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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.

NSNTA Semi Finals Update

Tim Benton

The first week of the NSNTA Finals has been completed and the Club has one team of the five playing finals moving through the Grand Final:

  • The Ladies B Special 1 team, consisting of Ashley, Nicole, Vicki and Tracey, defeated Oak Park by 15 games. They play West Brunswick at Sunbury in the Grand Final on Tuesday night.
  • The Ladies C Reserve 2 team, consisting of Elizabeth, Connie, Emma and Michelle, were defeated by Digger’s Rest by 18 games.
  • The Mixed A Reserve 2 team, consisting of Ashley, Raelene, Kieran and Thomas, were defeated by Merlynston by 7 games.
  • The Mens C Special 2 team, consisting of Trevor, John, Liam and John, were defeated by Glencairn by 25 games.

The Committee wishes the Ladies B Special 1 team luck for the Grand Final on Tuesday night and well done to all teams who made the finals.

Social Tennis on Saturday Afternoons

Tim Benton

With the coronavirus restrictions being lifted and people getting back into the swing of playing tennis, the Committee is looking to organise regular social tennis on Saturday afternoons for whoever wishes to come. The Club no longer participates in Saturday Afternoon competitions so those that used to play on Saturday are still looking to play and all are welcome.

So for the next few weeks Members are welcome to come down and have a hit with other Members from 1pm on a Saturday.

For information or to tell us you are coming please contact Tim on 0415 403 237 or send the Club an Email.

Open Day is on this Sunday 6th February

Tim Benton

The Doutta Galla Tennis Club’s annual Open Day is on Sunday 6th February from 10am to 4pm. Everyone and anyone is welcome to come down to the Club, have a hit with the coach and play some tennis – all for free.

The Club is hosting:

  • Hot Shots for the Kids
  • Casual Play
  • Free Coaching
  • Speed Serving
  • Hit the Target competitions
  • And much more