glen iris tennis club newsletter april 2011

GLEN IRIS VALLEY TENNIS CLUB www.gleniristennis.org.au

GLEN IRISTENNIS CLUBNEWSLETTER

April2011

ABN 71 534 109 089ACN 004 103 440

Latest News…

Federation Cup by BNP Paradis tie at GIVRCSummer Season results.Club Championship results.New Board Member appointed.Pennant Grades announced.AGM on 18th April.

Glen Iris hosts the Federation Cup by BNP Paradis - Australia v Ukraine.

VolleysFrom the valley


PRESIDENT’S REPORT

As advised by letter the Club is hosting the Fed Cup by BNP Paribas on the weekend of the 16th and 17th April 2011. This promises to be an exciting time for the Club with international tennis played on our courts. Members will see increasing activity at the Club as the Tie draws closer. The Board anticipates that the impact on

members’ access to the courts and clubhouse will be minimal being in the first week of the school holidays based on previous court usage. The Board will keep you informed on our website with further developments as they become available. We are supporting Tennis Australia and to ensure that the Club presents at its best. A working bee was held on Sunday 27 March 2011 for this reason.

It is very easy to look at the Club, admire its facilities, and look forward to the future (which we do), but it is important to realize that the Club has a very rich history and the product of the club members that preceded us. On the Club’s website under “History” we have included a copy of the written address by the then Club President Jack Wilson in 1973 on the 50th Anniversary of the Club. Jack’s address provides us today with a comprehensive overview of the Club and its development from when the inaugural Board made the critical decision in 1923 to purchase freehold land in Brixton Rise Glen Iris rather than lease land from the then City of Malvern. I commend the article to you. We will be posting copies of further articles on the Club’s website so we can all share our rich history. Andrew Sucevic has taken over the development of the Club’s website so many thanks to Andrew and to Rod Paterson who has overseen the website since its development.

The torrential rains in February this year also adversely affected the Club by washing away court surfaces. The courts are being progressively repaired to bring them back to their excellent condition. There has also been some wash away from behind the crib wall facing court 9. We felt it prudent to retain engineering advice and will backfill that part of the crib wall as soon as the Tie has been completed. The rains also highlighted the capacity of the concrete surface drains running alongside the path on the top of the crib wall. These spoon drains will have to be enlarged. The club has invested in some additional chairs for the clubhouse to match our most recent purchases. We had collected different types over the years. The older ones have now been removed leaving us with modern complement of chairs.

The Glen Iris Open Championships were held over the Australia Day Week and the Championships were a great success with some excellent tennis on display at both the senior and junior levels. Thank you to Kane Dewhurst and Vince Dattoli from VIDA for the organizing the Tournament.The Board is increasingly concerned with a large body of members not looking after the courts by bagging and watering them before, during and after play. This is critical for our red porous courts and will increase their useful life before requiring repairs. Please assist your fellow members with the care of our courts.

The Annual General Meeting of the Club will be held on Monday 18 April 2011. I look forward to seeing as many of you as possible at the Meeting.

Peter Gillieron Club President

Term one coaching is always a busy time of year for tennis players and this year has been no exception. The Vida Tennis coaching program now gives you plenty of options with all days available for lessons. Below is a brief overview of options available;

Ladies Coaching

Monday and Friday mornings

Group Kids Coaching

Monday to Friday from 4pm

Saturday and Sunday mornings from 9am

Squad session Monday, Thursday and Friday evenings

Tech Rep Sessions

Tuesdays and Wednesdays

Private Sessions

All days and times by appointment

For more information regarding any of the programs or if you would like to organise an intro session please call Kane on 0401052636 or Angelo on 0407 477798 or email [email protected]

Vida Player Update

Congratulations to the following Vida Players for their efforts at the February Australian Grass Court National Titles;

• Chase Ferguson• Jamiee Fourlis• Annabelle Andrinopolous

Well done to Andrew Whittington for achieving an ATP world ranking for the first time in Feb when he progressed to the quarter finals of the Mildura International with a win over the number on seed Tsung-Hua Yang of Korea. Andrew will combine senior and junior Grand Slam events this year as he makes the transition onto the ATP tour from the ITF junior events.

Tournaments

The Glen Iris ValleyTennis Club played host to three Tennis Australia Sanctioned events in late January. The three events were all different levels; an AMT (Australian Money Tournament), an OJT (Optus Junior Tour) and a JDS (Junior Development Series). All these events are part of the Australian Ranking system or Talent Search programs.

