Join us for a fun round robin tennis tournament from 10.30am to 12.30pm followed by 9 holes on the golf course from 1.30pm. In order to sign up you must have weekday golfing rights. There are 12 spaces available.
This course will teach you how to become a better doubles player using the tactics and court positioning the pros use. The course will consist of four key topics that will take your doubles to the next level. The course will run on Monday evenings over five consecutive weeks with a round-robin double’s tournament on the last week so you can put what you’ve learn into action!
Dingles is played with two players playing a singles point on the half court. Once a mistake is made the doubles point is played out with all four players. To score a point the team must win both the singles and doubles point. The game is played with underarm feeding making it fun, fast paced and addictive. Players will rotate partners after each round so you don’t need a partner in order to sign up.
For more information please contact Dan Lott, Racquets Director at dan.lott@roehamptonclub.co.uk
This workshop aims to equip parents with the knowledge, tools, and strategies to support their junior athletes in achieving their full sporting potential.
Discuss how to talk with children about sport, calling out at competition, the importance of making mistakes, understanding selection, coping with disappointment, how to be good supporters, gender differences in sports, and much more.
Eira Parry is an experienced sports coach and the step-mum of an Olympian, providing a unique perspective on nurturing young talent. Click here to find out more about Eira
Members £10 | Guests £15 – includes coffee, tea and snacks.
Book now at Reception, give the team a call on 020 8480 4200 or log in and book online via the Members’ website at www.roehamptonclub.co.uk
For more information please contact Ana Leal, Family Activities Manager at ana.leal@roehamptonclub.co.uk
Congratulations to the Roehampton Club Men’s First Team who won the Tennis National Club League Finals in Bournemouth on 8th September retaining the title they’ve won in 2019. 2022 and 2023.
Click here to view the draw and keep up to date with the results
Surrey beat Yorkshire on Sunday 27th October in the final of the 60s ladies County Cup to become national champions.
Susie Reid (Captain) Roehampton Club
Joy Tacon Roehampton Club
Alison Taylor Roehampton Club
Hayley Watts Limpfield
Bim Newton TWC
Jane Burniston Surbiton
Nice so many Roehampton Club players involved and that Surrey bought home the win!
Many thanks to the Roehampton Club Team: Mikaela Parker and Rosalind Vincent, Vanessa Walker and Susie Reid, Joy Tacon and Hannah Ward
On a glorious September afternoon, with our grass courts dazzling in the sunshine, we welcomed a team from The Seniors of GB Club. This ladies fixture comprised of three pairs and over two hours we played a set against each pair and the odd 10-point tie-break to continue playing whilst waiting for other matches to finish. As usual, this event was friendly but competitive! Roehampton Club managed to secure the win this time with 45 games to 33 (tie-breaks not included) but as always, several tight deuce games were played – the advantage landing in our favour this time.
Afterwards, a chatty and fun tea was enjoyed on the terrace with a thank you speech from Bim Newton, the Seniors’ Captain, and the traditional small gift handed to all Roehampton Club players. This year it was a key-ring with a bottle opener attached. Beer and tennis next time maybe?
Over the weekend 7th – 8th September Roehampton Club travelled to Bournemouth to compete in the LTA National Open Finals where the Men’s 1st Team were crowned National Champions for the third year running!
Congratulations Michael Shaw, George Houghton, Alistair Grey, Alex Ward, Anton Matusevich and Nik Snapes (Captain)
The Seniors were hugely complementary about our fantastic grass courts. They took a team photo of themselves, and several other photos of themselves to record the day. It was a real treat for them and a good reminder to the home team about how lucky we are to have these special courts. They also enthused about the tea – and my thanks to the catering department for simply delicious sandwiches and the toasty warm scones straight from the oven. A big hit! With thanks also to Dan Lott for agreeing to this fixture.
For a recently established fixture, The All England invited a team from Roehampton to compete in The Quadrangular Tournament, along with players from The Queen’s Club and Hurlingham. On a stunning August afternoon, everyone was warmly welcomed by Dan Bloxham and offered refreshments on the member’s balcony before heading to the championship courts to battle it out.
In three groups of four pairs categorised by age, each team played the others with the novel format of a timed match of 30 minutes. We played as many games as we could in the time, tallying the number of games at the end. To keep it snappy, each deuce was a sudden death. The quality of tennis was exceptionally high, with the All England fielding Pat Cash. who very politely refrained from pulling out all the stops. He was utterly charming and very quick to apologise when an accidentally mis-fired serve nearly sliced me in two.
The event ended with dinner in The Champion’s Room with Dan thanking us all for taking part. When asked the scores, he replied it was all about the event and celebrating our great heritage of grass court tennis, not the scores. No results were given, but I am in no doubt that the All England walked away with the win.
It was a real honour to play on the championship courts at The All England. It is only because of our own wonderful grass court heritage that we get this special invitation. Long may this continue.
Thank you to our own Dan (Lott) for agreeing the fixture and asking us all to represent our wonderful club.
Match report written by Rosalind Vincent
Mikaela Parker and John Wixley, Rosalind Vincent and John Sinik, Hannah Ward and Richard Beim
On Saturday 22nd June some of the Club’s top tennis players battled it out at this year’s Tennis Club Championships in glorious sunshine. Then, in the evening, Members got together for the tennis section prize-giving and afterparty with live music from Halfway to New York, outdoor bars and a delicious buffet.
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If you use your own ball hooper to practice with your children, please ensure you only use courts 6 and 11 where netting runs across to separate the courts and stop balls going across and disturbing play on other courts.
Please can all Members ensure only water is taken into the Indoor Courts. I have noticed more and more stains on the indoor surfaces from coffee and other drinks. Thank you.
Please note that the tennis committee have decided that the ball machine can now only be used on indoor courts at off peak times. Therefore between 9am and 12pm on weekends and 9am to 12pm and 4pm to 9pm on weekdays indoor court 1 should not be booked if you plan on using the ‘Slinger’ ball machine. The ball machines can be used at anytimes on the allocated outdoor courts which are courts 6 and 11.
Late September, Roehampton Club’s Mens and Ladies’ First Teams headed to Bournemouth in the bid to be crowned National Champions.
The Mens Team managed to retain the title with a great performance defeating Sutton in a repeat of last years final.
Charlie Broom, Lloyd Glasspool, Arthur Fery, Nik Snapes (Capt) George Houghton, Anton Matusevich
Unfortunately, the Ladies’ Team narrowly lost in the final to a very strong team from Sutton but put up a great fight in both the doubles matches and nearly took the match to a shootout.
Congratulations to all the players and captains for a great performance over the season.
Steph Cornish, Lucy Brown, Laura Deigman (Capt.) Georgie Axon, Amani Banks, Katie O’Brien
Roehampton Club Members travelled to Dublin to compete in the Irish CTC Competition at Carrickmines Tennis Club. The CTC competition involves all tennis clubs that are over 100 years old. Each year one of the clubs host various junior and adult competitions and friendly matches.
This year Roehampton Club competed against Winchester, Cumberland and Carrickmines. Overall the team finished second but more importantly had some fun evenings in Dublin!
