Congratulations to Jack MacFarlane for again winning the 2013 Men’s Winter Club Tournament, here at Virgin Active Club, Northwood, having played against Joel Ostwind who he beat 6-1 / 6-1.  In addition, Jack teamed up with James Bruce to win the Men’s Doubles final to add to the earlier singles win.

It is great for all the players at the Club, that Jack supports playing in these club events – as he has just seen his national ranking reach no 14 for under 16yrs . This achievement qualifies him for the UK under 16yrs Winter Indoor series event, which is only available for the top 16 players in the country.

These achievements follow on from Jack winning the Under 14yrs Boys singles in the Middlesex County Closed Championships last Summer – which meant I had to fulfil my promise I made to him way back when he was 10 – that I would get him a racquet of his choice when he won this event – which I felt was only a matter of time – in fact he nearly won the under 12yrs only losing in a close fought final 2 years ago.      In recognition for his fantastic achievement  – I presented him with his brand new racquet here at the club just after Christmas, after he decided which racquet to play with in 2013 having now been sponsored by Head UK.

Jack is a great ambassador for the sport and displays the huge commitment and dedication that is required to become a National level tennis player – I could see this passion and drive when I started teaching him when he was 6 years old and his professional approach has continued relentlessly through my 6 years with him and beyond when he joined a National HPC academy when he was 13yrs old – it’s great to see him back here now playing in our new JTC tennis academy – onwards and upwards Jack !!