The Tennis Hampshire Podcast

David Ernsberger, Tom Mitchell
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Catch up on the latest developments in club tennis across Hampshire, England.Email us at hello@THPod.UKLeave us a voice message at https://www.speakpipe.com/THPodSocial media and podcast covers by Visualising Stories, original music by Jamie Noyce, podcast logo by Karen Holloway

  1. 1d ago

    THPod 3.13: Hampshire triumph at County Week, Apsley back in action

    Send us Fan Mail Lots of news from around the shire this week - sign ups have started for the County Champs (coming your way in the last week of August), preparations have begun for the Winter League, and Hampshire have dominated their groups in County Week.  Speaking of that last headline, Mats Colling from Thornden joins the show to talk about his participation in this prestigious event, what the Hampshire players do all week while on the road for the event, and how Buckinghamshire moved quickly to bring in reinforcements after a tough start in the box.  We round out our coverage of how the National League closed the summer with a run though the third tier of National League - the three divisions of Hampshire & IOW National teams. Want does Tom want? Consolidation. When does he want it? Now. Will anyone ever respond to his emails? Let’s hope so… Finally, the Apsley is back up and running at full steam this weekend, with 14 fixtures planned. Let’s go! Send us your thoughts for (or about!) the show: hello@thpod.uk Speakpipe.com/THPOD WhatsApp: +44 (0) 74 7039 5289 Follow us at: Instagram @thampshirepod TikTok: hampshiretennispod Facebook: The Tennis Hampshire Podcast Youtube: @tennishampshirepodcast

    THPod 3.13: Hampshire triumph at County Week, Apsley back in action

  2. Jul 18

    THPod 3.12: Winchester supreme as National Leagues close, Apsley reopens

    Send us Fan Mail The Apsley League gets back up and running this weekend, and we have the man who is single-handedly getting the ball rolling again on the show this week. Luckily he made it back from Croatia, which was a close call. Before all that though we have news from the National League and the National Regional League, where the action is done for this summer and the results are in. Winchester have taken top spots again at the highest levels of club tennis in the country, but there is good news as well for Warsash, Thornden and Riverside, as their elite players brought home some very positive results.  Speaking of which, Riverside and Thornden picked up some very odd looking wins against Warsash to deny their women’s team an historic win in the National Regional South West East league, if anyone can explain how Warsash lost those fixtures we’d really like to know - drop us a voicemail or an email?  We’re now on YouTube: Find future and archive show clips on YouTube using the handle @tennishampshirepodcast, including Robin’s explanation for how scoring works in Portsmouth’s leagues.  Send us your thoughts for (or about!) the show: hello@thpod.uk Speakpipe.com/THPOD WhatsApp: +44 (0) 74 7039 5289 Follow us at: Instagram @thampshirepod TikTok: hampshiretennispod Facebook: The Tennis Hampshire Podcast Youtube: @tennishampshirepodcast

    THPod 3.12: Winchester supreme as National Leagues close, Apsley reopens

  3. Jul 11

    THPod 3.11: Apsley down again, how does Portsmouth handle the heat?

    Send us Fan Mail Sound the disappointment klaxon, all 12 Apsley league fixtures were binned off again this week as Rule 6ii was invoked again by the league. We’re not even half way through the season, and already there are 32 fixtures to reschedule and hotter weeks ahead.  With the league making it clear that there will be no opportunity to revise the rule, get ready for more disappointments to come.  Robin takes us through how Portsmouth has been handling the heat alerts. Seems to us that this is probably one area where Southampton can learn from Portsmouth.  At least we had the Wimbledon this week - Robin saw Sinner, Dave saw Bahrami and Rusedski, which probably says a lot about their differing tennis priorities! And perhaps their luck in the ballot.  This week we look more closely at Portsmouth & District’s Mens Summer Doubles leagues, where Court X continue to build on their excellent winter, Warsash are pushing for silverware and it turns out Rowlands Castle are the Colden Common of the east. We’re now on YouTube: Find future and archive show clips on YouTube using the handle @tennishampshirepodcast, including Robin’s explanation for how scoring works in Portsmouth’s leagues.  Send us your thoughts for (or about!) the show: hello@thpod.uk Speakpipe.com/THPOD WhatsApp: +44 (0) 74 7039 5289 Follow us at: Instagram @thampshirepod TikTok: hampshiretennispod Facebook: The Tennis Hampshire Podcast Youtube: @tennishampshirepodcast

    THPod 3.11: Apsley down again, how does Portsmouth handle the heat?

