Friday Night Winter Doubles League

Reminder that this very enjoyable league starts again on Friday 1st November at 7pm.

Turn up and play doubles sets with random (and different) partners each set. Your 3 best results on the night are recorded and converted to league points.

Last year, around 500 sets of tennis were played during the league and everyone who joined in had a great time. This will suit all players of all standards. Come along and join the fun!

Charity Tennis Balls

We been contacted by a volunteer with the charity Mary's Meals. They are collecting used tennis balls that can be sent out to developing countries such as Malawi and Liberia as part of the bagpack project.

He points out that, "These balls may be of little value here in Scotland - however, as they’re likely to be the only “toy” some children get this Christmas, they will be very welcome out there!"

The Committee have agreed to support this initiative and suggest any unwanted tennis balls are brought to the Club over the next week and deposited in a box located in the junior room. Many thanks in advance.

Judy Murray & Leon Smith to Officially Open Clarkston's New Courts

We are delighted to announce that our new front courts will be officially opened by Judy Murray (GB Fed Cup Team Captain) and Leon Smith (GB Davis Cup Team Captain) on Sunday 10th November @1pm. 

Judy and Leon have been able to take time out of their busy schedules to celebrate this exciting new development with us. Leon is a former member of Clarkston, winning the Gent's Club Championship in 1991 and 1993.

Judy and Leon have consistently demonstrated their committed to the development of junior tennis and recognise how important our new courts will be for us to do this at Clarkston. Judy and Leon will be showcasing a junior tennis clinic, hosting a question and answer session,  and taking time to pose for photographs.

Following these events everyone is invited to stay for social tennis play which will conclude our official court opening afternoon.

Looking forward to having a massive turnout to welcome Judy and Leon. See you all there.

New Courts Under the Lights

The new floods on the hardcourts are up and running. Think you wiil agree that the courts look fantastic!

Winter Membership - Special Offer

Friday Night Winter Doubles League Returns!

Our Friday Night Winter Doubles League returns for its third year on Friday 1st November 2013. The league is open to everyone. Just come down to the club on Friday nights from 7pm to 10pm throughout the winter season. Last year, around 30 ladies and gents took part with 400 sets of tennis played. Now, not everyone played every week of course, and some players only played a few weeks here and there, but that didn't matter - the emphasis is on having fun with other members and enjoying our tennis!

• Cost: £1 to cover lights and individual results will not be counted if player has not paid! 
• Set Format: 1st to 6 games - 1st deuce point played normally, then 2nd deuce point concludes the game - receiving team choose who is served to on deciding point. 
• Scoring: 3 points each per set win, 1 point each per set loss with best 3 results on the night accumulating your points won
• Mixing: Cannot play with the same partner twice in the same night. First/next four available should play a set. Pairs decided by spinning. 
• Results: Only the results recorded on the night will be counted for points purposes & results are cumulative over the winter season.
• League Table: The table of results will be updated weekly and can be accessed at the club website: http://www.clarkstonbtc.org.uk/doublesleague.html

Clarkston Ladies Champs Again

Yet another victory for Clarkston Ladies this season. Well done to our Ladies Vets 1st team, including Carol, Sharon, Lyndsay, Fiona & Jackie. They became Division 1 Champions yet again. Well done ladies! Another well earned victory by Clarkston Tennis' best!

Mary Gow
Ladies Manager

Floodlights Update

Due to a change of circumstances, the contractor will not now be on site this evening and the minor disruption that may have impacted slightly on our club night will no longer be an issue. Weather forecast is for showers at various times across this evening.  Sure that won't be an issue to Clarkston's hardiest of tennis players!

Floodlights on the New Courts

Members who are considering evening play are advised to check the website diary for scheduled evening matches on courts 4, 5 & 6 as the floodlights on Courts 1, 2 & 3 are not expected to go 'live' until Wednesday evening of this week.

Looking for a School Holidays Activity?

Then why not try out our brand new courts...

we have added 3 brand new 'US Open Blue' hard courts to our playing facilities...

including our dedicated singles court and mini red tennis zone!

Not a member? Get in touch and we can soon change that. Join Clarskton Tennis today.

New Courts Complete - Come For a Hit!

We are pleased to announce that play will be allowed from Sunday 13th October.

There are two full doubles courts with orange markings and a singles court with red markings.

We ask that our published tennis rules are adhered to. The committee has agreed that Junior members will now have equal playing rights to Senior members on the new courts and that all players move off court after 30 mins if others are waiting to play. On the grass courts, Juniors must give way if Senior members are waiting to play.

Please try to clear as much sand off your shoes as possible prior to accessing Courts 1, 2 and 3.

The floodlights cannot be used as they still need to be aligned and it is possible that there may be some disruption to a Clubnight as this work requires to be carried out in the evening and cannot take place whilst Vets Matches are being played.

Looking forward to seeing you down on the Courts soon.Details of an official opening occasion will be notified as soon as they are finalised.

Kind regards

The Tennis Committee

Dorothy Brown

The Dorothy Brown Tournament was a great success with 24 players competing which was great. The Tournament was won by Greg Hill and Emma Hunter, who beat Lewis Grant and Findlay MacKenzie 7 5 in the Final, after saving a match point. The scores after the 8 rounds of matches were very close.Thanks very much to Peter for helping to run the Tournament.

Jill

New Courts Looking Very US Open!

The contractors have been hard at work pushing the front courts project forward. Now painted, think all will agree they are looking great!