the club last Monday and will run every week moving forward

🎾Hour 1: a targeted hitting session under Neil’s guidance to keep everyone's game sharp

🎾Hour 2: competitive, fast-paced match play to put that practice to work🎾

Post-Match Social:
Snacks and a few cold beers in the clubhouse 🍺🍺🍺

09/09/2026

Great weather, 😎delicious food, 🍰and another fantastic afternoon of tennis! 🎾
Big thanks to Sue M for organizing this month’s Saturday social tournament, and to her husband for keeping the scores.
16 players took part and played a total of 40 games each, so plenty of tennis 🎾 🎾🎾
Congrats to Heather the overall winner 🏆 Nina runner-up 🥈and tied in third place were Mark C, Steve, and Clare 🥉🥉🥉

06/09/2026

Well done Neil & Sid!

A fantastic effort from the Somerset Men’s O50s who took in Buckinghamshire at The Avenue.

After lots of great matches, Somerset just came up short losing the match 3-2.

Representing Somerset:
▪️Aaron Flamson (Minehead)
▪️Jon Treen (Woodland)
▪️Neil Kanka (Bridgwater)
▪️Sid Stronach (Bridgwater)

Great effort, lads 👏👏

05/09/2026

Some more photos ….

05/09/2026

Exciting times at Bridgwater
Tennis Club 😁😁
The poles have
been delivered for our new floodlights ready for the installation to commence on Friday 25 September, so our new lights should be ready to use at the beginning of October! 💡💡

04/09/2026

Congrats to four of our club members who represented Somerset v Hampshire yesterday.
Well done ladies 👏

🎾 Somerset Ladies 70s round off their season 👏

The Somerset Ladies 70s team wrapped up their season yesterday at Blackbrook, led by captain Mary Buckle.

They faced a formidable Hampshire side, who had already secured promotion to Division 1. Somerset battled hard throughout the day but couldn’t quite get the win this time.

Somerset squad:
🎾 Mary Buckle (Captain, Bridgwater)
🎾 Anne Guy (Bridgwater)
🎾 Sue Howard (Bridgwater)
🎾 Judy Kay (Minehead)
🎾 Sally Thompson (Bridgwater)

The team were also supported courtside by three additional squad members, who cheered them on throughout the day. 🙌

Despite the result, there was plenty to celebrate after a fantastic season of competitive tennis, great sportsmanship and brilliant team spirit.

👏 Well done to Mary and the whole squad on a great season! 🎾

03/09/2026

The Ballot for Wimbledon 2027 is now open - join us for a once-in-a-generation event as we celebrate the 150th year of The Championships.

02/09/2026

Junior Tennis Coaching Courses 🎾🎾starting up again this Saturday at Bridgwater Tennis Club 🎾🎾 for ages 6-12 years. All welcome and equipment provided 🎾🎾 See poster for further info and www.bridgwatertennisclub.co.uk 🎾🎾