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BG Newsletter 2023
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Mid-week Ladies Christmas Lunch
The mid-week ladies Christmas lunch was a huge success with delicious food and festive decor and a very special surprise visit by two choirs from Brentwood Primary school, trained and conducted by Music Specialist Anni Crowe.
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The Committee (L-R): Kit Cherry, Coralie Maloney, Maureen Whittle, Ann Cook, Tricia MacWilliam, Jenny Holm, Pam Muir -
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Summer Tennis League 2021/2022 Adults
League Nomination forms for this summer. Nominations close Friday 27th August 2021 at 6PM.
Download the form here
Membership renewals will be going out this week also so please make sure your membership is renewed prior to returning the League Nomination forms AND that payment for the nominated league team accompanies your form.
Please also read below, the rules from Tennis West on Juniors playing in Adult Leagues.
Juniors playing in Adult Leagues – Condition of Play
All eligible juniors (see below) who wish to play in a Tennis West Adult league team MUST also play a minimum of 7 matches concurrently in Tennis West Junior League team.
If a player does not play the minimum number of junior league matches during the season then they cannot be nominated as a Base Player in an Adult team for the next season in which they play.
The age for this condition is 16 years or younger as of the 1st day of Round 1 of the 2021 Summer Junior League season (Sunday 17 October 2021).
Team Age Restrictions – Juniors playing in Adult Competitions
Clubs may only nominate players who are 15 years of age on the day of commencement of the competition, unless permission has been granted by TW League Operations to allow the inclusion of one 14 year old under prescribed conditions.
A maximum of two 15 year old players per Club are permitted to play in any one fixture.
The minimum age restriction DOES NOT apply to summer teams in:
- Saturday Men’s Open State League
- Saturday Men’s Open Division 1
- Saturday Men’s Open Division 2, where the club also has a State League team
- Saturday Women’s Open State League
- Saturday Women’s Open Division 1
Claire Hitchens
Tennis Director and Approved Manager
BLUE GUM PARK TENNIS CLUB
Mob: 0419 859 693
BG Newsletter Winter 2021
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Junior Performance Programmes
On the performance side of our coaching programmes, we’ve had some notable results and achievements of late worthy of showcasing. We had 3 players selected to compete in the Tennis Australia Super 10’s competition – Addison Franklin (recently awarded Blue Gum’s 2021 rising star), Lachlan Harney and Johnathon Maroney, as well as numerous players competing in the Super B’s series including Ben Pooley, Princeton Cheung, Sunday Orioye and Gabriel Teague. Coach Charlotte was also team manager of Addison’s winning Super 10’s team and is now on a winning streak of 2 seasons in a row! Congratulations to all these young stars showing great commitment and dedication at the start of their exciting tennis journey. We have great numbers of players regularly competing in tournaments which is fantastic and it’s great to see the support and comradery at each event from our players. Recently Caleb Sewell was awarded the sportsmanship award at the Rafa Nadal tournament, which is a fantastic testament to his character and personality and rewards him the opportunity to travel to Melbourne later in the year to compete for a chance to go to the Rafa Nadal Academy in Spain. Gerard Hadianto (also recently awarded Blue Gum’s 2021 rising star) travelled to Canberra over Easter to compete in the 12U National Championships and came away finishing in 9thplace in the country having had an amazing experience playing on the clay. Brendan Jayaprakash has just returned from Darwin to compete in his first ITF Grade 4 and 5 tournaments which is a fantastic achievement to be playing at that level and pushing his tennis onto new heights towards achieving a world junior ranking. We are super proud of everyone’s efforts, achievements and ongoing dedication and development to their tennis. Last term to enjoy the last of the summer weather, we ran a beach fitness team building afternoon at Cottesloe beach for all players across our performance programmes which was great fun as always, with lots of activities and fun and games pushing everyone hard! There’s plenty more activities in the pipeline so keep a look out for what’s coming up in the near future!
