{"id":2549,"date":"2025-10-27T08:43:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T08:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eagle-elite.vamtam.com\/?p=2549"},"modified":"2026-02-09T13:55:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T13:55:12","slug":"october-social-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2design.co\/stc\/october-social-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"October Social Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2549\" class=\"elementor elementor-2549\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a24a89 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9a24a89\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1669e9c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1669e9c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The first of the Club\u2019s Winter Season series of monthly Social Mixed Doubles tournaments got off to a perfect start on Sunday, 26th October with 16 players, equally balanced between men and women.<\/p>\n<p>The picture below shows a number of the players being briefed by the tournament organiser, Ann &#8211; the concentration on their faces perhaps indicative of the benefits of holding an event on day 1 of the return to Greenwich Mean Time!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d123aa0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d123aa0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"425\" height=\"316\" src=\"https:\/\/2design.co\/stc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2026-02-09-at-13.40.16.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-988390\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/2design.co\/stc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2026-02-09-at-13.40.16.png 425w, https:\/\/2design.co\/stc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2026-02-09-at-13.40.16-300x223.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35c23d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"35c23d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The match format selected for the occasion was based on matches of 8 games with different partners over 4 rounds of tennis. 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