Dear All

We trust you are all enthused by Wimbledon, the MHM of south London. They are bigger we are better. Now we can not compete with their roof but have our own plans, so to update you.

1.  Renovation of club house.

We are awaiting quotes for  an upgrade to the inside of the club house and renovation to the outside. We hope to have this completed by the Autumn. Our aim is to make te inside more comfortable and better use the space now that we have the outside store room.

2.  Resurfacing of courts 1 - 3.

We will start discussions with estate soon and hope that we will  be able to have courts 1 - 3 resurfaced in the Autumn of 2012. Our thought are to have a similar surface to the one we already have, even at about 12 years old they are still popular with you all and visiting clubs comment on how much they like them. We will also renew the outer netting at the same time.

3.  We are still waiting for the painting of the 4th court to be finalized after the rework that was necessary and I will remind the company again.

4.  Membership

We still have a few vacancies so if you know of anyone thinking of joining, get them to act quickly.

Now things for you to do for us

1.  Parking

A little side bonus of being a club member is having a convenient car park for shopping in Muswell Hill. We are happy for this to occur but please do so only for short times and outside busy tennis periods / club sessions. Also, if you park perpendicular to the fence we can get seven cars in, each car parked at an angle reduces that number by one. Please note that we are allowed to park in the sheltered housing car park as long as we can leave 3 free places.

2.  Visitors Fees        

It is nice to have a court to bring along a visitor and again we are happy for that to happen. However there is a £5 adult £3 junior visitors fee. We do not police it but rely on your honesty. You can give the money to Joe or any committee member at the time or a later date but even if no one sees you, it still happened.

I have received fewer visitor fees at this point than in previous years !!!

3.  Annual Tournament

Another reminder to sign up and that the finals are over the weekend of September 17th/18th.

Enjoy your tennis

Mike, Lorraine, Sylvia and Joe