FURTHER PROGRESS

The major work since I last wrote has been the clearing of an appreciable area of land south of he changing rooms: this involved the cutting down of numerous high cypress trees and the removal of a curious collection of corrugated iron shacks. The latter have served as workshops, garages for lawn mowers, tractors, ladies' pilates exercises, study room, and has housed an enormous accumulation of what can only be described as junk. The removal of all this was no small job.  Here is one photo:

and eventually............

Amazing that this conglomeration of rubbish ever got cleared away!  But it did, and so the hammering and drilling could get under way. No construction straight away, first of all destruction........ all the old tiling, pipes and wiring had to be removed. And then the re-construction - here's where the hammering gave way to quarrels and shouting - not too comprehensible - French, Arabic, Serbian............  let's start to look at the good results ......

  Here's two of the five showers:

and then the entrance corridor - lighting-up when you approach in the evening.....

Then, inside the two rooms are nice and warm; automatic hand and hair drying are available. Even chairs for comfort of friends and spectators!

Well, just a word of thanks for the two managers then.

Here they are.......(Didier & Kaffo)

One way of thanking them will be to enjoy these facilities to the full and to spend as much time as possible in this ever-improving Club.  Have a look at the proposed extensions in the plan posted outside the Office:

Let me now mention what some of our young champions have been doing on court recently......... Elsa Trelle, for example, won the Final of her Cabris Tournament match in fine style - (she is already ranked 4/6 at age 14) by defeating the young Russian girl, Natasha Mitrokhina.  It was encouraging to see them parting on happy terms after the struggle....

Some of the older girls were competing abroad during this period; Mirabelle Njoze(18) and Miranda Ramirez (16) were in Tunisia. After several matches, they actually found themselves playing against each other (Mirabelle won by 7/5 in the 3rd set). They then combined in the Doubles Tournament, and didn't lose until the Final! Well done girls!

For a photo of Mirabelle, see my last post.  She has now a world ranking (WTA) of 623.

           For a photo of Miranda, see my post of December 2014.

     For more details of Vignal match results, see the site:  https://www.facebook.com/teameysseric/

For teachers of tennis & other sports when in London, consult the site of a former club member:

 trainers4me.com

Bon tennis et bon appétit

 cuisse de pintade aux navets

(par Christophe)