HAWKER JETS CURRENT FIXTURES and latest RESULTS

Monday 26th June 2023: Another exciting season, with the highlight being yet another 16U Boys 1st division title at county level. We pride ourselves on developing players to this standard through the squads, and for the 6th time in 8 years, we have been division 1 winners. The other 2 years, we came 2nd place!

This year, the title was decided in our home match with Purley, who brought a strong team. The match went all the way to 3-3, which meant a sudden death shoot-out to decide the league! Our boys stayed calm under pressure, and eased us to a comfortable 10-5 win!

Elsewhere, Paul's mini tennis teams enjoyed a fantastic unbeaten season, with his Green U10 team winning their division, along with his Orange U9 team.

We also picked up another league win with our Boys U14 B team winning their division.

Another fun and relentless season saw us achieving success at all levels, and most importantly enjoying the special Team Hawker camaraderie that exists in our club. All the players support each other, and as coach, I love supporting them as often as I can both at home and when they're on the road.

Monday 3rd April 2023: It was an exciting season with our U18, U16, and U14 Boys teams all in with a shout of success!

In the end, it was the U18 Boys who were crowned Surrey Team Trophy Champions, and what a fantastic way for Tristan and Georgiy to finish their last Winter Season at Hawker! 

They breezed through all their matches, until the final, where a clinical deciding doubles performance was needed to get the better of Epsom.

Our U14 Boys almost made it a glorious double , getting all the way to the final, only to be pipped by the narrowest of margins by a strong Westside team, 8-10 in the deciding doubles tie-break. Great effort by Oliver and Filip!

Finally, our U16 Boys team had a really tough defeat at Woking which sent them out at the group stage. Given how the competition works (strongest teams play each other in the group stages), had we come through that match, we would have had a good chance to go all the way. 

Tough luck for Lucca and Nicho, but it was still a fun day, and important lessons learned to take forwards.

Monday 29th August 2022: Huge well done to Lucca, who pushed on from his adventure at Wimbledon, to win a Grade 3 at Sutton, and then finish the summer in style by winning the U14 Boys Singles at this year's Surrey Championships!

Seeded 4th, he made his way to the final without dropping a set, including a straight forward win over the boy who had beaten the 2nd seed. The final was against the 6th seed, who had narrowly beaten the top seed in the semi-final, in what was a very high quality match.

Lucca started the final a little nervous and flat, but after going 5-1 down in the 1st set, he took the next 2 games and started to find his form. He went an early break down in the 2nd set, but again battled well to win the next 2 games. At 1-1, he saved a break point with a stunning lob volley winner after a really long rally. If one point can signify the change in momentum in a tennis match, this was it!

Lucca suddenly had his usual energy and belief, and was pumped up and ready to compete for the Surrey title. He won the 2nd set, and then edged a tense tie-break 11-9 to become champion! A clever mix of well executed drop shots and solid heavy baseline hitting enabled him to earn a deserved 3-6 6-3 (11-9) victory!

To cap off a great day, Lucca also teamed up with Robbie Taylor to convincingly win the doubles final, and end up as both singles and doubles champion at this year's Surrey Champs!

Monday 15th August 2022: What an amazing week for these guys and for Hawker Tennis! Huge congratulations to Tristan, Georgiy, and Lucca!

Tristan and Georgiy were stars of the show, going all the way to the final of the national finals of this event! Their match had a professional umpire, and 4 cameras filming the action, with Tim Henman keeping an eye on all the finals taking place.

Watch the highlights of the Final here!

The boys had a slow start in each set, but came roaring back in the 2nd set to force a tie-break, eventually losing 62 76. Previous to that, they won their qualifying group, including a very tight 76 36 (10-5) win vs the winners of the West Midlands qualifier. Their 1/4 final saw them save 2 set points whilst breaking back at 5-6 down 1st set, before easing to a 76 62 win, and the semi-final was a more routine 64 62 victory against the winners of the Kent qualifier.

