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World Cup Tennis and BBQThank you to those involved in organising Monday's World Cup Tennis Tournament. The day was a lot of fun and the quality of the BBQ meat was better than what had previously been on offer at similar Club events. I think the event is worth a repeat. Submitted by: Graeme Childe, 2 June 2010. Booking of floodlit courtsI would like to endorse what Peter Woods said earlier in the year with regard to floodlit court bookings being difficult for many whose work or life patterns prevent booking. Also I agree wtih Mike Lill re the quality of our floodlights. I know a lot of new members are disappointed that it will be difficult for them to play tennis during the winter. We need more floodlit courts, especially with courts "out" for coaching on Mondays, and the last few weeks, for juniors at 6.30 on Wednesdays. Submitted by: Gill Barker, 4 October 2009. Court AvailabilityThrough this media I would like to thank Roy for negotiating and obtaining the excellent floodflit facillities at the LTA National Tennis Centre. The only downside for me is the comparison with the floodlights at Surbiton . I understand that the possibility of improving our lights is restricted by planning permission requirements but would love to see lower difused lights if only our neighbours would relent. Submitted by: Mike Lill, 25 September 2009. Return of the Plate competition and Roy's BarMyself and some fellow members, who faced an early exit from the top of the range closed tennis doubles tournament, wondered if it would be possible to have a return of the fine Plate this year? £12 for one game of tennis (on top of the membership fee) appears a bit steep given the economic downturn. Submitted by: Graeme Childe, 11 June 2009. Problems with Booking of Floodlit CourtsI presume that I am not alone in being unable to reserve a floodlit court. Unless you are on the phone at 9.30am or sitting on the PC hitting the refresh key, it seems that you have little hope. There does seem to be a 'hardcore' monopoly that reserve the premium courts (7 & 8), perhaps as the floodlit court season comes to an end it is time to reconsider how these courts can be more fairly distributed amongst those members whose work and home commitments mean that they are very limited to when they can use the clubs facilities? Submitted by: peter@woods-home.co.uk, 23 April 2009. |
