Sound Tennis Sussex host their first visually impaired tennis tournament – thanks to Pavilion & Avenue

Sound Tennis Sussex is  made up of a group of individuals with varying degrees of sight impairment. At Pavilion & Avenue we are delighted to welcome the group to practice and play matches. This is their latest report from a tournament they organised locally.   Sound Tennis Sussex hosted their…

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Sonay wins her first ITF 18 & U International Title at Nottingham

Our Club’s junior girls enjoyed one of their most successful weeks when 3 of our home grown players, Sonay, Tiana and Alicia, who’ve all grown up playing at the Club and first started competing at mini red ball 8&Under, travelled up to Nottingham (with Martin the first week and then…

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We entertain our French friends both on court and off

On a gorgeous Bank Holiday Weekend, Pavilion& Avenue Tennis Club entertained the members from the French Club Metz.  The Saturday afternoon featured a variety of men’s matches mixing both teams. And a ladies match on the third court.  Neil Moss who was called the President by the French (we thought…

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Ladies Third Team draw 2 – 2 with West Chiltington in epic battle

The match was played in in the breathtakingly beautiful Sussex countryside. All the matches were played under a blazing sun on a Bank Holiday weekend. The first pair of the Pavilion & Avenue team (Josephine and Helen) lost 6 -3 and 7-6 despite being always ahead in the second set….

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Pavilion & Avenue take on the French in an International Tournament – Saturday May 5th and Sunday May 6th.

This saturday at 2pm our mens 3rd team will be taking on the ‘Equipe des papis’ (their words not ours) of our chums from Metz tennis club with our own ‘equipe de papis’. For the non french speakers you can translate ‘equipe de papis’ as anything from Grandads team to dad’s army (with…

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Ladies Third Team just edged out by Crablands

It was at times epic. It was at times heroic. But ultimately the Ladies Third Team lost to their opponent Crablands by three matches to one. It could have been different but in truth it could also have been a whitewash but for the heroics of Carmel and Josephine who…

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Ladies First Team win their first two matches with a bit of help from Julie

The Ladies 1st team have  made a great start to the summer season winning both matches in consecutive weekends. Firstly on Sunday April 15th the team of Gill, Judy, Lesley-Ann and Suzi played away at Horsham and managed a 3-1 win with Lesley-Ann and Suzi making a great comeback from…

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Mark Petchey trains Neilson Holiday coaches at Pavilion & Avenue

Neilson Holidays offer a wide range of activity holidays in Italy, Sardinia, Croatia and Greece. Popular with clients are a wide range of tennis holidays suitable for many standards including beginners to team and tournament standard. Head of the coaching programme  and brand ambassador is Mark Petchey who is an…

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