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West Linton
West Linton Tennis Club2009 Events calendar
Tennis Club
Spring 2009
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAY
JUN
Fri 20 March Ceilidh at The Bowling Club Sat
21st 2 p.m. American Tennis Tournament
Thur 16th Club Sessions begin Thur 23rd Teen
Tennis starts
early May Ballot for Wimbledon tickets (terms
and conditions apply)
Sun 21st Under8 and 9 tournament 10 2pm Sat.
20th 11 a.m. Social Mixed Doubles Final 2
p.m. American Tournament BBQ
Social Mixed doubles tournament
Ladies and Mens Matches (Borders League)
Dear Friends   We hope that you have enjoyed your
tennis over the past year. We enclose details of
club activities for the year ahead and do hope
that you can join us for what looks like being a
great year.   Having confirmed our 25 year lease
from the Bowling Club we plan to improve the
court surface at some point in the coming
financial year. If we can obtain the appropriate
level of grant funding we hope that a new
'artificial grass' surface can be
laid. (continued)
JUL
AUG
SEPT
OCT
NOV
DEC
Sat. 19th 1- 2pm Junior tournament. 2pm
American Tennis Tournament
Sat 24th 11am AGM
Fri 4th WLTC IV Christmas dinner
Ladies and Mens Matches (Borders League)
Over-40s Matchplay
Open Club days Thursday evenings (715 p.m.)
Saturday mornings (930am to 1130am) Junior
Tennis Contact Heather Robertson for more
information Teen Tennis Thursdays 615 to 715
p.m. Match days Ladies on Tue eve / Mens on Wed
eve
For more information about the club contact
Drummond Begg (660380) or Fred Walker
(660028). For Coaching contact Heather
Robertson For Match play contact Heather
Robertson or Peter Walker
JOIN West Linton Tennis Club
Check the Bulletin Board at the Club House for
updates
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Welcome
Club Activities and Events
As ever, we aim to make tennis accessible to
all by keeping the subscription fees to an
absolute minimum, while still covering the
essentials such as maintenance, insurance and
affiliation fees to Tennis Borders. The subs cost
under 50p a week for children and just 1 a week
for adults to play. Family membership works out
at around 50p each. By comparison, hiring a court
in Edinburgh can cost between 10 - 20 an hour
to play! So we do feel membership of the Club
represents good value for money. To keep costs
low for all we do depend on everyone paying their
subscriptions. To ensure we achieve this we will
be padlocking the courts this year and giving
members the code. This will change every 2 months
and we will inform you of the new code by email.
Please make sure you give your current e-mail
address on the renewal form. Visitors are
welcome to play and one off games can be paid for
via Shaz at Bells, newsagents.   Please do
support as many of our fundraising activities as
you can. This is particularly important this year
as we are raising funds to help with the
resurfacing of the courts. We start with a
ceilidh on Friday 20th March with the excellent
Drum Maw Band at the Bowling Club, followed by a
social tennis tournament on the 21st March.   If
there are changes that you would like to see in
your tennis club then let us know.   With Best
Wishes for the 2009 season. Drummond Begg, on
behalf of West Linton Tennis Club
Junior Tennis For all keen pre-school and
junior members wanting to know more about tennis
and join the after school coaching sessions,
please contact our coach, Heather Robertson.
Club Tennis for Adults Want to meet up with
other Club members and enjoy a good game or two
or more then join us on Thursday evenings at
715 p.m. onwards and again on Saturday mornings
at 930 a.m. to 1130. The Saturdays run all
year, weather-permitting Thursdays start on
16th April and run to 24th September.
Annual Christmas Dinner Since Emil started this
3 years ago, it has become a popular event and a
very pleasant way to look back on the past season
(and look forward to the next ) and catch-up
with fellow players, at a time when play can be
limited due to the weather. Added to this, it
takes place at The Bakehouse.need we say more?
