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Baseline Newsletter October 2022

Tim Benton

The Club has published a Newsletter to Members providing a summary of what’s happening at the Club, including:

  • Information on future Projects to replace the Club’s Courts.
  • Highlights from the Club’s recent Grand Final Wins.
  • Details about the Club’s recent fundraising including the Bunnings Sausage Sizzle Stand.
  • Updates on the Club’s tennis ball recycling initiative with Game On Recycling.
  • Date for the Club’s Christmas Party on Saturday 3rd December 2022.
  • Launching of the Club Championships for 2022

View the Newsletter from the link below:

http://douttagalla.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Baseline-2022-10-October-v1.0.pdf

Doutta Galla Club Championships are on for 2022

Tim Benton

The Doutta Galla Club Championships are on for again 2022 and entries are now open.

Matches are played during November with all of the finals being held on Saturday 3rd December 2022, the same day of the Christmas Party.

The Club is looking to hold the following Events, based on numbers:

  • Mens Open Singles (All Ages)
  • Ladies Open Singles (All Ages)
  • Mens Graded Singles
  • Ladies Graded Singles
  • Mens Graded Doubles
  • Ladies Graded Doubles
  • Mixed Graded Doubles
  • Junior Boys Singles (Under 18)
  • Junior Girls Singles (Under 18)
  • Junior Boys Doubles
  • Junior Unisex Singles (C and D Grade)
  • Junior Round Robin (C and D Grade)

Graded Events will have handicap points applied to stronger players to even up matches and make for interesting games. The format of Events will be determined upon the number of entries.

Entry fees are proposed as:

  • $15 per Singles entry and $15 per Doubles pair entry.
  • For the Junior Round Robin $5 per player

All fees go towards providing Balls, Trophies and Prizes etc.

To register your interest, please complete the Online form available below:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfKuisopDfNdNi92fVdTJAGsatWImmhaY1YLf-rSELINg8LXw/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0

Entries Close on Friday 28th October 2022. The Schedule will be set once entries are finalised.

For all of the Details please visit the Doutta Galla Club Championships 2022 Mini Site.

If you have any questions please contact the Club.

Christmas Party is booked for Saturday 3rd December 2022

Tim Benton

The Doutta Galla Christmas Party is booked in on Saturday 3rd December at the Club from 6pm onwards.

Come down and catch up with everyone at the Club as it’s been a long two years and meet the Committee.

A Barbeque and some drinks will be provided. BYO anything else, such as salads or desserts.

The Club will be presenting the Awards from the year including the Club Championships. Prizes and a raffle will be offered.

All Members and Guests are welcome.

Recycle your old Tennis Balls with Game On Recycling at Doutta Galla

Tim Benton

The Doutta Galla Tennis Club has partnered with Game On Recycling to offer a service to recycle your old Tennis Balls. Rather than throwing out your old Tennis Balls please drop them in the Game On Recycling Box in the Club House and they will be recycled.

Did you know that an estimated 10 million tennis balls are purchased in Australia each year? Unfortunately, at the end of their useful lives, all of them end up either in landfills or in our waterways, eventually working their way into the ocean.

To address this environmental concern, we have partnered with Game On Recycling to collect and recycle tennis balls. From now on, you can dispose your unwanted and unloved tennis balls in the collection unit at our location.

All collected items will be sent to a processing facility in West Melbourne to be sorted into:

  • Tennis balls that can be reused and put back into circulation, thereby extending the life of the product; or
  • Tennis balls that have well and truly come to the end of their life and need to be recycled

Re-use items will be made available to various community clubs, groups, institutions and organisations, alleviating the costs of purchasing new equipment. Items destined for recycling will be granulated into 5mm pieces and used in a variety of manufacturing processes including the production of soft fall matting. All recycling and downstream processing will be undertaken in Australia. Game On Recycling will also be conducting research to explore new uses for these materials (like a rubberised sporting surface).

Game On Recycling is a program born through a partnership between ANZRP (Australia New Zealand Recycling Platform) and Wilson Sporting Goods Co that is supported by a federal grant from the National Product Stewardship Investment Fund.

You can learn more about the project at https://gameonrecycling.com.au/pages/about-us.

We hope you’ll join us in our endeavours to reduce the amount of waste generated from old tennis balls, and help us evolve tennis into an ecologically and environmentally aware sport.

Working Bee on this Sunday

Tim Benton

The Club will hold its Annual Working Bee this Sunday 2nd October from 12pm to 3pm.

All are welcome to help perform key maintenance on the Club and ensure it stays beautiful for another 12 months.

Financial Adult and Family Members that attend are entitled to receive their $40 Maintenance Levy.

Any gardening equipment, wheelbarrows, shovels and cleaning equipment you could bring would be most helpful.

Working Bee on Sunday 2nd October

Tim Benton

The Club will hold its Annual Working Bee on Sunday 2nd October from 12pm to 3pm.

All are welcome to help perform key maintenance on the Club and ensure it stays beautiful for another 12 months.

Financial Adult and Family Members that attend are entitled to receive their $40 Maintenance Levy.

Any gardening equipment, wheelbarrows, shovels and cleaning equipment you could bring would be most helpful.

Grand Final Wins

Tim Benton

The Club recently had two wins in two Grand Finals:

  • The Ladies B Special 1 Team defeated West Brunswick 34 games to 21. The team, consisting of Ashley, Nicole, Vicki and Tracey with Annette, Jan and Karen supporting the team, dominated their opponents only dropping one set on the night.
  • The Juniors A Grade 3 team defeated Buckley Park 52 games to 49. The team, consisting of Eleanor, Paramita, Sienna, Marie, Josh, Kai, Arya and Toby, held on to win a very close match.

Congratulations to the winners and thanks to all players who played this season.

Spring Fixtures Available Now

Tim Benton

The Fixtures for the Spring Competitions have been published and are available on each Association’s Web Site. The Spring Seasons commence on the following dates:

  • The NSJTA season commences on Friday 15 July 2022 and Saturday 16 July 2022 and the fixture is available at https://nsjta.org.au/
  • The NSLTA season commences on Thursday 21 July 2022 and the fixture is available at https://nslta.asn.au/
  • The NSNTA Ladies season commences on Tuesday 2 August 2022 and the fixture is available at https://nsnta.org/
  • The NSNTA Mixed season commences on Wednesday 3 August 2022 and the fixture is available at https://nsnta.org/
  • The NSNTA Mens season commences on Thursday 4 August 2022 and the fixture is available at https://nsnta.org/

The Committee wishes all teams and players luck in the upcoming season

New Club Shirts Survey

Tim Benton

The Club is seeking to gauge the interest from Members who would like to purchase a Doutta Galla Club Shirt. The price will depend on the number of Members that are interested, however it is expected to be approx. $50 each.

The following are our current designs. We are looking to do both colours if there is enough interest.

Please use the form in the link below to let us know if you are interested:

https://forms.gle/bHzXXb6pbLQfqnp76

Once we have surveyed Members we will ask to submit an Order Form that we will send to the manufacturer.