AFFILIATED TO THE KENT COUNTY LTA

Home Ground: Barnet Wood Road, Hayes, Bromley, Kent BR2 7AA   
Tel: 020 8462 3430

Website : www.hayeskenttennis.org.uk

Email: enquiries@hayeskenttennis.org.uk

Chairman and Membership Secretary     Felicity Crowther  

I would like to welcome all current and new members to the New Tennis Year which starts on April 1^st 2011.

We will be offering a full programme of sporting and social events as listed below, and invite you to participate as much as possible and enjoy the club and all its facilities to the full.

Thank you to all members who attended the AGM in February to enjoy the Cheese and Wine and listen to the updates from Committee members on the progress made by the club on the inter club tournaments and the overall financial situation. The courts continue to play very well, although the top three are starting to need minor repair work which will be carried out in the near future. Once this is completed, they should be good for another 2-3 years before we need re-lay the surface on these three courts.

During the winter, and it was only the deep snow that stopped members from enjoying their regular tennis ‘fix’, Club sessions have generally been well attended throughout summer and winter, and all matches have been completed, mostly with the result in our favour, and with 4 teams being promoted. So thank you to all members who regularly turn up and play and thank you to all the various organisers, captains and coaches for their devotion to duty, and ensuring a successful previous year that we are sure will be repeated in 2011.

We list below the facilities that are available to club members:

• Six all weather courts, (three with floodlights) all with the same type of Astroturf carpet which provide a comfortable and consistent playing surface.
• Regular ‘turn up and play’ club sessions where the emphasis is on friendly competition, with the added enjoyment of winding down with social drinks in the clubhouse bar’ during the imminent summer season.
• Internal club tournaments that enable club members to compete against each other in events such as our very popular Spring and Autumn American tournaments (finished off with a well deserved barbecue and drinks) and the annual club tournament which takes place in June/July.
• Club representative matches in the Kent and North Kent leagues. As always we have entered a variety of teams to enable players to enjoy matches against other clubs.
• Coaching sessions, our qualified club coaches will continue to offer individual and group sessions; we are pleased to be able to continue with our Wednesday novice club evenings, the first six of which (from 18^th May to 15^th June) will be attended by a club coach with group coaching at no charge. These sessions have proved very popular and, after the free coaching sessions, have been continued during the summer and winter with the coaches being paid for their services by the members attending.
• Social Events which enable club members and friends to get together off the courts and participate in enjoyable evenings such as a quiz, barn dance or curry nights.
• The Clubhouse Bar remains central to all sections who share the grounds (rugby, cricket and badminton as well as our own tennis section) and offers Sky Sports available on 4 screens.

This year our Wimbledon Ticket Ballot will take place on Sunday 15^th May and conform to the same rules introduced last year whereby our allocation is based on numbers of members who have joined British Tennis, as is individual qualification to enter the ballot.

We always welcome new members, regardless of playing standard, so please encourage your friends and colleagues to join us. Please ask them to give me call on 01689-856460 or use the email address above. With best wishes;

Felicity Crowther