We report with great sadness the death's of our members Jack Baxter, Ivy Cooper, Bob Barrett, Mary Rogers, Vernon Ford and Colin Barber.  Obituary notices will appear in the Spring issue of the club magazine.

A memorial service for Colin Barber will be held at Lakeside Club, Wimbledon at 3 p.m. on September 10th - any members who would like to attend will be welcome.  The service will be informal and conducted by a Humanist. 

After the Club AGM held at Queen's Club on Monday July 26th, David Tomlinson stood down as acting Chairman and Peter Friedmann was elected as the new Chairman.  David will continue as the Clubs Hon. Secretary.  Peter made a statement in which he committed himself to working for the future success and development of the club.

Many old friends came to the David Lloyd Leisure Centre in Heston to join Harri Gibbon in celebrating his 90^th birthday. Harri is not only a long serving member of the 45 Club but he is a well known GB international player and much loved by many competitive veteran tennis players of all ages.  Though he doesn’t play anymore himself he still comes and watches the national championships in Dudley, Bournemouth and Aorangi Park and many other tournaments. He is also known as a keen and very competent gardener and by the time his dahlias are ready in September he always makes the effort to brighten up the desk of the Tournament Secretary at the Woking Veterans Tournament by giving her a beautiful bunch. Sir Mervyn Brown reflected the thoughts of everyone present at the party when he spoke about Harri’s playing background and how well he is liked by everybody. The management of the David Lloyd Leisure Centre honoured Harri by naming a court after him. How appropriate! We wish Harri many happy returns and we hope to continue to see him at our events.

 Henk Nijeboer

Purley  25–26th June 2009

Organiser: Di Gellender. Reporter: Peter Pearce

 ROCKING CHAIR WON BY NARROWEST OF VICTORIES

The annual match against the Danish Tennis Veterans was played on the grass courts at Purley during Wimbledon.  The match consists of same sex doubles on the first day and mixed doubles on the second day.  The match was unusally close and produced a very exciting interaction.  For the full report open the PDF.

The Danish Match Purley 2009

The Clive Bernstein Tournament July 27th at Queens's Club

This tournament is one of the years highlights.  It is held to honour the memory of Clive Bernstein, the founding father of the 45 CLub.  There are 2 tournaments - a seniors event for those over 60 and a juniors event for those under 60.  The tournament was held at the Queen's Club on a day that started off very wet, but which fortunately cleared up to allow completion.  The juniors event was won by Bob Harrower and Hazel Lindfield and the Seniors event was won by Merete Collins and David Lloyd.  For the full report, click the link:

  The Clive Bernstein Tournament July 27th at Queens