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Avenue Tennis Club – Open Day 3rd July 2011

Vinny — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 08:55:46 +0000

OPEN DAY – 3rd July from 10:30 am

Membership Offer during July 11 – 9 Months for price of 6 (inc 3 FREE group coaching lessons for adults only)

Free Fun Tennis Coaching for all the Family 10:30 am till 12:30 pm

Men’s and Ladies Somerset Closed Finals LIVE from 12:30 pm

Wimbledon Men’s Final 2011 Live on the clubs large screen

Tony Pryce Sports and Prince Rackets will be in attendance demonstrating tennis equipment

The bar will be open serving hot and cold food and drinks throughout the day together with Strawberries and Cream and Pimms.

Why not join up as a Social Member??????

SOCIAL MEMBERSHIP – NON PLAYING

The club has a thriving social scene but is keen to encourage more non playing tennis players to take advantage of its excellent facilities. The bar is competitively priced and stocks a wide variety of alcoholic and non alcoholic beverage and is open Mon, Wed, Fri evening and Sunday lunch time. The club organises a huge range of social events, Captains Dinner, Xmas Lunch, New Year Disco, St Patrick’s Night Disco and others. Also available at the club is a large screen to watch special events (World Cup Rugby coming soon!!). We also have a Boules court, Pool, Wi-Fi, a large patio and grassed area for children. You will also receive reduced rates for any club hire.

Social Membership – Single – £8.50 (normally £17 annually)

Social Membership – Joint – £12.50 (normally £25 annually

Avenue Tennis Club 2011

Vinny — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 09:50:48 +0000

Head Coach Vinny Duddy advised the newspaper that the main objective for the Avenue Tennis Club was to try and encourage more families to get involved at the tennis club. Tennis is a sport that can be played from 3 to 93 and is one of the sports that all the family can play together.

The club has probably the best tennis facilities in the South West with 8 floodlit tennis courts (4 Astra and 4 Hard), a hitting wall, Boules court, large patio and grassed area together with an excellent modern club house with bar, kitchen and shower facilities.

The club runs squad coaching sessions every day of the week for juniors, offers 1 to 1 coaching, runs Saturday Pay and Play, offers Cardio Fitness and Adult only coaching sessions – details can be obtained from the website (www.avenuutennis.com).

The club has a thriving social section with organized social doubles play on Wednesday and Friday evenings; the bar is open too. Social doubles are also organized on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday am. The club also runs Mixed Doubles Teams in the winter and Men’s and Ladies Teams during the summer – training for the teams is on Monday for Men’s and Tuesday for Ladies.

Vinny would like to remind all the family members that Vinny’s Minis restarts on Friday 21^st Jan from 6:30. Vinny’s Minis is two hour long free sessions which for members of the club 6:30 to 7:30 is aimed at youngsters up to the age of 8 and the second session from 7:30 to 8:30 for youngsters aged 8 +. On Friday’s the hard courts are allocated to the juniors aged 11+ and they are encouraged to take part in the Junior Match Play Doubles from 8:00pm.

Somerset Over 45′s Lose to Devon

Vinny — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 19:42:51 +0000

The Avenue Tennis club was the venue for the Somerset Over 45’s third of 4 county matches against a strong Devon side. The Somerset team comprised Glen Pigden from the Avenue together with Paul David (Minehead), James Buckle (Nether Stowey) and Neil Driver (Millfield). Despite some good games and lots of effort from the Somerset team they went down 5 rubbers to 0. Their final match will be played on 5^th Sep against Dorset at the prestigious West Hants Rackets Club – let’s hope that they do a little better this time.

Following the success of the Avenue;s Junior Tennis Camp the club is running another week of Tennis Training and Coaching for the last week of the summer holiday from Monday 23^rd Aug to Friday 27^th Aug; details and application forms are available on the website www.avenuetennis.com; parents are advised to book early to avoid any disappointment.

