ELLISWICK LTC NEWSLETTER – SEPTEMBER 2025
Welcome to our September Newsletter.
COURTS 4-7 RESURFACING UPDATE
Our contractor has indicated (not confirmed) a date of around 16 October for delivery of the carpet, with installation shortly thereafter. We will further inform you once we have more concrete information.
2026 ADULTS AND JUNIOR TOURNAMENTS
We expect to hold the 2026 tournaments on the following dates:
CLUB TOURNAMENT: Saturday 20th June with reserve date Sunday 21st June 2026.
JUNIOR TOURNAMENT: Sunday 28th June with reserve date Sunday 5th July 2026.
Please put the above dates in your diary. More information to follow.
CLUB NIGHTS & SOCIAL TENNIS
The autumn season is underway now. The summer club nights (men’s, ladies, mixed and juniors) have all come to an end. Thank you to those who help organised and run our club nights. However, our morning social mixed-in tennis sessions are still running on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9am and Saturdays and Sundays from 10am. Please do keep our social tennis vibrant by attending the sessions. All abilities are welcome. Just turn up and play.
ANOTHER ATTEMPT OF ROADS CLOSURE
There will be other micro surfacing works on Connaught Rd/Elliswick Rd/Browning Rd from Monday 6th to Wednesday 8th October from 7:30am to 6pm. Vehicles may not be allowed access during the works except for emergency vehicles. For further information, please speak to the on-site team on the day who will be able to advise on access or contact the contractor EST on 08442253336.
TEAM TENNIS
Ladies Teams
Our ladies have had a good summer – well played all!
Herts league: 1st team won Intermediate division and 2nd team stay division 1
Hot rackets: 1st team stay division 1, 2nd team stay division 2, 3rd team stay division 3 and 4th team stay division 6.
Winter fixtures are in planning for 40’s, 50’s, 60’s and captains should be or already are in contact with their teams. Have a good season all.
If you are currently not in a team and you wish to play, please contact the ladies captain [email protected]
Mens Teams
The summer seasons (Herts League and Hot Rackets) are almost concluded. Many thanks to fellow captains for their time and effort spent arranging the fixtures and finding players to represent our club. Also thank you to all those who played in the matches which we hope you all enjoyed.
Winter vets dates are all arranged and captains should reach out to their teams for selection. We have 3 men’s teams in the over 45’s and over 55’s and 2 teams in the over 65’s age categories. Best of luck to all our teams who are taking part. If anyone would like to be included in the squads, then please let our Men’s Captain, Jem know at [email protected] and he can put you in touch with the respective team captain.
Mixed Teams
The Autumn Datchworth league is now underway. The fixtures for the East Herts Winter Mixed have also been released and our 6 captains are busy fixing their matches with the opposition. Thank you to all the captains for all their work in helping to make the leagues run so smoothly and good luck to all the players playing in the autumn/winter seasons. If you wish to be included in the mixed teams, please contact our Mixed Teams captain, Amy Martin at [email protected]
SOCIALS
The last supper night was a huge success. Thank you to the fab four (Sally, Angela, Jo and Jeanette) for a delicious meal, enjoyed by everyone who attended.
Our Macmillan Coffee Morning was also a great success, raising over £490. Thank you all for your generous donations.
The quiz night on Saturday 27th September was highly entertaining. Thank you to our genius Quiz Mistress Carol Arnsby for making the evening so enjoyable and well done to the winning teams.
We have some fun social events to look forward to until the end of the year, please see details below:
OCTOBER
8th – Guys and Dolls at the EMC theatre in Harpenden featuring a couple of Elliswick members in the cast. Please sign up to join us here: https://forms.gle/xMn147j4U4N2K4fS6
NOVEMBER
8th –Jazz Night with Lulu & the Hullabaloos. Please sign up here if you wish to attend: https://forms.gle/scukixUoS3D5i5HA9
15th – Annabel Croft at the EMC. That trip is now closed as all the group tickets have been taken; however members may wish to know that they can obtain a 25% discount on tickets for this event by using the code LTA25.
DECEMBER 2025
2nd – Ladies Charity Christmas Lunch (bring a dish) sign up here: https://forms.gle/vTcicSGhwNwGg38BA
6th – Annual General Meeting at 10:30am. Please attend this important meeting and support the club.
7th – SAVE THE DATE: Christmas Charity Music and Magic Evening with Tim Sutton and Upbeat Choir at 6:00-8:00pm. Mulled Wine and Mince Pies. In aid of https://www.future-academy.org.uk/ which provides education and football for refugee children in Beirut.
Please put all those dates in your busy diaries.
If you have any queries regarding any of the social events, please contact our Social Secretary, Jane Bisseker, [email protected]
LOST PROPERTY BOXES
Please look through the lost property boxes (clothing, racquets, water bottles) in the clubhouse as the boxes will be emptied at the end of this week and we will donate the contents to local Charity.
CHARITY EVENT
Harpenden Lions Club are organising a Ceilidh on Saturday 22nd November at the Wheathampstead Memorial Hall to raise funds for the charity that runs the Harpenden Hopper, which provides accessible transport in the local area. Individual tickets can be purchased via the website but if anyone would like to get together to book a table of 8 or 10 persons, please contact David Cowan at [email protected]
OTHER NEWS
DENS Charity (Rebuild New Lives) are asking for your support with two key fundraising events that make a real difference in our local community.
DENS Sponsored Sleepout
On Friday 21st November at Hammond Academy in Hemel, make a difference to your local community by sleeping outdoors to help raise awareness of homelessness locally and fundraise for essential services DENS provides for people facing crisis. Our Sleepout is FREE to take part and sponsorship is encouraged. Visit www.dens.org.uk/sleepout to sign up & find out more.
Hemel 10k – Sunday 17th May Hemel Hempstead 10k – Sign Up Here
DENS are headline charity for this road-closed, chip-timed running event.
Get a team together, by signing up directly with DENS, all of your team will receive a limited-edition running vest and become part of our fantastic running community.
PROMOTION – LADIES TENNIS CLOTHES
Elaine Guo came and visited us at the club last week. Elaine, who is from Harpenden, has set up her own tennis clothing brand ‘Tenez’ and has some great outfits and offers available at the moment.
To welcome Elliswick to the Tenez®️ family, she has created an exclusive discount code for members: Using the code ‘ELTC’ will give you 15% off all purchases on the website.
Have a look at: https://www.tenez.shop/
Kind Regards
Elliswick LTC Committee
PS, Don’t forget to keep up to date with events at our website http://www.elliswickltc.co.uk and follow our Facebook page as well.