  4. Jul 3

    THPod 3.10: Is it time to ditch Summer Shutdowns?

    Send us Fan Mail The Apsley League administrators called in their new rule on super heat for the first time on June 27th, leaving plenty of tennis players fuming as 18 fixtures were cancelled. Hundreds of players up and down the county were left adrift.  The weather on the day wasn’t even that bad, so we ask… do the rules need an emergency change? We make the case for and against change, and then we ask Geoff Prince what he thinks.  It turns out both Tom and Dave have been messaging the league admin for answers. While we feel a bit bad about that, we suspect their inboxes were pretty busy anyways, at least based on what we’ve been hearing from other clubs.  Elsewhere, the Spring Season is done in the singles groups in Hampshire, well done to Stanmore players for winning three of them. We reckon at least one player has gone too far with bantz in the singles WhatsApp chat though.  The ladies doubles leagues are hotting up - with bog matches this weekend looking likely to prove decisive for Divisions 3A, 3B and 4. Division One might go all the way though, and bring a repeat of the winter drama between Thornden and Winchester. Will Magda still be here at the end of August? Thornden hope so! We’re now on YouTube: Find future and archive show clips on YouTure using the handle @tennishampshirepodcast, including Robin’s explanation for how scoring works in Portsmouth’s leagues.  Send us your thoughts for (or about!) the show: hello@thpod.uk Speakpipe.com/THPOD Follow us at: Instagram @thampshirepod TikTok: hampshiretennispod Facebook: The Tennis Hampshire Podcast

    THPod 3.10: Is it time to ditch Summer Shutdowns?

  5. Jun 19

    THPod 3.09: Rebirths and meltdowns as Apsley nears midway point

    Send us Fan Mail Week 12 of the summer season delivered rebirths and meltdowns among Hampshire’s tennis clubs.  Winchester are a new club under the leadership of a refreshed captaining structure. No longer the butt of our jokes on the pod, Winchester A showed what they can do when they visited Twyford A.  Winchester Captain Kevin Harris joins us to talk about how the new captains have turned things around this season, and why they will add some much needed quality back up in the Premier Division next season. Elsewhere, it was meltdown city for David Lloyd Southampton. Dave reckons the captains at DL over-thought their tactics, while Tom thinks they more or less played it straight. Either way, a 96-5 games loss is a devastating outcome in any division, even the notoriously brutal Premier.  Where next for DL Soton? Can they beat Twyford A’s performance against Riverside A when they make the road trip to Wiltshire on June 27th? If so, maybe we’ll cut then some slack on the show.  Dave went to Queens and was crestfallen that Hampshire's rising star Toby Samuel didn’t acknowledge his raucous support on Court One. Maybe Dave is doing the whole support thing wrong. Tom shows Dave how Hampshire lads do it. Stick around for our Paul Hand interview at the end of the show, What a gentleman. But did he play at Wimbledon 10 or 14 times? Whatever the case there, he was a class act at Twyford, and thought the grass there was good, too. We’re now on YouTube: Find future and archive show clips on YouTure using the handle @tennishampshirepodcast, including Robin’s explanation for how scoring works in Portsmouth’s leagues.  Send us your thoughts for (or about!) the show: hello@thpod.uk Speakpipe.com/THPOD Follow us at: Instagram @thampshirepod TikTok: hampshiretennispod Facebook: The Tennis Hampshire Podcast

