YOUR MARCH 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.

SAVE THE DATE !

We will be hosting an open day on Saturday, February 25 between 12-4pm

This promises to be a fantastic day celebrating all of what our wonderful club has to offer.

We will be putting on plenty of sessions for everyone to enjoy, while also hosting exhibition matches and a fun tournament on the day. We would love to see all our members attending and taking part.

TENNIS UPDATE

Team Tennis

The Winter leagues have almost reached their conclusion, with the last few matches to be played over the coming weeks. Standings will be shared in due course.

Summer season tennis is in the pipeline and some fixtures have already been published, although matches generally start in April.

RLTSC has several teams entered into various leagues as follows, plus info of team captains:

Watford & District Tennis League

Midweek evening doubles matches always start at 6.30pm, both home and away

Men’s A (captain Chris Martin)

Men’s B (captain Richard Deem)

Men’s C (captain Adam Gamsa)

Men’s D (captain Chris Parramore)

Ladies A (captain Hannah VG)

Ladies B (captain Jenny Davis)

Ladies C (captain Jet Ross)

Mixed A (captain Chris Martin)

Mixed B (captain Danny Caro)

Mixed C (captain Bex and Laura T)

Mixed D (captain Danine Irwin)

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Hot Rackets

Weekend daytime doubles matches either Saturdays or Sundays, either home or away

Men’s 1 (captain Laurence Levy)

Men’s 2 (captain David Gilbert)

Ladies 1 (captain Julie Binns)

Ladies 2 (captain Fizz Pick)

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Herts League

Weekend daytime doubles matches both home or away

Ladies 1 (captain Aileen Barber)

Please make yourselves known to our captains if you’d like to be considered. If you’re unsure what level, please speak to Chris Martin or one of the club’s coaches for guidance.

Sunday Morning Social Tennis

As per previous communications, we no longer have courts allocated for Sunday morning social tennis due to a large drop in participation. Very limited feedback has been received to date, but if sufficient demand is there, we can always reinstate it.

We have, however, received a proposal for starting a Sunday morning league. If this is of interest, please could you let Laurence Levy and/or the Club Office know and we will follow up.

JUNIOR TENNIS

Well done to Reuben Needlestone (pictured above) on winning a Gold medal over the half-term break at the Hackney Downs Mini Red Matchplay competition. A very deserved victory for this young star who has been working hard on his game.

Charity Event - March 27

A reminder that we have our upcoming Charity Tournament on the March 27.

Please book on to what is going to be a great event in supporting the Brain Tumour Charity. The day will consist of a fun social tournament followed by food, with some exhibition tennis.

If you are unable to attend but would still like to donate, please see the link below for more information.

https://www.justgiving.com/page/abi-jess-flower-ellis-2?utm_medium=FR&utm_source=WA

For more information, please feel free to speak to either Chris or Mel who are organising the event.

SQUASH UPDATE:

It was another action-packed month of squash, with plenty of exciting competition across both our adult and junior groups!

A huge congratulations to Ricky Shah (pictured above, right), who came out on top in the Handicapped Squash Event.

And well done to our Black Team - featuring Simon, Lee, Rich, and Jamie (above) for winning the Squash Inter-Club Teams competition.

Velocity Academy

We’re also incredibly proud of our Velocity Academy juniors, who delivered an impressive performance against Middlesex’s squad earlier in February. A fantastic effort from all involved. Well done, everyone!

The training sessions are delivered to a very high standard, and our legendary squash player Joe Green recently attended one of them, joining and training with the juniors. These sessions take place on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and you can book via MyCourts. Please coordinate your attendance with the office or with Lee.

JUNIOR SQUASH

Junior Match Play & Marking Trial Sessions

Tuesdays in March | 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM

These trial sessions will continue in March and are a great opportunity for our juniors to compete and learn more about marking!

• Cost: £5 per session

The Radlett Squash Junior Graded 2026 Tournament

We’re delighted to announce that our club will host and run the very first CMStringers Junior-Graded Event in Hertfordshire on Saturday, 14 March 2026.

Please help spread the word and encourage both members and non-members to take part and support junior squash.

You can register using the link below, and you’ll also find posters displayed around the club and squash areas. The Radlett Junior Graded 2026 – CM Stringers

Junior Inter-club Team Matches

We had a successful set of results on Matchday 3 (February 8) when all our junior squash teams had victories:

U9s won 3-0 vs Nuffield St Albans

U11s won 3-0 vs Nuffield St Albans

U13s won 2-1 vs Harpenden and 3-0 vs Ickleford

U19s won 3-0 vs Gosling

With all our teams currently top of their respective leagues, please put Matchday 4 on March 22 in your diary so our teams can be at full strength!

Half-term Squash Camp - we had a total of 18 attendees for the three-day camp. Many thanks to Jago who ran the course and Izzy, who helped with the coaching.

Club shirts - junior club shirts are currently available in all sizes. Please contact Julian on 07711 748557 if you would like one.

March Calendar

Sunday, March 8 - Normal Sunday session (2.30-3.30pm and 3.30-5pm) plus Herts County Training at Nuffield St Albans (Potential Squad - 10.30am-1pm, Development Squad - 12.30-3pm, Elite Squad - 2.30-5pm)

Saturday, March 14 - Radlett Junior Graded Tournament, organised by Joe Magor (07909 531367), enter online at www.cmstringers.com/entry

Sunday, March 15 - normal Sunday session (2.30-3.30pm and 3.30-5pm)

Sunday March 22 - normal Sunday session (2.30pm-3.30pm and 3.30-5pm) plus Interclub Matchday 4

Sunday March 29 - normal Sunday session (2.30-3.30pm and 3.30-5pm)

Radlett Junior Club Championships - Sunday April 12 with some of the finals on Friday evening April 17 (along with the adult finals). Please put this in your diary!

Please contact Julian on 07711 748557 for extra March diary information.

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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