This Easter, The tennis camps will run every week day from 1pm til 5pm! Under 6 year olds can do 1hr only at 1pm eachday, some may be invited to stay longer based on ability and attention span! For all 7 yrs and above, we still want you arriving at 1pm so we can plan for each day, whether you stay for 1, 2, 3 or 4 hrs! Details and prices are below.

Easter Camps 2012

Monday 2nd to Friday 6th April 1-5pm

Monday 9th to Friday 13th April 1-5pm

£4 for 1 hour

£8 for 2 hours

£11 for 3 hours

£12 for 4 hours all day (every 2nd sibling gets all day half price)

20 Hour Loyalty Cards can be bought for £60 to be used anytime by the 13th April

40 Hour Loyalty Cards to be shared by TWO siblings can be bought for £100 to be used anytime by the 13th April

Squash and rackets provided, bring snacks or money for club’s new vending machine.

See you on the 2nd at 1pm

Clayton and Ellie

Winners Simona and Clayton

Walsall head Coach  and tournament organiser Clayton Edge teamed with Slovakian student Simona Pirova last Sunday 11th March to share the £100 winners prize, in the Birmingham Road tennis Club’s Centenary Mixed Open event. Players from Edgbaston Archery, Halesowen, Walsall, Bewdley, Stoke and Coventry made the strong field of 11 pairs!

Play started at 10am, with a gruelling 1o match round robin event to determine the top 8 pairs to compete in the quarter final 1 set knockout tournament! The matches consisted of 4 games each worth one point and a tiebreak worth 2 points, meaning the group games could be 6-0, 5-1, 4-2 or 3-3 in results! At around 3.30pm the players breaked for a superb buffet provided by Ellie, whilst the scores were all added up and the quarter final draws were determined.

1st Place were Clayton and Simona with 8 wins and 2 draws,

2nd Place were another Walsall pairing Max Brazier and Caroline Harding also undefeated with 4 draws

3rd Place great performance from Halesowen’s Jack Henfield and Hannah Didlock

The 22 players before play commenced

4th Place Yet another great Walsall standing from Ryan Brazier and Hazel Richards meaning 3 Walsall pairs in top 4

5th Place were Top established pairing from Edgbaston, Richard Broadhead and Cath Lloyd

6th Place was Rich Allen superb player from Coventry due to play with former Wimbledon player, however because of illness she couldn’t play but Rich played with Walsall’s very own ladies C team captain Rhiannon Robinson and did superbly in her 1st ever open tournament!

7th Place were a very strong pairing and shows quality of the tournament that they only came in 7th, Andy Hibbel and Di Harvey, last years semi finalists from Florence in Stoke.

8th Place claiming last knockout spot were Joe Adcock and Wendy Brooks from Halesowen

After the delicious food the Quarters began,

QF 1 Clayton and Simona (1) won 6-2 to Joe and Wendy (8)

QF 2 Ryan and Hazel (4) lost 4-6 to Richard and Cath (5)

QF 3 Jack and Hannah (3) lost 4-6 to Richard and Rhiannon (6)

QF 4 Max and Caroline (2) lost 3-6 to Andy and Di (7)

Wow 3 of top 4 got knocked out, again showing how tight all of the day’s matches were and the level of competition on show. Into the Semi finals then were the last 4 pairs were all guaranteed prizemoney. We still had 1 and half Walsall pairs left… Well done Rhiannon!

SF 1 Clayton and Simona (1)  won 6-3 to Richard and Cath (5)

SF 2 Richard and Rhiannon (6) lost 4-6 to Andy and Di (7)

Gallant finalists Andy and Di

Two very hard fought semi finals, leaving us with group winners Walsall pair Clayton and Simona against, (no shock to me) 7th placed Andy Hibbel and Di Harvey, as these 4 players entered into their 8th hour of battle!

The hardened crowd saw the home pair defeat the North Staffordshire pair 6-3 in fading light to take 1st prize leaving the runners up with a nice £60 to take home up the M6.

