The Tennis Hampshire Podcast
Catch up on the latest developments in club tennis across Hampshire, England.
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Episodes
50 episodes
THPod 2.28: We head to Pompey for our 50th episode
Join us for our 50th episode, with a HUGE thanks to all of you who have supported the show over the past 18 months. Whether you've been a regular listener, an occasional visitor, a correspondent or a guest, your support is the fire in the belly...
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Season 2
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Episode 28
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58:05
THPod 2.27: Everything you need to know about the new winter season
Winter is here! And it's the best part of winter... the very beginning. Everything is still possible, and it isn't even that cold, that dark or even that rainy. Remember this feeling when December arrives.We talk festive calendar dates (...
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Season 2
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Episode 27
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47:30
THPod 2.26: Summer wrap part two - ladies and mens doubles
We ran out of time on summer wrap up last time out, so this week we take the deep dive on how ladies and mens doubles closed out the summer. We review Warsash's remarkable run to win mens doubles overall. Is this the springboard the...
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Episode 26
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44:54
THPod 2.25: The big summer 2025 wrap up
Division One ended in style, so we take a final canter through the Apsley League to celebrate the winners, and commiserate with the losers. No fewer than three teams managed to trip the Apsley League's new points deduction rule, giv...
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Episode 25
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40:13
THPod 2.24: Div One relegations in the balance as summer ends
The sun is dropping that bit earlier, players are dropping out of the pro tour to rest and there are just four fixtures left in the Apsley League - summer is well and truly coming to an end around us. With the final weekend ahead, w...
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Episode 24
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36:38
THPod 2.23: Thornden crowned champions, relegation scrambles continue
Thornden have won the Premier Division for a third successive summer, but Riverside took them all the way in their fixture - so nearly getting the win, and forcing a tie. Wellow are on the up, we debate whether their new courts - su...
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Episode 23
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47:29
THPod 2.22: Big weekend ahead for most clubs as summer nears end
Saturday September 13 was originally scheduled to be the end of the summer season when Apsley schedules came out all the way back in April. As it happens, this summer’s rollercoaster of heatwaves and washouts means we will still hav...
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Season 2
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Episode 22
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40:22
THPod 2.21: Quick Hit - Lee, Waterside take Apsley titles
We’re getting to the business end of the season, which is a terrible time for Dave to be stranded in America and Tom to be busy in Southampton. We can’t unite for a dual podcast this week, but we’ve got a Quick Hit update here to ge...
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Season 2
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Episode 21
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23:08
THPod 2.20: Tennis mercenaries and the County Champs with Pete Guerreri
We're reunited in the UK and joined by another special guest! Pete Guerreri, from tennis royalty in Swanmore and currently captain of the National League team from David Lloyd West End, joins this episode.There's certainly pl...
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Season 2
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Episode 20
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55:15
THPod 2.19: Winchester play a good Hand, but is it too late?
This week we look back on a high-octane weekend of action that made Thornden champions-elect, brought Winchester A its first win for almost three seasons, and shows us that South Hants B could sweep in on Division Three out of nowhere.Th...
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Season 2
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Episode 19
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43:13
THPod 2.18: The Warsash v Thornden showdown that no one predicted
Club summer seasons will be made and broken this weekend in the Apsley League, so how could we possibly leave you hanging without an episode?Dave is in Greece and Tom is working hard on the day job but we found a way to make this episode...
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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34:39
THPod 2.17: Courtside with Riverside’s Barry brothers
Mike and Jay Barry join as our sixth and seventh guests on the podcast. We talk about the origins of Riverside Tennis Club, who they consider their biggest rivals, and what the future holds for the club.On a more personal not...
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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1:13:50
THPod 2.16: Apsley Champions could emerge this weekend
The summer is flying by, and this weekend could bring the first crown in the Apsley as Compton look to see off resurgent Winchester in Division Four. Elsewhere, Riverside play Destroyers of Dreams as David Lloyd Southampton make the...
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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44:14
THPod 2.15: Bassett, Thornden contest Ladies Doubles
Three out of five Summer Ladies Doubles divisions have been won, but the very highest honours are still being disputed by Bassett and Thornden. Could Winchester sneak through and take the top prize? We discuss from around the 18 minutes mark.
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Episode 15
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43:38
THPod 2.14: The Summer’s winners and losers so far
After last week’s grim statistics showing age spreads across the Hampshire inter-club leagues, Venus Williams gives Dave some inspiration this week. Tom has been in deep correspondence with Apsley League chief Geoff Prince on how the league pos...
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Episode 14
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49:25
THPod 2.13: Clubs circle Mens Summer Doubles honours
Mens Doubles is the most popular Hampshire & Isle of Wight doubles event over the summer, so take a deep breath with us as we run through all nine divisions to see how things are shaping up now the end of the season is in flight. <...
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Episode 13
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57:29
THPod 2.12: The heat is on! Will tennis captains keep their cool?
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 pos...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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51:46
THPod 2.11: East Hants tennis & Survival Saturday Redux
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 structu...
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Episode 11
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38:02
THPod 2.10: Quick Hit - Thornden go top as Apsley heats up
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 ...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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19:19
THPod 2.09: Peak Apsley results and cheating headaches
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...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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1:29:02
THPod 2.08: Peak Apsley, and Riverside’s Super Day
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 Sup...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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42:27
THPod 2.07: The Battle for Ladies Doubles
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 ...
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Episode 7
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45:22
THPod 2.06: The Tennis Hampshire Awards, weekend fixtures
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 tenn...
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Episode 6
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54:30
THPod 2.05: Men's doubles, and Winchester's padel pickle
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 ...
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35:43
THPod 2.04: How to survive and thrive on Super Day
Six ambitious clubs field three or more teams in the Summer Apsley League. At least once a season the league organizers oblige each of those clubs to field al of their teams at once -- a phenomenon we call Super Day. Thi...
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Episode 4
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