The Review Stewarton Spring 2020 | Page 12

12 To place editorial email [email protected] Fingers crossed, rackets crossed, everything crossed! H ere at the tennis club, we have watched excitedly over the winter as contractors have installed new bases for our three courts, all new fencing, LED lighting, and a new gate access system. At the time of writing just the final playing surface needs to applied, for which we need 3-5 days of dry weather. Unfortunately this has been a big ask this year, so at the time of writing we are still hopeful for a few dry days, and a break from the rain. The redevelopment work has been funded by East Ayrshire Renewal Energy Fund, SportScotland, and club funds. Launch Week and Open Day. We have a great week of activities planned, in the week starting 23rd March to give you all an opportunity to try our fantastic new facilities completely free. If you fancy playing under the lights, we will be down at the courts each day from 6-9pm to welcome you, with courts available for juniors and adults. There are also a number of daytime events too. See stewartontennis.org or our facebook for full details. Saturday 28th March will see a celebration, and official opening for invited guests, then everyone is welcome to our Open Day on Sunday 29th March from 1pm. This will feature fun activities for juniors from 1-3pm followed by a chance for the adults, however rusty, or complete beginners to get on court. Join us for free food and refreshments too. Join us - Memberships for the new season will be due at the Open Day, but you can now sign up for a membership online too. Coaching & Juniors - Our juniors have been competing over the winter in Cold Buffet Cold meat (Gammon, Roast Beef & Turkey) Egg Mayo • Salad (Lettuce, Tomato & Cucumber) Quiche • Prawns & Melon Tuna & Sweetcorn Pasta Coleslaw • Potato Salad Curried Rice • Hot Potatoes Crusty Bread (Brown & White) & Butter Beetroot • Pickles Sweets Cheesecakes: Caramel, Raspberry, Strawberry, Chocolate, Baileys or Lemon Gateau: Chocolate, Strawberry or Mandarin Pies & Tarts: Apple, Rhubarb, Banoffee or Lemon Meringue, Pavlova, Berry Brûlée, Fresh Fruit Salad, Trifle, Chocolate Fudge Cake or Sticky Toffee Pudding. Cold Buffet £6.00 per head plus vat Cold Buffet & Sweets £8.50 per head plus vat the Ayrshire Winter Leagues. Three teams get a chance to play teams from all over Ayrshire at all levels, learning to settle the nerves, move out of the “comfort zone”, and get a real taste for competition. Taking place indoors at the Prestwick Tennis facility makes for exciting and fun nights and it is fair to say that Stewarton is increasingly challenging many of the more established teams. In the six weeks leading up to Easter there will be after school Tennis Taster sessions at Lainshaw Primary for P5s, led by our LTA coach Robert. For the super keen the Club will also be hosting an LTA Road to Wimbledon competition in May, for the winners this could well be the start of a journey leading to the National Finals at Wimbledon in August. The club coaches Juniors from age 4+ upwards all year round and next up will be our Easter Holiday Coaching Programme on Tues to Thurs over the two weeks of the Easter Holidays. Now with floodlit facilities we have lots of additional junior possibilities throughout the darker months. Never has there been a better time to get involved. Keep an eye out for our posters around the town or email [email protected] asking to be opted in to our weekly updates. We look forward to welcoming you to our new look club. Out side Catering As well as somewhere in Stewarton to enjoy a coffee, afternoon tea or lunch, we also do outside catering, cold buffets, finger buffets, high teas, burns suppers and Christmas meals. We also supply a Hot Buffet for all occasions, please get in touch for more information. Shop: 01560 484346 Home: 01563 538284 Jean: 07933 202 087 Lizzie: 07590 671 241 Email: [email protected] 29a Main Street, Stewarton KA3 5BS Finger Buffet Sandwiches • Sausage Rolls Wraps • Quiche Vol-au-vonts • Chicken Satay Pakora Cakes Tarts: Strawberry, Caramel or Pineapple Biscuits: Empires, Viennese Fingers, Custard Creams, Gypsy Creams or Shortbread Traybakes: Malteser Slice, Millionaire Shortbread, Pink & White Delight, Mars Bar, Peppermint Slice, Fruit Fudge, Lemon Fudge, Ovaltine Cream, Honeymoon Shortbread. Meringues, Cream Sponges, Cupcakes, Chocolate Sponge. Finger Buffet £4.50 per head plus vat Finger Buffet & Cakes £5.50 per head plus vat