December KIT cancelled

Sadly the weather intervened and forced the cancellation of the KIT on December 12th.
The next KIT competition is scheduled for Monday 9th January 2017 and will feature:

John, Tim, Ken and Don + Gill, Jan, Rosie and Hilary

Hopefully the weather will be kind to us then!

November 6th 2016 winners

On a cold and windy morning Ken & Sue J played Don & Gill in the final.

Ken & Sue won 6-1, though the match was much closer than the scoreline suggests!

The next KIT is on Mon 12th December with:

Don, Ken, John Hayman & Tim G + Gill, Gaynor, Rosie & Angela

Ken & Sue

Meanwhile in other news!

25th Oct 2016

After 2 rounds,  here is the table for the Vet's Winter League!

Well done to everyone concerned!

October 24th 2016 winners

Winners - Tim & Kate

Congratulations to Tim & Kate who beat Keith & Jan 6-4 in a closely contested final.
They only get to hold the trophy for 2 weeks as the next KIT is on Monday 7th November. It will involve the same 4 men as today (Tim, Ken, Don and Keith) but a slightly different mix of ladies (Gill, Sue J, Jan and Sue H).

October 10th 2016 winners

The first of two KIT competitions this month saw 3 relatively new club members (and first time KIT participants) make the one set final.

In a very close contest Ken and Jan just managed to beat John Hayman and Kate 6-4.

Jan & Ken

The next KIT will be in 2 weeks on 24th October when the 8 competitors will be:

Don, Keith AO, Ken and Tim G + Kate, Olivia, Sue J and Jan.

There will then be two more KITs before Christmas! 

Mon 7th November with:

Tim G, Keith AO, Ken and Don + Sue J, Jan, Sue H and Gill

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Mon 12th December with:

Don, Ken, John Hayman and Tim G + Angela, Rosie, Gill and Gaynor

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Blind Tennis!

For inspiration read about people playing blind tennis!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/get-inspired/37378501

October dates for 2 KITs

The next KIT will be on Monday 10th October from 9:30am - 12:30pm
The 8 competitors for this one will be:

• Don, Ken, Tim G and John Hayman 
• Sue H, Alison, Kate Q and Jan

There will then be another one in October, this time during 1/2 term on Monday 24th.

The 8 competitors for that one will be:

• Don, Ken, Tim G and Keith AO
• Gill, Olivia, Sue J and Jan

September 2016 winners

Anne & Ken

September 12th 2016
Players:  Iain, Keith AO, Ken, Tim G + Anne, Gill, Rosie, Sue R
Finalists: Keith & Rosie v Ken & Anne
Winners: Ken & Anne (6:2)

KIT history

KIT competitions have been running almost every month since 2012 at Alton Tennis Club.
Don was the one who decided that KIT would be appropriate name - it stands for Ken's Invitation Trophy. Born 2012 and repaired (even regenerated!) on a number of occasions after various mishaps! It has been proudly displayed in numerous households in the Alton area!
The format is a mixed 8 tennis competition with an American style scoring system where everyone plays everyone else and the "top " players play in a 1 set final for a little trophy. Unfortunately all the photographs of previous winners on the club website were deleted which I why I am starting this little blog.

Previous winners (prior to September 2016)  have included:
Men:Don, Ken, Keith AO, Doug, Sam, Ian B, Tim W, Tim G, Tony (Medstead club).
Ladies: Gill, Rosie, Sue R, Sarah CS, Hilary, Alison, Karin, Gaynor, Sue J, Lois, Anne K.

"KIT - I don't know how I won either!"

In each match everyone gets 1 serve (which is 4 games) – you then change partners (within that group of 4 players) for another 4 games.  You earn a point for every game you win which therefore makes the maximum points per round 16 between those 4 people.  Each grouping of 4 players therefore plays 8 games.  With the 4 pairs this means that you play 3 matches of 8 games and the points are then added up to see who makes it into the final.  The final will be between the 2 top men and ladies – the top man will partner the 2^nd lady and the 2^nd man will partner the top lady.  The final is just 1 set and the winners get a trophy – to hold only until the next competition!