MENS MIDWEEK

Looking for a midweek runaround? Steve Perry organises mens doubles on Tuesdays & Thursday mornings. Contact Steve if interested!

LOCAL PRESS COVERAGE - SEE HERE!  - If you have local tennis stories or photos that you think deserve to appear in the local press, then DO contact  the Club Secretary if you want any help in submitting your stories & photos!

Adult Social Tennis Tournaments!

On the 18th June & 16th July (both Tuesdays - in place of the normal Club Sessions)  - how about some Pimms & Prizes? 

Alan’s unique handicapping system allows you to turn up at ANY time between 6pm & 8pm . These HUGELY successful events are great fun and for ALL abilities!

PARKING: Please be aware that the club is still asking members not to park in Southampton Street (PARTICULARLY NOT AT WEEKENDS) as this does upset the residents at times. The Car Park at the Business Centre is a short walk away.

QUIZ NIGHT
FRI 20th SEPT
PORTWELL ANGEL

After the AGM!

This Newsletter is ONLY sent by email .  If needed, could you therefore share the newsletter with the rest of the family for whom we may not have individual email addresses!
P.S.  Printing out this Newsletter: background colours won’t print - to save on ink...

Welcome to the New Spring Season!

We’re looking forward to another year in fulfilling our main objectives: that of providing social and competitive tennis for all ages and abilities; in a Club atmosphere that’s relaxed and friendly - and for as many people as possible!  Yes!

As always - our heartfelt thanks to everyone who helps to make this happen: the Officers of the club; the main Committee; the relocation, social, junior & maintenance committees; our clubmark contact, child protection officer, Wimbledon Ticket organiser, Club consumables coordinator, match secretaries and captains – and of course our head gardener Andy Sawyer.

Our relocation to the Folly Park Sports Centre (!) continues to make progress. As with anything that involves multiple interests and parties, these things take time to get right. As part of the asset transfer process, in April 2012 the Club became a non-profit company limited by guarantee, and midyear we were successful in having our planning application passed for the new site.  The application for the development of the existing site should go through in April. Land ownership for the Folly Park site still needs to be transferred to the Vale before actual building can proceed.

So - Watch this space!

DATES COMING UP :

• Sun 24 March, 9-12 Work Day – clean clubhouse etc.
• Tues 26th March -- start of new season & adult evening club sessions
• Fri 26 April, 6-7pm – Wimbledon Draw at club – BBQ + tennis
• Saturday 11th May - mini orange
• Sunday 12 May - mini Red and Green
• Tues 4th June - Committee Meeting
• Saturday 15th June - mini Orange
• Sunday 16th June - mini Red and Green
• Tues 18 June – Pimms and Prizes Tennis Social – 6-9pm
• Tues 16 July – Pimms and Prizes Tennis Social – 6-9pm
• Saturday 20th July - mini Orange
• Sunday 21st July - mini Red and Green
• Tues 3rd Sept - Committee meeting
• Thurs 12th Sept - last adult evening club session of 2013
• Fri 20th Sept - AGM & QUIZ
• Tues 3rd Dec - Committee Meeting

Do remember that all members are very welcome to come to any committee meeting. Meeting dates going forward are posted HERE, where you will also find minutes from previous meetings.

CLUB OFFICERS 2014

Chairman: Sjoerd Vogt
Treasurer: Steve Perry
Secretary: Susanna Hunt

Committee Members:
Alan Elbourn,  Juliane Spiers, Kate Trivedi, Mark Mobey, Matt Williams

MATCHES

Winter / Summer Match Secretary:
                          Anne Sawyer (01367) 870285

Winter League Captains:

• Mens A    Mark Kiff (01367) 243147
• Mens B    Don Cain (01367) 240474
• Ladies A   Susanna Hunt (01367) 241452
• Ladies B   Judy Scotcher (01367) 810455
• Ladies C   Sam Bannister (01367) 242283

Summer League Captains:

• LADIES A   Susanna Hunt (01367) 241452
• LADIES B   Judy Scotcher (01367) 810455
• MENS A     Sjoerd Vogt  (01367) 241707
• Mens B      Don Cain (01367) 240474
• MIXED       Juliane Spiers (01367) 241432

Other Responsibilities Maintenance Alan Elbourn Paul Silver Wimbledon tickets Alan Elbourn Social Activities Susanna Hunt Juliane Spiers Website & membership Sjoerd Vogt Head Gardener Andy Sawyer Clubmark Contact Mark Mobey Consumables restocking Anne Sawyer Child Protection Sanjay Trivedi Juniors Alan Elbourn Susanna Hunt Mark Mobey

WORKDAY: Sunday March 24th - from 9am

Please DO come along to help! You don’t have to be there at exactly 9am. There’s lots of jobs, including Gardening (pruning and weeding), cleaning club house, washing crockery, defrosting fridge, making tea/coffee for the workers....  Please bring equipment/tools/cleaning aids etc. that may be useful.
THERE WILL BE NO CLUB SESSION ON THAT DAY

RENEWING YOUR SUBSCRIPTION FOR 2013-2014

 See HERE for more details.  The new season officially starts on Tuesday 26th March, and you will shortly be emailed the  renewal form for all the individuals living at your address. There are MASSIVE discounts if you renew before 1st May, and there’s even BIGGER discounts if you take out FAMILY membership!

