Hoghton Tennis Club

COURTS UPDATE March '24.
The court surface is currently, irrreparably, unsafe for use.
The significant costs involved in restoring a safe surface (£30,000 minimum) are unavailable.

The courts are, therefore and unfortunately, closed until further notice, to prevent a serious injury.
Our apologies for this disappointing information.

Sunday 6th March
10am-1pm
Court Clean Sweep
All volunteers/members invited and appreciated.
Bring a strong brush and a shovel.
Coffee and cakes available.

Pending the spring cleaning of the courts and the new net posts arriving promptly, Hoghton Tennis Courts will be open in mid March.
If you want to volunteer your time with brush and other skills, please let me know an I'll arrange a few spring cleaning days. Free coffee and cake etc.

2022 Tennis Season at Hoghton Tennis Club
Before we open, we'll have one or two scheduled court maintenance days, to which all are invited to volunteer for!
Watch this space for the latest, and if you have half an hour spare, and a brush....

Spring cleaning at the tennis courts...
Volunteers always welcome.
Bring a brush, sweep an area of court!
Your help would be much appreciated.
Text Paul if you might have a half hour to spare.

If any club is upgrading their tennis nets and getting rid of old net posts, please let me know.

Shout out from Hoghton Tennis Club, for anyone who can do or recommend someone who does tarmac/concrete edging repair work, to the courts, please contact Paul via message or this thread.

Hello all.
I hope you have enjoyed the tennis courts this year.
We are aiming to put some maintenance work on the courts before the Spring 2022, to improve them. The pace of this is hard to determine, but we are considering our options for resurfacing the courts.
At this moment in time, we have removed one of the nets due to a damaged net post, leaving us down to one court for the remainder of the winter.
For now, I wish you well for the Winter.
Thank you very much to every member for joining this year. Your patronage has been very much appreciated.

Coached Tennis Skills Classes (Adults)

From June onwards I am running one or two coached skills classes that will basically involve:

lots of practise of the range of shots and movements.
coaching on techniques and improving your skills
continue play after the session with those present.

The session will give you constant hits and drills with little standing around waiting.
The proposed sessions will last 1 hour long with a fee of £5 : coached by me!!

Please could you reply to this email if you are interested?
Numbers would be a max of 8-10 per class
Members only, but;
Members can bring a non-member guest and encourage them to join!

The courts are due to be open from 29th March 2021.
Please send Paul a message on here to express your interest in joining.
Further details to follow shortly, regarding classes, fitness, coaching and TurboTennis classes. 🥎
Watch this space.

Hoghton Tennis Club updated their business hours.

We are counting down to the 29th March at Hoghton Tennis Club.
A timeline will follow as we prepare our courts for casual tennis play in 2021.
We will honourably and persistently beg for donations of equipment for court maintenance, in a season-long project to improve the courts within our budget. Any spare stiff brushes, spades, ladders, wire, fence mesh, ground pegs, even any old but working vacuum cleaners.
I'll keep you posted as we close in on opening...
Good health to all.
Paul

"Outdoor tennis courts will be able to open from 29 March 2021."
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We are slowly repairing, restoring and preparing the courts for play in April 2021.
We require members/volunteers who want to lend a hand for an hour or two, to attend to a variety of court repairs and maintenance.
If you are available, please comment below. The work is being done in February and March. Your help would be highly valued by the club and recorded in our club ambassador log.
I'll add updates as we go.
All the best, Paul

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"Following the Prime Minister’s announcement on 4 January of new national lockdown restrictions to be introduced across England, the LTA can confirm that regrettably all indoor and outdoor tennis facilities will need to close.
The LTA will continue to push for tennis to resume as soon as the country is in a position where restrictions can be relaxed. Players up and down the country want to get back on court, whilst coaches, venues and officials will again be affected by this latest lockdown."
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