46 Results for year: 2016

Christmas parties – done

The Ladies and Mens Christmas parties were well attended in the last couple of days. Some excellent tennis, some fine wine and great pies and beers. As ever thus. More

Live Blogging from the AGM

Hey there, AGM today. Sitting in the room at the moment. It's a pretty grim day.                   Ian and Chris sign off minutes.                 Ian, Chairman, talking about the year to date. Essex Club of ... More

Annual General Meeting – 12th November 15:30 (after Captain’s Caper)

Learn about the running of your club. The committee sits for you every quarter to discuss improvements and issues, and once a year we ask you to attend the annual general meeting so that you can hear what has been achieved and what is planned for next year.   Also it's a great time to mention any improvements you might wish to suggest. Come ... More

Social Saturdays

Fancy tea, maybe some cake too and some tennis in theoretical sunshine?  Then see below for remaining Saturdays for this year and who will be doing their tea duty and details of last two Captains' Caper for the year. Oct 15th Paula Steptoe   Oct 22nd Captain’s Caper Sarah O’Sullivan Chris Rastin Oct 29th Gary Nettlingham... More

Men – Save the date – 3rd December – Christmas tennis and lunch

This year’s Men’s Christmas lunch is being held on Saturday 3rd December – There will be tennis in the morning followed by lunch afterwards – please save the date in your diary. More

Singles Ladder Launched

We are creating a singles ladder for any male members that would like to play more competitive singles tennis as for most members the only time that they currently play singles competitively is in the club tournament. We are looking for players of all ability to join the ladder and are hoping to get a list of 20+ names – the more the merrier. Anyone ... More

Anniversary Tournament – the results

Congratulations to Clark Sargeant and Peter Mayell who got their names on the Anniversary Cup after winning a tight final round against Ian Gunn and Matt Hills. They won the final 5-4 (format was 9 games) on the last game whilst having to contend with some heavy rain!   This year's anniversary tournament was to celebrate the 97th Anniversary of ... More

The Summer House

Just in case you haven't managed to take a look at the new Summer House, I took some photos for you: More

Captain’s Caper this Saturday – 24th September

Hello everyone, Reminder -  it is Captains Caper this coming Saturday starting from 1pm;  Mark Feeley has kindly agreed to step in so you can be assured of some well matched, competitive sets of tennis. Refreshments will be provided and the weather forecast is good so what more could you wish for? Enjoy your tennis. More

Wimbledon opt-in open for 2017

NOW IS THE TIME FOR YOU TO OPT IN FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIPS, WIMBLEDON 2017. Wimbledon Ballot 2017 Opt In for The Championships, Wimbledon 2017 opens on 19 September. Opt In is open for five months to allow as many BTMs as possible to let the LTA know they’re interested in being at SW19 in 2017. So if you want to be in with a chance of ... More