Club Events
Junior Summer School 2011 Coaching
TLTC Summer camps took place throughout the summer holidays. Please see below a few pictures of
some of the students which attended. Thanks to Jenny, Terry, Amy, Jack and Andrew for making this years course a huge success.
Some of the Mini red students.
Some of the Mini red students.
Some of the Mini red students.
Some of the Mini red students.
Some of the Mini red students.
Some of the Mini red students.
Some of the Mini green students.
Some of the Mini green students.
Some of the mini orange students.
Some of the Mini Orange ball students
Some of the Junior yellow ball students
Some of the Junior yellow ball students.
Some of the Junior yellow ball students.
Some of the Junior yellow ball students.
Junior Summer School 2011 Coaching
Thurrock Junior Ratings Competitions - Spring 2011
TLTC will be running Junior ratings competitions April 18th - 22nd 2011.
Click here for application form and schedule.
To be eligible for the competition you MUST have a British Tennis Number which can be
applied for by going to LTA Website or
click here for postal form. This is free to all affiliated club
members and will entitle you to enter into LTA regulated tournaments in and around the
Essex area. Please ensure that you have this unique number before entering into our competitions.
The categories will be as follows:-
Mini-Red (Years 5-7)
Mini-Orange (years 8/9)
Mini Green (Years 10/11)
Yellow ball (Years 12/16)
The format will be a timed competition to win as many games as possible during the
timed period against your opponent and will be competed on a round robin basis.
Mini Red will be 10 mins per match on a point basis each point won counts for 1 point
and will also count towards your mini tennis ratings.
Mini Orange will be 15 minutes per match on a point basis each point won counts for
1 point and will also count towards your mini tennis ratings.
Green/Yellow ball will be 20 minutes per match with normal game scoring with sudden
death deuce (receiver picks the side they would like to receive) this also counts
towards your mini tennis ratings.
For further details and if you would like to book a place for your budding Nadals and Henin's please call
Jenny Hurley on 01375 374623 or Email:
thurrockltc@googlemail.com
Summer Camp 2010 26th - 30th July
The first of 3 summer camps took place 26th - 30th July. The courses
have proved so popular that 2 additional weeks have been added (2nd - 6th August and 23rd - 27th August. Just a few places remaining on final week
Some of the Mini Red students who took part in the
course and competition 26th - 30th July.
Some of the Mini Orange ball students
Some of the Junior students
Junior Summer School Coaching
Spring and Summer Evening Junior Coaching
TLTC Junior and Adult Tournaments '1000' days to go'
The '1000 days to' tournaments which took place earlier in April were a great success this year and was enjoyed by everyone taking place. The winners of the tournaments were as follows:
Under 10 - Winner Rebecca Wakeling, Runner up Alfie O'Malley
10 - 16 - Winner Devon Reed, Runner up Frances Omyinah
16 - 21 - Winner Javan Francis, Runner up Andrew Harrod
21 - 50 - Winner Dan Svendsen, Runner up Gary Lewis
50+ - Winner Sue Klecha, Runner up Steven Gray
Club AGM and Presentations
TLTC held their AGM and Presentation of Awards Evening on March 9th. The awards were presented by Ray Smallcombe, Secretary of The Grays General Purposes and Recreational Charity. The Charity gave us the funding for a new honours board and trophies.
Please refer to
honours.html for finalist and results
Pictured from left to right. Diane Morgan, Terry Morgan, Sue Klecha, Darren Cole,
Jenny Hurly, Ray Smallcombe,
Amy Beadle, Mike Smith, Andrew Harrod and Jack Lloyd.
Saturday Morning Junior Coaching Course -
Thurrock Lawn Tennis Club
Junior coaching courses will now take place at Thurrock Lawn Tennis
Club on Saturday Mornings. The new term starts on Saturday
19th September.
All students must be club members (junior membership can be obtained
for £15 until March 31st 2010). They would be able to
play at the Thurrock Lawn Tennis club at other times.
Membership and coaching courses to be paid in advance. Course
fees are £50 for each 10 week term and pupils will be learning
progressive tennis skills.
Please contact Jenny Hurley on 01375 374 623 or thurrockltc@googlemail.com
to obtain details and reserve your place for
the course. Further courses will be made available.
Club Tournament Finals
Thurrock LTC 2009 Club
competitions have now been completed. Please refer to
honours.html for finalist and results. Here's a picture taken of some of our
finalists. Well done to all the finalists!

