September Newsletter:

The latest news from across the club to keep all members updated.

Club Championships

The finals of the club championships and the plate finals were held on Saturday September 10th.   On the day the weather was great and all the spectators who came along to the finals were treated to a very high standard of play.   Congratulations to all our finalists across the games played.  Results and pictures can be seen below: 

Ladies Singles - F Liddell bt J Horsburgh (6-0, 5-7, 6-2)

Mens Singles - S Whitton bt D Horsburgh (6-1, 6-1)

Ladies Doubles - F Liddell / S Young bt L McKay / C Scotland (6-1, 6-1)

The Mixed doubles final between Derek and Jodie Horsburgh versus Maureen and Sam Girdwood will be played on Saturday October 1st at 12pm.  Due to injury the date for the Mens doubles is still to be finalised. 

Plate Finals:

Mixed Doubles - D Dodds / D Gosden bt P Stewart / M Stewart (6-1, 6-2)

Mens Singles - B Harkins bt A Carruthers (7-6, 7-5)

Ladies Doubles - C Reid / D Godsen bt S Robertson / M Girdwood (6-3, 6-3)

Mens Doubles - D Dodds / R Gibson (match not played)

The club Junior Championships were held on Saturday 20th August. Again a great day was had by all and results can be seen below.  Also thanks to all those who attended on the day and raised additional funds for the club defibrillator.

18u Girls Singles - Katie Sandilands

18u Boys Singles - Reian Stewart

10u Child / Adult Doubles - Rachel and John Harris

Girls Doubles - Lucy Mackay and Samantha Harris

Boys Doubles - Coby Stewart and Olly Marshall

Mixed Doubles - Claire Scotland and Callum Hand

Defibrillator:

After some hard work and efforts from our members we have now purchased and fitted a defibrillator at the club.  This followed a successful application to the St. Johns Community Fund. Training in the use of the defibrillator has been scheduled in for Wednesday 28th September and will be provided by St. Johns.   Please let us know if you would like to attend this training.

Visitor Fees:

Members should note that there are fees due when bringing visitors to the club to play.

Costs are £2 for a junior and £5 for an adult, per visit.  The current arrangement is a maximum of 3 visits per year.  Money should be paid into the grey honesty box situated on the wall next to the ladies changing room. 

Floodlights:

Due to the increasing costs of electricity we will be monitoring the usage of our floodlights.  Please take care to ensure that they are not being used longer than they need to and also ensure when you are the only court playing that you do not have all floodlights on. 

Ladies Tennis Team News:

Huge congratulations to our Ladies vets teams.  Both teams have earned promotion in the East of Scotland Vets Leagues.  Our 1st team have been promoted to Division 1 and our 2nd team have been promoted to Division 2.

Mens and Ladies Nights:

Please be advised that our bookings for the mens and ladies nights have been moved to the top 3 courts (courts 3-5) and will be from 6pm - 8pm.

Dates for the Diaries:

Sunday 25th September - Ann Struther Quaich

This is a lanzarote style tournament where you play short games with different partners.  Entry details will be posted on Clubspark and is limited to 20 members.

Wednesday 16th November - Club AGM (venue to be confirmed)

All full paying adult members welcome. We are always on the look out for new committee members to bring new ideas to the club.  Looking for people interested in helping with social events / tournaments / social media but all help greatly appreciated.