The Avenue Tennis Club October Junior Tennis Camp was a complete success with quite a few new juniors coming to the club and getting involved with the coaching.  The camps are run throughout the year during the school holiday and focus on taking the youngsters through a variety of tennis shots.

The camp was run by Vinny Duddy with Barry Ramsden, Emily Rossiter, Rhiannon Parson and Heather Duddy and was split into the various LTA recommended ball groups of Red (up to 8 year olds), Orange – (8 to 10 year olds) and Yellow – (plus 10 year olds).  Head Coach Vinny Duddy said that camp was great fun because the weather was fantastic and the kids were really focused on learning to play better and worked really hard.

The Avenue Tennis Club is fully committed to following the LTA guidelines with respect to Junior Tennis Development Programmes and runs a variety of classes throughout the week and on Saturdays specifically for juniors of varying abilities – course timetable available on the website www.avenuetennis.com or contact the office (01278 782758), alternatively you can arrange individual lessons with any of the club’s coaches.

Details of what type of ball, court sizes, ages, etc can be found on the LTA’s website at the following address – www.lta.org.uk/Players/Juniors/ or you can give Vinny or Craig a call at the Tennis Club to discuss (01278 782758).

The next Sunday social tournament at the Avenue, in memory of Jan Mackay, will be run on 22^nd November; all are welcome to attend with matches starting around 11:00am.

An Xmas Family Lunch will be held on Sunday 29^th November from 12:30 pm with adults costing £10 and under 10’s £7 – if you wish to come then please contact Poo Jenkins on 01278 783396 or put your name and numbers required on the list in the club foyer.  The junior member’s Xmas Disco has been organized for Friday 18^th Dec from 18:00 till 21:00 with fun games and prizes available.

Welcome to the Junior Tennis Camp Summer 2009

The Junior Tennis Camp, at the Avenue Tennis Club,  kicked off on the first day of the school holidays on 23rd July.

Head coach Vinny Duddy took the Mini Reds and was more than impressed with some of the players and their positive attitude to training despite being so young.  Emily Rossiter and Rhiannon Parson took on the larger group of 8 to 11 year olds at Orange ball and had a great time.  Barry Ramsden took on the older kids with yellow balls and was more than suprised with the improvements in just two days of training.

26th of July, Monday, the first real day of the summer holiday saw some tired youngsters turn up at the Avenue Tennis Club to be met by Vinny, Barry, Emily, Rhiannon and Courtney who had obviously been partying too over the weekend……….so the warm up was a real eye opener with the yellow balls going straight on court with Barry.  Vinny and Emily took the Orange and Red group through their paces, playing several warm up games that were linked to movement.

Head Coach, Vinny was really pleased with the numbers as they far exceeded his expectataion but the most important thing that he banged on about was safety on court, which, was taken serious by all the participants. 

Tuesday 27th July, Day 4 of the camp and every turned up ready and raring to go.  According to all the coaches the progress being made is great and the common feedback to Vinny is that everyone is really concentrating and trying to do everything that they are being taught.

Wednesday 28th July, day 5 of the camp and everyone is here with their rackets but so are the rain clouds.  We managed to get an hours tennis in for the reds and orange with mad Baz and the older yellow ball kids braving the rain when it was reasonably sensible.  The coaches were just as bored as the players although they did make every effort to make the most of the day organising a Horse Race, Picture Pick Up, Crazy Golf, Blue Rollerball, Tennis Skittles and a really good quiz set up by Heather Duddy.

Day 6, thanks the heavens the weathers better.  We all got out on court and things went well.  The reds are really coming on with Emily and Rhiannon pushing them to keep trying; although the games at the end of the session seem to be the most popular part of the lesson.  Vinny has gone into mean tennis coach mode and had reduced the time for games and is carrying on with his “practice, practice, practice – repetition, repitition, repetition” quote.  Barry’s mob are doing fantastic but seem to be doing a bit of training around the court – must be something they’ve said or done.

Day 7, Friday – this is the last day for some of the players who are off to sunny climes next week or to Scotland (might not be as sunny there!!!).  The week or 7 days for many of the players has gone really well and Vinny, Barry, Emily, Rhiannon, Courtney and Heather have all tried really hard during the sessions to make them fun and interesting – the players have tried even harder and seem to have got some benefit from the coaching.  Thanks to the seven players who joined up as members… see you at the club.

 Day 7, was also Oliver Cashmore’s birthday and his mum very generously brought in some cake to celebrate – thanks to mum and Happy Birthday to Ollie.

