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CTC Annual General Meeting ISSUE #2 March 2016 The Centenary Tennis Clubs was held recently in Santa Fe Lawn CENTENARY TENNIS Association held its 19th Annu- Tennis Club. CLUBS ASSOCIATION al General Meeting in Lausanne The meeting was highlighted Welcome to the new official on Saturday October 24th, 2015. by the presentation by Mr. Shono newsletter of the Centenary Tennis Representatives from 17 different Naouyoki, the President of Yokoha- Clubs Association. member Clubs attended the meet- ma International Tennis Communi- ing, which was chaired by the or- ty, who spoke of the progress in We will keep you updated on our ganisation’s President, Juan Maria the organization of the 2nd CTC latest news, events, competitions Tintore. Asia tournament, which is due to and membership and partners in this online bulletin. Three new clubs were accepted take place in Yokohama from No- into the Association: Grasshopper vember 12-14th, 2016. ABOUT US Tennis Club from Zurich, Switzer- Affiliated to Tennis Europe and The Association of Centenary land, Guayaquil Tennis Club from a recognized organization of the Tennis Clubs (CTC) is an umbrella Ecuador and Odense Tennis Club International Tennis Federation, group of clubs more than 100 years from Denmark, bringing the CTC’s the Centenary Tennis Clubs Asso- old, including some of the most total number of members to 70 ciation was founded in June 1996 prestigious clubs in the sport from 29 different countries. by eight European Clubs with the The Assembly heard details of Initially founded by eight European aim of promoting the traditions of clubs, we now have an extensive how the organisation’s 2015 activ- the sport of tennis. All of the mem- and truly global membership and are ities progressed, including an up- ber clubs can claim more than 100 recognised by the sport’s governing date from the second CTC Com- years of history and a significant body, the International Tennis petition in South America, which tennis tradition. Federation (ITF). All member clubs have a history INSIDE dating back at least one hundred years, with a significant sporting TC Parioli Retains Winners’ Group Title 2 tradition and social role. 2015 CTC Tournament Round-Up 3 The history of Edgbaston Priory Club 8 CONTACT CTC Experiences 11 CENTENARY TENNIS CLUBS BOSCH I GIMPERA 5-13 BARCELONA 08034, SPAIN +34 93 203 7852 [email protected] 2 TC Parioli Retains Winners’ Group Title The Club Tennis Llafranc hosted the winner’s group competition of the Centenary Tennis Clubs Association during the weekend of September 18-20, 2015. The annual CTC flagship competition saw the four area group winners – TC Parioli from Rome, TC Padova, Villa Primrose from Bordeaux and RCTB 1899 from Barcelona – come together to battle for the title of CTC winner’s group champion. The event features matches for senior players aged 35+ and 45+ in both men’s and ladies’ the concession of the second men 45+ categories respectively. singles by Villa Primrose due to an inju- Defending champions TC ry led the tie to the doubles matches. Parioli scored an impressive At 3-all in points the overall com- win over the RCTB 1899 in petition was decided in the closest the semi-finals, losing just the possible way; a mixed doubles tie men’s 35+ singles match. Villa break, where eventually Ugo Biaganti Primrose showed their authority over TC Padova in & Daniela Cigna (former WTA #590) got the win the 35+ category for men and women, achieving over Xavier Pujo & Benedicte Le Brozec to retain an overall win of 6-3 and reaching the finals despite the title for TC Parioli, with an eventual final score having one less player in the 45+ category. of 5 matches to 4. Sunday’s final between TC Parioli and Villa Prim- TC Padova later beat RCT Barcelona-1899 6-3 rose started with some outstanding singles on the in the third place play-off match. 35+ category where Xavier Pujo scored an impres- The competition was accompanied by a social sive win over Michele Bassi (Italian 1994 C3 and programme, which also included an official din- C4 champion) and Laurent Gabail repeated the feat ner at the club, where the teams expressed their over Gabriele Cierco. The men’s 45+ matches saw gratitude to CT Llafranc and to the CTC President TC Parioli level things up as former ATP #523 Ugo Juan Mª Tintore, who was in attendance through- Biaganti scored a win over Jean Louis Vicard before out the weekend. CTC Seniors, Prague (CZE) I.CLTK Praha hosted a CTC European Senior Stockholm’s Allmanna Lawn Tennis Klubb, and – of Competiton for the third time on 13-14th Septem- course – the host club. ber, 2015. The event was great success with the After the two days of competition the winner excellent weather making it a particular enjoyable was the I.CLTK who beat