Hi everyone,
Welcome to the festive season. The Hamlyn Park Tennis Club Committee hopes that you all have a great
Christmas and New Year, and that you all come back in 2013 for some more tennis.
We especially hope that you get behind our Summer Tennis initiative where will have social tennis on a
Wednesday evening accompanied by a free BBQ. See the separate notice for this event.
In the meantime, we should let you know what’s been happening at your club.
2012 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The tennis club held its Annual General Meeting on Sunday 16th September 2012. We thought we would
try a weekend lunchtime AGM rather than our usual night meeting. There was a BBQ catered for by the
club and a welcome hit of tennis before the commencement of the meeting.
During our meeting we discussed topics relating to the current works that have been undertaken at our
clubrooms recently, the midweek ladies competition, our proposed fee structure for the current
membership year of all playing members and social members and other general topics.
Thanks were made to the outgoing committee members for the year 2011-2012 and the election of office
bearers for the current 2012-2013 year was then undertaken.
We present to you to our Management Committee for the 2012-2013 year:
President
Vice-President
Secretary
Treasurer
General Committee
Junior Committee
Senior Selection Comm.
Midweek Representative
David Wiedmann
Cheryl Mirkovic
Colin Shallue
Brian Hubber
Garry Krahe, Holly Pearce, Bill Cooper, Janeene Barry and Deirdre Murphy
Deirdre Murphy (Co-ordinator), Brian Hubber and parents of juniors
Bill Cooper (Saturday Rep.), Colin Shallue and Garry Krahe
Janeene Barry
MEMBERSHIP FEES
The Tennis Club’s Membership fees for the 2012-2013 year became due as of the 1st October 2012 and can
be paid to Brian Hubber (Treasurer – 0417 734 536), your team coordinator or team captain. At the annual
meeting it was decided to increase some of our member fees, refer below to the fee structure:
Social Member
$75
Social Family Members
$115
Family Pennant Players
$90
Saturday and Midweek Pennant Players $60 (plus $4.00 ball money per competition week)
Student
$40
Junior Pennant Players
$25 (plus $15 ball money per season paid at the commencement of
each season)
It has been agreed and voted upon to enforce a late fee of $20.00 for seniors / family and $10.00 Junior
memberships.
SUMMER SEASON TEAMS
We are pleased to have the following number of teams representing our club in the Senior, Junior and Midweek
competitions.
Senior – 5 teams
Junior – 6 teams
Midweek – 2 teams
Results for junior tennis are posted in the Geelong Advertiser each Tuesday and Senior results posted
Wednesday’s.
The Tennis Geelong website is a great way to view all played match details via link
www.tennisgeelonginc.com.au.
Results for Midweek tennis are available from the BPTA website
SATURDAY SUMMER SEASON CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY BREAK
With the summer Saturday season now underway we would like to advise you that the season breaks for
Christmas on the 15th December and returns on Saturday the 2nd February 2013.
MIDWEEK LADIES COMPETITION
We had two teams competing in Grades 6 and 7 in the second season of 2012 with both being highly
competitive.
OUR CLUB ANNUAL CHRISTMAS GATHERING
The Christmas break up for the year was held at the club rooms on Saturday 8th December starting at
7.00 pm. About 70 people attended and a great night was had by all, with lots of tennis, lots of laughs,
and lots of memories. Thanks to Janeene’s great efforts in approaching numerous local businesses, we
had a great array of door prizes, auction goods, and lucky number prizes.
A WORD FROM THE PRESIDENT (delivered at the AGM)
Hello & welcome to summer 2012 -2013. As the president I would like to say thank you to the all the
current club members who hold positions on committees and the members who put there hands up every
week to keep the club running. Special mention needs to go to the following: Cheryl (VP), Colin (Sec.),
Brian (Treas.) for holding sometimes challenging but invaluable positions on the management
committee. Without these 3 and Garry, Holly, Bill Cooper (seniors rep.) Judith king, for 2012 Janeene
Barry for 2013 (Mid week Ladies), Deirdre Murphy (juniors) we would not have a club.
In 2010 a review was undertaken by the COGG covering the sporting reserve, with a number of items noted
that impacted the tennis club. During 2010 /11 resurfacing of courts 4 and 5, and removal of the train tracks
was completed. And through 2012 the upgrade of our clubrooms took place. A new entrance and upgraded
toilet facilities. The entry looks great and is a lot safer way to access the clubrooms. I would like to express my
thanks to the COGG, Councilor Eddy Kontelj and all those associated with the master plan for their ongoing
commitment.
In closing I urge you all to use the clubs facilities, help create a social atmosphere and please enjoy your tennis.
KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR FUTURE NEWSLETTERS AND REMEMBER TO SUPPORT YOUR CLUB!