Junior Pennants
Winter pennants is well underway through the season despite the very average weather over the last few Sundays, and we wish all our 15 junior teams the best of luck for the season. Blue Gum has the prestigious claim of nominating the largest number of junior pennant teams of any club each year in Perth and last summer we nominated 22 junior teams, with 8 teams making finals, resulting in 3 winning teams. It’s a testament to the great club and great people making Blue Gum a club that players want to keep representing year on year. Last year was the first time we nominated a Boys Junior State League team, and they did us very proud finishing top of the ladder and narrowly missed out on the shield falling to Dalkeith in the finals.
Tennis Excellence News
Our coaching team is busy working hard to deliver tennis to the 350 or so children and adults that are enrolled in our programmes, with now 15 coaches out on court each week! We have recently welcomed coach Nick De Lima back into the coaching team; absolutely fantastic to have him back on board! And we can also introduce Addy Mann into the coaching team who has transitioned from training and competing for Blue Gum over the years into commencing coaching, as well as coach Elliot who is now in his second year at Blue Gum. Coach Elliot has been running some great coach training initiatives to help transition some of our stronger junior players into fantastic assistant coaches. Coaches Charlotte and Mitch are currently working through their Club Pro coaching qualification and Charlotte has also been gaining some extra qualifications in strength and conditioning through the ASCA Level 2 and a Grad Cert from the University of Wollongong. Our junior coaches, Cam Webb, Mal Davies, Aidan Cook and Addy Mann all turned 18 this year so the world had better watch out for these guys out and about! It’s great they are all still so heavily involved at Blue Gum, coaching and playing pennants having been a part of the club for so many years now.
Play Tennis Twilight Festival
A few weeks ago, coaches Dan, Charlotte, Elliot, Matteo and Mitch were part of WA’s Play Tennis Twilight Festival which welcomed more than 400 players onto court for Hotshots activities and cardio tennis activities at the State Tennis Centre which was an amazing evening of tennis, fun and games and great food.
12U Regional Zone Squad
This term we have the pleasure of working alongside Tennis Australia to run a regional Zone Squad for talented 12U players (one of only 5 clubs in WA selected); you’ll see us out there at 6.30am on a Thursday morning in the cold and dark training hard!
BOOK A COURT
The Book a Court system (BAC) operates smoothly if used correctly. Most issues are the result of the actions of the last person who entered/exited the courts and can be avoided by everyone following the correct procedures outlined here:
- It is most important to ensure that the gate is ALWAYS SHUT – please check it is shut before you enter your PIN and be sure to shut it again behind you as you enter and leave. This way the system will alert you if the PIN fails and will be ready and operate correctly for the next person.
- Ensure the light above the keypad flashes green after PIN entry and you hear two short beeps and the gate will allow you to enter. Your lights will not activate without correct PIN entry.
- The system will allow you access 15 minutes prior to your booking time and it is recommended that you arrive prior to your time. If the lights were already on and turn off because you have not entered your PIN on time, a cooling down period of 15-20 minutes is required before they will come on again.
- Do not hold the gate open for other users. Your considerate action may leave them playing in the dark if the above process is not followed correctly.
- Book your court at least 25 minutes prior to play to ensure that the PIN is active at the gate and be sure to book for the length of time you plan to play.
- Please use ONLY the court you have booked and finish your match on time to allow the next players to access the court without the need to wait or ask you to leave. If you wish to extend your play, simply log in and add another booking if a court is available (remembering that this will need to be done at least 25 minutes ahead to time).
- If someone is continuing to play on your court when your booking time has commenced, politely remind them that their time has finished. Playing on another court instead causes a knock-on effect and inconveniences others.
- Allow others to book the court if you are unable to play by logging in and cancelling the booking if you are unable to play.
Please also refer to the BAC T&C’s on the BGPTC website.
Also, if members wish to play/practice, please ensure you book a court firstly, to ensure availability and secondly as we are requested to keep usage statistics to justify our continued existence with the City of Melville.
Thank you for your assistance.
