JULY NEWSLETTER

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.

MEMBERS’ DAY – Saturday, July 12

Our 2025 Members’ Day will be held on Saturday, July 12, starting around 1pm.

It has become tradition at the club to have a Members’ Day, to take advantage of the nicer weather and bring families together for an afternoon at the club.

Our tennis coaches have kindly agreed to run various activities for members and their children, and there will be opportunities to play some squash and racketball.

There will also be a free BBQ available on the day, music and the bar will, of course, be open. Please register your attendance through this link:

https://rltsc.mycourts.co.uk/activity_details.asp?activityID=424843

TENNIS UPDATE:

ANNUAL GRADE 3 TOURNAMENT – VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

The Club is hosting the Annual Grade 3 Tennis Tournament from Sunday, August 3 to 9. During this period, courts 1 to 9 will be in use for the tournament all day, but we will inform members via a daily email, if courts become available in the evening. Please put these dates in your diary. Courts 10 and 11 remain open for members.

This tournament has been very successful over the past few years, but we need the continued support from our members to assist during the week. We are looking for six catering volunteers per day on a rota to help make toasties and hot drinks.

We also require two on-court supervisors on a rota system on Sunday 3rd and Saturday 9th August between 10am-4pm. Support will be provided by qualified tournament referees each day.

If you are available to help, please add your name in the time slot on the schedule outside the kitchen in the club house.

All volunteers will be entered into a draw for a free tennis lesson. Your assistance is greatly appreciated to make this event a great success for the club.

ADULT GROUPS CONTINUING THROUGH THE SUMMER

Our Tennis School is coming to an end for the summer, but our Adult groups will be continuing throughout the summer period, so don’t miss out on your tennis fix and book on to our sessions to keep your playing level as high as ever.

HOLIDAY CAMPS
Our ever-popular holiday camps will be starting soon. You can book on to these through the club website.

DINA SECURES USA TENNIS SCHOLARSHIP
Big congratulations go to Radlett’s Dina who has secured a scholarship to play in America over the next few years in Texas. She will be leaving in August and we are all going to miss her. Be sure to congratulate her on this great achievement if you see her around the club!

TEAM TENNIS (latest results):

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Team Tennis (latest results):

Ladies A beat St Albans A 6-3

Ladies B beat Ravenscroft A 8-1

Ladies B beat Rickmansworth 5-4

Ladies C beat West Herts 6-3

Ladies C beat Salisbury 5-4

Men’s A beat Leverstock Green 5-4

Men’s A beat David Lloyd Bushey 6-3

Men’s C beat Bovingdon B 6-3

Men’s C beat Greenwood Park 6-3

Men’s D beat Elstree A 5-4

Men’s D beat Bovingdon 6-3

Mixed A beat Townsend 6-3

Mixed B beat Old Albanians 7-2

Mixed D beat Leverstock Green 7-2

Mixed D beat Grosvenor 7-2

Mixed D beat Bovingdon 7-2

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Ladies A lost to David Lloyd Bushey 3-6

Ladies B lost to Croxley 3-6

Ladies B lost to Chorleywood A 4-5

Ladies C lost to Bovingdon 4-5

Ladies C lost to Salisbury 4-5

Men’s A lost to Rickmansworth A 3-6

Men’s B lost to Old Albanians 3-6

Men’s C lost to St Albans 2-7

Men’s C lost to DL Bushey B 4-5

Mixed A lost to Rickmansworth A 4-5

Mixed C lost to Harpenden 1-8

Men’s C lost to David Lloyd Bushey B 4-5

Mixed B lost to Leverstock Green 2-7

Mixed B lost to David Lloyd Bushey 3-6

Mixed C lost to Leverstock Green 4-5

Mixed D lost to Oxhey Hall 4-5

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HOT RACKETS

Ladies 3rd lost to Orchard 2nd 3-1

Men beat Dig Well 4-0

SQUASH UPDATE:

DOUBLE DELIGHT FOR RADLETT PLAYERS AT BRITISH OPEN MASTERS

Jillian Lilico and James Ockwell won silverware in their respective categories at the British Open Masters Squash Championships.

Jillian won the Women's Over-55 tournament, while James won the Men's Over-65s title.

