On Tuesday the 5th April Ridgeway Primary School are going to be using the courts for two hours between 1:15 pm and 3:15 pm for a coaching session run through an LTA initiative to get young children at Primary School age playing tennis.  The Primary programme includes detailed inclusive PE lesson plans focused on developing fundamental movement skills, and the children, as part of the scheme, will have seen accompanying videos showing the activities in action.  Hopefully this initiative will be benficial for both the children and the tennis c;lub.

The courts will not be available for members during this period.

Our season kicks off with our Open Morning, the first since 2019!   The 2020 one was cancelled as the pandemic started and we were still in the middle of problems in 2021.  Here’s to a great 2022.

The court cleaning did not go ahead on M<onday.  The contractors started but had to abort after a problem with the machine they were using. They will be returning but not until April 19th which is disappointing.

Before they left they did spray all the bowling green side to reduce any further moss development.

Court cleaning will take place on Monday the 21st March and will finish on Tuesday 22nd March if everything goes to plan.  The courts will not be available to use during this period.  This site will be updated once the work is completed.

The fixtures for the Men’s League, Midweek Mixed League and Works League for 2022 have now been released and can be found on the Fixtures page and the Calendar.    Men’s Late Summer League fixtures will be added as soon as possible after they are released.

Start dates for the various leagues are as follows:

Mens Saturday League – starts Saturday 23rd April – 6 players per team

Midweek Mixed League – starts  Tuesday 26th April – 4 players per team

Late Summer Mens League – starts Saturday 16th July – 4 players per team

Works League  starts Wednesday 27th April – 4 players per team.

The courts will be undergoing a full clean later this month.  Due to commence on the 21st March 2022, weather and other factors permitting, the cleaning will take two to three days.  Play will not be possible during that process.  This site will be updated with the exact date as soon as the club is notified by the contractor.

The defibrillator, situated on the gable end of the Sports and Social Club building, has now been replaced.  It was taken out for an emergency in November 2021 and a replacement unit was ordered shortly after but has only just arrived.  It has been registered with the NHS Ambulance Service.

In view of the latest Government guidance all Covid restrictions and guidelines have been stopped.  This means that the club will no longer be recording attnednaces at social sessions.  Thes details were only collected for the purposes of the Government’s Test and Trace system.  All data collected for that purpose will now be deleted from the club records to comply with the data protection laws.  It means the club wil revert to the normal activities we enjoyed prior to the onset of Covid.

The Wimbledon 2022 ticket ballot is still open for those club members who are registered as British Tennis Advantage members (BT members).   Members should have received an e-mail informing them of this and it is the member’s responsibility alone to opt in to the ballot.  A reminder the closing date is 23.59 pm on Friday the 4th February 2022.  There is no way any application to opt-in can be made after that date.

The Wimbledon 2022 ticket ballot is now open for those club members who are registered as British Tennis (BT) members.  All BT members should receive an e-mail informing them of this and it is the member’s responsibility alone to opt in to the ballot.  The closing date is 23.59 pm on Friday the 4th February 2022.  There is no way any application to opt-in can be made after that date.