Longton Tennis Club
The website of Longton Memorial Tennis Club
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It's that time of the year already where the season is not far from starting and it is also the time to renew your membership at the tennis club.
We are considerably cheaper than most tennis clubs in Preston, so why not?!
On the playing side, the club is entering two mixed adult teams in the Ribble League, two mens team in the Fylde League, a Cunningham Cup team as well as our usual mens and ladies Autumn league teams. This year looks to be our best yet, with teams in the 2nd and 3rd division in the summer league, where there will no doubt be some fantastic tennis.
We are keen to involve as many people as possible who would like to play team tennis. If you are a new or existing member interested in playing for any team, please come along to social tennis on Thursday evenings from 6:30pm and on Sundays from 1.30pm or contact Liz Lemon, Dave Barnes, Alan Wilkinson or Ron Webster.
There will be junior tennis (Under 16s) in the Ribble Junior League, with matches taking place at the weekend.
Junior coaching remains on Tuesdays, please contact Dec for details. Junior members under 13 years old, must be supervised by someone over 13 years old.
With the current situation with the CoronaVirus pandemic, we do not know if the tennis league will go ahead this year. We will let you know once the league has confirmed what's happening.
In addition to team tennis, we will be holding our usual inter-club tennis tournaments. Look out for the emails for further information.
Want a chance to go to Wimbledon 2020? Take action NOW!
If you are a British Tennis Member:
If you are a British Tennis Member you will start to receive emails from British Tennis advising you to opt-in for the 2020 Wimbledon ballot. This is a reminder for you to take action NOW! You will still need to do this even if you did it last year.
This year British Tennis are clamping down even more on their allocation process so unless you take action by 14th February you will not be eligible for our Wimbledon tickets ballot. You must go through the process outlined below to opt in:
- Go to www.lta.org.uk/member/login/
- Log in and at the top right, you should see your account (your initials in a circle). Click on this, then 'Members home'.
- Scroll down to Wimbledon Ballot and click on 'find out more'. Then 'opt in' and you will be automatically entered into the 2020 ballot.
- Opt-in before the 14th February 2020
Not a British Tennis Member? Register for FREE:
- Go to www.lta.org.uk/member/
- Click on 'View Membership Options'
- Select whichever membership is applicable to you - Lite Membership is the free membership
- Fill in the relevant details and make sure to select Longton Memorial Tennis Club as the club you play tennis at
- Opt-in before the 14th February 2020