ELLISWICK LTC JULY 2024 NEWSLETTER
Welcome to our July Newsletter. We hope that you have been enjoying your tennis in the sun at Elliswick LTC and may the sun continue to shine on our courts throughout the year.
Team Tennis
Mens Tennis
The Herts National League, The Herts League and the Hot Rackets matches are underway. We are looking forward to play in the winter vets (45’s, 55’s and 65’s) starting in the Autumn. If any gents would like to play team tennis, please do not hesitate to contact our Men’s Captain, Jem Collier-Garrity, at [email protected].
Ladies Tennis
Ladies Wednesday nights have been a great success and will continue until the end of September.
Ladies Hot Rackets has a few matches to finish this summer. The Herts League is underway and will complete by the end of September. We are starting to look at winter ladies (October to March) where we will have 1 x 40’s, 2 x 50’s and 1 x 60’s teams. If any ladies who previous have not been in the teams wish to play in the winter, please get in touch with our Ladies Captain, [email protected]
Mixed Tennis
As Summer draws to a close, we look towards Autumn and Winter matches in both the Datchworth and East Herts Winter Mixed leagues. We have 4 teams in the Datchworth league, in which matches run every Saturday for 10 weeks from September.
In the East Herts Winter Mixed League, we have 6 teams. Matches running from September through to March next year. These leagues run approximately 5/6 matches over the season.
There are some changes to captains this year. Thank you, as always, to those who volunteer their time to run these teams – it’s very much appreciated and without you we would not be able to run as many teams.
Anyone who wants to be considered for mixed matches, having not played before, please let our Mixed Team Captain, Amy Martin, know at [email protected]
Junior Tennis
The Friday Junior Nights and the warm evenings have been enjoyed by many. The Junior Nights will reconvene after the Summer Holidays on Friday 6th September.
JUNIOR TOURNAMENT – SUNDAY 15th SEPTEMBER 2024 – ORGANISED BY PARENTS
Thank you to all who have signed up for the Junior Tournament which will take place on Sunday 15th September. It will be a one day “round robin” championship, and BBQ food and drinks will be available throughout the day.
It is not too late to enter. The sign-up sheets are on the Junior board in the clubhouse.
With any event we rely on volunteers to make this happen, we would really appreciate hearing from you. Please contact our Junior Secretary, Marc Stacey at [email protected].
During the summer break, we have allocated all courts on Fridays from 4:30pm to 8pm to be used by the Juniors so they can practice for their tournament matches.
SOCIALS
In July, Master Magician Tim Sutton entertained our enthusiastic members on his fabulous music and magic evening. Thank you, Tim! We also had a glorious Greek supper night, complete with mediterranean weather. Many thanks to David & Marsha Kendall for serving up a summer treat for members.
The bar has often been busy with both the Euros and Wimbledon being on over the last month.
August events include:
15th – Supper Night – Fish n’ Mess (Fish pie and Eaton mess) please sign up here: https://forms.gle/vosC3xjghW8Vhemt7
26th – Bank Holiday Tournament. The tournament is organised for Intermediate 16+ up to senior players and is a great way to meet and play with new people and have some fun! Please sign up here: https://forms.gle/bD72uXnBJckgAdkF7
In September we have the following events planned:
Thursday 12th – Our last supper evening for 2024 (sign up available soon)
Sunday 15th – Junior Tournament (Reserve date 22nd September)
Friday 27th – Macmillan coffee morning
ELLISWICK CLOTHING
Members are placing orders for club tennis clothing with our supplier Futera. We have been told that orders for shirts with the Elliswick centenary logo have to be batched and that we are two short of the number needed to produce the white Centenary Match Polo. Please place your order for this shirt at https://www.futerateam.co.uk/product-page/eltc-centenary-match-polo-s-s-adult As the demand for other Centenary clothing is well short of the number needed to batch orders, we suggest that members who would like their orders filled sooner rather than later do not place orders for any Centenary clothing other than the white Match Polo.
Sundays Social Mixed- In
We would like to invite all members, including junior members, to join us to play tennis on Sunday mornings from 10am to 12pm. Any abilities welcome, just turn up and play. It would be great to see more families out to support our Sunday morning tennis.
Herts County Champs – Entries close on the 11th of August.
We wanted to let you know that entries are open for the Herts County Champs taking place in late August. The tournament is being held at Rickmansworth Lawn Tennis Club from the 25th – 31st August. If any of the juniors would like to enter they can do so here: https://competitions.lta.org.uk/tournament/604D0F9B-E002-498A-A549-9EEA493F472B
Gym Offer
FITT41 offer a gym with daily classes every day, personal trainers and Sports therapists and Physiotherapists to rehabilitate and keep fit athletes and the general population. All the gym classes pricing can be found online at https://www.fitt41.co.uk.
They offer sports massages, mobilisations, sports taping and strapping, rehabilitation programs, return to play support, special testing, referral and initial assessments are included with the first treatment.
The pricing for the extensive knowledge of our therapists are as follows:
£45 for half an hour but members will receive a 10% discount.
£65 for an hour but members gain a 10% discount.
Please contact Jack Field on: 07920 854457 for more information.
Kind Regards
Elliswick LTC Committee
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