A RATHER BUSY 6 MONTHS!
Welcome to the LTC Winter
Newsletter. Firstly, apologies for such a long gap between issues. We therefore
have rather a lot to get through in this one! ……..
SUMMER CHAMPIONSHIP
Well, what a lovely warm Summer we just had (although it certainly
feels like a long time ago now!) The weather stayed kind for our annual LTC
Summer Championship, held on 15th September.
There were 3 hotly contested matches, that thrilled the crowds!
(yes, we had a small crowd and we even had an umpire, thank you Kevin!)
Singles – Matt v Mario
Doubles – Matt/Amanda v
Mike/Andrew
Singles Runner-Up
Plate – Andrew v Jo


Thanks to all that
took part and congratulations to the winners (pictured) Matt, Amanda &
Andrew, with our Chair; Caroline, who presented the trophies.
JUNIOR TOURNAMENT
Lisa
& Jo held another very successful Junior Tournament in June (with help from
Justin & Paul J) The 14 Juniors that got off their gadgets for 3 hours, got
rewarded with a lovely warm morning, and the standard of tennis was
exceptional. All the children take turns in umpiring & being line judges,
when they are not playing. Congratulations to Ella & Ethan, who won the
coveted box of chocs!

LTA SUMMER LEAGUE RESULTS
Special mention to our MENS DOUBLES
C TEAM, who topped their league for the Summer & MIXED B TEAM, who came 2nd
in their league.
GIRLS JUNIOR TOURNAMENT
More recently (18th Nov), we hosted our first ever Junior
Girls Tournament. With 4 of our younger female players, playing against 4 girls
from Haslingfield Tennis Club. (another small-ish & friendly club nr.
Cambridge)
An incredible level of tennis was played, and of course great
sportsmanship was shown throughout.
Very well played to our strong pairings of, Kira & Emma,
Lauren & Iris, who won overall. (I believe there will be an away match at
somepoint as HTC enjoyed it so much, but maybe because they want revenge?!)
A big thanks must go to Justin and his friend and fellow coach,
Paul Bonnington from Haslingfield Tennis Club, for organising this. It was a
great experience for all involved.
WINTER LADDERS
We have 14 pairings taking part
this year. If you would still like to join in please email jo@thejaggards.com
COMMITTEE UPDATES
We have a very busy team of 9
volunteers, who meet up a few times a year to try and help run this lovely
club.
NEW VILLAGE DEFIBRILLATOR
After a
successful bid by the Playing Fields & Village Hall Committees to obtain a
grant for the purchase of a new defibrillator. We are delighted to let you know
that this is now in place and situated on the village hall wall opposite the
courts.
Please
take the time to make yourselves aware of it’s location.
Training
on these machines and basic 1st Aid CPR was offered out to the
village residents and local clubs.

A few LTC
members took the opportunity to attend the training and learn life-saving
skills.
We also
have 6 members that have agreed to be the ‘Defib Guardians’ and ensure that the
machine is in full working order at all times.
Well done
to all involved in getting this vital piece of equipment in place.
HEALTH & SAFETY
The more observant of our members would have noticed
our 3 lovely new post pads, the other members may just notice that they no
longer hurt themselves when running into the spotlight posts!!
This was completed as part of our annual Risk
Assessment that is required by the LTA.
There has been a key safe attached to the gate, which
can be used to get out of the courts, in case of a power cut.
We will also be painting the steps around the
clubhouse, with non-slip paint.
PLEASE ENSURE THAT CLUBHOUSE HEATERS ARE SWITCHED OFF
BEFORE YOU LEAVE!
PLAYING IN THE DARK?



