Dates for ‘Tennis stages’
this summer
1er stage
lundi 21 juin au vendredi 25 juin de 10h30 à 15h30
2ème stage
lundi 28 juin au vendredi 2 juillet de 10h30 à 15h30
3ème stage
lundi 5 juillet au vendredi 9 juillet de 10h30 à 15h30
4ème stage
lundi 12 juillet au vendredi 16 juillet de 10h30 à 15h30
The Club has eight tennis courts:
• 3 all-weather courts, including 1 floodlit,
• Five clay courts
Section Heads
Head of Section: Maxime Brasseur
FFT Licences: Christine de Fontgalland
Social events: Christine Escher
Ladies’ teams: Sally Cangardel
(scroll down to read about their success in ‘Les Raquettes’ FFT Ladies’ Tournament 2009
Childrens’ teams and events: Kate Rignell
Lessons and private coaching
The Club has two coaches who run group lessons for children on Wednesdays (court 3 and 8) and Saturdays (court 8). Private lessons can be organised during the week or on weekend mornings when clay courts are open. Members should reserve their court for this by displaying their own badge as usual.
Don’t hesitate to contact them by phone, or SMS
Francis Boyer: 06 27 36 56 18
Pablo Dominquez: 06 89 72 64 57
Congratulations to Francis Boyer...in the World Senior Tennis Championships:
Events
SAC internal tournament: May/June
Entry forms will be provided, they can be downloaded from the site or from the Club news, and are available at the bar from April 3. To register, you will be kindly asked to return the entry form with your payment 10€ for 1 entry, 15€ for 2 entries and 5€ for junior category.
Entry forms with payment must be in by April 17th 2010.
There will be sections for men's single, ladies singles, ladies doubles and mixed doubles as well as Juniors. Finalsare scheduled for Saturday June 26 (date to be confirmed), at the Tennis day and barbeque.
Organisers: Maxime & Christine (adults); Kate & Anne (Junior)
Mini tournament: May 8
A one day tournament to celebrate the opening of the clay courts. Best of three games.
Organiser: Christophe Mounier
Fête de Tennis: Saturday June 26
A family day with Junior finals in the morning, followed by prizegiving and tennis school awards and then a barbeque lunch for all who can stay. Adult finals in the afternoon with prizes awarded at the tennis dinner.
Organiser: Looking out for someone please
Tennis dinner: September Date to be confirmed
Organiser: Christine
Childrens tournament: September Date to be confirmed
Organiser: Kate
Ladies’ teams
The club has two or three ladies teams who take part in League events from March through to June. If you wish to get involved contact Sally. Last year's Raquettes team went all the way to the national finals. See below.
Les Raquettes 2010
Men’s teams
Looking out for person to run this section...
Children’s teams
The club has four Junior teams taking part in FFT events in the Spring and Autumn. For more information see the section on the site entitled Junior tennis.
Tennis licences
It is extremely important to have a valid tennis licence when you play tennis at the Club and therefore FFT Licences for children and adults are now included in the overall joining fee of the Club. Don’t hesitate to contact Christine de Fontgalland cfontgalland@saclub.org, if necessary.
Rules on court
Badges must be displayed
All tennis players (including visitors) must display their badges on the board during play.
While playing, players may not block a subsequent period with their (or another member’s) badge.
Doubles have priority
When courts are busy, singles players should invite, or allow 2 others, to join them.
Proper dress is required
Players are expected to wear proper tennis outfits, including at least 1 piece of clothing in white. Players must wear proper flat sole tennis shoes on clay courts.
Clay courts must be ‘dragged’ before and after play
Players are required to maintain the clay courts by ‘dragging’, and watering them if necessary, before play.
Clay courts must be protected after heavy rain
‘No play’ notices may be posted up on the courts, after heavy rain, or courts may be locked.
Coaching, matches, tournaments
Courts may be allocated for matches, tournaments or coaching at the discretion of the Tennis Committee.
Visitors
Visitors are welcome to play anytime during the week all year round, and on Saturday and Sunday mornings before 12pm, when the clay courts are open.
Congratulations to Marie de Tilly’s SAC ladies’ team
Finalists in 2009 ‘Les Raquettes’ FFT Ladies’ Tournament
The 2009 ‘Les Raquettes’ FFT Ladies’ Tournament turned into a great adventure for
tennis captain Marie de Tilly and her SAC ladies’ team.
Last spring, Marie de Tilly’s SAC ladies’ team qualified in the Kick-Off round of the ‘92 Department’. The team then worked hard all summer to get themselves ready for the ‘Inter-Ligue’ round in Honfleur. The SAC ladies’ team not only played supremely well, but ended up winning the North-Western Region tournament in Honfleur, on October 22-23. This meant that the SAC ladies had now qualified and were all set to participate in the National Finals in Macôn, in Burgundy on November 17-19. At this stage of the competition, these SAC finalists took up 7th position. This put them in front of the ‘Champagne’ team, and just behind the Paris team from the ‘Tir aux Pigeons’ Club (Winners of the ‘Les Raquettes’ 2009).
Captain Marie de Tilly (singles), and players Titiane Salleyron (singles), and Valérie Pezé and Susie Labalette (doubles), and Nathalie Vicarini and Anne Varin were so proud of the wonderful team spirit that they had all worked so hard to create. While, at the start, the players did not know each other very well; they were given the opportunity to work together as a team and, throughout the tournament, were given great encouragement by the FFT organizers. The FFT organizers managed to make this competition as fun and fair-play as possible.
All the players regret that now, as finalists, they are not able to participate in this wonderful competition again.
This competition is open to ladies (18+) who have no FFT-ranking. It encourages women to take up the sport again, and enjoy playing in a team.
A special thanks to Sally Cangardel for getting the team so motivated, and entering us in the first place.
To watch the video of the finals in Macôn, please click on the link below:
> http://www.fft.fr/cms-fft/?id=1360