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Grafton wins Millennium Cup for the first
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September 29 - The five clubs in Streatham, south west Founded in 2001,
the Millennium Cup has been providing an opportunity for members to get a
taste of playing matches in a friendly environment and it has been a goal of
Murray Sutton, pictured in centre, to secure the trophy for Grafton since
taking over as his club’s representative on the Organising Committee three
years ago. Based on
Competition
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Welcome to Tennis Club News, the dedicated website for Tennis Clubs in which clubs and volunteers can express their views as well as promote their clubs and ask for advice. All information and correspondence should be addressed to : info@tennisclubnews.co.uk Counting the cost For decades Club Affiliation has been a thorny subject and it looks set to take centre stage once again. For many years clubs have questioned the cost of affiliation against the returns or benefits which to a large number of them, seem poor if not actually zero. Certainly for the past decade or so, the only real benefit remains the insurance cover which the LTA have provided, namely civil liability protection as well as cover for directors and officers. In addition the LTA list access to their Baseline hotline as a benefit. This in turn provides business advice which, if you are a business, then becomes very useful though how to run a club in a businesslike manner is probably what would be more suitable. What clubs do need is advice on how to apply for planning permission, or deal with problems of that ilk. That is not readily available. Affiliation also means that clubs become eligible to compete in LTA Inter Club competitions and would be listed on the LTA’s website as part of their Club Search directory. Frankly, I would have thought that both those ‘benefits’ would ordinarily be considered a primary role of a governing body! It is actually very difficult to say what real benefit is being provided. Wimbledon tickets are supposedly another but even those are now being reduced for clubs only receive tickets in direct relation to the number of their members who have joined up to the LTA’s British Tennis Membership (BTM) scheme. In addition, the tickets can only then be balloted amongst those same members, not the whole club so that ‘club benefit’ has effectively been erased. What does the LTA stand for? There was so much hope when Roger Draper took over as Chief Executive but the promises which were made early on in his reign have never really materialised. |
Helensburgh Tennis
Club's mixed doubles September 25 – In Helensburgh
Tennis Club’s annual President's and Vice-President's Mixed Doubles
Tournament at the weekend, Linda Pender and Alan MacBeath beat Alison
Fotheringham and Katie Fulton 5-4 in the closest of finals. Hannah, 12, is
youngest ever September 24 - Bracknell Lawn
Tennis Club’s Finals Day ended under floodlights after a pulsating day’s
action earlier this month. Centenary tennis
tournament is smash hit September 24 - The Lansdown Club
ended its month-long Centenary Tennis Tournament celebrations last Sunday
with the closing ceremony and prize giving. Esporta produce the goods on their
Italian Job in Rome
Divison Two Champions September 23 – Bourne Tennis Club were crowned Division
Two champions in the Lincolnshire Tennis League on Saturday. Streetly tennis
veterans to play under Warwickshire banner September 22 – Streetly’s veterans
are preparing to play under the Warwickshire banner at next month’s UK County
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The
Forty Five Club was created in 1974 to cater for the needs of veteran players
who were unable to enter tournaments in 
