Finals Day was held on Saturday 24 July. It was great to have the bar open for the first time in many, many months, and to see our members enjoying the brilliant tennis! Congrats to our winners and runners-up!
View our champions and photos on our Tournaments page.
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Stuart McTiernan and Tom Daley are organising an American Doubles tournament on Easter Monday - Monday 5 April, 11am-2pm. The tournament is open to all Peak and Intermediate members (male and female).
In an American tournament, you will play with several different partners in short, sudden death sets. The winner will be the player with the most games won. We will have a men's and women's winner. If you want to play in this tournament, please email Stuart or send him a message. You must book your place in advance:
We look forward to seeing you all at the Club in the coming weeks. It’s been a long winter without tennis but the change in government guidelines (coming into effect on 29 March) means we are able to open the Club again.
The LTA guidelines have now been updated and essentially we are returning the Club to the same level as we were before lockdown:
Darren (R&D Coaching) is running a half-day tennis camp for ages 10 and under from Monday 12 April to Friday 16 April. The camp will be warm-ups, coaching and fun tennis games from 10am to 12pm.
You can download the form here and view dates and safety measures on our calendar. For enquiries and bookings, please contact Darren by phone (07960 071468) or email at [email protected]. Following the Prime Minister's announcement of another lockdown and guidance from the LTA, we have to close the club with immediate effect. "Following the Prime Minister’s announcement on 4 January of new national lockdown restrictions to be introduced across England, the LTA can confirm that regrettably all indoor and outdoor tennis facilities will need to close. As always, we will reopen as soon as is permissible and you will see from the LTA comments that they are also keen to get people back on court.
In the meantime, stay safe and look after yourselves. HWLTC Committee As our Club is in Tier 4, the LTA guidelines have been updated as follows:
Therefore it is singles only (unless you are lucky enough to have a 'doubles' household!) and don't forget to book courts through the booking system. The LTA's Summary Grid has also been updated and is a good reminder of all the current restrictions that we are operating under. Coaching Unfortunately due to Government and LTA restrictions, neither junior nor adult group coaching can take place at the moment. However, both Darren (07960 071478) and Roy (07802 969698) will continue with one to one coaching. They will update you as soon as they can with a start date for the groups. Thanks for your continued cooperation and, as always, if you have any questions, please ask a member of the committee. We’re pleased to announce that the club will reopen on Wednesday 2 December in line with LTA and Government guidelines for Tier 2.
As before, the clubhouse will be closed apart from access to the toilets, first aid kit and switches for the floodlights, and the same rules apply:
Club activities will proceed as follows:
It’ll be great to see everyone again and fingers crossed the weather stays fine. If you have any questions do not hesitate to contact a member of the committee. From Thursday 5 November, we have to close the club again due to the second national lockdown coming into effect. This affects both the clubhouse and the courts, in line with government and LTA guidelines.
Therefore, please do not go to the club for any reason, but rest assured that we will be keeping a keen eye on the LTA guidance and will reopen as soon as we are allowed. Key notices:
In the meantime, please stay safe and don’t hesitate to contact the committee should you have any questions. Wednesday night social tennis is returning on Wednesday 2 September, 7.30-9.30pm. Social tennis is open to all Peak and Intermediate members. Unfortunately, we will not be able to open the bar for Social members.
It is a fantastic opportunity to play a range of members and enjoy feeling part of the HWLTC family. Social tennis will have exclusive use of the courts every Wednesday from 7.30-9.30pm. To start off with, we will operate as follows:
A weekend social will also be organised in the near future. It’s been great to see so many members at the club since we reopened in May and we know that lots of our members have really enjoyed participating in the summer tournament, for which we owe a big thank you to Darren Plank and Stuart McTiernan who organised a great event. More updates are as below.
Wednesday night social trial We are now moving into the next phase of trying to return to normal and will soon be trialling a club mix-in on a Wednesday evening, starting on 2 September. Clubhouse We are still unable to open the bar as having reviewed the current LTA and government guidelines, the committee has agreed that the work required to make the bar Covid-19 secure far outweighs the benefits of opening it. The kitchen is also still closed. Floodlights We can now confirm that the floodlights can be used, but please clean the clubhouse door handles and sanitise your hands after entering and leaving. Court booking system In addition, from 1 September, the court booking system will be changed to reflect our membership structure as follows:
Presentation night We're sorry to say that we have had to postpone our Presentation Night at the Apollonia on 10 October. It has been rescheduled for 23 October 2021, coinciding with the 120th Anniversary of the club, so we need to make sure that’s a good one! Safety first As always please continue to follow the LTA guidelines and make sure you don’t come to the club if you are suffering from any coronavirus symptoms, so that we can all carry on enjoying ourselves on court. Please contact the committee if you have any questions. |
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