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PRESIDENT’S REPORT

Hi Fellow Members,

PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS JUST

COMMENCE CONCERNING OUR

CLUB’S POSSIBLE RE-LOCATION

I have some important news that I felt I needed to

let you know about. This news is that, once again,

we have been approached by Peninsula Health (our

fenceline neighbours) – who wish to expand their

facilities.

As a result of this approach, the Frankston City

Council, Peninsula Health and ourselves will be

having further discussions over the coming period

to see if there are suitable options available to us.

I have attached a Statement to Members which I

hope explains in a bit more detail where we are at

the moment.

You will probably begin to see some local

newspaper reporting of these developments, so I

just wanted to reassure all our Club Members that

unless a suitable site for the future home of the

Club is found, we will not be moving. The Club

has just exercised its option to extend our current

lease with the Frankston City Council until 30

November 2022.

But if you do have any queries or concern, please

feel free to give me a call on 9783 7933. I will be

more than happy to have a chat to you about it.

So, back to the normal day-to day activities of our

wonderful club. And where has this year gone!!.

And, of course with all our tennis competitions in

progress – Seniors, Juniors, Night Tennis, Peninsula

Mens +55 and the Mid-Week Ladies, the weeks

have just passed by very quickly. The Mid-Week

Ladies have just had their Finals and they are

looking forward to next season. (more information

in Carol’s MWL Report).

But before I go too much further, Congratulations

to our Club Secretary Anne Baldwin on winning the

Volunteer Achievement Award for the Newcombe

Medal Australian Tennis Awards 2012 held last

December. A great achievement Anne, and from

all the Committee and Members of the Frankston

Tennis Club, we congratulate you. Also, Anne was

a Finalist again in this year’s Tennis Victoria Awards

Night in the Volunteer Achievement category.

A happy snap of Madam President with Anne and

the magnificent Newcombe Award trophy

Welcome to all our NEW MEMBERS and may you all

enjoy being a Member of the “VOTES No. ! TENNIS

VICTORIA’S MOST OUTSTANDING CLUB for 2012.

We were absolutely thrilled and over the moon to

win this prestigious award.

THE 2012 VICTORY PHOTO !!

Your attending COMMITTEE with the TROPHY

L-R Back - John McGillivray & Con Markopoulos;

Front Row - Trevor Valentine, Madam President

Dawn (with the MAGNIFICENT TROPHY), Carol

Gardner, Anne Baldwin, Therese Sakamoto and

Ashley Carter.

A TRULY MEMORABLE DAY FOR THE CLUB !!

Our two Junior Tournaments held back in January

and April were once again a huge success due to the

support of our Committee, Club Members, Coach

Chris Chandler and all our current and former club

members who helped us with these events. Thank

you for all your valued time and support.

Our next Tournament commences Thursday 26

September through to Monday 30 September 2013.

And, as always, we would appreciate any assistance

you may be able to provide us, particularly with the

staffing of our Kitchen during these events.

A Special “THANK YOU” to Ron Findlay – Social Co-

Ordinator for all his time and support.

Unfortunately, Ron has stepped down from his role

due to personal reasons. Anyone wishing to take

on this role, please feel free to contact any or our

Committee members or myself to discuss the

possibility.

Our inaugural PIZZA & FOOTY Night held in May was

a great success especially with all the Juniors,

Seniors and Parents having as Social tennis hit

together. Our next Family Footy Pizza Night will be

held on Saturday 10 August 2013. Hoping you can

attend !! Please keep a look out for more

information on this Night which will be emailed,

websited and Facebooked to you, as well as

Noticeboarded to you.

As part of a new Member initiative, the Committee

has decided that the Club will give an incentive to

any existing club member who introduces a new

person to join our Club. That existing member will

be given a $20 voucher which can be spent at the

Club – either at the Pro Shop (towards a racquet re-

string, snacks, etc) ; or maybe towards a new Club

Hoodie ; or upstairs for a refreshment or snack. So,

if you know of anyone who may be interested in

joining the club, you deserve to be rewarded for

your effort.

