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programmes You said, we did Let us know your thoughts on tennis in the county by email, Facebook or Twitter. Below are some of the comments and questions you’ve given us. Facebook.com/tennissurrey @SurreyLTA Email surrey@LTA.org.uk Venues wanted more promotion of their venues. We put together the ‘Where to Play Tennis’ guide for distribution at major events. Players wanted to see the draws for the Surrey Knockout Competitions to see how the draw was progressing We now publish those draws online and update them on a weekly basis. You wanted to understand more about court surfaces and lighting . We organised a Court Surfaces and Lighting Venue Forum at which Lee West spoke and answered queries. We hope to run a second forum in Spring 2016 for those venues that were unable to attend. 14 tennis in surrey 2015 facebook.com/TennisSurrey www.LTA.org.uk/in-your-area/Surrey
programmes The joy of taking on admin help at Wigmore Lawn Tennis Club While I’m sure everyone would agree that it is marvellous to have a popular club with a thriving coaching programme and growing membership, success doesn’t come without its challenges! In all spheres of sport, it seems to be getting harder and harder to find volunteers to help run clubs, particularly on the administrative front. Having grown in membership from around 500 to 800 within four years and now with a growing waiting list for new adult members (there is no limit on junior memberships), Wigmore decided that the time had finally come to invest in paying for administrative help to ease the admin burden on its volunteers. We advertised for part-time help through a specialist on-line agency and received a large number applications from good candidates, so there is definitely interest ‘out there’ in part-time admin work! We have taken on an Administration Manager for the club who works for us on a selfemployed, part-time basis. She has the flexibility to work from her home or at our club and chooses the hours and days that she works – advertising when she will be at the club to answer members’ queries or meet prospective members on our club website. This doesn’t mean that the committee are shirking from their work in running the club – quite the opposite; it gives us more time to focus on the bigger picture and the future direction of the club rather than get bogged down in the day to day nitty gritty of reminding members to pay their dues / be at the club to meet the gasman for meter readings etc (which is also hard when most of the committee are at work during the day). I know that many clubs rely solely on volunteers, but if your club is struggling to keep on top of the admin work, I recommend you pull in some outside help, it is certainly bringing joy to Wigmore’s management committee! Louise McKerchar, President Wigmore Ltc, Streatham www.LTA.org.uk/in-your-area/Surrey Follow us on twitter @SurreyLTA tennis in surrey 2015 15
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