The S & D LTA will celebrate at its Annual Awards Dinner on Saturday the 22nd November 2025 at the Mercure Sheffield, St Paul’s Hotel & Spa in Sheffield.  It will run from 7.00 p.m. until 12.30 a.m.  Tickets are £41 per person which includes a delicious meal, drink on arrival and entertainment.  Ticket money has to be paid in to the Ridgeway Tennis Club account and the club forwards the money to the S & D LTA. There are no refunds if people pull out having once committed and bought a ticket. Please let Mick Mason know by the 1st October if you want to go and payment will be needed to be paid to the club account by the 12th October.

The Club holds its Annual Presentation Evening on Friday the 24th October 2025 at the Sports and Social Club and it will again be in the form of a quiz night with pie and peas and a raffle. The price will be announced soon. It will be good to see members old and new and help celebrate a good summer of tennis and to present the trophies to the winners of our knockout tournament.

The S & D LTA has opened the window for applications to be made for coaching grants.  The details can be found at https://www.sdlta.org.uk/grants/

The Late Summer League Men’s B team has had to withdraw from Division 3 of the Men’s Late Summer League.  The first four matches have had to be conceded du to a lack of players for the team.  Only two fixtures remain for the team.  The League rules state that where a team concedes more than half its fixtures all their resuts will be nullified so even if the matches wre played it would mean defeats of 9-0 in any event.

This situation has come about due due to a variety of circumstances such as hoidays, injuries and personal circumstances of some players preventing them take part.

The Club has now introduced new policies to add to the existing Safeguarding and other policies. These are a requirement of the Club’s registration with the LTA to ensure Ridgeway Tennis Club neets the stndards of a safe place to play.  Could members please take some time to familiarise themselves with the content. They can all be found on the Safeguarding page.

The new polices are:

1. Anti-bullying policy

2. Photography and Filming Policy

3. Online Safety and Communication Policy

4. Junior Policy

The Works League Knockout Cup Final is to be held at Ridgeway on Wednesday August 13th starting at 6:00 pm.  The final is between Welbeck A and Stocsbridge A.

The courts will not be available for members to play on that evening after 5.30 pm.

All members, especially our new members. 

Just to let you know that during the school holidays from Monday 28th July until  Tuesday 2nd September 2025 there will be Active Summer Camp activities using the Sports and Social Club facilities, including the tennis courts.   It runs from 8.00 until 5.00 pm from Monday to Friday, excluding Bank Holiday Monday. This WILL NOT prevent members from playing during the day.

They will not be using the courts all the time.  If you arrive and there are children on the courts just let the Supervisor(s) know and they will move the children to ensure members can play. They will not affect the Ladies Friday afternoon social sessions either.  Any problems let Mick Mason know on 07891096164.

The Active Summer Camp activities tie in with the aims and objectives of the Sports and Social Club and the tennis club has gained some members as a result of youngsters attending the camps. The Sports Club benefits from hire charges to the company running the Summer Camp.

Well done to the Men’s A team which gained promotion to Division 5 of the S & D Men’s League despite losing the title decider to Ecclesall C on Saturday the 5th July. The team won 7 of the 8 matches with outstanding performances throughout the team. However, they were met by an Ecclesall team who proved just too strong on the day despite only bringing two couples. The team have done the club proud. Thanks to all who contributed.

FixtureThe fixtures for the Men’s Late Summer League matches have been released. They can be found in detail on the Fixtures  page.The first match is on Saturday the 26th July when the A team host Brentwood.  Both teams are then in action on Saturday the 2nd August with the A team hosting Stocksbridge A whilst the B team have a scenic trip to Buxton.   At least it shouldn’t be snowing!