Stapleford Tennis Club

STC Report for the Annual Stapleford Parish Council (SPC) Meeting

April 2025 

The 2024 to 2025 season was largely positive for Stapleford Tennis Club (STC), with many hours of tennis played and coached by Club coach Angelica Fachechi, as well as STC members and Pay-2-Play MUGA users. Local Netball and Shelford & Stapleford (SASS) football teams continue to use the MUGA regularly.  

No safeguarding incidents were reported for the year.  Two accidents were recorded comprising a sprained wrist and twisted ankle due to standing on a ball.  STC notes that there have been far fewer slips since ETC has commenced professional cleaning at the MUGA, supplemented by STC Committee cleaning. 

Meanwhile STC’s LTA Venue Registration was renewed in November 2024 for the year.  

STC took over management of the MUGA from SPC under the terms of an interim licence running from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025; the licence gives STC responsibility for managing operation and maintenance of the MUGA and tracking costs of running the MUGA for a year.  The objective of this interim arrangement is to allow SPC to price future STC/ SPC licences appropriately, with licence costs comprising MUGA operation, maintenance and an annual contribution to a “sinking fund” (reserve) to pay for MUGA resurfacing when this is required.  As such, any net income accrued by STC during the 2024-’25 year will be restored to SPC once STC accounts are finalised, to be placed into SPC’s MUGA “sinking” reserve fund.   We look forward to discussing this and the arrangements for the 2025-’26 season with SPC.