Surrey LTA Club of the Year
Grant, Christine, James & Katherine attended the presentation ceremony for the Surrey LTA Club of the Year this week. Congratulations to all involved.
Limitless Tennis & Cranleigh tennis academy!
Cranleigh is very excited to announce a brand-new initiative, unique to Rutlish School, in association with Limitless Tennis and Cranleigh Tennis Club. Limitless Tennis are looking for the brightest local talent to join our Tennis Academy. Limitless Tennis are the coaching company based at Cranleigh Tennis Club in Merton Park, run by Grant Fellows, an LTA, Level 5 Coach; (the highest attainable qualification). Grant’s vision is to find Rutlish boys who have a talent for tennis and train them to the highest standard of tennis with the ultimate aim of having them compete nationally and beyond. We will open the Academy to players that attend different schools but they must be able to make it to Cranleigh for 3.30pm each day. Aims of the Academy: To identify and intensively train children who show genuine talent for tennis to allow them to pursue tennis to the highest possible level with intensive…
Competitions coming up
Cranleigh has a lot of exciting competitions coming up for all ages and abilities! (Word document)
Star Junior Finalists in the Club Tournament
Well done to all the junior finalists in the club tournament. Both matches were very close and featured some impressive tennis, which bodes well for the club and the youngsters themselves. Nick Stansby (far left) beat Jack Davies, and Sophie Gallagher (far right) beat Catrina McNair in three sets.
Under 14s Boys win league!
Well done to the Under 14 Boys, who won their division in the Surrey Aegon Leagues. They lost their first match 6-0 to a very strong Leatherhead team, but recovered well to win the remaining games 4-2 against Telford, one in a walkover, and, in the final game, 5-1 away at Reigate…
Tom Fallis wins Open Junior tournament
Star Junior Tom Fallis won the Open Junior tournament at Pitt Farm Tennis Club, Guildford. He beat several higher ranked juniors on the way, so now has boosted his ranking to 8.2. Well done Tom.
Holiday Tennis Camps 2014
We will be running our popular Tennis camps all Summer, Autumn half term and at Easter. Camps run from Monday – Friday. Tiny Tennis for 4-5 year olds from 9-10 am each morning Tennis for 5-13 year olds from 10-1pm each day Children don’t have to be members of the club to join in the tennis camps so encourage your friends to come too. They will go ahead regardless of the weather as we have table tennis, Xbox, Pool Table and other games in the club house if necessary. Book as soon as possible to ensure your place. > Download the Summer Tennis Camp Application Form > Contact Us for more information
Free British Tennis Membership for Children
Just a reminder for parents that if you haven’t already done so, can you please sign up your children for FREE British Tennis Membership through the LTA. This means they will receive updated tennis news and early information about competitions, tennis events etc. You will be given a Membership Number. It also means that Cranleigh receives a higher allocation of Wimbledon Championship tickets. Junior members who are also BTM members aged 9+ are able to apply for Wimbledon Tickets in the Draw at Cranleigh, which is usually held in the middle of May. Any juniors playing in the teams this season for Cranleigh will need to have a BTM Number. It is easy to do – just go to the LTA website and click on ‘British Tennis Membership’. Please make sure you put Cranleigh(Merton Park) down as your club – as otherwise they may mix us up with Cranleigh (near…