MAY 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.

TENNIS UPDATE

EXTERNAL EVENTS – REGIONAL FAST FOUR AND RADLETT GRADE 3 OPEN

A reminder to members that we have two LTA events running at the club over the next few months that will feature a very high standard of tennis:

- A Regional Fast Four event will be held over the weekend of May 18/19; this tournament will take four courts from 11am-7pm on both days.

Please be aware that there will be a slight change to court bookings for Adult socials – Saturday, May 18 – 2pm-4pm will be on courts 6,7,8 and 9. Sunday, May 19 – courts 1, 2, 3 and 4 will be booked from 9am-11am only. Thanks for your understanding.

- We will also be hosting The Radlett Open Grade 3, from August 4-10 inclusive. During this period, tennis courts 1-9 will be used for the tournament but courts 10 and 11 will be available to members and coaches.

These tournaments help to promote the club, both locally and further afield.

We would encourage members to come down to watch the tennis, and please volunteer to help where/when you can.

WINTER LEAGUE REVIEW

The Men’s over-55s team had a decent winter season in Division 1A of the Herts Senior Tennis League. Radlett won four out of five matches, finishing in third position overall, comfortably mid-table. Happily, there were few matches that needed to be rearranged, despite the weather conditions. Many thanks to the players - Paul Murphy, Nigel Booth, Andy Willimott, Jon Harris, Graham Biggs, Robert Franks, Alan Marcus, and Bob Huffam, all of whom are proud to own their age!” Thanks to Bob for organising the Men’s Vets this last winter! If anyone is interested to playing next winter, please contact Bob Huffam – rghuffman@gmail.com.

CAPTAIN'S REPORTS:

From Marion - captain of the Herts Winter League Ladies O60s:

“The Ladies 60+ Herts team did very well this season, finishing top of Division 2B. They will be promoted to Division 1, the top division next season.” Well done ladies!

From Aileen - captain of the Herts Winter League Ladies O50s A team:

“Some tough matches in Division One but enjoyable tennis and thanks to all players.”

From Alison, captain of the Herts Winter League Ladies O50s B team:

“The Ladies O50B had a brilliant season last autumn/winter, comfortably winning their league, undefeated. They will be promoted to Division 2. Many thanks to the squad of Alison, Danine, Sheila, Lorraine, Louise, Georgina, Marion, Di, Molly and Zena.”

From Laura, captain of the Herts Winter Ladies O40s A team:

“The Ladies O40A team had an eventful season, with 1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses. The level of play was exceptional, and I witnessed some incredible tennis. I want to thank my amazing team - Di, Molly, Marion, Jet, Alison, Shelia, Jenny, Emily, Julie, Charlotte and Danine - for their support. We’re looking forward to an even better season ahead!” The team will remain in Division 3.

From Sheila, captain of the Herts Winter Ladies O40s B team:

“We finished top of Division 3B meaning a promotion to Division 2 for next season. Another great season for the over-40’s B team finishing top of the table. A brilliant achievement! A big thank you to everyone who played with the ever-changing dates due the weather. And we’re looking forward to next season.”

From Lorraine captain of our Batchwood League Ladies team:

“In previous years, our winter Batchwood matches have always been of great success to us, usually only coming second to Harpenden 1. However, all the opposing teams were very strong this year and we only won one match, against Harpenden 2. We put up a brave fight with the other five matches though.”

Looking ahead to the next Winter League, which starts in September, Lorraine added: “Batchwood charges each member of the team a rather expensive fee which has increased twice just this last season, so I think it might put off some players joining us. I hope not though. A big thank you to all those who played for our team - onwards and upwards!”

TEAM TENNIS RESULTS:

WDTL

RLTSC Men’s A beat RLTSC Men’s B 8-1

RLTSC Men’s A beat David Lloyd Hatfield 6-3

RLTSC Men’s C beat Croxley B 5-4

RLTSC Men’s D beat Greenwood Park C 7-2

RLTSC Ladies C beat Chorleywood 9-0

RLTSC Ladies C beat Redbourn 6-3

RLTSC Ladies A beat David Lloyd Bushey 5-4

RLTSC Ladies A beat West Herts 7-2

RLTSC Mixed A beat West Herts 8-1

RLTSC Mixed A beat Townsend 6-3

RLTSC Mixed B beat St Albans 5-4

RLTSC Mixed B beat Chorleywood 9-0

RLTSC Men’s C lost to Greenwood Park A 4-5

RLTSC Ladies B lost to St Albans B 3-6

RLTSC Men’s B lost to Cassiobury A 4-5

RLTSC Men’s B lost to OA A 3-6

RLTSC Men’s C lost to West Herts B 3-6

RLTSC Ladies B lost to Townsend 2-7

RLTSC Mixed B lost to David Lloyd Northwood 4-5

HOT RACKETS

RLTSC Ladies II lost to Gosling 0-4

SQUASH UPDATE

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS REVIEW - ROLL OF HONOUR

C Plate - Winner: Chloe Bhola, Runner-up: Darren Smith

Main - Winner: Dom Young, Runner-up: Jamie Goodman

B Plate – Winner: Adam Batten, Runner-up: Oliver Adhihetty

Main - Winner: Alan Mackinnon, Runner-up: Nick Williams

A Main - Winner: Nick Rossiter, Runner-up: Quinn Lilico

RB Final - Winner: Simon Hancock, Runner-up: Adam Bowen

50s Plate - Winner: Patricia O’Keeffe, Runner-up: Paul Groves

Main - Winner: Alan Mackinnon, Runner-up: Danny Wolfson

Racketball Plate - Winner: Nick Liebmann, Runner-up: Jim Murphy

60s Plate - Winner: Jim Murphy, Runner-up: Mark Roycroft

Main - Winner: Danny Wolfson, Runner-up: Craig Rossiter

Massive thanks to Otis for helping to run the draw.

(Squash chair Mark Roycroft is pictured above and at top of newsletter with some of the winners)

GREEN RETAINS NATIONAL POLICE TITLE

Joe Green won the National Police Squash Championships for the third year in a row.

JUNIOR SQUASH CHAMPIONS

Congratulations to all Radlett Junior Squash players for winning five out of the six Herts Leagues, with our U11,U13 and U19 teams all crowned County Team champions, and our U13 Division 2 and U19 Division 2 finishing as league winners.

RACKETBALL GROUP SESSION

We are looking to start a racketball group session – dates and times to be confirmed. For further details, please register your interest with Lee Rossiter.

SOCIAL UPDATE

MEMBERS’ DAY – JUNE 1 (Save the date!)

We are delighted to announce that our annual Members’ Day will take place on Saturday, June 1, from 1pm-4pm.

The fun-filled event will feature multi-sports for the children, coach-led tennis for adults and exhibition tennis by the coaches.

Food and drink will be available - BBQ £5 per head - and there will be an ice cream van in attendance, and, of course, the bar will be open throughout.

Please book your slot as soon as possible, so we can make appropriate arrangements for catering purposes.

We hope you can attend what promises to be an action-packed afternoon.

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

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