Hi News,
Tennis Week is back in 2021 – running from the 24th to the 30th of July.
It’s full of activities and entertainment for all your family and friends and there’s plenty of tennis as well in the form of mini tournaments, socials, club nights and more fantastic coaching with Richard Hopp for the Juniors.
A full summary of events and timings along with contact details for who you need to contact to sign up is on the attached schedule. I have also added a little more detail below.
Firstly if you are up for playing some tennis we have a number of activities for everyone of any ability and of course we will be setting up the 2 ‘grass courts’ to add to the entertainment.
- Junior Tennis Coaching with Richard Hopp will be running all week, full details on the second pageof the flyer attached. Phone Richard on 07904 069457 or email him at richard@hoppcoaching.co.uk
- Junior Club night on the first Monday from 6.00pm – very popular as it involves some fun tennis games, table tennis and of course plenty of free Pizza and soft drinks to follow.
- Generation game Mixed Doubles – sign yourself up with Philippa Sanders for this fun tournament on the Saturday morning. No partner needed, all abilities welcome, Philippa will draw the pairings.
- Men’s Doubles – sign yourself up with Simon Longman for this ‘clear the head’ tournament on Sunday morning. No partner needed, all abilities welcome, Simon will draw the pairings.
- Club night on Thursday will feature an American doubles format.
- Family Club night on the final Friday is for all parents with children to come and have some fun on the courts with some ball machine games and prizes.
Amongst all of this there will be 2 League matches (on the Tuesday and Wednesday evenings) and the brilliant Junior Match versus Rogate on the Monday afternoon.
Alongside the tennis will be a number of activities for Friends and family as well as the tennis players – everyone is welcome.
- Tea and Cakes will be available for all during Saturday from 11.00am
- Saturday afternoon on the 24th is the rounders at the recreation ground – simply turn up and we will create the teams or if you want to bring a team contact Denise Clay to let her know.
- Saturday afternoon / Evening the BBQ will be fired up serving Burgers, Sausage and some amazing Lamb (Vegetarian burger / sausage option available) and the bar will be open.
- Sunday afternoon Brett Creed will be running a cricket for all match – a lot of fun for all the family especially as the BBQ and bar will again be open for service.
- The very popular Club curry will again be held on Wednesday evening. Costing £10 per head- book early with Diana Pettifer via emailing dmp.pettifer@gmail.com as numbers are limited.
- To coincide with Family Club night the BBQ and bar will again be open to close the week on the final Friday.
Make sure you save the dates and contact the organisers for each activity as soon as possible, with the need to stay at home we hope to be busy!!
We will of course be following all of the government’s guidelines on Covid restrictions if required during the week.
See you all there.
GTC Committee
Graffham Tennis Club