The Glen Iris Valley Open Championships (AMT) was played by over 100 men and 50 women with last years winner Oliver Statham this year going down in the final to former Vida Tennis student Lewis Miles 7-6 4-6 7-5. The ladies final was played between Michaela Capannolo and Stef Skaras with a close straight sets win going to Michaela. Stef Skaras and her sister Maddie are new members to the club and will be playing winter pennant this season for Glen Iris.

The two junior event had record entry numbers with over 200 plays competing in the JDS and OJT events. The OJT event had a international flavour with 7 kids from China playing in the event. One of the Chinese girls, who we nicknamed “jojo,” made it through to the semi finals. The Chinese players were her to train with Vida tennis, play a tournament against the Aussie kids and visit the Australian Open.

Once again we thank our members for their understanding regrading court availability during this period. The next event being held at Glen Iris will be our Underage event in July.


COACHING REPORT TOURNAMENTS

Kane Dewhurst0401 052636

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JUNIOR SUMMER LADDERS

Junior Sunday Ladders


JUNIOR SATURDAY LADDERS

Rajesh Chalwa

New Board Member

Rajesh Chawla, 48 years of age, is a partner in Accru Danby Bland Provan, a Chartered Accountancy and Business Advisory Firm based in Camberwell.

After completing his CA, he started his career in the profession in India and later moved to Dubai to work in the Advertising, Marketing and Media Industry and also had a stint in the Fashion industry managing Finance, Marketing and Branding areas over a 10 years period. Coming to Australia in 2001, he got back to the profession and has been with Accru for 6 years. His specialist technical skills include tax, superannuation, management and strategic planning. He also specializes in the areas of business structuring and re-structuring.

Rajesh is an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, a Fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and a Registered Tax Agent.

He is married with two children aged 14 and 12 and hence is handful with his love for Music, Tennis, Motor Sport and Golf.

A family member of the Glen Iris Valley Recreation Club since 2004 year, he plays social tennis at the club on Tuesday nights and has previously played competitive tennis for many years in Dubai. He is also a member at Kooyong Tennis Club. He is also a management committee member and Treasurer at the Australia India Business Council since April 2010.

He looks forward to be a part of the board at the club and contribute to benefit the club from his extensive commercial, marketing and financial experience in these areas.

Working Bee Report

The Club held a working bee on Sunday 27th March to get the place looking nice for the Fed. Cup.

Thanks to Peter Gillieron, Brett Allan, Rajesh Chawla, Rosemary Cleland, Colin Grenfell Robert Jamieson, John Harrington, Hayden Rees and Andrew Sucevic. for helping out on the day.

Rajesh, John, Colin and Rosemary busy weeding the path.


JUNIOR REPORT CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS

We have reached the finals stage of the 2010/11 summer season and I would like to take this opportunity to thank all players and parents for a wonderful season. We have 4 teams from Sunday which made it to the finals which will commence on the weekend of March 19th.

I would like to congratulate our B Special 1 (rubbers), B Grade 1 (triples), C Grade 2 (triples) and our D Grade 6 (triples) teams on making this far.

All teams have a really good chances of advancing to the grand final so best of luck to them. All other teams that participated in season also had great years with a few of them narrowly missing out on a finals birth. We wish them all the best for the Winter season.

We have 9 teams which will take to the court for the winter 2011 season which will commence in May. There are still a few spots available for juniors so if anyone is interested in playing please contact Angelo on 0407 477 798. Once we have the team nominations back from the WDTA we will let you know the final teams and grades.

By Angelo Giampaolo

Tim Hobba and Angelo Giampaolo- Open Singles Finalists

Thank you to all players who participated in the recent club championships. It was great to see so many new players mixing it up with the older embers of the club (ie. Hayden Rees). There were some fiercely contested battles in all events but all matches were played with great spirit.

Congratulations to the winners:Mens Open Singles – Angelo GiampaoloWomen’s Open Singles – Eliza LongWomen’s Open Doubles – Stef and Maddie SkarasMens Over 35’s Singles – John GibbsMens A Doubles – Oliver and Elliott KitchingmanGirls U/18 – Rosemary InterrigiBoys U/14 – Cooper Wyett

To be completed 2/4/11 @ 11amMens Open Doubles – David Rowler/Ben Rowler v Tim Hobba/Justin PerrettMens A Singles – Blake Robertson v Nathan Ponton

Oliver and Elliot Kitchingman- A Grade Doubles Champions.

Open Singles/Doubles Rubbers – B Special 1Runners-up - Lucas Stambos and Amit Chawla.


NIGHT TENNIS LADDERS

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Enjoy a BBQ at the Tennis Club after your hit.

Here Ross and Andrew help out with the BBQ at the Premier League Grand Final.

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SENIOR SUMMER TEAMS 2010-11

Senior Ladders

WDTA

WDTA Mens Rubbers/Sets B Special 1 Premiers.