There has been a few ‘electrical issues’ with the spot
lights recently. This has occurred when members have used the fuse box to turn
off the lights. Please ensure that you only use the switches (circled in red)
to put the spots on or off. Thanks!
CLUBHOUSE KEYS
New Clubhouse keys coming soon!
The lock will be changed and new keys issued to all members.
Our Membership secretary will inform you of how and when this will happen.
Good news is the new keys will be cheaper!
DATE FOR YOUR DIARY
LTC AGM 27TH FEBRUARY 2019 @ LANGFORD CHURCH
HALL.
CHRISTMAS GIFT IDEA?
There are a few Adult & Junior coaching spaces
available.
Session times for Juniors are Wed 4.30pm, 5.30pm, Thur
4.30pm, 5.30pm & Sat 10am, 11am.
Session times for adults are Wed 6.30pm, Thur 6.30pm &
Sat 12pm. They are hour long slots for a 10 week course. £5.50ph for members,
or £7.50 for non-members, a bargain as we do have a rather good coach!
If you’d rather a one-to-one with Justin, to top up your
skills, the cost is £35ph.
For more info please contact:
pauln.metcalfe@ntlworld.com
NEW MEMBERS WELCOME
Club Membership is at 132 with 80 Adults and 52
Students/Juniors.
We cap our membership at 150, so have plenty of
availability if you know anyone who would like to join our local, friendly and
successful club.
Contact Shelly on membership@langfordtennisclub.org.uk
CARDIO TENNIS CANCELLED!
(DON’T PANIC IT WILL RETURN!)
It has been temporarily cancelled throughout December.
This is to increase court availability for the Winter
Ladders Competition matches. They are therefore available from 7.30pm every
Thursday in December.
Please do make use of this extra time to get as many
matches played before the end of the year.
We will re-instate Cardio on 10th January 2019.
TENNIS BALL RECYCLING
We continue to bag up and send off 250
used tennis balls for recycling.
Unfortunately not all tennis balls
are able to be recycled. These include ones that are heavily weathered, have damage
to the nap and are non-pressurised.
The ones we are unable to recycle
are now put in the netted sack by the notice boards for anyone to take home for
their pooches to play with!

SOCIAL SURVEY MONKEY!
A little
Survey Monkey has been emailed out to all members to try and organise a social
night in March 2019.
Four
options were put forward at our last committee meeting.
1/ Quiz,
Live Music & Food evening at the Church Hall
2/
Pub/Restaurant Dinner
3/ Race
Night with Food at the Church Hall.
4/
Greyhound Racing at Henlow Dog Track.
Thanks to
all those that have completed the survey so far, we do have one that is proving
more popular than the others, but we will wait for more responses before a
decision is made. Get voting!
CLUB CLOTHING
Jo Jaggard has placed another
order with our suppliers for some more good quality LTC Merchandise.
It really is great to see so
many people wearing it.
Look out for some branded JOMA
clothing coming in the new year. This should provide a wider choice in addition
to our current range.
HOUSE KEEPING

We are more than happy for you to
make use of all the club’s kitchen facilities.
But.. please do wash up after
yourselves, and keep the kitchen area clean for the other members and visitors
to the club.
If the bin bag is overflowing,
please change it. (There is a big bin in the carpark – key for this is in the
top kitchen drawer)
Any recycling bags can be left in
back room for collection or taken home and added into your own recycling bin.
And as for the toilet…..(joking)
Thanks in advance.
Moan over!!
The committee would like to thank
Steve Fielding for his hoodonation! (see, no excuses not to run that around too
ha ha!)
** NEW
FEATURE! **
JUSTIN’S TENNIS
TOP TIPS!
Our coach, Justin Layne, has kindly agreed to give a Tennis
Top Tip for each Newsletter (hopefully we will run more than 2 a year in
future!)
So here is the first for your delectation….
“Change your grip before it wears
too thin. It is the only contact you have with the racket and can make a large
difference to your level and help prevent injury from gripping the racket too
hard”

FEEDBACK
We value and welcome your feedback,
good and bad, so please do not hesitate to contact us.
In addition to this, we will be
looking for a Junior Rep to help feed back the points of view from our youngest
members - the next generation
MESSAGE FROM OUR CHAIR
“Dear
Members,
It
gives me great pleasure to reach out to you as we enter this festive period.
I’m sure you will all be delighted and impressed to read about all the activity
going on at the club, organised by your committee, on your behalf. Please don’t
be shy to come forward with any new ideas you may have, we are always pleased
to hear from you.
We’ve
kicked off the Winter League, with a successful start across all teams. We now
have 14 teams representing the club, that’s mighty impressive for such a small
club. Good luck for the rest of the season.
On
behalf of your hard working committee, we would like to wish you and all your
loved ones a very Happy Christmas and a Peaceful New Year!”

CONTACT US
Chairperson
– Caroline Bowers
chair@langfordtennisclub.org.uk
Membership
– Michelle Drakes
membership@langfordtennisclub.org.uk
Coaching
& Juniors – Paul Metcalfe
coaching@langfordtennisclub.org.uk
Welfare
Officers – Paul Jaggard & Lisa Oestreicher
welfare@langfordtennisclub.org.uk