A great night!
What a fantastic night we had at our first end-of-season social and presentation evening in well over 20 years. With trophies up for grabs for our league teams, the Longley Cup plus a few other achievements, there was plenty to celebrate.
The evening kicked off with a tennis-themed quiz before everyone tucked into hot beef sandwiches and homemade desserts followed by the awards ceremony.
Our 2025 winners were…
Longley Cup Winners.
Men's Singles. Ben Wardley
Mens' Doubles. Ben Wardley and Alex Hind
Mixed Doubles. Grace Taylor and Matthew Wimpenny
Ladies Doubles. TBC.
Ladies Team
Captain’s player of the year: Sally Haigh
Player’s player of the year: Kumiko Todd
Most improved player of the year: Grace Taylor
Men’s A Team
Captain’s player of the year: Adam Daffern
Player’s player of the year: Adam Daffern
Most improved player of the year: Kristian Lee
Men’s B Team
Captain’s player of the year: Ian Taylor
Player’s player of the year: Soren Nail
Most improved player of the year: Darren Evans
Men’s C Team
Captain’s player of the year: Oliver Haigh
Player’s player of the year: Chris Topham
Most improved player of the year: Dave Dent
Additional Awards
Wednesday night social player of the year: Elaine Levick
Team player award: David Platt
Volunteer award: Mike Bamford
Best dressed player award: Dave Dent
Motivation from the baseline award. Ian (yours!) Taylor :)
Congratulations to all of our winners, and special thanks go to Mike Bamford and Lesley Stead for helping to organise the venue and food, Imogen for helping to set up and Bev Hey for baking the amazing desserts. Thanks also to Alex Hind for kick starting and co-organising the Longley Cup and sorting the trophies out for the evening.
Bev and her team at Almondbury Liberal Club made us feel very welcome and were brilliant hosts - we’ll be back next year.
A huge thanks to everyone who joined us, we hope you enjoyed the night. It will be bigger and better next year!
Some pics of the night…
