News Update 14 June 2014

News Update 14 June 2014

Rally for Bally with a Big Breakfast

Just a reminder that we are holding a fundraiser this weekend for the Royal Marsden Hospital and the Elena Baltacha Tennis Foundation. This is part of a national fund raiser in memory of former British number 1 player Elena Baltacha who died recently of liver cancer.

On Saturday coffee/tea and biscuits/cakes to follow usual coaching sessions. On Sunday mix in as usual with Big Breakfasts or bacon/sausage from 10 am -12 noon. All members welcome plus family and friends. Fathers' Day treat ?  All profits from the weekend will be divided between the two charities.

4 courts free on Sunday afternoon if you want to start with the Big Breakfast at 12 noon and play tennis afterwards !!

John Tunnicliffe

John's funeral will take place at Gilroes Crematorium on Friday 20th June at 10.30am. John's son Andrew has said that any of John’s friends from the world of tennis are very welcome to attend. The family are very appreciative of all  the help that club members gave last week and pass on their thanks to those who were there when John collapsed.

We know how John loved his Sunday morning tennis so it was good to see all 6 courts were full last week with many members sharing memories of him. Another full turnout this week would be a fitting tribute. Later in the year we are also organising some fundraising for Heartlink, a Glenfield Hospital based charity.

Club Survey 

Thank you to everyone who completed our recent survey online or with a paper copy. We will display more results on the noticeboard next week but a brief summary is below :

A) Lounge area – the vast majority of responses requested a lighter, brighter and more modern lounge/hall area.
B) Patio/outside area – a number of responses suggested a better viewing area for courts 4-6, possible cover/roof and more seating.
 C) Social events - mixed doubles tournaments/quizzes were the most popular choices
 D) Other - lots of requests to update the bar area with a simpler method of locking the cupboards.

Use of kitchen/bar

Please remember to give the oven a quick wipe down after cooking post tennis food and ensure baking trays are also washed. Please use oven gloves rather than tea towels/hand towels for taking hot items from the oven.

If you are using the bar and see that stocks are low, please spend a couple of minutes adding some cans/bottles to ensure cold drinks are available for the next team using the bar.

We appreciate it is a busy time organising  food/drinks after matches but also want to ensure everything is left clean/sorted for teams later in the week. Thanks.

Open Day

For adults, juniors & parents who are interested in joining.

Free play & free coaching in the afternoon  Sun 29 June - rackets & balls supplies

There will be a number of members on duty - answering questions, showing you around etc.

News Update - June 6 2014

It is with very sad news that I start this update. I know some members will already be aware that John Tunnicliffe collapsed and died at the club earlier today. One of our members with medical training and an ambulance crew did all they could to help but unfortunately  were unable to save him. Our thoughts are very much with his family at this time. A tribute will follow in a future newsletter.

 Following the last update Paul Handford is well underway with obtaining quotes from local contractors. Our intention is to start work on 14th July for approx 4 weeks with minimal disruption to the goings on at the club, although there will be restricted use of the clubhouse during this time.

As mentioned at the EGM, work on updating the constitution will be starting soon. This is a big undertaking for the club and our aim is to have it completed for the AGM in October.

We have lots of things planned for the coming months, here are some dates for your diaries :

Saturday 7th June – Sports Mercury Cup semi-final v Carisbrooke 1.30pm at Carisbrooke, please come along and support the Oadby team of Ben, Hussein, Hassan, Kate W, Anna and Jenny.  !

Sunday 8th June – French Open Final, come along and watch at the clubhouse, bar open, snacks available

June/July– World Cup at the Tennis Club, keep an eye out for England matches being shown on TV at the club, the bar will be open, the three lions will be busy elsewhere

Sunday 15th June – Rally for Bally, come along for a set of tennis and treat yourself, your family to a bacon bap or full English  breakfast as part of our Dads’ Big Breakfast Brunch. All monies collected on the day will be donated to the Royal Marsden Hospital and Elena Baltacha Foundation

Sunday 29th June – Open Day, 1.30-4pm, all courts in use. This is part of the Great British Tennis Weekend, offering free coaching to adults and juniors. If you are able to display a poster at a place of work/leisure, please get in touch and we will forward one to you.

Also any offers to help, meet and greet and hit with potential new members would be gratefully received.  Names to Rosie O’Connor rosie_312@hotmail.com who is helping to coordinate this event. If you know of anyone who is interested please get them to come along to the event. We are also in need of some spare racquets for adults so if you have any old unwanted ones, please bring them to the club

Wednesday 2nd July – Adult Open Day follow-up, alongside usual Wednesday evening mix-in

Saturday 5th July – Closing date for Leics. Closed County Tournament

Sunday 6th July – Wimbledon Men’s Final, on tv in the clubhouse. Bar, strawberries and cream and other delights available !

Saturday mid July – Parent & Child Tournament, date to be confirmed.

Saturday 26th July- Start of Leics. Closed County  Tournament for a week

Tuesday 5th August – Men’s Night

Saturday 16th August – Ladies’ Afternoon

Finally, we are glad to see Eddie S back on court after his recent hip surgery and our best wishes go to Dan Poultney our men’s first captain who is undergoing appendix surgery this week  and will be out of action for a couple of months.

Best wishes

Katie
Club Chairman