Chairman’s Remarks for our 65th Season updated 13 June 2025
Our 65th Annual General Meeting was held online on Zoom on Monday 6th January and agreed to continue to waive the League entry fee of £5 per team for 2025. The PreSeason Meeting was also held on Zoom on Monday 17th March – both meetings were well-attended.
The three 2024 Knockout Finals were held at Chippenham TC on Sunday 9th June 2024 when
Trowbridge A (4) defeated Marshfield (20) 49-40 in the Mixed Handicap Cup. Devizes A (0) beat Chippenham B (12) 46-30 in the Plate and the Over 50s Mixed was won by Devizes 5-3 over
Trowbridge B.
The 2024 Summer Leagues produced the following League Division Champions :
Mixed- Trowbridge A (1), Biddestone A (2), Malmesbury A (3), Marshfield B (4), Freshford A (5).
Women- Biddestone A (1), Freshford A (2), Devizes C (3), Freshford B (4).
Men- Frome A (1), Frome B (2), Biddestone A (3), Frome C (4), Chippenham E (5),Urchfont B (6).
Notable results included the resurgence of Frome Men winning 3 divisions, Biddestone winning the Women's first division & second Mixed, Freshford's three successes and Lansdown Women progressing in two divisions.
The 2024/5 Winter League had an enlarged entry of 22 teams requiring 4 divisions won by :
Chippenham A (1), Frome (2), Freshford (3) & Melksham (4).
The 2025 Knockout competitions had entries from only 4 clubs with 7 teams in the Handicap Mixed & 6 in the Over 50s. Pre-arranged draws ensured keeping A & B teams apart before the
Finals were played on Sunday 8th June again at Chippenham TC. Trowbridge A (2) beat Chippenham A (6) in the Handicap Cup while Trowbridge B (10) defeated Chippenham B (14) in the Plate (handicaps in brackets). Devizes beat Trowbridge B 5-3 in the Over 50s, preventing a Trowbridge “clean sweep”.
CHIPPENHAM & DISTRICT TENNIS LEAGUE