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06/09/2026
👏 Well done to our men’s O60s padel team on a fantastic effort at the O60s Padel County Cup.
🎾 The team finished 5th overall after a strong campaign. They narrowly lost to Gloucestershire, who went on to become the eventual runners-up, in the quarter-finals, before bouncing back to beat Essex and Scotland East to secure 5th place.
💥 A brilliant effort from everyone involved - well done Team Dorset 💪
05/09/2026
🔥 Awesome start for our men’s team at O60s Padel County Cup with a convincing 2-0 win over Bucks💥
Next up, Surrey 💥
GOOD LUCK TEAM 💪
GO DORSET 🔥
💥 Exciting weekend for our men’s O60s padel team competing in County Cup, 4th to 6th September at Rocket Padel, Bristol.
🔥 In the top division, they’ll be battling it out against Buckinghamshire and Surrey.
💥 GOOD LUCK to the team.
🔥 GO DORSET!! 💪
01/09/2026
🎾 DORSET COUNTY PADEL CHAMPIONSHIPS 2026 🎾
📅 25th - 27th September�📍 Advantage Padel, Mudeford
⏰ Entries close - 11th September at 10am — don’t miss out!
🌟 Proudly sponsored by Golden Padel
🏆 Fantastic prizes for all event winners and runners-up
🎾 15% off Golden Padel voucher for all entrants
👉 Enter now and be part of the County Padel Championships 2026!
🎾 Enter on-line - https://competitions.lta.org.uk/tournament/236962B4-588D-426F-BE18-D8A0B0B97D5E
🎾 What a week of brilliant tennis at our County Championships 2026! 🏆
🎾 The County Championships took place at Victoria Avenue Tennis Club, 23rd to 28th August. Fantastic to see juniors from across the county coming together, competing hard, having fun and battling it out for those all-important Championship titles! 💪🎾
🌧️ With rain forecast towards the end of the week, a number of finals were brought forward, but with a great turnout from players, friends, families and supporters, Finals Day was a huge success with the remaining finals producing some fantastic tennis and plenty of fun off-court too 🎾🌭
🔥 BBQ�🎾 Touch Tennis Tournament organised by our Junior Committee�🏆 Award Presentations�😄 And LOTS of fun!
📣 Shout-out to Erik, Ruen, Noah and Nadine for making the Touch Tennis Tournament happen. Fantastic to see players aged 8–18 getting involved, with a brilliant atmosphere and plenty of smiles all round!
A huge well done to EVERYONE who took part in the Championship and a massive CONGRATULATIONS to our County Champions!🏆🎉
🌟 A special mention to our 12U Champions, Samuel and Valentina, who have qualified for The Babolat Cup UK Finals at Edgbaston Priory Club on 19–20 September 2026. GOOD LUCK to you both 🤞
👏 A BIG THANK YOU to everyone who helped make the Championships such a success………
🎾 All the competitors�👨👩👧 Parents, carers & supporters�🙌 Volunteers & officials�⭐ Special shout-out to Tournament Referee David Walrond�🎾 Ball sponsor Babolat UK
🎾 Quay Rackets
�🏡 Finally, a HUGE thank you to Victoria Avenue Tennis Club for giving us the use of their courts and for being such superb hosts — the homemade food was a BIG hit! 😋
A brilliant week! 😃🎾🏆
💥 Entries are OPEN for the Dorset County Padel Championships 2026
📅 Friday, 25th to Sunday, 27th September 2026
📍 Advantage Padel, Mudeford
🎾 Events
🔹 14U Boys & Girls Doubles
🔹 18U Boys & Girls Doubles
🔹 Men’s, Women’s & Mixed Doubles
🔹 O50s Men’s, Women’s & Mixed Doubles
🔥 All events have amazing prizes sponsored by Golden Padel
❗️Closing date for entries : Friday, 11th September, 10 am
✅ Get your entry in today. Enter on-line via the LTA Competitions website.
Tournament Code : DOR-26-0116.
