Summer Championship Finals Day 2025

Open Junior Tournament in the morning followed by Adult Finals in the afternoon.

Everyone welcome:  BBQ  and refreshments provided.

Interested in playing tennis, join us at our Charity Open Day  in memory of Lillian and try tennis for free. Get to meet existing members,  join in fun games and have a drink and bite to eat as well.

We will be participating in Dunmow Showcase.  An event to exhibit the multitude of activities available in Dunmow.  Please come along and support.

Winter Mixed Doubles Finals Day 

Perfect weather, great tennis, food and drink.  Thank you to everyone who took part and those who helped make it all possible.

Join us to welcome our new President, Mark Jones at our Wimbledon Themed Party.  There promises to be lots of tennis, pimms, strawberries and fun!

The second box league will be up and running.  More players wanted to make it more competitive and fun.

Please email dunmowtennis@gmail.com to join the fun!

join in the fun junior tournament for all who come to George's junior coaching session.  There will be light refreshments and prizwes to be won.  Don't miss it.

Everyone welcome even non tennis players and non members.  Get fit for summer.  Every Monday morning with George.  Start postponed to September 2024.

First training session of the year.  Our mixed doubles squad before training session with George.

Half term fun.   Our junior tennis tournament for junior members and non members.  Promises to be fun and exciting.  for an entry form please email dunmowtennis@gmail.com

Our Lillian Mitchell Family Fun Day was a great success.  In memory of our friend and member Lillian.  Special thanks to George for keeping the juniors entertained for 4 hours and Sandra for the tasty pancakes.  Thank you to all those who took part and those who helped out.  You all did a great job!  We raised £211 for the Rainbow Trust Childrens Charity.

Introducing a new singles box league for both men and women.  Members please see your email for more details and if you want to enter please contact us at dunmowtennis@gmail.com by 21 May 2023

 and the winners are Pauline and Richard..... seen here being presented with the  Cup by Sandra Tournament organiser.

Thank you to everyone who took part and made it an enjoyable fun day.  The sun made a rare appearance which also helped! 

The annual Nicholson Handicap event will be held on Sunday 7 May.  Please email dunmowtennis@gmail.com if you want to enter by 30 April 2023 or just turn up.  All members welcome.

This week George will be working on your sliced volley.  If this is a shot you struggle with please come to the Club on Saturday at 12 noon and George will work his magic on you!  The cost is £10 per person.

The rain could not stop our stoic members from playing the Winter Club Championship finals today, although it did put pay to the BBQ!

After the hard fought and entertaining semi finals of 

Emma and Jeff v Ollie and Louise M

Valissa and Paul v Victoria and Richard

the final was

Emma and Jeff v Valissa and Paul

The worthy winners were Emma and Jeff,  seen here collecting their prizes from Richard, the tournament organiser.  Well done to everyone who took part and a special thank you to Richard for all his hard work and effort making the event such a success.

Winter Championship Finals - 1pm

The semi finals and final will take place  on Sunday 23 April starting at 1pm.  It would be good to see as many members there as possible supporting the finalists, so please come along if you can.  Masterchef, Jeff will also be providing delicious food from the BBQ.  There is a £5 payment if you would like food and a drink or £3 for a drink only.

Two matches this week.  

Still quite a few matches still to play before the end of season deadline on 30 April 2023.

Our ladies 1 are now joint 3rd with Henham with 3 matches still to play one of which is against Henham this coming Tuesday.  Good luck !

Getting ready for the summer season!!

The weather was kind for a change no rain, not too cold  and not too much wind either.  Pauline, Sandra and Carl also played.  (Sorry no photo of them though!)

The Essex Small Clubs league divisions should be out next week so captains can start to plan their fixtures.

Two good wins and a narrow defeat this week. Well played teams.

Our mixed 1 team are currently in 1st place on 63 points having played 8 matches

Our ladies 1 team is in 4th place with 25 points after 3 matches

This week George will be looking at your forehand topspin technique.  All adult members welcome.  No need to book just turn up £10 per person.

Happy Easter everyone.  Have a great bank holiday weekend!

Our new trainer tags, ready and waiting for our new junior members.  Join us today!

This week's SHOT of the WEEK with George is the Second Serve.  For members only, but no need to book just turn up.  £10 per person.

It's time to renew your membership.  We are an inclusive and community minded club with a strong and active membership.  We welcome everyone who is interested in tennis and particularly families and juniors.  Tennis is a great sport to play from an early age.  Please tell your friends and family about the club and encourage them to visit our website for more information.  Thank you.

A mixed week for our Mixed 1 team.  With 4 matches still to play before the end of April, only 9 points separate  2nd and 5th place in Division 1 so its still all to play for.  

If you want to play in our teams let us know by emailing dunmowtennis@gmail.com

What a dedicated bunch these are.  Torrential rain and still smiling!  Well done ladies.

Last round of the Winter Club Championship was to be played.  The winners will meet Louise Mann and Ollie Bond in the semi finals.  The other semi final is Valissa Tatum and Paul Jessop versus Victoria Kass and Richard Boeve.  Unfortunately, rain stopped play so the group stage will be played on Sunday 16 April 2023.

Unfortunately, last weeks shot of the week had to be postponed .  So, this week George will be working one the Backhand top Spin.

Last match of the season for our Mixed 2 team.

Although we narrowly lost this match against Stansted we have won Division 2 convincingly with 77 points.  Division 1 here we come!  Thanks to everyone who played.  A great team effort.

This week's "SHOT OF THE WEEK" with our head coach George is the Backhand Top Spin for both double and single handers.  Our members can just turn up; no need to book.

Eight teams battled it out at the Dunmow Tennis Quiz Night held at the Dourdan Pavillion. Everyone brought their own food and drink for convenience and had ten rounds of  quiz questions and 2 picture rounds.  It was a very close run competition, but the winners were Jane Beer's family team, Well done to them and all who took part and supported the event.