Kenton Lawn Tennis Club

This Saturday (September 26th) is our delayed 2020 Finals Day and we will have 23 finals to be played in open and age group (from U-8 to veteran) categories.   Thanks to everyone who has helped organise the tournaments and all the players who have hopefully enjoyed the 150+ matches that have been played.   We are also pleased that this year BLJ Law (see https://bljlaw.co.uk/) have made a very generous donation towards the costs of the trophies we will be awarding.

Please see the e-mail sent to members for details of the timetable of matches.   Spectators are very welcome, but we do ask  that players and spectators read this e-mail carefully so that the Covid-19 measures we are taking are observed (e.g. social distancing, attendee tracking ).

Our new coach  

As we communicated a  few weeks ago , after nine years at Kenton our head coach James has resigned  and has been replace by Kingsley  Harris .   The ignite tennis run by James  has no longer any connection with  Kenton Tennis club.   Any  offer that you may have received from ignite  is not offering coaching at the club . We strongly believe that Kenton Tennis club can offer a superior  service offering  better value for money as Kingsley is providing a term  of coaching unlike Ignite. In addition ,  Kenton Tennis club  has the facilities  including toilets, flood  lights so our coaching can continue into the winter and there is ample opportunity  to play after caoching sessions  and of course a   nice claytex  surface  which soften  any tumbles.  We also have a  sheltered area and seats for parents to relax  whilst lessons are taking place.  

The other consideration is that as a club we need to retain a good coach to prosper and attract new members. Coaching is a tough gig to make a reasonable living from , so we really hope our members  can support the club by providing Kingsley with a good stream of business. 

With over twenty five years  of professonal coaching experience , Kingsley is  a highly qualified  ( LTA level 4 )  experienced coach . He has directed a number of large junior  , adult and performance  programmes, most recently  as the head coach at  Regents Park  Tennis centre . Kingsley views tennis as a  ' game for life'  and enjoys bringing this  philosophy  to coaching  players of all  ages and standards. As a player Kingsley  has represented his county ,  region and country  and  currently still plays  regular team tennis , however,  as a supporter of Norwich  City  he can also empathise with that loosing feeling! 

The committee are  also happy to confirm that Justin  will continue  as Assistant Coach   and will be involved in  running regular sessions .  It is great to have  ' one of our own'  in this position ( some of us can remember Justin joining our club as a small child )  and  that will help provide  continuity  for the club and the coaching  of pupils. 

Details on the Autumn  programme : - 

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Kenton Lawn Tennis Club is reopening

We hope that all our members at Kenton Sports Club are safe and well. It is great to see people back at the club playing tennis and holding cricket nets (however different from normal). We trust  all members will continue to behave  responsibly and anyone playing  is required  to  read and accept the rules set out  below. 

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Bar re-opening details.