COURT RESURFACING AND FLOODLIGHTS - IT’S HAPPENING!!
I am absolutely thrilled, delighted and proud to advise that the following facility improvement works are about to commence at the club.
1) Resurfacing of courts 3&4
Work will commence from Monday 5th September and will take approximately three weeks. Preparatory work will take up the first two weeks, with the resurfacing commencing w/b 19th September.
Obviously these two courts will be closed to members during this three week period, but courts 1&2 will remain open for booking. Weather permitting the courts will be open for usage from 26 September. At this time they will be black cement courts, with tennis lines marked out. Colouring of the court and its surrounding area will follow after the floodlight installation on our other two courts is completed.
2) Floodlight installation on Courts 1&2
Weather permitting the works will commence on 26 September, upon completion of the resurfacing works. The work is expected to take three weeks.
During this three week period only courts 3&4 will be available to members. Once operational, members will be able to make bookings via Club Spark up to 9.30pm under the terms of the approved planning application received from Bexley Council.
Members should note that the cost of these works is £70,000 and will be financed by Tennis Club funds and an (expected) LTA loan of £25,000, repayable over seven years.
3) Moving forward
Unfortunately the current cost of living crisis and the war in Ukraine have meant that quotes received a year ago for the above works increased by 35%. The Club are therefore unable to go ahead with plans to resurface courts 1&2 at this time.
Once the above works are completed, the priority for the club must be to aggressively fund raise so that we are able to resurface the remaining two courts. We have applied to the Lottery Commission for a grant in this respect, so fingers crossed.
I also consider that the perimeter fencing of our four courts need updating. If we can achieve these two improvements, we will, in my eyes at least, be a proper Tennis Club, with facilities the equal of Tennis Clubs in our local area.
Finally I must once again place on record my sincere thanks to Dave Kane, who has led on these facilities improvements in the last couple of years. He has been by my side throughout the process (submitting the Planning Application, attending numerous meetings with contractors, preparing the papers for the LTA loan etc) and this would not be happening without his massive input. Thanks Dave.
1) Resurfacing of courts 3&4
Work will commence from Monday 5th September and will take approximately three weeks. Preparatory work will take up the first two weeks, with the resurfacing commencing w/b 19th September.
Obviously these two courts will be closed to members during this three week period, but courts 1&2 will remain open for booking. Weather permitting the courts will be open for usage from 26 September. At this time they will be black cement courts, with tennis lines marked out. Colouring of the court and its surrounding area will follow after the floodlight installation on our other two courts is completed.
2) Floodlight installation on Courts 1&2
Weather permitting the works will commence on 26 September, upon completion of the resurfacing works. The work is expected to take three weeks.
During this three week period only courts 3&4 will be available to members. Once operational, members will be able to make bookings via Club Spark up to 9.30pm under the terms of the approved planning application received from Bexley Council.
Members should note that the cost of these works is £70,000 and will be financed by Tennis Club funds and an (expected) LTA loan of £25,000, repayable over seven years.
3) Moving forward
Unfortunately the current cost of living crisis and the war in Ukraine have meant that quotes received a year ago for the above works increased by 35%. The Club are therefore unable to go ahead with plans to resurface courts 1&2 at this time.
Once the above works are completed, the priority for the club must be to aggressively fund raise so that we are able to resurface the remaining two courts. We have applied to the Lottery Commission for a grant in this respect, so fingers crossed.
I also consider that the perimeter fencing of our four courts need updating. If we can achieve these two improvements, we will, in my eyes at least, be a proper Tennis Club, with facilities the equal of Tennis Clubs in our local area.
Finally I must once again place on record my sincere thanks to Dave Kane, who has led on these facilities improvements in the last couple of years. He has been by my side throughout the process (submitting the Planning Application, attending numerous meetings with contractors, preparing the papers for the LTA loan etc) and this would not be happening without his massive input. Thanks Dave.
