Club Updates & Club Finals Day Date Change

ETIQUETTE - With the growing membership and court usage please be respectful of other members/players and remember court etiquette - before entering courts to always wait for a break in play (end of a game) or players on court letting you enter to cross the courts.

COURT ACCESS - Please avoid using the gate of court 2 to access court 1.  The 4-digit code on the court 1 padlock should be entered across the top row of numbers and not middle row.

JUNIOR SUCCESS - Several of our Junior members recently competed in the Oxfordshire County Tennis Festival held at North Oxford Tennis Club.  Owen Ashton competed in the U9 Boys, Shanaya Yasin in the U9 Girls, Ayden Yasin U10 Boys and Sebastian Sheldon U10 Boys.  All the Juniors competed over and above expectations.  Kicking things off with Owen Ashton just missing out on a consolation semi final spot by only a matter of points - his game has come on leaps and bound this summer.  Shanaya Yasin missed out on the final spot after having to play back to back quarter final and semi-final matches eventually coming 3rd winning her playoff match in fantastic style.  Older brother Ayden Yasin competed well in the U10s unfortunately just missed out on a consolation final spot losing in the 3rd set tiebreak 10-8.  Last but by no means least Sebastian Sheldon who won the U10s Boys in amazing style just losing 3 games all tournament he then went on to win the boys doubles.  Well done Seb and all our juniors who competed a great achievement.

Club Championships - FINALS DAY NOW SATURDAY 30TH SEPTEMBER

Kicking off in style at the start of summer the championships has once again delivered!  The results as of Friday 25th August are below and there has already some upsets as well as long 3 setters with one going into a second evening. Can you guess which one?

Vets Doubles
Peter Fennelly & Andrew Grant def. Dougles Duguid & Nick Hudec: 6-2, 6-2

Matches To Be Played

Dominic Scott & Jeremy Wright vs Colin Main & Jim Neale - deadline overdue

Semi Final - John Tamplin & Robert Dickie vs winner of above - deadline 16th September

Semi Final - Tom Tuite Dalton & Simon Perry vs Peter Fennelly & Andrew Grant - deadline 16th September

Mixed Doubles
1st Round - Sarah Mclean & Rob Friend def. Flo Wakely & Tom Francis: 2-6, 6-2, 6-4

1st Round - Verity Hallam & Matt Hallam def. Fiona Huggard & Daniel Barr: 7-5, 6-4

Quarter Final - Beatrice Friend & Julian Mclean def. Hannah Thomson & Sam Colder: 6-2, 6-4

Quarter Final - Natalie Wakefield & John Tamplin def. Sarah Mclean & Rob Friend: 6-3, 6-1

Quarter Final - Verity Hallam & Matt Hallam def. Charlotte Turner & Simon Perry: 6-4, 6-0

Matches To Be Played

Quarter Final - Pam Saker & James Cudd vs Jessica Craig & Paul Ulrich - deadline 4th September

Semi Final - Beatrice Friend & Julian Mclean vs winner of above - deadline 18th September

Semi Final - Natalie Wakefield & John Tamplin vs Verity Hallam & Matt Hallam -  deadline 18th September

Women's Doubles
Beatrice Friend & Sarah Mclean def. Laura Gater & Nia Ashton: 6-2, 6-4

Pam Saker & Jessica Craig def. Jacqueline Lochrin & Julia Welburn: 6-1, 6-0

Sarah O'Connor & Cath Walker def. Hannah Wilson & Lucy Willson: 6-1, 6-2

Matches To Be Played

Quarter Final - Natalie Wakefield & Fiona Huggard vs Charlotte Gater & Natlie Postlethwaite - deadline overdue

Semi Final - Beatrice Friend & Sarah Mclean vs winner of above- deadline 16th September

Semi Final - Pam Saker & Jessica Craig vs Sarah O'Connor & Cath Walker - deadline 16th September

Women's Doubles Plate
Matches To Be Played

Semi Final - Loser of Quarter Final Above vs Laura Gater & Nia Ashton - deadline 16th September

Semi Final - Jacqueline Lochrin & Julia Welburn vs Hannah Wilson & Lucy Willson - deadline 16th September

Men's Doubles
1st Round - Robert Dickie & Rafe Dickie def. Tim Bianek & Dominic Scott: 6-4 7-5

1st Round - James Cudd & David Hunte def. Peter Fennelly & Nick Hudek: 6-3, 6-1

1st Round - Jeremy Wright & Andy Tonks def. Tom Tuite Dalton & Chris Ward: No Score provided

1st Round - Max Miles-Thomas & Rob Friend def. Gordon Stoddard & Phil Ashton: 6-0, 2-0 retirement

