Official Newsletter FRANKSTON TENNIS CLUB APRIL 2015

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PRESIDENT’S REPORT

Hello Fellow Members

This edition of the Club’s Newsletter brings us

into the year that our wonderful FRANKSTON

TENNIS CLUB celebrates its 125th BIRTHDAY.

And a great big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the

FRANKSTON TENNIS CLUB and to all its

MEMBERS, PAST & PRESENT !!!

To commemorate this significant milestone, the

Club will be organising a Special Event nearer

the end of this year when we hope to release

the “125 Years of the Frankston Tennis Club”

book. The very first Chapter in the book has

already been drafted and is entitled “This most

interesting of games…” Watch This Space for

more exciting updates with our History Book.

Current indications are that the Book should be

ready for publication/launch nearer Christmas

of this year. While planning for the

commemorative event is still underway, no

definite arrangements have yet been finalised –

so will be sure keep you all up to date with any

developments as they are confirmed.

On behalf of my fellow FTC Committee

Members, I would like to thank you again for

your patience in relation to our club’s ongoing

plans for our Club’s Relocation. You can find a

more detailed report in John McGillivray’s “FTC

Relocation Steering Relocation Committee”

report.

And, on that subject, I can only re-iterate John’s

sentiments concerning all the rumours out there

at the moment. And that’s just what they are –

simply rumours !!. An above all else, our

Committee are continuing to work with

Frankston City Council, its Project consultants

and all stakeholders involved - to ensure the

best result for our 125 Year old club is achieved.

Congratulations to all our Junior and Senior

players for their efforts and endeavours in the

recently finished PTA Summer 2015/2016

competition season.

And to our Mid-Week Ladies, we all wish them

every success in the current Season which is just

half-way through. And also to our Peninsula

Mens Masters players – who never seem to stop

– good luck with your Winter 2016 campaign.

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And I would like to formally give a A BIG

WELCOME to all our new Members who have

joined our friendly Club since the last

Newsletter - and be sure you enjoy tennis and

your new tennis buddies.

Winter 2016 Season : And best of luck to all our

upcoming Winter competition season for our

JUNIORS, SENIORS and our ever-popular NIGHT

TENNIS competitions. More details of the

review of our Summer 2015/2016 season

together with some new season information can

be found in Therese’ Juniors Report. (Sunday 10

April 2016: Junior Compulsory Pre-Winter 2016

Season & Presentation commencing 3 pm

UPSTAIRS at the Club. This will be followed by a

new innovation of a “Junior / Senior “Twilight

Tiebreak” event at 4 pm, with Pizza to follow !!.

All the afternoon’s fun will finish by 5 pm.

All the Seniors news will be detailed in Trevor’s

Report.

Tennis Victoria’s Pennant Season will

commence on the weekend 30 April / 1 May

2016 for both our Womens and Mens teams.

Gradings have not yet been announced by TV.

In addition, our Night Tennis competition is

being expanded to include a ‘FAST 4 TENNIS

LEAGUE night on Friday evenings. It will run for

a short season, Mixed Doubles, teams of 2

playing first to 4 games wins the set, Play lets.

All FUN. If you are interested or know a friend

who might be, please give our Club Operations

Manager Anne Baldwin on 0411 155 707.

Rafa Nadal enjoying FAST4

Our CORE24 FRANKSTON JUNIOR MASTERS

2016 will commence on Thursday 7 April and

will run for four (4) days finishing up on Sunday

10 April 2016.

If you do have a little spare time and looking to

do something in the School Holidays – the Club

would welcome your support and help us

running this event – particularly in the Kitchen

area. Without the wonderful and tireless work

of our club volunteer community, the Club could

not run these events.

If you do have any spare time, please contact

our Club Operations Manager, Anne Baldwin,

who would love to hear from you – if she has

not already contacted you.

Social – Keep an Eye on our Social Calendar with

details from Julie O’Neill and her Social

Committee – further news in to this Newsletter.

The current event will be the new “Junior /

Senior Twilight Tennis” following the junior pre-

Winter season Presentation Afternoon on

Sunday 10 April 2016.

2016 Club Championships: Following on from

the success of our 2015 Club Championships,

entries for the 2016 Club Championships are

NOW OPEN. Day 1 of the Club Champs will

coincide with the 2016 CLUB OPEN DAY on

SUNDAY 17 APRIL 2016. More details can be

further into this Newsletter.

