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Match Report Charing v Bethersden Friday 8th May

The Singles matches went really well with Bethersden winning them all

James won 4-0 4-0, Seb who won 4-1 4-1, Rudi won 5-4 5-4 and Ashley won 5-4 4-2.

James and Seb won their doubles match 6-1 and Rudi and Ashley lost their doubles match 6-2

The end score was 5-1 to Bethersden

Match Report Sellindge V Bethersden Saturday 9th May

We started with the doubles Rudi and Ashley won 4-5, 4-2, 2-7.John and Jamie lost 4-0, 4-1 A lot of time was used searching for balls on the bowling green!

Singles Rudi won 2-4,2-4, Ashley lost 4-0, 4-1, John lost 4-0,4-2 and Jamie lost 4-2, 4-0.

The end score was 4-2 to Sellindge.

Rudi Beerensson

Hi all, below are details of the Tennis Camps that Bethersden Tennis Club will be running through the summer holidays.
Please be sure to reply early to get a place.

Any questions then let me know.  You can download an entry form from the link below:

Download an Entry Form Here

Thanks
Tom Carlton

TENNIS and SPORTS CAMP

Mon 20th – Thurs 23rdst July
Venue – Highworth School, Ashford.

A tennis coaching camp with some extra
sports thrown in for fun!

9.30am-12pm 7-11yr olds
12.30-3pm 12-17yr olds

Cost: £12.50/day or £45 for all 4 days

MINI TENNIS CAMPS

GREEN TENNIS CAMPS

Wed 5th / Thur. 6th / Fri. 7th August
And
Mon 10th – Tues 11th August

Venue – Bethersden Tennis Club

MINI RED/ORANGE (approx. 6-9yr olds) 9am-11am

GREEN TENNIS (approx. 10-11yr olds) 11am-1pm
Cost £10/day

TENNIS CAMPS for 12-17yr olds

Wed 5th / Thur. 6th / Fri. 7th August
And
Mon 10th – Tues 11th August

Venue – Bethersden Tennis Club

Drills, Coaching and Match play for
full court, hard ball hitters!!
Boys and Girls welcome.
2-4 pm
Cost: £10/day

A few reminders for you all -

Sunday April 26th from 12noon. - Club Opening Tournament.  A chance to blow away the winter tennis cobwebs for some of you and come along and play in the 'season opening event. A barbecue will be on the go as well as a choice of drinks  - Cost for the afternoon £3 per person including bbq. Non players/children £2. This is also a great chance for potential new members to come along and play or just meet a few people, have some food and drink and get a feel for the club.

If you plan to come please email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  

Weekly Club Sessions -

Mondays -  mens tennis from 7pm. Full on /  Hard ball / No holds barred!

Tuesdays  from 6.30pm starting April 21st - coach led mix-in session for 'Social Players', 'Rusty Rackets' and 'Beginners.' Supervised matchplay through the evening with a few tips and  drills thrown in.

Turn up and pay £5 / wk. More details if required from Tom on This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  

Thursday Evenings - Club night from 6pm - turn up and mix in.

Sunday Mornings - Club morning from 10am - 1pm - turn up and mix in. Be patient if no one else is there when you arrive, or better still give someone a call first!

Club Matches -

There are a number of club matches being played on the courts on weekend afternoons through the summer. These home match dates are on the Club website www.bethersdentennis.org.uk so please check before going along to play on Sat or Sun afternoons. They are usually finished by 5pm.

Nearly all Junior league matches are being played at Ashford School Courts / Courtside or at away venues so as not to clog the courts at the club up too much. The only exceptions to this are junior matches on Tues May 26th 10am, Friday May 29th 10am, and Saturday July 4th at 2pm.

Wimbledon Tickets - 

The Club have been allocated a large number of Wimbledon Tickets to be allocated in the Club Ballot. Please don't forget though that we are only allowed to give these out to paid up members of the Club who have also a British Tennis Membership number. British Tennis Membership is Free to obtain from www.lta.org.uk/membership  or by calling the LTA on 0845 873 7202. We will need your Bethersden Tennis Club membership fees in by April 30th for you enter the Wimbledon Ticket Ballot. Membership forms are available from our website www.bethersdentennis.org.uk

Looking forward to seeing you all on court soon.

Bethersden Tennis Club Committee.

Dear Club Members,

The annual membership renewals are now due, and you should all have recieved your 2009 membership forms.  Please could you complete these and return them to our Membership Secretary, Lina Hopkins at the address on the form as soon as possible.  You will then be sent a membership tag which attaches to your trainers, and should be worn when playing, and a copy of our calendar of events for the coming year.

This year promises to be great fun, alongside all the tennis, coaching, matches and club evenings, thers are a number of tournaments and other events such as the bicycle treasure hunt, a huge sucess last year, paintballing, curry and darts, and a Barn Dance for the end of season presentation evening.

Don't forget to sign up to the LTA's British Tennis Membership - it's free and only registered members are allowed Wimbledon tickets through their clubs this year.  All memberships returned by 30 April will go into the draw.

The first tournament of the season is the opening tournament on 26th April at 12:00, so we hope to see you there if not before.

All the best,

Bethersden Tennis Club Comittee

You may have noticed that the Bethersden Tennis Club website has gained a calendar on the left of the website.  This is our new Events Calendar, and will be updated to include Tournaments and Matches alongside any other significant events.  If you are involved in League Matches you can see the dates and times on the links below:

Matches - Kent League Mixed Doubles

Matches - Kent League Mens Doubles

Matches - Ashford League Mixed 1 Doubles

Matches - Ashford League Mixed 2 Doubles

Matches - Ashford League Mens Doubles

Matches - Ashford League Ladies Doubles