Meanwhile, Lucca won an edgy one hour match vs Nicho 6-4 to qualify for the Surrey Play-off. With only one place in the national event on offer, Lucca had to win this event, which he did! The final was a battle, where he saved 7 set points in the 2nd set before winning 62 76.

Lucca then qualified from his group with impressive wins over the Lancashire play-off winner and the North Scotland play-off winner. 

In the main draw, he won another match against the winner of the Hampshire & IOW play-off, before meeting his match against the UK No.31 player from Devon.

All in all, an amazing week, and amazing experience for the boys. It was hugely enjoyable working with these guys at such a great event. Thanks to Wimbledon and the LTA for putting on this iconic tournament each year!

Monday 18th July 2022: Another fun and very successful season for the Hawker Jets. After last season's huge success, we decided to put many of our players in higher age groups, and also to target Premier Division at the U18 age group, all to give them the right mix of challenging matches and opportunities to win.

Our U18 Premier Division qualification was great news for Tristan, Lucca, Nicho, and Georgiy, who got to play 3 very high level matches. The boys were fantastic, scoring a number of impressive wins, especially Tristan and Nicho in their singles matches (both winning 2 out of 3). A fourth match vs Sutton Tennis Academy was cancelled when Sutton twice failed to organise a team, so the boys finished 3rd place in a league of 5, and all will be eligible to play again next summer.

At County level, we had loads of fun and success in age groups from U12 up to U16. We had 6 teams, and they finished runners-up in all but one of the leagues, which we won!

The U14 Boys B team were the champs of their division, beating Woking and our U14 C team! The U14 C's also beat woking, and Telford Park (whom the B's actually lost to!), but a 1-2 Hawker Jets finish was already assured.

The U16 A's, lead by Nicho, won all their matches except a crunch showdown with Roehampton, which they fought really well in but just fell short. The U16 B's had a similar story, winning all but one of their matches.

The U14 A's did the same, but were soundly beaten by a strong Purley side for 1st place, whilst the U12's did a great job finishing 2nd in a strong league with Guildford Academy, St.Georges Hill, Wentworth, and Woking.

Monday 4th April 2022: There was only one way to go after the incredible summer season, and that was down! We love it though, and after a few struggles early in the season, Hawker Jets finished the league phase of the competition strongly, with 3 of our 7 teams winning their groups and qualifying for the knock-out stage. 3 other teams finished 2nd, and just one team came 3rd.

Despite set-backs during the knock-outs, not always having our best players, and having to play matches away from home (due to resurfacing works), we managed to make 2 finals! Big well done to the U14 Boys (Lucca, Nicho, Jeremy, Fabian), and also the U18 Boys (Tristan, Georgiy) for finishing runners-up in this winter's Surrey Team Trophy! 

Both Finals saw some crucial tie-breaks go against us, but our teams played very well, especially the U18's who were up against very strong opponents in Byfleet. 

Monday 16th March 2020 (Update 1st Nov): It was a dream come true for Hawker after the U16's knock-out draw was made and the possibility of an all-Hawker final became a reality!

After a change in rules that meant only 3 of our teams qualified for the knock-outs, we found ourselves with all 3 of our U16 Boys teams in the 1/4 Finals stage. The dream came true! An all-Hawker final was confirmed when Tristan and Georgiy went away to St.Georges Hill on the last weekend before lockdown, and scored a sensational win against a strong team!

Our B team (James and Josh) had already won a nail-biting semi-final away at Ham & Petersham against older players. The final was played on 1st November. Tristan beat James 6-1 6-1, and Georgiy clinched the title with a tense 6-7 6-2 (12-10) win over Josh! Big well done to all the boys! 

I want to highlight the amazing team spirit that we have amongst the squads at Hawker. This is one of our magic ingredients for success, and makes the whole thing so much more than just being about tennis. It's about enjoying life, learning and growing, supporting each other, and overcoming challenges together.

Our 3 U14's teams struggled to assert control in their top division leagues, though two of them finished runner's-up, a position that would have qualified them for the knock-outs based on last years rules.

