Tennis News

Social Tennis Update Monday nights

By popular demand, an ADVANCED SOCIAL TENNIS SESSION has been agreed for MONDAY EVENINGS from 1 September onwards at 6pm. Any players who regularly attend the Wednesday evening and / or Sunday afternoon Social Tennis sessions who would like to play more competitively are welcome to come along. One court will be allocated in the first instance and if the sessions are well attended, a second court may be allocated. This is also an opportunity for competitive social tennis players to taste Match Practice sessions and be considered for League play in the future

Social Tennis Wednesday nights

Don Shears has kindly offered to organize the Wednesday evening Social Tennis sessions for the Club. The Tennis Committee, having given the idea serious consideration, feels this would be of great benefit to both the players attending Social play, as well as the Club generally. It would maximize the potential of the sessions through skilled and impartial stewarding, as well as giving them a higher and very marketable profile. Don is of course the UK Veteran’s Captain and what Club wouldn’t want to be able to make that claim!

With the prospect of more potential members viewing the Club over the coming months, the Tennis Committee feel that having Don looking after the session, would give an added incentive for those people to join. The Committee is also aware that having an independent, impartial organizer, works very well at Clifton Tennis Club and at Cotham Park, where the sessions are well attended and there are waiting lists to join.

Therefore, the Committee has gratefully accepted Don’s generous offer to start on the 6 February on a 6-month trial period, after which period it will be reviewed.

The system:
All players need to ‘check-in’ on arrival in the front bar . Don will organise the games, aiming to create a balanced foursome whenever possible. He will keep a record of attendees, collect the monthly ball contributions and distribute balls .Don will also be able to offer doubles tactical advice (if wanted) during the evening

The Games
Sets will consist of 9 games for a speedier turnaround. Scores will be kept via the mobile on court score-boards and Don will record these in order to give the evening a more competitive edge

Sunday afternoon social sessions will continue to run as normal

Social Tennis

Provision of balls for social tennis sessions
How does it work? Basically, the system operates by all players donating £1 every month, which equates to roughly 25p per session per member – cheap at the price! As mentioned above, the system works pretty well. However, obviously, the more money people put into the collection jar, the more often we can renew the balls and the better the quality of play.

Where is the collection jar?
In the shelter on the ledge just under the ‘ladder’ Thank you for your donations to date.

Selena Fitt has taken on the roll of tennis rep. assisted by Marco and Elfriede. Selina has been an enthusiastic social player for 20 years, she knows all the social members very well and her friendly, caring and fair minded nature will enable her to take on this roll very successfully.

Veteran's Tennis

The Veterans Section also continues to thrive with opportunities for Summer and winter League play for the competitive players as well as social play opportunities on Tuesday and Friday afternoons from 1.30pm to 4pm.

BLTSC Tennis Court Etiquette

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THESE RULES APPLY EQUALLY TO BOTH ADULT AND JUNIOR MEMBERS.

Please do not walk behind players whilst a game or a rally is in progress, this is to avoid distracting other members and most importantly to avoid any potential accidents on court.

If you are trying to cross a court please wait until you are invited to and it is safe to do so.

Finally, when playing please wear recognised sports clothing (not jeans etc) and most importantly "Tennis Shoes ". This is for two reasons, first, other shoes mark the hard courts and damage the grass courts and second, non tennis shoes do not grip the courts as well and can cause accidents and avoidable injury if you were to fall or slip.