    THPod 3.09: Rebirths and meltdowns as Apsley nears midway point

  6. Jun 13

    THPod 3.08: Winchester Super Day and the David Lloyd derby

    Send us Fan Mail It’s a full weekend ahead for clubs in the Southampton LTA’s Apsley League, with 15 fixtures across all four divisions.  Robin Ellison and Dave Ernsberger explore the top four fixtures from either side of the Solent this weekend. It’s Winchester’s Super Day, including a visit to Dave’s Twyford, can they keep up their blistering form? And a rare David Lloyd Apsley derby is in store, as West End host Southampton. Will up and coming Captain Aaron Williams resist the temptation to bring a ringer? Over in Portsmouth, Avenue will be home to a lot of the top action this weekend, and we discuss club policies on spectators coming by to watch some of these great matches.  We’re now on YouTube: Find future and archive show clips on YouTure using the handle @tennishampshirepodcast, including Robin’s explanation for how scoring works in Portsmouth’s leagues.  Send us your thoughts for (or about!) the show: hello@thpod.uk Speakpipe.com/THPOD Follow us at: Instagram @thampshirepod TikTok: hampshiretennispod Facebook: The Tennis Hampshire Podcast

    THPod 3.08: Winchester Super Day and the David Lloyd derby

  7. Jun 6

    THPod 3.07: Milford Tennis rising, Apsley divisions taking shape

    Send us Fan Mail Milford Tennis made a big splash at the 2026 Hampshire & Isle of Wight tennis awards, leading us to wonder if they are on the ride in Hampshire. Better known for playing in the East Dorset leagues, can we encourage one of Hampshire’s finest clubs to give our own leagues a proper go? A hat trick of awards, their own seniors tourney and plum position in the New Forest makes us think so.  Having said that, Tom is still sore about some of their National League stuff… so maybe it’s better to leave well enough alone. The HIOW Singles Groups wind up this round on June 27th. Have you played? Dave is done. Tom has yet to get started. Neither of your podcast hosts have any wins yet. So… let’s move on.  In the Apsley, 16 fixtures have given a real shape to the divisions. Thornden slapped down Warsash in the end, while ruthless Riverside are now up and running. The toughest contests were in Division Four, however, where two 150+ game fixtures were played out in the baking heat of May 30.  We’re now on YouTube: Find future and archive show clips on YouTure using the handle @tennishampshirepodcast, including Robin’s explanation for how scoring works in Portsmouth’s leagues.  Send us your thoughts for (or about!) the show: hello@thpod.uk Speakpipe.com/THPOD Follow us at: Instagram @thampshirepod TikTok: hampshiretennispod Facebook: The Tennis Hampshire Podcast

    THPod 3.07: Milford Tennis rising, Apsley divisions taking shape

  8. May 30

    THPod 3.06: Warsash take on Thornden, Portsmouth summer leagues underway

    Send us Fan Mail Summer has only just started but one of the biggest showdowns hits in the Apsley League’s Premier Division, as Warsash head to Thornden to find out if THIS is the year that they take back the biggest prize in county inter-club tennis.  Robin Ellison has reinvented himself since our Solent Cup episodes, and returns to the show as a tent pole of the podcast's growing coverage. Portsmouth & District has also been busily reinventing itself for the summer - with at least one new club, a number of new teams, and redistricted divisions, especially in the mixed doubles leagues - Portsmouth’s closest format to the Southampton LTA’s Apsley League.  We debate the merits of committee discretion about where to put new teams - Portsmouth has avoided a Group of Death scenario this summer, but does that bring any costs for the clubs that get passed over when teams are placed above them? Robin shares his predictions for who will win each of the four mixed divisions. We look forward to checking back in on those with Robin as the summer progresses.  We’re now on YouTube: Find future and archive show clips on YouTure using the handle @tennishampshirepodcast, including Robin’s explanation for how scoring works in Portsmouth’s leagues.  Send us your thoughts for (or about!) the show: hello@thpod.uk Speakpipe.com/THPOD Follow us at: Instagram @thampshirepod TikTok: hampshiretennispod Facebook: The Tennis Hampshire Podcast

    THPod 3.06: Warsash take on Thornden, Portsmouth summer leagues underway
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Catch up on the latest developments in club tennis across Hampshire, England.Email us at hello@THPod.UKLeave us a voice message at https://www.speakpipe.com/THPodSocial media and podcast covers by Visualising Stories, original music by Jamie Noyce, podcast logo by Karen Holloway

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  • Creator
    David Ernsberger, Tom Mitchell
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    79
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 The Tennis Hampshire Podcast
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