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ROUNDHAY TENNIS CLUB |
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| Six floodlit tennis courts
Modern Clubhouse/ Changing Rooms |
New members welcome |
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| Shaftesbury Avenue
(off Street Lane) LEEDS LS8 1DU |
For fun and/or |
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| Contacts: Melanie May Secretary Leeds (0113) 2933592 David Ward Membership Secretary info@roundhaytennis.org.uk |
Social events - see also club noticeboards |
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All this for a comparatively low membership subscription which includes tennis balls - prospective new members are invited to visit the club and make themselves known to any senior member present.
GENERAL
Roundhay Tennis Club is a well established club offering a friendly tennis environment for players of all ages, standards and abilities. Facilities for wheelchair tennis are available.
We have 6 excellent floodlit tennis courts - all carpeted - and a purpose built clubhouse. We have a large junior membership providing social tennis and team tennis for the more competitive. There is coaching for those wishing to improve. We have regular tournaments and social events; new members are always encouraged to join in. Roundhay is unquestionably a successful and friendly club with over 130 adult members and 200+ junior members.
Juniors are welcome and encouraged to play at any time courts are available and have priority on the courts on Saturday morning and Sunday evening. Coaching is offered for juniors by our coach and willing volunteers. Two weeks of free coaching are included in the membership and continued coaching is offered at £1 a session. Coaching is generally on Saturday morning and Friday evening, although our coach also offers smaller group coaching on weekday evenings. We have three junior teams in a local league and organise junior tournaments. We also host Leeds Tournaments.
Seniors can arrange to play at any time - please see Court Schedules below. New members are always encouraged to join in and to participate in social, competitive or team tennis, as they wish.
There is a floodlight meter charge of £1.25 (tokens required) for 30 minutes playing time. A 50p playing charge for tennis balls is made on Sunday and Wednesday mornings in the winter months.
Click on map to find out where we are.
For many years Roger Webster organised the Club Tournaments. He still provides a re-stringing service for members. Use the back arrow in your browser to return here if you click on this link to his website.
PLAYING TIMES
Floodlight play ceases at 10pm
Note also the special times allocated to Juniors everyday
| COURT SCHEDULE | |
| Mondays | Men's night and team practice |
| Tuesdays | Matches/courts available to members |
| Wednesdays | Morning Group/Ladies Night and team practice - see note below |
| Thursdays | Matches/courts available to members |
| Fridays | Social tennis night/Mens 4th team matches - 4 nights only |
| Saturdays | Junior coaching morning/Social tennis afternoon |
| Sundays | Social tennis morning/matches afternoon |
Priority Ladies Evenings commence this year on Wednesday 22nd April with an American Tournament for ALL LADIES, starting 7pm.
Lorraine Bowman is hoping that those ladies wishing to play in teams will come along on Wednesdays together with anyone else with ideas of how subsequent evenings should be organised. Proposed times as follows:-
6.30pm to 7.00pm (an organised drill session)
Opportunity to hit lots of tennis balls and get fully into the swing of tennis
Open to all abilities.
7.00-8.15pm social play mixing all abilities.
8.15pm onwards ladies doubles social play and an opportunity for ladies team practice.
HISTORY OF THE CLUB
The Roundhay Tennis Club was founded in 1946 and became The Roundhay Lawn Tennis Club (Limited by Guarantee) in 1952. A full historical record can be found by clicking here.
The most recent improvements have been facilitated by a successful Lottery Grant application. A couple of pictures of the official opening of the new courts and clubhouse in 2002 are viewable by clicking on the link.
Many members have served the club tirelessly over the years but none more so than Arthur Kasher - the link takes you to a photo of him taken in 2005 when receiving a prestigious award in Leeds. Grounds committee/working parties/junior coaching/committee work/social events/adapting the new clubhouse to our needs - you name it and Arthur has been the linchpin of most activities. In recognition of his services to the club, he was made an Honorary Life Member in 1994. Other Honorary Life Members are Betty Barratt, Peter Sparling and Colin Wright, Sid Rowe, Jean Lawson, Brian Marshall, Will Murray, Alan Jackson and Ann Voss. It has become a tradition, twice a year, for older and retired members of the club to get together at a party. Good fun is had by all and the events are also fund raisers for the club. Here's an account by Arthur of a previous event COMMITTEE
Club Officers 2009
President: Sean Brittain Vice Presidents: Alan Jackson & Sheila Wright Secretary: Melanie May Treasurer: Cathy Mellor
Membership Secretary: David Ward
Tournaments: Helen Harper
Juniors: Jonathan Saddler
Men's captain: Chris Harper
Women's captain: Lorraine Bowman
Social Representatives: Catherine Brittain
Pavilions: Camala Marsh
Grounds: Terry Wright
Committee meetings take place as and when required.
Job descriptions for all posts can be viewed here as can the Club Calendar Plan. A detailed 5 year budget has also been prepared to ensure the sustainable running of the club well into the future.
Members of the Club are invited to make suggestions to the Committee about any aspect of the running of the Club and are likewise urged to bring to their attention any matter of concern.
The Committee keep a check on the finances of the club under the watchful eye of the Treasurer and propose subscription rates for the following year. These are confirmed by the Annual General Meeting of the club held in March.
DATA PROTECTION ACT JUNIORS/COACHING
The club is justifiably proud of its commitment to Juniors. For many years, Arthur Kasher devoted his Saturday mornings to coaching beginners/improvers. Many now accomplished players attended his sessions and went on to represent the Club in League tennis.
The club coach is Jonathan Saddler.
