Clifton Upon Dunsmore LTC / Clifton Lawn Tennis Club, Clifton on Dunsmore, Cliftonupondunsmoreltc, Rugby, Warwickshire

Clifton Upon Dunsmore Lawn Tennis Club

Health and Safety

As a small club, we rely on the generous efforts of volunteers to maintain and operate the club. As such, we ask members, coaches and guests to proactively consider the health, safety and wellbeing of themselves and others when using club facilities and report any concerns to a member of the club committee.

Members, coaches and guests are asked to enter any health and safety incidents in the accident book, held in the club house next to the courts, or report them directly to a member of the club committee.

Our club holds venue insurance through it’s accreditation with the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA). Details of this can be obtained via the LTA.

The risk assessment for use of the club facilities is located at the link below. All members are encouraged to familiarise themselves with the contents.

Clifton upon Dunsmore LTC Risk Assessment

Welcome to Clifton LTC

Welcome to Clifton upon Dunsmore Lawn Tennis club. We hope that after a long winter break, you will want to get back to playing tennis again on our courts.

Our 2024 annual membership starts on 1st April. We hope you will join us again for 2024 and get involved with some of the many social, coaching, and tournament activities planned for the coming year.

Our regular club sessions this year are:

Tuesday night 6 pm - 9 pm
Open to all club members wishing to play competitive tennis. Starting Tuesday 26th March.

Thursday social club session 4:30 pm - 6.30 pm
Open to all Club members. Starting Thursday, March 28th

Thursday night Cardio Tennis

Starting Thursday 11th April. One session every week 6.30-8 pm run by Rachael Baker. Rachael will have you running around the courts playing fun tennis-related games.

This is a great aerobic workout and is also good for practicing your different tennis shots.

Saturday Social Play
Open to all club members who wish to play doubles or singles. 11 am -1 pm every Saturday throughout the year.

When numbers are high people are expected to play just the best of four games so that a constant rotation of players is maintained.

Adult Coaching (max 8 people in a group) with our head coach, Pete Brinkley

Wednesdays 9.30-10.30 am throughout the year

Balls

We have purchased some new balls for the start of the season.

Club members are welcome to borrow these balls during social play sessions only but please make sure they are returned to the clubhouse for use by other members.

Once the league games are up and running, the used match balls will be left in the clubhouse for members' use during social play sessions.

Junior squads ( during term time only)

Commencing Sunday 7th April 2024.

Red/Orange ball squad 1-2 pm

Green Ball Squad, 2-3 pm

Please contact Sue Robinson on (07813) 121589 for further details

Performance Coaching

This is provided on a private individual basis by Brian Heathcote.

LTA Youth start courses

These popular courses for 4-11-year-olds are provided during most school holidays. They consist of 6 one hour lessons delivered on six consecutive days and are intended as an introduction to tennis. The LTA provides the child with a racket, T-shirt, and tennis balls and one of our LTA-qualified coaches delivers the coaching.

We have two courses booked this year.

Sunday 24th March - Friday 29th March 2024

Sunday 11th August - Friday 16th August 2024

Please contact Sue Robinson at (07813) 121589 for further details.

Tennis tournament 2024

This will be held on Saturday 22nd June 2024. We intend to host a barbecue and various stalls will be set up during the day. Our coaches, Sue and Pete, will be organizing a friendly tennis tournament for juniors and adults who wish to compete.

This is intended to be a fun day for the whole family.

We would welcome any offers of help or ideas in organizing the day.

The courts

The courts were recoated and painted in 2021. We are very proud of the results and wish to maintain the courts to as high a standard as possible.

In wet weather, we appreciate members changing their shoes once on the court to stop mud from being brought on and ruining the surface.

League teams

This year will be entering 5 teams in the local Rugby and district leagues.

Two men’s team

Two mixed teams

Ladies team

If you would like to play please contact Sue

Who is using the courts?

The courts are committed on the following days:

Monday mixed team matches and practice from 6 pm

Tuesday club night from 5:30 pm

Wednesday men’s team matches and practice from 6 pm

Thursday 4.30-6.30 pm club social open to all club members.

Cardio Tennis Starting Thursday 11th April 2024 -6.30pm -8 pm

Friday ladies team matches and practice 6-8 pm

Saturday Social 11-1 pm intermediate level

Sunday Junior coaching, 1-3 pm

Membership subscriptions

Community clubs like Clifton Tennis Club only survive if people join. The more members we have, the more tennis-related activities we can provide. Please join and get your friends and neighbours to join.