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PHOTOS

Wendy's Retirement Tournament 2022
Autumn 2022
Welcome to all our coaches
Brothers Viren Soma and Hitesh Soma have taken charge of four squads - Viren coaches W2 & W4 while Hitesh coaches W1 & W3.
Scott Gorman coaches W5 and looks after our Rusty Racquets sessions (with support from Sofia Conte).
BELOW: W4 waiting for their home match to start.

Not all matches go to plan… Forecast was good on BBC, Dark Sky and Apple Weather but how wrong can you be?!
W3 had to abandon their away match against Pavilion.
A selection of photos from Wendy's retirement tournament. For more photos click on link above!  
Lots of lovely things to celebrate...
The club gave Sarah Mulligan a thank you gift for running the ever popular Ladies Doubles League. Not only did Sarah devise this competition but she has assumed responsibility for running the whole contest. Huge thanks Sarah!
Many congratulations to Lynda Thomas (
Branch as we know her) who was thrilled to receive a CBE in recognition of her work running Macmillan Cancer Support.
​And Wendy with a fabulous bouquet from the W3 team to wish her a happy Sabbatical.

October 2021. The dappled backdrop on Court 2 is tricky for tennis but very beautiful!  
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On a lovely crisp sunny winter day in December the Thursday women's drop-in group gave Gary his Christmas present from the club. 
FROM LEFT: Wendy, Gary, Eleanor Di, Vina, Yvonne, Caroline and Sara.
Thanks from the club to all the Islington park-keepers who look after us so well throughout the year. 
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Success for our fabulous Women's 2nd Team:

Our inspiring Women's 2nd team dominated the Middlesex East Division 5 in the winter floodlit league 2017-18 not dropping a single match.

As well as being rewarded with a promotion, they received this trophy. Congrats to all members of this strong team and coach Viren!!!!

Clockwise from back left: Kate, Barbara, Megg, Naureen, Viren, Jan, Caterina, Sarah, Kalsang, & Joy
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17 June 2018: For photos from the 2018 Tournament click on link above. Here we see Vicky, Wendy & Poonam celebrating after a fantastically successful, long and exhausting day!!!
May 2018: W5 players relaxing at Southgate Weld after a tough match. From left: Sue West, Lesleyanne Forman, Ruth Barrett, Vina Shukla and RIGHT Captain Sara Jolly
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19th March 2018
Yes, there's snow on the ground and, yes, an undeterred Wendy is running a coaching session!!!!
























11th March 2018

Just when we’d got used to the sun, look what happened...

5th March 2018 

Just when we'd got used to the snow, look what happened!

Yehia from the Oasis Café with Dave
Yehia El-Nemer stepping out from behind the counter in the Oasis Café to enjoy the sunshine with Dave in the hut.






FIRST DAY OF SPRING !!!!!!

1st March 2018
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27 Feb 2018, in spite of it being 0 degrees C at Highbury Fields this morning, there were a handful of club members wrapped up warm and playing.

They were rewarded with a special treat - a flock of Red Wings settled on the frosty grass searching for grubs. This beautiful bird has a creamy stripe above its eye and orange-red patches on its flanks and only ventures into cities and gardens when the weather is VERY COLD. And VERY COLD it was!!!! 


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22 Feb 2018: Wendy organised a fabulously fun and successful mini tournament as a farewell to Jenny James. £255 was raised for "Crisis", Jenny's chosen charity.
23 Feb 2018: a sad but jolly evening when W4 & W5 players hosted a supper for Jenny James who is moving to Oxford next week. Jenny will be missed HUGELY and we all wish her well.
23 Feb: W3 prevailed in a very chilly match against Wood Vale. More importantly a great supper was enjoyed afterwards at Sweet Thursdays.
W3 players having a serious strategy meeting before the new summer season begins.
January 2018: New Year getting off to a sunny but chilly start with lots of our players on the courts. The talk amongst the women was variously #DryJanuary #DampJanuary #Ginuary and “I’m sure it’s February already”. Cheers!
Good to catch our normally camera-shy men on the courts. David & Darren - our 2017 Men's Doubles Champions - proving that the secret of success is practice practice practice.
First teamers are equally camera-shy but here we found Poonam, Alice, Vicky and Melissa.
Lynda, Helen, Caroline & Sharon
Ana, Anne & Dee relaxing AFTER their tennis

December 2017: what better way to end the year than to remind ourselves how lucky we are to have such helpful and lovely park-keepers looking after the  courts and us. Although you might have seen some of these pics before, they are worth posting again.
FROM LEFT: Dave celebrating his 65th birthday, Gary then Sergio enjoying the December sunshine and finally the lovely Eileen and Daniel who looked after us at the summer tournament. Thanks everyone.

