Albany Lawn Tennis Club
We are a friendly tennis club with over 300 members aged from 4 to 85. Albany is a unique tennis club on the Isle of Man proudly boasting privately-owned floodlit courts and facilities, as well as an indoor court ensuring play is possible in all weathers and seasons. We offer opportunities for social play, a great coaching team, men’s, ladies’ and mixed League tennis, and a tournament programme for all. New members are always warmly welcomed. Come along and visit us any time, meet our friendly club members and see our excellent facilities. We operate a ‘try before you buy’ policy so you may visit three times with a member before having to commit to join the club. Click buttons below for LEAGUE INFORMATION and UPCOMING EVENTS.
Messages from our Social Facebook Group
LEAGUE RESULTS FROM THIS WEEK:
Good to see the Men's A Team finally get their first match played! All the Albany Teams doing well - we are still unbeaten - with 13 matches played and 15 left to play :)
Men's Division One: 15/05/2019 Castletown A lost to Albany A 1-5.
Neil Ronan/Rob Mason lost to Jim Travers/Sean Drewry 4/6 3/6; Craig Blackwell/Alan MacNair lost to Jayden Go/Ian Watson 5/7 5/7; Ronan/Mason beat Go/Watson 7/5; Blackwell/MacNair lost to Travers/Drewry 2/6.
Women's Division Two: 14/05/2019 Ramsey A lost to Albany B 0-6.
Helen Brooks/Alison Hart lost to Kath Kermode/Aailish Kelly 3/6 4/6; Vicky Pugh/Rachel Barker lost to Trish Thomas/Jackie Russell 0/6 0/6; Brooks/Hart lost to Thomas/Russell 1/6; Pugh/Barker lost to Kermode/Kelly 0/6.
Good Luck to all our Albany members taking part in the finals tomorrow afternoon 😀
Finals Order of Play
Saturday 18th May
1pm
MS 55 – Peter Dunworth v Andy Murray
MS 65 – Alastair Montgomerie v Phil Ban...
ALBANY TENNIS NEWS
by Pat Sharp 15 May 2019
The IOMLTA Island Games squad will be holding a Race Night at the club on Friday 14 June and I hope a lot of our members will support this event. More details next week but as 6 Albany members are in the 9 player Island Games tennis squad it would be good to see you support their fund raising. The trip to Gibraltar has proved to be quite expensive with most competitors staying in hotels, whereas in the last Gibraltar Games we all stayed in the ex-army barracks, which was cheap and great fun. The contact for this event is the Snidal family and our members selected are Hannah Snidal, Elena Snidal, Laura Feely, Katie Harris, Sean Drewry and Rob Comber. We all wish them Good Luck and hope they bring back lots of medals.
Earlier in the day the Friday Ladies will be holding their annual summer lunch. More details from Jan Gaskill next week.
Last week the IOMLTA Summer league matches were plagued by rain with only three Albany matches completed. In Women’s Div.1 our women’s A team drew with Castletown A 3-3.
Men’s Div 2 our B team drew 3-3 with Douglas B but in Men’s Div. 3 Albany C bt Douglas C 4-2
Just a reminder that there will be no junior or Mini Tennis coaching during TT – check with Club Coach, Ian Watson for re-start dates.
Yellow ball squad Wednesday evening will only be running for 45 mins as there are league matches
(5.30-6.15pm).
Order of Play
Remaining pre-final fixtures taking place this week.
Monday 13th May
6:30pm
MD 55 - Andy Murray & Steve Falconer v Ia...
JUST A COUPLE OF ALBANY MATCHES NEXT WEEK DUE TO THE VETS CHAMPIONSHIPS - GOOD LUCK EVERYONE :)
The Isle of Man Veterans Closed Championships start tomorrow in Castletown. The weather forecast is looking good. Good luck to all those taking part :)
Order of Play
Saturday 11th May
1pm
MS 35 – Tim Woakes v Nerijus Gricevičius
MS 55 – Graham McFarlane v Alistair Breed
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CONGRATULATIONS!
The club sends all our best wishes to our Coach, Ian Watson, on becoming a Grandad for the first time!
Seth David became UK tennis' next great hope on 24th March 2019!
Recycling Initiative
Wear it Pink Day 2018
Road To Wimbledon 2018
Congratulations to all the players who entered this year's Road to Wimbledon event. On the 15th July, 8 boys and 8 girls competed in the Isle of Man County section of this competition. The winners, Rich Mirski and Charlotte Clarke, qualified to play at Wimbledon against the other county champions. The runners up, Jayden Go and Sarah Long, also got to go to Wimbledon for some special coaching sessions. During the week of 13th August, the County champions played in round robin and knock-out matches at Wimbledon. An Isle of Man player has never progressed from the group stage before, but this year both Roch and Charlotte did and both got all the way to the semi-finals!! Charlotte even went on to win the girls' tournament altogether. This is an extraordinary achievement by both players, whose hard work and dedication should be commended, together with that of their parents and of their coach, Ian Watson. Congratulations to all of you! Photos from Road to Wimbledon 2018 Charlotte's Tournament winning point!Outdoor Courts
The planned repainting of the outdoor courts, that was due to commence on 13th August, has been postponed. Given the need for good weather coupled with the availability of the contractors, this is now likely to take place in early summer/late spring in 2019. In the meantime, we thank you for your help in keeping the courts clear of leaves and pine needles as much as possible. It is the degradation of these things that is primarily responsible for the levels of algae we experience on the courts. Following cleaning this year, all courts are currently in good shape; the planned painting is a cosmetic improvement more than a necessity at the moment.A Glimpse at Our History
Here are the videos shown on the night of the '50 Years at Ballaughton' Celebration Dinner held in September 2016, which shows the timeline of Albany's development over the past 50 years.
The club's Annual General Meeting was held at the club on Wednesday 28 November at 6.30pm.
The meeting presented the 2017/8 statutory accounts, which were adopted, and the membership and indoor court fees for 2019/20 were agreed. David Long was voted in as the club's new Chairman, and we wish him well. David will take up the info@albanyltc.co.uk e-mail address.
All these sessions are a great way to play some tennis and meet friends, and are open to senior members and nominated juniors. Join in our fun and friendly social sessions held each week on:
OPEN TO ALL
- Sundays 10:00am to 12:00pm
- Tuesdays 7:00pm to 9:30pm
- Wednesdays 10:30am to 12:30pm
