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Spring Social - Friday 27th April - 7.30pm - Drinks and Nibbles - The Woolpack, Chilham
Join us in The Woolpack for nibbles and first drink on the club (until the kitty behind the bar runs out). This is a great opportunity to meet other members of the club, pay your subscription and qualify for the Wimbledon tickets draw, which also takes place on the night. (Make sure you are a British Tennis Member - it is free ! Just sign up on the LTA website).
The committee members will be there to welcome you and answer any concerns or question you may have. It will also be an opportunity to talk about ideas you may have regarding the club. We would love to hear them especially ideas on how to get social tennis networked amongst the club, lots of you have been asking about this.
Wimbledon Tickets Ballot – New procedure
The LTA have introduced a new system for allocating Wimbledon tickets and our ticket allocation is listed in the newsletter. Please decide which ones you are able to accept in advance of the draw.
Members who are BTMs and would like to be entered into the draw must tick the box on the membership form and pay their subscriptions on or before the Spring Social.
The draw will be done on the night and tickets will first be allocated to winning BTMs attending the social. Winning BTMs not attending will be contacted over the weekend following the social to choose from the tickets remaining.
We have a limited timeframe in which to allocate the tickets so members will be expected to make their choice as soon as they are contacted.
Junior Mornings
Several team players have volunteered their time between 10 and 12 on Saturday mornings so junior members (age 10 and over) can have their own club session. There will be no coaching but at least 2 team players will attend to supervise and tennis balls will be provided.
If you are a junior member and would like to come along and play with other juniors, please tick the box on the membership form or contact Geoff on 01227 752424.
Sunday morning social tennis from 1030am
We are trying to get social tennis going again on a Sunday morning when there isnt a match scheduled. We've had a couple of sessions recently and would like to keep this going. If you are interested please contact Geoff on 01227 752424.
Tennis Club Quiz Night - 7pm Chilham Village Hall on Sat 29th October
The quiz night raised over £800 and the club has made a donation of £400 to help boost the Recreation Ground Trust pavilion funds.
We also took the opportunity to present Sandra, our retiring membership secretary, with a bouquet of flowers and a small gift.
The evening was a great success with over 100 people pitting their wits against questions set by Pete Swan whilst enjoying great food and a small bar provided by the Woolpack Inn. The club is very grateful for the professional support provided by Terry, Nikki and their staff as this went along way to ensuring a good evening was had by all and made the event a great deal easier to organise.
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The club have already booked the village hall for another quiz on 27th October 2012 which will follow the same successful format, so please make this a date for your diaries and book a table.
The proceeds from fund raising events like these go to the sinking fund we have created for court maintenance and improvements. One of the ideas currently circulating in the club is to build a small club house / pavilion on the hard standing next to the practice wall to help promote the social side of the club ... something around 25ft x 15ft (our budget probably wont stretch to much bigger) ... it could be used for members to sit out while waiting to go on court and there could be space for a barbeque ...
If any members are "in the trade" and would be prepared to help with a building quote and architects advice regarding planning permission we'd love to hear from you.
Suzanne Lake has taken over as Membership Secretary
We are very grateful that Suzanne has agreed to take over from Sandra after her seven year stint. The handover has taken place and I'm sure everyone would like to thank Sandra for all the good work she has done in particular promoting communication by email.
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