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 .
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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 courts 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 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 juniors to assist him . “ He has also introduced cardiotennis and ‘
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