ELLISWICK LTC AUGUST 2024 NEWSLETTER
Welcome to our August Newsletter. We hope that you all have had a great summer. We are pleased to inform you that Jim McGown, Eric Rovick, Andree Haxton, Ben Wood, Kate Curson and David Kendall will be representing the Club at the Centenary Clubs Day hosted by the All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club at Wimbledon on 4 September. There will be seven other centenary clubs represented at the event.
JUNIOR TOURNAMENT – 15TH SEPTEMBER OR 22ND SEPTEMBER AS RESERVE DATE
It is not too late to enter the tournament. We have now extended the sign-up deadline until the 8th September. We need more players to participate in this tournament. The more juniors that sign up, the more fun it will be, and the juniors will play more games. Please do encourage your juniors to enter.
“For the tournament to go ahead, we are relying on parents to organise this tournament this year. Please get in touch with our Junior Secretary, Marc Stacey at [email protected] if you are willing to volunteer in organising this event.”
BBQ food and drinks will be available throughout the day so please come along to support our talented junior members and make it an extra special day. It will be a one day “round robin” championship. Timings for the day will be advised in due course to all those who have entered.
JUNIORS HERTS NATIONAL WINTER LEAGUE
Entry for the above league is now open. This league is open for both Boys and Girls for the following age groups:
8U & 9U Four player mixed teams
10U two player mixed
11U – 18U two player teams (FAST4)
In order to enter teams, we need players and captains. Please email our Junior Secretary, Marc Stacey, [email protected] if your juniors are interested to play in a team and if you are willing to captain the team. Deadline to enter teams is Friday 13th September.
CLUB NIGHTS
Our Summer club nights (Men’s nights on Tuesdays, Ladies nights on Wednesdays and Mixed nights on Thursdays, all starting at 6pm) will continue until the end of September. The Friday Junior Nights will reconvene after the Summer Holidays on Friday 6th September and will also run until the end of September.
CENTENARY DINNER DANCE
We now have spaces available for our Centenary Dinner Dance. Please contact Victoria Aitchison for more details at [email protected]
WHEN: SATURDAY 5TH OCTOBER 2024 AT 6:30PM
WHERE: HARPENDEN COMMON GOLF CLUB CRAVELLS ROAD, EAST COMMON, HARPENDEN AL5 1BL
PRICE: £70/PERSON
THERE WILL BE: WELCOME DRINK, DINNER, MUSIC, DANCING, GAME TABLES AND CELEBRATIONS!
We hope that you will be able to join us.
Our Centenary Video is available to view on the website via the following link: https://www.elliswickltc.co.uk/about-us/
CLUBHOUSE AND GROUNDS
New LED Floodlights
A meeting has been held with Luminance Pro (the designated floodlight supplier/ installer), to discuss the logistics for removing the existing Abacus floodlights and installing the new LED system. The Luminance Pro quote should be available early September, for review at the next ELTC committee meeting on 9 September. Subject to ELTC’s acceptance of the quote and associated plan of work, the floodlight replacement works may potentially be completed before Christmas 2024. An update will be provided in due course.
Courts Condition
All players, members and visitors play at their own risk. It is each player’s responsibility to assess whether it is safe to go on court and to take care on and around the grounds (for example, in inclement or icy conditions). Wear recognised tennis clothing and shoes at all times. Tennis shoes should have adequate tread to avoid slips on court. Heavily ridged trainers or other footwear should not be worn as they will damage the court.
MEMBERSHIPS SECRETARY POSITION
We are looking for a volunteer to take up the above position to replace Sally Radcliffe who has been our Membership Secretary for many years. If you are able to help, please do not hesitate to contact David Kendall at [email protected] for more information. We thank Sally for all her hard work and contributions.
TEAM TENNIS
Ladies Teams
We have a few summer matches to complete in September in the Hot Rackets and Herts leagues as we start to look towards Winter Vets, in which we have entered 1 x 40’s, 2 x 50’s and 2 x 60’s teams. Captains will be in touch when fixtures are out (expect in the next few weeks) if you were on the teams last year or have expressed an interest recently. If you wish to play in any of the teams, please contact [email protected]
Men’s Teams
The Summer League season is almost over. It was good to see some new faces competing this year – thanks again to the team captains for their hard work in organising the matches.
The vets leagues will get underway in the next few months. If anyone would like to be included in the squads for 45+, 55+, 65+, then please let Jem know at [email protected] and he can put you in touch with the respective team captain.
Mixed Teams
Following the conclusion of the Summer Datchworth League, we are now entering the Autumn/Winter /Spring competitions and have entered a number of teams into the Autumn Datchworth and the Winter Mixed competitions. The Autumn Datchworth runs from early Sept until early November usually on Saturday afternoons and the Winter Mixed from November to April. Both are two pair teams. Anyone who played in the previous year’s mixed teams and this year’s Summer Datchworth will be included in the squads for the forthcoming competitions but if you didn’t play in any of these and would like to included please let Amy Martin know via [email protected] and she’ll get you added to the appropriate team squad.
SOCIALS
We had a super supper night in August, our thanks go to the super duo, Chris Rice and Norman Hoare. We also had another successful bank holiday tournament on 26th August. Thank you to Sandra Addleman, Justin & Jane Bisseker for organising these tournaments and for all their hard work to make all the tournaments a great success.
Please see details below for our future social events:
Thursday 12th September – Our next and final supper for this year. One of our members, Jon Carr, will be cooking up some delicious curry. The bar will be open at 7pm for all members even if you are not eating. Please follow this link to sign up for the meal: https://forms.gle/4LBnhGy6f72KXpaZ7
Friday 27th September – coffee morning to raise funds for Macmillan. If you would like to donate a cake, please let Jane Bisseker know. Cakes may be available on Saturday 28th too in case there any left over, don’t forget to bring some money! https://cm24.macmillan.org.uk/fundraising/CM24003234
Sunday 15th/22nd September – Junior Tournament, please see above
Saturday 5th October – Centenary Dinner Dance, see details above
Saturday 12th October – Quiz Evening
The teams will be tables of 8. The bar will be open from 6.30pm with a prompt 7pm start. At about 8pm a fish and chip supper from our local award-winning fish and chip shop Godfreys will be served. (There will be a vegetarian option). To sign your team up follow this link: https://forms.gle/HGmwMDsW3uR1B2ca8
If you have any queries regarding any of the social events, please contact our Social Secretary, Jane Bisseker, at [email protected]
OTHER NEWS
Disability Competition Opportunity
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Kind Regards
Elliswick LTC Committee
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