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Our annual Christmas fancy dress tournament took place on Tuesday, 28th December and had it all: gales, horizontal rain, some awesome fancy dress efforts and even a singsong (!) to Chris Bury’s rewrite of the 12 Days of Christmas or as we now know it the 12 Days of Covid! We had 10 enthusiastic tennis […]

The Autumn Challenge is a team event that will run on every Monday, starting Monday 13th September 2021 for four weeks (20th Sept, 27th Sept and 4th Oct). It may need to run until 11th October depending on how many enter and the weather! Here is a quick summary of what will happen. You will

On Sunday, 18th July the club held its annual finals day on what was arguably the hottest day of the year. Despite starting at 10 AM, in no time at all were the players involved sweating buckets. The surrounding shrubbery afforded ample shade for the spectators, so they, at least, could enjoy the day without

After the success of the Autumn Challenge 2020 here comes Spring Challenge 2021! Perfect for easing back into tennis after lockdown and also an ideal opportunity to prepare for league matches. The Spring Challenge is a team event for members only, which will run on every Monday in April 2021 and possibly the first Monday

NSC TENNIS CLUB – COVID-19-RELATED RULES FROM 29 MARCH 2021 (for everyone visiting the club) These rules draw on, but do not completely replicate, the LTA’s guidelines (see the LTA’s website for these). If these or other public guidance/law changes we may need to change our own rules at very short notice. We anticipate there

On Sunday, 27th December, we held our 3rd Christmas tournament. Weather forecast wasn’t great but Jana made the decision in the morning to go ahead and, against all odds, the sun shone and we avoided the rain (even if we did see it falling down over Newton!). 12 members took part – 6 ladies and

Chair’s lockdown update Dear Members There was a Newsletter poised to go out to you at the end of last week, but we put it on hold in the light of impending restrictions. I was fairly confident that singles tennis would be viewed as ‘outdoor activity’, only to be bitterly disappointed that it isn’t. So

Fixtures and results now on the Autumn Challenge 2020 page

12 players enjoyed a (socially-distanced) American Tournament on the 27th September. Everyone played 6 short sets, each with a different partner, and amassed their own points. The ladies’ results were all very close, with Rachel and Laura narrowly winning in a tie for first place with 17 points each; the men’s result was more clear

Dear Members New LED Lights I’m pleased to be able to report that the club has received a further grant from Viridor, this one to fund the upgrade of the court lights to LEDs (again, many thanks go to Martyn Hopwood for his continued talent for getting money for the club). This means we can