There’s also two new categories of membership. 

ONCOURT PARENT allows the parent accompanying their child or children to play with them. And NON-PLAYING SOCIAL MEMBER speaks for itself!

HOW ARE THE FIVE FARINGDON CLUBS DOING IN THE WINTER LEAGUE?

You can check progress on the Thames Valley  2012/2013 pages HERE .

For the ladies - check out divisions 1, 3, & 6 . For the men - take a look at divisions 1 & 5 .

PLEASE NOTE : Because of the wet weather, many matches have been rearranged. CHECK HERE FOR LATEST DATES.

It’s the taking part that’s important!

JUNIOR TOURNAMENTS COMING UP!

LOTS of Mini-Tournaments coming up this summer - for ORANGE (down at the club) as well as RED/GREEN (up at the Leisure Centre).

CLICK ON THE THUMBNAIL TO FOND OUT MORE

And   Here’s a good explanation of the Mini Tennis Ratings system.

More information to follow via email and posters at the courts. Contact Mark Mobey (242636) for more details..

FRIDAY
26TH APRIL 

6PM-8PM

 WIMBLEDON DRAW & BBQ!

We DO hope that all existing and prospective members (all ages welcome!) will come along to the Club for burgers, bangers & banter. There will also be more information available about the proposed relocation.

WIMBLEDON TICKETS 2013: We expect to receive our allocation shortly. As happened last year, the selection form will be emailed so that members can tick their preferences for dates.  Members DO need to have a BTM (British Tennis Membership) number to qualify and WILL need to attend the Draw (26th April - Club house) , or send a representative in order to be eligible for tickets.  WATCH THIS SPACE FOR FURTHER DETAILS!

ADULT SOCIAL TENNIS
Every Sunday throughout the year 10.30-12.30 . Simply turn up - balls provided. Evening tennis (Tuesdays & Thursdays) starts again March 26th 2013. See HERE for more details.

Adult Summer LEAGUE Tennis (playing other Clubs)

We have 5 teams in the OLTA Wilson  League 2013 ( CLICK HERE FOR FIXTURE DATES ) . Matches are on Saturday or Sunday afternoons, starting at 1.30pm. Each team usually has about 7 matches spread from Easter to Michaelmas, and the format is 2 couples per team. This means that you are usually home by 6pm at the latest. ( This year we won’t have our Men’s Monday Evening Team that usually plays in the Wiltshire League) . If you are interested in playing for a team please contact the appropriate Summer League Captain:

• LADIES A      Susanna Hunt (01367) 241452
• LADIES B      Judy Scotcher (01367) 810455
• MENS A        Sjoerd Vogt  (01367) 241707
• MENS B        Don Cain (01367) 240474
• MIXED          Juliane Spiers (01367) 241432

COACHING

We’re very fortunate to have five licensed coaches who are members of the Club. Through Susanna Hunt and Alan Elbourn, the ladies, gents, and juniors are well catered for (see HERE for more details).  All adults are welcome to come & try out a coaching session for FREE!

Alan will be offering tennis on Mondays as an after school club at the Faringdon Community Club, and will also be involved with Saturday school that  is a new venture being offered by the Academy, offering Junior tennis on Sat afternoons.

Susanna will be running tennis coaching sessions at the club for juniors, School Yr 7 and older, from mid April-mid July during term time:

• Mondays, 4-6pm, Girls
• Fridays, 4-6pm, Boys

Monday Course 1 – Girls, 4-5pm and 5-6pm:  6 sessions: 15 April, 22 April, 29 April, 6 May, 13 May, 20 May

Friday Course 1 – Boys, 4-5pm and 5-6pm: 6 sessions: 19 April, 26 April,  3 May, 10 May, 17 May, 24 May

Then after June half term there will be a further course, again of 6 sessions:

Monday Course 2 – Girls, 4-5pm and 5-6pm: 6 sessions:  3 June, 10 June 24 June, 1 July, 8 July, 15 July

Friday Course 2 – boys, 4-5pm and 5-6pm: 7 June, 14 June, 28 June, 5 July, 12 July, 19 July

TENNIS BALLS: Are provided during official Club sessions. Tubes of high quality branded balls can be purchased at the Club house from Andy Sawyer, Alan Elbourn, or Susanna Hunt.

Remember: To get into the Members’ Area of the website (you’re in the Members’ Area at the moment!) go to the homepage ( www.faringdontennis.org.uk )  - or any other page for that matter - and click on the cloud just to the right of the Folly Tower (top left of page) .