News and Notices

July 2010

25th July: A 'Social' with Tennis

A good number turned out for a delicious summer barbecue courtesy of Matthew Popham and a 'roll-up' tournament organised beautifully as ever by Amanda Foxton. Antonia Clements won the Ladies' tournament and Matt Darvell the Men's. Pictures available here

20th-23rd July: AEGON Summer County Cup

Lauren Cook is representing Wiltshire at the AEGON Summer County Cup in Cheltenham, starting 20th July.
You can read about it and follow her progress on the LTA website. In their group are Bedfordshire, Durham & Cleveland and the Isle of Man. We wish her and all the team the best of luck.

April 2010

April 14th to 18th: The Michael Fowler Architects Pewsey Junior Tennis Tournament

This was considered a great success with a large turnout, excellent organisation and good weather. To cap it all, our own David Bayley (with a very nasty hand blister) won the Boys under 18 title in 2 straight sets - well done David.

A quote from our Chairman:
"Thankyous can seem trite sometimes but I really applaud Jon and Amanda on a very successful week and I also know that support via Rachel Popham/Lauren Cook as well as the superb catering team, Carol Parsons/Jane Dixon has made this tournament memorable -well done and a warm thankyou to all involved." - Colin Gratton

Attention all British Tennis Members

ATP World Tour Finals BTM Priority Ticket offer! Click here for full details

Wimbledon for £5!

The AELTC and the LTA have teamed up to offer all Child/Junior (17 and under) British Tennis Members the chance to visit the Championships for just £5 after 5pm during week 2 (from Monday 28th June) subject to availability.

If you are a Junior British Tennis Member and want to benefit from this offer all you have to do is present your Junior BTM card at the turnstiles at Gate 3.* If you have only recently signed up to BTM, please present the confirmation email you received when you signed up which will have your BTM number on it.

*Please note this is subject to availability and you will need to join the queue and follow the signs and the stewards’ directions. All children under 12 must be accompanied by a responsible adult (who will not be eligible for the discounted price). Please don't forget you will need your Junior BTM card/confirmation email to benefit from this offer.

Spectator Information

Sunday 11th April was the opening day of the new season. There was an excellent turnout (40-50 players) for the 'Roll Up' tournament. Jon Gregory won the most games among the men, and Mary Guthrie among the ladies. The winning Junior was Guy Dixon with William Blakeney runner up, having won the same number of games but conceding more.

Opening day Roll-Up Tournament

...and even more people (another 50) arrived to attend the draw for the club's allocation of 24 pairs of Wimbledon tickets. There is to be no inquiry into how it came about that the Club Chairman, also MC at the ballot, happened to be the first name drawn!

March 2010

At the March committee meeting, Bev Birkett was welcomed as the Club's new Treasurer. She will take over from Rob Lindeman at the end of April. At the same meeting Neville Burrell was appointed Vice Chairman.

The idea of a storage box with a lock for keeping balls in was put 'on hold' because the situation seemed to have improved, with fewer balls mysteriously disappearing. Perhaps the very airing of the subject at the AGM had done some good?

February 2010

24th February was the AGM. Highlights were:

• Colin Gratton summarised the Club's progress and achievements in the past year.
• Rob Lindeman (retiring Treasurer) presented the accounts and followed up by giving an excellent explanation of how the Club's finances were managed.
• Sally Brown and Angie Baldock are standing down from the committee, but on the plus side we welcome Jane Dixon as a new committee member.
• It was agreed that membership renewal forms would be sent out by email from now on.
• A good discussion resulted in a new idea regarding the supply of tennis balls for members' general use. A store box with a combination lock will have a supply of balls in good condition, which will be available to all paid-up members, who will be given the combination.

A full report/minutes will appear here in due course.

Wiltshire Ladies Vets tournaments are taking place in March Click here for details

Any Parent/Child combinations who would like to compete nationally should look at www.familychampionships.org.uk

January 2010

Jan 16th was the Bob Harris Presentation and Quiz Evening. £360 was raised for club funds

The award winners were:

Most Improved Player - Jon Veale	Slippery Slope - Mens E Team	Winners of the Quiz

Also on that evening the Club was pleased to present a cheque for £300 to the Save the Children Fund, being the money raised by the Ladies' and Mens' Autumn Doubles Tournaments organised by Jack Darvell and Matthew Popham (pictured with Jenny Brisker of Save The Children)

New Sponsors for Pewsey Junior Open Tournament in 2010

We are delighted to say that the tournament is now sponsored by Michael Fowler Architects.
Its full name is now The Michael Fowler Architects Pewsey Junior Open Tournament.

Mike has been a long time supporter of the club, and indeed designed our much admired pavilion.

For details of the tournament and how to enter see Events

Wiltshire Ladies clinch Promotion at AEGON Winter County Cup

...and our very own Lauren Cook played a starring part in the victory Click here for full report

Changes:

The Committee are sorry to say that Rob Lindeman is standing down from his positions as Vice-Chairman and Treasurer, and there is now a vacancy for each of those. Also Jon Veale is leaving after several successful years as Coach and we wish him well in his new career in the family business.

Jon is replaced from 1st January by Jon Gregory, a long time member and one of the stars of the triumphant mens A team. He has all our best wishes, and we hope he will enjoy his time not only supporting Martin but also making his own contributions to the club.

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