November 2019

Congratulations Mary!

Massive congratulations to ETDTA’s very own

President, Mary Baker, who received the 2019

Tennis NSW Volunteer Achievement Award on

Thursday, 24th October. Mary has put in an

incredible amount of time and effort into our

Association. We are so grateful for her contribution

and are very proud of her achievement! Very well

deserved!

Congrats Mary!

Annual Schoolboys and Schoolgirls Tournament

The annual Schoolboys and Schoolgirls Tournament will be held at Pennant Hills Tennis Centre once again this year. Courts will not be available during this 7 day tournament (7am – 7pm). The tournament will be held on weekdays only, from Thursday 21st November – Friday 29th November. There will be NO TOURNAMENT PLAY on weekends, so courts will be available to hire as normal on Saturday 23 November and Sunday 24 November. We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding. This tournament is run by volunteers and many hours over these seven days are needed for it to be a successful event for ETDTA. Please email tennis@etdta.com or call us to add your name to the roster. We would like some help on the BBQ and in the kitchen selling drinks, toasties, chips etc. Even some time packing up in the afternoon, preparing for the next day will be gratefully accepted. If you are time poor and can’t help here during the day, some home baked cakes, biscuits and slices would be very much appreciated to sell to the players and families. Thank you in advance.

Monday Night Ladies The Monday Night Ladies Spring Competition has now come to an end with the grand finals for all four divisions played on 11 November, 2019. See below for results of the night.

There will be a social night for all players and grading night for new players wanting to join the next MNL comp on 18 November. 7:30pm start $7 per player, payable to the pro-shop. The new Summer MNL competition is expected to commence on 25 November 2019.

Div 1: Wallaroo 1 (5/35) def Wallaroo 2 (2/21)

Div 2: Koala 1 (5.5/32) def Acacia 1 (2.5/18)

Div 3: Brigalow 1 (4/33) def Boronia 1 (3/26)

Div 4: Coolabah 2 (4/33) def Frenesi 2 (3/26)

Tuesday Ladies Midweek A reminder that there will be no Tuesday Ladies Midweek comp played on 26/11/19 due to the annual Schoolboys and Schoolgirls Tournament. Semi-finals for division 1 and round 15 for divisions 2 and 3 will be played on 3 December, 2019, with all finals to be played on 10 December, 2019. Team registrations for the new Summer comp are due on 10 December, 2019, with the first round expected to be played on 4 February, 2020.

Wednesday Night Mixed The Wednesday Night Mixed Spring Competition finished up on 23 October 2019 with the grand finals held for all divisions. Congratulations to all finalists listed below. The new Summer WNX competition began on 30 October, 2019. If anyone would like to become a pool player for the current comp, please email us at tourncomp@etdta.com.

Div 1: Currawong 1 (5/35) def Wilga 1 (3/29)

Div 2: Wallaroo 2 (5.5/36) def Koala 1 (2.5/28)

Div 3: Banksia 1 (5/32) def Brigalow 2 (3/25)

Thursday Night Men’s The Thursday Night Men’s Spring Competition had their grand finals on 31 October, 2019. Congratulations to all finalists listed below, and especially to Wallaroo who now hold the Jon Cave memorial trophy. Thanks must go to Deanne, Jim and Linda who organise supper each Thursday for the players as well as Greg Preston and Mark Edwards (ably assisted by Linda) who manned the BBQ on grand final night. Thanks, as always, to Jarrod Wilson for supplying the liquid refreshments. Special thanks must also go to John Phare, who does an amazing job organising the TNM competition season after season. Your voluntary efforts do not go unnoticed. The new Summer TNM competition started back on 7 November 2019. If you would like to join the pool list please send us an email at tourncomp@etdta.com.

