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We are running another one day tournament at the club on Sunday 20 May. This one is a mixed doubles event and is open to players of all abilities. Lower level players should not be put of entering as we will try to match iup abilities to ensure that everyone gets good matches.

Non members are also welcome to take part so if you have any friends or family  who you think may like to take part, invite them along. There is a £5 guest fee for non members.

Enter in advance on the notice board at the club or call reception.

The tournament will start at 10:30AM and finish around 1:30PM

We are holding the first of our one day doubles tournaments on Sunday 6th May and the first event is for mens and ladies vets doubles.

The tournament is also open to non member pairs from other clubs or if members have any friends or family who may be interested in taking part.

Age cut off is 40+ for ladies and 45+ for men. entry fee is £5 per pair. Non members pay an additional non member fee of £5 per person. Entry fees are payable on the day. The tournament will probably be based on a round robin format with play-off finals.

Enter by email to reception@thewinchesterclub.net or simply give your names in at reception when next at the club.

more details of other events here

The new floodlights on courts 4567 are now in operation.

So if you fancy a hit later in the evening, you now have 10 courts available to play on. This should make it better in the summer for members who aren't able to get on court till slightly later in the evening.

The floodlight rates for the new court are £3 per half hour - however if you book 90 minutes the fee is £8.

(Note that the floodlights on courts 10/11 are no longer available)

The Club will be running tennis and squash camps for juniors in the first week of the Easter Holidays from Monday 2nd to Thursday 5th April.

Click here for information and application form

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Calling all Mens Team Players....Interested in playing Mens Team Tennis?

Following hot on the heels of the ladies, the club would also like to hear from any of our men players who would like to represent us during the summer of 2012 and beyond. In terms of men's tennis the club currently has three teams playing in the Hampshire & IOW Leagues, four teams in the Hampshire & IOW Veterans Leagues (3 X 45+ and 1 x 55+), one team in Basingstoke Men's League together with various mixed teams in the Apsley and Sarum Leagues. These teams are in addition to sides that represent the Club at various age groups in the National Knock Out competitions.

We hope that through the various contacts that we have within the Club you will have already been spotted and your availability for team tennis discussed. The team captains review those players who participate in the various box leagues and also those players who participate in the squad training programme that currently exists at the Club for new and existing players. However, we recognise that for one reason or another we may have missed you and if this is the case please contact Mark or myself. Our contact numbers are below.

Ideally we would like to enter more Club sides in the various leagues especially at age group 45+, 55+ and the Basingstoke League. Sadly this cannot be achieved as it is important to have sufficient courts available for those members who do not wish to participate in team tennis and also our coaching squads.

You do not need to respond to this notice if you have represented the Club regularly over the past year as we assume you will want to continue playing this coming summer. However please contact us by 18 February if you want to get your name 'in the frame' and we can then assess the way forward. Just click on Phil or Mark's name below to send them a message.

Phil Baker                                                            Mark Finlayson
Tennis Chairman                                               Men's Tennis Captain

Just in case you are planning your summer around your attempt to win this years club championships, you should know that the format and dates will be different in 2012.

This year we will be running a straight knock out format in all the event categories. A significant change is the shift to the end of the summer to avoid clashing with the busy team matches season in May and June.

The very popular one day doubles events will still take place but they will not be linked to the club championships

click here for dates and more info

Note that the junior club championships will still take place over May/June and the junior finals day will be on Sunday 1st July

The installation of floodlights on courts 4567 will get underway next week starting Monday 30 January. The initial phase of works will take around two weeks and will mean that two courts will not be available at any one time over that fortnight (note that weekends will be unaffected).

Bookings will be taken on courts 4&5 only although it may be that on the day it is actually courts 6&7 that are available for play. The important thing to note is just that we will be without two of the courts during the week. There will be some unavoidable distraction and noise during the work as a result of trench digging, etc in order to prepare and install the floodlight posts.

There are 18 posts in all to be installed providing 6 floodlights to each court. The positioning and quality of the lights will ensure a much better quality installation than we currently have on courts 1&2.

Members co-operation and understanding during the works is appreciated.