Elliswick LTC Newsletter – March 2024

Dear Members,

Welcome to our March Newsletter. Following the clock change, the midweek evening sessions have now started. From 6pm until we can no longer see the ball, every Tuesdays (Men’s Night) just turn up and play, Wednesdays (Ladies) organised by Victoria please contact Victoria on 07429581034 or [email protected]  and Thursdays (Mixed) run by Rupert. Players of all standards are very welcome to join in.  You can even have refreshments at the bar after the evening sessions.

CLUB TOURNAMENT

The draw of the club tournament had been published by email to all members and also posted on the notice board together with the contact lists for the participants. Matches up to and including semi-final stage must be concluded by 18 June 2024. Dates to complete each round will be monitored strictly and if any matches are not played by this date, the match will be agreed by the ‘toss of a coin’.

Should there be extenuating circumstances then you are to notify Louise Behan before the round deadline.

Courts are prioritised for matches at certain times – in particular, a court will be available for booking (only for match purposes), on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights during the tournament period. Players should book courts online in the usual manner – see website for details. Please book matches for 1.5 hours max. Please schedule your matches well in advance of the deadlines in case they get postponed due to inclement weather or other unforeseen circumstances.

If anyone has to pull out of the competition, please notify our Tournament Secretary, Louise Behan at [email protected] .  Best of luck to all the entrants!

FOOD & HYGIENE INSPECTION

Following the visit from the Food & Hygiene inspector last Friday, we are pleased to announce that we have been awarded 5* for the cleanliness and the management of our club.

PERSONAL DETAILS IN CLUBSPARKS

To those who haven’t updated your personal details in clubsparks, please do so by logging into your Elliswick LTC Account using the link below.

If you are already signed in, please sign out and then back in again.

ClubSpark / Account / Sign in

auth.clubspark.uk

Select “Your Account” top right. You should then see a page called your profile. Please update all your details and use the save button at the bottom.

COURT BOOKING

All court bookings must be made online using your LTA user id at

https://clubspark.lta.org.uk/ElliswickLawnTennisClub/Booking/

Bookings can also made via the Booker App for phones and tablets.

Information on how to do both of these can be found on the Clubspark Support page at

https://sportlabs.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/categories/4406978466193-Players-and-Members

Bookings can be made by intermediate and full adult members.

ELTC web page also contains the Court Booking Policy, which all members must abide by.

 

CLUBHOUSE AND GROUNDS

  • A Smart electricity meter has finally been installed and should allow the club to receive payments for surplus energy from the solar PV that is exported to the grid.
  • The broken floodlight mast has been repaired and a blown lamp replaced.
  • A roofer has replaced several tiles to address water leaks near the Velux windows.

 

TEAM TENNIS

Ladies tennis
Ladies winter has a couple more matches to complete before we have final standings for end of the season will update next month. Ladies summer leagues are all being arranged and team captains should be reaching out to you for your availability. If you are a new member or not played in teams before and want to play please reach out to the ladies captain [email protected]

Men’s Tennis

Winter vets matches are still progressing with a few matches left to play and so far have mixed results.  Our Mens National Winter League is in Division 1 have concluded their matches with great result, they are in the top position. Many thanks and well done to Rupert Tillbrooke and his squads who played in this league.

2024 summer matches will start in April. We entered 1 team in Herts National League, 5 teams in Herts League and 2 teams in Hot Racket.  Anyone wish to be part of the team player, please contact our Mens Captain Jem Collier-Garrity at [email protected]

Mixed Team Tennis

East Herts Winter Mixed matches are now coming to an end, with lots of great tennis having been played. It’s very close in the divisions for some of our teams.
1st  and 2nd teams are both in division 1.  1st team is in mid position and 2nd team is 7th position.
3rd team in division 2B having some tough matches
4th team in division 3B and 5th team in division 4B are in mid position
6th team in division 5B is in 2nd position

Thank you to all the captains for organising the matches.

Datchworth Summer

4 teams have been entered for the Monday night Datchworth league, starting on the 22nd April. Teams are now agreed and the captains will reach out to those players for availability. Fixtures are due out soon.

