Harlow Tennis Club - Harrogate

📢 LTA Awards 2027 – Nominations Now Open!

Presented by Lexus 🏆

Do you know someone at your club, school or organisation who goes above and beyond to make tennis or padel better for everyone? Now is your chance to say thank you and recognise their hard work!

Nominations are open from Tuesday 2 June – we’re looking for inspiring people, clubs and venues across Yorkshire and the whole of Great Britain. Let’s get our local heroes nominated and hopefully see some Yorkshire names go forward to the national awards! 🤞

✨ 13 Award Categories:

🔹 Cathie Sabin Volunteer of the Year
🔹 Club of the Year
🔹 Coach of the Year
🔹 Competition of the Year
🔹 Lifetime Achievement Award
🔹 Official of the Year
🔹 Park Venue of the Year
🔹 Performance Coach of the Year
🔹 Protect Where We Play Award
🔹 School of the Year
🔹 Tennis Opened Up Award
🔹 University of the Year
🔹 Young Person of the Year

📅 Deadline: Monday 30 November 2026

🔗 Nominate here and read full criteria:
https://www.lta.org.uk/what-we-do/lta-awards/

It only takes a few minutes to recognise someone making a real difference – please share far and wide! 🎾💙

Read more about LTA Awards The LTA Awards celebrate the achievements made by outstanding individuals and venues in British Tennis throughout the past year.

🎾Mixed First Team News🎾

Harlow vs Boston Spa – Division 2 Match Report

Date: 4 June 2026 | Division: 2 | Result: Harlow 66 – 42 Boston Spa

Harlow made a strong start to this Division 2 fixture, securing a comfortable home win against Boston Spa with consistent performances across all three mixed doubles rubbers.

Rubber 1: Niamh Priestley & Tom Greenwood 24–12 Sheila Stewart & Richard Whaley

Our first pair set the tone immediately, playing with sharp accuracy and great court coverage. They controlled rallies from the start, moving their opponents around and converting key points to take the set 7–1, 7–5, 10–6. A dominant display laid a solid foundation for the team.

Rubber 2: Ruth Whaling & Alex Priestley 22–14 Dominique Hornsby & Jordan Gregory

A tighter contest saw Ruth and Alex battle hard. After a close first set lost 4–8, they adjusted their game, raising their level to win the next two 7–5 and 11–9.

Rubber 3: Eva Kettlewell & Ellis Hall 20–16 Lucy Kidd & Pete Smith

The third pairing delivered another competitive performance. Trading early games, they grew into the match, mixing solid serving and smart shot selection to claim the sets 7–3, 8–5, 9–3. Another win sealed the overall victory.

It was an excellent team effort, and we look forward to carrying this form into our next match.

Final Score: Harlow 66 - Boston Spa 42

🎾Men’s 2nd Team News🎾

Another big win for Harlow 2nd team, winning 79-29 in games against local rivals Harrogate Spa!!

All 3 Harlow pairs played fantastic tennis, although special mention for Carlos & Shaun taking 31 games as pair 2.
The 2nd team are now joint top of division 5 with a game in hand and look to push on and build on this early success!
Great result and well played everyone 👏🏼💪🏼💯🎾

🎾Men’s First Team News🎾

Match Report: Heworth 67-41 Harlow

We travelled to Heworth and, despite putting in a solid, competitive performance across all ties, came away on the wrong end of the result this time.

The home side were strong overall and edged most matches, but we fought hard throughout, with some excellent play and plenty of positives to take into our next game!

🎾Ladies Dales League News🎾

Harlow vs Richmond School – Match Report

Dales Ladies Doubles League
Venue: Richmond School
Date: 30/05/26

We travelled to Richmond School for our latest league match on a bright, sunny morning.
It was always set to be a competitive fixture, but sadly the day was overshadowed by an injury to our player, Lyn Saville, who had to retire from play and was taken to hospital in Ripon for assessment and care. Everyone at Harlow sends Lyn our biggest love and best wishes for a full, speedy recovery – we’re all thinking of you 💛

The match got off to a great start with some really high-quality tennis and tight rallies.
Richmond School played really well and took the win on the day, final score Richmond School 3 – 1 Harlow.

A huge thank you to Richmond School for being so understanding, supportive and friendly throughout – your kindness and concern for Lyn meant a lot to us all.

On to the next match, and we will be waiting to have Lyn back with us when she’s ready 💪

🎾 Harlow A vs Masham – Match Report🎾

Harrogate & District Tennis League – Division 4
Date: 29/05/26

We hosted Masham at home on a sunny evening, and what a close, competitive match it turned out to be! Final score: Harlow A 51 – 57 Masham – a narrow defeat, but with some brilliant tennis played.

✅ Summary
Final result: Harlow A 51 – 57 Masham
A really enjoyable, friendly match played in great spirit. Every single player gave 100% – we were right in the mix all night, and the scoreline shows how close it really was!
Well done to Jim, Odette, Carlos, Claire, Andy & Andrea 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Big thanks to Masham for a great game and to everyone who played.
On to the next one! 💪

🎾 2026 AMERICAN TOURNAMENT – SATURDAY 20 JUNE!🎾

Get ready for our next American Tournament – it’s happening Saturday 20th June @ 2pm, and it’s going to be brilliant fun!

✨ How it works:
✅ Random mixed pairings
✅ 4 x 20-minute rounds over 2 hours
✅ Swap partners every round – play with & against everyone!
✅please put your name down on the list in the club house!

🏆 PRIZE:
The winner takes home a £25 M & S voucher, and well-earned!

🥂 After the tennis:
Join us for post-match drinks & bring-a-dish social – great food, great company, and plenty of chat about the day’s play.

⚠️All standards welcome⚠️ – it’s all about fun, friendly tennis, and having FUN 🤩

save the date, and we’ll see you on court! 🎾

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🎾LADIES DOUBLES TEAM NEWS 🎾

Dales Ladies Doubles League

🆚 Ripon vs Harlow
📍 Away at Ripon
📅 23/05/26

Not our day today – we were beaten 0-4 rubbers, 0-5 points.

Some close moments and good rallies, but the home side played really consistently and took every game well.

Thanks to our opponents for the match and great coffee cake afterwards 🍰☕️

Onwards to the next one 💪

🎾Ladies Doubles team news 🎾

Dales Ladies Doubles League

🆚 Knaresborough vs Harlow
📍 Away at Knaresborough
📅 16/05/25

Great win despite the rain 🎉
We took the match 3-1 in rubbers, 4-1 on points.

Some really tight sets and great tennis played all round – a couple went right to the wire, but we held our nerve and edged the close ones. 💪

Brilliant team effort and lovely welcome from our hosts. Thanks for a fantastic, sporting match! 💐

🎾 Men’s 2nd team news 🎾

RESULT: Fulford vs Harlow A
17/05/2026

A fantastic all‑round performance from Harlow Men’s 2nd team at Fulford 💪

All three pairs played some brilliant tennis, hitting glorious shots and showing great quality from start to finish. We dominated every match, coming out worthy winners by a massive 86 games to 22 — an outstanding scoreline and a great team effort all round! 👏

Every player contributed, every point counted, and it was brilliant to see such confident, attacking tennis on display.

Great work, guys 🚀

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