New Members

A warm welcome to new off-peak members Imogen Ratcliffe, Jennifer Ratcliffe, Ana Maria Carvalho, Harriet Tolson, Sam Behrens, Patrick Doyle and Amaan Jockoo.

Box League

A new round of the highly popular box league starts soon.  This is a great opportunity to play singles against other members of a similar standard.  If you’re not already in, then please contact Ed Thorn at edwardthorn46@gmail.com by 30th September at the latest.  If you’re already in, then you will automatically be entered in the new round, unless you failed to play any matches in the current round.  If that’s the case and you want to stay in, or if you’re in and you want to be out, then please contact Ed.

Summer Play

We hope you have all had a good Summer and have managed to enjoy playing or watching some tennis.  At the beginning of July a doubles tournament was organised by Jo Martin. There was a good turnout and the sun was shining for all the players. The winner was Sean Saga, followed by Lucas Quinn.  Tied in 3rd place was Leonie Orhan/Aldas Gustas - see photograph.

A further Tournament was held at the end of July which produced another session of great doubles. The winner this time was Leonie Orhan, closely contested by Benji Caplin and then Alistair Hillhorst.

Ladies Middlesex League First Team

The Ladies First Team led by Alison Rust and Katie Ellen are getting ready for the Winter season. The first match is away to Whittington on Sunday 22nd September. There are two further matches this year, the first against Lensbury at home and the second away to Lammas Park. Good luck with all your matches.  

Ladies Middlesex Team League (Number 2)

Christina Prudente is forming a second Chiswick Tennis Club Ladies team in Autumn 2024. The team will offer:

• Regular practice sessions with Lovetennis coaches
• Participation in local league matches
• Social events and team building activities
• A supportive and fun environment for all skill levels

Training will begin in October with Lovetennis. There will be friendly matches held in the Winter time and then the team will begin to play in the league in Summer 2025. If you’re interested in joining or hearing more about this then please contact: criprudente@yahoo.com

Wimbledon Ticket Ballots

The public ballot opened on 2nd September for anyone who’d like a chance to go to Wimbledon next summer.  For more information go to https://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/tickets/the_wimbledon_public_ballot.html Members should also be able to opt in to the LTA Advantage ballot using their LTA membership here: https://www.lta.org.uk/advantage-home/benefits/

Chiswick National Hedgehog Monitoring Programme

During early Summer, London Hogwatch and Wild Chiswick placed a camera in the grounds of Chiswick Tennis Club in order to monitor the hedgehog population and their activity. Hedgehog activity was detected in the grounds as well as lots of fox activity. Cameras were also placed in the allotments and in Chiswick House Grounds. The hedgehog activity monitoring programme will be resumed again next year.

Court Booking

Members are kindly reminded that it is necessary to book a court on Clubspark before playing or practising.  Courts should only be booked for one hour after 1800.  Please do not turn up and hope a court is available as this leads to confusion especially with late bookings.

If you are using the courts before the booking period i.e 0800 please use court 4 to ensure that the residents of the Stoll memorial home next door are not disturbed.  Thank you for your co-operation.

There have been occasions when chewing gum has been found on the Courts. We would rather members refrained from using gum on the courts but if you do then please dispose of it away from the courts.

LOVEtennis Coaching

Adult Intermediate Drop-in Sessions l LOVEtennis @ Chiswick Tennis Club

Wednesdays 09:30am and Fridays 10:00am

1. These sessions are for players who are comfortable at rallying from the back of the court with good technical fundamentals. Players in this class can direct the ball cross court or with depth at medium pace and may also be able to generate pace and or spin. 
2. Session includes 1 – 2 hours (depending on numbers) of drills, technique, double’s tactics and a whole lot of excitement and interaction
3. £21 per person per session 
4. Please see the below that applies to the number of players signed up:

1 Player - Player can request a private lesson instead

2 Players – 1 hour

3 - 4 Players – 1.5 hours

4 Players or more - 2 hours

Kindly see the below link for bookings and more information:

Wednesdays: 

https://lovetennis-chiswick.classforkids.io/camp/96

Fridays: 

https://lovetennis-chiswick.classforkids.io/camp/97

Monday Drop-in sessions 8-9pm

These classes are ideal for players who have experience in tennis and are able to maintain a rally when the incoming ball has slow/medium pace without spin and placed close to the player. Players in this class have some experience at volleys and serving but are not yet confident with those shots in a point play situation. While players in this class are able to maintain rallies, they are not yet able to maintain rallies when the incoming ball has speed, spin or requires more movement. Players are also not yet confident at directing the ball or hitting with spin.

Kindly see the below link for bookings and more information:

https://lovetennis-chiswick.classforkids.io/camp/98

Junior Term Tennis

 Follow the link below to sign up for Junior Tennis sessions:

https://lovetennis-chiswick.classforkids.io/term/86

Please contact info@love-tennis.co.uk for more information

Treeworks

The Sycamore trees in the garden have been severely cut back.  You may notice that the garden has more light now and there will hopefully be less leaves falling on the courts.

The Garage/Store

The Club is no longer renting out the Garage/Store and in time will use it for the storage of tennis equipment and coaching aids. There may be other uses and we will be happy to hear of any suggestions.

Guttering works

Work will begin this week to repair and refix some of the guttering front and back of the Clubhouse.