Rally for Bally 2016 - Saturday 4th June 1 pm till late

We are getting ready for our annual Rally for Bally event. Last year we raised almost £15,000 thanks in no small part to your generous donation to our raffle and auction.

We are very grateful to Vanilla Square who have come on board as our main sponsor this year so that every penny we make on the day can go straight to the charities.

This year we are raising money for Elena Baltacha Foundation, Playlist for Life (Sally Magnusson's dementia charity) and also Cancer Support Scotland (based at Gartnavel Hospital).

We have a day of fun filled activities planned from 1pm including live music, interviews with Sally Magnusson and friends about their playlists and then our usual tennis fun with confirmed players so far:

"BBC Burds": Kaye Adams, Sally Magnusson and Judith Ralston

 

"Sporting Heroes": Ian McCall, Alan Rough and commentator Alison Walker

and our very own River City superstar, Sanjeev Kohli 

as well as free coaching and tennis challenges throughout the day.

Tickets are on sale via www.jumblebee.co.uk/rallyforbally2016. Tickets are £15 for adults and £10 for children and the ticket price includes food from our on site restaurant, Caffe Parma.

It would be great if you could spread the word about this great event and if you were able to contribute to our raffle or auction then please get in touch.

Best wishes and many thanks, 

Julie Gordon

Western Tennis Club

Rally for Bally 2016

Tickets are now on sale for the Western Tennis Club's annual Charity Tennis Event. Live music, interviews with Sally Magnusson and friends and tennis fun with stars from TV and sport.

This year's nominated charities are: Elena Baltacha Foundation, Playlist for Life and Cancer Support Scotland

Get your tickets now from: http://www.jumblebee.co.uk/rallyforbally2016

April News

Welcome to the Western Club News - Squash Club Champs Finals - Vets Victories - Charity Event Saturday 23rd April - Tennis Season kicking off - Sponsorship required - Facebook   Squash Club Champs Finals 2016  Results are in! Ladies Plate - Won by Jakki Fennessey on a walk over Men’s Plate Won by Robin Smith after Doug Andrew twisted his ankle at 1 all Vets won by Graham Dunns over Paul Whiteley 3-1 Ladies Champs Won by Mhairi Charlton over Alison  Morris 3-0 Men’s Champs won by Peter Halliday over Stephen Halliday 3-0

Vets Victories! A great weekend for Western winning the women's over 55 knockout cup (a hat trick we hear) and the men's over 40 knockout cup. Our pictures feature today's players but all squad players mentioned below: Men's over 40 Tony miles Tony Williamson Gordon McGuigan Roddy Mackintosh Dave Kelly John Colvan Stuart Clarke  Women's over 55  Julia Campbell Jennie MacDonald Maggie McLellan Olive Pearson Liz McCruden Eileen Lindsay  Congratulations to all!! Charity Tennis Event Saturday 23rd April There are only 2 spaces left for this event! thanks to everyone who signed up in advance from our whiteboard notice! If you would like to take part, email westerntenniscoachingclub@gmail.com 2 - 330 - fun drills and coaching 330 - 5 - American Tournie Cost £10 with a slice of pizza at the end. All proceeds go to charity. N.B. We are fundraising to support one of our tennis coaches who is going to Zambia to coach tennis over there this summer. If you would like to sponsor this event, please click HERE   Other News Tennis Season The tennis season is kicking off this Friday night so please check google calendar HERE to check tennis court availability. There are occasions where all 6 courts are being used. We try to avoid this wherever possible. But this Friday night for example, from 630, all 6 courts will be used. We would also encourage you to come down and support the teams. There are lots of great matches on and now with the balcony in operation and the sun shining, there's nothing stopping us! Sponsorship required We are looking for a sponsor to help us with the Rally for Bally Charity event on Saturday 4th June. The sponsorship requited is to cover the cost of hiring the stand and PA system for the event. We are about to start our PR for the event so opportunity for sponsors to be mentioned and have a lot of visibility in our marketing of this event. Please contact Julie on 07910126452 or email juliegtennis@gmail.com if you want to have a chat about this. Facebook  More and more we are communicating via faceboook so please give our pages a like for up today info! https://www.facebook.com/Western-Health-Racquets-Club-102932193079041/ https://www.facebook.com/rally4ballyWesternGlasgow/?fref=ts Fitness Event Whitecraigs Event - How to condition your body for racquet sports We thought you might be interested in attending an event running at Whitecraigs tennis club. Resident sports injury and health experts as well as their tennis coach are putting on a special event on Wednesday 27th of April. They will be hosting an injury prevention and recovery talk as well as a taster session on how to condition your body for the demands of racquet sports as well as some drills on how to be more efficient on court. What will you get from this event 1. How to alter your technique to avoid injury 2. Treatments for the common injuries of racquet sports 3. Simple drills to warm up and cool down 4. How to workout in a way that prepares your body for your sport and greatly improves your performance potential. Spaces are limited and will be reserved in a first come first basis. If you would like to attend or have any questions please contact naomiphysioflexx@gmail.com Get Results Fitness, Shaun Mcdonald and Physioflexx are looking forward to seeing you there. Come wearing your sports gear as you will be doing some exercise and playing on court. Starts at 7pm and will finish around 9pm P.S. We hope to do one at Western soon too so watch this space :-)

