Welcome to homepages of Birkenhead Lawn Tennis Club
Introduction
Tennis has been played under the banner of Birkenhead Lawn Tennis Club (BLTC) since the club was formed 26th January 1892. Always situated in the grounds between Shrewsbury Road and Devonshire Place, the club was originally called Shrewsbury Lawn Tennis Club, becoming Birkenhead Lawn Tennis Club on 12th April 1960. The club has six hard courts, three of which are flood-lit, and clubhouse with bar, kitchen and function area.
Social Tennis Evenings - Tuesdays from 6pm
To encourage more social tennis and play outside of League, Friendly and Junior nights we are trying to re-establish open social play. All members are welcome to attend and play tennis on Tuesdays from 6-6.30pm. A group of us will be there, come down and play. All abilities welcome and the more the merrier.
Club and Membership News
Welcome to the 2010 season. Members are welcome to play at the club. Remember that Wirral Tennis League matches take place on Tuesday evenings from 6pm, and the Club still needs new members particularly female players. Junior sessions take place on Monday evenings from 5.30-6.00 and continue through to 7.30 and later. Thursday evenings host our friendly team and matches. If you are interested in joining as Senior, Junior or Family members, please come down to the club or get in touch email: admin(replace this with at)birkenheadltc.org.
Junior Club Night evenings take place on Mondays, starting again Monday 11th Jan, 6.30 until 7.30 for under 10s and 7.30 until 8.30 under 16s £4 per session (2 coaches present each week). Club nights are turn up on the night and play. For the coaching sessions please book with Club Coach Sam Whitaker either by email: maverick_sgw(replace this with @)hotmail.com or by phone 07900 494762, so that the club has an idea on numbers. We would welcome help from parents in organising Monday nights, junior teams and tournaments. See the Junior section of the website for details.
There will also be group coaching commencing the same week: Wednesdays 7 until 8.30 under 16s coaching and matchplay £4 per session; Thursdays 5 until 6 under 8 coaching, £3 per session - 18.00 until 19.00 hrs under 10 coaching, £3 per session; 19.00-21.00 hrs adult coaching and matchplay, £5 per session.
Reminder to all: Subscriptions for 2010 are now overdue and settlement would be appreciated. There are a number of changes that have been made this year, so please read the information carefully. The membership rates and forms for the 2010 season are now available.
Click here for membership information
This year, all club members are required to be a member of British Tennis. This will qualify you for Wimbledon tickets from the draw, and keep you updated of developments in British tennis. Membership is free for club members. In order to join, logon to British Tennis website. Please enter your British Tennis membership number on your membership form and return this with your payment
Chairman's News
Firstly congratulations to all the BLTC teams on there efforts dispite a difficult year, and thanks to all the people involved in playing tennis, organisation of the teams (particularly Margaret D) and the catering during the 2009 season.
Now the summer season is approaching , we remind all members that you can and we do play all winter - so please come down to the club on the Tuesday and play under lights. Also ask about the Sunday morning team competitions. Please be aware that there is a need for some fairly urgent maintenance around the club, perhaps most importantly the court surfaces which are in need of attention before too long. These issues are being pursued with the Trust. The fencing surrounding some of the courts is scheduled for replacement to bring it up to the standard of the other courts. These are the principal plans for the coming months so watch this space and hopefully the courts and surroundings
A perennial plea and reminder - the club relies very heavily on a few members who put in a great deal of work around other commitments. On behalf of the Club they are thanked for these efforts and all members are encouraged to ask and get more involved in the club administration at any level. Particular it would help to greatly increase the pool of regulars playing during the social tennis evenings and to share the workload of opening/closing of the club, the bar and clubhouse on these evenings, alongside enjoying playing tennis throughout the year.
How to find us?
BLTC is best approached from Shrewsbury Road (Oxton), turn north down Beresford Road and then left at the cross-roads into Alton Way, then left onto Devonshire Place and finally left onto Sandy Way. The car park and clubhouse are at the end of Sandy Way.
General area map (from Googlemaps.co.uk)
Close up aerial image (from Googlemaps.co.uk)