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British duo undone at Wimbledon

Tuesday, 29 June 2010 11:10 Simon Moss

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Josh Goodall’s assault on the Wimbledon doubles competition came to an end on Friday with a straight sets loss to former finalists. The Basingstoke ace teamed up with fellow Brit Jamie Delgado faced Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi, beaten finalists in 2003, but were comfortably beaten 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.

The number four seeds dominated from the off, breaking Delgado’s first service game and the result never looked in doubt from then on. Goodall worked hard in the Friday heat and maintained a...

Murray's mum hails tennis youngsters

Thursday, 20 May 2010 10:16 Simon Moss

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Teenagers from a Basingstoke college were given a tennis masterclass by Judy Murray this week as reward for their efforts in a nationwide tournament.

A team of four from Queen Mary’s College won the mixed doubles in the AEGON Team Tennis Schools Senior Students competition in March and Judy – mother of world number four Andy Murray – spent more than an hour coaching the youngsters at Totally Tennis, in the War Memorial Park. Ben Jubin, Steph Catlin, Jack Nicholson and Amee Paterson...

Maximum points for Bison

Tuesday, 16 February 2010 10:54 Simon Moss

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BASINGSTOKE Bison took maximum points in an entertaining weekend’s action. Travelling to Peterborough, the Herd found themselves 3-1 down but scored four without reply to take the match 5-3. Then on Sunday Sheffield Scimitars took a one-goal lead but Bison hit back to take the game 4-1.

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