JANUARY NEWSLETTER

Knutsford Tennis Club Family Colour Run Sunday 22nd May 2016

The Colour Run is a unique fun run celebrating health and happiness whilst helping the Tennis club court refurbishment and the local scout and guide groups. 
The colour run is an untimed ‘race’ where participants are doused from head to toe in different colours as they go round the course.  Participants can run, hop, skip, jump or walk their way round the 4k course, enjoying the fun.  It's all about having FUN!!! 
The colour powder paint is 100% natural, food and cosmetic grade tested to the highest FDA standards.. So it's totally safe for you and your clothes.  
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Here is a bit more information for you… 
Who can take Part? Children 3+ (under 16's must be accompanied by an adult) : Numbers will be limited to ensure safety, Only those who have prepaid and registered will be allowed to take part. We are planning up to 3 races starting at 2pm, 2.45pmm and 3.30. A rolling afternoon of colourful fun.
What to wear and what we provide : Participants must wear a white T shirt-  Colour Run T shirts will be available to purchase through a partner company,. Sunglasses, and entry sticker will be provided and other goodies will be available to buy on the day… fun stuff to add to the ‘colour’ of the event…  
Prices : £15 / Adult  -  £10 / Child   - £45 Family of 4 (2 adults 2 kids) 
How to get involved:  Application forms to be via the web site with payment via paypal
Get Involved : Feel free to contact Louise if you want to register your interest NOW or would like to be a volunteer lounanda@virginmedia.com
 Don’t forget to spread the word…


Use of new courts  
We are getting great feedback on the 3 new courts, and how much better they are to play on compared to the other 4 courts. This has made us more determined to get the top 2 courts up to the same standard as soon as possible. Come along to the club AGM to hear more and give your views. In the meantime, can you please note the priority for play on the 3 middle courts. 

• Matches always have first priority.
• Where matches are not being played organised club tennis including Monday Ladies tennis, Tuesday club night, Thursday rusty rackets and Sunday club morning have priority.
• Where none of these are taking place but more than 3 courts are in use please offer to play only one short set (first to 6 games) on the new courts and then rotate around to the other courts so that everyone gets a fair chance to play on them. In addition, doubles games have priority over singles.

We hope this will only be a temporary issue until we can bring the top courts up to the same standard. 


Wimbledon ticket opt in 
If you want to be included in our club ballot for Wimbledon tickets in 2016 you will need to "opt  in" to the LTA by February 19th. Please note you have to do this every year, so even if you did it last year you will have to opt in again. At the moment we have less than half the number opted in compared to last year which will reduce the number of tickets we are allocated as a club.
Our experience is that the easiest way to "opt in" is to ring the LTA service centre on +44 (0)20 8487 7000 and they will do it for you even if you don’t know your BTM number. Alternatively, you can '"opt in" by going to the LTA website http://www.lta.org.uk/. If you do not have British Tennis Membership you can register on line. If you already have British Tennis Membership you need to log in to the members area. The front page gives a link to "opt in" to the Wimbledon Ballot. All you have to do is tick a box.
We would really appreciate all members doing this (even if you don't want to go to Wimbledon this year) as it will affect how many tickets the club get allocated by the LTA.


Tennis Club AGM Monday 14th March
Our Annual General Meeting takes place on 14th March at 7.30. This involves electing a new committee for the next year, and it would be great to have some fresh faces. If you think you might be interested, speak to any committee member who can give you more idea of what is involved. Or, if you don't want to be on the committee but would be willing to organise a social event in the next 12 months that would be great as well.
The Main Sports Club AGM is also coming up soon on Monday 29th February at 7.00. It would be helpful to have good representation of tennis members at this meeting.


Monday evening ladies social tennis
Monday evenings will now be a regular slot for ladies to get together, play tennis and have a glass of wine and a natter afterwards . The new  ladies social tennis Monday evenings is  to be totally inclusive so all ladies are invited. It will start at 6.30 with the older juniors joining straight after their coaching session. Don't worry if that is too early for you, please feel free to come down at 7, or 7.30 as we'll aim to play till 8.30.Lou or someone else from the committee will be down to manage the pairings and mix it up and There may even be the odd prize for best /craziest shot of the evening (nominations will be needed!) Watch out for Lou's email with more information, and please contact her if you have any questions.


Junior presentation evening
Our Annual presentation evening took place on 15th January. This was an opportunity to celebrate the success of our junior members with over 40 trophies awarded for all events played in 2015. The award for  'KTC overall Junior Of The Year 2015' went to Lenny Turner. Congratulations to him and to all our  juniors. Below is a list of all the main awards -
 Road 2 Wimbledon winner 2015 – Sam Jackson
 Box League mini red winner – George Buckley
 Box League Mini orange winner – Will Scott
 Box League mini green winner – Robert Read
 Box League U13 boys winner – Sam Jackson
 Box League U15 girls winner – Faith Airey
 Box League U16 boys winner – George Keeble
 KTC Club Championships 10U Winner – Robert Read
 KTC Club Championships 14U Winner – Sam Jackson
 KTC Club Championships 16U Winner (X2) – George Keeble / Faith Airey
 KTC Club Championships 18U Winner – Lenny turner
 Most improved player of the year 2015 – Luke Brierley
 Mini tennis player of the year 2015 – Emily Ancel
 U13 team player of the year 2015 – Caelen Atkins
 U15 team player of the year 2015 (X2) – Saskia Davies & Adam Smith


Club nights/Social tennis
Tuesday nights (7.00 pm onwards) will continue to be run by our coach Mark and there will be a cost of £2 or one light token for everyone attending.
Thursday nights rusty rackets (6.30 onwards) will be an unsupervised club night for members until 31st March. Everyone is welcome but you will need to have light tokens available to put the floodlights on. If you think you can help with running the evening from 31st March onwards please contact Sonia. (soniaamos@btinternet.com)
Sunday mornings operate on the same basis. Everyone is welcome from 10.00 onwards with members arranging games for all those who turn up. There is no charge as floodlights are not required. Many people prefer playing in natural light so this is a great option for playing without the need to pre arrange a game.

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