Please feel free to contact any of our loyal

Committee Members or myself if you require

any information about or club’s tennis

competitions and Social events. We would love

you and many more members to attend.

A BIG THANK AGAIN to ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR

PATIENCE AND LOYALTY.

AND DON’T FORGET – the FTC IS, and WILL

CONTINUE to be THE PLACE TO BE. HAPPY

HITTING!!

You’re Lady President

Dawn McCormack

UPCOMING CLUB OPEN DAY: SUNDAY 17 APRIL

12 noon to 4 pm

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Following the success of last year’s event, the Club

will once again be holding its 2016 CLUB OPEN DAY.

This event will be held on SUNDAY 17 APRIL 2016,

with the following activities:

• Hot Shots Coaching

• Speed Serve

• “Hit The Target”

• FREE BBQ

• Meet lots of new tennis friends!!

REGISTRATION commences at 11.45 am for 12 noon

commencement. The CLUB OPEN DAY is scheduled

to finish at 4 pm.

If you have any friends or associates who have been

thinking of coming down for a hit to see if they

would like to “COME “N TRY TENNIS” – this would be

the perfect opportunity.

If you have any queries or questions, please do not

hesitate to contact the Club Operations Manager,

Anne Baldwin on 0411 155 707.

DEFIBRILLATOR TRAINING SESSION UPDATE :

NEW DATE : Wednesday 11 MAY 2016 AT 7 PM

We NOW HAVE A DATE for our “REFRESHER”

DEFIBRILLATOR TRAINING COURSE :

WEDNESDAY 11 MAY 2016

at 7 pm at the Club

Anne Holland, our Trainer from “Defib For Life”

will be taking the training course which should

run for 60/90 minutes.

THANK YOU to all those who indicated their

interest in attending the recently scheduled

DEFIBRILLATOR TRAINING SESSION.

Thanks again to Karinna & Ken for your

enthusiastic support for the DEFIB Training

Session when we promoted in last year.

If you would like to REGISTER for this FREE

Training Course, please contact, please contact

Club Operations Manager, Anne Baldwin on

0411 155 707 (via SMS) ; or email

“general@frankstontennisclub.com” to formally

register your interest.

Look forward to seeing lots of “trainees” on

Wednesday 11 May 2016.

DO YOU NEED A COURT KEY ??

If you have found that you would like to have access

to the Club’s practice courts 24/7 for a casual “hit”

amongst friends or just to keep in good form,

obtaining a KEY to the Club’s back courts may just be

the answer.

We have found that quite a significant increase from

our club members, who had not previously seen the

need to have a KEY, have found that they have taken

the step to obtain a Key. This has occurred over the

recent Easter Break, and now during the current

School Holiday period.

If you would like to take up the opportunity to have

easy access to the club’s back courts, please just

contact the Club Operations Manager, Anne Baldwin

on 0411 155 707.

FACEBOOK

To KEEP you ALL UP TO DATE with happenings

around the fabulous FTC - & if you have not already

done so please DON’T FORGET to “LIKE” the BEST

CLUB IN THE WORLD !!

PENINSULA MENS MASTERS

The Summer 2015/2016 season Grand Final

series was recently completed another for the

ever-popular PENINSULA MENS MASTERS

WEDNESDAY MENS COMPETITION at the FTC.

And a new WINTER 2016 dawns on Wednesday

13 April with about 40 very keen players coming

together across 9 teams playing every

Wednesday to enjoy the fun and good spirit of

the PMM competition. Good luck to all the

competing teams – Rats, Magpies, Roos, Cats,

Tigers, Cockatoos, Foxes, Hawks & the Saints !!

A great big THANK YOU to Terry Heazle and

John Connell for their organisational prowess

once again in putting this terrific competition

together for what is now its 17th straight

Season. Well done to everyone involved !!

FRANKSTON TENNIS CLUB RELOCATION : UPDATE

Relocation of the Frankston Tennis Club

Steering Committee Report

Since my last update there have been more

meeting of the Steering committee (SC) for the

relocation of our Club.

The progress once again has been very slow and

at times frustrating; however we will continue

with the meetings and ensure the best result for

our club.

Also once again the FTC has not agreed or

committed the Club to anything other than the

relocation, and as discussions continue, we will

inform you of the developments.

There are many rumours going around about

our relocation and I can state that that is all they

are, rumours, as nothing has been decided on

the final outcome.

