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May

14th May: Coaching for New Members with Marc Codling‏

Please note that the free group coaching sessions for new members with Marc Codling are now running on Wednesdays from 7.00-8.00pm on the hard courts. These will run for five more weeks, having started on the 12th May.

The coaching coincides with the Social Mix-in evening, which has meant that the caged court is the only available hard court during the session.

Grass courts 3 to 6 should be opening this weekend. But please note the shortage of hard courts during this particular hour for the next five weeks.

11th May: TDLTC Summer Party 19th June‏

10th May 2010: Lock Up Your Bikes!‏

To all TDLTC members

Please feel free to use the cycle rack provided at the Club, but do remember to lock up your bike. Yesterday evening a junior discovered at 8 o'clock that his bike had been stolen.

8th May 2010: 1. Draw for Wimbledon Tickets (Sunday 16th May) 2. Golf Day (Thursday 1st July)‏

1. WIMBLEDON TICKET DRAW—SUNDAY 16th MAY

The draw for the Wimbledon tickets will be held on Sunday 16th May at 5.00 pm. Please come along. The bar will be open. This is a vital event to attend if you are keen to go to Wimbledon this year but don't yet have a ticket. Just think: you could be present at a five-set epic with Andy Murray lasting until the early hours. Worth an hour of your Sunday, don’t you think?

All adult members (excluding mid-week and social members) who have renewed their membership this year and who are signed up as BTM members will be entered into the draw. You will need to pay for the tickets on the day so bring a cheque book!

If you are not a British Tennis member, please click on the link below to sign up. All playing members, including juniors, can join. This will help the club’s future allocation of Wimbledon tickets and eligibility for future grants and funding. Membership is free and only a few clicks away …..

http://www.lta.org.uk/britishtennismembership/

If you have not yet renewed your TDLTC membership, please contact Chris Lewis to renew before the draw, chris@jaza.clara.co.uk .

If you are not able to attend the draw on the 16th, you can send a nominee in your place as long as you let the club knows in advance. Either contact Jane Baller on janeballer@ntlworld.com or 020 8339 0023 by Saturday, or Andrew Meatyard on the day on 07846 019853.

And finally, the usual reminder: Tickets need to be chosen and paid for on the day.

2. TDLTC GOLF DAY—THURSDAY 1st JULY

A TDLTC golf day has been arranged for Thursday 1st July 2010 at The Drift Golf Club. All members are invited to this great day out. All handicaps welcome (up to 28!) The cost is £57 which includes two 18-hole rounds, lunch and prizes.

Last year was a great success and everyone had a good time. Like last year the morning session is a Stapleford competition which is an excellent leveller regardless of your handicap. The afternoon round is a fun Texas Scramble where mixed abilities can make their own contribution!

Please contact Ian Morey at ianmorey@hotmail.co.uk or on 07771 941539 for further details, or to book a place and obtain an entry form.

See you at the 19th hole!

April

28th April 2010: 1. Sunday Tea Rota 2. Afternoon Drop-In‏

1. Sunday afternoon teas. Irene and Peter will be providing tea this Sunday. The tea rota for all future Sundays this summer will be posted at the serving hatch by the kitchen, and hopefully on the website too. Please check to see whether you have been chosen. (If you have, it's a testament to your reliability and the quality of your teas.) For the time being, we are having a trial period without Saturday teas. Your feedback is always appreciated.
2. Afternoon Drop-In . If you would like to attend a regular weekly session -- and I believe Irene is referring to weekday afternoon tennis -- please get in touch with Irene at irene@themccleans.plus.com listing your preferred days and preferred start-time (2pm or 2.30).

27th April 2010: Bar rota‏

http://editthis.info/tennis/Bar_News

May 2010

Recent changes are underlined.

26th April 2010: 1. Juniors Mix-in 2. The Road to Wimbledon‏

Attention all Parents of Junior Members

1. This Friday, 30th April, the first Juniors Social Mix-in runs from 5.00pm to 6.30pm. Subject to sufficient numbers attending, from 6.45pm there will be a Junior Quiz Evening which will finish at approximately 8.00pm. (Tennis clothes are fine for the Quiz Evening.)

Parents are welcome. The bar will be open. On hand will be coaches and selected committee members to answer any questions on membership, coaching and tennis generally for the Junior and Senior sections of the club.

