Our new stars Alicia & Bojana have confirmed they are available and with a little bit of luck they both might make the team with Vanya!

Main sponsor Sullivan’s Hotel (see new logo on left of the website) will be represented and Peter Muir has offered his services behind the bar from 2.30pm plus Pod will be working his magic on the Barbie.

We have 3 excellent tennis give-a-ways donated by Sports Fever for juniors who come down to watch the games.

If anyone can help in any way please contact someone on the Pennant Committee which includes: Jo Keanny, Louise Thomas, Tim Wood, Glenn Smith, Murray Freiburg, Pierre Murat and Coordinator George Holmes

CTC-Junior Club Calendar 2009 – 2010-3

Highlights include:

• Opening of Junior Club 17 Oct 10am
• Sausage Sizzle abd Bring a Can days through the season
• Beach Party in Boarding and Bathers on November 28th
• Christmas wind-up and Bring a Friend on 12 December
• Crazy Hat/Hair day on Feb 20th

View and download/print the Calendar for a record of the Junior activities this season

Opening Day provides an opportunity for all members to dust off their rackets and launch into the new season with all the courts fresh from their winter rest. Come and catch up with your social tennis partners for what is usually the most bustling day of the season.  

Come down and see the Club at its beautiful best with the formal Opening of the season during 3.30pm afternoon tea.

All members (men and women) are encouraged to please bring a plate of something tasty to add to the enjoyment of afternoon tea.

Guests and prospective members are very welcome as are mid-week members.

Annual Busy Bee  Sunday 11th October from 9am

The Annual Busy Bee provides an opportunity for everyone to do a little bit for the benefit of the whole Club by volunteering some of your time on a Sunday morning to work with House and Grounds director Derek Walker to prepare the Club for the new season.

Please grab your gardening gloves and come down to participate in helping our Club Grounds and Facilities stay amongst the best in the State.

A sausage sizzle will be provided at the end of the morning’s activities at the Club’s cost as a thank-you for your support.

This year it would be great to see a few new faces come down and join the regulars who contribute tirelessly to the Busy Bee every year from 9am Sunday morning.

Talk to Derek at the Club to find out if he has any special needs this year and let him know you will join the morning effort.

Season Opening Dinner and Bush Dance  Saturday 24th October 7pm

This years season opening event (held one week after the official opening day) looks set to be a classic!

With an Aussie Bush theme, great food from Zanders Catering (three chefs) and the live performing talents of the “True Blue Bush Band” tickets are selling fast and we need another 20 sign-ups on top of the eighty confirmed attendees to fill the room.

Dress up in bush style if you like or just come along in your own Aussie evening clothes.

Pop your name on the Board down at the Club or chat with Judi or Rachel and set aside just $40- for another great social function at the Clubhouse.

Mid-Week Opening Day  Tuesday 20th October from 8.30am

Mid-week Opening Day will include a delicious morning tea. All participants are encouraged to impress by bringing a plate to enjoy after tennis.

Join in for a wonderful morning of tennis catching up with all the Mid-week folks!

Junior Club Opening Day Saturday 17th October from 10am

Junior Club returns for another season with morning play from 10am on Saturday 17th including pennant presentations for the successful junior winter pennants team.

Contact Alan Campbell or David Culley for details.

The Agenda and documents for nominations to positions on the 2009-10 Management Committee have been sent by email and regular post with your membership renewals.

I hope to see plenty of members at the Clubhouse this Sunday afternoon!

Midweek Open Winter League

Division 3

A stunning season for this team:  Lisa McCusker, Clair Medhurst, Kirstin Prendiville, Rose Moore (Captain), Donna Holmes and Anna Cullen .  Through strong team work and deliberate game control the team produced a series wins week after week.    This placed them 2^nd on the ladder by the end of the season but sadly lost their way in the semi’s.  Another year another outcome perhaps – but there was no question they enjoyed every week and look forward to the coming Summer season.

Division 5

Some great games and long rally’s was the name of the game for this team – Julie Holt (Capt.), Jo Dawkins, Sue Dibb, Andrea Descant, Pen Oldfield and Mara Limberopoulis.  They didn’t quite make the Semis but enjoyed the season no less.