It was a fabulous day with terrific sunshine throughout, Massive Thanks to Dave Twist for excellently overseeing the smooth running of the tournament all day and to his Wife Sue, for offering her cooking services keeping the players well stocked up on sausage and bacon baps! Also thanks for the many hours spent preparing the buffet to Ellie, despite feeling ill all week, and to our ever present, hard working Chairman Brian McBride for assisting and presenting throughout the day!

We will do it all again in 2013, watch this space for more Centenary celebrations at Walsall Tennis Club throughout the year!

That’s right, as you know I reward you with money off private lessons everytime you come to Cardio Tennis sessions, while having a epic workout in a fantastically  fun tennis group, getting exceptionally fit, toned and getting super footwork and tennis skills!

Now because Cardio sessions are taking a week off starting Sunday 25th March, I will be offering DOUBLE TIME money off your private lesson in April for the following 6 cardio tennis classes! That’s £2 off per session attended, meaning there is £12 off up for grabs to add to all the tokens saved already in March to go towards you technical 60 minute one to one lesson! Some people had their March lesson for as little as £5 last month… Cardio Pays!!

DOUBLE TIME £2 off classes are as follows

TODAY MONDAY 19TH 12PM

TODAY MONDAY 19TH 5PM NEW class added

TUESDAY EVENING 20TH  7:30PM

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON 21ST 2PM

THURSDAY EVENING 22ND 8:30PM (Last one before NEW 7:30pm start time on Apr 5th for summer, New Wednesday 8:30pm class starts 8:30pm April 4th

FRIDAY LUNCH 23RD 12pm

CARDIO TENNIS RESUMES SUNDAY 1ST APRIL at 5pm for Double Time Sunday!

Thanks for your support for the best and most invigorating fitness class around!

Ps Go to and ‘like’ my page www.facebook.com/ontheedgetennis to view an AMAZING heart rate monitor at an unbelievably cheap price, to enhance your cardio experience further and to track yout fitness results including calories burnt count!!

Clayton

Line up So Far

Max Brazier and Caroline Harding WALSALL

Ryan Brazier and Hazel Richards WALSALL

Clayton Edge and Simona Pirova WALSALL

Richard Allen and Claire Taylor BEECHWOOD

Andy Hibbel and Dianne Harvey FLORENCE

Richard Broadhead and Katherine Lloyd EDGBASTON ARCHERY

George Bosworth and Gabby Kettle EDGBASTON ARCHERY

Alex Newcombe and Imogen Newcombe EDGBASTON ARCHERY

Jack Henfield and Hannah Didlock HALESOWEN

Joe Adcock and Wendy Brooks HALESOWEN

Brandon Mcloskey and Nancy Sylvester HALESOWEN-BEWDLEY

Should be great standard including former Wimbledon tennis player. Spectators Welcome for free and food and refreshments available all day! Semi Finals around 3pm!

Many Thanks to the Decathlon store for being so welcoming and accommodating to us Today, but for various reasons, mainly location for regular campers and folks not taking advantage of our longer hours.  We will resume back at the club tomorrow for a shorter day. Those that did make it, had a great time at the store and I would urge everyone to visit THE very best sports store there is, and get your sports gearcheaper and get participating!!

So 12pm to 3pm we are back on at the Tennis club, 12pm  only start time, £4 per hour or all day £10, drinks provided.

Hope to see you all back there and please spread the word!!

Clayton and Ellie 07780 777774

Here are the deatails for Walsall Tennis Club’s CENTENARY mixed open event:

Sunday March 11th 10am start

£24 entry fee per couple to include buffet around mid afternoon.

£200 in total prizes as follows; Semi finalists- both get £10 and £10 Decathlon vouchers;  Runners up receive £30 and £30 Decathlon vouchers and Winners receive £50 and £50 Decathlon vouchers.

Hot and cold drinks and breakfast baps will be available.

Maximum of 12 pairs, so please hurry confirming entry.

To enter text Clayton on 07780 777774 or email clayton@ontheedgetennis.co.uk

We look forward to yet another fantastic tournament at WTC and kickstart everyone into a competitive summer season.