Mark Hassed, Peter Gillieron, Rod Paterson and Bill Jordan.

Well done guys!

Bayside


SENIOR TEAMS REPORT LADIES TENNIS

Mid-Week Ladies ReportBy Mariann Coombe

As this season for MEMRLTA draws to an end it's pleasing to report on another good year .

Three of our four teams competing through the summer now will play off in the Grand Final on Tuesday March 31st.These teams are A2 Blue, A9 and B6It's been particularly encouraging to have welcomed a new group into Tuesdays play and to see them on the top of the ladder in their first season. This is as a direct response to the coaching offered by Vida to these ladies. Congratulations to all our Finals players and best of luck with continued success. We would like to take this opportunity to say thank you to Joan Shepperd for her valuable contribution to the club as our MEMRLTA representative for the past 2 years. As she is now retiring we welcome Wendy Hyland who has now agreed to to take over the reins.

Glen Iris Valley Recreation Club

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Monday 18th April 2011 starting at 8.00 pm

Support your club with your attendance.

2010/11 Summer Senior Competition

Congratulations to the two winning WDTA teams who won their respective Grand Finals over the weekend of 26/27 March.

MENS Rubbers/Sets: B Special 1Bill JordanMark Hassed (Capt)Rod PatersonPeter GillieronLeslie Zambuko

Open Mens: A Reserve 5Aydin DesemOliver KitchingmanElliott Kitchingman (Capt)Andrew Sucevic

Well done to the other two teams who also had good seasons. The Murray Calder inspired Bayside Mens Section 3 team lost in the semi finals. The WDTA Mixed A Reserve team, captained by Natalie Edwards, finished just outside the top 4.

Great stuff and hope to see more teams entered in summer comp for 2011/2012.

2011 Winter Senior Competition

Glen Iris has submitted 11 pennant teams and 1 WDTA team for this winter. Pennant grades have recently come back from Tennis Victoria with gradings as follows:

MensGrade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4 (x 2), Grade 8, Grade 10 and Seniors Grade 2

WomensGrade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, and Grade 5

Teams will be reviewed and released by Monday 4th April. If anyone wishes to play emergency for any of the above teams please contact Andrew Semmens.

by Andrew Semmens

Life Member


Having a Party.....Glen Iris Tennis Club is a popular venue for parties and corporate functions. Rates are very reasonable and members receive a discounted rate. For booking enquiries contact Kane on 0401052636.

Sponsorship

The club has a number of attractive sponsorship packages available for local businesses.

If anyone is interested in getting involved with our sponsorship program please contact Kane on 0401052636.

CLUB SPONSORS’ PAGE

Life Member?

There’s a rumor going around the club that a certain long-standing member will be granted honorary life membership of the club at the AGM on 18th April.

How does one become a life member? Turning up to working bees and making friends with the President is a good start. Also it helps if you are holding a pair of very large shears…..

Congratulations Hayden.


BREAKING NEWS….


Start Finish Event

Sat. 9th April Term 1 Coaching Ends

Sat. 16th April Sun. 17th April Federation Cup by BNP Paradis

Sat. 16th April Pennant Starts

Mon. 18th April AGM 8pm

Tue. 19th April Wed. 20th April VIDA Holiday Program

Tue. 26th April Term 2 Coaching starts

Sat. 30th April WDTA Comp starts

Mon. 4th July Fri. 8th July GIVRC Under-Age Tournament

No member courts available Wed. 13/4 to Sun. 17/4 inclusive.No member courts available Wed. 13/4 to Sun. 17/4 inclusive.No member courts available Wed. 13/4 to Sun. 17/4 inclusive.

CLUB CALENDAR

The Glen Iris Valley Recreation Club ABN 71 534 190 089(Founded 1923)

260-270 High Street Road, Mt. Waverley, 3149, PO Box 39, Glen Iris 3146 Tel: 9807-7755, [email protected], www.gleniristennis.org.au

“Volleys from the Valley” is edited by Vida Tennis

[email protected], Tel: 9457-7248, and published by the Glen Iris Valley Recreation Club.

OFFICE-BEARERSPresident Peter Gillieron, 7 Station Ave, Glen Iris, 3146, Tel: 9889-4658 (h), 9705-5437 (b)Secretary Robert Jamieson, PO Box 716, Mt.Waverley, 3149 Tel: 9700-6295 (h), 0419-346742.Treasurer Andrew Semmens, 4 Oliver St., Glen Iris, 3146. Tel: 9885-1977.Membership Andrew Semmens, 4 Oliver St., Glen Iris, 3146. Tel: 9885-1977.

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