It has been WET! Our bril-

liant Anyone4Tennis ses-

sions finished at the end

of May and we entered

half term week in brilliant

sunshine only to have

clouds roll. Unfortunately

our all but one of our half

term coaching sessions

were cancelled due to rain

but I know everyone who

made it out there will have

enjoyed it.

The Club Championships

have started and Box

League matches are un-

der.

Our Men's and Ladies

teams are progressing well

in the leagues and are

likely to maintain their

position or gain promo-

tion and Tuesday (Ladies)

and Thursday (Men’s)

nights are always very

busy despite the weather.

Club/Social tennis on Sat-

urday afternoons and

Monday evenings has

been quiet. We know

some of this will be the

rather wet weather but

we're concerned and so

we've been looking at how

we can reinvigorate the

sessions, for example do

we need to send out re-

minders, are they at the

right time, do matches

need organising based on

ability? We don't know

the answers so we've de-

veloped a sur-

vey. Please click here to

complete it.

In our upcoming events,

on Wednesday 27th June

we've got a Ladies Charity

Morning collecting for

Breast Cancer Research

(contact Jenny Lord for

more information), the

Junior Championships at

10am on July 7th and

we're looking into arrang-

ing a trip abroad for ten-

nis next Spring (see article

later in the newsletter).

In the meantime, let's

hope for dry weather and

enjoy our tennis

Chairman's Column

Annual Club Championships Underway

The Draw for the club champi-

onships took place on June

2nd and thanks must go to

Allan Duggan for his organiza-

tion of this. It has to be said

that it has been a disappoint-

ing number of people who

have signed up for the what is

one of the clubs most prestig-

ious events of the year; how-

ever it still looks like there will

be some exciting matches to

be seen.

The full draw is posted in the

clubhouse and knock out

rounds must be played by the

specified dates; the finals will

be held on Saturday 21st July.

Good luck to all those taking

part

Cowbridge Lawn Tennis Club

June 2012

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Diary Dates:

27th June Ladies Charity Morning

7th July Junior Championships

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Inside this issue:

Chairman’s Column 1

Annual Club Championships 1

Captains Corner

Box Leagues

Team News

2

2

2

Junior News

3

Hawkeye on…... 4

European Trip 5

About us/Contacts 6

Premier League:

Ian Duggan V’s Allan Duggan

Colin Rees V’s Hugh Wallace

Division 1

John Edwards V’s Dave Buick

Division 2

Harry Harpin V’s Nonie Hempson

Jayne Wilby V’s Kathy Harwood-Morgan

The Box leagues have started

with matches between Henry

and Paul, Dave and Paul and

Henry and John in Division 1.

All the results and details are

posted in the club house and

on the club website. Please

take note that it is the ‘Home’

player who is responsible for

arranging matches.

Matches to be played by 24th

June are:

Captains Corner

Box Leagues

on track for promotion for the

4th year running. Not letting

their more illustrious members

have all the glory, the men’s

2nd team have won all their

games and top division 7, and

with only three matches to go,

they too are on track for a

second year in a row promo-

tion; most encouraging is the

performance of several prom-

ising junior players, namely Joe

Davies, Sean Boga-Lake and

Harry Harpin. Club captain Ian

Duggan said he is extremely

pleased with the way the

men’s section is progressing

with league performances but

warns of complacency if they

are to get over the promotion

finishing line.

The ladies teams are having

mixed fortunes at the moment,

partly due to availability diffi-

culties. The ladies 1st team,

despite some good perform-

ances that have resulted in 3

draws out of the five matches

played are in 5th spot in divi-

sion 3East. The 2nds find

themselves in top spot in divi-

sion 6East which as it stands

puts them in a promotion posi-

tion.

Team News

Table topping tennis!

