IF YOU ARE 35 YEARS OF AGE OR OVER – HAVE AN INTEREST IN COMPETITIVE PLAY – AND OF A GOOD LEAGUE STANDARD – then Gloucestershire LTA may be able to help you. There are opportunities to enhance your play by interacting with like-minded players in other clubs both within Gloucestershire and nationwide.
Summarised below are some of the events available to individual players, teams and clubs:
1. NATIONAL INTER-COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS
For 2017 Gloucestershire has increased it’s team entry to 7 Men’s and 7 Womens’s events.
Individual teams are:
MEN: 35-44, 45-49, 50-54 NEW, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70+ NEW
WOMEN: 35-59, 40-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-74, 75+ NEW
There are four/five matches per team played on a home or away basis in the period mid April to mid September. Doubles play is standard in all teams with the addition of singles in all but the older age groups. We currently enjoy the support of players from 11 GLTA affiliated clubs and new player interest is alwys welcome – please do get in touch!
2. GLOUCESTERSHIRE LTA LOCAL SENIORS 60+ LEAGUE FOR CLUB TEAMS.
This offers countywide Men’s, Ladies and Mixed doubles play. The qualifying age is 60 plus. The matches are mutually arranged on a home and away basis usually on a Monday through Friday daytime within the mid-September to late March period.
3. SENIORS TENNIS GB – NATIONAL INTER-CLUB COMPETITION
This event offers Men’s, Women’s and Mixed doubles match play for teams of four players. Matches are played on a home or away basis via a “knockout” system with the opportunity for first round losers to enter a plate competition. There are various age groups between 35 and 70+. Match play is arranged from March through October followed by a finals weekend indoors at Dudley, West Midlands Tennis Centre in mid November. Entry forms will be available in November 2017.
OTHER ACTIVITY
There are a small number of informal but competitive matches played on a home and away basis with clubs in Avon and Warwickshire. Several Gloucestershire players also enter other National and International events – details of these are available upon request.
Should any local GLTA player, team or club feel that more could be offered/developed for Seniors Tennis the County do please make your views/interests known to us.
Jim Cressey – County Seniors Organiser – for STGB & GLTA.
Email: cresseyyates@btinternet.com. Tel: 01242 573777
Chloe Donochie – Administration support officer for GLTA
Email: gloscountytennis@gmail.com Tel: 07590 841312