
The Tennis Hampshire Podcast
Catch up on the latest developments in club tennis across Hampshire, England.
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Music by Jamie Noyce, artwork by Karen Holloway
Email us at hello@THPod.UK
Leave us a voice message at https://www.speakpipe.com/THPod
Music by Jamie Noyce, artwork by Karen Holloway
Episodes
25 episodes
THPod 2.03: What are Apsley's early results telling us?
We've got one week in the bank for the season, and we've learned a lot about how things are shaping up in the Apsley league - Hampshire's best tennis tournament. Tom and Dave dissect the action from up and down the divisions, and ta...
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32:53

THPod 2.02: Courtside with DL West End's Mark Jackson
This week we interview Mark Jackson, racquets manager at David Lloyd Southampton West End. Mark picked up tennis at a young age up in Lincolnshire, but it wasn’t necessarily the sport he’d had in mind as a starry eyed kid. ...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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47:32

THPod 2.01: The Solent Cup, Hampshire singles and the big Apsley curtain-raiser
We’re back! Commissioned for a second season, we start with a little look-back at Season One before jumping right into the Solent Cup. Will Portsmouth recover from its 8-0 mauling by Southampton’s finest? And if the league organiser...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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52:43

THPod 1.22: Champions emerge in Winter Leagues ahead of a big weekend
Champions have been crowned in 11 of the 18 Winter Divisions in the Southampton LTA. We weren't among them this time, but we're happy enough with how our winter went, how about you?It's a big weekend for the remaining seven divisions. By...
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Season 1
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Episode 22
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26:25

THPod 1.21: Winter Men, club finder quiz and padel hits a wall
All Brits love a quiz, so we put Tom’s local knowledge to the test with our Hampshire Club Explorer Quiz, His response is… pavlovian!In other testosterone-driven news, it’s time to check in with the Men’s Winter leagues, where Dave is pl...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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47:34

THPod 1.20: Summer fixtures are out, and all to play for in Winter Ladies
The Apsley fixtures are out, which means it's time to start marking your calendars for another great summer of tennis ahead in Hampshire. We check in with the Winter Ladies Doubles leagues, and Tom finds a thrilling conclusion under...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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45:00

THPod 1.19: Winchester "gunshots" put padel on trial, and a mixed doubles update
Winchester Raquets didn't love our debate last time around about their patchy league efforts in Episode 18, but that was nothing compared to the national media debate this week that would come to surround the future of padel at the "posh tennis...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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42:58

THPod 1.18: JEM-Swanmore deal shakes up the top, and Winter Men check-in
Moves at Winchester kicked off a busy January transfer window in Hampshire's tennis coaching market. We explore whether a blockbuster move between JEM and Swanmore could shake up the league come the summer. It's also time to check ...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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55:30

THPod 1.17: Bad maths, tennis resolutions and the Ladies Winter League update
After a break so Tom could hunt for club glory and we could both spend some time with the family, we're back! Did you miss us? Our bad maths and tennis resolutions will soon put that to rest, after which we take a deeper look at th...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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34:32

THPod 1.16: Who’s got a ticket to Ryde? And more tennis AGM highlights
It’s the most wonderful time of the year… Tennis AGM season! Tom and Dave bring you the latest from the Southampton LTA and Apsley AGM meetings.The top brass was voted in once again for another year, but with the committees filling up at...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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1:08:39

THPod 1.15: Courtside with Tennis HQ's George Thomas
We're joined this week for a Courtside Chat with George Thomas from Romsey-based Tennis HQ (www.tennishq.co.uk). Did you know you don't have to trek all the way to Farnham to get your hands on higher-end tennis gear so you can try ...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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45:04

THPod 1.14: Mixed with Gemma Hargrave from David Lloyd West End, plus youth and women in tennis
Gemma Hargrave joins the show this week from David Lloyd West End. We take a little walk through hot topics like club-hopping before getting into the heart of what it means to captain teams at a mega-club like David Lloyd. Can you bring the sma...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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1:00:26

THPod 1.13: MEN! GUITARS! TRASH TALK! The fastest-growing league in Hampshire gets underway
Tom and Dave man up in this episode and get stuck into seven divisions of Winter Men's Doubles Tennis, the fastest-growing tennis format in the county.One in five fixtures have been played already, so we have a sense for how things are ...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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34:19

THPod 1.12: Winning ugly, and visualising tennis data
We took a few weeks off to get the summer done once and for all, and spiff up the website. Check out the new inforgraphics on THPod.UK! It's just the start of how we think about visualising tennis data in ever more compelling ways....
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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51:21

THPod 1.11: As summer ends, what going up means to Twyford, and other summers to remember
September 22 is the final day of summer, according to the astronomical calendar and, indeed, the Apsley fixture list! Dave reckons Tom has had a Brat Summer without realising it, but Tom won't be drawn into that one. Very wise.We talk a...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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38:02

THPod 1.10: Champions are being crowned... and Winter is Coming!
Champions are being crowned in the County Cups and in everyone's favourite club competition, the Apsley League. We look at who the big winners are as the summer leagues start to wind down. Meanwhile Tom and I rolled up for separate...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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58:42

THPod 1.09: Players go deep in the County Cup as Apsley nears its end-game
The County Cup burst into life over the last Bank Holiday weekend, and some players have gone deep in the competition just when their clubs might need them for the end-game in Apsley. What will the players choose... cup glory or ta...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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28:11

THPod 1.08: A fixture fail sends us for a loop, and is it time for Dave to start a Senior team?
This week we look forward to a weekend with five fixtures, but one of them is already done -- sending us into a bit of a statistical melt down in the forward look. Dave is wondering if it's time to start a Senior team, bit will it ...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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43:25

THPod 1.07: The sharks are circling! Late summer brings in some brutal results
Another week of Hampshire tennis is in the books, and divisional leaders up and down the Apsley League are peering nervously into the depths to see what could be coming for them.Thornden dish out a merciless win in the Premier to move u...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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25:18

THPod 1.06: Apsley update and special guest Edwin Lau
This week we welcome Edwin Lau, who recently landed in Hampshire after a glittering career in Berkshire tennis. We talk county comparables, whether or not there's anything quite like Apsley across the border, and what the future may hold for on...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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56:16

THPod 1.05: Results coming in hot
With Hampshire's favourite inter-club event heating up AND now going weekly in its schedule, we drop you a quick update on how last weekend went, what it meant for the tables, and who's next on deck over the August 3-4 weekend.
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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23:32

THPod 1.04: Hampshire & IOW’s Doubles Leagues, and the crystal ball
One of us makes it back from the beach just in time to release this edition ahead of July 27's Apsley matches. Not that we need to see any more action, because Tom has built a crystal ball that tells us all how the divisions will end anyways! D...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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59:19

THPod 1.03: Tom's going National
Tom's started his own National League team, which prompts the question... what's this National League, then? And how did Tom get into it? Hold on tight as Tom explains how the upper reaches of club tennis work in the UK, and how Ha...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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47:45

THPod 1.02: Stormy weather leaves us wondering about the rules
A Doom Cloud hung over Hampshire's festival of tennis on June 15, but somehow the county's hardy players shivered through ten and a half fixtures of English summertime yellow ball.In our special topic, we find ourselves wondering about ...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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32:50

THPod 1.01: The best team in Hampshire... is from Wiltshire?
With a third of the season played, Tom and Dave discuss the state of the Apsley League, Hampshire's biggest inter-club competition. Two big weekends lie ahead that will do a lot to settle scores across all five divisions, and we lo...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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29:33