1st Round - Tom Scott & Fred Clifford def. Daniel Barr & Piers Barnett: No Score Provided

1st Round - Levi McAndrew-Brown & Julian Mclean def. John Tanplin & Paul Ulrich: No Score Provided

1st Round - Matt Hallam & Paul Cantrill def. Tom Raynor & Simon Perry: 6-1, 2-6, 7-6

Quarter Final - Jim Neale & Andrew Grant def. Robert Dickie & Rafe Dickie: 7-5, 1-6, 6-4

Quarter Final - Max Miles-Thomas & Rob Friend W/O Tom Scott & Fred Clifford

Quarter Final - Levi McAndrew Brown & Julian Mclean def. Matt Hallam & Paul Cantrill: 4-6, 6-2, 6-0

Matches To Be Played

Quarter Final - James Cudd & David Hunte vs Jeremy Wright & Andy Tonks - deadline 4th September

Semi Final - Jim Neale & Andrew Grant vs winner of above - deadline 18th September

Semi Final - Max Miles-Thomas & Rob Friend vs Levi McAndrew Brown & Julian Mclean - deadline 18th September

Men's Doubles Plate
Matches To Be Played

Quarter Final - Peter Fennelly & Nick Hudec vs Tom Tuite Dalton & Chris Ward - deadline 4th September

Quarter Final - John Tamplin & Paul Ulrich vs Tom Raynor & Simon Perry - deadline 4th September

Women's Singles
Quarter Final - Beatrice Friend def. Flo Wakely: 7-6, 7-5

Semi Final - Beatrice Friend def. Natalie Wakefield: 7-5, 6-4

Matches To Be Played

Semi Final - Pam Saker vs Lizzie Miles - deadline 16th September

Men's Singles
1st Round - Tom Tuite Dalton def. Julian Mclean: 6-0, 6-1

1st Round - Henry Eleyin-Bingham def. Edwin Malpass: 7-6, 6-2

1st Round - Robert Dickie def. Daniel Barr: 6-4, 6-4

1st Round - Jeremy Wright W/O Russell Gibson

1st Round - Julian Milne def. Chris Ward

1st Round - David Hunte def. Andrew Grant 6-3. 3-6, 6-4

1st Round - Tim Bianek def. Charlie Ferber

1st Round - Tom Francis def. Piers Barnett: 3-6, 6-2, 6-1

1st Round - Peter Fennelly def. Pawel Pozniak

1st Round - Matt Hallam def. Barry Duggan: 6-0, 6-1

1st Round - John Tamplin def. Paul Ulrich: 6-3, 6-1

1st Round - Levi Mc-Adrew Brown def. Charlie Friend: 6-2, 6-3

1st Round - Rob Friend def. Nick Hudek: 6-7, 7-5, 7-5

2nd Round - Max Miles-Thomas def. Tom Tuite Dalton: 6-0, 6-0

2nd Round - Tim Bianek def. Tom Francis: 6-1, 6-2

2nd Round - Matt Hallam def. Peter Fennelly 3-6, 6-3, 6-4

2nd Round - Levi McAndrew-Brown def. John Tamplin: 6-1, 6-2

2nd Round - Tom Scott def. Rob Friend: 6-0. 6-1

Quarter Final - Tom Scott def. Levi McAndrew-Brown: 6-3, 6-0

Matches To Be Played

2nd Round* - Henrey Eleyin-Bingham vs Robert Dickie - deadline overdue

2nd Round** - Jeremy Wright vs Julian Milne - deadline overdue

2nd Round*** - David Hunte vs James Cudd - deadline overdue

Quarter Final - Max Miles-Thomas vs winner of 2nd Round* - deadline 3rd September

Quarter Final - Winner 2nd Round** vs Winner 2nd Round***- deadline 3rd September

Quarter Final - Tim Bianek vs Matt Hallam - deadline 3rd September

Men's Singles Plate
Matches To Be Played

1st Round - Edwin Malpass vs Daniel Barr - deadline overdue

1st Round - Russell Gibson vs Chris Ward - deadline overdue

1st Round - Charlie Ferber vs Piers Barnett - deadline overdue

1st Round - Pawel Pozniak vs Barry Duggan - deadline overdue

1st Round - Paul Ulrich vs Charlie Friend - deadline overdue

Finals Day
U18 Girls = Flo Wakeley vs Millie Hallam

U18 Boys = Tom Francis vs Oliver Hewes

U14 Boys = Sebastian Sheldon vs Ayden Yasin

Women Singles = Beatrice Friend vs TBC

We look forward to seeing you at FINALS DAY SATURDAY 30TH SEPTEMBER

HTC Committee Minutes - July 2023

Henley Tennis Club [‘HTC’] Committee Meeting
Date:	26th July 2023
Venue:	Bird in Hand
Attendees:	Colin Main, Chair John Tamplin, Facilities Manager Mike Pugsley, Treasurer Dan Barr, Membership Secretary Tom Scott, Head Coach Jeremy Wright, Match Secretary Julian Evans, Communications Officer
Apologies	Fred Clifford: Secretary, Allen Levy: Special Ops
Time:	Started: 20:00, Ended: 22:00

