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Featured Group of the Month - April 2012 Mortimer Tennis Club

Mortimer Tennis Club has to be one of the friendliest tennis clubs around. With just over 50 members, we play on the two Parish Council-owned courts in the Mortimer Fairground. For a £40 (Adult member) investment a year, we play social tennis on a Tuesday evening from 6.15pm until it's too dark to hit a ball; and Sunday mornings from 9.30am to 11am. Your membership also puts you into a ballot to buy a few pairs of Wimbledon tickets that the Club are allocated by British Tennis. We host a number of social tournaments and picnics too at the beginning and end of the season, and we've also been to watch some of the larger tennis tournaments. There is no real dress code and our social play is more about having a good time, than having huge amounts of ability. If you're the next big thing in tennis then this is NOT the club for you!

However, if you do have a more competitive streak, we do compete in the Basingstoke League and currently have two Mixed teams, two Men's teams, one Ladies team and a Junior team. And our resident Coach, Rachel Hill, runs an additional Drills session on a Thursday evening (needs to be booked in advance), and offers coaching if you require it. Privately Rachel also runs tennis courses for adults and children alike : www.fit4sports.org

Our Junior section is growing; we have a team in the local league and offer Junior Club play on a Thursday evening from 6 -7pm. We are currently looking for a Junior Manager to organise matches, team selection and travel arrangements.

We have a website: http://www.socialtennis.com/ClubDirectory/clubpage.php?clubid=150  (which will be updated and refreshed shortly) and are rather active on Facebook, where further informal play is organised by like-minded members: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mortimer-Tennis-Club/147139505379707?sk=info

Our season runs from April to September, though League play and informal play does continue throughout the winter. Our first session for 2012 will be on Tuesday April 3rd! If you'd like to find out more or want to join please contact: Helen Townsend ; Helen@glyntech.com  or on 0118 9835093.