Judy Murray/Cafe Parma/Sad News

Apologies if you have already received this email but just making sure everyone gets it Ian Campbell Rally For Bally 2015 Saturday 6th June! Judy Murray is coming plus loads of Scottish celebrities!! Please buy tickets at the link provided or pay on the day and get your friends to come along!!! 2pm onwards - Details below!!!! (Club closed to anyone without a ticket from 2pm ) To buy tickets, check out this link: http://www.jumblebee.co.uk/rally4bally You can use a PC, Laptop or ipad but not a phone to book online. (Tickets are selling fast!) Western Tennis Club are delighted to announce they are organising another Celebrity Tennis Event on 6th June 2015. This year we will again be raising money for The Elena Baltacha Tennis Foundation (http://www.ebatuk.org/elena-baltacha-foundation/) and also for Playlist for Life http://www.playlistforlife.org.uk. We will also be making a donation towards research into the rare form of dementia that is affecting well known Scottish tennis player Malcolm Watt who has defied doctors’ expectations by continuing to play since diagnosis. Malcolm will also participate in the event as one of our “pros”. We are also very excited that Judy Murray and Sally Magnusson will be in attendance on the day to talk about the respective charities. Judy is a patron of EBAT and Sally is a co founder of Playlist for Life. The format of the day is as follows: 2 pm: doors open 230 - 430 pm: FREE tennis coaching for kids and adults, speed of serve competition and beat the pro! Plus plenty of time to get your raffle tickets. Food and drink will also be on sale kindly donated by Paperinos (Cafe Parma) with all profits going to our charities.). 5 - 6 pm: take your seats for our Celebrity Tennis Event starring Greg Hemphill, Julie Hemphill, Alan Rough, Sanjeev Kohli, Kaye Adams, Judith Ralston, Alison Walker, Ian McCall and Paul English 6 - 7 pm: Auction and raffle. Judy Murray and Sally Magnusson will speak. 7pm onwards: stay on and enjoy some tunes with us courtesy of Andy Lowndes. What’s on your Playlist for life? Last year, we raised over £10,000 for our nominated good causes. Please join us in trying to double that amount this year! Cafe Parma Update (and free tasting) The building work is almost completed with the glass surround for the balcony being fitted this week and the boards at the front will finally come down! This will allow us to use the new steps and tidy up the patio area plus have some use of our new balcony before Cafe Parma opens after their fit out. Late summer we hope for the official opening. Another free food/wine tasting (at Paperinos - Byres Road) for all members and friends this Wednesday any time from 6-9pm. Very informal in that you come and go as you please. The food last Wednesday was amazing so hope some more people can attend this week. Sad News Sorry to pass on the news of the passing of 2 previous club presidents who both died recently. Both Donnie Campbell and Donald McLachlan will be remembered by many of our long standing members with great affection. Their contribution to the club over many years was greatly appreciated and I'm sure they will be sorely missed by family and friends. Donald McLachlan's funeral will be at the Falkirk crematorium this Thursday at 1pm. No date has been set for the funeral of Donnie Campbell as there will be a post mortem on June 3rd.

02/06/2015