Women’s Night League

Division 3

A brilliant season for this team –Lucinda Anderson (Captain), Sheena Storm, Fiona Allan, Jo Keaney, Lisa McCusker and Rose Moore the team ended  2^nd on the ladder.  Wherever they played their wins were thorough.  Ringing Jo to play whenever Lisa was unavailable ensured a consistent strong 1^st player.  The Semi’s was a convincing win and the trophy was in grasp!!.  Sadly it slipped through their fingers with a narrow loss in the finals.  Their opposition, Kinglsey, had a dynamite 4^th player that trounced all of her opponents. Some wondered if she needed a partner at all!

Pennant Hints/Rules/ Etiquette

Partner support

‘If you can’t say something nice it’s best to say nothing at all’ – When your partner makes a mistake, she already knows and is beating herself about it so she doesn’t need you pointing it out.

‘The only words spoken to your partner shall be is positive’. Eg. Not “I’m positive you stuffed that up!!”

5th Player Rule – Midweek Open, Grass 45’s, Grass 55’s and also Night leagues are able to use a 5^th player.  Remember they need to be listed on the sheet prior to commencement of play. So if you know a player who would like to play but find 6 sets too much then they may play just 2 or 4.

‘Ball on court’- If the Server has already serve the 1^st ball and has not commenced serving the 2^nd ball, when a ball enters the court , the Server not automatically given a “take 2” unless this ball caused her some form of interruption (either a long time or she had to move to get the ball off the court).

‘Commencement of play’ – 9.30am Midweek, 7.30pm Night.  Score cards are to be written out 10 minutes before commencement of play, balls warmed up before commencement of play and all players on the court (not premises)at commencement of play. 2 sets can be claimed as 6-0 .  This needs some form of enforcement to encourage the length of play to be kept within the shortest time frame.

‘Home games’ – just a reminder that all pennant teams need to supply their own milk for teas & coffees on home games. Also to take home & wash dirty table cloths.

Pennants report Sept 09 from Rose Moore

Please refer to the attached document and hand it in person to David Culley or at the mail slot at the Tennis Club office.

Form available via the link below:

Cottesloe Tennis Club Junior Tennis League Summer 2009 2010 Appln Form

Her funeral will be held tomorrow Tuesday 25 August from 10.30am Norfolk Chapel, Karrakatta.

E-News Edition 54- July 31- Full version

Well they said “build it and they will come” – and they did, all 150 of them!.  The evening was themed to suit Peter O’Day’s (POD’s) 30 Years as Groundskeeper at Cottesloe Tennis Club – and they dressed accordingly !

Some of the stars spotted on the night included John McEnroe (Peter Dyson), ABBA (David and Georgia Culley), Mr Sparkle (Laurence Pace) and many many more who went to a huge effort for the night including the surprise appearance of guest band “ABBAsolutely not ABBA”.

A thank you to all the people who supplied pictures from 1979 for the presentation, and a big NO NO to the person with the sleight of hand who removed Rambo George (pennants organiser) and darling Dave’s (our tennis coach) photos, we worry about you.

The food was superb with thanks to Zanders catering, Scarborough Beach www.zanders.com.au, please go and have a meal there sometime.

To all the helpers and guests Cottesloe Tennis Club thanks you for your social input as well as your tennis.  We are a great fun Club because of all of you and what you put in.

EDITORS NOTE:  POD was heard to state after the event “that night was better than my wedding night” – when his wife Ivana heard this she replied …  ”I agree! ”

PHOTOS from the night

Alicia at North Cott

New Cott member, Alicia Molik recently visited North Cott Primary School together with Club Coach David Culley to say hello to some of CTC’s junior members and pennant players, and encourage others to consider taking a more active role in Tennis.

Pictured with Alicia are (from left to right) Cottesloe Juniors:

Lachie Yeo, Rigby Dowland, George Van Been, and Hugo Campbell

As noted, Alicia is a recent addition to our wonderful Cottesloe Tennis Club membership, so if you see her around the Club do say “hi” but please also give her some space to enjoy her time at the Club