Ballynafeigh Tennis & Squash Club

🎾 Tennis Summer Camp – Fully Booked! ☀️
A huge thank you to everyone who signed up – all 5 weeks are now fully booked! 🙌

🎾 Tennis Summer Camp Update! ☀️
Weeks 1 & 5 are now FULL – but don’t worry, spots are still available for the middle weeks!

🗓️ Available Weeks:
✔️ 7 – 11 July
✔️ 21 – 25 July
✔️ 4 – 8 August

🕘 9:30am – 12:30pm
💷 £60 per week
🎟️ Only 21 spaces per week – limited availability!

📧 Register by contacting [email protected]

🎾 Serve up some summer fun! ☀️
Join us at Ballynafeigh Tennis Club for our exciting Tennis Summer Camp – perfect for boys and girls aged 7 to 17!
🏃‍♂️ Learn tennis skills
🎯 Play games and drills
🤝 Make new friends

📅 5 weekly camps starting from 30 June
🕘 9:30am – 12:30pm
💷 £60 per week
🎟️ Only 21 spaces per week – book now!

📧 To register: [email protected]
Let’s play, have fun, and smash it this summer! 💪🎾

It’s that time of year again…👀
American Doubles is back!🎾
Join us on Saturday 24th May from 11am–3pm for some tennis in the sunshine☀️ featuring a one-point tournament, a BBQ by the Lavertys, and (of course) drinks on the Ormeau Road after.
Bring your A-game and your appetite, see you on court!🔥

📢 Annual General Meeting – 5th March 📢

Calling all members! Join us for our Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, 5th March to have your say in the future of our club. This is your chance to share feedback, support new initiatives, and help shape the year ahead.

Your voice matters, let’s work together to keep our club thriving! 🏆🎾

📅 Date: Wednesday, 5th March
📍 Location: Clubhouse
⏰ Time: 7:30pm

We’d love to see you there!

Thank you for all those who attended Friday night’s Pub Quiz🎉 And thank you to our Quizmasters, Laurence and Matt🧠

Congratulations to the winning team!🥇 (and to David who was very happy about his raffle win!)

See you all next year🗓️

🗣️Game, set, match... to trivia! 🎾🍻 Join us for a night of brain-teasers and banter at our Pub Quiz💥

Another successful Jubilee today🏆 Thank you to the organisers Phil, Justin, Lisa and Laurence✨ There was a great level of tennis from all the participants today🎾

Congratulations to the winners and runner ups!!

🥇A Team Winners - Justin and Lisa
🥈A Team Runner Ups - Jack and Emma
🥇B Team Winners - Cesar and Claire
🥈B Team Runner Ups - Mark and Lauren
🏆 Point Tournament - Justin

Special thanks to for joining our Jubilee event this year💚

Serving up some fierce competition at our annual Jubilee! 🎾 Who will be the ultimate power duo in our A team and B team? 🏆

DLTC v Belfast and District in the Duff Cup yesterday with Justin and Catherine as the Ballynafeigh representatives🎾

Great start last week for Ballynafeigh! 💪🏽🎾

Tennis tips on Fridays! Follow Tennis Ireland for more tips every Friday💡

Tennis Tip Friday 🎾

We continue our fortnightly series PLAY WINNING TENNIS, written by Peter Farrell. Peter is a Level 4 coach who works extensively in the Tennis Ireland Coach Education Programme. The series will build into a library of tips that can help make your match play more effective. Today, secrets of success with the drop shot🔥

The drop shot - used to devastating effect by Carlos Alcaraz at this year’s Wimbledon!

WHY?
Use it to tire an opponent, to vary the rhythm of play and to bring a baseliner to the net.

WHEN?
Often played off a short ball (one that lands inside or around the service line area). Playing it off a deep ball is difficult. Even if you play it well, your opponent has lots of time to react, since it is a soft shot travelling a long distance.
Use sparingly for maximum effect.

HOW?
Focus on hitting the ball gently.
Some players make the mistake of attempting to hit it with a lot of slice. To get heavy slice you must swing at the ball, and swinging gives you too much power.
Prepare as you would for a normal groundstroke - “disguise it” – to take your opponent by surprise.

Playing tennis this weekend? Try out a few drop shots! 🎾