THE SUMMER NATIONAL LEAGUES, started yesterday, well done to all our Adult and Junior Teams.

VETERAN’S DOUBLES CUP COMPETITION. We are pleased to announce that the club will again be running the Cup Competition for Men’s and Ladies Doubles. The competition will run over the coming months, with the finals taking place on Finals Day, Saturday 23 July. Minimum age for eligibility is 45 + for Men, 40+ for Ladies. Please see your e-mail for further details.

MEMBERSHIPS:  Please remember, Juniors and Adults attending the coaching programme MUST be members. This is for insurance and safeguarding purposes. Remember membership is through our club website and NOT Club Spark. The username and password are NOTHING TO DO WITH CLUB SPARK OR THE LTA! If you have forgotten your username please email secretary@shltc.info There is a step by step guide to filling in your membership below.

Please remember it takes at least 24hrs to activate membership.

Junior Memberships: These MUST be renewed if you wish to access the junior coaching programme after Easter.

STEP BY STEP GUIDE TO RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP  1. Go to shootershilllawntennisclub.co.uk 2. Go to top right hand side of the screen to click on the menu, then choose ‘Memberships’ 3. On this page, all fee’s are explained as you scroll down the page. However at the top of the page, there are two Green ‘bars’. The first one is for NEW members, the second one is for EXISTING members. Click on the one relevant to you. 4. This page then lists all the membership types, click the ‘SELECT’ green button on the righthand side of the screen, next to the membership type right for you. 5. This page requires all your contact details. The RED box, gives you the payment details for BACS payments and cheque’s, but this happens before you submit the form, so please take a note of the details before you press the submit button.

AMERICAN TOURNAMENT 

Watch out for next months date.

THIS WEEKS TEAM RESULTS

A huge number of games this week, well played everyone.

NK

MW Vets 1 lost to Park Langley this week. The team were Maria Perfect, Matthew Perfect, Tony Millard & Gail Youd

Ladies 2 beat Sidcup Recreation 1, 3.5 to 0.5. Well done to Oksana Boklag, Marion Tourral Hopkins, Ruthie Frost & Tracy Davy. (See the Feature image)

KENT

Mens 2 lost narrowly to Hayes 1, it was so close & the conditions were ridiculously windy! The team playing were Jack Andrews, Mark Plonka, Iain Goosey & Ricardo Pinheiro.

National League

U18 Boys won 2-1 against Oakwood C, the players were Oscar P & Oscar B.

U14 Boys won 3-0 against Twist Fizz, the players were Sam M & Lucas P.

U14 Girls lost 0-3 to Oakwood, the players were Hannah K & Soahasina R

Men’s A lost to Bromley LTC A, a great effort against a decent team, well played to Rob Ratcliffe, Richard Fay, Mylan Roberts & Finlay Renwick

Men’s B beat Crescent A, it was a huge game, going all the way to a shootout. Rubbers 3-3. Singles shootout 1-1. Doubles shootout 1-0. The team playing were Max Saunders, Tom Warburton, Jack Rowland, Oscar Brazys & Mark Plonka.

Ladies lost to Bromely CC, but a good effort against a team of 4  U16 Kent County Players! The courageous team were Maria Perfect, Ros McKeown, Oksana Boklag, Katrina Zashcherinskaya & Gail Youd

 

VISITORS TO THE CLUB

PLEASE REMEMBER IF YOU BRING A VISITOR TO PUT THEIR NAME AND PAY FOR THEM  THROUGH BOOKINGS. WE NEED TO KNOW WHO IS PLAYING AT THE CLUB. SOME MEMBERS ARE NOT DOING THIS SO PLEASE ENSURE YOU DO! YOU CAN ONLY BRING THE SAME VISITOR 3 TIMES AND THEN THEY MUST JOIN

COACHING

Courses are available to book but remember you MUST be a member. (except in holiday programme) Please contact Tom on headcoach@shltc.info if you have any coaching questions

JUNIOR COACHING PROGRAMME

https://clubspark.lta.org.uk/ThomasWarburtonCoaching Junior coaching programme You can book on coaching page of club website www.shootershilltennisclub.co.uk with link on right hand side.

ADULT COACHING PROGRAMME

You can book through coaching page of club website                    www.shootershilltennisclub.co.uk with link on right hand side.

Follow link to book group coaching online – https://clubspark.lta.org.uk/ThomasWarburtonCoaching

We offer a comprehensive programme for all ages. Any queries email headcoach@shltc.info

Please remember that you MUST be a member of Shooters Hill Tennis Club to join the coaching programme during term times. Any queries please email headcoach@shltc.info

SOCIAL PLAY

All adult members will be sent links to social play, it is the same each week. If you need to cancel, please see below as you now can cancel yourself.  It is essential that if you book you turn up on time as these sessions are extremely popular amongst the members. Only members can book social.

To cancel your booking. (Any problems email secretary@shltc.info.)

REMEMBER YOU CAN CANCEL SESSIONS YOURSELF.

BOX LEAGUES

These have now started in the FAST4 format see below

https://www4.lta.org.uk/play-compete/getting-started/adult-tennis/fast4-tennis

Invites have been sent out to members to register. New members email secretary@shltc.info and information will be sent to you.

HITTING WHATSAPP

If members are interested in being on the Hitting WhatsApp, please contact Ashima Chopra 07971 587824

EASY FUNDRAISING: DO YOU SHOP ONLINE? DID YOU KNOW YOU CAN HELP US RAISE FUNDS!

This month there is a spin to win feature for easy fundraising members, if you click on the link when you sign in, you spin the wheel for the chance to win up to £50 for the club. We’ve had a few £1 donations from this already this month, so do keep spinning the wheel for us. We’ve raised another £5 this month from our members online shopping, which is great thank you.

You can find our easy fundraising page at https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/shltennisclub/?utm_campaign=raise-more&utm_medium=email&utm_content=gs-e1

COURT BOOKINGS: Please would members make sure they book to play on the courts and only use the court booked to avoid any confusion when members arrive to play.

The Directors

Shooters Hill Tennis Club LTD