Birstall Watermead Tennis Club

Friday Night Social, speeded up a bit! 😂
#tennisforall #social #exercisetime #getoutside #layeringupforwinter #darknights #tennis🎾 #drinks

Check out our Mini Orange players competing at Loughborough University last weekend. They play a singles match each then team up to play a doubles match. This is Elliot and Tom giving it their all against the boys from Charnwood TC. Gabriel played in the second fixture alongside Tom. Despite not coming out on top, they enjoyed the experience and are keen to go into battle again soon!

Our Mini Red 8&U players were all smiles after competing at Loughborough University on Saturday afternoon!
The Bears and Bear Cubs both had two fixtures to play, consisting of 4 singles matches against each club.
Anuj, Vir, Oscar, Jenson and Joshua teamed up to form Birstall Bears. They fought very hard against some strong opposition, managing to win a few matches and unlucky not to get a few more with Anuj just missing out 8-10 and 14-16 in two of his games. A very good... effort all round, well done boys!
The Bear Cubs saw debuts from Teddy, Sebastian, Eashan, Sophie and Finley. All 5 juniors played with energy, enthusiasm and enjoyment. Competing for the first time is often daunting and a real challenge - one that these players certainly rose to!
Highlight of the day had to be seeing the sheer happiness on Finley's face when after 3 narrow defeats, he won his final match!
You have all done your club, your coach, your parents and yourselves proud. It's crazy to think that 7 of these hotshots only stepped on court in the summer of 2019. Keep it up!
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Who fancies a run around tonight?
Burn off those Christmas calories...and then put them back on by eating fish and chips after! 😂
Come on down...
... 🎾 🍻 🐠 🍟
#tennis🎾 #funtimes #fridaynightsocial #fishandchips #burnoffsomecalories
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That's how 🎅 Christmas Cardio Tennis is done!
Cheers! 🍷
#cardiotennis #drinks #prechristmastime #getoutside #exercisetime #friends #funandgames @ The White Horse

What a fun afternoon and evening we had on Friday! 🎾
The kids had a blast competing at Champions, Triples and Wipeout (a particular favourite!) and all played beautifully together! 😊 Even the Mums joined in...forming 'Mums Utd'!
Later on the adults came down for more games - they're just as childish as the kids! 😂
... Here's hoping the next one is as fun, if not better! 🙌🏼
#laughter #fairplay #competitiveness #fullbellies #music #beers #familytime
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Looking forward to the first (of many) Junior Social Evenings tonight at the club! With 30+ youngsters heading down for fun, games and some tasty food - it's set to be a good evening, with a Christmassy feel ☺️
Afterwards, the adults are set to group up against one another to battle it out with some festive games! Then food and plenty of time to prop up the bar if you fancy! 🙂
Make sure you fetch out your Christmas jumpers and join us for a game or two! 🎅

We didn't win the tennis 🎾 unfortunately, but we won at being lovely hosts and having a nice time with the opposition! Miniature glass of bubbly each to celebrate Sue's Birthday too 🥂 x

Jenson, Oscar and Ella all made their debut for Birstall Bears today. They joined up with Joshua, Anuj and Vir, three of the club's regular 8&U team members. Their smiles speak volumes! All 6 children gave it 100% throughout and thoroughly enjoyed the experience. The Bears defeated Rutland 16-0 in their first match and narrowly missed out on victory in the second match against Lutterworth, losing 9-7.
Thanks to everyone involved for supporting the team and our club.

Perfect opportunity for the Mini Red players to get some extra practice in.

❄️ Hats and gloves have been the order of the week with some seriously chilly conditions on court. Well done to all the juniors for battling on through! 💪🎾❄

Despite the freezing ❄ temperatures tonight, the new courts continued to perform well!
Everything else was covered in frost by the end of Cardio Tennis 🎾!
#cardiotennis #frosty #freezing #zsig #tennis🎾 #exercisetime #freshair #getoutside #layeringupforwinter #darknights #winteriscoming #frostythesnowman #headtennis #ospreybag #mannahydration #kusanhats

Beer festival in full swing down at Birstall Rugby Club! £5 entry with a glass for keeps and loads of beer to be sampled!

"Battle of the Best Friends"
On Sunday we held a Mini Red Matchplay event for our 8&U players. For many of the children involved this was their first experience of competition. It was so encouraging to see their determination, respect and fairplay. After all, match play can be daunting.
Oscar and Jenson did their parents and coach proud when they battled it out. These best friends fought hard to take the match to 9-9, before Jenson won the deciding point. Learning to be hu...mble in victory and defeat is certainly an important skill to master.
Check out the photo in the comments. This is how you deal with winning/losing...with a smile!
Thank you to our Tennis Leaders, Neha, Shivam and Sujan for their umpiring prowess. Well done to all the children who took part!
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Absolutely love this!
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A social with a Guy Fawkes theme!
Great to have so many club members down for the Team Challenge, food and fire. Toasted marshmallows were the order of the evening amongst the teenagers🔥. The older members propped up the bar and washed the hotdogs down with a few beers 🍻.
Thanks to Ruth and Ivan from Birstall Rugby Club for opening up.