Please find below a copy of an email sent to all

tennis clubs in the area from the FCC. This

whole process will take a very long time – so

keep enjoying your tennis at our fantastic tennis

club.

“Good afternoon Frankston City Tennis Clubs, I would

like to provide an update on the status of the

Frankston City Tennis Strategy. The strategy is

nearing completion and is written in consultation

with Frankston City Tennis Clubs and Tennis Australia

/ Victoria. It will however, not be released for some

time due to the intent to align it more closely with

the work council is doing to develop a Regional

Tennis facility within the municipality.

Council have recently held very positive meetings

with Tennis Australia and Tennis Victoria regarding

the Regional Tennis facility, resulting in the

recommendation to align the two projects /

strategies for consideration and release at around

the same time. Accordingly, council have contracted

consultants who are currently working in the

management, business and financial space for the

Regional Tennis Centre project.

This work will take some time and therefore, it is

expected that both the Tennis Strategy and the

Regional Tennis Centre project will not be released

until the later part of this year.

I thank you for your patience with regards to this

process, however we are setting ourselves for

greater success by aligning the two proposals.”

John McGillivray

Chairman Relocation Committee

CLUB’S 125 YEARS CELEBRATIONS UNDERWAY

Our plans are well underway to celebrate the club’s

125 Years in 2016.

A “125 Year History of the Club” is progressing well,

albeit slowly. The first chapter has already been

penned and the very interesting story of the humble

beginnings of our great club are beginning to be

unveiled. Current expectations are for a Christmas

release.

We will keep you up to date with plans for social

events, etc as part of the 125 Year Birthday

Celebrations. Keep an eye on the club Website and

upcoming monthly Newsletters with updates.

The official Birthday date for the club’s 125th year

anniversary is May 2016.

SENIORS REPORT

The SUMMER 2015/2016 season has just finished

with two of our teams playing off in the Grand

Finals. Both teams had a terrific season and

certainly deserved their spots in the Finals. Our

Open Singles Grade 1 team of Dominic Hannan &

Rick Sakamoto were too strong for the Rye team

winning each of the respective Singles matches in

straight sets, with no need to play the Doubles.

And fellow-member Tom Carter had to support the

team from the fence due to his recent back injury.

And our Mixed Doubles Section 4 team played a very

strong Somers team on the day and went down on

the day playing at the Bruce Park courts.

Commiserations to Sean, Corey, Hayley & Alicia – get

them next time !!

And next season promises to be a good one with all

teams being submitted to the PTA for grading. It is

expected that the gradings will be released when the

Fixtures are handed out at the PTA’s Winter 2016

Club Forum to be held at Overport Park on

Wednesday 6 April 2016.

The PTA is hoping that Tennis Australia’s “League

Manager” is working more efficiently with out new

competition season approaching. An update on

League manager is expected to be advised at the

PTA Forum.

If you do have any queries re the League Manager,

feel free to contact the PTA’s Secretary Anne

Baldwin on 0411 155 707.

Trevor Valentine

SENIOR CO-ORDINATOR

PENNANT 2016

Our Club will once again entered two teams for this

coming 2016 Season of Tennis Victoria’s Pennant

competition.

We have nominated our Women’s team (Saturday

morning) for Grade 4; while our Means teams have

sought a higher grade than last year’s entry level 11

(Sunday pm). We are still waiting for the

announcement of the Gradings from Tennis Victoria.

We will be holding a TEAM INFORMATION

AFTERNOON & PRACTICE HIT on Saturday 23 April

from 12 noon – for both the WOMENS and the

MENS TEAMS. (This is the Anzac Day weekend so no

PTA play will occur).

We will present all Players with their official

Pennant Handbooks, & Draws etc. This will be a

good opportunity for all the teams to get-together,

have a hit, receive all the necessary season info and

provide notification of any absences for the season.

The teams will comprise :

Women’s Grade 4 : Natalie Logan (Captain), Renee

Cheasley, Joanne Smith, Rhonda Cronin, Molly

Chandler, Joanne Evans, Christine Choong, Judy

Jungling, Norma George.

Mens Grade 9 /10 : Corey Smith (Captain), Viktor

Sirucek, Tom Baker, Branko Rudonovich & Danny

Hutcheson.

The 2016 Pennant Season will commence on

Saturday 30 April / Sunday 1 May 2016.

