Welcome to the Woodies of Woodstock Webpage!
This is the website for enquiring and booking tennis coaching in the Woodstock area. Most coaching takes place at Woodstock Bowls & Tennis Club. Click to visit the club website. In West Oxfordshire, we are providing coaching at Woodstock, Ramsden, Stonesfield, Cassington as well as private courts in the area. Coaching is mainly for Juniors, but we also run sessions for all standards of adults.
Summer Camp
We will be running two 5 day Summer Camps at Woodstock Tennis Club on
8th - 12th August & 22nd - 26th August click here to book
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11am - 1pm ages 9-16
Cost is £50 for members or £55 for non-members
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1.30pm - 3pm age 8 & under
Cost is £37 for members or £42 for non-members
To book online click here, or for further information please contact:
Sam 01993 886621
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Spring/Summer Coaching 2011
Summer term coaching begins on Monday 2nd May and runs for 10 weeks.
Cost is £45
Mondays: 3.45pm-4.45pm Mini red players (aged 8 & under)
4.45pm-5.45pm mini orange/green players (aged 10 & under)
5.45pm 6.45pm beginers/intermediate players aged 11+
Monday nights from 6.30pm junior clubnight - all welcome (aged 11+)
Thursdays: 4-5pm
5-6pm U18 boys & girls
Fridays: 4-5pm mini red players (aged 8 & under)
5-6pm orange green team players
6-7pm Junior team players
All classes will be run by LTA licenced coaches
If you are unsure which group to book into (or whether you child will enjoy tennis)please e-mail or call me and we can arrange for them to come along for a trial session.
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PARENT AND TODDLER TENNIS A mix of ball games, tennis skills and educationg parents on how to encourage and coach their children at the sport
CARDIO-TENNIS A fun and fast moving tennis-based exercise class
LTA TENNIS LEADERS COURSE April 2011 For 13-17 year olds. Full details at www.myclubcoach.com/leaders.html
Please contact me for further information on any of the above
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JUNIOR TEAMS 2011
This summer we have entered teams in the Oxfordshire league in the following age groups:
8 & under (mixed team of 4 players)
9 & under (mixed team of 4 players)
10 & under (mixed team of 4 players)
12 & under girls
14 & under boys
18& under girls
18 & under boys
We are always looking for new team players, if you are interested in playing competitive tennis please let me know.
We will also be introducing competitive playing opportunities within weekly sessions and through the introdution of a new mini-tournament (for ages 10 and below)
British Tennis Membership
This summer we would like players to register for British Tennis membership (free for 8&U's and members of Woodstock Tennis Club). This can be done on-line at the LTA website at https://www2.lta.org.uk/Membership/Join/ This takes about 15 minutes. You can also fill out the quick registration form on the Registration Page and we can do it for you. This takes about 2 minutes! This will mean that you can follow your tournament and competition progress on-line.
If you are new to the rules of mini tennis have a look at our scoring guide by clicking here
Winter Tennis
We run a year-round programme and this winter have held weekly coaching sessions at White Horse indoor tennis centre and various village hall loactions (played on a badminton court for mini tennnis players). This will finish at the end of the spring term and we will move outside for the summer!
Tournaments
My Club Coach are organising several Junior (Uner 12 - Under 18) Mini Red, Orange and Green Tournaments at Esporta Oxford, St Hugh's School in Faringdon, Summerfields School in Oxford and Wheatley Tennis Club. These range from grade 6 for those new to competing to grade 3 regional events for the seasoned players. If you would like details, or further information on how to get your child competing, please ask at your coaching session or check out the website www.tournaments.myclubcoach.co.uk
20011 Success Stories
This summer Woodstock juniors won the U9 division and the U12 girls division in Oxfordshire.
We also fielded teams in U8, U10, U14 boys and U16 boys.
The 2009 winners of the Oxfordshire LTA Winter Mini Green League
finishing ahead of teams from Esporta, White Horse and Oxford Sports. and this follows many years of succes for the Woodies!
Runners up in the Oxfordshire LTA Winter Mini Red League (Oct 07 to Mar 08)
The Woodies Red team, were second to White Horse Abingdon in the league winners final at White Horse on March 15th. St Hughs were in third and Lower Windrush in fourth. The Woodies qualified by winning the Marlborough league; beating teams from Banbury Town, West End Tigers and Hook Norton.