Grafton Tennis and Squash Club
70A Thornton Road • London • SW12 0LF
Tel: 020 8673 2891
Greetings Graftonites:
Apologies that this bulletin is late-late. There's actually plenty to go through, so without further ado, please do read on:
- THE END OF AN ERA
- QUIZ TOMORROW NIGHT
- OKTOBERFEST SUPER SOCIAL
- OPT-IN FOR WIMBLEDON 2019
- DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
***If you wish to put an announcement in next Monday’s broadcast, the only way to do so is by sending your broadcast to graftoncomms@gmail.com by Friday 6pm.***
THE END OF AN ERA
It is with sadness we announce that John Peters has decided to step away from the position of Head Coach at our club. Whist new ventures outside of tennis coaching await, he will be greatly missed.
John has been a great friend and servant to Grafton for an incredible 15 years and played a leading part in the club’s transformation. The evolution of our coaching program has been very much down to John, and he will leave a legacy for which we can only express our unreserved gratitude.
A Coaching and Facilities sub-committee consisting of Ben Kelly, Stewart Appleby, Murray Sutton and Tim Bannerjee, will convene on behalf of our members with the aim of ensuring the appointment of a new Head Coach as soon as possible.
Whist this process is finalised, Gary Walker will take on the role in an ‘acting’ capacity. If you have any coaching related enquiries please send them in Gary’s direction using the contact details below:
Email : gary.sports.walker@googlemail.com / Tel: 07979203517
John has promised not to be a stranger and he will always be welcome in our little corner of South West London.
John, on behalf of all of us a very, very, very big THANK YOU!!!
QUIZ TOMORROW NIGHT (Wed 19 Sept from 830pm)
As some of you may have noticed the work on the Courts 5-8 has started.
Whislt we await the clay we’ll have limited court availability in the evenings. What better way to keep occupied than the September Quiz?!
Even though we’ll have reduced courts available for social tennis -the Table Tennis tables will be ready to go as will Andy and Gary with quiz plucked from the top drawer.
Come along to the clubhouse, grab a drink, and be ready!
GET YOUR OKTOBERFEST HATS READY!(Sat 6th Oct from 5pm)
As summer slowly draws to a close the Grafton Oktoberfest draws ever nearer.This year it takes on an added significance. Providing the works continue as planned we’ll have new clay courts and floodlights to celebrate.
5pm will mark the start of the first ever Super Social Tennis Session on the new courts, and as the light fades there will be a lighting ceremony for the new floodlights,
Following Super Social Tennis, you’ll find the bar fully stocked with a variety of German Beers and Wines. There’ll be a German Buffet on offer, plus fun games, music and a late licence.
To ensure we order enough food and drink please make sure you sign up at the bar and / or accept the Facebook invite.
Bring an Oktoberfest hat and come down for what will be a momentous night!!!
OPT-IN FOR WIMBLEDON 2019 (entries now being accepted)
In the Summer the LTA allocates Grafton a number of tickets to go and watch Wimbledon. We hold an internal lottery to find out who those lucky winners will be. The only way to be considered for this internal lottery is by opting-in on the LTA website. It takes no more than 2 minutes. The more people opt-in, the more tickets the LTA will allocate to us.
Opting-in merely means going to
https://www.lta.org.uk/member/login
, logging in and and clicking that you wish to Opt-in.
***Squash members you're very much encouraged to opt-in too-- it's free after all!***
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Sat 27 Oct - Summer's Swan Song Social (from 1300)
Sat 6th Oct – Oktoberfest (from 5pm)
Wed 10th Oct - Quiz Night (from 830pm)
Sat 3rd Nov- Wine tasting/Pub crawl
Wed 14th Nov - Quiz Night (from 830pm)
Sat 8th Dec - Christmas Party (from 7pm)
Have a good week, everyone!
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