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A very warm welcome to the latest edition of RLTSC News – your regular members’ round-up of all the latest tennis, squash and social news.

SQUASH UPDATE:

Double delight at Hertfordshire Squash Championships!

Both of our teams had amazing victories at the recent Hertfordshire Squash Championships, winning both the Senior Cup and Junior Cup.

The event was incredibly successful and ran at full capacity, with 80 people in attendance. RLTSC had three representatives (Lee Rossiter, Nick Rossiter and Joe Green) playing for Herts who regained the national champion title. Jillian Lilico also represented Herts in the Ladies team.

Training Sessions (dates for your diary)

• Junior taster sessions every Thursday from 5pm-6pm - numbers are picking up so sign up on Mycourts to secure your free place. Lee and Harry are looking forward to seeing you there.

• Sunday Adult group sessions are consistently fully booked running from 11.30am to 1pm every week. All standards are welcome. Book early to avoid disappointment. Contact Lee on 07772140121 to reserve your place.

Club Championships' review

What a successful week for the club! We hit a new record with 87 entries. Let’s get this pushed up to 100 entries for the next tournament. Given the success, we will now be running this tournament half yearly.

And the winners were:

Grade A - Lee Rossiter

Grade B - Nick Williams

Grade B Plate - James Howell

Grade C - Dan Maughan

Grade C Plate - Kian Shah

Over-40s - Jago Nardelli

Over-40s - Siamak Khorgami

Over-50s - Nick Cooper

Overs-50s Plate - Nick Liebmann

Over-60s - Danny Wolfson

Over-60s Plate - Jim Murphy

Ladies - Jillian Lilico

Racketball - Tom Porteous

Racketball Plate - Steve Harrington-Smith

Events for April

We enjoyed a busy April, with many great events including some spectacular exhibitions. Thanks to all who played and attended.

This month’s Speed Squash event was held in honour of Mark Roycroft’s retirement as Squash chairman and as an appreciation from all who are involved with squash at the club to Mark’s achievements over the last three years.

The event went down to the wire with the ‘Blue’ team managing to win it in the last game. Fittingly, Player of the tournament rightfully went to Mark Roycroft (pictured above) who secured the win for his team.

Head coach Lee Rossiter said: “I’d like to take this opportunity to thank Mark for supporting me over the last three years, and together we have managed to move Radlett in the position that it is.

“Secondly, a big thanks to Otis for helping keep track of scores during the event and, of course, to Rui for coming down and putting on a great exhibition against the first team.

"I look forward to running another similar event soon and will keep you posted on WhatsApp." (new group link here):

Joined our new Pickleball Whatsapp group here:

https://chat.whatsapp.com/GnoYeqrOvzX9YF2WbWZrjR

Congratulations to the Blue team for winning this month’s event.

The Racquetball event was another great success. Big thank you to Luke Bishop (UK no. 1 - pictured above) for coming down and playing the members, as well as the exhibition against our head coach Lee Rossiter.

The Adaptive handicap tournament did not run this month but will be back for next month.

Socials

• Monday night social squash continues to be fully booked every week

• Racketball is in high demand. The group sessions are running every Tuesday at 9.45am which is now showing a higher demand with drills and games and 6.45pm (all levels are welcome).

Squash Summer Teams recruitment

We are looking for players for our summer teams which will be starting in the second week of May. If you’re interested in playing, please contact Lee or one of our team captains.

TENNIS UPDATE:

External tennis events in 2025

A reminder that RLTSC is hosting:

· a Regional Fast Four tennis tournament will be taking place at the club over the weekend of Saturday, May 17th and Sunday, May 18th. This regional tournament is of an extremely high standard and will use tennis courts 1 to 4 only from 11am to 5pm on each day. That does, though, mean that Saturday Adult Social at 2pm will have 5 courts (courts 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) and Sunday morning Social will only have two courts (courts 5 and 6) from 11am-12noon.

We are after more volunteers in the kitchen please from 11am to 2pm to serve tea/coffee and toasties. Please let Jo Rickless (07870 666829) know if you can help.

Please come down to watch the fantastic tennis on show.

· Herts Schools finals – Monday 23rd June - Nicola Mabbitt Trophy. This finals day will use all 9 astro courts from 9am to 3.30pm.

· Radlett Open Grade 3 – Our annual Grade 3 tournament will run from Sunday 3rd August to Saturday 9th August inclusive. This year the tournament will likely have full use of courts 1-9 inclusive, as we did last year.

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Volunteers always appreciated!

Our club is run by members who volunteer their time. Some of the General Committee have been in post for a few years and it is always good to ring the changes to bring new ideas. If any member is interested in becoming Tennis Chair, then please contact the office (admin@rltsc.co.uk) who will arrange for you to find out more about the role.

Team Tennis Update:

A good start to the WDTL and Hot Rackets season, with some great wins across the teams.

WDTL (latest results)

Ladies A beat Rickmansworth A 8-1

Ladies B beat Ricksmanworth C 6-3

Ladies C beat West Herts 8-1

Men’s A beat David Lloyd Bushey 5-4

Men’s A beat Townsend 7-2

Men’s C beat Bovingdon A 7-2

Men’s D beat Ravenscroft 5-4

Men’s D beat 7-2 Elstree A

Men’s D beat Bovingdon B 5-4

Mixed A beat Leverstock Green A 8-1

Mixed B beat Old Albanians 8-1

Ladies A lost to St Albans 4-5

Ladies B lost to Croxley 4-5

Men’s B lost to Croxley B 4-5

Men’s B lost to Cassiobury A 3-6

Mixed D lost to Grosvenor 4-5

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HOT RACKETS

Men’s 1st lost to Brookmans Park 2-3

Men’s over-55 beat Berkhamsted 3-2

Come and watch teams in action at their home matches - see match details listed on the new notice board, at the back of the building.

PICKLEBALL

Fancy trying a fun, fast-paced sport that's taking the UK by storm? Then come join us for some pickleball action at the club.

Whether you're a seasoned racket pro or have never picked a racket up before - pickleball is super easy to learn and incredibly addictive. It's a fantastic way to get active, meet new people, and have a good laugh.

We've got regular sessions including the kit for all skill levels, so don't be shy!

Come down and see what all the fuss is about.

When: Sundays 1.30-3pm/ Monday 10.30-11.30am

Where: RLTSC Tennis courts 10 and 11

Cost: Members £5, non-members £10, so please feel free to bring your friends

Got questions? Drop Lee a DM or check out his Instagram @rossiter_in2 to follow our pickleball story and other updates.

If you would like further information on the new squash, Racketball or Pickleball timetable, please contact head coach on Lee 07772140121 and he will be happy to help you.

RLTSC MERCH

Wear your club colours when representing RLTSC in the Tennis or Squash Leagues. Check out our range of club merchandise and items, including branded tops for gentlemen and ladies, sweatbands and sports bottles. More details are available at the online shop.

https://rltsc.team-togs.com/shop

We hope you’ve enjoyed this edition of RLTSC News and we look forward to bringing you further updates from within and around the Club in another round-up soon.

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