Dee's video about her masters including footage of Highbury tennis
Crazy Christmas jumper season... Yvonne, Caterina and Wendy
Lots to celebrate after a year of stunning tennis results; Christina, Yvonne, Caterina, Wendy, Mel, Caroline & Georgina
Congrats to Dee Tamlin. Not only fabulous with a racquet, but she got a first in her MSc in Project Management and, to crown it all, was awarded “Best Dissertation of the Year” competing against more than 80 students. Wow!
Dee & Ana must surely be the Christmas jumper WINNERS!
Not even light drizzle puts off the Highbury ladies. Here Ana & Dee
Lesley Anne & Alison
Lesley Anne, Yvonne & Alison
Even better when the sun shines... Caroline & Yvonne
BELOW: A sunny December morning brings out the smiles!
Caterina, Mel & Di
Deborah, Di & Georgina
Gary in charge in the hut
Kalsang & Gary
Viren & Kalsang
Thanks to Sharon for decorating the Highbury Fields Christmas Tree!
Nov. 2017: Highbury Fields looking stunning with Mel, Deborah & Wendy (all looking stunning too)...
In the first match played by the club at Rosemary Gardens, our Women’s 4th team triumphed 16-0. From left: Di, Kate, Captain Jane and Katie. A great way to start the season. Sept. 2017.
W3 Captain with her new "banana guard"
The Islington Gazette says it all!
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Some of our regular Sunday social doubles players enjoying the Highbury Fields sunshine.
Clockwise from back left:
Jan, Sarah, Angela, Zoe, Dee, Caroline, Ana & Helen.
Club coach Wendy Proudfoot is interviewed by EasyFoodN5 as part of their "Lunch with the Locals" series...
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAVE!


Who's the birthday boy? Unbelievably Dave from the hut has just celebrated his 65th. Snapped here surrounded by Highbury Fields and club regulars and holding one of the personalised mugs that the club gave him.

The good news is that Dave has no plans to retire just yet so we should have many more seasons of his friendly support ahead of us!









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Windswept W5 ladies waiting for their final summer match. From LEFT Susie, Eleanor, Captain Jenny & Ruth. Aug 2017
And the whole team: Clockwise from LEFT: Deborah, Eleanor, Sara, Susie, Ruth and Captain Jenny.
Caroline G, Mel & Caroline D polishing up their tennis skills in Spain
Final W3 match saw a 24-0 win. 3rd pair: Caroline & Angela, 2nd pair: Sophie & Christina. Jul 2017
Final W3 match, first pair: Sara & Charlotte. Jul 2017
Watch out for those Highbury top-spins!
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LEFT: So this is what Wendy gets up to when she's not hitting a ball. With sister Jill at Queens on one of the hottest days of the year.

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We have lots of jolly photos from the 2017 Tournament behind the button above, but here are two.

Park-keepers Eileen and Daniel who made sure everything was perfect on Sunday 18th June. We are very grateful to Islington staff who look after Highbury Fields all year round.

And the three musketeers - David Crichton-Miller,  Mark Giles & Darren Turpin who left with quite a few prizes between them!
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January sunshine
Spring sunshine on the courts, April 2017
2 captains, 2 Carolines & double cocktails all round!
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Wendy and the Thursday drop-in ladies celebrating Christmas - silly jumpers and seasonal hats to the fore.
They played a festive mini tournament and raised £150 for the War Child charity for Aleppo victims.
FROM LEFT: Penny, Angela, Susie, Wendy (in Santa hat), Jenny, Sara and Alison. Not in the picture are Yvonne, Vina and Caroline. 
Well done ladies!








15 December 2016


Our men's first team get ready for a home match.
From left:
Shahriar Aziz, Phillip Wigan, Simon Moore & Tom Reynolds

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November sunshine Highbury Fields:
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A great new photo for our Facebook page. Handy having a professional married to the Club Coach! 
(November 2016)

Highbury Fields late September...













Sept 2016
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A special thanks from the women's 3rd team to Gary. He was in charge of the courts for their October 2016 home match.
Winner of the Lynn Rickett tournament 2016, Sarah Holmes. Select button above for more pictures
Lovely to have some squawking parakeets cheering us on at Highbury Fields! (September 2016)
25 September 2016
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July 2016:
​And more celebrations for our men's team. 

FROM LEFT:
Simon Moore, TBC, Lauron Shaw, Scott Matthews, Phill Wigan, Henry Horton, Paul Knipe
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This is the incredible Men’s Team that reached the finals of the Middlesex Cup 2016, a very tough knock-out competition. Their success is due to great team play and commitment and also the leadership skills of Captain Henry Horton who has brought out the best in his squad. Well done men!

