THE QUEENS MEMORIAL CUP

Thank you to everyone who played in the American Tournament Yesterday to commemorate the Queen. It was a great turn out. Congratulations to everyone who played. Arvind Bassi was the winner. Hope you like the pictures of the winner and a few of the competitors

A REMINDER – NORTH KENT PRESENTATION DINNER – FRIDAY 21ST OCTOBER

At the Boat House, Danson Park. Tickets are £20 per head for a Buffet Dinner followed by the presentation & disco. If you would like a ticket please email Jo Thomas on f.Jo.thomas@me.com to book & pay for your ticket. Deadline for booking is Wednesday 5th October.

WINTER SEASON FOR KENT & NORTH KENT

Well done to all our teams who started the season this week, results as always will be written up below on a weekly basis. If you would like your team photo to feature in the update, don’t forget to take a landscape photo & we will check everyone’s consent.

CLUB SURVEY

Thank you to everyone who filled in the club survey, the Directors will now read the results & feedback.

LAST REMINDER FOR BOX LEAGUE ENTRIES – 1ST OCTOBER

Don’t forget Entries will be accepted up until midnight on the 1st OCTOBER. Matches will then commence from 8th October and last until 26th March 2023.

KENT & NORTH KENT RESULTS

NATIONAL

U18 Boys sadly lost 0-6 to Sevenoaks. Both Harizaka Ramanoelina & Alex Collett played courageously, well done.

U14 Boys sadly lost 0-6 to Blackheath, but played very competitively, well done Lucas Petterson & Daniel Duts.

KENT

Mixed 2 had a strong opening match for the Winter Season, beating Maidstone 2, 3-1. The victorious team were Jan Are Mo, Ruthie Frost, Julie Cooper & Rob Thomas.

NORTH KENT

North Kent 4 lost to a very consistent Meopham 2, 0-4. The team were Jagjit Sahota, Ronald Cooper, Abhisek Paul & Jack Beresford-Allan.

Ladies 3 Had a good start to the season with a draw against Bromley Wendover 3. The team consisted of Sandra Woodcock, Veronica McNamee, Karen Smith & Alison Farrington.

Men’s 5 drew with Bexley 4, 2-2, a great start to the season, well played to Aaron Ruby, Darren Clark, Rob Thomas & Chris Clegg.

Men’s 2 sadly lost to Bexley 1, 1-3 rubbers. The team was Matt Snellin, Mark Plonka, Francesco Donadio & Tim Morgan.

Mixed 1 drew 2-2 at home against Wickham Park 1. the team were Tim Morgan, Iain Goosey, Karen Attard & Oksana Boklag

SEPTEMBER JUNIOR/ADULT COURSES

All courses are now underway,  however there are still a few spaces. Check on the coaching page of the website,  there are drop down boxes for adults and juniors. Courses are then booked through Tom’s Club Spark account & not our website,  https://clubspark.lta.org.uk/ThomasWarburtonCoaching/Coaching

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.

PRO RATA MEMBERSHIP – 1st SEPTEMBER 2022 to 31st March 2023

Further details are on the membership page of our Website.  Please remember you must be a member to access the courses and coaching programmes.

Costs are as follows;

Adult – £130

Senior Citizen/Student/Intermediate/Mid-Week – £100

Junior 11-18 Years – £65

Junior U10 – £55

Junior U5 – £25

Any queries regarding the  pro rata membership please email secretary@shltc.info

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

COACHING BLOG

Just a reminder to everyone that Emre Saridogan has started writing the coaching blog again, the latest one has been uploaded. Please do take the time to read.

ITF WORLD TENNIS NUMBER

A sign has been placed on the entrance to Courts 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 for members to record any matches played ( but not box league and league matches). Please follow the instructions on the sign to record your matches towards your ITF world tennis number. See below

IDEAS

If anyone has anything they wish to bring to the Directors in regards to the club please email secretary@shltc.info and it can be taken to the next Board meeting.

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.

HITTING WHATSAPP

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

The Directors

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