Div 1: Wallaroo (5/34) def There Again (1/22)

Div 2: Brigalow 1 (2/33) def Brigalow 1 (2/27)

Div 3: Acacia 2 (93) def Koala (80)

Div 4: Arunta 1 (107) def Tristania 2 (98)

Term 4 Primary Schools Challenge The Term 4 Primary Schools Challenge was held 9 November 2019. This was the final challenge of the year. Congratulations to Hornsby North Primary School who won on the night, with Eastwood Public as runners up. Eastwood Public School was awarded the Anne Buckley Shield for 2019, with Beecroft School as runners up. These challenges will resume again next year, keep an eye out on our website for details of Term 1 registrations early next year. Thank you very much to all our volunteers. These Challenges cannot run without your help. Thank you Barb for all the running around prior to the Challenge and also the hours of work on the night, Yvonne Stanton for your superb BBQing skills, Judy H, Clare and Dave C were court supervising. Dave and Wendy (Sandi’s twin) last minute drove down from the Central Coast to work in the Pro Shop and help on the BBQ as we were so short of helpers. The biggest thank you to Peter Ni for the hours and weeks of work you put into making these Challenges such a success. THANK YOU !!!!!!!!!

Congrats to all Division Winners

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Congratulations Jonathon! Special Congratulations once again to ETDTA’s Jonathan Osman. Jonathan recently represented

the Association in Interdistrict, playing in the Blackwell Cup. He was announced as the 2019

Interdistrict Singles Award Winner for Division 3. A big achievement!

2019 Annual General Meeting ETDTA Inc.’s Annual General Meeting was held 15 October, 2019. Thanks to all the members who turned up on the night. Your input and support is much appreciated. The ETDTA Annual Report and Minutes from the AGM are now posted on our website under the “membership” tab for those who would like to have a read.

A thank you from Barb Shultz Our latest Life Membership conferral, Barb Schultz, would like to thank all the members at the

recent AGM who voted, on behalf of our wonderful Association, to make her a Life Member. She

was extremely grateful for the honour and will continue to help the Association where she can.

Christmas Hours Staff hours over the Christmas period have not yet been finalised, however we would like to remind all our members that courts are available to be booked at any time through our online booking system. Now that the automatic locks are now in place, as long as there is a booking in the system, the gates will unlock and the lights will turn on for the duration of that booking. Please make sure to finalise your online payment, as the booking will disappear if payment is not processed. Members will need to enter their ETDTA membership ID number when making the court booking in order to receive the discount. If you are unsure of your membership ID number please email us at tourncomp@etdta.com and we can provide it. The link for our online booking system can be found through our website, www.etdta.com, under the “court hire” tab. If you have any questions about this process, please feel free to speak to our pro-shop staff.

Court Lighting Final pole adjustments are being made before we replace the current halogen court lights with

LED lighting. We aim to start replacing these lights after the Schoolboys and Schoolgirls

Tournament. Thanks to everyone for your patience during this period.

Head coach, Rafael Barrozzi, has been building a timetable of group and private coaching opportunities for juniors and adult players at the club. If you’ve been thinking about getting some quality coaching to take your game to the next level, now is the time! Give Voyager a call and book your first session now! Coaching lessons for juniors aged 5 to 18 run every day after school. Adult group coaching opportunities are listed hereunder: Monday 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm Wednesday 9:45 am - 11:15 am Wednesday 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm. We are also running private lessons for adults on the following days: Rafael Barrozzi: Wednesday & Friday. Craig Edwards: Monday & Friday. Contact Rafael Barrozzi on 0426 104 567 or email him at rafael@voyagertennis.com

Social Tennis

Monday Morning Mixed Social. Standard: Intermediate Age: 50+ Time: 9am-12pm. Cost: $7 includes ball, court hire and coffee/tea. Monday & Thursday Morning Men's Social. Standard: Intermediate + Age: group 55+ Cost: $7 Wednesday & Friday (2 groups) Morning Ladies Social: Standard: Intermediate/+ Age: 45 / 55+ Cost: $7 Saturday Afternoon Mixed Social: Standard: Advanced Time: 1pm- 4.30pm Age: 21+ Cost: $10.00 Sets: 8 game doubles Contact: Kerrie Marshall - 9875 3216

For more information on any of the social groups or all information about ETDTA

check out our website - etdta.com

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