Grove (Saffron Walden) Lawn Tennis Club

The club is celebrating its 100th year in 2025.

We offer

• coaching (group and individual, junior and adult)

• social play on Tuesday evenings and Saturday afternoons (new and would-be members welcome)

• inter-club teams (Men's, Women's, Mixed, Super Seniors, in summer and winter)

• team coaching (Mens - Wednesday evenings, Womens - Saturday mornings)

• club tournaments (four one-day per year, full summer tournament)

• junior tournaments

• family memberships

• social events off the court such as quiz nights 

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SUBSCRIPTIONS:

Just to remind all members (and new joiners) that a valid subscription is required to book courts, which must be done via Clubspark.

We look forward to seeing you down at the club.

Enjoy your tennis.

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🎾Annual General Meeting 2025🎾

Thank you to all the members who attended the AGM. 

Many thanks to Kirsty Rowlandson, Penelope Maitland and Jacque Woolley, who stepped down from their respective committee roles as Ladies captain, Match secretary and House committee member. Becs Osman has taken on Kirsty's role and Marc Squire will assume the House role. The position of Match secretary remains open but will for now be coordinated between Becs and Charles Arthur, the Men's captain.

We are looking for a member (ideally a parent) to represent Juniors at the committee level.

The club accounts are healthy, even after costs incurred from cleaning the lights and replacing fencing around Cts 3, 4 and 5. The meeting discussed whether it's worth changing to LED lights but agreed the cost and uncertainty about improvement meant it could be left for a couple of years. 

The meeting voted on a subscription rate increase of 2%, substantially less than last year's increase. Two new categories were added:

• "Tots" (under six years old): free for children with a parent who is a member

• "Young adult": £117 for those under 28.

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The Grove prides itself on being a friendly club and welcomes new members of all standards. Special coaching sessions are provided for both junior and adult beginners. Families are especially welcome with special membership rates available.

The Grove benefits from its own professional coaching team and provides year-round coaching for players of all ages and abilities. It offers excellent opportunities to play both competitive and social tennis and has a thriving junior membership.

We have a thriving social scene.  Apart from social tennis sessions on Tuesdays, Saturdays and bank holidays (more info here), we have several events per year for members and their guests.