Affiliated to the Essex LTA

Billericay Lawn Tennis Club
Blunts Wall Road
Billericay
Essex  CM12 9SA

May 2008 BLTC Family Fun Day announced
Apr 2008  BLTC Open Veterans Tournament announced
Jan 2008  Essex Open 2008 dates confirmed
Dec 2007 British Tennis Membership Update
Dec 2007 New head coach appointed
Nov 2007 British Tennis Membership

BLTC Family Fun Day

Billericay Lawn Tennis Club will hold a fun day for all the family on Sunday 15th June at the club’s ground. The day will be open to members and non-members. There will be coaching for mini players, junior and adult players. There will be competitions and fun  games. The bar will be open from midday and a barbecue lunch will be available. Admission: Adults £5, Children £2, Childern under 6 Free.  Click here for a fun day poster.
 

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BLTC Open Veterans Mixed Tournament announced

Billericay Lawn Tennis Club announces a new tournament for veterans to be held in September at Billericay. The tournament is open to all players of club standard from Billericay and other tennis clubs , no county players. The tournament is restricted to the first 16 pairs and will run on the lansdown system. Click here for an application form.
 

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Essex Open 2008 dates confirmed

Essex Open Tournament will be held at Billericay Lawn Tennis Club for the 5th consecutive year between 27th July and 2nd August 2008.

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British Tennis Membership Update

Billericay LTC ranks 10th in the country in registering 193 members as at 1st January 2008.
Essex County has three clubs in the country's top 10, Thorpe Bay with 500 and Clearview with 217 registered members.

British Tennis membership is free for all members of affiliated clubs for 2008 and offers the following exclusive member benefits:

• Player rating
• Online tournament entry
• Monthly e-newsletter with exclusive member content
• Access to exclusive discounts
• Advice from top coaches and players
• Access to add-on benefits e.g. Ace Magazine and Grand Slam Event packages
• Wimbledon ticket ballot run through your club or a central ballot
• Membership card with associated benefits

All Billericay LTC members are urged to sign up online or through printed forms sent to members.

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New head coach appointed

Club Chairman Les Cambridge said Billericay LTC is pleased to announce that Colin Clay will take over the post of Head Coach in March 2008. Les said that the club was deeply indebted to the work Graham Lister, who is standing down as Head Coach, had done over the last ten years. During his tenure, Grahame has grown our Junior section with about 100 children overseen by one part-time coach, to the current strength of over 300 children employing three retained full-time and two part-time coaches. BLTC now offers a fully comprehensive tennis coaching programme starting with mini tennis for four-year olds through to performance coaching for talented teenagers. Les said that he was pleased that Grahame would continue to coach at the Club. Les added that the Club was delighted when they were able to reach agreement with Colin to take over from Grahame. Colin has most recently been working for LTA as Tennis Development Manager in Essex, and is well known to Club members and Juniors. Les said that Colin will bring new expertise to the Club and is confident that we have found the "right man" to take over running our Coaching Programme to be able to grow it to its full potential.

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LTA British Tennis Membership

The LTA has announced its new membership scheme, British Tennis Membership. The scheme will be the first of its kind in British tennis and will begin in March 2008. Members of affiliated clubs are being offered FREE membership for 2008.  To find out more go to the LTA Website

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