TENNIS SECTION

 

The 2024 summer tennis league campaign has proved to be a difficult one for our teams. All 4 of the men's teams finished in relegation places but the ladies experienced better fortune whereby the ladies 1st team won their division, the ladies 2nd team were relegated but the ladies 3rd team narrowly avoided relegation.  

 

The annual club tournament has now started with good entries in all events.  

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Social tennis continues to be very popular with excellent attendance on Friday evenings and Saturday afternoons.  

 

The winter tennis league fixtures are now available on the tennis page of this website and results will also be posted there as matches are concluded. 

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BOWLING SECTION 

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The mixed weather this summer has seen warm sunny days interspersed with periods of rain some of which has been extremely heavy and caused planned events to be postponed or re-arranged.  Our green suffered periods of saturation which required additional maintenance to improve the quality of the playing surface towards the end of the season. 

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We had 13 teams playing in various local leagues and news of their success will be posted here shortly.  

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Social bowling has been very active this summer with lots of members using the green to enjoy their favourite pastime and have a chat and a cuppa.  

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CLUBHOUSE  

 

The Executive committee wishes to clarify some of the rules about using the clubhouse. The clubhouse closes every day at midnight  unless late use has been authorised by the Committee, so members must exit the premises before this time. All visitors to the club are restricted to 3 visits per annum and must always be signed in to the visitors book and the appropriate fee paid at the time of the visit. Visitors playing league matches against a Ryecroft team are exempt from this requirement. Members under 18 years of age, who wish to play snooker must have permission from the Executive Committee before playing and no visitors under 18 can play snooker.

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During the winter, Coffee mornings take place on the first Wednesday of every month at 10am and brunches take place on the second Sunday of every month from 11am.  Our next quiz will be held on the Sat 30th November.    Table tennis sessions will be held on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings from 1030am when the bowling season is over (except when the coffee morning is on).  On Wednesday and Thursday 23rd and 24th October there is a gold and silver collection where members and friends can bring their unwanted items for a valuation and possible sale.  

 

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VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED

 

Your various committees are always looking for members to help out with various tasks that need doing around the club. If you feel able to help ,even in a small way, please speak to a member of the committees.  If you can help with any task, please contact any member of the Executive Committee.

 

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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS THIS YEAR.

 

President and Chair  -   Nicholas Todd

Secretary   - Gill Critchley

Treasurer - Chris Jeffries

House Chair &  Membership - Iain Campbell

Tennis Chair - Viv Smith assisted by Sue Coppock-Grun and Julie Collins 

Bowls Chair - Toby Knight assisted by Kevin Batson and Joan Wheelhouse 

 

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