Please note that normal social tennis will not be able to be run this coming Tuesday, the 27th April, due to a switch of the scheduled away Mixed League fixture with Graves.  This match will now be at Ridgeway.

On two occasions this week locks on the court gates have been found unlocked.  On both occasions the previous users of the courts are certain that they locked the gates when leaving.  It may be someone who is not a member somehow knows the code to the locks and presumably playing but leaving the gates unlocked when leaving.

Can players do a double check when they leave and lock the gates.   If you find them open when you arrive plaese report it to Michael Mason.  If this happens again the code to the locks will be changed.

Ridgeway’s competitive season start this Saturday, the 24th, with a home match for the men’s team in the S & D LTA Men’s league, Division 5 against Queens Park from Chesterfield.  Members should regularly check the calendar and Fixtures list to see when the courts are not available for social tennis.

Monday evening saw the club’s coaching sessions get off to a promising start.  There were just 4 juniors but nine adults all being coached by Alister Jackson- Wright.  The pandemic put paid to sessions last year so the club hopes members are raring to go and take advantage of the chance to improve their skills from an LTA coach.

The LTA issued further guidance on the 9th April which makes some minor adjustments to the restrictions that will apply to players, venues and coaches from the 12th April.  The links on the Home page take you to the appropriate documents and members are advised to read them.

The S & D League fixtures for the Mens and Midweek Mixed teams until the end of June have been released today , the 5th April.  The Fixtures page on this site has now been updated as has the Calendar.  All the fixtures can also be seen on the S & D website at www.sdlta.org.uk

Mens matches start on the 24th April and Midweek Mixed matches on the 27th April.

Don’t forget to report your visit to the courts to Sandra Bennett (sandrabennett100@yahoo.co.uk or by text on 07870 768895) each time you play, the day that you played, who you played with and the arrival time.

The LTA has issued updated guidance for both players and LTA registered venues. Links to the guidance can be found below or on the Home page and members should familairise themselves with the guidance as soon as possible.

https://www.lta.org.uk/globalassets/news/2020/lta-guidance-for-tennis-players—covid-19.pdf

https://www.lta.org.uk/globalassets/news/2020/lta-guidance-for-tennis-venues—covid-19.pdf

The Club’s Weekly programme of events, which can now be seen on a News Item on the website, shows a Match training/Preparation sessions on Wednesday evening to be held on those weeks when there is no Works League match. These sessions will not be for just playing sets of doubles. They will be an opportunity to practice different shots, match scenarios, positioning etc for those who are interested in playing matches.

If you are interested in attending these sessions would you please send a message to Danny Lidster on daniel.lidster@googlemail.com

This is the weekly programme of events as at the start of the season. Any relevant pages on the website will be updated, and the Calendar amended, if there are any changes.