Monday 3 July 2017

Rally for Bally event raised over £19k! - West End Tennis Tournament - Adult summer tennis coaching programme & Coffee afternoons

Walker Wylie West End Tennis Tournament
It's that time of year again! The West End Tournament  with events from under 8 to under 18 and men's and ladies singles, doubles, mixed doubles and over 45 doubles  will be running through the month of August. For all levels of play from aspiring team players upwards.
Enter here: https://www3.lta.org.uk/Competitions/Competition/?ctn=1-D1YLFH1
CLOSING DATE 22 July 10 am

 
 Adult summer tennis coaching programme

Adult Tennis clinics on Mondays from 3rd to 31st July -  7- 9pm
 STARTS TONIGHT!

Cost is £5/£8 for members/non members and it's possible to come on an ad hoc basis - payable direct to coaches on the night.numbers  Theme for 1st week (ie tonight!) is "Improving your doubles positional play" .
Any queries just give me a shout by email please
ian@glasgowwestern.co.uk



New adult groups - 4 week block of coaching
(few spaces left - contact - ian@glasgowwestern.co.uk )
Mondays - 7th to 28th August
630-730pm - Beginners
730 - 830pm - Intermediate
830-930pm - aspiring team players

Wednesdays - 2nd to 23rd August
7 - 8pm - Intermediate

£28/£35 members/ non members for the 4 week block

Payable directly to :
Sort Code - 090128
Acc No. 74749860

Please confirm or enquire asap to book your spot in a group(s). ian@glasgowwestern.co.uk



 

Coffee Afternoons in August

Tennis coaching plus matchplay instruction every Wednesday from 930-11am followed by a coffee cool down - hosted by Graham.
Members/ Non Members - £7/ £10

 August 2nd to 23rd from 3 - 430pm .
No Coffee mornings/afternoons in July



 
Rally for Bally 2017 raised £19,108.22 
What an awesome total!
Thank you so much to everyone who attended, volunteered, took part or supported us in many many ways.
A very special thank you to Vanilla Square, for your continuing support and to Speirs Gumley for matching the amount raised for PEEK Project. Awesome partners!
Thanks to all your efforts PEEK Project, Playlist for Life, Cancer Support Scotland and Elena Baltacha Foundation will receive donations from the event.
Geraldine, Ian and Julie
A fully recovered event team
Rally for Bally 2017

Monday 22 May 2017

Summer is here and lot's going on at the club!


Coaching News

Coffee and Coaching Every Wednesday for Adults 930 - 11.

Tennis coaching plus matchplay instruction every Wednesday from 930-11am for adults followed by a coffee cool down - hosted by Graham. Email ian@glasgowwestern.co.uk with any queries or just turn up. All levels welcome. Members/ Non Members - £7/ £10 
 
Cardio Tennis every Wednesday 8 - 9 pm. Limited to first 8 people who reply! 
What is Cardio tennis?
It is a fun, sociable, group fitness class set on a tennis court and open to people of all ages and abilities. You don’t have to be a tennis player to take part
What do we do?
Exercise in time to Graham’s top 90’s tunes, you’ll get to hit lots of tennis balls and have a great cardio workout at the same time.
Who do I contact to book?
Drop Graham an email on grahamrobertson43@gmail.com to book your place
You can find out more about Cardio Tennis via the LTA site

Summer Camp Information for Juniors

Summer camp bookings will open TODAY and all info and booking forms are posted HERE

 


Special Offer from Hotel du Vin for Western Members

Hotel du Vin would like to offer members of Western Health & Racquets Club a 15% discount when dining in the bar or bistro off the TOTAL bill (includes drinks). This offer is valid Sunday - Thursday and Western Health & Racquets members must mention they are members when booking and take keycard as proof of membership. Maximum of 15% off, not in conjunction with any other offer, and maximum of 4 in the party, unless authorised by the hotel. Call 0141 378 0385 to book.

Rally for Bally 3rd June 2017
Great news, we are sold out for this years event. This is the first year we have gone into the fortnight before sold out, it is going to be an amazing day!
There has been a fantastic response for tickets which means that there will be NO tickets on sale on the day as we are at capacity.
If you didn’t get a ticket or can’t make it on the day then you can still donate via the link below.
We have some amazing auction and raffle prizes as well so lots of ways to help these three great charities.
Any enquiries about the day, please speak to Geraldine, Julie or Ian

Monday 30 January 2017

New Tennis courts in March -Tennis Team Training - Boot camp at Western - Upgrade from racquets to full membership

New Artificial Clay Courts!
Great news in that we will be installing 3 new artificial clay courts on the lower courts - work beginning Monday March 6th. Completion time will depend upon the weather so during March there will obviously be a strain on the top 3 courts.
Depending upon club funds we intend to replace the top 3 courts in the autumn or the following spring.


Tennis Team Training
Training and competitive match play for all potential team players will take place on Saturdays from 4th February until 4th March.

Men - 10am -1130am
Women - 1130am - 1pm
 £5 per session
If new to the club and would like to try out please let me know as we have 5 mens and 5 womens teams
ian@glasgowwestern.co.uk.

Free Boot Camp
A free boot camp for all levels of fitness this Saturday 28th January at 10am with Chris McKenzie! Meet in the club foyer.

Thanks for all the feedback re your preferred times for possible boot camps. This will be a taster session and then we can get started. If interested but can't attend please let me know with your preferred times from the list below.


Mon/Wed/Fri - 7am
Sat - 9am
Lunchtimes - Monday to Thursday
Evenings - Tue/Wed/Fri - 730pm
Cost
Members - £6 per session or 10 sessions - £55
Non members -  £7 per session or 10 sessions - £60

Chris will tailor the boot camps to suit your current level of fitness.
Members upgrade from racquets to full ?

Why not become a gym member as well for only £30 for a 6 week trial period? A free programme is included at the start of the trial period (any time until the end of January)
Contact mark@glasgowwestern.co.uk to arrange your free programme.