Away friendly match v Tisbury
Sunday 9th November
Great Match played in a fantastic atmosphere, with loads of fun and laughter, Moonrakers took the win 28-20, all games were very close.
Thanks to the organisers,
Well done Everyone
Team Moonrakers
Derek, George, Peter & Ray
Ann, Jan, Jane & Pam
Nadder Centre is a lovely venue, bright and airy,
good courts as well.
Well worth a visit.
Home made tea and cakes afterwards.
Away Friendly v Andover
Sunday 2nd November
Congratulations to Andover on a good win, very close games and great fun had by all.
Well done Team.
Rob, Hilary, Izzy, Philippa Yvonne, Colin, Ian & Adam.
Congratulations to the Winners of the King Alfred Cup Winchester.
Our team travelled to Winchester to play in the King Alffed Cup at the Winchester Sports College, which is a fabulous venue.
They won the Cup with 36 points a clear 12 between them and second placed team.
Their opponents were, Dorset, Sherbourne & Winchester.
Great Achievement
Well Done
Playing Partners: Andrew & Mike, Karen & Rob, Gary & Faha, David & Cathy
Team Supported by: Pam, John, Val & Gill
Fun Halloween Competition
Winners: Bernard, Des, Annie, Rosemary, Gill, Mandy, Andy & Dinah
Well done everyone, what a fantastic morning of Pickleball
Overall Winner: PICKLEBALL
Internal Gender Doubles Comp
Saturday 11th Oct 2025
Congratulation to our Medal Winners
Men's Cup - Winners - Rob & Iain
R/up - Faha & John Drew
Ladies Cup - Winners - Hilary & Belinda
R/up - Jane C & Jane B
Men's Plate - Winners - Dave P & John C
R/up - Bernard & David B
Ladies Plate - Winners - Annette & Anne
R/up - Debbie & Virginia
Our Medallists
Presented by our most Senior Member Derek
Many thanks to our Volunters who helped make this a very successful competition
All the Players
Friendly Match v West Tytherley
14th Sept 2025 at Fiver Rivers
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Moonrakers
West Tytherley
What some great rallies in this match, nearly all games were won by just a couple of points, the standard is improving all the time and everyone had a fun time.
West Tytherley won the match 32-14, but the score does reflect the very close games, well done all.
Tea/cakes and a chat afterwards
Overall Winner : PICKLEBALL
Moonrakers v Hart Flyers
We travelled to Basingstoke on Sunday 13th July for a friendly match against Hart Flyers, an indoor tennis venue, but strangely enough only pickleball being played, no tennis!
We won 30-16, everyone had fun and there was lots of close games, all played in a wonderful spirit, as always the main winner is Pickleball.
Everyone looking good in their club shirts.
Thanks to Gary for organising the matches and to Jane & Izzy for cakes.
Introduction to Pickleball Course
t's seems a long time ago ( in fact it was a long time ago ) that Rob and I started our 6 week Pickleball Introduction Course to 16 willing victims. Rob and I had not long completed our Team Leader course and wanted to put it into action. The sixteen had various sporting pasts, mainly tennis but a few had no racket sport experience at all so we had differing challenges to try and get these 16 knowing the rules and hopefully being able to play all the shots in 6 hours. At the end we were happy with our efforts....but then came the bonus, we could have another 6 weeks.. and then 6 more etc so we were able to do more advanced shots , techniques, court positioning etc and on the last night a competition. Some are now going to Festivals and meeting up for games at various leisure centres and village halls. It's been a fantastic experience for Rob and myself and I admit to feeling proud watching them play " proper " Picklebal
Rounders Summer Bash
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What a Lovely day, Rounders, pic-nic on the patio, Fun Quiz and 80's music to finish the evening.
We would all like to thank Annette and Yvonne for organising this event. Mike for the music and John for reading the quiz.
Gold Medal Winners
Many Congratulations to Andrew & Tina for winning the 18+ 3.0 section on
Sunday 29th June at Basingstoke,
well deserved and the first of many I am sure,
Rounders Summer Bash
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What a lovely day, Rounders, pic-nic on the patio, fun quiz and 80's music to finish the evening.
We would all like to thank Annette and Yvonne for organising this event. Mike for the music and John for reading the quiz.
Friendly Match with Swindon
Home Friendly match v Swindon 8th June 2025
Swindon arrived with a stronger team than we expected and although we only won 5 of the 24 games, we had some very close games that we lost by just a couple of points, also some of our team have never played in a match before so everyone preformed brilliantly. The match was played in a good spirit and everyone enjoyed themselves.
Star player for Moonrakers was Melody, she won 4 out of her 6 games, well done.
Congratulation to Swindon for the win.
We supplied refreshments afterwards and took team photos.
Team Players: Ken, Vicent, John Drew & Dan, Melody, Pat, Gill & Carolyn.
Many thanks to John, Gary, Val & Derek for organising.
Team Photo
Match Report for the last South West Pilot League Matches
Sunday 25th May 2025
Team Players:
Nathan & Cath
Faha & Julie
Hi everyone,
Well we finished in division 3 after a hard fought afternoons pickle. Won two dream breaker matches against Gosport (21-14) and last match against Comets (21-15). Beat Basingstoke Bulls 3-1. I have to thank everyone who played in the team the last five months and all our great supporters. It’s been a great achievement for Moonrakers. Here’s to next session (September) and hopefully more teams representing moonrakers.
Well done everyone 👏👏🤗.
Moonrakers Doubles Pickleball Tournament May 2025
Main Competition
Gold Medal Faha & Mandy
Gold Medal Vincent & Catherine
Silver Medal Ken & Lorna
Plate Competition
Silver Medal Gill & Del
Bronze Medal Steve & Kelle
Bronze Medal Paul & Tracy
Other photos from the day
What a great day, 16 doubles, partners drawn the day before, nobody knew who they were partnering, but the groups were so well matched, very close games throughout the day.A big thank you to Gary, John and Mike for running the competition on the day, and to John for making the Selfie Board, that was great fun.Thanks to all the players who made the day so enjoyable, what a lovely community we have.
Pictures from the first SW League matches
Friendly match against Andover