Our U12's suffered a similar fate, competing well in a high quality division, but finishing runners-up too.

Finally, our U18's finished last in their high division group, but it doesn't tell the full story. Moritz and Lloyd competed strongly in both matches, and there was much quality tennis on show. 

Monday 7th October 2019: Another sensational and exciting Ham/Hawker Cup, and another win for Hawker! After more than 9 hours of tennis, the two clubs were locked at 4-4. The set count-back declared us winners by 15-14! Had the sets been tied, we would have lost with a -3 game count-back! 

Our two U12's teams were awesome! Both their ties went to the 5th rubber, and our boys got the wins in both! Nicho, Liam, Thomas, and James.C the hero's! The U14 Girls tie was overshadowed by Ham's ineligible player, but Rosie and Catie played incredible tennis, which included Catie scoring a crucial win in her singles.

Moritz was a superstar in the U18's, saving 2 match points in an epic 7-6 (11-9) win against the much higher rated Zain, and then he did it all again, when he beat Ham's No.1 junior Jamie 6-4! 

In the end, our U16's still needed to win 3-0 against quality opponents. Tristan and Georgiy were exceptional, winning both their singles to go 2-0 up. The whole cup rested on the doubles tie. Last year, they lost the doubles to the same pair 6-1. This year they showed their huge improvement both with their doubles skills, and their partnership, by taking a tense battle 6-4!

It took several exceptional performances to get this cup win, and it was the same story last year. The cup, more than any other regular event, has allowed me to see how well our players can rise to the occasion by playing strong intelligent tennis under pressure. It's just so pleasing to know the juniors are responding so well to what we do in squads training, and are able to put it into practice in this way.

Finally, a huge thank-you to Ham & Petersham for making this such a memorable and valuable event for both clubs. We look forward to returning to them next year for the 4th edition!

Monday 15th July 2019: Hawker Jets had their most successful Team Tennis season yet! We had 7 teams involved, and 5 of them won their leagues, whilst the other two came 2nd place!

Our players consistently produced winning tennis, and we also pulled out some great victories against Surrey's top clubs. St.Georges Hill - played 2, WON 2, Woking - played 4, WON 4, Roehampton, Surbiton, and Wimbledon Club - all played 1, WON 1! We lost to Westside's U16's with an U14 team, but still went on to win that league! 

Our U14 A's (pictured after victory at St.Georges Hill) were undefeated in Surrey's strongest U14 division, but just missed out on league victory when we drew 3-3 at Weybridge Tennis Academy and then lost the sudden death shoot-out! 

Our U12 Boys and U12 Girls were both awesome, winning every match they played! 

Hawker Jets played 24 matches in total, and won 20 of them!

PICTURE: Awesome U10's A team after they clinched league victory away at Downs in 2016 (story above)

Monday 31st August 2015: A fantastic achievement for the Hawker Jets, when our U16's not only won their AEGON league, but then went on to win the inaugural county Play-Offs at the end of the Summer. They played off against 5 other teams, and edged 1st place in a very competitive event! Well done to our team of Zino and Harry, and also to Milan and Leonard who contributed to the league season. Elsewhere, our teams generally found the high divisions they were playing in quite tough. U14's won 2 or their 4 matches to finish 3rd, both U12 teams struggled, just picking up 1 win in their leagues. The U9's were the highlight though, finishing 4th out of 6, but claiming 2 wins, and performing admirably in their 3 losses, all by the narrowest of margins (4-6)! A great first taste of team tennis, well done Mackenzie, Rohan, William, Hassen, Charlie and Tommy!

Sunday 29th June 2014: It's been our worst season to date, but our players should only be commended for how they handled the challenges put before them. A combination of being in very high level leagues, and repeatedly being without our best players for matches, were key factors that lead to us having mid-table finishes in all 3 leagues we competed in. One performance stands out for me: Zino's win over Michael Mhangami, a highly rated youngster. Zino fought so well, and eventually powered past an opponent who was 4 rating bands above him! This levelled  the tie at 3-3, but Zino and Alfie Heiberg couldn't win the shoot-out tie-break against Michael, and Andy Faull (who's ranked Top 50  nationally in U18's!). An example of the caliber of opposition we faced,  and the experience will no doubt have done all those who played a power of good.