All three of our men’s teams

top the table in June. The sen-

ior Aegon league team com-

prising the very best male play-

ers have finished the first

round of matches in top posi-

tion and go undefeated into

the next round of this one of

the more prestigious competi-

tions. The men’s 1st team com-

peting in division 2 east of the

Courtshall Summer league are

also undefeated and having

drawn two of their matches are

today are in second place and

Winning becoming

a habit”

Page 2 Newsletter Title

“All First round

matches to be

played by 24th

June”

“Touch tennis” Tournament

at........Cowbridge Tennis Club

on.......Saturday 14th July

at.........4pm (Rain or Shine)

followed by Barb-b-que at 6pm

ALL WELCOME! ANY AGE! ANY STANDARD Prizes for participants: Many categories

“Come and have a bit of fun and experience this addictive tennis concept”

RSVP to Colin Rees (Junior Co-Ordinator CLTC) on 07968770441

Entry Fee = £2 (members) / £3 (non members).

Refreshments and Barby food available. See you there!

The important role of 'Club Captain' is a new one for CTC. I see my task as liaising with individual team captains - men and ladies - so as to get more people wanting to participate and ENJOY the extra challenges of SWLTA League tennis. The transition upwards from recreational tennis to League tennis success requires players to simply 'raise their game' - especially with regard to the 3 'C's : 'Competence', 'Confidence', 'Commitment'. Let's start by remembering a famous sporting adage - "Confidence is prepa-ration in action !". Thus, we need more commitment to attend our important 'Team Nights'. These practice nights need restructuring to include 'unit skills' such as improving our racket/stroke competences through coaching and drill-ing. Our future path for improvement is simpler & clearer if we reverse the above sporting maxim - "Action better our preparations to dynamically ex-pand confidence levels!". Our Tuesdays [Ladies] and Thursdays [Men] ses-sions together are crucial therefore and done properly can also become ma-jor catalysts for boosting individual enjoyment & team camaraderie!

match and a game of "Go to

jail", all the children seemed

to have great fun as did the

organisers!

As a result of the mornings we

gained several new junior

members and a lot of more

enthused parents! There were

some children with real talent

as well, certainly worth nurtur-

ing if we are to avoid our more

talented youngsters drifting to

other clubs in the area.. Some

useful feedback was obtained

and lessons learnt from this

trial which will be further dis-

cussed by the organisations

for an even better experience

in the future. Most important

of all was that nearly all the

children expressed an interest

in following up these sessions

with more tennis, either for-

mally with specific coaching or

in the form of more regular

Saturday morning training of a

Junior News

The junior section of Cowbridge

tennis club held a series of

‘Open to all’ mornings on Satur-

days in May to try and encour-

age a more "happening' kids

scene within the club. Each of

the 2 hour "Anyone4Tennis"

sessions were run by club cap-

tain Ian Duggan (Level 1 coach)

and Colin Rees (junior co-

ordinator) with able and much

appreciated assistance from

CLT Committee members, and

a special thanks to, Niamh

Hempston for her help.

The new junior equipment we

acquired was great and groups

of 7 to 14, 8 to 12 year olds en-

joyed the informal but well struc-

tured sessions.

The sessions followed the tem-

plate of goal setting, warm up

specific to the teaching point

being worked on that particular

session (e.g. volleys) and then

specific exercises drilling that

discipline. We concluded with a

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Colin Rees

Junior Coordinator

Junior Championships

We've had 16 entries into the junior

championships to be held on July

7th from 10am. We're going to mix

the boys and girls together, having

three competitions running for un-

der 12s, under 15s and under

18s. More detail will be send to

everyone registered to play by the

end of June.

touch tennis tournament

and concluded with a BBQ

on the Friday evening

The future is looking bright

for Junior tennis at CLT!

“Touch tennis” Tournament

at........Cowbridge Tennis Club

on.......Saturday 14th July

at.........4pm (Rain or Shine)

followed by Barb-b-que at 6pm

ALL WELCOME! ANY AGE! ANY STANDARD Prizes for participants: Many categories

“Come and have a bit of fun and experience this addictive tennis concept”

RSVP to Colin Rees (Junior Co-Ordinator CLTC) on 07968770441

Entry Fee = £2 (members) / £3 (non members).

Refreshments and Barby food available. See you there!

When did you join CLT?

Joined originally 1997, but rejoined in 2009

What is involved in your role as Junior Coordina-

tor?

Took over junior co-ord from Caroline who did a

great job, I feel my task is to increase aware-

ness for juniors within the club and establish

much needed future players for succession

planning. Also to have a bit of FUN

When did you take up tennis?

