Notices/News
Tennis Section A.G.M. (change
of date and time)
The Annual General Meeting of
the Tennis Club will be held in the clubhouse tearoom on Sunday the 21st February
2010 at 7.00pm
Court Rejuvenation
Rejuvenation work will begin
on courts 1 – 3 on 25th January and they will be out of bounds
during this work.
Courts 4 – 6 will be
available for social tennis on Wednesdays and Saturdays, and pre-arraged
coaching will not be affected. Please let Janet Stewart know if courts 4 – 6
are needed for matches so that she can inform members.
Congratulations to :
The Gents second team for
gaining promotion to division 2 for next season. Also to the Gents third team
for gaining promotion to division 4 ( See “photos” page).
West under 18 boys Singles.
Congratulations to Finlay McGhee who won the under 18 Boys
Singles Championship at Newlands.
"Prince Sponsor local tennis
club"
Milngavie tennis club have
secured a 12 month contract with one of the world's leading tennis
manufactures , they will provide a full
range of the latest tennis racquets for members and non members to try! and
they also plan to sponsor the entire team of coaches at the club John Wilson
Head tennis coach commented" We are absolutely delighted with this deal
and with the recent success of Andy Murray this can only encourage more people
into the sport , the range of junior
and senior racquets is superb and with cutting edge technology used I am sure
they will be well received
Steve Heatley from Prince
commented we have been looking at a club in Scotland for a while to support and
after discovering how committed Milngavie are concerning junior and senior
coaching we wanted to get involved the club will be supported to increase the
numbers of people entering the sport and we will provide the full range of our
latest racquets"
Milngavie tennis club have a
strong junior section and a vibrant Mini Tennis Academy which allows children
from 4 years and upwards into their programme the club also have 14 junior
teams that compete locally in the west of Scotland leagues , if you are interested in junior or senior
coaching or just want to try out one of the latest prince tennis racquets
please contact John Wilson on 07784839149 or visit or website www.milngavietennis.info
MATCH
PRACTICE DETAILS
Team Practice
Night Start Date
Ladies Monday
– 6.30pm 31st March
Gents Sunday
– 6.30pm 28th
March
Details of
junior practice times will be posted on the club’s noticeboard.
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SENIOR HOME
MATCH NIGHTS
All matches during the month of April will
start at 6.30pm and matches during May and June will start at 7pm.
Ladies 1st Team - Thursday
Gents 1st
Team - Friday
Ladies 2nd Team -
Monday Gents
2nd Team - Monday
Ladies 3rd Team - Thursday
Gents 3rd
Team - Tuesday
Gents
4th Team - Friday
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SOCIAL TENNIS
Wednesday evenings 6.30pm onwards Saturday afternoons 2.00pm onwards
At these times social
tennis takes preference over all other tennis.
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FLOODLIGHTS
Cards for floodlights can
be bought from the bar at a cost of £1 for 30 minutes.
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WEBSITE
VISITORS FEES
£3.00 per visit
Court Playing Time
Seniors members may play at
any time unless the courts are reserved for matches, tournaments, organised
social play or club coaching programme sessions. Times of these events will be posted on the
notice boards and the Club will endeavour to give as much notice as
possible. From time to time however,
sessions will require to be re-arranged at short notice and a notice will be
posted to this effect as soon as is practical.
Senior members will have
priority over Junior members at all times except:
Monday to Friday 4.00pm – 6pm
and Saturday evenings from 6pm onwards when Juniors will have priority.
If the courts are full and
members are waiting to play, players already on court should vacate the court
after 20 minutes play. This should be
done in the order that players started play.
If singles matches are being played and players are waiting to play, the
singles match should offer to make up a doubles with players who are waiting to
play.
Social tennis has priority
over six courts from 2pm – 5pm on Saturdays and from 6.30pm – 9pm on Wednesday
evenings. If all six courts are not
being used, then other members can play on vacant courts with the understanding
that the court will be given up if the courts are eventually required for social
tennis.
The dates and times of matches
will be posted on the notice board at the start of the season and during the
season, as dates become known.
Any member bringing a
visitor to the Club should deposit the visitor’s fee of £3.00 per visit in an
envelope behind the bar or in the letterbox marked for the attention of the
Tennis Treasurer.
Advanced warning of matches
encroaching onto Social Tennis Sessions:
Wednesday 29th
April 2009 at 6.15pm, courts 1 – 3 will be required for Ladies Scottish Cup
Match
There will be no social
tennis on Saturday 16th May 2009 due to the Sports Club’s jumble
sale/fete, as an alternative social tennis will be held on Sunday 17th
May 2009 from 1.30pm onwards on courts 1 – 3.
I wish to be entered into
the ballot for tickets for the Wimbledon Championships (22nd June –
5th July 2009).
Name ___________________________
Tel. No. ___________________________
British Tennis Membership
No. ___________________________
All members wishing to be
entered in the ballot must include their British Tennis Membership number on
this form.
Cost of tickets vary
between £80 and £200 per pair.
Detailed rules for the
ballot and dates of tickets, etc will be posted on the Notice Board shortly.
Please return your
completed form to: Janet Stewart at Milngavie Tennis Club no later than 10th
May 2009.
2009 JUNIOR CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP
18 and under Boys
Singles ________________ 18 and under Girls Singles __________________
16 and under Boys
Singles ________________ 16 and under Girls Singles __________________
14 and under Boys
Singles _________________ 14 and under Girls Singles __________________
12 and under Boys
Singles _________________ 12
and under Girls Singles __________________
10 and under Boys
Singles _________________ 10
and under Girls Singles __________________
FINALS DAY – SATURDAY 29th AUGUST 2009 – 1PM
ONWARDS
Name : _________________________________________
Tel. No. : _________________________________________
Milngavie Tennis Club No. : _________________________________________
Please select the competitions you wish to enter, format
of the competition to be advised nearer the time, but please make sure you are able
to play on finals day. Thanks
Please return the completed forms to Janet Stewart at
Milngavie Tennis Club, no later than 7th June 2009.
Tournament winner
A “Road to Wimbledon
Tournament” for Juniors was held at the club recently and was won by Freddie
D’Aboville. He will go on to play the next level in May.
New Coaches
Two new coaches have accepted
positions at the Club. They are John James, formerly Head Coach at Bearsden and
Scott Weston, a DCA level coach. John will coach Juniors on Saturday mornings
and Monday evenings. Scott has experience in both Junior and Adult coaching.
Both have committed to play matches for Milngavie and both are highly thought
of by our Head Coach, John Wilson.
National League - Gents promoted
Congratulations to the Milngavie Gents playing in the National League.
The team managed to gain promotion from division 3 to division 2 – a great
effort from the players involved who were, – John Wilson, Scott Wilson, Findlay
McGhee, Stewart Robertson, Ruaridh Nixon, Stephen Gallagher and Gary McKinstry.
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Physio Service
The Club is subscribing to a new Physio service. Cost to members of our club will be £23 per session.Before using this service please contact Jenny Whittaker to arrange payment.To see details of this new service click on : www.milngavietennis.info/hampden
You can also go to the Hampden website by clicking on: http://www.sportsmedicinecentre.org/
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