Dear Member,
June is always a busy month at the Club and if we can have a week of good weather, we will be able to fully appreciate the wonderful facilities we have. It’s frustrating to see the beautifully prepared grass courts sitting idle as too wet to use, Members having to wrap up warm to play on the golf course, and summer barbecues being brought inside the Clubhouse as too cold and wet in the gardens. Very frustrating for everyone concerned in the planning and organisation of events so fingers crossed we have good weather for the remainder of the month for:
There are still some tickets left for the youngest members of the family to have a great time with the petting farm and other activities in the gardens this weekend
Friday 21st June, 8pm – showing La La Land
Make the most of the summer evening and join us in the gardens for a special pop-up screening of the much-loved film La La Land. Bring your own food and picnic blankets or chairs. Bar available.
Members £25 | Guests £30
Book now at Reception, give the team a call on 020 8480 4200 or login and book online at www.roehamptonclub.co.uk
It’s looking like the top seeds will be battling it out for all the top tennis trophies on Saturday 22nd June followed by the After Party which is open to ALL Members so don’t miss out, get your tickets now:
We are pleased to be hosting this prestigious croquet match with Roehampton Club players representing England. The match will be live streamed around the world so the Club will be on show for the three days.
Please pop over to the Croquet Pavilion to see how the best players perform when under pressure. It was good to see multi–World Champion and Member Reg Bamford going through his drills the other evening until dark on lawn 4 – even the best have to constantly practise.
The rise of pickleball at the Club continues with the success of the first Club Championships last week. Louis and Freddie oversaw the competition and details are here.
If you wish to join the group on Thursdays and Friday mornings in the ITC please sign up here
If you have trouble booking activities and events online, please sign up for a free, ten-minute, face-to-face session on 26th June (11am to 12pm) where Rahma and her team will give you all the answers and make sure you’re connected and don’t miss out.
Book your session at Reception or give the team a call on 020 8480 4200. More information
Following the AGM and the most recent Golf Committee Meeting, a poll to Golf Members was approved to gauge what time Members would prefer the tee sheet to open.
The options are:
◊ 7am (current opening time)
◊ 7pm
◊ I don’t mind either time
If you haven’t already done so, please click here to fill out your preferred booking opening time
Votes will all be anonymous and there is a comment box to add any feedback you wish.
All votes must be cast on the poll above and responses to emails will not be recorded.
Deadline for responses is Sunday 23rd June 23:59
After months of hard work by our team of consultants we submitted our planning application last week for the Indoor Golf Centre. Months of toil have been expended trying to meet the stringent BREEAM and Biodiversity Net Gain targets set by Wandsworth Council for any new building over 100msq let alone being on Metropolitan Open Land. We will now finalise with the Golf Committee the design of the safety fencing on the 1st tee to protect the new build from errant golf balls. On that theme golfers must report to the Sports Shop any balls hit in error into Priory Lane, Clarence Lane, or Fairacres to maintain good relationships with our neighbours. We had a pre application meeting in April with the Planning Officer on the Bar Terrace extension and Padel and Pickleball Hub projects. We still await his report before we can progress with these projects.
As outlined at the recent AGM we are making good progress with the refurbishment design of the upstairs social areas in the Clubhouse and the Bar Terrace extension. As promised at the AGM there will be a Member Forum to run Members though the designs by DesignLSM who are working closely with the Board’s House Committee. The date earmarked for the Forum is Tuesday 10th September at 6.30pm. More details to follow.
Art Group Tutor Kathy Barker has had two portraits accepted to be exhibited at the upcoming SWA Exhibition at The Mall Galleries in London. This prestigious exhibition is being opened by Princess Michael of Kent and Kathy’s two portraits will be on view for the five days.
One of the portraits will be instantly recognisable to Members so please pop along to view and give your feedback to Kathy.
Click here for the exhibition information on the Mall Galleries website
Best wishes,
Marc