Sunday 23rd March 2014: Massive congratulations to Harry and Max (pictured), who took the Hawker Jets to another glorious Little League crown! Our U11's team won all their group matches to win their league and qualify, and then they beat all other league winners on Sunday in Woking to take the outright title! The teams they beat were Old College (3-0), Reedham (2-1), Virgin Active (2-1), and Wilton (2-1). All the 2-1 wins were  decided with the doubles match, so it took excellent teamwork from the boys to secure those vital doubles wins! No surprise, as both boys started at Hawker tennis when they were 4 yrs old, and have partnered each other many times over the years!

Sunday 16th June 2013 (Team Tennis - Div 1 WINNERS!): It was a fantastic Sunday, that saw our U14 A team go to Byfleet knowing a win would secure the Division 1 title. They did it in great fashion, showing ruthless determination to win 6-0! Big well done to Harry, Zino, Louis, Leonard, and Moritz, who between them accomplished Hawker's finest achievement to date! It was almost a super double too, with the U14 B team also going for a league win, but despite a hard-fought battle, they lost the final  crucial match 2-1 at home to Woking, and we ended up in 3rd place due to 3 teams being on the same points total, and it being decided by sets % won.

Sunday 17th June 2012: Another Team Tennis campaign is over, and it's fair to say it has been another successful one for Hawker Jets. We were in higher leagues than previous  years, and yet managed to win one of them (our first ever U14 title!),  and finish with a record of P15 W11 L4 (a 73% win rate!). The U14 A's were our winners, with Owen, Zino, and Louis rotating equally to play 2 matches each. The U14 B's almost made it a double, but a narrow defeat in our last match meant we had to settle for 2nd place behind Epsom after the top three teams all had the same number of points. It was a similar situation with the U12's, ending up tied on points at the top, but finishing 2nd as Byfleet had a better match/rubber record than us! The U10's league was extremely tight, and this time the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th teams all had the same points, Hawker  Jets finishing 3rd. The overall tale of success continues, as our record since the start of 2011 reads P56 W47 L9. An incredible 84% win rate from 56 matches, and a very proud achievement for our players who  continue to prove time and again that they know how to win tennis  matches!

Sunday 25th March 2012: More glory for the Hawker Jets as the U11's win the entire Little League competition! Gary and Joseph (pictured) lost only one rubber between them, against Wigmore's No.1, but as usual they paired up well to win the doubles comfortably and take the match 2-1. An easy 3-0 win against Purley  secured their place in the final against Byfleet. Gary breezed through his singles, whilst Joseph beat his opponent in a nail-biting tiebreak, meaning they didn't need to bother with the doubles. This is the 2nd  time in 3 years that Hawker Jets U11's have won this competition, and the 3rd consecutive year we have won one of the two age groups (as we won the U10's outright last year)! 

Saturday 24th March 2012 (Little League Finals Day): The U10s went to Wimbledon Park to compete in this year's Little League finals. Sebastian, Barney and Moritz won their league over the winter and qualified for this day alongside 7 other teams from around Surrey. Moritz and Seb were placed in a group with Reigate, Elstead and St. George's Hill. They won comfortably against St. George's Hill (3-0) and Elstead (2-1). Their encounter against Reigate was a true battle, with 2 of the matches going into very close tie-breaks. The Hawker boys fought tirelessly but got a bit unlucky, losing both tiebreaks, which meant they came 2nd in their group and Reigate won a place in the final against Roehampton. Well done  to the boys - it was a brilliant effort and the level of play and focus was impressive throughout.

Sunday 22nd May 2011 (Team Tennis): The U10's (pictured) landed us our second league win of the season, by winning their final match at home to Telford Park. Gary, Finlay, Joseph, and Charlie were made to work for the win, but in the end it was fairly easy, and big congratulations to all those who played for the U10's (Oisin, Gary, Finlay, Joseph, Jason, Charlie, Harry).

