The 90th Annual General Meeting of Craighelen Tennis and Squash Club will be held in the clubhouse on Thursday 15th March 2012 at 8pm.

In accordance with our Memorandum and Articles of Association the terms of any resolution or resolutions to be proposed including nominations for persons to be elected as Directors must be communicated in writing before the eleventh of February 2012 to the Secretary by the ordinary member who intends to propose the resolution. The terms must also be signed by a further ordinary member prepared to act as seconder.

Members will be aware of the immense amount of work that has gone into converting the upper floor of the gym into a fitness studio. That this work is now complete is down to a huge effort on the part of too many individuals to mention here.

Now that it is complete, the entire gym and studio ceases to be Racquets, and becomes Chris Bowman Fitness. Chris already has people signed up for a wide variety of classes. Look out for new regular classes too, such as Pilates.

We wish Chris all the best in this new venture!

The Gents Winter Singles competition for 2011/2012 is underway. If you would like to enter please contact Rob Colston via the club email on the Contact Page.

• Rules
• Draw and results for round one
• Full Crosstable

Here's to some good matches - and better weather than last year!

Message from our Chairman, David Thorpe: It is now some months since we kicked off the appeal for pledges, so I thought you would appreciate an update.

With gift aid I have received pledges amounting to some £22,000. This is a fantastic start and puts us well on the way to meeting our target. To those members who have responded and contributed, a big thank you. I don't intend to quote individual numbers, however, this sum has been reached through a small proportion of senior members' pledges, therefore if we all contribute something our goal is definitely achievable.

The Board will be taking stock of the position soon and the level of pledges will determine the way forward, therefore, if you have not yet responded, I ask that you consider doing so, any amount will be greatly received!

Many thanks, and I look forward to hearing from you.

The Tennis Comittee has agreed the following, regarding provision of tennis balls for general club play: tennis balls will be provided for all matches, competitions, tournaments, club nights, club mornings and club afternoons. These tennis balls will be available at Club Reception. At other times members are requested please to provde their own tennis balls. Used match tennis balls will be available for purchase at Reception at £1-50 per can of three. Team Captains are asked, please, to gather in the match tennis balls after each home match, and return to Eileen or leave at Reception. In addition there are second grade tennis balls for sale at 50p a bag. For service practice, a bucket of tennis balls is always available, at the side of Shaun's desk. The Tennis Committee thanks you for your co-operation.

But while on this subject, please ensure that the very sharp ring-pull tops from tins of new tennis balls are disposed of safely, and NOT pushed down inside the tin.

Wednesdays and Thursdays from 10am and Sunday afternoons from 1.30pm.

There are no home matches on Thursday nights as these are dedicated to Club play, so do come along from 7pm and join in the sociable tennis played on these evenings.