The Tennis Hampshire Podcast
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Episodes
78 episodes
THPod 3.12: Winchester supreme as National Leagues close, Apsley reopens
The Apsley League gets back up and running this weekend, and we have the man who is single-handedly getting the ball rolling again on the show this week. Luckily he made it back from Croatia, which was a close call.Before all that though...
THPod 3.11: Apsley down again, how does Portsmouth handle the heat?
Sound the disappointment klaxon, all 12 Apsley league fixtures were binned off again this week as Rule 6ii was invoked again by the league. We’re not even half way through the season, and already there are 32 fixtures to reschedule and hotter w...
THPod 3.10: Is it time to ditch Summer Shutdowns?
The Apsley League administrators called in their new rule on super heat for the first time on June 27th, leaving plenty of tennis players fuming as 18 fixtures were cancelled. Hundreds of players up and down the county were left adri...
THPod 3.09: Rebirths and meltdowns as Apsley nears midway point
Week 12 of the summer season delivered rebirths and meltdowns among Hampshire’s tennis clubs. Winchester are a new club under the leadership of a refreshed captaining structure. No longer the butt of our jokes on the pod, Winchester...
THPod 3.08: Winchester Super Day and the David Lloyd derby
It’s a full weekend ahead for clubs in the Southampton LTA’s Apsley League, with 15 fixtures across all four divisions. Robin Ellison and Dave Ernsberger explore the top four fixtures from either side of the Solent this weekend. It’...
THPod 3.07: Milford Tennis rising, Apsley divisions taking shape
Milford Tennis made a big splash at the 2026 Hampshire & Isle of Wight tennis awards, leading us to wonder if they are on the ride in Hampshire. Better known for playing in the East Dorset leagues, can we encourage one of Hampshire’s finest...
THPod 3.06: Warsash take on Thornden, Portsmouth summer leagues underway
Summer has only just started but one of the biggest showdowns hits in the Apsley League’s Premier Division, as Warsash head to Thornden to find out if THIS is the year that they take back the biggest prize in county inter-club tennis. ...
THPod 3.05: First showdown arrives in Apsley's Group of Death
Only five weeks into the season, a summer-defining moment has arrived for two teams in the Apsley League’s Group of Death.Newbies Wellow B take on surprise package David Lloyd West End B, and this fixture gets the questions flying. Who w...
THPod 3.04: Warsash, Thornden take rivalry to the National League
This week we take a closer look at the National Tennis League, thanks to listener feedback from Riverside that we’ve been missing a trick there. Tom has been getting quite expert on how the higher levels of tennis work in NCL, and he shares his...
THPod 3.03: Apsley fixtures get the summer cooking
The Apsley fixtures are flowing now! Guest host and Twyford B team captain Rob Ernsberger helps Dave dissect the best of the weekend action to come across all five divisions. Along the way Rob shares his goals for Twyford B this sea...
THPod 3.02: Our top picks mean business
Week Two of the Apsley League brought the first weekend of fixtures with all five divisions involved for the first time this summer.So far Dave and Tom’s top picks for the summer are all off to winning starts - with some very big wins fo...
THPod 3.01: Summer tennis gets going as the Apsley begins
Summer is here. At last!We know because the Apsley tennis season is now underway. A well-endowed Division Four has already started playing its fixtures. With a ponderous ten teams - including three new entrants and two teams relegated fr...
THPod 2.44: Courtside with Portsmouth & District Chair Michael Isaacs
We close our winter coverage with a courtside interview with Michael Isaacs, the chair of the Portsmouth & District LTA.Michael has led a rejuvenation of inter-club tennis in the Portsmouth area for more than 15 years, helping re-est...
THPod 2.43: Warsash, Riverside claim 2026 Solent Cup
The battle for the 2026 Solent Cup left honours split between Southampton and Portsmouth. Gate-crashers Riverside and winter-warriors Warsash took home the top winter prize in south coast inter-club tennis. Dave Ernsberger & Rob...
THPod 2.42: Who will win the 2026 Solent Cup?
Winter is SO over! That leaves us with just one question to be answered for the season: are the very best teams on the South Coast from the Southampton LTA or the Portsmouth & District LTA?Dave Ernsberger & Robin Ellison preview ...
THPod 2.41: QUICK HIT - The five fixtures that still matter this winter
We're back with another Quick Hit, this time looking at the five fixtures that will shape the Southampton LTA's winter leagues. Some of the men's divisions (we're looking at you, five and six!) are in a bit of a shambolic state, so ...
THPod 2.40: Courtside with Portsmouth’s Robin Ellison
Welcome to Episode 2.40, where we revisit the Portsmouth & District LTA — with a proper guide this time!Robin Ellison cut his teeth with Southsea and moved on to take on captaining roles with Court X. Along the way, he started a week...
THPod 2.39: QUICK HIT as Winter Leagues race to the finishing line
It's a Quick Hit with Dave this week as we look at the results from the past two weeks across the Southampton LTA's Mixed Doubles, Ladies Doubles and Men's Doubles divisions. First though we check in on some Hampshire tennis news. T...
THPod 2.38: Kingsgate, Wellow rising to the top in Winter Ladies
Kingsgate and Wellow are clubs on the march across the winter and summer leagues, and it turns out that they are both on the cusp of promotion to Hampshire’s elite first division in the Southampton LTA’s Winter Ladies Doubles league. <...
THPod 2.37: Riverside, Thornden winter men slug it out
Riverside and Thornden are slugging it out in the Winter Mens Doubles leagues, taking half of all the top spots across the Southampton LTA’s seven divisions. Riverside hold the edge on ultimate honours right now, but how will things...
THPod 2.36: Winter Mixed Doubles restart after holidays
This week on the show we take a look at how the Southampton LTA's Winter Mixed Doubles leagues are stacking up as players get ready to restart all the action after the Christmas & New Year break. Rob Ernsberger, captain of Twyfo...
THPod 2.35: Courtside with Mat Johnstone, UK Number One Para-Standing player
This week we welcome to the show Mat Johnstone, Hampshire tennis native and the UK’s Number One PST3 Para-Standing Tennis player.Mat shares his journey from an up-and-coming tennis junior at Warsash to top Para-Standing Tennis player wit...
THPod 2.34: Courtside with Richard Cutler from Hampshire & IOW Tennis
Welcome to the show Richard Cutler, Charity Director and Councillor at Hampshire & Isle of Wight Tennis, the county authority for tennis that brings rhyme and reason to the way tennis functions across the county. Have we had a better opport...
THPod 2.33: Will Thornden claim Ladies Doubles this winter?
We’re back from travels just in time to do our final Southampton LTA winter leagues check in before the end of the year. This time we take a look through ladies doubles where 33 teams representing 21 clubs are midway through the sea...
THPod 2.32: Heated AGM debate yields surprise summer Apsley decision
We recreate the magic (or the tedium, if you’re of that persuasion) of the big end of year league AGMs, not least for Tom’s benefit since family duty called him away. Would things have ended differently if he'd been there? Before th...
