The President’s Perspective

Welcome to the third edition of your newsletter.

I hope you all had a safe and enjoyable Easter break and trust you didn’t over indulge on chocolate. But if you did,

playing tennis is a great way of getting back into shape and with our all weather courts light rain or drizzle is no impediment to getting out in the fresh air and having a hit.

We have enjoyed some great results over the summer period in juniors, seniors and mid -week ladies competitions, so well done to all those who participated.

I would also like to thank all the people behind the scenes who run and maintain the club. It not only includes the paid contractors, but also the committee members and their assistants, the coaching crew and all the volunteers, mainly from the social players group who regularly help when asked with working bees and general repairs to the courts and facilities. These volunteers ensure Glenburn’s continued success, and make it a place where you want to come and hang out with friends and family.

We will be looking for more support from our members come the September AGM when several committee members will be stepping down. Therefore, between now and then, please consider putting some of your time and expertise back into the club so that it continues to grow and prosper into the future.

Geoff Cook, President Glenburn Tennis Club

Glenburn Tennis Club News Issue 3 May 2014

Junior Summer Season 2013/14

Glenburn Tennis Club News – Issue 3, May 2014

WDTA Summer Season 2013/2014: Six teams entered with three teams playing in grand finals.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL TEAMS!

A Reserve 6 Open Singles/Doubles - WINNERS - Martin Ip, Hamish Stewart,

Dennis Wong

A Reserve 7 Open Singles/Doubles - WINNERS - Gary Liu, Robin Tan

A Reserve 2 Mixed Rubbers Doubles - RUNNERS UP - Heather Gray, Bec Holliday.

Sue Ryman-Kiernan, Steven Fraser. Rob McDougall, Nick Seeley (emergency Jeanette

Greer)

WDTA Winter Season 2014

We have entered four teams. Our Winners in A Reserve 6 and 7 Open Singles/Doubles have entered a pennant team with Tennis Victoria.

Pennant commenced on Saturday, 26 April with both pennant teams having a win - a very good start.

WDTA competition commenced on Saturday, 3rd May. GOOD LUCK TO ALL, hope all players have a very enjoyable and successful season.

WDTA Senior Saturday Afternoon Competition

With only a few matches to go at the time of writing until the end of the Autumn night season, we look like having several teams in the finals.

Good luck for finals to those teams involved, and well done everyone for another season having fun on the court at night!

If anyone would like to play night tennis, please feel free to contact me. I have some players wanting to join a team, but we need some more volunteers.

Entries for BDNTA for next season need to be returned by 7th May. Please let me know if you are not intending to enter a team next season.

Entries for WDTA will also close in May (date to be confirmed), so please fill out your paperwork & pop it in the locked box at the club so you don’t miss out!! Happy hitting!

Bec Holliday Glenburn Night Convenor

Bec.holliday@optusnet.com.au Ph 0412 872 152

Valerie Love, Senior Convenor Email: lovvalery@gmail.com

Tel (AH): 0490 134 350

In February last the Club received communication from Tennis Victoria that changes are to be made to the affiliation rules with respect to payments by Tennis Clubs for registration & insurance of tennis players. The new affiliation model, once adopted, will come into operation on 1st July 2014

The major change involves a shift away from charging a fee on a per financial member number within a club, i.e. $30 Individual & $105 Family as it is now, to a new structure based on the number of Tennis Courts at the Club. A one off annual fee for registration and insurance will be payable by all affiliated Tennis Clubs thereby reducing payments currently met in part by club members.

This change is directed towards increasing club memberships and a greater number of non aligned clubs becoming affiliated with Tennis Victoria.

These changes will be discussed in detail at the next A.G.M.

D.Hornsby, (Secretary)

Tennis Victoria News

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Grade One pennantGlenburn Tennis Club have a team playing in Grade One in the Victorian pennant competition.

Grade One is the strongest competition in Victoria and they are hoping to make a push for the finals later in the year.

The team had a close first round win on the weekend by 4 games. The draw is up at the club. There will be 7 home games so make sure to come down and support players.

The team consists of our coaches Lewis Miles and Trent Cobb with additions Michael Turleski, Steven Giammarco Michael Lancefield and Jonathon Longridge.

We also have a Grade 8 pennant team at Glenburn too. Exciting to compete against the strongest clubs in Victoria.

MIDWEEK LADIES

PREMIERSHIP

Well done to the ladies playing Tuesday competition, MEMRLTA, A8.

