November 2014 enewsletter

President’s Cup
Unfortunately, due to a combination of not having enough players and also a very poor weather forecast, the President’s Cup this Sunday has been cancelled.
Hopefully those who were going to play can now attend the Sunday morning open session which starts at 10am!

Mix “n” Match Doubles Tournament
Congratulations to all 32 players who have managed to play their first round matches by the play by date.
The play by date for round 2 matches is Sunday 21st December.

Ladies’ Night
The next Ladies’ Night will be from 7pm on Monday 8th December. All lady members are welcome to cone along and join in.

Junior ladder
Congratulations to all 25 junior members who took part in the Junior Ladder over the summer.
Lots of competitive and enjoyable matches were played. Thanks to all Mums and Dads who supported their children with the scoring.
Prizes have been distributed to the winners.
The winners were:
Oldest group:
1st Sam Philp, 2nd Luke Howley, 3rd Tom Basten.
Middle Group:
1st Jonny Philp, 2nd Ross King, 3rd Scott Slater
Youngest Group:
1st Finley Slater, 2nd Daniel Howley, 3rd George Casey
Prizes for most matches played:
1st Ross King, 2nd = Tom Basten, Toby Neal, Jonny Philp, George Casey
Most wins overall:
1st Ross King, 2nd Tom Basten, 3rd Finley Slater

I am very much looking forward to organising next year’s ladder.

Essex Small Clubs
The first results of the new season are in:

Ladies’ Premier
Henham 8 Stansted 8

Ladies’ 1
Sawbridgeworth 16 Stansted 0

Men’s 3
Stansted 12 Stebbing 4

The team captains for this season are:

Daphne Lunnon (Mixed Premier)
Fiona Pye (Ladies’ Premier)
Ray Unwin (Mixed 2)
Jamie Alder ( Men’s 3)
Debbie Lane (Ladies’ 1)

Clubhouse Cleaning
As we draw to the end of another year, I would like to say a very big thank you to all those who volunteered to help with the clubhouse cleaning this year.
I am now looking to organise next year’s rota, so if you would like to volunteer to go on the rota I would very much appreciate it. Please email me!

Winter measures
As previously communicated, we normally switch off the water supply to the clubhouse from the end of October. Due to the fact that the weather is still consistently warm for the time of year, we are NOT switching off the water at the moment.
As soon as the nights look like getting colder, I shall send out an email with instructions.

Enjoy your winter tennis! The leaves are nearly all down.

Best wishes,
Chris