Penzance Tennis Club

TEAM TRAINING STARTS TOMORROW!! Tuesdays 7-8:30pm For players that would like to play in the summer teams or advanced players looking to improve. The session schedule is on the club noticeboard so you can see what will be covered in the 10 weeks. Pay and Play is £5 or £30 for the whole 10 week course. For all enquiries contact Ian Vidgen. ian.vidgen@hotmail.co.uk

TEAM TRAINING!! Starts Tuesday 12th February 7-8:30pm For players that would like to play in the summer teams or advanced players looking to improve. The session schedule is on the club noticeboard so you can see what will be covered in the 10 weeks. Pay and Play is £5 or £30 for the whole 10 week course. For all enquiries contact Ian Vidgen. ian.vidgen@hotmail.co.uk

Volunteer of the Year once again goes to Penzance Tennis Club!
At the recent Tennis Cornwall AGM, Penzance Tennis Club Chair Trevor Newborn, was declared the winner of the Cornwall LTA’s ‘Volunteer of the Year Award 2018’. Tennis Cornwall Chair Sue Eames, who presented the Award said:
“Trevor has worked tirelessly for Penzance Tennis Club for well over 15 years, first in the role of Treasurer and for the last 8 years, as Chair. He was the driving force behind obtaining lotter...y funding for the new clubhouse, providing a fantastic facility that has since attracted a significant number of new players. He has also been instrumental in fund raising for the Penzance Tennis Outreach Programme, which has now delivered free tennis to over 1000 children in the local community! More recently he has overcome issues to install new floodlights on the rear tarmac courts as well as oversee the resurfacing on these courts, plus the rejuvenation of the four main artificial grass courts. He has even found time to help a nearby club with their application for floodlights!”
It doesn’t stop there as Trevor and the fund raising committee now have the huge task of raising funds to completely resurface the four artificial grass courts.
Congratulations Trevor!
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Court Renewal Fund Launch
Last night saw the formal kick off for the recently formed “Court Renewal Fund” committee. The time has nearly come where the four artificial court surfaces need to be renewed and with such a huge cost we need to start raising much needed funds! The court renewal fund raising gauge (see photo), kindly supplied by Tricia Smith and Julian Little, was also put to the test during the meeting!
The committee has already been busy with various activities in...cluding arranging the recent Christmas Quiz Night, kindly organised by Richard Hosking and the New Year's Day Fun Tournament organised by Tricia Smith. Both events raised just over £200!
Committee member Valda Mossman dropped in the first ball representing the first £100 and new committee member Dawn Roberts added another to take the level up to the £200 mark. Many new ideas were forthcoming to set the ball rolling so keep an eye out for what’s coming up (newsletter, social media and notice board) and please support these future events. If you have any ideas or would like to join this sub committee please speak to any of the committee members namely, Tricia Smith, Dave Forrest, Sue Nash, Valda Mossman and Dawn Roberts.
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SATURDAY MORNING JUNIOR TENNIS STARTS TOMORROW!! Come along and enjoy our fun active tennis groups. All ages and abilities welcome. Equipment can be provided.
9-10am 4-10 years INDOORS at Mounts Bay Academy 10-11:30am 11+ years OUTDOORS at Penzance Tennis Club.
... Please visit our website for more information or to book online. www.penzancetennisclub.co.uk/coaching/jun ior-coaching
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Want to ACE your New Years resolution?🎾🎾🎾 We have an alternative for you to meet your goals for 2019. Come and join our fun adult coaching classes at Penzance Tennis Club. We run a range of groups for players of all abilities and equipment can be provided. To find out what groups we offer please visit our website https://penzancetennisclub.co.uk/coaching /adult-coaching/. For more information please email ian.vidgen@hotmail.co.uk

What's your 2019 resolution? If you want to get FIT, make NEW FRIENDS and learn a NEW SKILL then try TENNIS! We've got fun adult groups for players of all ages and abilities. Our adult courses start next week and if you sign up online you'll get 10% OFF. Visit our website to see the range of classes we have to offer.

