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Interested in playing tennis ? Visitors and new members welcome.
Contact us or just turn up at one of our club-play sessions
Tues & Thurs 7-9pm + Sat 2 - 4.30pm.
Free coaching available for beginners and new members
Non-members are welcome to join coaching courses and to play as visitors
Play all year round on our all-weather floodlit courts, make new friends, and have fun !
Join now and play until end of March for just £10.
Winter Tennis - Did you know ?
Winter is a great time to join the Club - for learners and everyone.
For a surprisingly small subscription you can get started and try tennis over the Winter months.
All new members can get free coaching and there will always be other members to play with at our 3 club-play sessions every week.
New members can play until end of March for £10 - go to membership page
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About us Cloughey & District Tennis Club
ABOUT US
We are a small recently-established tennis club based in Cloughey, on the Ards Peninsula in County Down with a growing membership. We play all year round on our 'state of the art' acrylic-surface, floodlit courts.
Anyone thinking of taking up tennis is welcome to have a free trial without any obligation to join. Just come along to one of our club-play sessions (Tues & Thurs 7-9 or Sat 2-5) and have a game with us and see how we operate.
We are based at Bowls and Tennis complex at Cloughey Pavilion at Main Road Cloughey, beside the Warren.
We have regular coaching courses for adult beginners (free for new members) and our subscription rates are very reasonable, especially as we play all year round.
Our Junior section is particularly active and also plays all year round. See the Junior Tennis page for more information.
Please check out the other pages on this site for further information on our club.
Junior Tennis 
Junior Tennis - free coaching
Supervised playing and coaching sessions for our junior members twice a week all year round. These sessions are supervised by our coaching director and volunteers from the Club and are free for Club junior members.
The juniors are split into 4 groups according to age and level of tennis skill. When they have achieved a certain standard of skill they can move up to the next group regardless of age. We use the Internationally recognised 'play-and-stay' games-based approach to coaching using special slow balls and mini-nets to enable incremental progression in ability.
Red Group - Age guide 5-7yrs + (all beginners). Activities - co-ordination games and exercises and introduction to mini-tennis with slow Red balls.
Orange Group - age guide 7-9yrs. Activities - competitive mini-tennis with Orange Balls and introduction to mid-size court tennis.
Green Group - age guide 8-11yrs plays full court tennis with Green Balls + learn proper shot technique and tactics.
Yellow Group - ages 11-16yrs Activities - full court tennis and drills (including ball-machine drills) with normal tennis balls.
Current times for junior sessions (From 31 August 2011) -
Red and Orange Groups: Wednesdays 6-7 pm and Saturdays 12-1 pm
Green and Yellow Groups: Wednesdays 7-8 pm and Saturdays 1-2 pm.
New members welcome
Just come along (Junior or Senior) and have a free trial at one of our Junior or Senior clubplay sessions, and then decide if you want to join the Club.
Child Safeguarding
The Club has adopted and adheres to the Tennis Ireland guidelines for Child Safguarding. If any parent has concerns please contact our Child Protection Officer, Elaine Bunting, or any other Committee member. See contact details on Committee page.
How to get started - just bring your child along to one of the junior sessions for a free trial before making up your minds - or ring Alistair on 07801-374444 for more details.
Special mini-nets are used to convert a normal tennis court into 4 mini-tennis courts.
Orange Group - at Club Junior Championships 17 Sep 2011
Membership Membership - how to join our club!
You can join now - no requirement to be proposed or vetted
Anyone interested in playing tennis can join our Club - join now and play tennis through to end of March 2012 for your annual subscription. (Click on Discount membership fees link on this page for membership rates.) Note - if you have any queries about membership rates or the application form please email ha.dunn_btinternet.com or carol_downdog.co.uk
Benefits of Club membership
Play when you want . Paid-up Club members are entitled to pre-book and play on the tennis courts without paying the normal court charges levied by Ards Borough Council.
Enjoy social tennis - Senior club play sessions are organised on Tuesday and Thursday evenings 7-9 pm and Saturday Afternoons 2-5pm. These include use of training and practice equipment. We also run social tennis round robin tournaments approx. once a month - open to all senior and student members.
Get to know other players of the same standard and play social or competitive tennis with them.
Opportunity to play League Tennis - we have teams in the summer Mixed and Winter Floodlit Leagues (Belfast & District).
Improve your tennis and get more fun from playing - regular coaching sessions for adult beginners, improvers and returners. Access to Club ball machine and practice balls for practice.
Free coaching - All new members get some free coaching from our club coach. We also run coaching courses for groups, adult beginners, improvers and 'returners' (those who have played before but not recently). Members can also arrange individual lessons from our PTR qualified coach. (Contact Alistair Dunn 07801-374444). Keep an eye on this website for details of the courses. Most group sessions with our volunteer coach are free. Group coaching sessions using a professional tennis coach will
incur a small charge.
Get advice and contacts for buying good quality racquets and other tennis equipment and clothing.
Membership Rates 2011-2012 (For full year - click on file link to see discount table for list of reduced rates for new members joining during the club year)
Tennis Ireland (TI)Levy - applies to all affiliated Clubs - £14 per adult and £7 per junior (u18 on 01/1/2010)
Download and print Full Member application form - Download pdf now
Membership form 1112 FULL.pdf
Discount membership fees 2011-2012.pdf
Rates membership subscription rates
DId you know ?
Winter is a great value time to join the Club.
For a surprisingly small subscription you can get started and try tennis over the Winter months.
All new members can get free coaching and there will always be other members to play with at our 3 club-play sessions every week.
Adults can play from January through to end of March for £10
Membership Rates 2011-2012 (Membership year runs from 01 April to 31 March)
New members joining during the membership year can take advantage of our generous discounts. To see the table of discount subscription rates for those joining during the membership year click on the pdf link on this page and then check rates for the month of joining.
Tennis Ireland Levy
Membership subscriptions include a levy which is payable by the Club to Tennis Ireland, currently £14 per adult and £7 per junior. As an affiliated club our members can play in Leagues, tournaments and other events organised through Tennis Ireland.
We have several categories of membership as follows:
Full Member Student member (U25 on 01/1/2011 in full time education) Junior member (U16 on 01/1/2011) Summer temporary visitors (for mid-Jun to mid-Sept) Weekly membership (summer months only) Special discounts are available for:
Additional children from same family Spouses/partners of existing members Discount membership fees 2011-2012.pdf
Membership form 1112 FULL.pdf
Contact Us Contact us ...
We can usually be found at the tennis courts at Main Road Cloughey (beside the Warren) on Tuesday and Thursday evenings and Saturday afternoons.
Postal Address:
Postal Address: 9B Glastry Road,
Kirkubbin, Newtownards, BT22 2QX
Chairman
Alistair Dunn
07801-374444
ha dot dunn at btinternet dot com
Secretary
Carol Clark
028 42738867
carol at downdog dot co dot uk
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