The Dan Maskell Tennis Trust – Our Charity of the Year
We have decided to donate proceeds from this year's social events and tournaments including the 24 hour tennis marathon, to The Dan Maskell Tennis Trust. It is a tennis charity raising funds for people with disabilities and is named after the late Dan Maskell “The...
Ladies Day – fun social tennis session
A Ladies afternoon was held on Sunday 2nd April organised by Raji Sharma-Drake. A total of 12 members attended and a glorious afternoon was had by all irrespective of their level. A delicious range of home baked cake were supplied by members (Pam Hersey, Jill Stanton...
New Cardio Tennis sessions
NEW CARDIO TENNIS CLASS REMINDER Using Roger's expertise in fitness and tennis, he is putting together a programme to suit all levels of fitness and tennis to create a fun Cardio tennis session. First session is FREE Monday 20th March 9.30am - 10.30am. This session is...
February Half term Tournament
The half term February Tournament was a real success with 27 keen children turning up to participate. The groups were divided by age and skill with 7 year olds playing in the youngest (red ball) draw, 8-9 year olds in the middle (orange ball) draw and 9/10 year olds...
Member of the Year 2016
The Member of the Year Award is for someone who has made a significant positive impact on the club during the year (and we all know there can be other types of impact) and the nominations received are for various reasons but all these people have contributed in some...
Christmas Tournament & Dinner
This year’s American Tournament and Christmas Dinner were a great success! A full turnout of 32 players played on the beautiful winter’s afternoon. Everyone embraced the fun nature of the tournament with full members mixing brilliantly with the improvers. Mulled wine...
SingAlong Evening
The clubhouse at Ashford Tennis Club was transformed into a concert venue for a night of live music with full audience participation. Most of the 70 strong audience enjoyed a fish and chip supper before hand and took full advantage of 'Happy Hour'! Keith Henderson...
Golf Society Day at Hersham
13 lucky people played in the GOATs (Golfers of Ashford Tennis) society competition which was held on a beautiful September day at Hersham Golf Club. There was ample opportunity to see wildlife here, including 2 muntjac deer, a fox & several squirrels, though they...
2016 Finals Weekend #3
The third and final Club Tournament Finals Weekends of the year took place on 17th/18th September. This time it was the Handicap tournaments which generally brings a wider range of players and as usual there was plenty of exciting tennis on show. SATURDAY Handicap...
Multi Format Fun Tournament
Sunday saw another running of the popular Multi Format Tournament on a glorious sunny afternoon. The four teams of 6 were given names of modern British tennis player: Konta, Murray, Edmund and Watson. There was the usual good mix of improvers and full members. Each...
Wheelchair Tournament
Our annual wheelchair tournament was held on Sunday 4 September – Noel had arranged for 6 players to take part in a round-robin tournament followed by a final. The weather was perfect and the spectators were treated to an afternoon of exceptionally high standard of...
Ladies Day
Another very successful 'Ladies Day' was held on Bank Holiday Monday with 18 ladies taking part. It was good to see such a cross section of the club, ie from beginners up to first team players, together with potential new members. The games were organised to give...