SEPTEMBER NEWSLETTER

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

TENNIS UPDATE:

Term-time Programme Resuming September 7

Summer camps have come to an end and our term-time programme is due to restart from September 7. If you haven’t yet booked on for group sessions, there’s still time to do so! You can book via the club website.

If you have any queries regarding which group is correct for you, please feel free to speak with Chris and he will direct you to the right session.

Annual Grade 3 Tournament review

August saw the Annual Grade 3 Tournament held at Radlett - in what was a great week of tennis.

We witnessed some success in several events - a huge congratulations go to the following Radlett players:

Reuben Needlestone - 8U Winner
Rocco Yanover & Leo Nash - 18U Boys' Doubles Winners
Chris & Dina - Mixed Doubles Winners

A huge thanks also goes out to all members who volunteered their time during the event and help make it such a great success!

Hertfordshire County Closed Event
We have also had some of our performance players taking part in the Hertfordshire County Closed Event this week at Rickmansworth Tennis Club.

Well done to Ben Mihu, who finished runner-up in the 11u Boys Singles. A fantastic achievement from this young star!

Reuben Needlestone has continued his good form finishing fourth in the 8U Boys Singles event.

Leo Nash also continued his fantastic summer form, putting in some brilliant performances to reach the final of both the 18U singles and doubles competitions. Leo won the Singles event and finished runner-up in the doubles, partnering fellow Radlett player Will Potts - a great run for both players!

Team Tennis Update:

The summer matches are almost over - just a few matches left to play before the season comes to an end.

Final standings will be revealed in due course.

We take this opportunity to thank all those members who have volunteered their time to captain a team this season. It’s no easy task juggling work, family and other personal commitments to plan matches, source players, share players, rearrange matches, organise refreshments, host the game, enter scores and more - if you’re a player, please don’t take it for granted!

Herts League Ladies: Aileen

WDTL Ladies A: Hannah

WDTL Ladies B: Jenny

WDTL Ladies C: Jet

WDTL Men’s A: Chris M

WDTL Men’s B: Richard D

WDTL Men’s C: Adam G

WDTL Men’s D: Chris P

WDTL Mixed A: Chris M

WDTL Mixed B: Danny

WDTL Mixed C: Laura and Bex

WDTL Mixed D: Danine

Hot Rackets Men 1: Laurence

Hot Rackets Men 2: David G

Hot Rackets Ladies 1: Julie

Hot Rackets Ladies 2: Fizz

Some captains are stepping down and we are very grateful for their time and commitment. Others are staying on and again, we must remain grateful. Teams cannot be entered without a captain.

We welcome some new captains for next summer.

Beforehand, we look forward to the Winter Vets matches and are pleased to announce the teams and captains as follows:

Men’s Over 50s – Kevin

Men’s Over 60s A – Simon S

Men’s Over 60s B – David G

Men’s Over 70s - Richard G

Ladies Over 40s – Laura I

Ladies Over 50s A – Aileen

Ladies Over 50s B – Jet

Ladies Over 60s A – Ali

If you are interested to play match team tennis, please speak to Chris or one of the other coaches and they will arrange an assessment to determine which team you will be placed in.

Dementia Tennis

The club is partnering with Dementia Adventure and hosting four fully funded dementia-inclusive tennis sessions starting in September.

The first session (photos of which are above and below) was held earlier in the summer and proved a huge success. The up-and-coming course is now full but a wait-list is open. https://dementiaadventure.org/green-letter-days/dementia-inclusive-tennis/

SQUASH UPDATE:

JUNIOR SQUASH

Summer Holiday Camp - we had five mornings of squash in August, organised by Jago and Julian with help from Izzy and Dan M. There was a great turnout with 24 players attending one or more sessions, including eight youngsters who had never played before.

September Calendar

Sunday, September 6 - Junior Sunday sessions resume U12s 2.30-3.30pm and +O12s 3.30-5pm. All ages and standards are welcome, we're always keen to recruit more junior members including those who have never played before! Come and try squash!

Sunday, September 13 - Radlett Charity Graded (U12s 1pm-2.45pm, O12s plus parents/adults 3pm-5.30pm) - entries to Julian 07711 748557

Saturday, September 19 - Herts Jun Champs U9/U11 at Radlett (Boys U9, Girls U9/11 1.15-2.30pm and Boys U11 2.30-4.30). Entries to Julian

Sunday, September 20 - Herts County Squad training at Nuffield (by invitation)

Saturday, September 26 - Herts Jun Champs Boys U13/15/17/19 at Berkhamsted 2pm-6pm - entries to England Squash Sanctioned events

Sunday, September 27 - Herts Jun Champs Boys semis/finals + Girls U13/15/17/19 at Berkhamsted 1.30-5pm - entries to England Squash

Looking back to last season

Congratulations to those who had local, county and national success last season.

Our 5 Charity Graded tournaments raised £1,100 for Cardiac Risk in the Young, bringing our total raised in recent years to £16,500.

21 Radlett juniors are in the top 10 of the September 1, 2026 Herts ranking lists for their age groups:

U9 - Lucie, Eva

U11 - Edwin, Kian K, Samuel, Muska, Lili, Imogen

U13 - Jacob H, Henry, Edwin, Rafa, Ariya

U15 - Ronni, Ellie

U17 - Oliver A, Hugh, Luke H, Amber, Caitlin, Izzy

U19 - Oliver A, Hugh, Dan M

Well done to all the team members who were U9, U11, U13 and U19 County Team Champions last season.

For more information, please contact Julian Craxton on 07711 748557.

SOCIAL UPDATE:

RLTSC SUMMER PARTY - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6

We are all very much looking forward to our Summer Party this weekend, and very much hope you can join us, for a day of fun, great food, live music and celebrating everything good about our club.

Tickets are £10 per person (for members, family members and non-members), and must be purchased beforehand. Please scan the bar code at the top of this newsletter to purchase your ticket!

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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