WELCOME TO OUR FIRST NEWSLETTER, BRINGING YOU UP TO DATE WITH ALL ASPECTS OF LLANTWIT MAJOR TENNIS CLUB
Extraordinary General Meeting
An EGM has been called for Monday 12th February 2018 to vote on an amendment to our clubs construction. It's a straightforward vote to make an amendment to out constitution so that we're eligible for certain grant applications. Please see links to Agenda and Appendix.
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The Meeting will be held in the Heritage Centre, Town Hall, starting at 7:30pm.
SOCIAL EVENTS
Bingo and Countdown night - Friday 23 February (7:00pm) at the rugby club
This promises to be full of fun and surprises. Entry costs £10 which includes Bingo tickets (6 games) and a buffet. As well as the Bingo there will be a Countdown event where Team Dawn will take on Team Kelly to be LMTC Countdown champion for 2018. As this is a fund raising event we will not be offering cash prizes and therefore if anyone has anything they are happy to contribute as a prize that would be very helpful. Pete and Jackie Rees are co-ordinating the buffet and if you are happy to assist by providing some food please let them know peter.rees14@sky.com. For coming events go to https://clubspark.lta.org.uk/LlantwitMajorTennisClub/Events/EventsList
Grand Slam Sweepstake Update
The Australian Open provided plenty of interest for those taking part in the Sweepstake, only 8 had drawn players who got through to the latter stages and picked up league points.The prize-winners are: Chris (Federer) and Sue G (Wozniacki). As well as winning prizes they acquired 16 points in the sweepstake league as did Dawn who was a losing finalist with Halep and a q-finalist with Berdych.
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| Mens | Women | Points |
| Chris | winner |
| 16 |
| Dawn | q-final | finalist | 16 |
| Sue G |
| winner | 16 |
| Jo & Ed | finalist |
| 12 |
| Neil & Helen | q-final | q-final | 8 |
| Jackie |
| q-final | 4 |
| Mel & Mali |
| q-final | 4 |
| Tom H | q-final |
| 4 |
The next Grand Slam is Roland Garros and if anyone else wishes to get involved in the sweepstake please contact Alan Day alanwday@hotmail.com
Wimbledon Ballot
Calling all British Tennis Members, the 23rd February 2018 is the last day to opt into the 2018 Wimbledon ballot. Even if you may not want tickets please opt in as this increases the club's overall ticket allocation, click the link to opt in, thank you. https://www.lta.org.uk/major-events/grand-slams/wimbledon/ballots/btm-ballots-home/
TENNIS NEWS
January Results
The Mixed Doubles firsts beat Llantrisant 3-1 and Rhiwbina 2-2 winning on games, with guest player Rob C, well done everyone! They have 2 more matches to play, both against Rhondda away on 11th Feb and home 17th Feb at 11am. There's a chance of promotion so all supporters are welcome!
The seconds braved rain and 43 mph winds to battle with Barry but lost 0-4.
Juniors
In a first for Llantwit Major Tennis Club, we have entered two junior teams into the Team Tennis league. Our 8&u’s (mixed) and our 18u (boys) will do battle with teams from other clubs in a short league season between May and July. Good luck to all and thank you to all players and supportive parents
Ladies
To celebrate International Women’s Day in March we are holding a Girls, Set & Match event at the club on Saturday 10thMarch for women and girls. We'd love to meet mum's, daughters, sisters & friends who want to play. Keep an eye on social media and the website news pages for more information or contact vickiseaton123@hotmail.com
COACHING NEWS
Tennis Camps are running on Tuesday 20th Feb 10am-1pm and is open to members and non-members. Tennis Camps are fun packed and great for beginners as well as existing junior players. Please book in advance so that we can know numbers in advance.
Our current group lessons will run into half term because we missed a week due to rain. Our next block of sessions then start from Sat 24th Feb. Players can turn up on a pay and play basis however our you can take advantage of our Early Bird Discount by booking online before the start date.
New Coach and Volunteer Training
LMTC successfully won a bid to fund the training of on court volunteers and coaching assistants. The club will host an Activators Course for adult volunteers and a Leaders Award for Teenagers. Both Courses will be free for members to attend and it will be opened up to teachers and students in the local schools.
The Club is also looking to train two members to become Level 1 Tennis Coaching Assistants. It is a 3 day course that includes both practical and theory tennis coaching assessments. The qualification is the first step on the coaching ladder and qualifies the individual to assist a lead coach within a coaching session. We will require each candidate to contribute £50 towards the £230 course fee and pay back to the club in volunteer hours in the tennis programme.
She Rallies is a Women and Girls initiative created by Judy Murray. The club is looking for women and girls aged 16 or over from either the club or a local school to volunteer to attend a free 3 hour training course. In return the venue will receive free equipment to run a minimum of one 6 week introductory tennis session for women & girls.
If you are interested in any of the above please contact Rob Cunningham via email info@valetennisacademy.co.uk