Author: Gunnersbury Triangle Club

Get ready for full May reopening at GTC

To celebrate full GTC reopening on Monday, 17 May, we have some great New Member offers for those who join this month. They include 10% off Tennis subscriptions and great deals for Snooker, Karate and Social membership. https://clubspark.lta.org.uk/GunnersburyTriangleTennisClub/Membership/Join.

We have a wider range of Tennis coaching than ever, with classes for all ages and abilities, and our three men’s and four women’s teams are already chalking up some notable successes. Members are completing our much-delayed Winter Tennis Championships and our ever-popular Singles Ladder is in full swing.

From 17 May, our usual full range of indoor classes are returning, including Karate for all ages, Dance, Pilates and Yoga. You can drop in for a drink, whatever the weather, as our indoor bar service returns too.

Check out our Tudor Room as a great venue for post-lockdown parties and celebrations, while complying with all social distancing requirements.
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Dates for your Diary

May 14: Junior Tennis coaching (3-18 years), starting with Pre-School Tennis at 3.30 followed by Family Friday – continuing our very popular bar service from 5pm, and hot dogs for kids. To join tennis, email [email protected]

May 17: Snooker and all indoor classes are back. Bar reopens indoors as well as outdoors with table-service for groups of 6, from 7pm. Find out about our two fantastic full-size Snooker tables at: https://www.gunnersburytriangleclub.org.uk/sports/snooker/

May 18: Adult Karate Classes return with our Chief Instructor, Sensei Dave Morgan, 6 th  Dan (DOSHI). The Juniors are already back, so now it’s time for all the family. All levels welcome. Email Sensei Dave on [email protected].

May 21: Celebrating Full Club Reopening for all the Family – Junior Tennis coaching up to 18 years, starting with Tots Class (18/24 month-3 years) at 2.45pm, followed by tennis, table tennis and snooker, and full bar service with hotdogs from 5pm. To join junior tennis, email [email protected]

It’s an All-Action April at Gunnersbury Triangle Club

There’s something for everyone at GTC this month as we shake off lockdown and welcome our Tennis, Karate and Social members – old and new. With special membership rates for April joiners, new beginners tennis classes for adults and children, and a large garden with Bar for safe Spring socialising, there’s never been a better time to sign up at one of West London’s friendliest sports clubs: Join here

 

As well as our usual big range of social and team tennis, individual and group coaching, we have 3 new tennis courses starting in April and the return of Junior Karate and Children’s Dance classes, and the much-awaited Bar reopening.

April 12 at 7pm is the moment the Bar reopens outdoors with table-service for groups of 6 at plenty of well-spaced benches in our large garden.

April 13 is when Junior Karate classes (5-18 years) get underway with our Chief Instructor, Sensei Dave Morgan, 6th Dan (DOSHI). We’ve had Karate at GTC for over 40 years and, whether you’re experienced or a complete beginner, you’ll be very welcome. Email Sensei Dave on [email protected].

April 16 is Family Friday when we are celebrating reopening in our garden. Bar service from 5pm, with a free hot dog for kids.

April 19 sees the start of our 6-session tennis course for adult beginners with an LTA accredited coach (£60 for members/£72 for non-members). Go here

April 19 also sees the start of Stage Art Dance’s Children’s Dance classes. Contact: E-mail: [email protected] or call 07863 555 817.

April 21 is the day that our fantastic new LTA Youth Start tennis course for kids aged 5-7 gets underway. As well as 6 high-quality sessions with an LTA accredited coach, kids get a tennis racket, balls, branded T-shirt and wristbands – all for £29.99+£5 p+p. Go here 

April 28 is when kids aged 6-8 can start a fun new tennis course lasting 10 weeks with an LTA accredited coach (£70 for members/£78 for non-members). Go here

Help GTC raise funds when you shop online – at no extra cost

Gunnersbury Triangle Sports Club is now registered with easyfundraising.org.uk to enable all its friends to raise funds for the Club when they buy online at over 4500 shops and services. These include big names such as Amazon, M&S, Booking.com, JD Sports and Argos.

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Easyfundraising.org.uk is a charity fundraising site that turns your everyday online shopping into donations. Registering is free, and participating retailers will automatically donate to the Club when you make an online purchase. Donations vary between retailers – generally 2%-5% of what you spend. Some insurance and mobile retailers pay a substantial one-off donation of up to £50.

