RLTSC News

Radlett Squash Club puts on around 5 graded tournaments a year, some mixed and some for girls only. All standards are welcome from county players down to those who are entering a friendly tournament for the first time, and players are put into one of four or five grades according to age and playing experience. As well as local Herts players, juniors from Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Beds, Bucks and Middlesex have taken part in recent events. After the squash there is tea afterwards with a raffle and over the last 9 years the 44 graded tournaments have raised £3645 for various charities; at present the money raised goes to the Peace Hospice in Watford where sadly Ron Worrell (who had been Herts Junior Secretary for many years) passed away recently.
The most recent event attracted 31 entries and was a Girls’ Graded on December 4th, congratulations to the following winners:
Senior A..Sarah Brown (Radlett), 2nd Helen Gibson (Harpenden)
Senior B..Aashni Chohan (Radlett), 2nd Sarah Scofield (Gosling)
Senior C..Ella Batten (Radlett), 2nd Rebecca Parrish (B Stortford)
Junior A..Charlotte Weener (Radlett), 2nd Lucy Clayden (Radlett)
Junior B..Sophie O’Keefe (Edge Grove), 2nd Heera Shah (Edge Grove)
Junior C..Chloe Liebmann (Radlett), 2nd Cordy O’Sullivan (Radlett)

For sale through the club office at £25
WHAT ZOOS CAN DO: The Leading Zoological Gardens of Europe 2010-2020
Anthony Sheridan (Softback – published 2011)
Longstanding club member Anthony Sheridan is donating 30% of sale price to RLTSC.
All profits from the sale of this book are being donated to “Stiftung Artenschutz”, a German insitu conservation charity supported by over 20 German and Austrian zoos in this survey, for a new project in Vietnam for conservation of Gibbons.

“Never before have good zoological gardens been so important, in a world of increasing damage to and destruction of biodiversity, both as visitor attractions and as education and conservation centres. This book contains unique information and analyses 80 leading zoological gardens in 21 European countries. This is a must-have book for all those interested in zoos – enthusiasts, sceptics, visitors, sponsors, zoo owners, politicians, wildlife conservationists and all those working in and for zoos!” – THE INDEPENDENT ZOO ENTHUSIASTS SOCIETY

On Friday 1st April I finally received the award for winning this event

We won the final in the Autumn at the Gosling finals day.

I would like thank Lucy Booth, Imogen Wise and Sophie Lee for
playing in the matches with me during the tournament

Katy Spalter

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Radlett Lawn Tennis & Squash Club to be held at 8.00pm on Wednesday March 30th 2011 at the Clubhouse, 425 Watling Street, Radlett, Herts WD7 8JG.

EGM 2011 Agenda

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the Thirty-Fifth Annual General Meeting of the Radlett Lawn Tennis and Squash Club to be held at 8.30pm on Wednesday 30th March 2011 at the RLTSC Clubhouse, 425 Watling Street, Radlett, Herts. WD7 7JG

AGM 2011 Agenda

AGM Minutes 2010

Financial Statements 2010

You may or may not be aware that, last summer, RLTSC was selected by the Charity Commission to be assessed under the public benefit rules which apply to charities. The commission had made previous assessments of private schools, arts charities, and care homes, and wanted to make similar assessments of charities involved with sports and leisure. RLTSC was one of 4 sports & leisure charities chosen nationally.
The trustees have provided the commission with all the information required, and the final report was published on Monday 28th February. The report is now in the public domain and a press release was also issued to relevant news organisations.

The report concluded that “The RLTSC is a charity, being established for a recognised purpose and being capable of being for the public benefit. However, the trustees are not currently administering the charity for public benefit.”

The report continued “The trustees must now produce a plan to show how the organisation will ensure that there is sufficient opportunity to benefit in a material way for those who cannot afford the fees, including people in poverty.”

This in effect means that the trustees of RLTSC now have 3 months to confirm to the Charity Commission that we are intending to produce a plan to address these matters, and then a further 9 months to produce and agree the plan with the commission.

I would like to confirm that it is the trustees’ intention to produce a plan, and to work with the Charity Commission to provide the opportunities to benefit for people who cannot afford the fees of RLTSC.
In all other areas of the report, RLTSC satisfied the requirements of the commission, and we are optimistic that we will be able to satisfy the public benefit requirements as well. I have already had some preliminary discussions with the commission about possible ideas and the trustees will be looking in detail at all the possible options after the AGM on 30th March.

I hope this explanation of the current situation with the Charity Commission is clear, and that members will understand that the trustees will endeavour to act in the best interests of the club at all times.
A full copy of the report can be viewed here Charity Commission Report

Start the New Year by running off the excesses of the festive period or just join us in the bar for drinks and snacks. Fun adult tournaments for tennis and squash, if you’d like to take part in the squash tournament (entry fee £6) please email Derek Thorpe. Please bring your family and friends; guest fees will be waived for the day. Email the office if you are considering joining us.

After a shaky first week out we returned to form with a top win 4-1 over Tring 2. Bit of a personnel change this week with Tony and Luke swanning off on a half term break somewhere wet and windy, but with Duleep, Gary and Angus stepping up we managed to turn out a very strong side and overwhelm the opposition (well most of us did anyway)

Duleep, Gary and Angus showed great form winning comfortably 3-0 although Duleep managed to drag the last game out to win 20-18. Let’s hope that Angus’s great play is mirrored in his completion of House Chores in the future so he is available for matches rather than getting stuck in detention on match days!! Maybe a bit of Poly Juice potion and someone else would have got blamed!!

A quick returning to form Simba looked comfortable at no 4 and a not so quick to return to form or fitness Captain played like a god for 1 game and like an “Oh my God” for the others to ensure we didn’t quite get the 5-0 scoreline that the other performances warranted. I keep saying I’m better on those courts where the tin is 3” lower……

This puts us right in the mix of mid table but with a few wins that will quickly change with only 7 points between 8th and 3rd. All results on the web site

All to play for and Potters Bar next up at Home and with a good squad feel at the moment we should be able to send out a strong line up each week, especially with a few superstars waiting in the wings on those days where it all goes a bit wonky

Congratulations to the following Radlett players who competed in the Radlett Open Tournament 2010.

Joshua Ben winner of the 8U Boys event for the second year.
Kade Neveling 4th place in the 8U Boys event.
Lucy Booth semi-finalist in the 12U Girls event.
Zack Evenden winner of the Mens Open event.
Ben Davis runner-up of the Mens Open event.

Our LTA Grade 3 Tournament has seen 270 players (some nationally and world ranked) enjoy the facilities at Radlett this week. On Saturday 21st August along with the 8U one day event the finals of the 12U, 14U, 16U, 18U and Open events will be taking place . There are potentialy Radlett players in the final of the Mens Open, scheduled for midday. Feel free to come along to enjoy some fantastic tennis, the kitchen will be serving hot and cold refreshments all day and the bar will be open.

Due to a techunical glitch we have been unable to publish the acceptance list for this tournament. All entries made before the closing date have been accepted and any late entries will be notified week commencing 9th August.