2013 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING August is not far away and of course what happens

in August !! Our AGM which will be held on

SUNDAY 25 August – this year starting earlier than

usual - at 10 am. All our Members, Life Members

etc are all welcome. Your attendance is very much

appreciated and we look forward to seeing you all

there to support the NO. 1 MOST OUTSTANDING

TENNIS CLUB IN THE STATE. The Notice of

Meeting of the Annual General Meeting is attached

to this Newsletter and will be displayed on the

Noticeboards for your information. Welcome to

come along and see what happens at the club’s

Annual General Meeting. And you are all welcome

to stay after the AGM for some light refreshments

too.

The School Holidays are well underway so Enjoy. If

you are going away PLEASE be CAREFUL and have a

SAFE and HAPPY HOLIDAY !! And don't forget- FTC is the place to be...

Your Lady President - Dawn McCormack

VOTED NO. 1

TENNIS VICTORIA’S

MOST OUTSTANDING

CLUB 2012

PTA SENIOR & JUNIORS SUMMER 2013/2014

SEASON ENTRIES out now – AND Entries are NOW

“ONLINE”

Entry Forms available on the Club website

www.frankstontennisclub.com .ENTRIES CLOSE in

AUGUST 2013. CHECK OUT THE CLUB WEBSITE

for the LINK to the ONLINE ENTRY FORM

NEW-LOOK CLUB POLOS & HOODIES are now

AVAILABLE to ORDER & MASSIVE “old stock”

CLEAR OUT – huge savings

The CLUB has FINALLY RECEVIED ITS long-awaited

SHIPMENT of the NEW-LOOK CLUB POLOS !!!.

So, if you have indicated your sizing on your

completed MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION FORM, we

will be in touch with you to arrange a time for you

to COLLECT your BRAND NEW POLO !!. Once

again, we apologise for the extreme delay with the

delivery of these garments, but trust that you will

enjoy wearing your NEW POLOS ; and maybe look at

purchasing a kewl looking HOODIE. (Just ask Molly

Chandler – she has a new Hoodie – and we are

getting in a further shipment very shortly.

With the introduction of our new SHARK LOGO and

new styled CLUB POLOS and HOODIES; we are

having a MASSIVE STOCK CLEAR OUT of our

EXISTING OLD RANGE OF GARMENTS. Huge

discounts for all remaining stocks. They include

Fleecy Warm Sleeveless vests in a range of Kids

sizes from 8 to 14 ; as well as Seniors & Juniors Club

embroidered CLUB SKIRTS (Navy).

We are planning to run TWO (2) STOCK

CLEARANCE DAYS down at the club on :

• FRIDAY evening 26 JULY at 7 PM.

• SATURDAY 27 JULY 2013 at 10 AM

You will be able to purchase these items – at

virtually throw-away prices on both days. Be EARLY

& dont miss the BARGAINS !! Cheers.

PENNANT 2012

Our terrific Girls Section 5 team are rocking the

Pennant scene, with yet another victory over

the last weekend. And the Pennant Girls don’t

stop for School Holidays – they play on. The

Tennis Victoria Pennant Ladder is taking shape

and our Girls look to be very strong contenders

leading into the final 4 or 5 weeks of match

play. Good luck to all the Girls – Natalie Logan,

Christine Choong, Joanne Evans, Joanne Smith,

as well as our wonderful newcomer to the team

Tracy Scott; and our ever-faithful emergencies

including Bev Valentine, Carol Gardner, Rhonda

Cronin just to name a few/ Go Girls !!. Lets

keep our fingers crossed for their continued

success throughout the coming Finals weeks.

EASY PAYMENT OF

MEMBERSHIP FEES

DIRECT DEPOSIT : Account Name : Frankston Tennis Club Bank : ANZ Branch Playne Street, Frankston BSB : 013 322 Account No : 86 46 703 OR POST Cheque / Money Order or Debit Authority to :

Membership Services Frankston Tennis Club Inc PO Box 84

FRANKSTON VIC 3199

2012/2013 MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL : IMPROVEMENTS

CHANGE TO MEMBERSHIP INVOICING : As you

have been previously advised, In the interests of

simplifying our current Membership renewal

system, the Committee have determined to revert

back to ONE COMMON MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL

date eg 31 AUGUST 2013. As we are now rapidly

approaching that time of the year, our wonderful

Treasurer will be sending out shortly your

2013/2014 Year MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS.