2019 NEW YEAR’S DAY FUN TOURNAMENT 🎉🎾🎉🎾
Our 2019 year started well with a fun tournament at Penzance Tennis Club. 20 players registered, and play started soon after 11 am. After each timed round, players moved with winners splitting up and moving down a court, and losers moving up a court and splitting up. This meant most players mixed around quite well, with each player keeping their own score as individuals.
The weather was ideal, with no wind, no sun, no rain, and fairl...y mild for January. After 4 timed rounds we stopped for lunch, everyone had brought sandwiches and food to share, as the cafe was closed. Tea and coffee was available for those who wanted to make their own hot drink.
There was a clear winner after 5 rounds, and congratulations to Elaine Trethowan who won with 26 points. Three players had 24 points each, Suzie Sinclair, Tomasz Helman and Mike Vandersluys, so the 4 of them went on court for a final demonstration match, which Elaine and Tomasz won 6-0. The scores were all very close, with most players winning close to 20 games, it was a very enjoyable day for all.
Everyone was a winner, as we all had a great time and raised £122.50 towards the court replacement fund.
Huge thanks to Tricia Smith for organising such a great fun day of tennis!
A Happy New Year to All.
P.S. Please check your reading spectacles, as someone accidentally took Tricia's and left theirs behind, and Tricia would appreciate having her own glasses back. The ones left behind are very narrow, so the owner should be able to tell the difference, and they will be returned to their rightful owner once we know who it is. 😊
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Give your kids an active start to 2019! Our fun indoor junior tennis lessons are great for kids of all ages and abilities. Book by 1st January 2019 to get this amazing course for as little as £17.50. To book or for more information please visit our website or email ian.vidgen@hotmail.co.uk.

Well done to all the Rusty Rackets Group who braved the elements for the Christmas American Doubles Tournament tonight. Congratulations to Sarah and Anne who finished in joint first place! Thank you to everyone who has supported our adult coaching programme in 2018! Bring on 2019!!

Get fit for Christmas with our Cardio Tennis class!🎅🎾🏆 Come and join our fun festive tennis fitness class on Friday 6-7pm at Penzance Tennis Club. All abilities welcome and equipment can be provided. For more information please email ian.vidgen@hotmail.co.uk

Penzance Tennis Club Junior Awards Night 2018
It’s been a fantastic year for the Junior Section at Penzance Tennis Club including successes in “The Road to Wimbledon Tournament”, South West and County events. The year culminated in the Awards Night held on Saturday to recognise the brilliant achievements of the players.
Head Coach Ian Vidgen commented, “This is a fantastic opportunity for us to celebrate the amazing juniors we have and their achievements over the last 12 mont...hs. I've been impressed by the quality and the dedication shown by so many juniors at the club”.
Awards
Player Of The Year - Will Stirling
Most Improved Player - Kelly Laing
Dedication To Tennis - Joe Williams
Assistant Of The Year - Adrian Botterell
Fair Play Award - Archie Stirling
Ellie Williams Award- Agnes Woodhead
The successful teams and players representing the club were:
Mini red team - Ted Smith, Ben Bauer, Jacobs Clemens and Gabriel Phillips.
Mini orange team who won their division - Amelia Botterell, Jacob Clemens, Freddie Millard and Archie Stirling.
U18 team - Adrian Botterell, Jacob Savage, Joe Williams, Will Stirling and Stan Roynon.
Penzance players who represented Cornwall - Freddie Millard, Amelia Botterell, Archie Stirling, Will Stirling and Holly Drew.
Thanks was also given to the Junior Assistant Coaches for their help on Saturdays and Tuesday's - Adrian Botterell, Ben Jones, Ella Goulder, Ellyn Calvary, Henry Korteling, Jacob Savage, Jay Morley, Jack Cross, Kelly Laing, Lilly Durrent, Nia Goulder Owen Smith, Stan Roynon and Will Cross.
Finally, Junior Assistant Coach and player Adrian Botterell thanked the coaches for their support throughout the year.
Well done and thank you to all our players, coaches, volunteers and supporters for a great year!
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All junior members are invited to an evening of fun and games to celebrate their achievements in 2018. There will also be a raffle and prizes raising money for the Junior Fund. If you have any prizes you would like to donate to the raffle please leave them in the club office. Finally if you have any trophies at home that need to be returned for the Awards evening please bring them to the club office.

