AMERICAN TOURNAMENT SUNDAY 25TH JUNE 

Well done to everyone who played in the extreme heat on Sunday. The winners were Teddy Godden and Frederic Moreau. (hope you like the picture)

INTERNAL SINGLES TOURNAMENT SUNDAY 9TH JULY

The link for the singles on the Sunday 9th July has been sent to members. Please would members read the instructions on how to enter very carefully as it is different to the doubles and done through the LTA. Any questions email secretary@shltc.info.  You must be available all day and the  finals day on Saturday 22nd July as well.

DOUBLES BOX LEAGUES

Entries are now closed. Jan Are Mo who is running the box leagues will be in contact with everyone who entered with the way forward later this week.

LADDER LEAGUE

This has now started with matches being played. Please remember you can use the courts at Avery Hill as there will be a lot of matches to play. Any problems please contact Jason.

JUNIOR COMPETITION

On Sunday Jim Putman ran a junior competition for the group of juniors who have been attending every Sunday afternoon for the last term. It was a great day and lovely to see so many juniors taking part. The parents all provided a great spread of food which was enjoyed by everyone. Special thanks to Jim for arranging and to all the parents for sorting out the food and leaving the club spotless afterwards. Hope you like the pictures.

Winners on the day: Sam Cooray (RU) and Theodora Healey (W)

        Group photo of all the competitors

LAST WEEKS RESULTS

It has been a busy week of tennis at both the club and away matches.

NORTH KENT

Mid Week Vets 2 had a great victory away at Bromley Wendover 2 on Wednesday. The team was Dave Robertson, Libby Tuson, Neal Tuson and Gaenor Stevenson.

Men’s 2 travelled to Bromley Sports Club on Thursday and narrowly lost 3.5-2.5. The team was Jack Andrews, Iain Goosey, Ricardo Pinheiro, Jan Are Mo, Abhisek Paul and Ozan Saridogan.

Men’s Over 60 Mid week vets played Sundridge Park and lost 3.5 to 0.5. The team was John Fielding, Rob Thomas, Dave Jenkins and John Ratcliffe making their debut for this team. Well done all.

Ladies 1 beat Meopham in the heat, the team was Maria Perfect, Ashling Carroll, Ros McKeown and Di Roberts.

KENT

Men’s 2 beat Sevenoaks 4-0 on Saturday. The team was Jack Andrews, Jack Rowland, Tim Morgan and Thomas Annable.

Mixed 2 drew vs Chipstead Place in near tropical conditions this afternoon. The team were Aaron Rugby & Tracy Davy and James McKeown & Libby Tuson

NATIONAL LEAGUE

It was a busy day at the club on Saturday for the juniors. Two matches back to back against an AbbeyWood team that had been inspired from meeting Roger Federer at their club last Thursday. However the results went in favour of Shooters Hill on the day.

The U10 team  won 4-0. Well done Anna Putman and Lynda

The U9 team played several combinations of games to win 7-3 overall.

Ladies beat Avenue 10-2 today. Well played Ros McKeown, Ashling Carroll, Oksana Boklag, Natalie Ali, Maria Perfect & Karen Attard. They have finished 2nd overall in the division,with 4 wins and 1 loss. This is such a great result in the national League Ladies Division 1.

Mens 1 beat Bexley 4-2 with two great singles wins from Mylan and Oscar making all the difference. The team was Richard Fay, Mylan Roberts, Oscar Petterson and Max Saunders.

Mens B played away against Crescent A, they lost but not without quite a fight.The team were Mark Plonka, Jan Are Mo, Iain Goosey & Jiggs Sahota. Great hospitality after the match with beers and conversation. A former member of SHLTC from the 1970’s, Chris Scarff was there, he sends his best wishes to the club and was reminiscing about the club, reminding us that the club was all shale courts once upon a time!

NORTH KENT CUP – THIS WEEK

Shooters are in three semi final matches in the North Kent Cup this week and all three will be played Vs Sundridge Park.

  • Ladies Vets Doubles will be played on Thursday 29th June at home starting at 6.30pm- good luck to Diana Roberts and Ros McKeown.
  • Ladies Doubles will be played at Sundridge Park on Monday 3rd July at 7pm – good luck to Karen Attard and Maria Perfect in that match
  • Men’s Doubles is a home match on Friday 30th June at 6.30pm.  Mylan Roberts and Greg Lucas will be hoping for a place in the final.

Please support our players in these events if you can, I know they would appreciate it. Good luck to all.

CONGRATULATIONS MARIA

On Tuesday 20th June we hosted the Kent Ladies Over 40’s county training / trial session at the club. The ladies travelled from all over Kent to play, all looking for a place in the Kent team. I am pleased to say that Maria Perfect has been training with this team since October last year and as a result of her performance at the trial she has been selected into the squad and will be playing in their first match against Essex on the 16th July. Well done Maria that is a fantastic achievement and good luck in that match.

BECOMING A MEMBER

See website. http://www.shootershilllawntennis.co.uk

If you have any questions do ring the secretary on 07940562271 or email secretary@shltc.info

– Membership is renewed through our website on membership page, NOT the Club spark website that is for court & social bookings!

-If already a member you will already have a user name and password. You can reset the password yourself, however if you have forgotten your user name please email secretary@shltc.info. You will be replied to ASAP but remember it can take a few days, with so many to process at this time. New members can join completing the form through the website.

-When completing the form please be aware that if you choose to NOT be on the emailing list you will not be kept updated with all that happens at the club, such as The Socials & Kids Courses.  Therefore you will need to check the website regularly for the weekly news.  We only email about tennis club matters and your details would never be shared.

-Once you have completed the form (you must put something in every field) You will receive a confirmation email with BACS details. However the BACS details are in the RED BOX , top right hand corner of the form, so you can make a note of them at that point as well, before you submit the form.

-Once the form and payment is received, Adult Members &  Over 13 Year Old Children will receive an email to access court booking,  which you need to follow if your wish to be able to book courts and book onto socials (please check your junk box). This may take a few days in busy periods. All members will receive This Years Coloured Tag and a Welcome Letter which explains what is available at the club

EASY FUND RAISING – Help Us Raise Funds for the Club

We’ve registered Shooters Hill Lawn Tennis Club with #easyfundraising, which means over 7,000 brands will now donate to us for FREE every time you use #easyfundraising to shop with them. These donations will help SO MUCH, so please sign up to support us – it’s completely FREE and doesn’t take long.

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TENNIS BLOG

Emre Saridogan is writing the Tennis Blog. We have changed the name from Coaching Blog, to Tennis Blog, so please do take a look.

HITTING WHATSAPP

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