Walker Wylie West End Tennis Tournament

Dear Tennis member,

We are writing to invite you to enter the West End Tennis Tournament.

The online closing date is 20th July at 10 am so it would be great if you could enter ON TIME and ON LINE!!

You can enter online here and more content will be added to: http://glasgowwestern.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=cee3d74b0a207fcf83d28a235&id=ffa22aadbc&e=07bc46fe77
which also gives a brief synopsis of what we plan to do i.e. run it more flexibly over a month with scheduled ties from the quarters or semi finals onwards (depending on size of the draw).

So although the closing date is 20th July, early ties would be played flexibly over the first 2 - 3 weeks in August with quarters/ semi final ties scheduled in the 10 days or so leading up to Finals Day.

Finals Day will be at HILLHEAD on Saturday 27th August and the scheduled ties from the semis will be at Western and Hillhead. The JUNIOR events will be SCHEDULED and run over the weekend of the 19/20/21 August with Finals Day also on 27th August.

Walker Wylie are a new online estate agency who are kindly sponsoring the event. Information about them can be found here: http://glasgowwestern.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=cee3d74b0a207fcf83d28a235&id=8863c0a2f3&e=07bc46fe77

Best wishes,

The Organising Team (Keith/Simon/Julie)

Free buffet and see Murray beat Raonic at the club!

As promised Caffe Parma will be offering a free buffet from 1pm - 1.45pm on Sunday  (for members) in the members bar to celebrate Andy Murray winning Wimbledon for the 2nd time! Maybe not as Raonic is looking good but here's hoping........ This will be a selection of starters and some pizza slices and all you have to do is buy some drinks at the bar! If possible please let me know if coming for the buffet to help the kitchen with an idea of numbers? ian@glasgowwestern.co.uk

Tennis Courts Online Booking System: We are going to launch online booking for the tennis courts in the next few weeks. If you already have a PIN number as a squash player, that will work ok. If you need a PIN to be able to book online, please contact alison@glasgowwestern.co.uk Midgierakers in the Member's Bar! To celebrate the opening of the renovated member's bar, we will be holding an informal Music Night on Friday 22nd July from 8pm. This will feature one of our members, Craig Daly and his band The Midgierakers playing a variety of traditional music (https://www.facebook.com/themidgierakers). Nibbles will be available and entry £5 per person. We’re planning this will be the first of a new series of social events in the bar and it should be a great night. Hope you can join us and please contact geoff.cordwell@me.comor allan.mowat@glasgow.ac.uk for more information   Walker Wylie Glasgow West End Tennis Tournament: Walker Wylie are Glasgow’s new and most exciting Estate Agency. The concept of Walker Wylie was born out of our experience working as Area Directors for one of Scotland’s leading independent Estate Agencies. We understand the advantages of both the high street and online Estate Agents, so have decided to introduce a unique hybrid business model that combines the key aspects of both and provides traditional values with online convenience. And by removing the expensive overheads associated with a high street presence we are able to offer fantastic value with a fixed selling fee of £595 plus VAT and a marketing fee of only £150 plus VAT to advertise your home. We are focused on providing an exclusively “Sales” service to clients throughout Glasgow, with a particular focus on the West End and South Side, where both Company Directors live and work. http://walkerwylie.co.uk For all tournament details click HERE Collect your old racquets A new frame with some old tennis & squash racquets will be displayed on the wall in the members bar this week. If you donated an old bat and it isn't in the display please collect it from the office or let me know that you would like it donated to charity. Many thanks to all who handed in their relics and apologies if yours wasn't chosen to be in the display!

Pilate summer break

Pilates update

Due to holidays there will be no Pilates classes during  July.

Classes will start back Tuesday 2nd August.

         Have a good July everyone and see you in August!

Welcome to the Western News - June 2016

Wimbledon begins on Monday: We are delighted to announce that Wimbledon will be on screen in the member's bar every day from 2 pm. Caffe parma are offering prosecco and strawberries and cream for only £5 throughout the Championships and a FREE buffet on Sunday 10th July if Andy Murray gets to the final so COME ON ANDY!! Tennis Courts Online Booking System: We are going to launch online booking for the tennis courts in the next few weeks. If you already have a PIN number as a squash player, that will work ok. If you need a PIN to be able to book online, please contact alison@glasgowwestern.co.uk Midgierakers in the Member's Bar! To celebrate the opening of the renovated member's bar, we will be holding an informal Music Night on Friday 22nd July from 8pm. This will feature one of our members, Craig Daly and his band The Midgierakers playing a variety of traditional music (https://www.facebook.com/themidgierakers). Nibbles will be available and entry £5 per person. We’re planning this will be the first of a new series of social events in the bar and it should be a great night. Hope you can join us and please contact Geoff Cordwell or Ian Campbell if you want more information.

Walker Wylie Glasgow West End Tennis Tournament: Walker Wylie are Glasgow’s new and most exciting Estate Agency. The concept of Walker Wylie was born out of our experience working as Area Directors for one of Scotland’s leading independent Estate Agencies. We understand the advantages of both the high street and online Estate Agents, so have decided to introduce a unique hybrid business model that combines the key aspects of both and provides traditional values with online convenience. And by removing the expensive overheads associated with a high street presence we are able to offer fantastic value with a fixed selling fee of £595 plus VAT and a marketing fee of only £150 plus VAT to advertise your home. We are focused on providing an exclusively “Sales” service to clients throughout Glasgow, with a particular focus on the West End and South Side, where both Company Directors live and work. http://walkerwylie.co.uk For all tournament details click HERE Currie and Quirk Western Tennis Club Championships 2016: Entries and dates coming soon...

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 :-)