Entry forms are available from the club or the website for the two August Open Tennis Tournaments for adults (11^th Aug – 15^th Aug) and juniors (16^th – 21^st Aug). The bar will be open during the tournaments serving hot and cold food so why not pop down and watch some good live tennis at the Avenue Tennis Club during your lunch breaks or during the day.

Details of the events and tennis coaching courses held at the Avenue Tennis Club can be obtained from the office (01278 782758) or from the club website (www.avenuetennis.com).

Somerset Over 45′s lose to Bedfordshire

Vinny — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:21:47 +0000

Bedfordshire over 45’s turned up at the Avenue Tennis Club nearly 2 hours late after getting caught up in the first day of the summer holiday traffic to the south west. The gruelling journey did not affect the very experienced Beds Team who went on to win the match by 4 rubbers to 1 with Somerset winning one of the doubles matches. The Somerset team comprised Glen Pigden and Richard Belfield both from the Avenue together with James Buckle (Nether Stowey) and Neil Driver (Millfield). Due to the delayed start Avenue’s Head Coach Vinny Duddy, captain of the Somerset Over 45’s had to step in to the final doubles match as one of the home team had a prior arrangement that they could not get out of. Vinny said that after a full day coaching at Wellington it was not what he had thought he would be doing however he was pleased that he held serve in both sets that he and James Buckle lost. The Somerset Over 45’s will be in action again this weekend at the Avenue where they will be hosting Devon on Sunday 1Aug with the match starting around 1:00pm; the bar will be open so please come down and support your county side.

The Junior Tennis Camp is running during the first two weeks of the School Summer Holidays from Monday 26^th Jul to Friday 6^th Aug; details and application forms are available on the website www.avenuetennis.com; parents are advised to book early to avoid any disappointment.

Details of the events and tennis coaching courses held at the Avenue Tennis Club can be obtained from the office (01278 782758) or from the club website (www.avenuetennis.com

Avenue Open Day July 2010

Vinny — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 08:20:05 +0000

Head Coach Vinny Duddy said that the Avenue Tennis Club’s annual Open Day on Sunday 4^th July was a fantastic success with lots of new potential members, adults and juniors, coming to the club and having some coaching and fun with the Avenue’s coaching team. Starting at 10:30 Barry Ramsden and Craig Phillips took nearly 30 youngsters on court with the mini red balls (Under 8’s) and went through a series of racket and coordination skills finishing off with some fun games. Jamie Allen took the older kids on 2 courts with Vinny taking 12 adults onto the other 2 astro courts. Vinny wanted to thank the ladies from the club Poo Jenkins, Pat Hunter, Elaine Amos and Sue Parsons who worked extremely hard to provide all the attendees with hot food and drinks and some excellent strawberry cream teas. Club Chairman, Gordon Hunter looked after the bar and made his infoamous Pimms drink which went down a treat.

At 12:30 all the coaching stopped so that the Somerset Closed Finalists could play their match to find out who would be Somerset’s Number 1. Matt Barnard, Somerset Men’s Captain pictured on the right above took on the Avenue’s Coach, Craig Phillips from Brean in a really super hard hitting fast match. Matt used all his experience to make the match difficult for Craig but in the end Craig’s hard and accurate ground strokes proved too much with Craig running out as winner in two sets (6 v 3, 6 v 4). Matt and Craig were very considerate to the on lookers finishing their match just in time to watch Rafa Nadal take on Thomas Berdych on the Avenue’s large screen. Vinny passed on thanks to Tony Pryce Sports who sponsored the prize monies for the tournament and to Prince Rackets demosntrator Peter Clarke for their attendance at the club’s Open day.

The club is running a Wimbledon new members deal during July where new members can join the club for the next 9 months for the price of 6. Effectively this means the cost per day for a new adult member is 36 pence (£100 per 9 months) with an under 10 being only 5 pence per day (£15 for 9 months).

Details of the events and tennis coaching courses held at the Avenue Tennis Club can be obtained from the office (01278 782758) or from the club website (www.avenuetennis.com

AVENUE AUGUST OPEN TOURNAMENTS – ADULT AND JUNIOR

Vinny — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 18:14:22 +0000

The Avenue Tennis Club August Open Tournament Forms are available from the PLAY TENNIS tab or can be downloaded from below.

