Oliver Colville M.P. will officially open the refurbished facilities at 1.00pm on Saturday 15th June. All member are invited to attend.
Various Tennis and Badminton activities will be available between 12.00pm and 3.00pm, followed by club tennis.

On Wednesday 12th June after the building work is completed and before the official opening, we invite all members to help with cleaning. Any amount of time that anyone can contribute on this day will be very welcome.

Starting Wednesday 17th April, the path leading down to the clubhouse is being renewed as part of the club refurbishment. We currently don’t know how long this will last, but we must ask that club members use the back entrance into the club accessible from the service lane behind Whiteford road.

Play your part in the men’s tennis teams.

Team practice every Saturday starting the 9th March between 12.30pm – 2.00pm.

Everyone is welcome.

The club’s Annual General Meeting followed by a social gathering with cheese and wine.
All club members are welcome.

Instructions for taking part in the Whiteford Road Winter Singles’ Ladder:

The list has been drawn up in a completely random fashion and it is now up to the participants to challenge either of the two players named above them in the list.  When you have played please inform Gillian Thomas of the result in order to update the listing, which will be displayed on the Club notice board at regular intervals, as well as on the Club Website.

Here is the starting order:

1. Megan Gore
2. David Cotter
3. Matthew Cotter
4. Benjy Prichard
5. John Dean
6. Joe Moulding
7. Maggie Lintell
8. Adam Mumford
9. Gillian Thomas
10. Claudia Castellani

The Skittles Evening has been

postponed until further notice

at the Westward Inn, Lee Mill

Come and join the Committee and fellow tennis players
for a fun evening.  Adult and Junior prizes.

Please indicate your choice of main course and pudding on the notice,
which can be found on the noticeboard in the clubhouse.

Total Cost £10 per person – PAYMENT TO BE RECEIVED BY . . . . . . .

If you would like a lift please let Tessa know – phone number and
email address shown on the notice.

SATNAV/GPS coordinates for Westward Inn:
Postcode: PL21 9EE
Decimal Lat/Long: 50.384929 (N)  -3.971287 (W)
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds: 50° 23′ 03.63″ N   003° 58′ 12.56″ W

Our thanks to Tessa for organising this event

Calling all tennis players

There is more to being a member of a tennis club than just playing tennis.

The courts are looking superb at the moment but they won’t stay like that unless we all look after them. Our Chairman proposes that we spend a little time on tidying up some external bits of the Club e.g. court edges, leaves, back of the building etc. Please play your part as a club member by helping with our routine maintenance.

The contractor who re-furbished the courts recommended that we regularly (at least weekly) blow off the surface to remove leaves, pollen, blossom, loose stones, etc.  For this purpose we have a Flymo Garden Vac, which is very easy to use. There is no reason why all club members cannot do their bit to keep the courts clean using this machine. If done regularly it should not take too long. Often there are spare moments, waiting to play for example, when this task could be undertaken.

His second recommendation was that we should slacken the nets and hook them up off  the ground when not in use. Otherwise the movement of the nets created by the wind wears away the bottom of the net. Apparently this was the custom and practice in  days of yore and is a practice we would like to see revived.

A six-week course of badminton coaching for adults began on Tuesday 16 October 2012 (from 5.30 to 7pm).

The coach will be Harry Mo and the cost is £3 per session or £15 for the full 6 weeks.

Numbers have to be limited so if you would like to join in, please contact John Dean, club secretary, on 01752 781673. If there is a demand, we will provide further coaching courses, so please let us know, indicating your preferred days, morning, afternoon or early evening, and a rough idea of your standard:  beginner, social player or league standard.

Badminton players please note:
Court 1 will be used for these sessions and therefore will not be available for open play.