Katy is taking over running the event this year
which is likely to take place on Friday 4th
December. Katy will no doubt be in touch with
members later in the year, but you can make a
reservation now by contacting Katy on 661 316
or katy_at_westlinton.com
Contacts
President Drummond Begg 660380 Treasurers Fred
Walker 660028 and Peter Walker Coaching Heather
Robertson 660595, mobile [phone] Match
Captains Heather (ladies) Peter Walker
(men)07939539834 Secretary Susan Scott 661
744 Committee Tim Crick, Tony Kopsch, Katy
Young, Steve Bishop, Emil Berthelsen, Tony
Lofthouse, Chris Lofthouse, Mike Chase, Royston
Timewell, Graham Rosie.
Club Ball machine available for use now !
Contact a committee member for further
information.
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Club Activities and Events
Annual General Meeting This will be held at
11am on Saturday 24th October at the
clubhouse. Coffee and danish pastries will be
served and, weather permitting, the meeting will
be preceded by some games of tennis. We would
encourage members to come along to the meeting to
support the club and see if you can help in any
way.
Wimbledon 2009
The Club has been allocated 7 pairs of tickets
for the Championships this summer which run from
22 June to 5 July. We will be contacting
members shortly to give further details and to
ask if they would like to take part in the ballot
for tickets. Thanks to everyone who joined
British Tennis Association last year this
certainly increased our ticket allocation.
Competitions Tournaments The season opens this
year with the First American Tournament on
Saturday 21st March at 2 p.m. All adult players
of all levels welcome. As well as American
Tournaments held over the season (see calendar)
and the Social Mixed Doubles, the Club has teams
entered into the Men's and Ladies' Doubles in the
Borders League this season, and continues with
the over 40s mixed doubles in the autumn. We are
always looking for more players to take part in
the matches and if you would be willing to play
please contact Heather Robertson or Peter Walker
for further details. Junior teams start after
Easter with Under 13's boys and girls' teams
playing on Friday evenings and Under 16 boys and
girls on Sunday evenings. For further details of
this and any coaching matter please contact our
coach Heather Robertson.
Guest and Visitor Fees The current level of
charges are as follows- Guests of members - 4
per guest per day Visitors - 10 per hour per
court Fees are payable to the Club and to be left
with Shaz at Bells, Newsagents please have the
correct amount of money ready. Court Etiquette
What to do when all the courts are busy Just a
reminder of the correct procedure to follow if
the courts are full and someone is waiting to
play. The courts should be yielded in rotation
at the completion of the set or after 20 minutes,
whichever event occurs first. So the people
who have been playing the longest, should come
off first and then wait , along with any other
members for the next available court which
would be given up after 20 minutes or completion
of the set by the people who have then been
playing the longest, and so on. So, if anyone is
waiting please follow this format and be ready to
give up your court at the right time. This way,
no one should have to wait more than 20 minutes
to get on/back on court except in the rare event
of more than 3 groups of people waiting to play.
20 mins!
Teen Tennis To encourage our S1 S6 junior
members to get together to play tennis, we are
setting aside the courts for them on Thursday
evenings from 6.15pm 7.15pm. This is
immediately before the adult club night so,
depending on court availability, there may be a
further opportunity for juniors to play on.   We
will run this initially from 23rd April to 18th
June. During this time an adult member will be
down at the courts.
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2009 Social Mixed Doubles tournament
New for 2009
Spring Ceilidh
We are holding a Ceilidh on Friday 20th March at
7.30pm at the Bowling Club. The fabulous Drum
Maw Band is playing, along with various soloists
through the evening. A small finger buffet will
be available, along with the most reasonably
priced bar in the village.   So join us for a
great evening all to raise funds for the new
West Linton Tennis Courts.   Adults 8  Children
5  All welcome. (no need to have bowling
club/tennis club membership)   email
drummond_at_westlinton.com for tickets as soon
as possible to avoid disappointment. 
and then join in the American Tennis
Tournament the next day, Saturday 21 March at
2pm!
Tennis Clothing
Thankfully, tennis wear has come a long way
since this photo was taken! This year the Club
has a new range of contemporary clothing, with
WLTC logo, in a wide variety of styles, to suit
players of all ages and sizes. See the enclosed
leaflet and order form for further details or
contact Peter Walker, our mens captain who has
developed the range.