FROM LEFT:                                        
Rick Holland, Henry Horton, Lauron Shaw, Paul Knipe, Scott Matthews and Saimen Yuen


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Wendy Proudfoot and Pauline Bertinet hold the Coolhurst Ladies Doubles trophy.

In spite of organising and running our own Highbury Tennis Tournament, Wendy has been competing in her own club's - Coolhurst's - ladies doubles championship. On Sunday morning 10th July, Wendy and her partner Pauline triumphed and set the tone for a great day of British tennis. Later on Andy Murray was to lift the Wimbledon Men's Singles' Cup & Heather Watson the Wimbledon Mixed Doubles' trophy!

Huge congratulations to our very hard-working coach Wendy who does so much for the club and all of its players and so much more behind the scenes while pursuing her own tennis successes.

Women's 3rd Team celebrating their best match result of the 2016 summer season. From left Lynda Branch, Anne Brogan, Captain Caroline Griffiths, Christina Hopkinson & Fiona Spencer. Charlotte Fetherston-Godley was not able to join the celebrations. (June 2016)
Our Women's 4th & 5th teams played each other on a rainy Saturday in June. The very best bit was the picnic afterwards. From left: Jennifer Gill, Jenny James (W5 captain), Sara Jolly, Di Colinese, Caterina Paolazzi, Jane Grimston, Ruth Barrett, Georgina Papathanasiou, Jo Sargent, Gemma Treweek & Judith Laurance. (June 2016)
This visitor to Court 2 is a little too young to join the club...  (May 2016)
RIGHT: Our Men's 1st team beating Vicars Moor IV 19-5. (May 2016)

LEFT: Our Women's 4th team played the 5ths at Highbury Fields and celebrated afterwards with a fabulous picnic. Happily the sun shone. (May 2016)

Highbury Ladies v Hackney Charity Tournament 24 April 2016
Sport Relief Tournament 25 March; Kalsang, Megg, Barbara, Joy, Angela (hiding), Wendy, Di, Caroline with crown, Helen, Caroline, Georgina, Yvonne & Judith
Sport Relief Tournament 25 March; this time showing Angela!
Alison Marshall & Mel Howard (3rd team), Women's Equality Party candidates in GLA Assembly elections 5 May 2016
Wendy & Lynda, Jan 2016
Roll on Spring! Jan 2016
Setting off for January training brbrbrbr....
(clockwise from left) Jenny, Alison, Wendy, Angela, Caroline D & Caroline G (Dec 2015)
Alison, Jenny & Caroline G, enjoying a tennis Christmas lunch
Wendy, Caroline D, Angela McC enjoying a tennis Christmas lunch
Happy Highbury Field users celebrating the arrival of the new Portaloos. Councillor Caroline Russell is holding the placard
From left: Campaigners Caroline Griffiths, Councillor Caroline Russell & Wendy Proudfoot (Summer 2015)
The campaign for more working loos. Councillor Caroline Russell comes to Highbury Fields to see the problem for herself.
Resurfacing work Dec 2014
L2 celebrating their 2014 Invincible season with T shirts
L2 coach, Viren, gets one too
L3 final match of the 2014 season, Winchmore Hill
Mens squad practice session, from left Simon, Adam, Geoff, Paul, Henry, Archie, Andrew, Claudio
L3 first match of the season against Our Lady of Muswell Hill III. From right: Dee, Ana, Anne, Amber, Christina and Caroline. Our opponents on the left.
Coach Wendy Proudfoot
Ladies 2 team coach, Viren Soma
Henry Horton (2nd from left) and Lauron Shaw (right) were runners up in the Bush Hill Park Winter Series doubles tournament. March 2014
Gary from the hut sorting out our first Recycaball delivery, Nov 2014
Birthday celebrations
Coach Wendy Proudfoot
L2 retiring captain Sarah Mulligan, right, is thanked by her team
LADIES 3 TEAM training session
Highbury Fields, April sunshine
Di, Judith, Katharine, Yvonne and Caroline on sunny March morning
Ladies 2 training session, from LEFT: Anne, Poonam, Roseanna, Coach Viren, Kalsang, Sarah, Susan and Megg, April 2014
Coach Wendy visiting the Glasgow Commonwealth Games with her twin sister Jill
LADIES 1 v LADIES 2 Winter Floodlit League match
Highbury Fields, early March
Yvonne, Judy and Di, May 2014
Teletubby?
August 2014
August 2014
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