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News
ALBANY LTC – NEWS by Pat Sharp
Great news from abroad! Billy Harris, partnered by Chris Pearce (Bucks.) has won the doubles in Czech Championships – a Grade 1 ITF event. Billy and Chris both lost in the 1st round of the singles so are really pleased to have come home with a doubles title. In these events they are mainly playing European players, so the match experience is really valuable. Results: 1st round bt Kondulukoc/Zubov (Russia) 6/4 ret., 2nd round bt Madarasz (Hungary)/Tepavac (Serbia) 6/4 6/2, QF bt Mozgovoy (Russia)/Roca (Portugal) 6/3 7/6(3), SF Mastrelia/Perinti (Italy) Final bt Bizjac (Slovenia)/Ilic(Serbia). This is great news for Albany and hopefully encouragement to all our juniors to practice harder. Billy is grateful to the support he receives from Tower Insurance and Albert Gubay through IOM Sports Aid and is grateful to Albany for court time at the club for training. His planned programme for this year to improve his ITF under 18 ranking – currently at 217 -will prove quite costly and to help with funding Billy is looking for additional sponsorship, so if any club member has, or works for, a company that might help him please contact me by e-mail ballabreck@manx.net.
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News from the club’s membership secretary, Jan Gaskill, is that membership numbers have just topped 300. That’s a lot of people wanting to play tennis but there is usually room in the indoor court, especially after 8.30pm. Jan has worked hard, together with the committee to follow up all membership enquiries. Now is the time for all those members to go on to the LTA website, lta.org.uk find the link to British Tennis Membership and join. The scheme is FREE, you receive a monthly newsletter and any full member over the age of 9yrs is able to put their name in to the club’s ballot for Wimbledon tickets. The larger the club’s BT membership, the larger will be our allocation of those Wimbledon tickets. I would like to see that every Albany member has a BTM number, so please spare a few minutes.
The new editor of the club’s magazine, Karen Smith, is looking for articles/ ideas for the next issue. You can contact her by e-mail kblsmith@hotmail.com . I forgot to say last week that the club owe’s Finola Ellis, our retiring editor and her assistant, Jan Gaskill. A very big “Thankyou”.You did a great job girls!
Dates for your diary:
Friday January 27
Annual Quiz Night
This is always a good night, details will be available shortly, including the chance to order a fish and chip supper.
January 14/15
Junior Series Red, Orange and Green
February 18/19
Junior Series Red, Orange and Green
March 17/18
Junior Series Red, Orange and Green
March 26 - April 1
Annual Nedgroup Investments (Isle of Man Ltd) Junior tournament 12, 14 and 18 plus 14 and U18 doubles
May 12 – 20
Annual Senior Open sponsored by Chrystals Estate Agents will be held from
This is men’s and women’s singles event plus Junior series Red, Orange, and Green plus U14
June 16
Junior Series – Red only
July 9 – 15
We welcome new sponsors to our calendar with the Equiom Trust Company Ltd taking over from Wessex Garage for the annual Open Junior tournament.
Events are Red, Orange and Green, Boys/Girls U12, U14 and U18 singles plus a mini doubles and U14 and U18 doubles
Equiom have agreed a 3 year sponsorship which is gratefully accepted by the club and tournament committee
September 17 to 23
The Club Championships
This is senior men/women plus junior U12 and U16 and Red, Orange and Green
October 10-14
PPP Junior and Senior Singles, Red, Orange and Green, plus U12 and U14
November 17/18
The last junior series of 2012 Red, Orange and Green will be held
Monday December 17
Albany Team Tennis
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