10/08/2026
🏆 A fantastic weekend of superb tennis for our Men’s O35s team at County Cup, winning all 3 matches to finish top of their Group, securing promotion to Group 2 next year 💪👏
🎾 Dorset v Lancashire - 4-1
🎾 Dorset v Devon - 4-1
🎾 Dorset v West of Scotland - 3-2
🎉 Huge congratulations to the whole team, fantastic achievement 👏🎾
🎾 Richard Irwin (Captain)
🎾 Tim Hewitt
🎾 Phil Loose
🎾 Darren Loose
🎾 Matthew Coombes
🎾 Jack Hartman
🎾 Dorset County Championships 2026
📅 23rd to 28th August 2026
📍 Victoria Avenue Tennis Club
❗Entries CLOSE this Sunday, 9th August, 10 am
💥 All entrants will receive (1 per person) :
✅ A drawstring gym bag
✅ Voucher for BBQ on Finals Day, Friday, 28th August – hot dog or beefburger or veggie burger
🍔 Food and drink including breakfast bacon butties, freshly cooked pizzas, cakes etc available all week.
🎾Quay Rackets pop-up shop
🎾End of Championships Touch Tennis Tournament run by our Junior Committee – sign up at tournament
Timetable for singles events – subject to change :
8U B&G – 27th August
9U B&G – 24th August
10U B&G – 25th to 26th August
11U B&G – 27th and 28th August
12U B&G – 23rd to 25th August
14U B&G – 26th to 28th August
16UB – 23rd to 25th August
16UG – 24th to 25th August
18U B&G – 26th to 28th August
Men’s Open/Women’s Open – 23rd to 25th August
Women’s 40+ - 24th to 28th August
Men’s 45+ - 24th to 28th August
Men’s 60s/Women’s 60s – 23rd to 28th August
Men’s 75+/Women’s 75+ - 24th to 28th August
🏆 All finals, except 8U and 9U, will take place on Friday, 28th August
⭐️ NEW for 2026 – Adult Walking Tennis event - contact David Walrond, Tournament Referee to enter. Link below to tournament for contact details
❗️ Don’t miss out, enter today - https://competitions.lta.org.uk/tournament/84506162-B2A6-4D9C-A1CC-9F69987DFCC8
🚗 🎾 It’s the turn of our Men’s O35’s team to make the journey to Eastbourne this weekend for County Cup, Friday 7th to Sunday, 9th August.
🎾 Competing in Group 3a, they’ll be battling it out against West of Scotland, Devon and Lancashire.
🔸Friday v Lancashire
🔸Saturday v Devon
🔸Sunday v West of Scotland
💥 Wishing the squad the very best of luck.
🔥 Go Dorset! 💪
05/08/2026
💥 Our Senior teams have been in County Cup action since April representing Dorset at home and away.
🎉 HUGE congratulations to our Ladies O60s team who have played and convincingly won all 5 matches securing promotion to Group 1 next year 🏆👏
Their outstanding results:
✅ 4-0 v Oxfordshire
✅ 3-1 v Essex
✅ 4-0 v Devon
✅ 4-0 v Sussex
✅ 4-0 v Buckinghamshire
🌟 More great Dorset team wins 👏
🎾 Men’s 50s, Group 3a – 4-1 v Northamptonshire, currently top of their Group
🎾 Ladies 50s, Group 3a – 2-2 win v Oxfordshire
🎾 Men’s 60s, Group 3a – 5-0 v Gloucestershire
🎾 Men’s 65s, Group 2a – 4-1 v S Wales
🎾 Ladies 65s, Group 1b – 3-2 v Hertfordshire
🎾 Men’s 70s, Group 1b – 2-1 v Middlesex
🎾 Ladies 70s, Group 2a – 2-2 win v Sussex, 4-0 v Warwickshire, 4-0 v Somerset
🎾 Ladies 75s, Group 2 – 3-1 v Buckinghamshire, 4-0 v Cheshire, currently top of their Group
🔥 With plenty more matches still to come, we wish all our Dorset teams the very best of luck for the rest of the County Cup season. Go Dorset! 💪
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