Wolverhampton Lawn Tennis & Squash Club
Neville Lodge, 53 Newbridge Crescent • Tettenhall, Wolverhampton • WV6 0LH
Tel: 01902 753 000
Dear [[firstname]]
I thought January was busy but February has been crazy busy……..brilliant but crazy busy. So below is just a few of the amazing things we’ve being doing and some events happening in March.
JDA RACKETBALL CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS – Congratulations to Jason Smith who beat Rami Labib to become the 2023 JDA Racketball Club Champion. Full Results below
B Event Final - Tom Watson beat Peter Sandhur
C Event Final - Ed Cooper beat Michael Davis
D Event Final - David Thorpe beat Andrew Samuels
A Plate Final - Guy Birkett beat Marc Hughes
B Plate Final - Madan Chalotra beat Malkit Sal
C Plate Final - Clayton Edge beat Karl Vernon
D Plate Final - Robert Clark beat Robert Binnion
Thank you to everyone who came along to support all the finalists it's truly appreciated. Once again, I’d like to thank Julian Duke of JDA Agency for supporting the event.
FIRST CITY SQUASH CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS – Draws for the First City Squash Club Championships are now out now. Please find the draws on the My Courts link below https://wltsc.mycourts.co.uk/tournaments.asp
The Finals Night will be taking place on Friday 31st March. Thank you to Chris Bywater of First City who has generously sponsored these championships.
Beginners Racketball - We had a great start to 2023, with lots of new members giving Racketball a go and really enjoying it, so much so, that this week, we are starting a Beginners Racketball League for those who have been playing during January and February. If you'd like to Give It A Go (GIAG), why not come along on a Monday evening, 6.30pm - 7.30pm throughtout March to see what all the fuss is about. Please sign up via MyCourts
Squash Skills & Drills - It's been a while but I'm delighted to announce that Squash Skills & Drills is back every Wednesday 6.45pm - 8.00pm throughout March. This session is aimed at players competing in the First City Squash Club Championships. Please sign up via MyCourts
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY - SQUASH & RACKETBALL GIVE IT A GO SESSIONS – We are hosting 2 Women’s Squash & Racketball Free Give It A Go Taster Sessions. The classes are open to all abilities. We hope you’ll come along and have a go but if you can’t make it, please forward the poster to friends or parents at schools. Below are the links to sign up.
Monday 6th March - 6.30pm – 7.30pm https://clubspark.lta.org.uk/everypoint/Coaching/Session/35bcd52b-ce31-4f39-a997-b2d413bcfacd
Wednesday 8th March - 10.00am – 11.30am https://clubspark.lta.org.uk/everypoint/Coaching/Session/441d6604-37d2-4a45-8c9d-fb5b0016f5e4
HALF TERM JUNIOR SQUASH CAMP – WOW what an brilliant Half Term Junior Squash Camp and we only went and beat our daily record twice. 13 juniors on Tuesday, 16 on Wednesday and then we beat our record with 17 kids on Thursday.......AMAZING! Thank you to all the parents for supporting and all the kids for being......kids . So pleased that Dylan (4 years old), Edward and Mia passed their Skills Award Grade 1 and Theo receiving his Grade 4 award. Finally thank you to my brilliant coaching team for all your hard work this week. Look out for the Easter Squash Camp information coming out soon.
JUNIOR SQUASH – Just a reminder that our brilliant Junior Squash Classes begin again next week. Please see the links below to sign up
Saturday Mini’s & Little Belters https://clubspark.lta.org.uk/everypoint/Coaching/Course/9bc4ce53-0bfc-4928-be62-f2c4a1e8d1af
Saturday Junior Pro https://clubspark.lta.org.uk/everypoint/Coaching/Course/ea5993a8-d1f3-488e-b704-284983837b7a
Wednesday Little Belters https://clubspark.lta.org.uk/everypoint/Coaching/Course/c86cc982-54d9-46fd-9191-5a0c23f7053a
Wednesday Junior Pro https://clubspark.lta.org.uk/everypoint/Coaching/Course/3a8f8429-7a4e-40a6-a1bb-1d9fc6ef4433
SQUASH STARS – There is still time to sign up to Squash Stars the new unmissable junior programme for kids aged 5-9, starts on Monday 27th February - 5.00pm – 5.45pm. This six-week programme builds fundamental skills and confidence, encouraging kids to reach for the stars on and off court. For just £42, your child will get six sessions and a kit bag which includes a racket, ball, t-shirt, and squash glasses. Find out more and enrol your child at www.squashstars.co.uk
SHROPSHIRE KIDS’ FESTIVAL – Thank you to all the WLTSC volunteers, for all their hard work last weekend, showing the kids and parents the brilliant game of squash at the Shropshire Kids Festival last weekend at the Telford International Centre.
It was brilliant to take Mr Squash (Me) out on the road again, he absolutely loves promoting squash.
SQUASH & RACKETBALL TEAM NEWS
– We are coming up to the last month of winter Squash & Racketball county leagues.
Warwickshire Squash League
WLTSC 1st Team – Premier League - currently 3rd
WLTSC 2nd Team – 4 Div – currently 2nd (2 points behind but with 1 game in hand)
Staffordshire Squash League
WLTSC 1st Team – Premier League - currently 2nd
Shropshire Squash League
WLTSC 1st Team – Premier League – currently 6th (but with 2 games in hand)
WLTSC 2nd Team – Division 2 - currently 2nd
WLTSC 3rd Team – Division 3 – currently 4th
Shropshire Racketball League
WLTSC 1st Team – Premier League – currently 5th
Wales - Finally, as some of you may know, I work as a coach for Squash Wales, so I'm very proud to announce that in April, I have been iasked to coach Wales at the senior Men's & Women's European Team Squash Championships in Helsinki, Finland.
On that note, I hope you all had a brilliant weekend.
Kindest Regards
Mike Harris
Head of Squash & Racketball
26/02/2023
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