Coaching is offered for juniors by Jonathan and willing volunteers. Two weeks of free coaching are included in the membership and continued coaching is offered at £1 a session. Coaching is generally on Saturday morning and Friday evening, although Jonathan also offers smaller group coaching on weekday evenings.
Juniors have priority on the courts on Saturday mornings and Sunday evenings. We have junior teams in the Leeds League and in the Yorkshire Minor League and also organise junior tournaments. The club hosts Leeds Tournaments.
If enough interest is shown, then Juniors can contribute items for inclusion on their own Junior page. Follow this link
TOURNAMENTS
Each year there are keenly contested Open and Handicap Tournaments. Watch the noticeboards for entry details. Helen Harper has taken over from brother Chris as organiser of these tournaments.
This year the Open Tournaments Finals Day was held on Saturday 11th July and the Handicap Tournament Finals Day on Sunday 20th September. Another Charity Mixed Doubles Tournament takes place on 26th September. Doubtless you can organise your holidays accordingly!
(NB It is the responsibility of entrants to play
their games by the date stated for each round. Failure to do so will generally result in the scratching of both players. If you encounter difficulties in arranging a match, be sure to contact the named organiser in plenty of time.)
OPEN TOURNAMENT - 2009 Click here to see Photos of Finalists and
winners of Open tournaments in previous years.
HANDICAP TOURNAMENT - 2009 Click here to see some photos taken on the day that appear at the Facebook RLTC fan site
and here to see winners of Handicap tournaments in previous years
JUNIOR TOURNAMENT - Finals Day Saturday 17th October
10 Finals in play 11.00am - 2.00pm - a chance to see the stars of the future
TEAM NEWS
The club entered teams in the following leagues for the 2009 season.
Mens'
Fixture details and results of all teams are displayed on the noticeboard. You can track our top teams' progress by clicking on the linked League names above and, if you are registered with totaltennis.com, by going to the url's below.
Men's National League - http://yorkshire.totaltennis.net/CompManager/event.aspx?EventInstID=239
Men's Yorkshire League - http://yorkshire.totaltennis.net/CompManager/event.aspx?EventInstID=560
Ladies Yorkshire League - http://yorkshire.totaltennis.net/CompManager/teamTable.aspx?EventInstID=636
SUCCESS FOR ROUNDHAY IN THE BARKSTON ASH CUP 2008
Once again, the cup has returned to Roundhay: Congratulations to the team and all who took part in the earlier rounds.
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
Please keep a look out for all announcements on the Noticeboards at the Club
Click here to see Past Presidents.
SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR 2009 Full playing members over 21 before 1 June
£125 Full playing members over 21 after 1 June
£135 Intermediate playing members over 18 and/or under 21 - full time students
£65 Junior playing members from school Year 5 to age 18
£50 Junior playing members up to and including school Year 4
£30 Mid-week daytime members
£65 Social non-playing members
£5 Family membership* before 1 June
£285 Family membership after 1 June
£300
The club holds detailed membership lists on computer to aid administration and also displays contact information on a noticeboard for the convenience of other members. If any member has a query about this, they are asked to contact the Treasurer or Secretary.
Men's Singles - Neil Hamer (Runner up: Chris Wickett)
Ladies' Singles - Grace Marsh (Runner up: Catherine Brittain)
Men's Doubles - Mike Kasher & Jonathan Saddler (Runners up: Chris Harper & Chris Wickett )
Ladies' Doubles - Grace Marsh & Charlotte Cheesebrough (Runners up: Lauren Whittaker & Rosie Hogarth)
Mixed Doubles - Mike Kasher & Helen Kasher (Runners up: Chris Harper & Lauren Whittaker)
Men's Singles - James Laybourn (Runner up: Sam Llewellyn)
Ladies' Singles - Rosie Nicholl (Runner up: Charlotte Cheesebrough)
Men's Doubles - James Laybourn & Gerald Rogers (Runners up: Justin Oliver & Chris Pearson)
Ladies' Doubles - Catherine Brittain & Sheila Wright (Runners up: Viva Baillie & Nancy Gray)
Mixed Doubles - Jonathan Bowers & Christine Townson (Runners up: Michael Gandy & Sheila Wright)
One in the National League (Division 1), two in the Yorkshire League (Divisions 2 and 4), two in the Leeds League (Divisions 3 and 4).
Ladies'
Yorkshire League (Division 2) - 3 pairs play at home on Saturday afternoons (3 matches) and away (4 matches).
Leeds League (Divisions 1) - 2 pairs play at home on Thursday evenings (6 matches) and away (6 matches)
Leeds League (Divisions 2) - 2 pairs play at home on Wednesday evenings (5 matches) and away (5 matches)
Mixed
Two teams, one in the Leeds League and one in the Barkston Ash League (Division 1).
There are also three junior teams in the Leeds League and three in the Yorkshire Minor League.
CLICK HERE for a downloadable version of this year's fixture list. Any changes will be noted on the main chart affixed to the Club noticeboard.
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Charity Tennis Mixed Doubles Tournament in aid of Martin House Hospice Held on Saturday September 26th This year's was again a great success raising over £400 to be matched hopefully by a similar amount from "The Halifax". Great atmosphere, food and Sean even managed to sort the weather - again! It's definitely become one of the favourite events for all the club members.
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You had to be at the last Karaoke Quiz Night to know how good it was :-) Some pictures are here but forgive me for not having uploaded any soundclips.
FEEDBACK
All enquiries about the club can be made via email to info@roundhaytennis.org.uk
or at the club premises during opening times. Your comments regarding the website and suggestions for improvement are welcomed. Some named members have already helped construct the full History of the Club. If you would you like to submit your reminiscences/anecdotes about current/former members, we'd be glad to hear from you?
Website designed and launched by A C Jackson - March 2003
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