We are delighted that Penzance Tennis Club has been successful in securing this year’s Skipton Building Society “Grassroots Giving” funding.
“We received hundreds of applications from community groups, clubs and organisations from across the UK and we’re really impressed with the work that you do. To make it to the shortlist stage you beat off hundreds of other applicants and were able to clearly demonstrate the positive impact you make in your local community.
It’s with grea...t delight that we’re contacting you today to let you know that your group has received enough public votes to make it into our top 165 winners. We had over 50,000 votes cast amongst the shortlisted groups and competition was really tough.
We’d like to take this time to congratulate your group and for being part of our Grassroots Giving initiative, for sharing with us the fantastic work that you do, and for being so active in supporting your local community.”
Thank you to all who voted for us and of course to Skipton Building Society for their support! @SkiptonBS_GrG
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Junior members at Penzance Tennis Club played in the annual Junior Club Championships on Saturday 27th October. In challenging conditions players participated in age group singles and doubles competitions from under 8s to under 18s.
Kelly Laing won the U18 girls singles, U14 girls singles, U18 mixed doubles with partner Adrian Botterell, and U18 girls doubles with partner Zoe Body. Adrian Botterell also won the U14 boys singles and the U18 boys doubles competitions with Jack ...Cross. Joe Williams won the U18 boys singles tournament. Reggie Roynon won the U10 competition. Agnes Woodhead won the U9 competition. Gabriel Phillips won the U8 competition.
Tournament Director at Penzance Tennis Club, Sammy Bassett said “it has been a fantastic day for everyone involved. The standard of the tennis has been extremely high and the sportsmanship showed by the young players has been excellent.”
Well done to everyone who took part!
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Weather looks good for tomorrow! Come along and give Tennis a try. Thursday 10-11:30am just £1!!! All abilities welcome. See you there

Play for £1 is back!! Following the wonderful success last time we've decided to introduce Play for £1 for all of November! Thursdays 10-11:30am Adult Coaching Group. All abilities welcome and equipment can be provided. For more information please email ian.vidgen@hotmail.co.uk

INDOOR TENNIS at Mounts Bay Academy. Fun after school groups run by the coaches from Penzance Tennis Club. Starts on Monday 29th October 4:30 - 5:00pm Tots Tennis (3-5 years) 4:30 - 5:30pm Mini Tennis (5-7 years)... 5:30 - 6:30pm Junior Tennis (7-10 years) For just £25 players get a 6 week course, racket and ball set and personalised t-shirt. Places are limited so to book on a course please visit our website www.penzancetennisclub.co.uk/coaching/jun ior-coaching
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Don't forget to join us for Cardio Tennis tonight at 6pm and every Friday! Burn some calories, improve your tennis skills and laugh a lot! It's great fun so don't miss out. £5 for members, £6 for non members. https://www.facebook.com/PenzanceTennisCl ub/videos/475987559560784/

i went saw, the penzance tennis open, it lasted from last Saturday until today, what a excellent atmosphere, down at the tennis club, the first serve cafe was brilliant and what a nice surprise to see steve wynn from Essex tennis club for refereeing, i thought he did an excellence job of it

My first visit in August 2017, a great week enjoying the challenge of the tournament matches. A great club and lovely people. I hope to visit again

i went saw, the penzance tennis open, it lasted from last Saturday until today, what a excellent atmosphere, down at the tennis club, the first serve cafe was brilliant and what a nice surprise to see steve wynn from Essex tennis club for refereeing, i thought he did an excellence job of it

My first visit in August 2017, a great week enjoying the challenge of the tournament matches. A great club and lovely people. I hope to visit again

i went saw, the penzance tennis open, it lasted from last Saturday until today, what a excellent atmosphere, down at the tennis club, the first serve cafe was brilliant and what a nice surprise to see steve wynn from Essex tennis club for refereeing, i thought he did an excellence job of it

My first visit in August 2017, a great week enjoying the challenge of the tournament matches. A great club and lovely people. I hope to visit again