Left to right: Jenny Hurley, Amy Beadle, Diane
Morgan, Javan
Francis, Mike Smith,
Andrew Harrod, Jane Davies, Terry Morgan and
Jack Lloyd.
Additional Summer Holidays Junior Coaching 5 Day
course 17-21st August and 24-28th August.
Another
successful 2 weeks held at the club. These courses were fully occupied and
again we've received a very positive response.
A
special thanks to Darren Cole (pictured back centre) for his efforts
in assisting the coaches these weeks.
Some of the coaches and students who took part in the
course 24-28th August morning
session at
Thurrock Lawn Tennis Club. These
courses will continue during the Autumn and Winter.
And here's the afternoon group receiving their
trophies and certificate
Summer Holidays Junior Coaching 5 Day course 27th -
31st July 2009
A fantastic response was received and due to over demand
additional courses will be scheduled in August. A big thanks to the
Thurrock Thames Gateway for sponsoring this successful program. Feedback
from parents as follows:
Some of the coaches and students who took part in the
first of five summer schools running
through the school holidays at
Thurrock Lawn Tennis Club and sponsored by
Thames Gateway. These
courses will continue during the Autumn and Winter.
"The coaches have been fantastic, Veronique has really
inspired DR. We look forward to the course at Hassenbrook, we are a
definite 'YES'. Big thanks to Terry - He's been great with DR".
"GH had a really good time, enjoyed learning lots and
would be very interested in the winter club".
"AK found the course fun and the coaching was very
good. This was the first tennis course AK has participated in and he
thoroughly enjoyed it".
"S&J - Kids have enjoyed week and improved
skills. Would be interested in further coaching".
"NS - Great club for children/adults to attend.
Coaching is of a very high standard".
Reports and photos will be featured later on this site
and in Yellow Advertiser, London Enquirer and Thames Gateway Website.
Please note further courses or individual coaching will be
made available during the entire School holidays. Please contact Jenny
Hurley on 01375 374 623 or thurrockltc@googlemail.com
.
Weekly events
Tennis social days on Sundays 9 - 1pm and Tuesday
evening 4 - 9 pm for full members only, so come along and enjoy your tennis
with other members.
Saturday Morning Junior Coaching. Individual or Group
Coaching can be arranged @ GBP 15 per hour.
Adult coaching available at other times.
Please contact Jenny Hurley on 01375 374 623 or thurrockltc@googlemail.com
to reserve your place.
3rd July 2008
A RISING tennis star from Chafford Hundred was invited
onto centre court at Wimbledon last Thursday to encourage young people to play
tennis live on BBC breakfast. Charisma Nuqui, 7, of Mayflower Road has only been
playing tennis for a year and a half but her potential has already been noticed
by former British number one Jo Durie.
The BBC invited Charisma to spend
the day at Wimbledon and showed footage of her playing tennis which they had
filmed at the French Connection Tennis Academy where she trains two days before.
She was interviewed live on BBC Breakfast with her coach, dad Chris, and asked
what she liked best about tennis, to which she replied: "Just getting out there
and hitting the ball".
Jo Durie said of Charisma: "She is very good for
her age, we are looking for more kids like this under ten". We need more tennis
players and if we can get more like Charisma that would be fantastic". She
added: "Charisma works so hard, she is so dedicated." A pupil at Chafford
Hundred Primary, Charisma trains six times a week. As well as attending the
French Connection Tennis Academy, she also trains at Next Generation in Romford,
and the Thurrock Lawn Tennis Club. Her mum Irene Nuqui said: "We are so proud of
Charisma being invited to be a guest on BBC Breakfast."It was so exciting for
all of us, but Charisma was very cool."She wasn't even nervous to be on TV."She
added: "Charisma does work very hard to get this reward".
When asked what
she wants to be when she grows up, she says a tennis player."If its what she
really wants to do then we are behind her 100 per cent." The family also got to
meet some tennis greats from the past and present during their day at Wimbledon.
Mrs Nuqui said: "We had breakfast in the BBC canteen where we saw John LLoyd and
the BBC producer introduced Charisma to him."We also met Richard Gasquet, Marat
Safin, Ferrer and Zheng Jie at the practice courts".
Mrs Nuqui says the
family owe a lot to Charisma's school, adding: "We wouldn't be anywhere without
their support, they have been brilliant, encouraging Charisma in a big and
positive way. We are so blessed to be surrounded by such wonderful people who
want the best for Charisma."
You can watch Charisma being interviewed on
BBC Breakfast via YouTube.