 

MEMBERSHIP

A very warm welcome to all our new members! We look forward to meeting many of you at New Members’ Day on Saturday May 18th from 2pm to 5pm.  Sunday 19th May is alternative date if weather is poor for on Saturday 18th May. This day is an introduction for our new members to the club and to meet some of the committee members and play a couple of games on courts followed by refreshments.

Our adult membership is now full, with over 60 adults still on the waiting list for next year.

We do, however, still have free spaces for juniors – so please let any children or teenagers know who may be interested in joining us.

It is really important that ALL members check that we have your full details in our Clubspark membership system.

 

SOCIALS

The wine tasting evening in March was a fantastic success, the club house was buzzing with 64 ‘Tasters’ enjoying the fine wine and great company.  Thank you to Alison & Barrie who worked so hard to put on an incredible event for so many of our members.   We also ran a trip to see Sweeney Todd at the Eric Morecambe Theatre.  A never to be forgotten experience!    Looking forward to the next HMTC production which will be Pricilla Queen of the Desert! The super Jazz Jammers were back at the club last Thursday night, thank you to Dave Pankhurst and his gang who entertained the jazz lovers.

PLEASE MAKE NOTES OF THE TWO BIG EVENTS TO MARK OUR CENTENARY YEAR

  • 8TH JUNE: CLUB CENTENARY DAY – This will be a day for all the family- If you haven’t signed up for this event, please do so viathe following link: https://forms.gle/hHPmQwwtgrWdvhCH9. Only members can attend and our numbers are limited to 200.
  • 5TH OCTOBER: CENTENARY DINNER DANCE – THIS IS NOW FULL.  Please email Victoria Aitchison at  [email protected]if you wish to join the reserve list.

Please note below our social events scheduled for April and May 2022.

APRIL 2024

  • 1st– Bank Holiday Tournament. This is now full.  The next one is to be held on the 27th  Please sign up early to avoid disappointment.
  • 18th– Supper Night (Iranian theme) Sign up here: https://forms.gle/aTY2x3tGm2d7CZw38
  • 19th– Junior Night begins

MAY 2024

The bar will also be open during our Social Events.

Bacon rolls for sale on Saturday mornings are to be continued.

Saturday 13th April – Charity Concert with Pam Rhodes (BBC Presenter) & Upbeat Choir (Tim Sutton & the Gang) at St Helen’s Church, Wheathampstead at 7pm. Entry is free, but a collection will be taken at the end of the evening to support Azalea, a church charity partner.

New Members Day – 18th May from 2pm to 5pm.

Sunday 19th May is alternative date if weather is poor for on Saturday 18th May.

This day is an introduction for our new members to the club and to meet some of the committee members and play a couple of games on courts followed by refreshments.

Supper Nights

We are still looking for some members to cook at our most popular Thursday night suppers on the following dates: June 15th, July 18th and August 8th.

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

JUNIORS

Junior Nights – Starting Friday 19th April after the Easter break – FREE TO ALL JUNIOR MEMBERS

There will be a tuck shop for our juniors to enjoy (run by our Junior Members who are raising fund for environmental expedition to Ecuador) and the bar will be opened for the parents/carers – we need a volunteer to run the bar.

Times are:

4:30-6pm for young juniors (Primary School Age), who must be supervised by a parent or adult.

6-8pm is for older juniors (Secondary School age).  Whilst they do not need to be accompanied by a parent or guardian, we do need to ensure we have adult supervision.  Unfortunately to date we have not received any volunteers.  These sessions will only go ahead if we have adequate volunteers.  If you can kindly offer some help, please email our Junior Secretary, Marc Stacey at [email protected]

Team Tennis

The Hertfordshire National Summer Junior Leagues start in April.  Thank you to the Junior Captains for liaising with the clubs and players. If your juniors wish to play in teams, please contact our Junior Secretary: Marc Stacey at [email protected]

EASTER EGG RAFFLE

The Charity Easter Egg Raffle was drawn on Saturday the 30th March by the Club President and witnessed by several others. The winner is Number 163 – Eric. Well done to Eric and thank you to everyone for taking part.

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.