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Congleton Lawn Tennis Club

Tennis for all ages and abilities

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The Club is one of the oldest tennis clubs in the country having celebrated its Centenary Season in 1990. The Club has been on the same grounds throughout its history, initially renting from a farmer and then purchasing the freehold in 1926. The Club is run as a limited company for the members’ benefit and a committee of Directors who are elected by the members manages it. The Club has always moved with the times being one of the first to drop playing in tests and it operates an equal opportunities policy offering tennis to as many people as possible regardless of age or playing standards.

Last year we moved into a brand new clubhouse of which we are very proud.

Membership of the Club

The Club has an adult membership of approximately 160 and a junior membership of 160. Full adult membership for the 12 months from April 2009 to end of March 2010 is £156 (£146 if paid before 1st June) and junior membership is £60. There are special rates for couples, families, playing parents, students and for midweek and winter play.

Playing Facilities

The Club has some of the best facilities in the area with 9 courts; 6 all weather and 3 artificial grass. 3 of the all weather courts are floodlit and 1 artificial grass court is also floodlit. We also have a practice wall and a mini tennis area.

Clubhouse

Our new clubhouse is a two storey brick building with balcony to include gentlemen’s and ladies changing rooms with showers etc, a large function room with bar and kitchen, an area for juniors to use, an office and disabled facilities including lift. An appeal to raise funds for this project was named “Funding the Future” and resulted in over £100,000 being raised in three years that together with money accumulated over several years brought the project to fruition. The grand opening took place in April 2008.

Coaching

Our coach, Istvan Kaplan, has been with us for 12 months and has introduced several new programmes. He is available for individual and group coaching and will be running the junior coaching programme throughout the summer on Wednesday evenings. A rusty rackets session for adults (both beginners and lapsed players) is on Saturdays 4-5pm.
Istvan can be contacted on: 07939 331000 or email: kaplans@btinternet.com.
Ladies tennis sessions are available Wednesday mornings 10.00 to 12.00 noon with refreshments included! These sessions are run by Ivan Davies.
Istvan has priority use of the courts at the following times: practice wall and practice area - at all times; Monday to Friday 7am to 6.30pm - 3 courts; Saturdays 8am to 2pm -3 courts; Sundays 8am to 9pm - 2 courts. One court will be available to the Head coach at all times from April to September. In the winter the Head coach may use 1 floodlit court subject to the booking system.


Access to the Club Facilities

The courts are not locked and some are available for use by members at all times except during Club sessions (Monday and Thursday evenings, Saturday afternoons), match nights (Tuesday evenings), junior evenings (Wednesdays) and those used by the Head coach as outlined above. There may also be matches at other times but some courts will be available on a first come first served basis. Members must use their own tennis balls except for club sessions.