EIGHTIETH CELEBRATIONS

The Dutch group of players are good party makers; they have enjoyed two more recently. The first one was to celebrate the eightieth birthday of Dawn: I have written about her late husband Hank's achievements in an earlier post.  All their friends seemed to be there, & she managed to bring along her favourite jazz band as well.  Here is a photo of this local band, with her in  the middle:

The next photo shows some of the crowd arriving for the lunch:

Notice the animated discussions, with one of Dawn's well-known table decorations in the foreground.

And then came the meal - excellent as usual on the Restaurant terrace; followed by speeches in the usual Dutch tradition. The jazz band played, & then accompanied Anton who interpreted songs specially composed for the occasion by himself. There is other talent than tennis skills in the Club! 

Even some dancing & singing by Dawn, Chris & friend.......

This highly successful event was followed a mere week later by a Round-Robin doubles tournament of 24 players in 6 rounds: the number of players being doubled by hungry friends for one more good lunch.

Enough of our active Dutch members.......... what have other Club members been doing?

The internal Club tournament has produced many exciting matches; the end of these struggles will be celebrated this coming Sunday with an informal barbecue at the Restaurant.  (If you haven't yet booked, you're probably too late, these events are popular!)

Coming events;  a full Vignal tournament for all-comers & categories; a good replacement for the washed-out February event. Starting date 29th June; finals a fortnight later (14th July). Register as soon as possible.

One further photo - youth showing some rapid play on the mini-tennis court:

Try this sometime!  And look forward to an active summer in your Club with plenty new faces & visitors. The swimming pool too will very soon also be in use - 19 m by 9 m gives you plenty of space to keep really fit!  Go to it!