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01 Jul

With effect from Monday 1 June, four people from different households can now play doubles subject to compliance with Coronavirus protocols, including 2 metre social distancing as far as possible. You can only play using courts booked on the on-line system

Over the last 3 weeks, Elstead Tennis Club have run official LTA tournaments for 12 and under, 9 and under and 8 and under players.  The competitions have been aimed at children who have not played in tournaments before, and a number of Elstead Tennis Club members have competed in all the age groups.
The tournaments have been run by Douglas Barker, one of the coaches at the club, who is also a qualified referee.  The tournaments have been great fun for all the children who have been involved.  The club will be running more starter tournaments throughout the winter as well as looking forward to the Regional Grade 3 Dan Burden Trophy from the 13th to the 20th July.
22 Jun

Private coaching is available and all coaching bookings need to go through Jorge Martin

The sixth Dan Burden Trophy will be taking place from 13th to 20th July at Elstead Tennis Club. The tournament is run to remember Dan, a young coach at Elstead Village Tennis Club who died in a car crash on 11th October 2013 aged 21. He was a fun loving, mischievous young man with a great sense of humour. We hope that the tournament will be played with his spirit for his memory.

The Dan Burden Trophy is a LTA grade 3 tournament, which is regional level. Elstead is probably one of the smallest clubs in the country to run a grade 3 event. Players from all over the country have taken part over the past 5 years, and the tournament has expanded year on year. Some of the events are now played at Byfleet but there is still a large number of events at Elstead to enjoy.

From Saturday 13th to Monday 15th, the 14U and 18U boys and girls will be battling it out, with the mini tennis at the end of the week – 9U on Thursday 18th, 10U on Friday 19th and Saturday 20th, and 8U on Saturday 20th.

We are hoping that this year’s tournament will be another success and would love to see you there. Why not pop in for a coffee and watch some amazing tennis on your doorstep.

07 Jun

Elstead Summer Camps 2019

2019 dates. Week 1: Thursday 25 & Friday 26th July and Week 2: Monday 29th July – Friday 2nd August. email: munozjorgemartin@yahoo.com to check availability and for an application form.

25 May

Social Tennis Evening Thursday 6th June 7pm – 9pm

After a great turnout at our two Easter Social Tennis Events, there is going to be another evening of organised tennis on Thursday 6th June 7pm – 9pm.  Barbara Awbery has kindly agreed to run the evening.
Everyone is welcome, all standards, and especially all new members – please do come along, as it would be great to meet you.
If possible, please could you let Barbara know you are coming by emailing “membership@elsteadtennis.info”.  But if you don’t know until the day, do just come along.
04 Apr

Social Tennis, AGM & Wimbledon Draw Sunday 28th April

On Sunday 28th April, we will be holding a supervised social tennis afternoon from 2pm – 3.30pm.  Everyone welcome.

The AGM will then follow at 3.45pm.

And the Wimbledon Tickets draw for those members who have “opted in” with the LTA will take place at 5pm, after the AGM.

We look forwards to seeing you!

22 Feb

Launch of New Tennis Season 2019

Launch of New Tennis Season 2019 – Saturday 30th March 2pm – 4pm
Jorge Martin, Head Coach, will be holding a free Coaching Session for all adult members.  This is a great opportunity to start the season and meet new people, and Jorge’s sessions are always popular & fun.
Please email membership@elsteadtennis.info to let Jorge know you are coming if you can, or do just turn up on the day.
13 Feb

Wimbledon Ballot 2019 – Deadline for “opting in” 22nd February 2019

All tennis playing members (11+) are eligible to register with the LTA and “opt in”, to have a chance to be allocated Wimbledon tickets through the Elstead Village Tennis Club draw (date in May 2019 to be announced shortly).

If you are eligible but have not yet “opted in”, please do so  by the deadline of 22nd February 2019 by following the link below:

https://www.lta.org.uk/major-events/grand-slams/wimbledon/ballots/btm-ballots-home/

The LTA requires everyone to opt-in every year, so even if you opted-in last year, you do please need to do it again for 2019.

Even if you are not interested in tickets, the Club would be grateful if you would “opt-in” and assign yourself to Elstead Village Tennis Club, as the number of tickets allocated to the Club is based on the number of opted-in members.