See you all on SATURDAY 23 APRIL at 12 noon

Last year’s Mens Grade 11 Runners-Up Celebrations

JUNIORS REPORT

Congratulations to all junior players on a wonderful

Summer season and for representing our club with

good sportsmanship on and off the court. Thank

you to all parents for supporting our teams and

Frankston Tennis Club through their club duty,

Supervisor and Team Manager roles.

Five (5) of our 12 teams reached the Semi-finals and

had very exciting and closely fought matches (Girls

Section 1A & 2, Boys Sections 4, 5, 7 & 8). Two (2)

teams progressed to the Grand Finals (Boys Sections

4 and 5). Both Grand Final teams’ matches “came

down to the wire”. Our Boys Section 4 team were

victorious – Danny Hutcheson, Salesi Lelenoa, Jules

Stroot & Riley Van Zanden ; while our Boys Section 5

were runners-up (David Horsburgh, Travis Burne,

Lachlan Burne, Lucas Murdoch & Daniel Andrews).

Riley, Jules, Danny & Salesi

The upcoming WINTER 2016 season will see 11

teams entered (4 Girls & 7 Boys). We will be

welcoming 6 new Junior players to our Club.

The JUNIOR COMPULSORY PLAYERS MEETING

(INFORMATION & PRESENTATION) will be held on

SUNDAY 10 APRIL at 3 pm. This will be followed by

a Senior/Junior “Twilight Tiebreak” starting at 4 pm

with Pizzas – all to finish at 5 pm

Therese Sakamoto

JUNIOR CO-ORDINATOR

NIGHT TENNIS

The WINTER 2016 SEASON will commence after the 2nd

Term School Holidays – from the week commencing

Monday 11 April 2016. Norm will be advising all teams of

their respective commencement dates – so just wait for

that SMS from Norm to let you know when your particular

Winter Night season commences.

We are also “trialling” a FAST4 Match Format into the

FRIDAY NIGHT TIMESLOT. So, if you are interested in a

quicker / fast-paced and fun tennis game, this might be

just for you. Any queries regarding FAST4 should go to

Anne Baldwin on 0411 155 707.

If you or a friend have a spare couple of hours on a

weekday evening ? ? If you do, and would like the

opportunity to join a friendly bunch of like-minded tennis

players of various standards, our NIGHT TENNIS program

maybe JUST THE THING YOU WERE LOOKING FOR.

The CLUB runs NIGHT TENNIS FIVE (5) nights a week.

Just check our club website for more information and

details. And if you have a query, just give either Trevor

(0418 391 686) or Norm (0403 005 489) a quick call and

they will be happy to have a quick chat about joining the

Friendly Frankston Night Tennis Family.

MID-WEEK LADIES

The current Winter season is just into the second half of

the season – how quickly the time has gone.

All teams are going along smoothly with a lot of help from

our Emergencies. Unfortunately, we are still having

difficulty seeing a Ladder under the new “League

Manager” system. After the Easter break and the School

Holidays, we will all resume again on Tuesday 11 April

2016.

Would just like to wish everyone had a Happy Easter and

enjoy the School Holidays and if you are lucky enough to

be travelling - be safe on the roads.

Carol Gardner

MWL CO-ORDINATOR

MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS : OUTSTANDING

The Committee would like to remind all Members that to

ensure we can easily communicate with you, please

ensure that you Membership details remain up to date.

Please advise us of any changes eg :

• Home Address

• Postal Address

• Mobile (SMS)

• EMAIL

Also, with regard to the payment or renewal of your

annual Membership, we are always happy to discuss &

arrange a suitable payment plan or instalment

arrangement for your membership subscription. Please

feel free to give us a call and we will be happy to discuss.

(Call or SMS the Club Operations Manager Anne Baldwin

on 0411 155 707)

Changed Address Recently ? : PLEASE ensure that we

have a current address for you, if you have moved house

within the last 6 months or so, please let us know.

EASY PAYMENT OF MEMBERSHIP FEES DIRECT DEPOSIT : Account Name : Frankston Tennis Club Bank : ANZ Branch Playne Street, Frankston BSB : 013 322 Account No : 86 46 703

OR POST Cheque / Money Order or Debit Authority to :

Membership Services Frankston Tennis Club Inc

PO Box 84 FRANKSTON VIC 3199

KEY CLUB WEBSITES

CLUB www.frankstontennisclub.com

email : general@frankstontennisclub.com

Coach – Chris Chandler www.chandlertennis.com

Peninsula Tennis Association (PTA) www.tennis.com/au/pta

Tennis Victoria : www.tennis.com.au

ANZ HOME LOAN INTRODUCER PROGRAM

Its now OFFICIAL – the FRANKSTON TENNIS

CLUB is now an ANZ HOME LOAN INTRODUCER.