Due to our cold winters and unheated facilities at Walsall Tennis Club, we have always kept the Winter camps very short which isn’t much help to working moms and dads who need to leave their treasured ones in an occupied, fun, learning environment for most of the working day.

Here’s the solution, thanks to Decathlons 2 astroturf tennis courts and multisports tarmac area, ‘On The Edge Tennis’ can hold this February’s HALF TERM camp at the store close to other big stores (for the shopaholic moms), and because we have access to the air conditioned, beautifully heated store and seated area just inside, then the Kids will not get cold as they will have plenty of breaks!

Myself and other CRB insured coaches can also fetch your child’s dinner from Burger King or Kfc (or healthier options from BOOTS)  if they choose not bring a packed lunch, and if you wish to stay and watch you will not be cold viewind  inside through the glass doors, and you can even browse the 70 sports on offer inside this incredible sports store in peace!

So here are the details folks.

Starts Monday 13th February and runs until Friday 17th.

Earliest drop off time is 10am and latest pick up is 4pm. You can drop and shop at any time for hourlong blocks or multiples of.

Children can bring packed lunches and drinks OR money for lunches that we will fetch!

Children are caged in and will be watched all the time and will have to wear coloured bibs to be easily identified!

Ages catered for are 6-14

I am LTA qualified, Licensed, Insured and CRB checked as are all my male and female coaches.

Predominantly FUN Tennis coaching, skills, drills, technique, team games and tournaments will be taught and played.

Multisports will also be taught and played including… badminton, table tennis, football and basketball to name a few.

Gloves and hats are required, no other equipment needed but own tennis rackets can be brought.

Store is located at Gallagher Retail Park, J9 Wednesbury next to IKEA WS10 2QY

PRICES are £4 per hour, £10 for 3 hours, £15 for 5 hrs and ALL DAY is £17.  ALL WEEK to be paid at 10 am Monday is £70 (30 hrs)

2nd Sibling goes half price All day and All week deals. 

Please text me your interest or book place ASAP on 07780 777774 or leave comment on here or my facebook fan page.

See you for an AMAZING HALF TERM TENNIS AND MULTISPORTS CAMP!!!

REMEMBER 1st session is still free for friends so as long as they LIKE this page before attending, they get £6 worth of tennis for free as well as dumping hundreds of calories!!! I won’t be sharing this offer on my profile but you can!

I can’t tell you how much I enjoy these sessions, I love seeing the effort, the never say die attitude and most of all the fun and camaraderie you all share within each class. I can’t believe it took me 2 years to grow some and launch this, as it is proving a huge success based on the feedback and how you keep wanting the pain class after class.

So I owe you a huge thankyou for your support and attendance and for gaining healthier, fitter, slimming results not to mention all the tennis and footwork improvements you are all making without any coaching whatsoever. I would really appreciate you taking the time to leave a review below of your Cardio experiences so far and the difference it’s making to your week, your favourite parts to the class and what kind of results you are seeing in fitness, stamina, weightloss socailising etc.

Thanks for your time, and for spreading the word and hopefully soon I can add even more sessions giving you all more flexibilty and options on when you can get your cardio tennis fix! See you on the courts and remember at Cardio ‘The ball is ALWAYS in your court!’

Fun, Energetic, Exciting……………….Kate Blakemore

Good Hangover Cure…………………….Nick Allen

Exhilirating, Fun, Loved it……………Manoher Singh

Fun, Energetic, Exciting………………..Amy Lunn

Fun, Therapeutic, Different…………..Sarann Taylor

Fun, Tiring, Motivating…………………Emma Whittingham

Brilliant, Super, Fab……………………….Rob Colbourne

Cardio Tennis = Actual Amazing…….Lauren Bullock

So There you have it, ‘Cardio Tennis Rocks’ (Mano quote), It’s Fun, Exciting, Tiring and Exhilirating to name but a few…. so When are YOU going to claim your Free session??? Next one is Sunday 5pm