Playing Tennis at Hampton-In-Arden Tennis Club
There are many ways for adult members to enjoy competitive tennis at our club. You may be involved in matches with other clubs or you may also take part in the various internal tournaments and leagues run throughout the year at the club. We can neatly divide the types of playing into 4 main categories:
As part of the new coaching programme to be introduced after Christmas 2007, coaching staff at Hampton-In-Arden Tennis Club will be providing further opportunities for adult club members to improve their game. The club's main coaching focus has been (and will remain) its junior members but its adult members will also have the chance, if they wish, to improve their technique and their overall standard. Keep watching the emails for news of the upcoming adult coaching programme.
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Tournaments
Hampton runs one internal adult tournament each season. Commencing in late April/early May. Entry forms for the tournament initially go out with the subscription renewal requests during March each year. Any member can participate. Several titles are contested namely:
- Mens: Singles, Doubles, Singles Plate, Veterans Doubles
- Ladies: Singles, Doubles, Singles Plate, Veterans Doubles
- Mixed: Doubles, Doubles Plate
Finals have usually been held on a Saturday in July but, in a break with recent tradition, the finals day for 2007 was
held at the end of September!
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Junior members at Hampton are not forgotten with regard to tournaments. They have their own one-day annual tournament usually run
sometime in June and also have external initiatives such as the Road to Wimbledon annual one-day event.
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League Tennis
Hampton-In-Arden Tennis Club enters 6 teams into the Coventry and District Lawn Tennis League each year - 3 ladies teams and 3 mens teams. Competition is keen for places as captains pick team members on playing merit. Each team will consist of two single-sex doubles pairs. Each fixture will consist of each Hampton pair playing each of two opposing pairs in a best-of-three-sets match. Fixtures normally run once per week from approx. 6.00pm to anywhere between 9.00 and 10.00 pm. Matches are played at Hampton and at the opposing club's grounds. The hosting club provides tea/supper for after the fixture.
If you are interested in trying-out for any particular league team at Hampton Tennis Club, contact its captain (in the first instance) for an informal chat. The current league team captains are:
- Ladies 1st Team - Terri Mason (Contact number: 0121 705 9661)
- Ladies 2nd Team - Coralie Hammond (Contact number: 01675 442144)
- Ladies 3rd Team - Rosalia Eccleston (Contact number 01675 442913)
- Mens 1st Team - Mark Joannides (Contact number: 07909 697718)
- Mens 2nd Team - Steve Ray (Contact number: 01675 442132)
- Mens 3rd Team - Geoff Redfern (Contact number: 01675 442447)
Once again junior members are not left out in the cold with regard to external competition. All juniors capable of full-court rallying are eligible for inclusion into the North Warwickshire Doubles League at their wish and the coach' discretion. In addition, older juniors who are ready for inclusion in the Coventry League teams are often registered and given outings in the adult league teams.
Hampton-In-Arden Tennis Club
Shadowbrook Lane
Hampton-In-Arden
Solihull
West Midlands
B92 0DQ
Telephone: 01675 442284
Secretary: Chris Barnes
01675 443572
Coach: Ian Poole
07968 451956
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Social Tennis
Hampton is a friendly club with lots of opportunities for playing social tennis. There are 3 designated club sessions for adult members at present: Tuesday evenings from 7.00pm to 10.00pm; Friday evenings from 8.00pm to 10.00 pm; and Sunday mornings from 10.00am to 1.00pm. All standards of play are welcomed so don't be shy - turn up and play!
In addition to the club sessions, we often have "friendly" matches (to social tennis standard) with other local clubs, most often taking place in the summer months on Saturday afternoons. This is a very good way of meeting players from other clubs either at your home ground or at their clubs and is a wonderful way of spending a Saturday afternoon in the summer - with the bonus (usually) of a nice tea at the end of it! Keep an eye on our "Friendlies" page for up to the minute information.
Finally, for a few years now, Hampton has been running its MAXI-Tennis initiative in the early spring. Usually timed to conicide with the 6-Nations Rugby championship, the club members are divided between 6 teams (named after the countries involved in the rugby) who play each other once over the spring school term leading up to a final between the top two teams towards the end of March. These matches are very social occasions and involve all grades of member from children right up to adult.
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