Club News

Summer American Tournament

The Summer American tournament took place on Sunday 28th June, well organised again by Peter Sargent and Jane Wells. The recent spells of glorious weather played its part again - probably over-doing it this year! - and ensured a morning of very enjoyable, sociable and competitive tennis for all participants.

Well done to everyone who took part and congratulations to our Summer winners - Kuniko in the Ladies and David in the Men’s. The next Club American tournament will be on Sunday 20th September, so keep this date in mind.

Coaching

As you may recall from previous updates, we now have access to a professional coach, and he has offered to run both group coaching sessions and 1to1 coaching for club members. His name is Josh Brown and he is a fully qualified Level 4 LTA coach. If you are interested in improving your game, you can contact Josh direct to arrange a session - contact details from Jan or David.

We have now scheduled a second programme of group coaching in July, this time on a Friday night. Sessions are normally 6-7:30pm and will run from 3rd to 24th July. If you are interested in joining in the sessions, let Jan know and she will add you to the coaching WhatsApp group.

Club Tournaments

All the tournaments are underway now, so if you haven't yet played your first round match, don't delay, get a date in the diary today. It's up to YOU to organise the match; don't leave it to others if nothing is happening! The first two rounds of matches should all be played by the end of June.

A summary of the Tournament rules have been shared on the WhatsApp group and the full Tournament rules for match play can be found on the Matches page on the website.

Please email your results to the Tournament Organiser, Sue Leonard at susanleonard@sky.com

Club Matches

We have arranged 8 friendly matches so far, with the possibility of a few more to follow. We need four players per team for each of the matches so, if you are interested in getting involved, please contact Kuniko Sato for the Ladies Doubles and Brian Keegan for the Men’s Doubles and Mixed Doubles.

Results are going reasonably well so far, with two wins over Hayes in the Men’s Doubles, a draw with Bromley in the Mixed, and a loss to Sundridge Park, again in the Mixed. The return match for that one is in mid-July.

Further contact details are available on the Matches page of the website, together with an up to date fixture list, with dates and venues.

American Tournaments

Dates for the American Tournaments are as follows and details for each will be sent out prior to the event.

Autumn American - Sunday 20th September
Mince Pie American - Monday 28th December