Current membership: 382

Facilities - Lights and surfacing progress Repair fence posts on court 3/4. Replace with sturdy round ones like bottom court. Repair fence clips on courts 1 and 3 Court issues on new courts 1 and 2, court concrete kerbs breaking up, court slippery. Need to get contractors down to see and fix. Suggested alarm for doors being left open. No agreement as could be difficult. Suggested signs on courts 1,2,3, to ask members to check club doors prior to leaving, and communication to members to remind them to check prior to leaving. ACTION - JE Master set of keys required to go to Jim Neal for, club house doors, club House windows, coach Storage. ACTION - JT CM reminded all about the club contacts via Google Contacts List. CM to show John T ACTION - CM Club house tables and chairs… Tom to follow up. ACTION - TS Court cleaning. Last cleaned Oct. ACTION - TS Weed killer needed on courts. ACTION - TS Grounds update. To be completed. Plus carpark. ACTION - JT

Membership – Dan B Latest membership stats. From Dan. Growing club. Prob higher than last year. Revenue up 8-10%. Audit of unpaid members. To be done. ACTION - DB Leavers survey. To be done. ACTION - DB Renewal update. See Stats sheets. ACTION - DB New price membership packages to be created. ACTION - DB/CM Invoices for Invesco. Col and Dan to chase ACTION - DB/CM

Coaching – Tom S Date for completion of Levi’s coaching. ACTION - TS All good. Good numbers. ACTION - TS

Communications Officer – Julian Evans Checking inbox required more regularly. ACTION - JE Whats app group. Flier to say about joining. ACTION - JE Remove weather info from club session ACTION - JE

Next Lease - ALL Date for start of discussions. Lease runs out end of Feb 2033. Start discussions start of 2024 . Maybe get to governors meeting. Suggested we find out how other organisations connect with the governers.

Club Events Planned. Finals day Sept 23rd. Return trophies by end of August. Comms required by JE and TS ACTION - JE/TS 22nd inter school finals day. Press release. LTA President for Oxford will attend. Social organiser found at the end of meeting. Need name? ACTION - DB Xmas meal needs planning. ACTION - CM

Welfare Officer – Col M Nothing to report. Move all notice board notes to a folder

Health and Safety – Col M I suggest that we ask all injuries to be reported via the book and via email. Find book, for injuries book. Send out message re-injuries add to blog. ACTION - JE/TS

Teams – Jeremy W No report.

Accounts – Mike P Current bank £33,000 approx. Any planned big expenditure. Just Toms invoices. Looked quickly at 10 year projection figures. Going forward, need collated hard copy expenses for Mike P.

AOB Ball machine booking ACTION - CM Suggested AGM for prize giving. Thursday club session. October half term change of club sessions for Winter program.

Club Championship No issues? Date of finals set. Volunteers for finals. To be sourced. ACTION - CM/JT

New Ball Machine Booking Process.

 We are offering a booking system for the clubs ball machine, via court bookings.

 

When you book the ball machine you will also need to book a court to use it on. 

 

The machine must not be used on the practice court.

 

The machine can only be booked by adults, 18+ years.

 

This is an expensive item and can only be booked out by members who have completed a course given by our Head Coach Tom Scott, a small fee will be required.

 

You can also watch a training video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJEB-sN5UfM

 

There are lots of videos on youtube to help you with slinger tennis drills.

 

When you book out the ball machine you will be given the information as to how to unlock the machine. It will be your responsibility to make sure that it is locked after you have finished with it.

 

The machine can be dangerous if not used correctly and with care. It will be the bookers responsibility to ensure that they use the machine as directed following all safety advice. The booker uses the machine at their own risk.

 

If you would like to use the ball machine then please contact Tom Scott, via  info@mysportspro.co.uk . to arrange your course, before you book the ball machine for the first time.

