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Welcome to Moreton Morrell Tennis
Court Club.
A photo
from our Centenary in June 2005. And select here to
see a picture from 1906
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Tournaments and Matches in January
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Date |
Event |
Location |
Manager |
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Sat 8 & Sun 9 |
Garland Cup |
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Tom Granville |
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Sat 14 |
Queens Club |
H |
Alex Reynolds |
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Sun 15 |
Leamington |
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Paul Parry-Evans |
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Sat 21 |
Manchester |
H |
Tim Messer |
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Sun 22
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Oratory |
A |
Rich Wills |
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Please contact Tom Granville if you would like to play in any of these |
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A lot of work has been done tidying up and repairing
the American Squash Court. A 3/4 size table tennis table has been installed
on the balcony. The lights in the court are
now working and the lining and plastering of
the ceiling will be completed in due course.
A safety netting between the balcony and the court
area has also been erected.
We hope you will make good use of it.
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Besides the improvements to the American Squash Court , there has been a
programme of repairs over the past few months. The front door now hangs
correctly and lets in considerably less cold air. Three lights have ben
replaced, as has the dedans netting. Many of the gutters and drain pipes have
been painted and a new TV has been installed.
Also various people have commented on how clean and much tidier the club looks
nowadays.
The bar area will be the next to receive attention. Exactly what will be done is
to be confirmed at the next Committee Meeting.
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Nick Jury
After many years as our Assistant Professional, Nick Jury has decided he would
like to follow some other interests. Nick's full time employment ends
around 10th Feb but Nick and the club are in the process of coming to an
agreement for him to continue making balls and marking matches and tournaments
and doing some junior coaching until the end of the season.
The club wishes Nick the very very best for the future and thanks him for
continuing with this assistance. In the meantime we will look for another
assistant professional.
We'll post more details as soon as they are available.
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Paul Wilson-Gunn
Paul has decided to stand down from the club committee after many years of
helping maintain the fabric of the club, organising repairs, managing the bar
and also handling the day to day finances. Paul has been invaluable and it is
taking some time to fill the various jobs that he does/has done. A very big
"thank you" to Paul for his enormous contribution to the success of the club.
By the way, Paul is continuing to handle the day to day finances until we find a
replacement. So please keep sending your cheques to him!
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The
Corinthian Cup
The
Cambridge,
Newmarket and Hatfield clubs are combining their
resources to host a grand festival of tennis
over two weeks starting from the 28th July to
the 11th August 2012
This for teams of between 5
and 8 players.
If anyone is interested please contact Tom Granville
or Andrew Hamilton.
Details
of
Corinthian
Cup
2012
also see the latest
update
on the T&RA web site
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AGM Monday 11th April
The Annual General Meeting was held on Monday 11th
April. The Club Accounts are displayed on the club
noticeboard.
Select
here to read the Chairman's Summary for 2010
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Some of the things the Tennis and
Rackets Association (T&RA) does for you and
Moreton
(The T&RA is the national governing
body for Real Tennis)
- Your handicap and the handicap system
are funded by the T&RA
- The professional marking your match has
been trained to mark, coach, make balls and
string rackets thanks to T&RA funding
- Tom and Nick will be receiving
Continuous Professional Development sessions
as part of a new initiative funded by the
T&RA
- The ball cloth for the balls you are
playing with is monitored, ordered and
distributed to clubs by the T&RA
- The T&RA paid for the excellent
online booking system we use
- The defibrillator by the marker’s box
was part funded by the T&RA
- The club’s Health and Safety policy was
based on a T&RA designed advisory document
- MMTCC Juniors and the schools that use
the court are increasingly funded by the
T&RA. MMTCC's burgeoning numbers of
juniors will, if T&RA funds increase
sufficiently, benefit from T&RA funding
- Grants are distributed by the T&RA
for court repairs and advice is freely given
and information is recorded re building
materials, lights, netting etc.
- The T&RA part funds the Dedanists’
Elite, Development and Junior squads for the
most promising and talented young players.
MMTCC’s Tom Lewis has benefited greatly from
his training as Andrew Hamilton found to his
cost over the New Year!
- The T&RA maintains an informative
website for both games under its auspices-
real tennis and rackets. If you want to find
out about rackets visit
www.tennisandrackets.com
- The T&RA organises tournaments for
all levels of player ability- from the British
Open involving Rob Fahey the greatest ever
player, to tournaments for the likes of you
and me- the Field and Brodie Cups, Category
Tournaments for all bands of ability and a
competition for 40+ handicappers. T&RA
members will be able to play in the ‘Olympic’
tournament next July for 48 teams with group
matches to be staged here at MMTCC.
Everything that the T&RA is involved with
has to be overseen and organised which requires an
office staff which of course is costly but I can
assure you that having seen them at close quarters
for many years now, the CEO and 2 secretaries work
incredibly hard to organise an army of volunteers
and committees that run the sport
The T&RA depends on income from membership
subscriptions, your joining will help Real Tennis
in many ways. Membership forms are
available from the professionals at the court. |
The 2010/2011
Season
"events" contains
information about the tournaments and matches
scheduled between September 2010 and June
2011.
The February 2011 version of the Court
Circular is viewable online(Editor: Richard Seymour Mead,
to whom all congratulations and complaints
about spelling and formatting should be
addressed)
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- The February 2011 Newsletter is now available
online
- Please pay your MMTCC bill within a reasonable
time after receiving your bill. Most of you do,
quite a few of you don't.
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Select newsletter
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Select here to view
a guide to using the Moreton Morrell Online
Booking System (system provided by the Tennis
and Rackets Association)
Select here to see a demo
of the new T&RA Online Booking System for
Moreton Morrell
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