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The Barnet L.T.C. Junior Newsletter March 2008
Junior Night
Friday Junior Night will begin on Friday 25th April and run until Friday 18th July, excluding 30th May (Half Term). It will also run after the Summer Holidays for a further 4 weeks from Friday 5th September – Friday 26th September. Juniors of all ages and abilities are welcome to take part in organized singles and doubles match-play, supervised by one of the coaching team.
Junior Night is a great opportunity for all junior members to meet and play with a variety of opponents. Mini tennis member are welcome, and I am hoping to introduce designated mini courts. I would also like to see our team players turning up to practice, although those with senior status should turn up to adult practices. If you have a friend who might like to join the club you can bring him/her along to Junior Night for 1 free visit. After that they must join to attend.
Please could any parents, adult club members or student members who are willing to help organize Junior Night please ring or e-mail me. The more helpers there are the better the event can be – don’t worry if you can’t help every week.
Get Competitive
Do you like match-play and competitions? If so, don’t just compete at the club, but get into the world of outside competitions. These are available right from mini-tennis level upwards, at local (and not so local) clubs. It’s worth checking out both Middlesex and Herts. tournaments, although traditionally our juniors seem to favour Middx. events as they are usually closer.
You can download a Middlesex Tournament brochure with details of the year’s events. Go to the website www.middlesextennis.totaltennis.net, and for Herts. tournaments information is available via the Herts. website www.hertstennis.co.uk.
Free Easter Junior Tournament
There will be a free Junior American Tournament on Easter Monday (24th March) from 10.00a.m. – 1.00p.m. All ages and abilities welcome, but you must be able to serve and play from the baseline, and know how to score. There will be more free junior competitions on both May Bank Holidays and also the August Bank Holiday. There’s really never been a better time to be a junior member at the club!
Junior Teams
Teams have been entered in various age groups of the Middlesex Junior Club League. Team trials will be held for Boys 12 and Under, 14 and Under and 16 and Under teams. These will take place on Saturday 15th March at 3.00p.m. There will not be any girls trials owing to the small numbers involved, although we do have a team in the 16 and Under age group.
Please write your name on the list in the clubhouse or contact John Hall by phone or e-mail (shown above) if you would like to take part. If you would like to be considered for a team but cannot make the trials it is essential that you let John know. Please show some commitment if you want to play. Players who just don’t turn up are liable to lose their chance for a place. Please be committed if you are selected for a team. Practice for matches, turn up early to warm up and don’t pull out of matches at the last moment unless in an emergency.
Fitness Fanatics
John and Doug will be posting fitness charts in various tests to see how you compare to others. See if you can make it on to the leaderboard. More importantly, work to improve your personal bests. Doug can help you with a personal fitness programme, and is available for one to one fitness and movement sessions.
Congratulations!
Another great Winter for our Mixed 16 and Under team, who have been undefeated in their league. Hopefully they can repeat their feat of last year when they won the Middlesex county final. The contributing players have been: L Barker, L Tiley, L Fabry, S Littleford, H Czuprynski, J Kong, K Lawson and M Ridgewell.
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