cheddar
lawn tennis club
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Cheddar
lawn tennis club
Cheddar Lawn Tennis Club is a friendly establishment that provides
their local community with superb facilities and excellent opportunities
to enjoy the game. Chair, Jennie Colton took the time to tell us more
about the fantastic work they carry out.
She told us, “I’ve been a
member of Cheddar Tennis
Club for over thirty years.
I was Secretary for twenty
five years and have been
Chairman for the last two.
Cheddar Tennis Club has
always
prided
itself
on being a friendly,
welcoming
and
inclusive club with
members whose
ages range from
four years to
seventy
four
years old.
“We have
four, recently
repainted,
all-weather
c o u r t s
with
new
upgraded
floodlighting
and we were
the first tennis
club in the
south west to
attain Clubmark
accreditation
(now
called
Tennismark).
We
run four ladies and
three men’s teams in
the North Somerset Tennis
Summer League and our
ladies A team have won
Division 1 for the last two
32 Issue 11
years. We also have three
winter league teams and one
Veterans team.
“As well as league tennis
there is plenty of social
tennis to be had, with
men’s nights on Mondays,
ladies nights on Tuesdays
and general club play on
Thursday evenings and
Saturday afternoons. We’ve
recently introduced a once a
month ‘tennis with supper’
evening and this has proved
great fun, with members
tucking into fish and chips or
pizza after a good workout
on court.
“We have an annual
barbecue, open to all
members young and old and
their friends and families
and are planning a dinner
and disco in October. The
Committee feels that social
events help to bring the
membership closer together
and increase club spirit.
“We have taken on a new
dynamic professional coach
this year, who has done a
great deal to invigorate the
junior side of the club, as
well as bring fresh ideas
to the club in general. He
runs the junior coaching
programme and is bringing
on several of our older