Day 8, it’s the first day of the week, Monday and there’s only a few people from last week still on the camp – the die hards or the ones who were not going on their summer holidays this week????  The groups quite a lot younger this week with the oldest being nearly 12 and the youngest nearly 6!!!  Once again Emily is taking the Reds but this week she is being helped by Kerry Matthews as Rhiannon is away playing a tournament.  Vinny is on the orange and Barry is doing green balls this week, although that might change as Barry does bring his players on quickly.

Avenue Tennis Club Coach, Barry Ramsden successfully ran another Save the Children’s Fund Tennis Competition at the Avenue Tennis Club on Sunday 19^th July.

The competition was for Womens doubles, Mixed doubles and a Junior Boys doubles.  Although the entries were low the participants all worked hard to produce some good tennis in difficult conditions with the wind and rain causing some delays.

Boy’s winners were Callum Haines and Simon Peto who will go through to the Regional Finals in Exmouth later this year with a visit to LTA Headquarters Roehampton should they win through at Exmouth.  The Ladies doubles winner were club coach, Emily Rossiter and Rhiannon Parsons with the mixed double winners being Sally Clarke and Head Coach Vinny Duddy.  Pictured above are some of the competitors who braved the elements for the competition and raised money for this worthwhile charity event.

The next event at the tennis club is the School Summer Holiday Junior Tennis Camp which will run from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm during weekdays 23^rd July – 7^th Aug.  If you would like any further information please contact Vinny on 01278 782758 or visit the website www.avenuetennis.com.

The tennis club is celebrating its Centenary Year and will be organizing a Centenary Open Day on Saturday 19^th Sep and an Open Tournament on Sunday 20^th Sep.  The following weekend, 26^th September, is the Centenary Ball; the black tie event will have dancing to a DJ and local band Riverbrew in a Marquee set up at the tennis club.  Tickets can be obtained at the club and are priced at £40 and will include a meal and a complimentary drink.

We are currently looking for an officer to take on the role of treasurer - please contact any of the committee to lodge an interest.

Committee Members

Co-Opted

 Ex Chairman – Gordon Hunter – We are always keen to have “more hands on deck” to help with the running of the club and welcome other Members’ applications to join the committee.

If you wish something to be raised at a committee meeting, we hold them around every 6 weeks and you can either discuss your issue with any of us or else contact us .

Results for current and previous years can be obtained through the following link

http://www.nstl.org.uk/

CLUB SUMMER LEAGUE 2008 RESULTS

The Avenue had
mixed results in the Men’s and Ladies Somerset League this year.  The Men’s
Avenue B & C team and the ladies A team were promoted but the Men’s A and D
team were demoted together along with the Ladies B, C and D teams.

                          NORTH SOMERSET TENNIS LEAGUE

                                  MENS 1

 TEAM                 PLAYED     WON    RUBBERS     SETS     GAMES   �
POINTS

 BRIDGWATER A          10         9       33        68       237        86

 CLEVEDON A            10         9       30        64       185        82

 WOODLAND A            10         6       23        49        44        61

 VICTORIA A            10         2       18        37       -45        41

 CLEVEDON B            10         2        9        21      -188        25

 AVENUE A              10         2        7        15      -233        19

The men’s first team were badly depleted this year with lots of players coming to fill in for injuries and holidays.  Craig Phillips and Rob Sweet battled well in a very strong league with Glen Pigden having almost a different partner for most game he played in.

                                  MENS 5

 TEAM                 PLAYED     WON    RUBBERS     SETS     GAMES     POINTS

 AVENUE B              10         7       24        51        35        65

 CONGRESBURY A         10         6       20        46        -8        59

 WELLS C               10         5       20        48         8        58

 BRIDGWATER C          10         5       20        46        29        56

 BACKWELL B            10         5       22        45        36        55

 VICTORIA C            10         1       14        32      -100        35

The B team consisting of Simon Prior (Club Captain), Colin Christison, Richard Belfield, Colin Stead, Richard Mear and Brian Phillips did very well in stiff competition to win their league.

                                  MENS 6

 TEAM                 PLAYED     WON    RUBBERS     SETS     GAMES     POINTS

 AVENUE C              10        10       35        73       207        93

 BRENT KNOLL A         10         7       26        56       111        71

 CONGRESBURY B         10         5       24        56        59        67

 WESTON C               9         4       17        38        -3        46

 CHEDDAR B             10         1       11        27      -160        29

 WINSCOMBE B            9         1        4        13      -214        15

Avenue Mens' C team won Division 6 of the North Somerset Tennis League in style by beating their closest rivals, Brent Knoll A team, 8-2 in the final game of the season.  Both teams gained promotion with Avenue winning the league by a 22 point margin after maintaining an unbeaten record both home and away.  Pictured after their final win are (l-r) Darren Lloyd, James Goodall, Jacques Macinnes and Neil Darby.