the visitors from Fitzwil- weekend for everyone who took part. liam in the final. Third place went to the RC Polo Participating clubs included the Real Club de who beat SALK 5-4, following an impressive come- Polo de Barcelona, Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, back from a 2-4 deficit after the singles matches. www.centenarytennisclubs.org 3 The event was played in a great atmosphere between all four teams during the whole weekend with a competitive spirit blended with friendship, laughs and fairplay. In addition to the high quality tennis, the players had the chance to see Prague from the river Moldau during a boat trip on Saturday afternoon. All players and their guests attended the official dinner on Satur- day night which was hosted by Petr Simunek, board member of I.CLTK and CTC Vice-President. CTC Seniors, Stockholm (SWE) Kungl. Lawn Tennis Klubben in Stockholm hosted a CTC Seniors Competition during the weekend of 26-27 September Joining the team from the host club were squads from HLTC Leimonias and Malahide LTCC. The tournament was eventually won by the Swedes, who scored decisive victories over both visiting teams. 2015 Seniors Carrickmines, Dublin (IRL) Carrickmines were the de- lena finishing as runners up lighted hosts of a 2015 CTC and both Carrickmines and regional competition and wel- Wiener Park in joint 3rd po- comed TC Genève (Switzer- sition. land) and Wiener Park Club The event was played in a (Austria) to Dublin for the first great atmosphere between time. all four teams and the Pres- They were joined by RST ident of Carrickmines, Mr La Magdalena (Spain), who Hugh Brennan welcomed the are regular visitors and also play every year at the teams at a pre-tournament drinks reception and Under 12 CTC tournament in Carrickmines. also to Dinner on the Saturday evening. Special The tournament was great success and with the thanks to the team captains Peter Eipeldauer (Wie- glorious sunshine all teams had the opportunity to ner Park Club), Enrique Terán (RST La Magdale- play on the magnificent grass courts. na), Imelda Loughnane and Jean-Manuel Lejeune After the three days of tennis, the comfortable (Carrickmines), and from the champions, Jurgen winners were TC Genève, with RST La Magda- Buttkus (TC Genève). www.centenarytennisclubs.org 4 CTC Seniors, Berlin (GER) During the first week- properties. The space is end of October a CTC very green, natural and Senior competition was quiet, and about 15 min- organized by the LTTC utes by car away from Rot-Weiß Berlin. Bright the centre of Berlin. sunshine and nearly Another special event summer temperatures contributed to the excite- - unusual for this time ment for the players – the in Germany – enchant- Oktoberfest on October ed the guests. The Rot- 3rd. There was a Weiß welcomed teams real Bavarian Okto- from the 1. Salzburger TC, Le Tir Paris berfest-tent, deco- and TC Genova. Not only by providing rated with Bavarian the great weather did the Rot-Weiß beer garden bench- prove its qualities as a good host; es. And most of the eagerness to make the event as the members were successful as possible for the guests dressed in tradition- was manifest in the result of the tournament. al fashion. The guests were deeply impressed and Le Tir won a formidable final against TC Genova Patrice, the team leader of Le Tir Paris, expressed and the 1. Salzburger TC won against Rot-Weiß, his appreciation in his final speech at Sunday, at who proudly took the last place. The spectators being able to experience ‘a real Oktoberfest in were treated to some fascinating and excellent Germany’. matches. One central goal of CTC is to promote the The guests were delighted by the beauty of the friendship of all member-clubs. In this sense the club. The LTTC Rot-Weiß lies directly on a pictur- competition was a great success. All participants esque lake, where no boats are allowed and which expressed their hope that many more tourna- is only accessible by the owners of surrounding ments like this will follow. CTC South America Challenge Santa Fe Lawn Tennis Club hosted the sec- ond edition of the CTC South American Chal- lenge. The event saw participation from three clubs (Santa Fe, Buenos Aires and Tenis Club Argen- tino), with the hosts eventually triumphing over Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club in a very tight final. The whole tournament was played in great spirit, with good sportsmanship on display from www.centenarytennisclubs.org 5 the players and vocal support UK & Ireland Friendly and a lively at- Competition (GBR) mosphere creat- ed by the attend- ing spectators. The players were proud to represent their clubs on the same lawns that once hosted matches between great champi- ons such as Enrique Morea, Guillermo Vilas and Fernando Della Fontana, among other icons.