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A major heatwave is grabbing the southern UK during peak tennis season for the first time in two years, so new rules created back in 2023 will be put to the test this weekend.

In this episode we discuss the moral quandary around postponing a match in 29 degree weather (feels like 31!), and whether or not there will be any funny business going on after fixtures start, should one side fall behind quickly in any of the Apsley's 13 fixtures this weekend.

It's inevitable, isn't it? Falling behind quickly in some fixtures, we mean, of course...

Plus Dave and Tom are in the Hampshire singles boxes, and we chat a bit about Wimbledon too. Maybe electronic line calls aren't the answer after all?

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We take a step eastwards in Episode 2.11, exploring how the East Hants league works for clubs that lie out towards the border with West Sussex. The East Hants chat starts on the 20 minute mark.

We find a smaller but more perfectly structured set of events out there, but no website to help us make sense of it all. Does East Hants have a website? Please let us know if there is one.

Analysing the data that’s available, we look at the overlaps with Southampton LTA, discuss which clubs that serve as the big dogs out east, and try to assess their relative strength against other leagues in the county.

Before that, we take a look at what happened during Survival Saturday for Premier Division teams in Week 11 of the Apsley League, take a little look through other Apsley results and preview the fixtures coming up on July 5.

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We dropped an epic episode last week (thanks for all the feedback!), so it’s just a Quick Hit with Dave this week.

It took nine weeks, but Thornden are back at the top of the Premier Division. Will anyone knock them off their usual perch from here on out? Wellow also made big gains in the league, but we're keen to see if they can build on that this weekend.

Meanwhile the latest round of the county singles boxes have ended, and we tip our cap to the Spring champions in the top two boxes in the Hampshire & Isle of Wight LTA. Spoiler alert… what are they drinking at Warsash? And we take a quick look at Box 6 to see if wayward cohost Tom got promoted in the end.

Let’s just say the outcome there could explain why he’s trotted off to revisit his previous Brat Summer glories with Charli XCX at Glastonbury this weekend...

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Dave's on the road and no one's heard from Tom since he went to that stag do in Poland a week ago. But never fear, Edwin Lau is back!

And just as well, since we have a bumper round of Apsley fixtures to talk about. Bassett's winning streak came to an end at the top of the Premier Division, Division Two bought us a real slugfest, and it seems we've all been sleeping on Willow. Who knew?

In our special topic this week, we dig deeper into cheating in tennis. Why is it happening so much, why does it matter, and how can we stop it?

Also thanks to the LTA for writing to us about the Tennis Awards, we set the record straight on a few points there too.

Links for this episode:

Shout out to Dumbarton Tennis Club for adopting Edwin: https://clubspark.lta.org.uk/DumbartonTC

Send nominations for the LTA Tennis Awards, especially for Hampshire: https://www.lta.org.uk/what-we-do/lta-awards/

Learn more about rules around line calls and much, much more: https://www.lta.org.uk/4ae9d8/siteassets/roles/officials/files/regulations/lta-competition-regulations-2025.pdf

Read about "hooking" between professional tennis players: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/jan/08/ive-been-hooked-scourge-of-shady-line-calls-baffles-raducanu-and-others

Research into cheating:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28446891/

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/223266546_Blame_it_on_the_racket_Norm-breaking_behaviours_among_junior_tennis_players

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There are only three Saturdays in the summer when 28 teams go out and do battle over 14 fixtures, and this weekend is one of those Peak Apsley moments. Bassett face a proper test in the Premier Division against Riverside, who have their own Super Day to worry about at the same time.

Division One will be fully in action, with just one of the nine teams left to sit things out. Division Two has the pick of the non-Premier action with some very spicy matches lined up.

Meanwhile, Dave can’t do the Winter League meeting unless Tom brings him along on WhatsApp or Facetime. Feels like a stretch, even for award-winning Hampshire tennis enthusiasts...

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This week we take a closer look at Ladies Doubles in Hampshire, and see who's battling it out for top spots across the county's five divisions. That discussion starts at 27 minutes in.

The contest to find the best women across the county also has a big impact on the Apsley League, and we take a look back at Week Five's results, plus check in on the tables.

Two clubs had Super Days last weekend, and we celebrate Winchester - who have done the best so far out of any club to have faced a Super Day this summer.

We also discuss The Tennis Mentor, who is local apparently!

More here: https://www.thetennismentor.co.uk/

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Paranoia strikes this week, as Dave spots something suspicious in the Hampshire Tennis Awards, and Tom dissects A versus B team selection theory.

Are shenanigans afoot, or are we just seeing ghosts in the shadows? It’s all just tennis, right?

Meanwhile, we've got one of the county's blockbuster weekends ahead. 26 teams will be on court in the Apsley, and there are two club Super Days.

We look at 13 fixtures that will change the tables.

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After a busy start, the Apsley League is in a bit of a lull. So after covering Twyford's Super Day and looking ahead to this weekend's four fixtures, we take a look at Men's Doubles.

There are nine divisions, 48 teams and more than 200 players in the men's doubles competition. But the real question is... can Tom do well enough with David Lloyd West End to join Dave's mighty Littleton warriors in Division Four?

In Padel-land, Winchester Racquets & Fitness won't take the noise complaints lying down, and this week outlined to members a plan to bring it all to an end -- hopefully before a court hearing set for late November. Looks like Winchester will build a wall, and find a way to get the neighbours to pay for it too. Cunning! Sounds familiar, somehow.

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