2023 WBC Summer Tennis Tournament

Warwick Boat Club Tennis Section is pleased to announce that its annual Tournament will be taking place and online entry is now open as of Friday 24th March.

Last year was a record entry with 212 members competing across all ten events and some 299 matches taking place during May and June. The entry fee will be £15 per person and includes food on Finals Day for all entrants.

Each member can enter up to 4 events across the Open and Handicap categories. Further detailed rules are published on the ClubSpark website, where entry can be registered under the TOURNAMENT menu. We look forward to another competitive tournament conducted over the months of May and June, culminating in Finals Day on Saturday 1st July 2023.

Any queries should be directed to any of the following:

Steve Chidlow

(Tournament Administrator)

Gavin Henderson

(Head Coach)

Sue Hawkesford

(Tennis Player Representative)

Please use the following Link to REGISTER and ENTER EVENTS: www.clubspark.lta.org.uk/ WarwickBoatClub/Tournament

Recycling your old Balls...

Why do I bother?

Since mid 2018 I have sorted and sent several thousand tennis balls to Recycaball, for repressuring, re-selling or giving to charities. Recycaball is a non-profit making organisation that gives money to various charities each year. We have received almost £500 for the balls since 2018, this money has been spent on...

• A mixed recycling bin, the recycaball bin, bird and bat boxes for the Club site and £270 given to local charities - the Friendship Project and Waverley Dementia Day Care Centre in Kenilworth.

We haven’t had many decent balls being recycled lately, so if you have a lot in your cupboard at home, do bring them to the Club to recycle. Any balls that aren’t good enough to send to Recycaball, Gavin gives to the local schools. This way the balls get used again, before they go to the general waste.

Margot Rowdon

balls. Please dry and clean them first.

32 players joined in an impromptu social C team mixed tournament organised by their captain Jane Robbins on Sun 26 March.

Extra social players joined in too moving court and splitting every 25’ for 5 matches with Angelo Cugini in charge of whistle blowing on the day. Highest scorers of the men was tennis captain Jonathan Browning, and ladies joint winners Caroline Halliwell and Jette Cowan. The players clubbed together to give Jane flowers and a bottle of rose for all her organising. Everyone met new faces on court and enjoyed drinks, coffees and cake in the clubhouse afterwards. Plenty of requests for it to be a diary fixture for 2024 - if not before!

Spring Coaching

Watch out on the noticeboards and website for full details of all our coaching opportunities. New this year will be fitness training by Soumeya Annan (for all sports) Also, junior players from 5 year-olds playing mini red to 16 year-olds. 12 week courses start Saturday 22 April and cost £96 for members (non-members £120)

Contact Gavin Henderson with any queries and to book