News and events

Social Mon, 19 Apr 2021

New Thursday evening social tennis

We have started a new Thursday evening social session for members which will run each week unless there is a match arranged

Club Fri, 26 Mar 2021

Club AGM minutes

Southwell Lawn Tennis Club held its Annual General Meeting this week and the minutes of the meeting, which includes the reports, have now been published. We are please to announce that we have a new chairman!

Club Tue, 23 Mar 2021

Club AGM reports

Due to COVID restrictions, this year's AGM will be held over Zoom. An email invitation has been sent to all members. We have also published on this website the report that will be discussed.

Club Tue, 16 Mar 2021

Tennis Ball Machine

We are pleased to announce that the club now has a tennis ball machine for all members to use once the courts re-open again on March 29. One of our members, who does not wish to be named, has kindly donated a new Spinshot Player hi-spin machine, which is suitable for players of all abilities.

Club Mon, 22 Feb 2021

Tennis to start again from March 29

Tennis will start up again from 29 March after the Government published its roadmap for the easing of lockdown restrictions. This will mean that the courts will be open from this date and recreational tennis will be able to take place once more, including singles and doubles, subject to the rule of six.

Club Tue, 05 Jan 2021

Lockdown: Courts closed again

We are regrettably having to close Southwell Lawn Tennis Club courts once again after the announcement of a new national lockdown. This means that members cannot use the courts under any circumstances and all coaching, competition and social sessions will have to stop with immediate effect.

Club Wed, 30 Dec 2020

New Tier 4 restrictions come into force

New restrictions to play have come into force (31/12/20) after the announcement that Nottinghamshire has entered Tier 4

Club Thu, 17 Dec 2020

New social session on Thursday

We are starting a new Thursday evening social session from 6pm-8pm following a number of requests from members. The sessions will start with immediate effect. We have also launched a short survey for you to provide feedback on our current social sessions so that we can try and make our great club even better.

Club Thu, 10 Dec 2020

Covid Tier 3 update

Update from the LTA on the restrictions that are in force for tennis for clubs in Tier 3. The LTA have now received clarification from the government that the four counties in the East Midlands Tier 3 are to be treated as separate Tier 3 areas in their own right. As such, players should avoid travel out of their home county.

Club Fri, 27 Nov 2020

Courts to re-open from Dec 2

We are pleased to announce that tennis will be allowed once again from Wednesday December 2. However, as Nottinghamshire is in Tier 3, we will need to adhere to some additional restrictions to make sure that members stay safe. The LTA has summarised the restrictions in a useful table.