Sunday 15th May 2011 (Team Tennis): The amazing winning run finally came to an end this week, when Owen and Jack were beaten by a strong U14 team at St.Georges Hill. However, not before Robert and Zino extended it to 11 unbeaten in our first ever Team Tennis season, and 18 unbeaten in 2011! On Saturday, they went to Byfleet and came away with a 2-1 win. Robert lost his singles, Zino won his, and the boys teamed up well to win the deciding doubles. That made it 4 wins from 4 in the U12 league, which means we win that league! Well done to the 6 boys who  represented the U12 Boys team this campaign (Tom, Zino, Robert, Tomos, Harry, and Klaus). 

Sunday 10th April 2011 (Little League Finals Day): Our teams did fantastically well this weekend, despite both teams being robbed of their best players! Harry couldn't lead our U10 side as he was away on hols, so Oisin played No.1 and Finlay stepped in as No.2. The boys beat all their opponents with ease, Oisin winning all his  singles, and the boys teaming up to win all their doubles. They finished top, well clear of Woking who were runner's-up. Big congratulations to Harry, Oisin, and Finlay for being so dominant right the way through and landing our second Little League crown in as many years! The U11's suffered the cruel loss of Louis to a  nasty injury days before Finals Day, so Frederick stepped up to play as No.1, whilst Klaus stepped in at late notice to play at No.2. The boys won their first 2 matches (against Reigate and Claremont), and then faced a final showdown against Dorking. Frederick won his singles, Klaus lost his, and the boys were narrowly edged out in the deciding doubles by a 4-2 scoreline. So close to an incredible double, but big well done to Louis and Frederick for winning their league so easily, and to Frederick and Klaus for fighting hard to finish us in 2nd place!

Saturday 12th June 2010 (Little League Finals Day): The U11's went to Surrey Sports Park in Guildford to contest the 2010  Little League Finals. U11's Little League is a Grade B junior team event run by Surrey Tennis, and open to every affiliated club in the county. 42 teams entered, the majority of which were well-established bigger clubs. Julius and Tom won their league over the winter and qualified for  this day alongside 7 other league winners from around Surrey. We were placed in a group with Downswood, Elstead, and Walton. The boys lost the first match 2-1, won the next 3-0, and won the last 2-1. 3 teams had 2 wins so the group was decided on a game count-back, and thanks to Tom's convincing scorelines in his singles matches, we won the group and made the grand final. There we faced Dorking, and after the singles matches  were split, our 2 stars won the deciding doubles to give Hawker Jets their proudest moment yet! Massive congratulations to Julius and Tom (pictured) on this fantastic achievement!

Sunday 13th September 2009 (Little League Finals Day): Hawker Jets joined 5 other league winners from around Surrey to compete in the U11 Little League Finals at St.Georges College, Weybridge today.  Our first round robin match was against Woking (who would end up as  champions), and Robert and Owen made their opponents work for it, but  eventually succumbed 3-0, each losing a singles and then also the doubles. Purley were next, and Ben played No.2 for this one. This time, we were too strong for them, and won this match 3-0. That left us 2nd place in the group, and playing for 3rd/4th place overall. We played Epsom, and Owen came up against a really strong player and lost, but Robert beat their weaker No.2 player to set up the doubles decider. Ben stepped in for this, but the boys lost. Even so, a really impressive achievement to make the finals day in the first place, and then to  finish 4th out of 6 on the day. A big well done to Owen, Robert and Ben!!!

The beginning!: The very first Hawker squad was formed in late 2007, with just 4 players, and the very first Matchplay took place on 13th October 2007.

The first ever picture record I can find was the one above, which was the then enlarged Hawker tennis squad in early 2009.

Back row: Harry, Tomos, Felix, Edwin, Julius, Robert, Ben

Front row: Raphael, Nick, Henrike

The squads have come so far since these very small beginnings, but everything has to start somewhere, and this is where the hawker Tennis Squads story begun!