Welcome to Wortham Lawn Tennis Club
ENJOY TENNIS KEEP FIT MAKE FRIENDS HAVE FUN
Wortham is a friendly, forward looking, four floodlit court club with c240 members. We welcome players of all abilities and aim to offer something for everyone:
- active adult, junior and mini programmes
- social and competitive play all year round
- regular 'turn up and play' club sessions
- adult and junior tournaments throughout the summer season
- teams in a number of competitive leagues, both summer and winter
- coaching (adult, junior, 'mini' and 'tots'), group and individual
- Cardio Tennis - a fun way to keep fit and/or improve your fitness level
- Tennis Xpress - a programme for adult beginners or those who haven't played for a while
We have had some fantastic successes over the last few years:
- Suffolk Sport and Suffolk LTA Club of the Year 2015.
- Suffolk LTA Club of the Year 2016 - such an achievement to receive the award two years running
- Individuals recognised for their contribution to the club and to tennis - LTA National Young Volunteer 2012; Coach, Emily Wharton, AEGON national coach of the month June 2013; Club Secretary LTA Volunteer of the Month March 2014, Club Chair LTA Volunteer of the Month November 2014.
- Coach Emily is one of the Davis Cup Legacy coaches running Tennis for Kids programmes and is one of only four ambassadors in LTA East Region (10 counties) for She Rallies - an initiataive led by Judy Murray to encourage more women into the tennis workforce and more girls into tennis.
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If you haven't already done so - take part in the survey sent to all members on 27 May to find out what you think about club tournaments (both social and competitive) and to have the chance of winning a great prize! Your views really count so please take part now
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Great entry level in this year's mixed tournament and good to see some new players taking part. Well done to everyone who played and especially to those who made it through to the very competitive semis and then to the finals. Congratulations to winners Jenny and Sam and runners up Gail and Hans.
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Sunday 25 June Verkroost Charity Plate 10am start. A fun Mexican tournament open to all adults and junor yellow ball players. Raising funds for Emmaus - a great charity working to end homelessness. Enter now! Read more
Sunday 2 July Great British Tennis Weekend All day event. Open to everyone - members and non-members alike. Come and join in - your chance to try out cardio tennis (a great way to keep fit), Tennis Xpress (a programme for adult beginners or 'rusty rackets') , games and activities for juniors of all ages, all day barbecue and lots of fun. Don'dt miss it! Read more