Hello!

As winter becomes spring… so we have plenty to be getting on with as we prepare for our summer season of 2023.

Easter Sunday Roast Lunch | Sunday 9th April
Easter is a great time to gather together friends and family and enjoy the very best food! Chef has put together a special menu and there may even be some chocolate involved! Non-members are welcome. Please book your table soon. By now, you’ll know how popular our Sunday lunches have become so don’t miss out! For menu details and for online bookings click HERE.

Helping Your Club
It’s a while since I mentioned our EasyFundraising initiative. Details are HERE Every time you make an online purchase the Club receives a donation. At no cost to YOU! You might like to know that there is also an app. Just go to your App Store and type in ‘easyfundraising’ – With the easyfundraising app, you can shop with over 7,000 brands, add your favourites and track how much you’ve raised for Frinton-on-Sea Lawn Tennis Club. It’s a brilliant way for us to raise funds through your online activities without it costing you a penny. Win, win… Ker-ching!

Triangle Tournament
This brilliant competition is BACK! It’s fun to compete or spectate and we’re joining up with Frinton’s Cricket and Golf Clubs to hold this tournament again this year. SPL have kindly sponsored the event and we hope you’ll want to take part or spectate.

First we need competitors! Sign up sheets are at the Club if you would like to represent your Club and play cricket, golf, tennis or croquet in the Frinton triangular tournament.

We’ll need 8 golfers for the competition to be held on the 25th June @ 3pm at Frinton Golf Club
We’ll require 11 cricketers on 9th July @ 12 noon at Frinton Cricket Club
For our home competition 4 tennis players and 4 croquet players on 23rd July @ 2pm at our Club

Food and drinks after and each event will be available and we expect this to be a fantastic sporting and social event. Do mark the dates in your diary.

Club Trophies
Whilst we have tracked down most of the Club’s special trophies, some are still missing. These were lost or not returned after being won previously. Either if you are in possession of one and could return it to us? That would be wonderful. Or would you like to donate a cup which can be named accordingly – we are after 3 if possible. If you can help, please contact Bill Greeno.

Sporting News

Croquet | Saturday 25th March from 1:30pm!
This weekend sees the GRAND OPENING of our new croquet lawn! We’ll be cutting the ribbon at 1.30pm this Saturday. Please do pop down to the Club for this fabulous occasion.

You too could join us for some Croquet fun. Non-members, social members and other sporting members are welcome!

After cutting the ribbon, the afternoon will become a celebration of croquet with an Alice in Wonderland theme (The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party which involves flamingos as croquet mallets and hedgehogs as croquet balls). The new lawn celebration will be fancy dress as any character from the Mad Hatters Tea Party. More info HERE.

Should you be a competitive ‘croqueter’ – please don’t forget about our One-ball Competition which is taking place on 12th April from 12 noon , click HERE for more information or to enter.

Walking Football
If you’re interested in getting involved with our walking football, the ages of who can take part are:

Women over 40 | Men over 50

It’s very social and good fun too. Each week there are games on Monday and Wednesday evenings at the Club with a few social drinks afterwards! For information please get in contact with John Kilby or Paul Cooper via the office.

Squash

Frinton squash will play the final game to decide who wins the league on Monday 28th March. They will play Moreton hall 3 who currently sit in 2nd place.

Everyone welcome to spectate and cheer the team on. The match will start at 19.30.

FREE Racketball Classes for Ladies! Non-Members welcome!
Every Monday from 2pm, and the first 4 classes are free of charge.
Racketball is a fantastic game for all ages and abilities, just turn up see how much you will enjoy yourself!
For more information please email our coach Chris Vine: chrisakv@btinternet.com

Social Sessions – just come along and play and join us for a drink or two at the bar after the session! Any newcomers are welcome to try the game!

Squash – Monday and Thursday evenings 7-8pm

Racketball – Tuesday evenings 6-7.30pm

Tennis | Junior Tennis Easter Camps and Competition
During the Easter holidays we’ll be holding a tennis holiday camp for 5-12yrs on Wednesdays and Fridays. Activities will include skills and games and will cover basic agility, balance and co-ordination with the main priority to have FUN! Please click HERE for more info or to sign up.

And there is nothing more fun than testing your little ones’ tennis skills playing at our Junior competition on Saturday 8th April from 1pm – More info HERE. Kickstart their interest in tennis early, results will be uploaded to the LTA website.

Don’t forget – our new tennis social session will be starting on Sunday 2nd April at 10am! All tennis members are welcome to play and get ready for the upcoming season. We are hoping to win some team trophies this year again… !

We have a few internal tennis tournaments taking place this month. Please enter HERE! It’s always great fun to put your tennis skills and compe against your fellow members! Some of you are in it to win it, some of us for a bit of a run around and to have a few drinks after!

If you’re interested in receiving one-on-one coaching from our Club Coach, Peter Richmond or his team from NEET Academy, all the details are HERE.

Membership
Don’t forget our new membership tariffs and rewards scheme comes into force from Saturday 1st April – details are HERE.

Clocks
And finally don’t forget our clocks go FORWARD this Sunday morning for British Summertime!

That’s it for now. Have a great week!

James Max
Club Chairman