April 2024 Newsletter 

Photos of club events are also available on the club's Facebook and Instagram accounts. 

Volunteers Day

A superb turnout of members and the sunshine. Over 40 members worked around the club to spruce it up  …….. Huge thank you.

Varsity - A successful event that saw hundreds of students watching and playing tennis and squash - and quenching their thirsts. 

Special thanks go to the bar staff and bouncers! 

Membership packages update 

Following the AGM a review of membership fees and categories was undertaken by David Allnatt, Stuart Anderson, Iwan Hughes, Jenny Burrows, and Helen Dougherty.

Due to the high number of current members, it was decided that the new membership incentive had achieved its goal of increasing membership, and it was time to remove this new membership incentive while the agreement with the members on the existing deal.

It was also agreed that we would merge student membership with young membership up to the age of 24.  Young members membership from 24-30 would be increased from £11 pcm to £16.50 pcm starting from September 2024.  We believe this still offers excellent value for money.

A further review of pay and play will be undertaken by Stuart Anderson and the group and will be reported back to the committee shortly.

Closing the new member application process was also considered as we are at capacity but it was agreed to keep it open subject to ongoing review along with membership retention and court usage.

Congratulations to all the Masters/Seniors members who represented Wales in tennis or squash over the past few weeks. 

Forum - the management will start to host open forum events throughout the year for suggestions on club development— details to follow. 

Events 

Wine Tasting May 10th a  few tickets are still available 

Tennis 

Seniors Open last weekend. - Thank you to E Lightbody who organised a successful open tournament over the Bank Holiday weekend.  To Gareth Lewis for being the tournament organiser Michaela and the team for providing the food and all the players and supporters who made this event successful.  This has paved the way for future events. 

Our Ball Machine - is available for anyone who wants to practice. It is easy to use and good fun!

Squash

Summer League Squash  2nd year is up and running thanks to David Allnatt and Cameron White for running it this year. 

Juniors - Congratulations to Noah off to Porto to represent Wales in squash U 15’s. 

Play-Offs 

The Premier One Annual champion playoff will be between Swansea A and Rhiwbina A to be held at Sofia Gardens on Thursday 9th May at 7.20 p.m.and Spectators for this exciting night of squash are welcome.

Interesting fact! - In the final match of the A team the club fielded a 100% Lefthanded side - and won! 

Junior Team event - Noah, James and Issac played in a Junior squash team event.

Finally 

Thank you to 

Sandra Crawford for donating equipment to the club.

Steve Tett for working on improving the Ladies Showers. 

All volunteers as always - Thank you.