Adult Tournament – Higher Prize Monies available from 11th – 15th Aug

seniors_2010_entry_form

Junior Tournament – 16th – 21st Aug

Juniors_2010 entry form

Avenue Tennis Club Social Tournament Easter 2010

Vinny — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:17:19 +0000

Head Coach, Vinny Duddy presents Oxanna Wallis with Prince Tennis Balls for winning the Avenue’s Easter Social Tournament, Oxanna was the ladies winner and Steve Perry not in the picture was the mens winner . Head coach Vinny said the tournament was not well supported with lots of members having other commitments on the day but the tennis and the weather on the day for those who participated was fantastic. A big birthday shout goes to Julie Fowler who celebrated an important birthday down at Wincanton Races on the same day from all her friends at the tennis club.

The next social event at the Tennis Club is an Italian Evening, which is for adults only, on Saturday 15^th May at 7:30 ish; all are welcome to attend.

The next school holiday junior tennis camp will run from the 1^st Jun to 4^th Jun and will start at 9:00 and finish at 3:00pm daily; details and an apllication form can be obained from the club’s website.

Details of these events and tennis coaching courses held at the Avenue Tennis Club can be obtained from the office (01278 782758) or from the club website (www.avenuetennis.com).

Rabbie Burns Night at the Avenue Tennis Club

Vinny — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:05:55 +0000

Tennis club members Geoff Thorne and Oxana Wallis made a really effort to get in the mood for the Rabbie Burns Night at the Avenue Tennis Club dressing up with some traditional Scottish costume. Pictured above are Geoff and Oxanna flanking Heather Duddy who celebrated her 13^th Birthday.

Head Coach Vinny Duddy said the night was a great success and was the first social event of the new year masterminded by new Social Chairperson Julie Cameron. As well as organising the evening Julie, along with other club members Lynn O Dell and Jane Sanders cooked and served up some excellent food with the main course being Haggis, Mash Potato and Swede. Julie thanked the other ladies who helped her with the sweet of Typsy Laird. Keep an eye out for the next social event at the tennis club which provides good family entertainment at excellent value for money.

The Avenue Tennis Club is offering new members the opportunity to join the tennis club and get 14 months membership for the price of 12. The new membership deal is subject to the new member completing a direct debit mandate that would start from the 1 April 2010 and would be at 2009 membership prices as shown on their web site www.avenuetennis.com. Details can also be obtained from new membership secretary Di Dimond (07979 227866).

Applications for position of Club Chairman and Vice Chairman are still requested, members wishing for more detail should contact current Chairman Gordon Hunter or the office for more details. Angela Marshfield has vounteered to take on the post of Club Secretary and this should be ratified and organised at the next Committee meeting in February.

The next Junior Tennis Camp is due to take place between 9:00 – 3:00 pm daily from 15^th to 19^th Feb; costs for the whole week for one child equates to £12 per day, two or three from a family is £9 per day or £6.66 per child per day; forms can be obtained from the website or from the tennis office.

Details of these events and tennis coaching courses held at the Avenue Tennis Club can be obtained from the office (01278 782758) or from the club website (www.avenuetennis.com).

Coaches Challenge 2010

Vinny — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 12:55:48 +0000

Avenue Tennis Club Head Coach 2010 Challenge

Head Coach Vinny Duddy issued a challenge to the members of the Avenue Tennis Club in a recent e mail to the club’s membership – excert is as follows “I’m sure like me, you have made a New Year’s Resolution to improve your fitness, reduce your weight, cut down on this and that, etc, etc, etc………. Why not get more involved with tennis either through coaching or through the social play we have here at the club. I am sure that we all have a friend that has said they would like to take up tennis but are a little overawed at coming along and getting started – I would like to challenge all our adult members to try and persuade a new player down to the club. All new players are allowed to come along with a current member up to 3 times before they are expected to join, normally there is a visitors fee of £5 to play but the Committee have agreed to waive this charge for January and February 2010 so please try and bring someone new along with you and let’s see if we can get them involved and playing tennis”.

