At last some news on a former club junior Aswin Lizen (18) who is treading the professional tennis circuit. Aswin has been based in Barcelona but “Has racquet – will travel” and this he is doing with some success. He now has 3 ATP singles points and 10 doubles points, which is some achievement. He has just returned to Spain after playing in 4 tournaments in Tunisia where he qualified for main draw in 3 of the events, - one he lost4/6 4/6 to the No 1 seed  who is world ranked at 250.  He also made the q/finals of doubles in 2 events with his partner Melik Feler (France). He is off to a tournament in Madrid and this will be followed by 3 weeks in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt. In his own words “I am very busy but playing well so hopefully the results will come soon”. I’m sure everyone who remembers Aswin will wish him well and I look forward to further e-mails with results in a few weeks.

The Nedgroup Junior OPEN tournament  will be held this year from Saturday  18 - Saturday 25 April. Entry forms will be available next week – when completed put them in the white post box in the clubroom or entry can also be by e-mail ianwatsonpts@manx.net. Events will be the 3 Mini Tennis age groups plus U12, U16 (depending on sufficient entries) and U18 singles Also doubles age groups will depend on age groups of singles entries. Note this event is open to players from other clubs who will be made very welcome at the club.

The various club sessions are proving popular – Wednesdays 10.30 – 12.30, Sundays 10am – 12noon, Tuesday 7-9pm (or later if you want) and the long established Friday Ladies Morning from 9.30am – 12.30. All these sessions have the back up of the indoor court if it rains.