P.S. The Junior Social Mix-In will be a weekly event throughout the summer. The Junior Quiz Evening is a once-in-a-lifetime event.

2. Can all U14 boys and girls please check the club noticeboard, to discover whom they are playing in the 'Road to Wimbledon' draw, as the first round needs to played asap?

Thanks

Guy Bracewell

Junior Secretary

25th April 2010: TDLTC Membership Renewal‏

Membership renewal is due as of 1st May 2010 and there are still a number of existing members who have yet to renew. We need your support so please do not delay.

I attach copies of the membership renewal forms and tournament entry form for this season. Hard copies can be found at the club on the notice board outside and inside the clubhouse.

If anyone wants to discuss issues arising out of the fees, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

The grass courts should be opening in the next two weeks.

I hope you will be renewing and are looking forward to the new season. Now the floodlights are in, we really do offer tennis 365 days a year.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Chris Lewis

07770 56 2569

TDLTC Membership Secretary

22nd April 2010: Open Day at TDLTC -- this SATURDAY‏

Please come along and support the open day at the tennis club this Saturday, which will run from 10.30 onwards. Pay for your subs, collect your shoe-tags and get a complimentary drink at the bar (also available to those who have already paid their subs).

• B-B-Q at 1.30 pm.
• Afternoon teas and cakes at 4.00 pm.
• Junior Coaching / Match to watch on two of the hard courts.

18th April 2010: Access Code for the new pavilion next to the Thames Ditton hard courts‏

Needless to say, this code must not be given to anyone else. The pavilion is our smart new members-only tennis facility -- not Jez's Crack Den. (My apologies if there is a Jez at the club.) Please let any committee member know if you suspect it's being misused.

The code will change at the start of May, and will be disclosed to each of you when you renew your subs.

For the rest of this month, the code is ...... xxxx

10th April 2010: Booking Courts + Invitation to Ross & Flo's Hog Roast Party

From Chris Lewis:

1. How to Book Courts

The committee is reviewing the weekly programme from last year, attached, in the light of the low use of the courts on some evenings. In addition the introduction of floodlighting on hard courts 7 to 9 mean that a new court booking system is required to manage the use of those courts. This online facility will also allow the grass courts to be booked for competitive matches outside of social mix-in sessions.

The intention is that all bookings should be done online to guarantee the use of the court. If you have not booked online, you may not be entitled to use the court. This may necessitate an online facility being operated at the club, in both the pavilion and clubhouse, so that bookings may be checked and made on-site.

This will be very much a new approach for the club. We need to develop processes which work for everyone as far as possible.

Finally, the new booking system requires a log-in and password for each user. These details will be sent to each member when you renew your membership for the coming season.

From Ross Prideaux:

2. Invitation to Ross & Flo's Hog Roast

“Hog Roast Drop In” June 5th from 2.00pm till late!

Fellow Players and Members and Partners who know me and Eva and have not yet met our Little FLO, please feel free to drop by Before, After or even Instead of your afternoon exercise on the courts,

Food and drink a plenty on Saturday June 5th.

Venue: 64 the Roundway, Claygate, Esher, KT10 0DW

(Google maps inaccurate except for road so link confusing. 64 is the End Terrace, bottom left of the Green Grass play area hidden by the tree! Suitable Bunting on the top floor windows will be evident.)

I am celebrating my 50th and Flo will be celebrating her 7 months!

A very casual affair but RSVP to ross@pridox.orangehome.co.uk by May 5th would be appreciated so we can cater fairly accurately.

Siblings and babies very welcome too.

9th April 2010: Tennis Club Bar Rota for May + Bar Keys Alert‏

Here's the first rota of the season from Steve Banham. Also filed on the website at http://editthis.info/tennis/Bar_News.

P.S. If ANY members still hold keys to the bar from last year or earlier, can you please hand them back to Steve, so we can make a fresh start on security this year?

6th April 2010: If you plan to use the floodlights at TDLTC this week or next ...‏

We haven't designed the official process for acquiring tokens for the floodlights yet. In the mean time:

• If you want floodlight tokens this week, phone Steve Banham on 020 8339 0565
• From Saturday onwards, phone Andrew Meatyard for tokens on 01372 462 996