Tramore Tennis Club has a vacant position for a full time groundsperson. The position will run from Monday 2nd July until Saturday 1st September inclusive. Working hours are 10am-6pm, 5 days a week and may include Saturdays.

The position involves the organisation of junior members, general upkeep of the club house, administration duties and liaison with the various club committees. The full spec is available from the clubhouse. Anyone interested should leave their CV into the office for the attention of Gerry Reade. The closing date for receipt of applications is 26th May 2012.

The first event in the 2012 senior event calendar will take place on Saturday, April 21st. You can register your interest now in this whistlestop evening at the clubhouse. Start time will be 7:30pm. Entry fee is €5. BYO with limited food provided.

The time has changed for the over 8s fun tennis. From April 7th the new start time is 3pm each Saturday. A parent will be there to supervise the games for the 8 and 9 year olds.

On Good Friday our juniors can participate in an Easter Egg Competition at the club. For children aged 7/8/9 there will be fun and games from 11am-12:30, while our over 10s can sign up for a round robin competition from 2-4pm. Entry fee is 2 Euro and you can register now on the noticeboard at the clubhouse.

Work started on courts 3 and 4 today, March 9th. During this renovation court access will be reviewed regularly and notices posted at club. We expect courts 3 and 4 to be unavailable for play for up to 2 weeks as the wall, lights and carpets are worked on. There will be some disruption to courts 1, 2 and 5 as rejuvenation work is carried out. Access to courts 5 and 6 may also be restricted due to safety concerns on the days when carpets for 3 and 4 are removed and replaced. Members are asked to exercise care when accessing courts 5 and 6 as lighting and seating is upgraded. Group coaching will continue to take place during this renovation.

Tramore Tennis Club's AGM is set to take place next Monday, 27th February. A reminder to all that the courts will not be in use that evening.

The agenda will include
- secretary's report on progress during the year
- treasurer's update on our finances
- development plans for 2012
- junior news update
- formal acceptance of amended constitution

4 motions will also be discussed covering senior court booking times, coaching policy, hitting policy and recruitment policy at the club.

Please join us at 8pm.

WLR's Kevin Casey came out to the club last Thursday and interviewed some club members for WLR's On the Ball. If you wish to listen to the podcast it's linked from our facebook page or from http://www.wlrfm.com/wlrfm-podcasts/ontheball-podcasts. See show from 18th February, about 12 minutes into the programme.

The Christmas Newsletter can be viewed here. If you failed to receive this newsletter by email but wish to receive updates from the club in future in this way please send your email address to tramoretennis@tramoretennis.com.

Junior club coaching re-commences this week for the Spring term and all juniors involved in same should already have received confirmation of their coaching day and timeslot. If not, please contact the grounds person immediately. We hope you enjoy the new term and remember to put what you learn into practice through the junior ladders and the social tennis events.

There has been limited activity over the last few weeks in the ladders so we would encourage all players to dust off their rackets and to organise their matches over the coming weeks. The mixed doubles ladder concludes for this month on Saturday 21 January, while the singles ladder runs until Monday 30 January. As always if you wish to join or drop out of either ladder please advise the grounds person or leave a note on the noticeboard in the club house.