It starts at 5.00pm and will be followed by drinks and a BBQ.

Players and non-players all welcome, the standard is strictly social. We expect to finish up around 8.00pm.

The Club will fund the cost of the evening.

Please let Rick Cullen know if you are coming ASAP on 9389 3999 or email rcullen@cbhlegal.com.au

Breakfast will be served at 10.30am with scrambled egg, bacon, sausages, tomatoes and baked beans on offer.  A free glass of champagne is included in the very reasonable $20 participant price.

Please put your name down at the Club.

Read the flyer here:  AUSTRALIA DAY BREAKFAST FLYER

Tennis, barbecue (bring you own everything) and dancing (bring your own dance music too).

You are welcome to bring friends and the bar will be open..

So come along if you want a safe, friendly place to bring in the New Year!

Do join us at the CTC Christmas Party on Saturday 19th December from 7pm-9pm.

Fantastic finger food from Wendy’s Gourmet Catering.

Menu and sign-up sheet on the Noticeboard at the Clubhouse, just $25

Any queries call Rachel Thomas on 9385 5132

It starts at 5pm and will be followed by drinks and a barbecue. Players and non players all welcome, the standard is strictly social.

It will finish at about 8.30pm. Non members are welcome.

On this occasion the club will fund the cost of the evening.

Please let Rick Cullen know if you are coming ASAP on 9389 3999 or rcullen@cbhlegal,com.au.

Opening Day provides an opportunity for all members to dust off their rackets and launch into the new season with all the courts fresh from their winter rest. Come and catch up with your social tennis partners for what is usually the most bustling day of the season.  

Come down and see the Club at its beautiful best with the formal Opening of the season during 3.30pm afternoon tea.

All members (men and women) are encouraged to please bring a plate of something tasty to add to the enjoyment of afternoon tea.

Guests and prospective members are very welcome as are mid-week members.

Annual Busy Bee  Sunday 11th October from 9am

The Annual Busy Bee provides an opportunity for everyone to do a little bit for the benefit of the whole Club by volunteering some of your time on a Sunday morning to work with House and Grounds director Derek Walker to prepare the Club for the new season.

Please grab your gardening gloves and come down to participate in helping our Club Grounds and Facilities stay amongst the best in the State.

A sausage sizzle will be provided at the end of the morning’s activities at the Club’s cost as a thank-you for your support.

This year it would be great to see a few new faces come down and join the regulars who contribute tirelessly to the Busy Bee every year from 9am Sunday morning.

Talk to Derek at the Club to find out if he has any special needs this year and let him know you will join the morning effort.

Season Opening Dinner and Bush Dance  Saturday 24th October 7pm

This years season opening event (held one week after the official opening day) looks set to be a classic!

With an Aussie Bush theme, great food from Zanders Catering (three chefs) and the live performing talents of the “True Blue Bush Band” tickets are selling fast and we need another 20 sign-ups on top of the eighty confirmed attendees to fill the room.

Dress up in bush style if you like or just come along in your own Aussie evening clothes.

Pop your name on the Board down at the Club or chat with Judi or Rachel and set aside just $40- for another great social function at the Clubhouse.

Mid-Week Opening Day  Tuesday 20th October from 8.30am

Mid-week Opening Day will include a delicious morning tea. All participants are encouraged to impress by bringing a plate to enjoy after tennis.

Join in for a wonderful morning of tennis catching up with all the Mid-week folks!

Junior Club Opening Day Saturday 17th October from 10am

Junior Club returns for another season with morning play from 10am on Saturday 17th including pennant presentations for the successful junior winter pennants team.

Contact Alan Campbell or David Culley for details.

The Agenda and documents for nominations to positions on the 2009-10 Management Committee have been sent by email and regular post with your membership renewals.

I hope to see plenty of members at the Clubhouse this Sunday afternoon!

Well they said “build it and they will come” – and they did, all 150 of them!.  The evening was themed to suit Peter O’Day’s (POD’s) 30 Years as Groundskeeper at Cottesloe Tennis Club – and they dressed accordingly !

Some of the stars spotted on the night included John McEnroe (Peter Dyson), ABBA (David and Georgia Culley), Mr Sparkle (Laurence Pace) and many many more who went to a huge effort for the night including the surprise appearance of guest band “ABBAsolutely not ABBA”.

A thank you to all the people who supplied pictures from 1979 for the presentation, and a big NO NO to the person with the sleight of hand who removed Rambo George (pennants organiser) and darling Dave’s (our tennis coach) photos, we worry about you.

The food was superb with thanks to Zanders catering, Scarborough Beach www.zanders.com.au, please go and have a meal there sometime.

To all the helpers and guests Cottesloe Tennis Club thanks you for your social input as well as your tennis.  We are a great fun Club because of all of you and what you put in.

EDITORS NOTE:  POD was heard to state after the event “that night was better than my wedding night” – when his wife Ivana heard this she replied …  ”I agree! ”

PHOTOS from the night

Cottesloe Tennis Club would like to acknowledge and thank the volunteers and sponsors who all helped make the Blockbuster day on 7th March such a huge success.

Kids were encouraged to come along and participate in the day with the lure icecreams, drinks, a chance to win an iPod and docking station and of course the chance to watch some wonderful tennis.  The lucky iPod winner was a very excited Harry Bird who was tracked thereafter by a flock of friends eager to look at his new goodies.

Jack Harrison, Derek Walker and Gaham Povey were a fetching trio in their pretty aprons while cooking steaks for the evening meal.

The flyers and posters for this event were organised by Murray Frieberg who donated the food for the cheese and biscuit platters and the Italian Biscotti for the evening meal.  Murray was also very generous in donating the champagne (once again) for this wonderful Cottesloe Club function.

Many thanks to Dinah Terry, Jane Hope, Val Formby and even Glenn Lehman who helped in the kitchen to make up platters during the course of the afternoon.  A special thanks to Val for staying behind till 9pm to clean up the kitchen at the end of the festivities.

David Thomas opened the bar early for the thirsty spectators while Jane Hope collected money as diligently as a Club Treasurer.

Below is a list of some of the sponsors and helpers to whom we wish to express our sincere thanks:

• Peter O’Dea who organised the steaks and buns
• Murray Freiberg for the champagne, posters, cheese and biscuits plus afternoon biscotti
• Peter Wakeford and Rick Cullen for the iPod prize
• Tom and Vidette Wood of Club Sponsor Amberjacks for the lovely salads
• Tony Alder of Alder Tapware: $200-
• Gavin and Mary Sullivan: $100-
• Cottesloe Tennis Club:  $100-
• Rob Prouse, Glenn Smith and George Holmes – each buying a case of Corona for the event
• Jack, Derek and Graham: for cooking up a storm of steaks
• Judi Coffey: for organising the Childrens Raffle
• David Thomas:   manning the bar !

and last but not least:

• Dinah Terry, Val Formby, Jane Hope and Glen Lehman for all round helpfulness

My apologies if I have left anyone off the list and our sincere thanks once again,  Claire (on behalf of Club Captain Laurence Pace)