Special Events Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd April

This weekend Julie is organising two special events with Ridwan Pfluger (one of the tennis coaches at Western). Ridwan is a tennis ambassador at St Andrews University and is raising money to help children in Zambia (more about the project below). All the funds raised from the weekend's events will go towards the project in Zambia. N.B.: ALL events are for ALL abilities from adult group coaching/ social tennis/ team players and green/yellow ball juniors. Players will be organised in ability groups by the coaches so don't worry, just come along! Please text Julie 07910 126 452 to register your place or with any questions! Saturday 2nd April: 2 - 330 pm: Fun coaching and drills (£5) 330 - 5 pm: American Tournament (£5) Sunday 3rd April: 5 - 8 pm: Doubles PRO - AM Tournament (Donation of £5 suggested) Team players and social players invited along for a PRO AM event. You will be placed into two teams. Each team will have a mixture of team and social players. Matches will be played against the opposing team in a mixture of PRO - AM/ PRO - PRO/ AM - AM formats. N.B. This event will replace social tennis this week. A word from Ridwan: I need to raise money for a project I have organised as the tennis ambassador for the uni club. We'll be heading out to Lusacka where we'll be coaching tennis to large groups of kids at the Olympic Youth Development Centre alongside Zambia's no.1 player. We will also be doing work at the national sports centre coaching children as well. Any donations will help us make a difference to the lives of the children in Zambia by introducing them to new sports and new ways to learn these sports. Any excess money made will be used to help improve the community. A past project used the money to buy a kitchen for a school so they could provide lunches. Thank you for all your support in advance. Tennis Team Matches: The tennis season is now underway and all the home matches have been entered into the google calendar. Please check the calendar if you want to know when the courts are going to be busy.  Save the Date - Rally for Bally 4th June 2016: More info coming in our next newsletter. This will be our third year running the event at the club. This year we will be raising money for Cancer Support Scotland, Playlist for Life and the Elena Baltacha Foundation. Please like or dedicated Facebook page for this event for all news leading up to the event.

Check out this fantastic opportunity to play some competitive tennis..

The basic concept is 12 qualifying locations in the UK split across 3 divisions with a grand finals weekend in Birmingham where players get the chance to play off for some good cash and be crowned BTC champion 2016. 

Full details can be found by clicking the link or on the attached flyer.

The target this year is 600 entrants with between 1200-2000 matches played!!!

www.tweenertennis.co.uk/btc/2016

Watch Murray v Djokovic at Western!

Oz Open Final - 830am tomorrow You can watch the final tomorrow at the club! The build up begins at 8am and the match starts at 830am. Caffe Parma will be doing a special offer of coffee and a roll and bacon for only £3 so don't miss it!(The normal full breakfst menu will still be available) The match is exclusive to Eurosport which we managed to get set up today and will have the telly in the front part of the bar just like for the Davis Cup final. Gordon Reid won the wheelchair final and Jamie Murray the doubles so it's now up to Andy to get the hat trick! Hope to see you tomorrow Ian

Family Tennis: Don't forget about FREE family tennis every Sunday from 4 - 5 pm! Updates regarding this will be made via https://www.facebook.com/juliegtennis/

Happy New Year

Squash Club Champs 2016 
Hi all and a happy new year!

 

It’s that time of year again, a time for the start of the squash competitions. 

 

Last year I organised 4 competitions, an open entry (main and plate) and a Ladies only (main and plate). I intend to do the same again with the addition of a veteran’s competition but more about the vets later.

 

The issue at the moment is how people enter for the 4 main competitions.  Last year, for the first time, I experimented with an opt out rather than an opt in system.  In other words I asked the regular players to decline entry otherwise they would be entered.  On the whole this worked well in that participation was better than previous years.  The danger is that too many players are entered but then do not play and I really don’t want that to happen.

 

The process this year is as follows:

 

FOR WESTERN TEAM PLAYERS

You will be entered automatically unless you request not to be so by replying to this email. It really isn’t a problem if you do not want to play but you must opt out unless you want to play.

 

FOR SOCIAL PLAYERS

You need to email me to enter. 
 geoff.cordwell@me.com
 

 

To play in these competitions you merely have to be a member of the club.

 

I will organise the draw and publish the same by Monday next week (11th January) so please do not delay!

 

There is a modest entry fee of £4 and for that you should get a minimum of two games.  The entry fee will be collected through the club admin court booking system and details of how to do this will follow when the entry list is finalised.

 

 

Regards all

 

Geoff

Squash Convenor and occasional player

Refer A Friend Membership Offer
If you refer a friend to join the gym before the end of January 2016 you will get either a free  personal training session in  the gym or a free tennis or squash lesson. ( Offer only for gym or full)
Also your friend will get 2 months free plus 3 free spinning sessions ! 

 New Adult Tennis Coaching Groups 

New groups will begin mid - late January for all levels from beginner to advanced on Monday & Wednesday evenings. If interested please email ian@glasgowwestern.co.uk and I'll add your name to the mailing list for notice of a start date.
Cost is £42 for a 6 week block

 

Tennis Team Training

Will re commence in mid January Sat 16th or 23rd weather permitting!
Ladies 12-130pm
Men  130-3pm
Cost - £5

If interested in team tennis but unsure of level required to attend please email ian@glasgowwestern.co.uk