Congratulations to Joan Clarke (C), Val Smith, Val Clarke, Pauline Pinhorn, Isobel Cassidy and Lorraine Squires

NEW MIDWEEK TEAM

We have entered a midweek ladies team on Wednesdays with the Eastern Women’s District Tennis Association (EDWTA). The players are: Elaine Bedford, Jeanette Greer, Val Love, Joy Nielsen, Anja Williams. So far we are thoroughly enjoying ourselves and have had three very good wins in Section 2.”

A big thanks to our in-house Grey Army, for fixing the night lights. It was quite the operation apparently. Well done, we now have no excuses not seeing the ball well at night!

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WDTA Website

For more information on teams, ladders and general tennis information you can access the WDTA website on www.waverleytennis.asn.au

Glenburn Tennis Club News – Issue 3, May 2014

SATURDAY REPORT

Congratulations to all players who participated last Summer season 2014. It was a very successful season with quite a few teams in the grand final. Congratulations to the

following teams that won a flag to the club and themselves a gold medal.

WINNERS

Saturday: Girls B 1 Blue (Ramya Sridhar, Zoey Tan and Vinoja Ganeshanathan – it was a nail biter to the end)

Saturday: Boys Rubbers A Res 3 (Scott Williams, Adrian Cooper & Tim Drummond)

Saturday: Triples D6 team (Nathan Erwin, Isaac Chen, Robert Stancin, Kan Xyn Low)

Runners UpSaturday: And our runner up team that was lucky to make the finals in the first place was Triples C2 (Bing Wang, Lukas DeBoer, Aadarsh Madhavan, Justin Lim).

SUNDAY REPORT

Well done to making the finals to Eddie Chen, Jerry Chen and Keshan Aryaratne from the Triples C1 team. Big thank you to Christine and Sarayu for running the Juniors this season it has been much appreciated. Jeanette Greer has offered to take over for one season so if you would like to help out next season please go and talk to her.

Next season we have 7 teams on Saturday and 5 teams on Sunday in the WDTA competition.

As of a few weeks ago, I’ve officially resigned from Saturday and would like to thank Lewis for being the interim Convenor until we find another parent to take over. Also a big thank you to Maggie who has been my co-convenor and has done just as much work if not more for all the Juniors for the past several years. It has been a pleasure working with you.

I wish all the parents and Juniors from the past and the future all the best and hope to see you around at the club.

Cheers

Anja & Junior Committee

Junior Report

We have over fifty new students starting tennis in 2014. Following the Australian Open, its great to see people inspired to start tennis. Amongst a lot of juniors starting, we also have an adults group running on Friday nights at 7:30pm.

On Sunday we have run an Orange-Ball hot shots competition which is a modified competition. We saw great improvement with the kids who played. During the holiday period they took on another club in an organised club challenge and performed very well.

I’ve enjoyed seeing many juniors and their families practicing over the holiday period. It’s great to see all the courts full!

Anyone who is not on my emailing list can contact me on 0431 150 324 or email lewismiles500@hotmail.com

Lewis Miles

Flash Polo - Ladies

Flash Polo - Mens & Kids

Flash Tee - Mens & KidsFlash Tank - Ladies

Bronx Jacket - Ladies Bronx Jacket - Mens

Club uniformsIf you are interested in ordering a club shirt, please inform a committee member. Price list and sizes can be viewed on the noticeboard.

Glenburn Tennis Club News – Issue 3, May 2014

Ideas and Suggestions

We value your input and would like to encourage you to give us some feedback. If you have any ideas or suggestions which will benefit the club, please let us know. What would you like to see in the next newsletter? Do you have a story, article or photo you would like to contribute? We look forward to hearing from you. See contact details below.What’s on

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If you would like to contribute any news or views to the Glenburn Ace, please contact Maggie Cooper on 9803 3386 or emcee65@optusnet.com.au

Or leave in notice box or hand to anyone on committee.

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President – Geoff Cook gandecook@optusnet.com.au 0401 024 953Secretary – Daryl Hornsby dlh25@bigpond.com 9886 6158 / 0419 314 948Treasurer – Denis Wong dennis.wong1989@gmail.comJunior Convenor (Saturday) – TBAIn the interim, contact Lewis Miles lewismiles500@hotmail.com 0431 150 324Junior Convenor (Sunday) – Jeanette Greer jeanette.greer@yahoo.com.au 0419 566 628

Club Coach – Lewis Miles lewismiles500@hotmail.com 0431 150 324Senior Convenor – Val Love lovvalery@gmail.com (AH) 9873 7206Night Tennis Convenor – Rebecca Holliday glenburntc@hotmail.com 0412 872 152Membership Secretary – Marta Diaz fdi76409@bigpond.net.au

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For members unable to access the internet, we do have information available on both the Senior and Junior Notice Boards. We recommend that you check for current information regularly.

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