NEWSLETTER JUNE 2013 Tennis

coach Andy will be running a cardio- tennis taster session. This will be open to all so if you want to try this out, or know a non-member who might be interested please send them along. There will also be a mini-tennis taster session for youngsters who might want to try out the game. There will be sausages, hot dogs and other refreshments available alongside the NEWSLETTER JUNE 2013 tennis. Activities will start at 6pm. THE WIMBLEDON DRAW was held on th SWAY FETE – The tennis courts will be Wednesday 24 April. Congratulations to open during the village fete on all those who were successful in obtaining Saturday 6th July allowing everyone to one of the 9 pairs of tickets on offer, try out the game under supervision particularly Angela Smith who was able to from the coach. If you have any friends purchase a pair of centre court tickets for or neighbours who might enjoy Men’s finals day! knocking a few balls around please CLUB TOURNAMENT – the draw for this make sure they come along. year’s tournament has taken place and FINALS WEEKEND – Just a note for the draw sheets are displayed on the Club your diary; all the finals matches for noticeboard. If you entered the the club tournament will take place on tournament and haven’t yet checked the the weekend of 31st August/1st draw please do so as soon as possible. September. Please come along and Some of the matches have already been support the players who have made it played and there are different deadlines through to the finals. There will be for completing matches depending on cakes and refreshments available for which competition you are in. all spectators. DAY TOURNAMENT – Another handicap th FACEBOOK – As mentioned in the last doubles tournament was held on 28 newsletter the Club now has its own April, and was again very successful. Facebook page. If you use Facebook go to Congratulations to Dave and Jos www.facebook.com/SwayTennis and ‘like’ Whitehorn who were proud winners of us. Look out for the latest coaching news chocolate bars on the day and thanks to and upcoming events there. Pam Reynolds and Caroline St John for organising it. The committee have now TENNIS CAMPS – Club Coach, Andy, is decided to present a cup to the winners organising Tennis Camps for Juniors of future day tournaments, so hopefully during the summer holidays. Contact Dave and Jos savoured their tournament Andy (Tel: 077959 64051) for more details prize appropriately. or see swaytennis.com (or the Facebook page) where the details are available FORTHCOMING EVENTS online. BANGERS ‘n BASH – The Club is again BRITISH TENNIS MEMBERSHIP – If you supporting Sway Carnival week with th are a Club member but have not yet on-court activities. On Thursday 4 July signed up for British Tennis Membership please consider doing so this summer. players who come through a Qualifying You can sign up online at www.lta.org.uk, Draw. This Qualifying Draw is played the and it costs nothing! The main advantage week before Wimbledon starts and is of you joining BTM is that the Club’s composed of players who have a world allocation of Wimbledon tickets is based ranking below that required to gain on how many Sway members have signed automatic entry. up to BTM. You also get regular updates and To qualify for one of those eight places in latest offers from the LTA. the Wimbledon Main Draw, a player has LEAGUE MATCHES – The Club is currently to win three rounds in the Qualifying fielding Men’s, Ladies and Mixed doubles Competition. This process explains why teams in the LTA Dorset league you regularly witness first round upsets. competitions. If you would like to be An unknown player makes it into the First considered for inclusion in one of the Round of the Main Draw, from the teams please contact Caroline St John on Qualifying Competition, and subsequently 07825 418784 (Ladies and Mixed teams) knocks out an established player, or Charlie Prince on 07732 995557 (Men’s occasionally, even a seed. The ‘Qualifier’ team). has come through three really tough WIMBLEDON – Wimbledon will soon be rounds of competition and is ‘match tight.’ on our screens. How many of the 32 His/her opponent has played practice sets seeds in each of the Men’s and Women’s in preparation for Wimbledon, but these events could you name? Those that you are no substitute for actual matchplay. could name are the players likely to reach We shall all be hoping for some British the quarter-final stage and beyond. What success. Our girls are likely to fare better about those not seeded? How do they get than our men, apart from Andy Murray, to play Wimbledon? of course. He needs to put his skates on if For both singles’ events there is a draw of he is to win the Wimbledon crown. He is 128 players. You gain entry if your world now 26 years old and there are younger ranking is high enough. The French Open, players biting at his heels. The older he currently being played, is of vital gets from now on, the harder his task will importance to those players who are be. Watch out for James Ward. The aiming to qualify for Wimbledon – and seeding committee can give out one or who have a pre-French Open world two wild cards and Ward will probably get ranking in the low 100s. If they win a one of them. Currently, he is our number couple of rounds, they will earn a healthy two with a world ranking around 260. number of world ranking points and gain And let’s not forget Jonathan Marray, our automatic entry into the Wimbledon Wimbledon Men’s Doubles Champion Draw. If they are knocked out in the first from last year. What an exciting final that round of the French Open, that’s the end was! And what a wonderful match he of their Wimbledon dreams. played. We shall be watching his progress, Although there are 128 places in the keenly. Men’s and Women’s Wimbledon Draw, Enjoy your tennis! they are not all assigned to those players with world rankings from 1 to 128. This is because eight places are reserved for .

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