If you are currently considering either

transferring your existing mortgage or looking to

apply for the first time, PLEASE IMMEDIATELY

CONTACT Club Secretary Anne Baldwin (0411

155 707) to see how you can benefit.

UPDATE : TENNIS SENIORS +35 Event SOCIAL TENNIS

DAYS

Due to inclement rainy weather recently, the

annual KOOYONG LAWN TENNIS DAY had to be

cancelled.

The next event will be at the Doncaster Tennis

club late April. The full CALENDAR OF EVENTS

will be published in the next edition of the FTC

Newsletter.

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS 2016 !!!!! NOW OPEN !!!!

A HUGE BIG THANK YOU to all those who

participated in the Club’s 2015 Club Championships.

The event had not been held for some years and it

was terrific to see the re-emergence of the

Championships this year.

And NOW we are looking at the 2016 year SERIES.

ENTRIES NOW OPEN

2016 CHAMPIONSHIPS :

1st ROUND : SUNDAY 17 APRIL 2016 (where

possible).

Should insufficient entries be received, or players

are not available to play on Sunday 17 April

2016, the ENTRY DEADLINE WILL REMAIN OPEN

until further advised. However, ALL ROUND 1

matches must be completed by no later than

Sunday 30 April 2016.

EVENTS :

• SINGLES - OPEN MENS

• SINGLES - OPEN WOMENS

• SINGLES - JUNIOR Boys (A, B & C Grades)

• SINGLES - JUNIOR Girls (A, B & C Grades)

• LADIES DOUBLES events (A , B & C Grades)

• MENS DOUBLES events (A, B & C Grades)

• MIXED DOUBLES events (A, B & C Grades)

All FINALS will be held on the SAME DAY – with a BBQ

HOW TO ENTER :

EMAIL : general@frankstontennisclub.com

NOMINATE the Event Category/ies you want to play.

Any queries, please contact Anne Baldwin on 0411

155 707.

Chris Moss (left) with the Club’s 2015 CLUB

CHAMPION – RICK SAKAMOTO - Can Mossy turn the

tables this year ??

NEXT JUNIOR TOURNAMENT 7 – 10 APRIL 2016

NEXT EVENT : Our CORE24 FRANKSTON JUNIOR

MASTERS 2016 will commence on Thursday 7 April

and will run for four (4) days finishing up on Sunday

10 April 2016.

If you have a little spare time and looking to do

something in the School Holidays – the Club would

welcome your support and help us running this

event – particularly in the Kitchen area.

Without the wonderful and tireless work of our club

volunteer community, the Club could not run these

events. If you do have any spare time, please

contact our Club Operations Manager, Anne

Baldwin, who would love to hear from you – if she

has not already contacted you.

And, as a bonus to you, the club will rebate the

Annual Maintenance levy at Membership renewal

time (mid-late August 2016). If you can assist us,

please contact either our Club President Dawn

McCormack on 0400 012 723; or Club Secretary

Anne Baldwin on 0411 155 707.

The “YOUNG” Clan – Jake, proud Dad Ian & Sam

Enjoy a refreshment in the warm and friendly

atmosphere of the Upstairs Ron Carter Room.

Next Edition of

Club Newsletter

MAY 2016

via the Club’s website at:

www.frankstontennisclub.com

UPCOMING 2016 CLUB EVENTS

:

• 7-10 APRIL CORE24 FRANKSTON

JUNIOR MASTERS

• 10 APRIL JUNIOR COMPULSORY

WINTER TEAM INFO

MEETING &

PRESENTATION OF

SUMMER AWARDS

• 16 APRIL PTA WINTER 2016 Season

2016 SENIORS & JUNIORS

6-Team Draws

• 23 APRIL ANZAC DAY Weekend

2016 NO PTA PLAY

• 23 APRIL PENNANT Info Afternoon

2016 & PRACTICE HIT

• 30 APRIL PTA WINTER 2016 Season

2016 SENIORS & JUNIORS

8-Team Draws

• 30 APRIL PENNANT 2016 Season

2016 commences

• 11 MAY DEFIBRILLATOR “Refresher”

2016 Course – FREE TO MEMBERS

commencing at 7.15 PM

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