Started playing during Wimbledon fortnight as a

kid Of course. John McEnroe was my hero

hence my behaviour on court! Didn't seriously

start playing until a couple of years Back thanks

to Al Duggan

Federer or Nadal?

Although I appreciate Federers artistry I love

Rafa's battling spirit and also his attitude as a

person - what an awesome role model!

What’s been the best tennis tip/advice you

have been given?

That I make a good lasagna for the post match

meal

Favorite Joke?

The Grim Reaper came for me last

night, and I beat him off With a vac-

uum cleaner. Talk about Dyson with

death!

Hopes for CLT?

To become a thriving competitive

and social club within the town where

people meet to watch Wimbledon

and the French Open etc... Over a

drink, and to have a vibrant junior

scene with good juniors coming thru

aspiring to play ( indoors in our bub-

ble) on the Premier 1 league cham-

pion winning first team!!!!

from Bristol airport.

You will fly EasyJet from Bristol

airport to Murcia is Spain then

take a 35 minute transfer to our

resort, La Manga Club, and self

catering accommodation. You can

have either 10 or 25 hours of

tennis included in the price. If you

opt for the 10 hours, you receive 2

hours of group tuition for 5 days.

The 25 hour option gives three

hours tuition each day with two

hours of tournaments every eve-

ning. And if that’s not enough, you

can book your own court time on

top!

There are two levels of accommo-

dation available, standard or lux-

ury. Four people sharing standard

Do you fancy playing a bit of

tennis in sunny Spain?

It might seem a little early to

be thinking about 2013 but a

group holiday could take

some organising. We thought

an annual trip abroad might

be a nice way to start the

season so we have been

investigating what is on offer.

We’re currently just investi-

gating the possibility but

would like to gauge interest

and so we’ve developed a

sample package.

We have selected a holiday in

Spain that gives plenty of

opportunity to play tennis, is

just 35 minutes from the

airport and easily accessible

self-catering accommodation

will cost approximately £526

(£794 for luxury accommoda-

tion) plus £150pp for flights

and transfers.

To get more details visit the

resorts website at http://

tennisholidays.co.uk.

To finalise costs we need to

confirm the preferred holiday

week and how many people

are interested in joining us. If

you are interested in joining

this trip please complete the

survey (click here) by July 7th

so we can make detailed pro-

posals. Alternatively complete

survey by going club website.

Who are You? Hawkeye on: Colin Rees

Cowbridge Tennis Club European holiday 2013

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Cowbridge Athletic Ground, The

Chairman Henry Mehta 07747642476

Secretary JennyLord 01446775108

Coach Stephen Richards 07976 836249

Membership Secretary Sarah Wallace 01446

775800

We are on the web!

http://cowbridgetennis.webs.com/

We have 4 floodlit courts and the all weather playing surface means that club

activities run all year round

Social tennis sessions are on Saturday afternoon and Monday evening. This is

when our members all come along and mix in, however, we do ask that players are

able to play the game and 'rusty rackets' and beginners are encouraged to have some

coaching practice first

There is a ladies morning every Wednesday with coaching included. This friendly

session is also open to non members for a small fee and is particularly suitable for

intermediates and beginners

Junior coaching is on Thursday and Friday evenings and Junior Tournaments

include the National Club League and 'Road To Wimbledon' events, along with

squad sessions and school holiday coaching camps.

There is men’s practice every Thursday throughout the year starting from 6pm and

usually concluding at 9pm in the 'Bear'!, all adult males and invited juniors are

welcome. The emphasis is on performance play and preparation for team matches,

for this reason pairings will reflect the varying abilities whilst also encouraging devel-

opment by playing against the more advanced players when appropriate. Team

captains are in charge of events on this night.

And much much more...interested? Find application forms on a web page or in club

house

Cowbridge Lawn Tennis Club

If you always do what you have always done,

you always get what you always got...the

search for improvement is constant!

We are now on Twitter! Use this facility to arrange

matches, see who’s going to Social Tennis and give

and see your comments to keep the club developing.

Find us at:

@CowbridgeTennis