Annual Awards Night

This year’s winners were:
Most Improved Junior Boy: Harry Harrold-Vaux , with Chris Wood  runner-up
Most Improved Junior Girl:  Rebecca Wood , with  Helena Constantiou runner-up
Best Individual DomesticPerformance : Freya Christie, with  Chris Wood  runner-up
Best Individual International Performance :  Jocelyn Rae, with David Phillipson runner-up
Coach of the Year:  Hollie Bambridge, with Peter Godber  runner-up
Volunteer of the Year:  Tonia Fernley, with Katie Thompson runner-up
Team of the Year:  County Mens Over 60's team, with  Burton Joyce Ladies team runner up
School of the Year The Minster School with St Michael's Farnsfield runner-up
Lifetime Achievement Awards:  Rita Rhodes, David Hogg, Kelvin Thomson
Special Achievement Award:    Richard Joyner

Gill Lane gave an impassioned plea for help for the charity Balls To Poverty which students from the South Notts College support by going to deprived regions of Africa to encourage sport by supplying balls for football and now tennis.  Many tubes of balls were donated on the night by prize winners and clubs attending.

Andy McFeeters, Tennis Development Manager, and Dave Everington, Junior Competitons Organiser, provided an entertaining quiz and review of the year in which many of those involved in tennis in the county were filmed posing the questions.

The following veterans who have represented Nottinghamshire on more than 10 occasions were awarded their county colours:

The evening continued with the presentation of the Summer League and Short Format Cups and certificates to the division winners of the Nottingham Tennis Centre Indoor League. 

Mike Lucas of Wollaton Tennis Club won the free raffle for a HEAD tennis raquet,  and Magdala Tennis Club won the box of HEAD balls as a reward for submitting the most newsworthy reports on their League match cards.  Nick de Villiers won the bottle of champagne from all those that sent in awards nominations.