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It’s a seminal weekend ahead for Portsmouth & District summer tennis, and the top tables could be more or less settled across the Mixed, Mens and Ladies doubles leagues by Monday morning. Robin Ellison joins us this week to take a look at the fixtures that will play a big role in deciding things in east Hampshire.

Meanwhile on the west side of the county, Riverside A claimed top spot in the Apsley league last weekend as Thornden sat things out. This weekend Riverside take a break while Thornden are back in action. Can Lee on Solent stop Thornden from reclaiming pole position? Their Premier Division survival could depend on it.

Rob Ernsberger's Twyford B team make the road trip to Riverside to meet their B team. Both teams have perfect records and the pennant is on the line. Who will win? Hard to say, but it's our first five chilli match of the summer.

Meanwhile Dave discusses grumpy coaches in Spain, Robin has been to Wickham Festival, Milton on Sea host a Grade Four tournament and Colden Common Tennis Club turns ten years old.

Find out more about the Milford Open: https://competitions.lta.org.uk/tournament/F7702E51-C6F6-4894-8553-80569225607A

Songs used in this weeks show:

Opening “Classical Gas [Mason Williams]” performed by Tommy Emmanuel

Accompanying Mark Jackson's sting is “Deep River Blues” performed by Tommy Emmanuel with Jason Ispell

Find out more about Tommy Emmanuel here: https://tommyemmanuel.com and on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL-0gAth4u6Wp-9_98XU3nA

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Things are heating up around Hampshire’s leagues, and this week we take a closer look at some of the biggest battles in the Apsley League.

Riverside have the chance to get back to top spot in the Premier Division after doing the hard work against Bassett last weekend. This time out they face newly promoted Kingsgate A - will they spoil their party?

Stanmore C play back-to-back fixtures this weekend in a bid to clear their backlog. Will the end the weekend bottom of Division Two, or surge up the division? All to play for there.

Meanwhile we check in with Mat Johnstone, who is climbing the world rankings in Para Standing Tennis, but he still sees a lot he’d like to do better as he pursues new heights.

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Lots of news from around the shire this week - sign ups have started for the County Champs (coming your way in the last week of August), preparations have begun for the Winter League, and Hampshire have dominated their groups in County Week.

Speaking of that last headline, Mats Colling from Thornden joins the show to talk about his participation in this prestigious event, what the Hampshire players do all week while on the road for the event, and how Buckinghamshire moved quickly to bring in reinforcements after a tough start in the box.

We round out our coverage of how the National League closed the summer with a run though the third tier of National League - the three divisions of Hampshire & IOW National teams. Want does Tom want? Consolidation. When does he want it? Now. Will anyone ever respond to his emails? Let’s hope so…

Finally, the Apsley is back up and running at full steam this weekend, with 14 fixtures planned. Let’s go!

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