August 2024 Newsletter 

General

Defibrillator -  relocation to outside the clubhouse by the main entrance. Code 1234 

Tennis Court Benches  - the new tennis court benches have arrived.Still opportunities for anyone wishing to purchase a bench to do so. £300. Please contact Nige Lomas. 07768 803739.

(From the photo it doesn't look like they will blow away!)

Thank you to the following for their donations  J Gleave, N Lomas, S Crawford, R VanderHorst, Willows dental practice & the Allnatt family.

Club Kit - Ready for the next season - any members / teams wanting to order club merchandise please contact Wendy / Max Tew / Mike Woozley to put in orders.  Some items already in stock: Shorts / T shirts / Hoodies and Rain Jackets. Available to try on Club Tennis Finals day.  

Events 

14th September - Club Tennis  Finals Day- All members are invited to another club event to celebrate the end of the Tennis Championships. 

Finals start @ 12  and club BBQ @ 6pm. Tickets available £8pp.  Full details to follow.  All members welcome. 

22nd Sept -Sunday  2.00 - 4.00 Annual Ladies American Doubles Tournament in aid of Marie Curie Care

No entry fee - donations please on the day , Raffle + Cake sale 

4 places remaining - thanks Heulwen  07503219961

13th October - West Glam Open Squash tournament. Poster around club for details 

9th Nov - Junior Squash Tournament - Run by Squash Wales 

Tennis 

Championships update - we are entering the last rounds of this year's very successful competition. This has grown from strength to strength over the last 2 years Well done everyone involved. 

More players needed for the American doubles on Sunday 8th September. Contact Dave Williams if interested / enter online under events.. 

Cwmdonkin Park - Ace tennis has been successful in being granted the tender for tennis provision at Cwmdonkin park as part of the LTA development programme. This should relieve some of the pressure on our courts as some coaching will move off site. 

Juniors news 

Welsh Junior champions- 

Lily Thomas won the 14s and 16s girls doubles. and Jacob Pearson won the 14s and 18s boys doubles. Congratulations both.

Squash 

Racket ball 

Gauging the interest in racketball leagues as there is an increase in the number of players participating. Contact Bill Scott  (wds747@outlook.com  or  07983982294) if interested in joining a league and/or helping to run it.  

Masters Squash news 

Proud to be part of the Small Nations Cup winners at Amsterdam in the  World Squash Masters Championship. The event is aimed at celebrating achievements of the Smaller nations and  eligibility is fewer than 10 competitors.   Wales fielded 7 players, and competed against Guyana, Singapore, Hong Kong and Switzerland amongst others. 2 silver medals (035 Stacey Gooding and 065 Jll Campion ) clinched the points to secure the cup for Wales for the first time.  

England with over 100 players took the Large Nations Cup (again) !

Thanks to 

All those working hard behind the scenes to keep the club running - litter picking, hole drilling, hedge clipping, clay sweeping  defib repadding, bed weeding, kit selling, bench buying  …  you know who you are - Thank you. 

Nearly New Kit : sales have raised over £100 for the club funds. Thanks to all who have donated and worked on the retail side.

To all members… Please send any to Wendy any pieces of information for future newsletters - I am sure there are lots of success stories we could share with members.