Vinny also reminded the members that they had the best facilities in the county and that they should therefore encourage friends and family along to the club to take up tennis as it is a sport that anyone can play together no matter how old or what standard they are.

The club is really trying to encourage more families to get involved in tennis and with the full use of 8 courts, have set aside Friday evenings to cater for all the family. There is adult coaching from 6:30 till 8:00 pm, junior match play from 8:00 till 9:45, social adult mixed doubles from 6:30 till 9:45 and organised fun junior sessions for up to year group 3 from 6:30 till 7:30 and year 4 plus from 7:30 till 8:30 (Vinny’s Minis) – come on down and try us out.

The club is also keen to encourage social membership where non players can take advantage of its well stocked bar and organised functions/parties. The first social event of the New Year 2010 will be a Rabbie Burns night which will be held at the Tennis Club on Saturday 30^th January. For those that do not like Haggis there will be a lovely Scottish Stew. The three course Scottish meal will cost adults £7.50 and children £3.50; bookings can be made on the listing in the clubhouse foyer notice board. Members who want to receive this information by e mail should let Vinny or Craig have their current e mail addresses.

Details of these events and tennis coaching courses held at the Avenue Tennis Club can be obtained from the office (01278 782758) or from the club website (www.avenuetennis.com

Membership E mail – Coaches Challenge 2010

Vinny — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 12:51:59 +0000

Hi All

I hope you all had a great Xmas break and I wish you and yours a Happy New Year.

I’m sure like me, you have made a New Year’s Resolution to improve your fitness, reduce your weight, cut down on this and that, etc, etc, etc………. Why not get more involved with tennis either through coaching or through the social play we have here at the club. I am sure that we all have a friend that has said they would like to take up tennis but are a little overawed at coming along and getting started – I would like to challenge all our adult members to try and persuade a new player down to the club. All new players are allowed to come along with a current member up to 3 times during January and February before they will be expected to join the club, normally there is a visitors fee of £5 to play but the Committee have agreed to waive this charge for January and February 2010 in the hope that we will encourage some new members to join.

Social Play – Organised social play happens on the following days:

Wednesday and Friday evening from 18:30 till 21:45 hrs

Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 09:00 till 12:30 hrs

Sunday mornings from 09:00 till 12:00 hrs

Senior Coaching squads and sessions for the 2010

Under 18 Performance Squad recommences on Wednesday 13^th Jan 2010 at 19:30 till 21:00 hrs. This session is aimed at those youngsters that want to improve their technique and tactics through some focused physical and technical coaching – all ages are welcome to attend provided their playing standard is appropriate to the rest of the group.

Cardio training recommences on Thursday 14^th Jan 2010 at 18:00 till 19:00 hrs. Come down and get fit whilst hitting lots of tennis balls.

Intermediate Adult Coaching recommences on Thursday 14^th Jan 2010 from 19:15 till 21:15 hrs. This session is aimed at those adults who have played some tennis and want to improve their technique and tactics through practice, coaching and games.

Beginner/Improver Adult Coaching recommences on Friday 15^th Jan 2010 at 18:30 till 20:00 hrs. This session is aimed at those adults who want to get back into tennis or want to take it up for the first time.

Men’s League Practice Nights are every Monday night from 18:00 till 21:45 hrs. All ages and standards are really welcome to attend these sessions as we have league teams playing at a variety of standard who are always in need of players.

Ladies League Practice Nights are every Tuesday night from 18:00 till 21:45 hrs. All ages and standards are really welcome to attend these sessions as we have league teams playing at a variety of standard who are always in need of players.

I would be grateful if you could pass this e mail on to any friends and relatives who may be interested. Tennis is a sport that can be played for life and is a great sport for families of all ages and abilities.

Cheers and best regards

Vinny Duddy

Head Coach