                                  MENS 8

 TEAM                 PLAYED     WON    RUBBERS     SETS     GAMES     POINTS

 WOODLAND C            10         9       29        63       170        81

 WELLS D               10         8       24        56        32        72

 WEDMORE C             10         5       23        53        77        63

 BACKWELL C            10         4       19        40       -56        48

 AVENUE D              10         2       15        34       -74        38

 WRINGTON B            10         2       10        28      -149        32

The D team had a very inconsistent season and suffered from keeping the team pairs together.  Ian Phillips (Team Captain), Barry Ramsden, Ian Parrish, Ian Keane, Richard Meare, Lee Fowler, together with promising youngsters Nick Arnold and Tom Stevens.

                                MENS 10

TEAM                 PLAYED     WON    RUBBERS     SETS     GAMES     POINTS

 LYMPSHAM C             8         7       27        55       175        69

 CHEDDAR D              8         5       20        42        42        52

 WESTON E               8         5       16        37         6        47

 AVENUE E               8         3       12        29       -68        35

 WINSCOMBE C            8         0        5        18      -155        18

The E team fielded a large number of players with Captain Jeremy Trathen pleased with the efforts of his players, Fred Riordan, Gordon Hunter (Chairman), John Nicholson, Heinz Shroeder, Dave Vennall (Scooby), Lee Fowler, Paul Impey, Len Cameron (Bar Manager) and promising youngsters Jack Tonkin and Tom Blake.

                                LADIES 2

TEAM                 PLAYED     WON    RUBBERS     SETS     GAMES     POINTS

 VICTORIA A            10        10       26        59       109        79

 AVENUE A              10         8       27        57       122        73

 NAILSEA B             10         2       18        43       -40        47

 WOODLAND A             9         4       17        36       -13        44

 CHEDDAR B              9         3       17        36       -43        42

 WEDMORE A             10         2       11        26      -135        30

                                  LADIES 4

TEAM                 PLAYED     WON    RUBBERS     SETS     GAMES     POINTS

 CLEVEDON B            10         9       34        71       229        89

 BRIDGWATER C          10         9       33        69       198        87

 CONGRESBURY A         10         5       19        44       -18        54

 WEDMORE B             10         4       16        35       -59        43

 AVENUE B              10         2       13        35      -120        39

 WRINGTON B            10         1        5        11      -230        13

Avenue B ladies slipped out of division 4 represented by Wendy Price, Poo Jenkins, Jane Sanders, Issie Johnson, Kelly Anne Vennell and Ladies Captain Lyn O Dell.

                                  LADIES 5

TEAM                 PLAYED     WON    RUBBERS     SETS     GAMES     POINTS

 WELLS B               10         8       33        68       160        84

 AVENUE C              10         6       24        51        90        63

 LYMPSHAM A            10         6       21        51        -8        63

 WOODLAND B            10         5       21        47        22        57

 WEDMORE C             10         3       11        30      -115        36

 VICTORIA C            10         2       10        24      -149        28

Avenue C ladies were promoted, narrowly finishing ahead of Lympsham A.  The team were represented by Emma, Wendy Price, Jane Sanders, Poo Jenkins, Pat Hunter, Lyn O Dell.

                                  LADIES 7

TEAM                 PLAYED     WON    RUBBERS     SETS     GAMES     POINTS

 WESTON A              10        10       32        65       225        85

 CLEVEDON C            10         7       29        60       168        74

 BRENT KNOLL A         10         7       29        59       125        73

 WINSCOMBE C           10         3       15        36       -92        42

 VICTORIA D             9         1        7        17      -198        19

 AVENUE D               9         1        4        15      -228        17

The D Team came up against some experienced A teams in this division and struggled.  However the team fielded several new club players Julie Cameron (Club Membership Secretary), Jackie Whelaghan, Angela Marshfield along with experienced players Kay Rossiter and Shelley Bamsey

Mens and Ladies practice nights have recommenced at 6:30 on Mondays and Tuesdays  espectively; all are welcome to attend.

The Ladies A team returned to the first division led by Captain Emily Rossiter who partnered  young county player Nicole Priestman losing only 2 of 20 matches. Linda Matthews and Debbie Smith were the other successful pair, with Kelly Anne Vennell  playing on occasion.