HTC Committee Minutes - March 2023

Henley Tennis Club [‘HTC’] Committee Meeting
Date:	21/3/2023
Venue:	Bird in Hand
Attendees:	Colin Main (CM) John Tamplin (JT) Tom Scott (TS) Daniel Barr (DB) Jeremy Wright Julian Evans Mike Pugsley
Apologies	Alan Levy, Fred Clifford (FC),
Time:	Started 8pm - Meeting ended 9:50pm

Club House, doors, tables, chairs New club house doors were discussed, and all agreed to proceed. JT to follow up. As the new doors will be accessed via a key, we need a new easy to open lock box for the key. JT to follow up. John T advised that to have the gates lockable on courts 3,4,5 we will need a welder to close the gap between the gate and the frame. JT/JE to follow up. All agreed to proceed with purchase of new smaller table for the club house. Tables to only be purchased after doors are fitted. We will use the existing club house chairs for the time being TS to source. Potentially get rid of table that site next to toilet JT/TS to follow up. Dan B suggested a float in club house. Snacks for purchase in club house. Honesty basket for money. All to review.

Rotting court bench It has been reported that we have a rotting bench on court 2. All agreed to look at replacing with plastic replacement. Agreed to move rotting bench to outside court 2 JT/TS to follow up.

Coffee machine Dan gave an update on costs, and proposed that we buy our own based on cost. Pays for itself in 3 years, £1200 buy, replenish supplies every 3 months. Buy a card reader at £80. 10 cups will pay for itself in 2 years, profit year 3. All agreed to purchase. Use club house cups to start with Free drinks for matches Test card reader first. All agreed. DB to follow up.

Events Date still to be advised for Play Your Way to Wimbledon

Club House Stock Purchases TS advised that a discussion was in place to have a shop for Alan (Henley Sports) at Club House, sale of Balls, dampeners, grips, etc. TS to follow up.

Membership Dan B and Col M to cover off membership invites for the new year, DB and JE to discuss message out to members advising the membership fees will go up at the end of May for any renewals at that time. Dan B suggested to survey 8 questions, why do people leave? Action this 1 months after renewal. DB to follow up.

Club Keys It was agreed that we need to full new batches. One as a backup and one to be held by John T. The back-up could be held by local resident. JT to follow up.

Club Accounts Mike advised new version due to 2022/2023 figures not in correct boxes. John T to send excel version to me, new version to be posted on to the club blog. JT / CM to follow up.

Communication Task Membership Court schedule for summer, Thursday still to go ahead. From Thursday 4th April, 2 courts 1 & 2 initially. Julian asked for terminology clarification, Womens or Ladies JE/TS to confirm.

Teams 5 teams in the summer, 2 oxon men, 2 berks men, 1 ladies berks Dominic will captain extra team. Winter league came 4th Div 1. Winter Oxon Div 5 promoted.

Club Nights Thursday still to go ahead. From Thursday 4th April, 2 courts 1 & 2 initially. Col M to send the message he drafted to Julian for communicating to the membership on how club sessions work. CM to follow up.

Amazon prime tennis initiative Tom selected to run program, funded by Amazon. Seb Sheldon selected for County Cup. Funding from Tennis Oxfordshire deliver schools festival coaching and Finals Day.

Special note: Col M suggested that we need to publish all info and questions before the meeting so that we can proceed through the meeting fasted to stick to a one-hour meeting.

NEW Summer Holiday Junior Camps

With the Summer Holidays not so far away Head Coach Tom will be running Camps which have been adapted to suit all age groups.

The new improved bookings allows parents to book into specific age groups 

• 4-6, 
• 7-9, 
• 10-12 and 
• 13+ 

We hope that this will give parents confidence to know that their child will be with children of the same/similar age.

Junior members also get discounted sessions compared to non-members.

For more information view the flyer attached or contact Tom directly on 07795562292 or email info@mysportspro.co.uk.

To book visit www.mysportspro.co.uk

We look forward to seeing you.

For more information, download the 2023 SUMMER TENNIS CAMPS Dates & Times flyer

Henley Tennis Club session WhatsApp group - HTC Club Sessions official

If you're not already a member of the WhatsApp group, please do join as it's a great resource to communicate with fellow club members and gauge interest for Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday club sessions. SEARCH: HTC Club Sessions official.

Times: Tuesday & Thursday 6:30pm - 9pm and Sunday 10:30am - 1pm

Rules:
Club sessions are social doubles play. Players are expected to mix in.

In order to minimise delays and ensure straightforward switchovers, we've recently introduced a random selection process - court numbers will be drawn to select players into 4's at the start of the session and at every switchover. Numbers are for court allocation and pairings (first two of same number are pairs vs the second two of same number).

If there are 6 players or more in attendance, 8 games should be played and then a compulsory change must occur.

If the top courts are in use, players on the lower courts should keep playing until sessions on the top courts have finished and are ready to switchover.

