TENNIS SUPPORTS CHARITIES

During this year the club have supported the Kidney Appeal, British Heart Foundation, McMillan Nurses and St John's Hospice.

For the last six years Mrs Jo Banks has organised at the Club a tournament and coffee morning which is supported by Barclays Bank, this year the Kidney research organisation received a cheque for £2,500.00.

A tournament for the British Heart Foundation incorporating the name of Keith Wells a past president raised £200.00.

The Mcmillan nurses coffee morning organised by Kate Steer donated £200.00

The final charity was the Raquets Ball organised by Denise Penketh; Heswall LTC was supported by the Squash Club & Hoylake tennis club and a cheque for £ 778.oo was sent off to
St John's Hospice.

Your president Roger Hughes is delighted that the club has been able to support all these deserving charities

AUTUMN TOURNAMENT REPORT

2nd to 9th September

As you will know, we “re-badged” the Keith Wells Day as a week long handicap event this year, starting on Sunday 2nd September when everyone was required to play at least one match, and finishing on Saturday 8th with three finals and a social evening.

We had good entries in all three events and hardly a murmur of dissent, despite everyone playing in steady rain throughout Sunday afternoon! Excellent catering was provided on both the Sunday and the Saturday by Sylvia and her regular team, and we were delighted to have Ann Wells with us both days.

The tournament was in aid of The British Heart Foundation in memory of Keith Wells and by agreement 50% of all entry fees went to that Charity. I am delighted that £175 was raised from the entries, and a further £25 was donated from members who had not played. A cheque for £200 is on its way to that charity, and thanks to all who made this possible.

All the matches were close thus vindicating the handicapper, and the results were as follows:

The Keith Wells for Trophy Mixed Handicap Doubles:
Kay Bell and Glen Penn beat Stan Clarke and Lynn O’Brien

Ladies’ Handicap Doubles:
Ann Forrester and Judy Hughes beat Lynn O’Brien and Meg Powell

Men’s Handicap Doubles:
Howard Smart and Eddy Doyle beat Ieuan Owen and Kay Bell

Thanks to all who made the week a success, both the players and the helpers, and I would especially like to mention those juniors who took part, Sam Wileman, Jack Williamson and Simon Gillam. Despite the disappointment of losing a really close 3 set mixed doubles semi to Stan and Lynn, Jack was good enough to come back on Saturday and umpire the final. I calculate the combined age on court was some 17 times his own age, but he took no nonsense! A big thank you to Jack and perhaps an encouragement to our other juniors.

Roger Hughes

Junior News

The Road to Wimbledon tournament -

Girls:
Winner- Samantha Wileman
Runner-up - Katie Syvret

Boys:
Winner - Jacob Whalley
Runner-up - Tom Boon

Samantha Wileman took part in the County Road to Wimbledon event and has been asked to attend a day at Wimbledon on 25th August, have a great time Sam!

Cheshire:

• Samantha Wileman was chose to play for Cheshire in the 16 Counties championships played at Northampton. Sam won all her matches.
• Jacob Whalley represented Cheshire at Wavertree Tennis Centre. Jacob won his matches and Cheshire reached the final. Jacob also qualified for the Clay Court Championships.
• Samantha and Jacob are ranked in the top five in Cheshire in the U12 age group and they both reached the semi-finals of the West Cheshire Tournament in July.

Tournaments:

Well done to all our tournament players especially Charlie Fachiri, Edward Sherrard, Alice Sherrard, Tom Pickford and Joe Phelan. Not forgetting Ian Burns who trains full time at Bolton.

Mini Tennis Green, Orange and Red tournaments as well as U12, U10, U14 Summer Series County Events have taken place at the club during the summer and all were well supported by members and players across the county. Watch out for the next events before christmas.

Summer Camp:

70 children attended the camp this year. Normally numbers are limited to 60 but due to a huge demand for this event we increased the number of campers.

Camper of the summer 2007 was Thomas Mabitt

The camp was lead by a team of ten coaches headed by Mal Jones and Sue Davies.

Autumn Camp:

The dates for the Autumn camp are from Monday 22nd October to Wednesday 24th October. 10 places have gone already!

Junior Night - Restarts on Friday 7th September.

Possible Future Events - to be confirmed:

Junior Disco for Primary School children on Friday 30th November

Trip to the pantomime at Christmas has also been suggested.

Junior Results

The results of the Junior tournaments for this year were as follows:

U18 Girls:
Winner - Katie Bevan
Runner-up - Samantha Wileman

U14 Girls:
Winner - Samantha Wileman
Runner-up - Katie Syvret

U12 Girls:
Winner - Samantha Wileman
Runner-up - Alice Sherrard

U10 Girls:
Winner - Alice Sherrard
Runner-up - Olivia Wilkinson

U18 Boys:
Winner - Matthew Knight
Runner-up - Thomas Pickford

U14 Boys:
Winner - Jacob Whalley
Runner-up - Mark Bevan

U12 Boys:
Winner - Jacob Whalley
Runner-up - William Syvret

U10 Boys:
Winner - Bharath Chandrasekar
Runner-up - Matthew Jones

Congratulations to all involved!

Future Events in 2007

There are three tennis camps in 2007 at Heswall Lawn Tennis Club. These are "open" camps so all are welcome. Please book early to avoid disappointment as they are extremely popular!

Easter Camp 3rd,4th & 5th April
Summer Camp 30th & 31st July and Ist August
Autumn Camp 22nd,23rd & 24th October

Junior Night re-starts on Friday 2nd March- Please note there is no junior night on Good Friday 6th April.

U14 Road To Wimbledon Tournament - Sunday 25th June 2006

Results

Boys Winner - Jacob Whalley
Runner Up - James Maclaren

Girls Winner - Sam Wileman
Runner Up - Grace Masters

Congratulations to Jacob and Sam who will represent Heswall L.T.C in the Cheshire County Area Finals in July.

JUNIOR FINALS DAY RESULTS 2006

Junior Finals Day was held on 2nd July in the sunshine, well mostly sunshine ! It was a fantastic day with some great tennis played. Three of the finals went to three sets with some very close games. There was lots of support from families and friends, and with a fabulous BBQ the day had a wonderful atmosphere. Congratulations to all finalists.

U18 BOYS
Winner Sam Bryan

R/up Matt Knight

U18 GIRLS

Winner Gilly Myers

R/up Katie Bevan

U14 BOYS

Winner Jacob Whalley

R/up Oliver Henderson

U14 GIRLS

Winner Sam Wileman

R/up Grace Masters

U12 BOYS

Winner Jacob Whalley

R/up Tom Boon

U12 GIRLS

Winner Sam Wileman

R/up Katie Syvret

Many thanks to umpires Patrick Roberts, Doug Sharpe, Mark Bevan, Robert Birch, Tom Pickford and Ben Challoner.

Under 14 Raw Tennis Tournament

The tournament took place with lots of enthusiasm which produced a high standard of tennis. Well done to all who took part , particularly LILY FAULKNER from Warrington who won and GRACE MASTERS from Heswall, the runner-up. Many congratulations also to JAMES KEIGHLEY from Neston, the boys winner, and runner-up was ALEXANDER KING from Cuddington.

JUNIOR NEWS UPDATE

AUTUMN CAMP
54 children entered and had a fabulous three days of tennis, including lots of fun!

Green mini-tennis tournament took place on Sunday 13th November- 21 children entered and had a great day.

Ratings Matches- due to start in January-if interested,please contact Sue.

Junior of the Year - congratulations to BEN CHALLONER who was presented with the cup at the presentation night on November 11th. Well done Ben!