The tennis section held an Indian themed Ladies evening on October 16th for the Ladies of the whole club. Our dance teacher, Gita taught us Bhangra and Bollywood dancing, and how to wear a sari. With good food and company the evening flew by and we finished with a meditation taster, led by our tennis member yoga teacher, Julia. A great evening, with requests for a repeat early next year!
At Ember, we’re lucky to have Robbie Blundell, our amazing junior tennis coach who runs term-time courses and holiday camps all year round, for all ages and abilities.
Every year Rob coaches our junior and mini tennis sections, helping hundreds of youngsters to find out about the game, learn the essential skills for becoming a great tennis player and have fun along the way!
Rob has over 12 years coaching experience working with juniors and adults and was trained at the Bruguera Tennis Academy in Barcelona.
Rob’s qualifications and experience over the years are vast, and include:
- LTA Licensed Coach
- Davis Cup Legacy Coach
- RPT National Professional Qualification
- US PTR Coaching Qualification
He is active in all areas of tennis at the club, and is always to be seen around helping at open days, events and just chatting to members and offering advice.
If you’d like to know more about mini and junior tennis, drop us a line through our contact page, or phone Rob up for a chat to see what he can do to help your kids become the next Andy Murray! Get in touch with us via our contact page
Saturday 15th September: Ember 2 – 1 Sussex County (Southwick)
Bob and Mike had a close game with Southwick’s doubles pairing (Debora and Morgan) but eventually lost out by 5 hoops in the morning. Mike was full of cold and not his usual sparkling self. Bob hit a beautiful, but unintentional jump shot, at a time when, at last, he looked like he was stringing a break together.
John rushes, while Steve waits to pounce.
Winners! Bob, Steve and Roger (Absent: Mike)
Edward Jones is just an ordinary guy, doing ordinary things – if you count scaling towering electricity pylons for a living as ordinary! Then, the day before his 40th birthday, he gets struck by lightning!
What happens next is, quite literally, incredible. It defies logic and the fundamental laws of nature. It is a very funny and quite poignant story.
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Some photos from a great weekend of bowls, rounding off Ember Sports Club’s season for another year.
A lovely daytrip down to the seaside for Ember Bowls Section! We visited our friends at Eastbourne Bowling Club and (unlike last year) the weather held and made for a glorious day.
A lovely afternoon playing bowls against Surbiton Bowls Club!
A quick game to kick-off the Aussie day at Ember Bowls Club…
Aussie Day at Ember Bowls Club!
John Garland writes:
SURREY LADIES’ JOHNS TROPHY
Congratulations to Linda Pillman who has returned to the Surrey Johns team after two matches as a travelling reserve..
SURREY COMPS – LADIES
Our ladies have had a successful season in the County Championships and we still have 2 entries left in the competitions –
Jackie Cornwell & Mary Green play their quarter final match against a pair from Milford this evening at Horley and Jackie is still in the 4 Wood Singles where she plays Johns skip Margaret Smith at Sutton, her home green.
In the Fours both of our teams lost in the last 32 and in the Triples Jenny, Val & Linda lost in a very close match to our other triple Jackie, Mary and Sylvia who were defeated in the last 16. We almost managed to get a quarter finalist in the Pairs but both Lorna and Val & Jenny and Linda lost in the last 16.
Unfortunately our entrants in both the Champion of Champions Singles and the Officers Cup have been beaten.
SURREY COMPS – MEN
Ray Croucher lost in the last 64 at West Wimbledon. in the Champion of Champions Singles.
RD – MIXED LEAGUE (3 RINKS)
Since the last report we have had a 10-0 win against Sutton, an 8-2 win against Chessington which included a 42-6 victory on one of the rinks and an 8-2 defeat against Cheam leaving us in a mid table position.
NWS MEN’S DOUBLE RINKS LEAGUE
After 2 wins and 2 losses we welcomed our neighbours Esher and they started well and built up an early lead of 10 shots but we rallied well and won the match 46-35 with both rinks being successful, 25-18 and 21-17.
NWS MIXED LEAGUE – DIVISION 1
After losing our first three matches we have won the last three, 21-11 at Sunbury, 19-14 on an excellent rink at West Byfleet and 15-11 at home v Knaphill.
NWS LADIES LEAGUE
There are two leagues based on location and our ladies are currently top of their league with four wins and a draw away at Oxshott who are likely to be the main opposition in their league. Oatlands Park lead the other league and the two league winners play each other for the trophy on the NWS Finals Day at Chertsey on Sunday 26 August.
NWS INDIVIDUAL EVENTS
We are still represented in all nine of the NWS Individual competitions that we entered –
Men’ Pairs: Dave & Dick are into the last 16 (L16)
Men’s Triples: Dave, John C and Dick are in the Quarter Finals (QF)
Ladies Singles: Both Linda and Jackie are in the QF
Ladies Pairs: Both Jackie & Linda and Lorna & Mary are in the L16.
Ladies Triples: In a small draw both our triples have a bye into the QF.
Mixed Pairs: Dave & Linda and Jackie & Mike have reached the L16.
Mixed Triples: Both Jackie, John G and Mike & Dave, Linda and Dick are in the L16.
Mixed Fours: Both our teams are in the QF.
Aussie Pairs: We are down to just John G and Linda who play at Oxshott in the L16.
CORONATION TRIPLES
We have four triples entered – best of luck to all of them.
MEN’S SURREY AREA 2 TOP FOUR
We lost in a close match 21-24 at Cuddington.
HEATHFIELD MIXED TOP TEN
Details of our first match in this knockout competition are awaited.
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