Signing up with easyfundraising.org.uk only takes a few minutes and costs you nothing. You can also download the easyfundraising App for mobile phone or tablet.

   

 

If you have a laptop or desktop, you can download Donation Reminder on to your toolbar from the easyfundraising.org.uk website to alert you when you are shopping with a retailer that donates.

Please sign up at easyfundraising.org.uk and select Gunnersbury Triangle Sports Club as your chosen cause.

 

New LTA video highlights the benefits of GTC membership

When the LTA came to Gunnersbury Triangle Club to film Marina Foxlee, they were left in no doubt what a great place it is to play tennis and make friends. The video, which celebrates Marina’s success in winning the LTA’s London and South East Volunteer of the Year Award last year, shows why GTC membership means much more than tennis.

“I love this club, I’ve met so many lifelong friends here, I’ve had so many laughs and so many good times. To me, that’s what tennis is!” said Marina.

She described her satisfaction in winning the volunteer award not just for herself but for the Club:

“Yes, I was chair and I drove a number of things but about half of the adult members volunteer at one point during a year so it was a great sense of achievement for the Club.”

Marina stressed the benefits of joining GTC in terms of teams, programmes and activities available to members throughout the week, whatever their age and level of tennis.

Take a look at the video and see who was playing the day the LTA came to Acton!

Volunteer of the Year Award

 

 

Let tennis brighten up your Autumn and Winter!

Inspired by some great tennis on the recent finals day of the Summer Championships, Gunnersbury Triangle Club members are preparing for a packed Autumn of competitive and social play.

The Winter Championships are already underway, with categories for all standards, and the very successful Tennis Ladder for singles enthusiasts is continuing throughout the Autumn and Winter with new players joining every month.

Social Play sessions on Sunday afternoons and Wednesday evenings are great opportunities to meet other members, and one-to-one and group coaching sessions run by the Club’s LTA accredited coaches are as popular as ever.

With six all weather artificial courts to play on, including four with floodlights, and attractive six-month membership rates to take you through to Spring, make tennis part of your exercise routine at one of the friendliest sports clubs in West London!

 

New sport and leisure classes for all ages!

A big expansion in sport and leisure classes is getting underway at Gunnersbury Triangle Club this Autumn with the welcome return of Karate, Yoga and Aikido and the new arrival of Pilates, Dance and Music classes for children. 

Small group sessions in the Club’s large, versatile Sports Hall will take full account of the need for social distancing.

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Yoga
Aikido
Pilates
Dance

Don’t miss out, book early and make it an active Autumn for all the family!

All change on the Tennis Ladder this August

It’s the mid-way point in this Summer’s Tennis Ladder competition at Gunnersbury Triangle Club and it’s all change for those scrambling up the rungs and those continuing to join.

During August, each player has a wild card which they can use once to challenge a player more than the usual three places above them. So there’s no limit to how high people can climb in the next few weeks.

 

Big congratulations to those who reached the top of the Ladder in July and welcome to all of August’s new players. It’s never too late to join – you just need to be a GTC member. So why not take advantage of the Club’s great Summer membership deals – and make the most of the fantastic tennis weather.

 

 

 

Cue snooker and table tennis

Snooker and table tennis are back on track for members at Gunnersbury Triangle Club. As we continue to re-open our excellent facilities after the COVID-19 lockdown, members are dusting off their bats and cues and joining tennis members in getting back to regular play.

There are snooker and table tennis membership packages for all ages, with pro-rata discounts depending on when you join.

With our 10% discount off all adult tennis membership packages, there’s never been a better time to join – and become part of one of the friendliest sports clubs in West London.

Social tennis is back  at full strength

Social play is now back at Gunnersbury Triangle Club on both Sunday afternoons and Wednesday evenings, with courts filling up with  Members who pre-book online to join in each session.

The current arrangements are enabling members to enjoy one of the most popular ways of meeting other players at the Club while sticking carefully to social distancing guidelines.

Drinks are available during and after play, outdoors from the recently re-opened bar.

As well as social play, new and old members have been making the most of the recent good weather, with plenty of singles and doubles play on our six all-weather, artificial grass courts. Summer Championship matches are underway and the Singles Ladder is as popular as ever.

Good luck everyone!

*Sunday social play is from 2pm and Wednesday social play is from 6pm