We trust that this new system will streamline our

current membership procedures ad make the

Renewal process much more user friendly/

So, if you do have any queries regarding your

upcoming Membership Renewal, please do not

hesitate to contact either our Treasurer Con

Markopoulos, Club President Dawn McCormack or

Secretary Anne Baldwin.

And in case you do not receive a Renewal ; we have

an incorrect mailing or email address for you. So, if

you have not received an Renewal Invoice by

around mid-August, please contact our Treasurer so

we can update your contact details without delay.

And for those Members who have joined the Club in

the last few months, such as the beginning of the

current Winter 2013 PTA competition season, you

will have noticed that you would have received a

smaller “pro-rata” invoice. This was done to bring

you up to the “common” Membership Renewal

Date at August end.

Also, in accordance with Tennis Victoria compulsory

Player Registration fee, the CLUB can only allow

FINANCIAL MEMBERS of the club to PLAY ON OUR

COURTS and be eligible to play in any of our

COMPETITION TEAMS.

NEW COMMUNICATION EFFICIENCIES :

With our NEW-LOOK WEBSITE, we are still trying

to make sure that we have as many of Members

mobile numbers. In this current day of direct

SMS communications and the world of Facebook –

we often need an immediate and direct contract

point for our members. This is particularly

important when notifying our Club Members of a

WASH OUT or a CHANGE OF VENUE of similar last

minute change or important team notification.

So, could you please send a SIMPLE two (2) line

email containing the following :

• SMS (mobile) contact

• EMAIL address

through to :

membership@frankstontennisclub.com

And for Family Memberships, could you please

advise us of the best contact point for you.

THANKS VERY MUCH FOR YOUR HELP – and we do

LOOK FORWARD to RECEIVING YOUR EMAIL !!!!

JUNIOR REPORT : Winter 2013

Dear Frankston Tennis Club members and

friends - I hope that you are enjoying the

exciting fortnight of Wimbledon and Term 2

school holidays!

But first – just to celebrate the success of our

Les Moss Shield winning Team capping off a

great season with a great victory winning the

PTA’s highest level of competition in the

Summer 2012/2013 season. (Congrats to Rick

& William - pictured below).

We are now just over halfway through our

Winter 2013 season of PTA Saturday morning

competition and I would like to congratulate

our junior players and their families for braving

many cold mornings to play their matches and

support our teams. Despite fewer teams this

season and some very tough competition, our 3

girls’ teams and 5 boys’ teams are representing

us well and it is great to see everyone enjoying

their tennis. We are also pleased to welcome a

few juniors to our Saturday afternoon senior

competition too!

Our very excited Girls Section 4 WINNING

TEAM after their 2012/2013 Summer GRAND

FINAL VICTORY – well done Girls !!

Thank you to our junior players who have

helped out as emergencies (both in junior and

senior competition!) to enable our club to field

full teams each week.

We always try to register adequate numbers of

players in each team to allow for occasional

absences or injuries. However, please note that

‘rostered off’ and emergency list players will be

contacted if necessary, and your support is

appreciated.

I would also like to express gratitude to our

little team of parents and our wonderful Club

President who assist as Venue Supervisors each

Saturday. The Supervisors provide a friendly

welcome to our club and ensure that the

matches flow smoothly. The role is not difficult

and we encourage more parents to join us in

this fun role!

What a wonderful atmosphere at our club on

the evening of our Pizza and Footy Night

recently! The vibe was fantastic and our courts

were overflowing with kids and adults enjoying

tennis under lights before coming upstairs to

the Ron Carter Room for pizza and footy

viewing! If you missed the evening, we hope to

see you at our next Pizza and Footy Night on

Saturday 10th August for more fun and

laughter!

These social gatherings are a great way to get

to know your fellow club members and families

and we hope to see you there.

On a final note, congratulations to our juniors

who have been busy representing our

Peninsula Tennis Association in inter-regional

competition and doing us proud! Good luck to

those juniors who are playing in tournaments

over the school holidays too.

