Welcome to the Woodies of Woodstock Webpage!
The Woodies are a Woodstock based, all year round tennis coaching group for Mini Tennis players in the area. Running teams for Woodstock Tennis Club, the Woodies are one of the strongest Mini Tennis clubs in Oxfordshire, recruiting many new players to the game, getting them competing and winning team competitions and tournaments. If you have a son or daughter who is 10 and under, keen to try tennis, then please email us at enquiries@myclubcoach.co.uk
Check out our Autumn Coaching Programme in Woodstock and Stonesfield.
Autumn Coaching
Marlborough School Sportshall, Woodstock
We are pleased to announce new sessions for Mini Reds, Oranges and Greens, indoors at the Marlborough School from Wednesday September 9th. You do not need to be a member of a club to attend these sessions, in fact many players who play for other clubs attend these sessions to get some extra indoor tennis over winter. All of our coaches are LTA trained and we follow LTA coaching guidelines closely.
You can book online by clicking onto the registration tab. There are 12 sessions from Wednesday September 9th, through to 1st December. If you would like to attend a session before committing to the series, then just complete the form and indicate which session you would like to attend. .
Mini Reds (for 2004 to 2002's) - from 5.45 to 6.30 - Price £50 for 12 weeks
We set up to Mini Red courts (on badminton court lines) with Mini Tennis nets and play with indoor Mini Red foam balls. Rackets, nets and balls provided, players need to bring indoor sports trainers, suitable sports clothing and a drink.
Mini Orange/Green (1999,2000 and 2001) - from 6.30 to 7.30 - Price £60 for 12 weeks
We set up two Mini Orange Courts using Orange lines, play with Mini Orange balls. Rackets, nets and balls provided, players need to bring indoor sports trainers, suitable sports clothing and a drink.
Mini Tournaments / Matches this Winter Season
Check out our tournaments website for details of events we are running. This winter we are running several events for Mini Red, Orange and Green at the fantastic Oxfordshire Health & Racquets club (Esporta) on Woodstock Road in Oxford. Please do book in early for these as these proove to be very popular.
Go to www.tournaments.myclubcoach.co.uk
This winter we would like players to register for British Tennis membership (free for 8&U's and members of Woodstock Tennis Club). This can be done on-line at the LTA website at https://www2.lta.org.uk/Membership/Join/ This takes about 15 minutes. You can also fill out the quick registration form on the Registration Page and we can do it for you. This takes about 2 minutes!
We will organise a box league for matches to be played during the sessions at the Marlborough for Mini Reds. Matches take about 10 minutes to play at this level. We will need parents to volunteer to score these matches. Have a look at our scoring guide by clicking here
If you would like to play matches against other clubs, you will also need to join Woodstock Tennis Club. Membership is £30 per year. We would be happy to show you around the facility (Friday evenings) before you decide.
Woodstock Tennis ClubThe Woodies team coaching will continue on Fridays from 4.30 to 5.30 for Oranges and from 5.30 to 6.30 for Greens; until the end of September. We will then bring the sessions forward to 4.00 till 5.00 and 5.00 to 6.00 for a further 2-3 weeks in October. Sessions are £5 per player and are for team players and members of Woodstock Tennis Club only. From September, the 1999 born players will also start to play yellow ball as part of their conversion to the next age group.
Indoor Tennis at White Horse, Abingdon
We will run Weekend, evening sessions from 4-6pm at the Indoor centre at Abingdon - dates to be confirmed but roughly once a month from October to February
Tournaments
This winter, My Club Coach are organising several Mini Tennis Red/Orange and Green indoor Tournaments at Esporta Oxford. If you would like details please ask at your coaching session or check out the website www.tournaments.myclubcoach.co.uk
There are new dates for players wishing to play Mini Tennis (and Junior Tennis) arranged at Stonesfield Village Hall and Stonesfield Tennis Club. Visit www.stonesfield.myclubcoach.co.uk Junior and Mini tennis coaching will take place on Tuesdays Thursdays and Sundays.
2009 Success Stories
The winners of the Oxfordshire LTA Winter Mini Green League
finishing ahead of teams from Esporta, White Horse and Oxford Sports. and this follows many years of succes for the Woodies!
Runners up in the Oxfordshire LTA Winter Mini Red League (Oct 07 to Mar 08)
The Woodies Red team, were second to White Horse Abingdon in the league winners final at White Horse on March 15th. St Hughs were in third and Lower Windrush in fourth. The Woodies qualified by winning the Marlborough league; beating teams from Banbury Town, West End Tigers and Hook Norton.