A poll is sent the day before each club session in order to gauge attendance. Priority is given to those responding to poll.

Please do join the WhatsApp group: HTC Club Sessions official

2023 Spring Update

We have made it through the first ever winter season under the floodlights!

The club's offering has grown substantially and we are ready to welcome the warmer weather & lighter evenings. 

We have plenty to look forward to this summer with club events and competitions, which are all in the planning, details of which will be released very soon.

 

There is plenty already going on to get involved in.

 

CLUB SESSIONS

There's a new WhatsApp group available for Club Sessions on Sunday morning and Tuesday evenings - don't miss out!

Join the Club Session group

 

JUNIOR EASTER CAMPS

Head CoachTom is running the ever-popular Easter Holiday Camps and to avoid disappointment they can be booked via the My Sports Pro coaching site.

 

The Camps this year are running over two weeks starting Monday 3rd April to Thursday 6th April and Tuesday 11th April to Friday 14th April.

 

The camps utilise fun games and team matches, focusing on the 4 performance areas of tennis:

• Mental 
• Physical 
• Tactical
• Technical 

 ... with it being Easter we suspect an egg hunt might be included. 

Children are welcome to bring friends along to enjoy the fun and the what the club has to offer.

 

Our trusted Assistant Coaches groups are now split by age and ability so please do contact Tom if you have any questions.

CALLING ALL GIRLS

Prime Video & the LTA initiative

Head Coach Tom was selected as 1 of the first 250 coaches in the UK to help drive participation in girls' tennis.  The initiative between Prime Video and the LTA has been brought by Emma Raducanu's historic US Open victory in 2021 and fulfils Prime Video's promise to reinvest the funds from sharing the broadcast of the final with Channel 4, into British Women's Tennis.

The programme focuses on creating an environment that motivates girls to play and stay in tennis. LTA research identified that girls want to play with friends in a fun and pressure-free setting, with relatable coaches who can build confidence and drive enjoyment.

These classes include: 6 weeks of group coaching, a free tennis racket, a can of balls, a T-Shirt and wristbands for only £35 these can only be booked here - www.clubspark.lta.org.uk/TomScottCoaching/Prime-LTA-Girls

 

SUMMER TERM JUNIOR COACHING

This summer term, Tom will be running after-school classes as well as weekend groups for juniors. These are becoming very popular and we encourage you to book in advance to avoid disappointment.

 

Book your junior coaching sessions here

 

Drop in Tot's classes are also running every Friday at 9:30am-10am.

Please contact Tom directly for more information.

 

JOIN CLUB TEAMS

Henley Tennis Club has several teams that compete on various weekends in the winter and summer. We are now approaching the summer season and are looking for additional players....

 

Over the winter our Oxfordshire Men's A team just missed out on promotion to premier division, Berkshire Men also missed out on promotion by fine margins, our Women gained their first win and our new Oxfordshire Men's B team won their division.

 

For the upcoming season, we have entered two Berkshire Men’s teams, meaning we now have 4 Men’s teams and one Women’s team. There are 4 Berkshire team fixtures (2 home & 2 away) and we are keen to find players for these teams. 

 

We have Mixed Team Training run by Tom on Monday from 5:45pm to 7pm and then two further Team doubles sessions running on Monday 7pm-9pm (Men) and Friday 6:15pm-8pm (Women)

 

If you wish to represent the club and find out more information, please contact Tom or email Club Captain Jeremy Wright.

 

ADULT GROUP CLASSES
Get ready for the summer season!
 
There is plenty of group coaching available for our members to enjoy whether you are just starting, returning from a break, wanting to develop your game to take on the club sessions, get into a team or just improve your general game.
 
These sessions are currently on a half termly basis from Sunday 16th April.
 
To sign up, simply join one of the following WhatsApp group invitations:

• Sunday 10:30am-11:30am - Mixed Rusty Rackets/Club Session Preparation
• Thursday 9am-10am - Women’s Beginners/improvers
• Thursday 10am-11am – Women’s Intermediates/Doubles
• Thursday 7:30pm-8:30pm - Men’s Rusty Rackets/Doubles

 

COUNTY SUCCESS
Our Juniors have been training hard throughout the winter and we are excited that Sebastian Sheldon has been selected to represent Oxfordshire for next county cup event on the 29th/30th April. 

This is a great achievement for Sebastian and our coaching program. All of our Juniors have been training at the club after school (or sometimes before) to get as much practice as they can. Sebastien has been travelling a lot to get as much tournament time as possible. 

A big Well Done! to Sebastian, parents, the coaching team and all the junior squad players.