Tournaments & Diary Dates

Latest Tournament News.

• 2026 Club Ladder Winners
  Congratulations to this year’s ladder competition winners, following another good season of tennis at the club. Ladies’ Singles: Daphne Lunnon Ladies’ Doubles: Catherine Gibby and Chris Bailey Mixed Doubles: Chris Bailey and Ben Jones It’s been good to see so many members taking part this year, with plenty of competitive tennis along the way. Looking … Read more
• Jim Kitson Tournament 2026 – A Great Day of Tennis
  The weather couldn’t have been better for this year’s Jim Kitson Tournament, with 16 players taking part and some excellent tennis throughout the day. Congratulations to Daphne and Martin, who came out on top, beating Diane and Jon 6–3 in the final. In the consolation final, Felicity and David took the honours after a closely … Read more
• Stansted Tennis Club, Finals Day 2026
  The bunting was up, the sun shone all day and conditions were perfect for players and spectators at Stansted Tennis Club’s annual Finals’ Day. The Ladies’ Singles was a repeat of last year’s final, but this time with a different winner. Daphne Lunnon took a close first set 6-4 before racing into a 3-0 lead … Read more
• Ladies Tournament, 19th June 2026.
  A lovely sunny (& hot) ladies tournament took place on Friday with 12 ladies. Sandra & Fiona won 6-3 against finalists Chris & Carol. The consolation participants deemed it too hot to thrash that out so ate cake instead! A lovely spread provided by all. Thanks to Diane for organising the day!
• Boyd Trophy 2026
  The Boyd Trophy tournament was held on Sunday 17th May. It was a mixed tournament with 14 competitors commencing with round robin games and moving onto knockout stages. In a highly competitive final, the tournament was won by Carol Cook and Jon Budd, Sue Armorgie and Chris Bailey were the runners up. The consolation match … Read more

The Pearce-Frodo Cup

The Pearce-Frodo Cup was presented to the Club by Jack and Diana Pearce. They were two charming, stalwart, keen and loyal members of the club for many years. They had two daughters, Jenny and Jill.

Present members may not know that Frodo was their beautiful golden retriever who regarded himself as an honorary member. He was impeccably behaved and sat or lay on the court watching us play. He never chased balls and everybody loved him.

They moved to a beautiful barn in Shaftesbury in Dorset where Diana drove a pony and trap and Frodo was eventually succeeded by Tania and Chippy.

Jack and Diana belonged to two tennis clubs and a badminton club. Several members of Stansted Tennis Club were invited there for a weekend, including Janet Hollis and Alan Bulley (Fiona Kelly’s dad!) and we were entertained royally. Wonderful tournaments were played at the two clubs and there was a lot of eating and drinking!

Sadly Jack and Diana have both passed away now. Jack died on the badminton court in 1994 and Diana died in 1999, but our memories of them live on through this Cup.