Coach Holidays!

No - we're not organising a coach trip to Bognor - we're having a little break ourselves!

And by the look of us, I think it's about time..

Pete and Helen will be back coaching from September 5th.

Richard is back from Austria and should be contactable from the week beginning Monday August 29th. Junior Group Coaching restarts on Monday 5th September.

Enjoy the rest of your summer!

Tom and Carlo have a Grasscourt Trip!

Junior members Tom Benford and Carlo Friedlander travelled to Tunbridge Wells LTC to watch the semi-finals of the Grade 3 County Level LTA Junior Tournament on 19th August.

Coach Peter Farthing met them there and was able to share some tournament playing advice with Tom's mum, Maria and the boys.

Everyone was inspired by the standard of play. The icing on the cake was when Peter pulled a few strings to give the boys a chance to play on a grass court.

So they relived one of the classic Wimbledon moments from this year's championships and ended a point with both of them diving for the ball (not tripping)!

Junior Summer Camps 2011

This summer, Amherst Coaching Team and their assistants ran our most successful Junior Summer Camps yet, with three solid weeks of full attendance, averaging over 30 children every day.

Thanks to everyone for making the camps so enjoyable. And a big thankyou to our assistants, Stuart May, Harry Crane, Tom Mitchell and Mia Apps.

Pictured are players on the last day of the camps, with coaches Alex, Helen and Pete.

Provisional Minutes of the Committee Meeting held on 15 March 2011

Hi there,

The provisionally agreed minutes of the Committee Meeting held on 15th March 2011 can be found by clicking the following link. This is a new experiment to keep Members better informed of the committee's activities.

Minutes of the Committee Meeting held on 15 March 2011

Please contact any members of the committee if you have any comments or questions.

Courts repainted at Amherst

Amherst have recently repainted Courts 6 & 7 - a fantastic blue and green colour scheme in the style of Flushing Meadow, home of the US Open Tennis Tournament. We now have 7 superb surfaces. 3 artificial grass courts - all floodlit, 4 hard courts - 2 of which are floodlit.

Amherst Christmas Social Evening

Friday 3rd December - come and join us for a festive social evening after mixed social play.

Please bring a plate of festive food.

Sarah

Schools Tennis

Pete, Helen and Alex with Years 1 & 2 at Sacred Heart Primary

having a photo-break after Tennis-Olympics!

Richard, Helen and Pete with the help of Alex have been busy this Spring and Summer term going into local schools. We've set up new after-school tennis clubs at Castledown, Sacred Heart, Catsfield and Helenswood. Richard has also been working with children from New Horizons School, both on-site and at Amherst.