Elliswick LTC Newsletter – September 2024

Welcome to our September Newsletter.

The Junior Tournament was a big success again this year. A big thank you to our Junior Secretary, Marc Stacey, and his team for organising it. The standard of play was excellent and the glorious weather made it the perfect day. We would like to say a big thank you to all of the volunteers who willingly stepped forward to help to make sure it all ran so smoothly.

Well done to all the participants and congratulations to the following Winners and Runner Ups whose names will soon appear on the board at the clubhouse.

MATCHES	WINNERS	RUNNER UPS
U8 MIXED	ARJUN GUPTA	THEO DODD
U9 MIXED	NOAH FELDMAN	TOMAS JAMES
UIO GIRLS	OLIVIA FELDMAN	ISABELLE RUSSELL
UIO BOYS	SEBASTIAN PICKETT	HUGO EATON BATES
U12 BOYS	HUGO NICOLAS	LUC STACEY
U14 GIRLS	LUCY HOWARTH	AUDEN OLIVIERE
U14 BOYS	HENRY BOXSHALL	JACK STYLES
U16 BOYS	ALEX SWEENEY	HENRY MARTIN

2025 JUNIOR TOURNAMENT

We propose to hold the 2025 tournament on Sunday 29^th June 2025 with reserve date Sunday 6^th July 2025.  Please put the above dates in your diary. More information to follow.

LEAGUE TOURNAMENTS

We have entered 3 Junior teams into the Herts National Winter League (U12 Boys, U14 Boys and U16 Boys).  Good luck to all the teams and thank you to the Team Captains.

JUNIOR NIGHT

Friday 27th September was the last Junior Night for this year but it will return in the Spring 2025. However, if your juniors still wish to play on Friday nights over the autumn/winter, please contact Marc Stacey at [email protected] for more information.

A DAY AT WIMBLEDON

Our Club was invited by the All England Lawn Tennis Club to participate in its Centenary Clubs Tournament at the Wimbledon Championship Courts on 4^th September. A total of eight clubs from all over England as well as Scotland and Wales, took part. Our Chairman, Eric Rovick, said, “The opportunity to play tennis on Wimbledon’s famous grass courts was fantastic. Andy Murray’s club from Dunblane played in the tournament and we had the pleasure to meet Jamie Murray on the day.”

CLUB NIGHTS & SOCIAL TENNIS

The autumn season is underway now. The summer club nights (men’s, ladies, mixed and juniors) have all come to an end.  Thank you to those who help organised and run our club nights.  However, our morning social mixed-in tennis sessions are still running on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9am and Saturdays and Sundays from 10am.  Please do keep our social tennis vibrant by attending the sessions. All abilities are welcome. Just turn up and play.

 GROUNDS & CLUBHOUSE

The clubhouse will undergo deep cleaning on Thursday 3^rd October from 10am.  Apologies for any inconvenience cause.

TEAM TENNIS

Ladies & Mens Teams

The summer seasons (Herts League and Hot Rackets) have now concluded, with some of the teams up for promotion. Our ladies 70s team played very well and are at the top of their Division. Men’s HL2 and HR2 are also on top of their divisions and will be promoted. Many thanks to fellow captains for their time and effort spent arranging the fixtures and finding players to represent our club. Also thank you to all those who played in the matches which we hope you all enjoyed.

Winter vets dates are all arranged and captains should reach out to their teams for selection.  In Ladies teams, we have entered 1 team in 40’s and 2 teams in 50’s and 60’s. And in Men’s teams we have 3 teams in the over 45 and over 55 and 2 teams in the over 65 age categories. Best of luck to all our teams who are taking part.

Mixed Teams

We have entered 4 teams into the Datchworth league, which is now underway. The fixtures for the East Herts Winter mixed have also been released and our 6 captains are busy fixing their matches with the opposition. Thank you to all the captains for all their work in helping to make this league run so smoothly

SOCIALS

Our last supper night was a huge success.  Thank you to Jon and Marion Carr for a delicious curry that was enjoyed by everyone who attended.

Our Macmillan Coffee Morning was also a success despite the rain we raised  £239 on the morning.  Thank you all for your generous donations.

We have some fun social events to look forward to until the end of the year, please see details below:

Dinner Dance on Saturday the 5th October – Fully booked – Guests are welcome to arrive at 6:30pm.

Quiz Night with fish & chips supper – This has now been changed to Saturday the 26th of October. To sign up your team (of 8) follow this link: https://forms.gle/ZZAYviRbWUjNdN5e7

Jazz Night with Lulu & the Hoolabalus on Saturday the 9th of November, sign up here: https://forms.gle/JMA3mVbUKVxMkn3D7

Ladies Charity Christmas Lunch (bring a dish) on Tuesday 3rd December, sign up here:   https://forms.gle/SW8ys5hj2F1N3BPt6

Christmas Charity Music and Magic Evening with Tim Sutton and Upbeat Choir, Sunday 15th December, 6:00-8:00pm at Elliswick LTC, Browning Road, AL5 4TP.

Mulled Wine and Mince Pies. Free entry, with a retiring collection/donations in aid of
https://future-academyuk.net/  creating hope and opportunity for the world’s forgotten children.  Please follow the link below to reserve your tickets for this event:
https://forms.gle/oBgtvWWSSzVjpLLy7

Our Annual General Meeting is to be held on Saturday the 7th December at the clubhouse at 10:30am. Please attend this important meeting and support the club.

Christmas Bank Holiday Tournament on Monday 30th, sign up here: https://forms.gle/J3Z8Mea58y9CzbfT7

Please put all those dates in your busy diaries.

If you have any queries regarding our social events, please contact our Social Secretary, Jane Bisseker, at [email protected]

LOST PROPERTY BOXES

Please look through the lost property boxes (clothing, racquets, water bottles) in the clubhouse as the boxes will be emptied at the end of this week and we will donate the contents to local Charity.

ELTC CENTENARY VIDEO

Our Centenary Video is available to view on the website via the following link: https://www.elliswickltc.co.uk/about-us/

 HARPENDEN HISTORY EVENING

The Elliswick club secretary, David Kendall, will be giving a talk on the history of the Club to the Harpenden & District Local History Society at the Eric Morecambe Centre at 8:00 pm on Tuesday 22^nd October. Attendance for members of the Society (www.harpenden-history.org.uk) is free; non-members are asked to donate £4.00.

 

Kind Regards

Elliswick LTC Committee

 

PS, Don’t forget to keep up to date with events at our website http://www.elliswickltc.co.uk and follow our Facebook page as well.