Groombridge Tennis Club.

We have plenty of planned activities for all members most days of the week:  club organised friendly mix-ins (Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays); club tournaments and ladders; inter-club matches ; junior camps, tournaments and mix-ins in the holidays; junior and adult coaching with Le Tennis.  Refer to our club calendar on this website for more information.       

HORAM  LEAGUE  Fantastic results for the Horam League teams. Our 2nd team came top of division 3,  and will be promoted to division 2 next year. 1st team came 2nd in division 1 (beaten by half a point by Cross-in-Hand). Well done to all players, and to the team captains Dave Hankey & Lee Savage.

Coaching for adults and children with Le Tennis is being offered:   email: [email protected] call: 01825 760926

HANDICAP TOURNAMENT - do sign up for the Doubles Tournament on Sunday 26th September 

 GTC SINGLES LADDER        We are pleased to offer members the opportunity to play friendly singles matches against other members through a new singles ladder on an App called Sportch.  The GTC Summer Singles Tournament continues until the end of September. If you haven't already downloaded the free app please download it asap to get started. All matches registered during August and September will be recorded in this competition and prizes will be given at the end of September to the ladder leader, the most improved player and to the player who has completed the most matches. You can play matches in whatever format you and your opponent decide, anything from 1 set to 5 sets counts. Give it a go!

RACKET  RESTRINGING  - Club member Mark Pepper is now offering racket restringing & regripping service. Please contact him directly on by email [email protected].

 INTRODUCTION

Groombridge Tennis Club is a friendly family oriented tennis club set in beautiful countryside. Founded in 2000 the club has three tarmacadam all weather courts and a brand new artificial clay court.* Our clubhouse has a club room, toilet and changing facilities and a kitchen. We are an LTA registered venue. We have club sessions on Wednesday evenings and Friday mornings for adults, plus a weekly ladies morning on a Wednesday.

Junior coaching is run on Thursday &  Friday evenings, and Saturday mornings during term time, with holiday camps during school holidays.   It is intended that juniors will have their own club night after Easter.

During the summer months we field two teams in the Horam League, run a full club tournament and a handicapped tournament.  We run various mix ins and have a vibrant social scene.

Membership benefits include :

Access to courts at no additional cost
Access to club house facilities
Club closed annual championships
Opportunity to represent the club in interclub competions
Discount at The Sports Shop, TW Indoor Sports Centre
GTC Venue Wimbledon Ticket Ballot 

* We continue to develop and upgrade our facilities and are extremely grateful to the following organisations who have provided financial grants to our club:

Wealden District Council,  Withyham Parish Council, Gatwick Airport Community Trust and Sport England.

Our Committee is dedicated to running the club for the benefit of its members.  Please contact them on any issue on [email protected]

2020/21 Committee

President - Becky Allan 

Membership Sec. - Sam Phillips  

Treasurer - Andrew Merriman

Secretary - Mark Powderham

Junior Organiser - Becky Allan

Welfare Officer  -  Sam Phillips

Nick Allan

David Hankey

Steven James

Debbie Robson

Penny Savage

Lee Savage