Both delivered “outstanding” 3-0 victories in the finals, which took place in Birmingham from June 4-8.

RLTSC’s head squash coach Lee Rossiter said: “I’m immensely proud to see their hard work culminate in such dominant victories. They truly delivered great performances all around.”

VELOCITY – The 8-Week junior accelerator is half-way through and all kids have had great fun so far attending all the sessions run by our experienced coaching team.

The racquetball event was another great event, this time it was won by VJ (pictured above) on June 24 with an undefeated tournament.

The Adaptive handicap tournament was won by Harry France (pictured below) this month with all-round great performance, beating all the big seeds on the way through.

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).

SHADOW WINS WARWICK UNIVERSITY CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

RLTSC member and Year 1 student Shadow Lilico won the Warwick University Club Championship. Shadow received a performance sports scholarship and is a member of the University Performance Team.

TEAM EVENT REVIEW:

Well played to everyone last night - another fully booked-out event.

We saw a great performance from the red team (pictured below), taking the win with 252 points.

Well played to our POT - Joe Green, never beaten and least amount of points ever conceded!

Thanks to Otis and Mark for helping Lee run the latest event. Also to our new sponsors for the electrolytes, so any questions on that please don’t hesitate to contact him on 07909 755432.

See you all at next event!

JUNIOR SQUASH UPDATE:

The 2024/25 season has been another successful one for Radlett juniors. Here are some of the highlights:

- We now have 4 County champions - Sam (U11), Ellie (U13), Oliver (U15) and Harry (U19)
31 juniors are currently in the top 12 on the Herts County ranking lists (on the Herts Squash website):

U9 - Edwin, Sebastian, Kian, Jaxon, Lili, Imogen

U11 - Sam, Henry, Jacob, Sienna, Ariya

U13 - Ronni, Ellie, Keira

U15 - Oliver, Hugh, Luke, Amber, Ellie, Izzy, Caitlin, Tara, Emily

U17 - Dan, Jimi

U19s Harry, Quinn, Alex, Jake, Wes, Hasan, Chloe

- Both the U11 and U19 teams were crowned Herts County Inter-club team champions
- Congratulations to Hugh and Ellie for being selected for the Welsh junior squad
- 6 juniors represented Herts in the Inter-County competition - Amber, Oliver, Hugh (U15), Ellie (U13), Jimi (U17) and Dan (U19)
- 6 Charity Graded tournaments were held at Radlett with an average of 49 juniors from Herts and surrounding counties taking part. A total of £1,453 was raised last season for Cardiac Risk in the Young, taking our total raised in recent years to £15,369.

Summer Holiday Courses

We will be running a Squash course, with dates as follows:

Week 1: Wednesday July 23 to Friday July 25

Week 2: Tuesday August 12 to Thursday August 14

Sessions will take place from 2.15pm-3.45pm every day. All ages and standards are welcome, including those who haven't played squash before. Cost: £10 per session

For more details or to book a place, please contact organiser Julian Craxton on 07711 748557.

August/September Calendar (forms will be on the Herts Squash website soon under ‘Juniors’)

Sunday, August 31 – the new season starts with a Charity Graded at Radlett
U8-U12 – 1pm-2.45pm, Seniors 3pm-5.30pm - parents welcome too!

Saturday September 6 - U9, U11 Herts County Champs at Radlett 1.15pm-4.30pm
September 7 - regular Sunday sessions resume (U12 – 2.30pm-3.30pm, O12s 3.30pm-5pm)
Saturday and Sunday - September 13/14/U13/15/17/19 Herts County Champs at Nuffield St Albans

If you require any information about Juniors squash, please contact Julian on 07711 748557.

MACCABIAH GAMES UPDATE:

The 2025 World Maccabiah Games in Israel have been pushed back 12 months to due to the ongoing security situation. The are now scheduled for next summer, starting in late June, 2026.

Nicknamed ‘the Jewish Olympics,’ RLTSC have two members competing at the Games, and there is now a window of opportunity for more Tennis, Squash, Pickleball and Padel players to register their interest. For more details, please Danny Caro email: dannycaro@hotmail.co.uk.

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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