Don’t forget that our next junior tournament at

Frankston Tennis Club will be during the

September school holidays and we would love

many of our juniors and their families to

support our club on court or in the kitchen

during the tournament.

Have a relaxing winter break and see you back

on court on Saturday 20th July!

Kind regards,

Therese Sakamoto

Junior Coordinator

And a huge congratulations to our 4 club Members

(above), who recently represented the PTA at

Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club - and were 75% of the

PTA team. And our very own Chris Mackenzie was

there ...just to keep them all smiling. Great effort.

MID-WEEK LADIES REPORT

Our Summer Season finals are now over and we

have TWO (2) GRAND FINAL WINNERS :

• WEDNESDAY SECTION 2

DEFEATED BALNARRING 2-5-39 TO 1-2-27.

CONGRATULATIONS TO : FIONA COCK, ANNE

LEES, JILL VICKERMAN, LAUREL SCAIFE, ELAINE

BROWN, SUE TARYAN, VANESSA SMILES, AND

THE NEWEST MEMBER TO THE COMPETITION

RHONDA FRASER.

• FRIDAY SINGLES SECTION 1

WON THEIR GRAND FINAL DEFEATING

FRANKSTON EAST 3-6-38 TO 0-1-16

ANOTHER GREAT SEASON FOR THIS TEAM, AS

THEY HAVE WON THE PAST THREE SEASONS IN

A ROW. WHAT A GREAT EFFORT AND

CONGRATULATIONS TO: RENEE CHEASLEY,

RHONDA CRONIN AND JUDY JUNGLING.

OUR TUESDAY TEAMS SECTION 1 AND SECTION

7 WERE NARROWLY DEFEATED IN THEIR SEMI

FINALS.

WHAT A GREAT SEASON AND

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE LADIES THAT

PARTICIPATED .

WE AGAIN HAVE OUR 6 TEAMS ENTERED FOR

OUR WINTER SEASON WHICH BEGINS ON

TUESDAY 23TH JULY

WE HOPE EVERY ONE HAS A SAFE AND HAPPY

HOLIDAY, AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE

BEGINNING OF THE WINTER SEASON OF

TENNIS.

CAROL GARDNER

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SOCIAL : UPCOMING EVENTS

Following the huge success of our inaugural “PIZZA

& FOOTY NIGHT held early May 2013, due to

overwhelming popular demand, we will again be

heading up our Social Calendar with another PIZZA

& PLAY & FOOTY NIGHT. Details of that and more

upcoming events below :

• PIZZA & FOOTY NIGHT

SATURDAY 10 AUGUST 2013

“Live” Night Match Footy broadcast

commencing 7.40 pm; FREE Kids tennis

from 4.30 pm, and FREE Pizzas around 6.30

pm. A GREAT NIGHT IN !!! (but don’t

forget to book to secure a spot for you and

all your family members too).

• TRIVIA NIGHT

SATURDAY 9 NOVEMBER 2013 - Tentative

– date to be confirmed but WATCH THIS

SPACE

• FAMILY CHRISTMAS PARTY

SATURDAY 14 DECEMBER (the last PTA

competition day for 2013) ; and SANTA will

be THERE.

• SUNDAY - LATE FEBRUARY 2014

GOLF DAY – Devils Bend

Date to be Confirmed so KEEP AN EYE on

the NEW-LOOK CLUB WEBSITE.

We will be sure to EMAIL or SMS you ALL of

upcoming SOCIAL EVENTS – and don’t forget to LIKE

US at FACEBOOK. See you there.

SOME SNAPS FROM THE 2013

PIZZA & FOOTY NIGHT

All the fun of the on-court activity during May’s

PIZZA & FOOTY NIGHT !!~

Next Edition of

Club Newsletter

ONLINE

SEPTEMBER 2013

via the Club’s website at:

www.frankstontennisclub.com

And Mr Cool, our greatest Living Legend Sir Ron

Carter – who recently celebrated his

97th Birthday.

Congratulations Sir Ron on yet another milestone

in your amazing career.

Enjoy a refreshment in the warm and friendly

atmosphere of the Upstairs Bar

in the Ron Carter Room

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