The NSNTA Spring 2012 Season commences this week, with Ladies matches commencing on Tuesday the 7th of August and Mens matches commencing on Thursday the 9th of August. Team Captains will be contacted this week if they have not been contacted already to arrange delivery of the season’s tennis balls.
Good luck to all teams for the season.
The Doutta Galla 2012 Club Championships are on again with entries now open. If you wish to enter please put your name on the sign up sheets in the Clubhouse and entries close on Monday the 27th of August. Matches commence on the 2nd of September 2012 with the Grand Final Dates to be advised once the Draws are completed. For more information please visit the Club Championships 2012 Site.
All Club Championships information will be posted on the Club’s website, to stay informed subscribe to eBaseline – The Online Newsletter of the Doutta Galla Tennis Club.
The NSNTA Spring 2012 Fixtures have been released, with the season commencing on Tuesday the 7th of August for Ladies Competition and on Thursday the 9th of August for the Mens Competition.
This season the club has three Ladies Teams (B Grade 2, B Grade 3 and C Special 1) and four Mens Teams (A Reserve 2, B Special 1, B Special 4 and C Special 2).
To view the fixture, please visit the NSNTA website at www.nsnta.org.
Dear Members,
There are 2 important matters that have come from the Club’s recent AGM held at Doutta Galla.
It is with regret that Warren Peters has resigned from the committee of Doutta Galla TC. Having been an important member of the club’s committee for around 15 years Warren has come to find that much of his time these days is taken up with him and his wife Skye looking after their 2 gorgeous daughters Shannyn and Ashley.
Wazz has in his time on committee been treasurer for 2 years, and Vice president for a good 5 years as well. He has also been a major player in the running of the club championships over a number of years. He has always been of great support to the committee members and has always been willing to help where needed – the 1%’s ! He will continue to help out on selection committee and will always be part of the family at DGTC. Much appreciated.
During the recent AGM the committee unanimously decided to increase membership fees by $10 over all membership categories for 2012/2013. This will be detailed further on the website in coming weeks. The decision mainly comes from the fact we are heading into a time where the committee’s main focus is on the redevelopment of the courts in coming years. While the courts have had some significant maintenance on them this year, that has come at a major cost to the club and the focus now must move to ensuring we are taking every step we can to replace the courts in the coming 5-10 years. This will obviously take some hard saving and financial management by the club and we feel that we are taking a responsible course of action to make sure we are ticking all the boxes – as set out in the club’s business plan that was adopted at last year’s AGM. The increase is not a significant one and we hope that members will understand. We still feel that our membership categories are still very much at an acceptable level compared to other clubs in the area.
If anyone has any queries regarding this matter do not hesitate to contact myself.
Regards
Aaron Sharpe
President
Doutta Galla Tennis Club
The Club’s Annual General Meeting will be held this Sunday the 17th of June at 7:30pm in the Club House. All Members are encouraged to attend and assist in helping run the club. The committee will be looking for new committee members and if any current members are interested in joining the committee they should attend the AGM.
If there are any members who cannot attend the meeting but want issues raised, please send the club an email.
Our two Mens teams played their Grand Finals on Thursday and unfortunately both were defeated.
The Mens B Special 2 Team were defeated by Greenvale 18 to 29 at Buckley Park. Consisting of Walter Wagner, Warren Peters, Tim Benton & Kieran Benton, with Trevor Peters, Liam Benton & Jason Jacobi lending their support, the team won the first two sets however Greenvalue proved too strong winning the remaining four sets.
The Mens B Grade 1 Team were defeated by Craigieburn 23 to 32 at Hadfield. Consisting of Simon Philpot, Russell Bedggood, Rob Temple and Terry Benton, with Michael Benton, Dave Shaw and Will Egan lending their support, the team lost the first two sets but were able to win the second two sets in a turn around. Craigieburn surged back to win the remaining two sets to win the final.
Congratulations to both teams on making the Grand Final and commiserations on the losses. It was a great season from all teams and everyone is looking forward to next season, which commences on Tuesday the 7th of August for Ladies teams and Thursday the 9th of August for Mens teams. The club will notify all Members by email once the teams have been graded and the fixtures finalised.
The Club’s Annual General Meeting for 2012 will be held on Sunday the 17th of June from 7:30pm at the Clubhouse.
All Members are welcome to attend and any member is welcome to join the committee.
A timetable detailing the availability of courts at the Club has been added to our website. This is the same timetable that appears in the Clubhouse. Please view our Court Availability Timetable page for more information.
The NSNTA Semi Finals are now complete, with Doutta Galla’s two Mens teams winning their matches and the two Ladies teams unfortunately being defeated on the night.
The Ladies B Reserve 2 team consisting of Kathy Glass, Maureen Hardwick, Kathryn Glass and Dianne Linforth were defeated by Buckley Park 21 games to 33.
The Ladies C Special 1 team (who were unfortunately left off the previous update, our apologies ladies) consisting of Sue Duras, Maree Robertson, Virginia Glassford and Marion Wendsor were defeated by Greenvale 25 games to 30.
The Mens B Special 2 team consisting of Walter Wagner, Jason Jacobi, Warren Peters and Tim Benton defeated Sunbury 35 games to 23. Their Grand Final will be played next Thursday against Greenvale at Buckley Park.
The Mens B Grade 1 team consisting of Simon Philpot, Dave Shaw, Russell Bedggood and Rob Temple defeated Gladstone Park 31 games to 25. Their Grand Final will be played next Thursday against Craigieburn at Hadfield.
Commiserations to our two ladies teams and congratulations to our two Mens teams. Thanks to all teams who played throughout the year and we wish our Grand Final teams luck for this week.
The NSNTA Autumn 2012 Finals Series is set to begin next week, with the club having one Ladies team and two Mens Teams playing next week.
The B Reserve 2 Ladies team play Buckley Park (Black) at Essendon on Tuesday night, the B Special 1 Mens team play Sunbury at Sydenham and the B Grade 1 Mens team play Gladstone Park at Avondale Heights on Thursday.
The committee wishes all teams luck for the upcoming matches and commiserations to teams who did not make the finals this year. There is always next year.
