Kensington Gardens Bowling & Tennis Club Tennis Section Annual Report prepared for AGM Saturday 28 th May 2016, 3.00 p.m. Venue: Club House 1. Tennis Committee Members Neil Jones President & Secretary Wayne Campbell Vice President Gloria Sumner Business Development, Sponsorship & Fundraising Tony Binks Membership Ron Weir Treasurer Rob Endenburg Junior Development Edwina Baird Committee Member Keith Payne Committee Member Steve Cundy Committee Member Steve Brookman SPOC representative Finn Sievwright Tennis Australia Membership Data Base 2. Tennis Club Membership Category Total 2015 Membership 178 Lost Members from 2015 12 New Members in 2016 37 Total 2016 Membership 203 Net Increase in Membership 25 Additional Comp Reserves : SPOC Thursday Ladies 33 24 57 Numbers
3. Junior Development Program Term 1 Summer Participation = 23 juniors Sunday Morning ANZ Hotshots in 4 age brackets o 3 to 5 years o 5 to 8 years o 8 to 10 years o 9+ years Coaching Staff = Declan & Jay Laginestra, Alex Endenburg, Josh Kildare, Matty Orr, Scott Pearse, Mat Milham Coaches sponsored by FILA Junior Development Program Director = Rob Endenburg Largely self-funding via fees & government grants secured & largesse from Rob 4. Fundraising Community Lottery Tickets Open Day Raffle Summer Brunch Quiz Night 5. Tournaments Hosted ATL Fast 4 in November 2015 o Organised by Rob Endenburg o Supported our own team Kensington Wildcats o Coached by Jim Chaousis o Sponsored by FILA o Displayed the Australian Open Men s & Women s Championship Trophies Hosted Tennis Australia Play Offs for SA Juniors in March 2016 Hosting Tennis SA Seniors Tournament in January 2017 week long Enhanced relationships between KGBTC and Tennis SA & Tennis Australia
6. Competition & Tennis Activity Reports Saturday Mens Comp o Season from 24 October to 19 March o Kensi fielded 9 teams in singles/doubles format & 2 teams in the doubles comp = total of 65 comp players o 3 more team than 2015 o 2 teams in Div 1 o 1 team in Div 2 o 1 team in Div 3 o 2 teams in Div 4 o 1 team in Div 5 o 2 teams in Div 6 o 2 teams in doubles comp o 1 team in Div 1 Saturday afternoon comp o 7 teams qualified for finals o 4 teams played in grand finals with the Div 2 team winning o Adrian Boulton = Player of the Year (Doubles Div 2) o Mark Mildren = Player of the Year (Div 4) o Coordinated by Wayne Campbell Ladies Mid-Week o 6 teams from Div 1 to Div 5 o Div 2 Team Black won the grand final o Social committee (Pauline Fielden, Joanne Rudd & Mardi Pedler) organises graded Round Robin Tournaments at start & end of season which are also good fundraisers o Coordinated by Edwina Baird (to August 2015) then Mardi Pedler (current) Monday Night Mixed Comp o Run in terms 1 and 4 o Term 4 Kensi fielded 10 teams (30 players) o Term 1 Kensi fielded 12 teams (36 players) o Term 4 winning team = Hugh Griffin, Emma Comley, Carol Young o Term 1 winning team = David Gore, David Perry, Colin Parker o Attracts significant numbers of non-members o Coordinated by Rosie Budenberg Wednesday Night Social Tennis o 6 courts under lights from 28 October to 1 June o Growing participant base o Coordinated by Gloria Sumner, assisted by David Henderson, Steve Cundy, Wayne Campbell, Glenn Roder
SPOC o Increased number of teams o Div 1 team played in grand final o Div 2 team played in grand final o Div 3 team winning o Strike rate award won by Div 2 & Div 3 teams o Coordinated by Steve Brookman 7. Greenkeeping Outstandingly responsive, dedicated services by Glenelg Turf (Sharon & David Rogers) Contract with Glenelg Turf renewed for next 2 years Q&A Forum with Greenkeepers on AGM agenda 8. KGBTC Constitutional Changes Major review of club s commercial status, governance, structure undertaken previously by Ian Cooper & John Witham in 2014 Working Party of John Henderson, Phillip Grant-Allen, Neil Jones KGBTC Special General Meeting held in February endorsed changed structure: o Board of Management o 3 undesignated members to join Board
9. Burnside Council Kensington Gardens Proposed Development Council (10 to 15 year) master plan distributed to community for consultation Many proposed components around the whole precinct gardens, ponds, parking, etc Key elements for us reduced grass courts & a hub building arrangement to be shared by Tennis (Kensi & ETKG), Bowls, Rugby and Cricket Consultations resulted in massive community objections to hub concept from clubs and residential communities KGBTC Submission (jointly between Bowls & Tennis) submitted to Council antihub KGBTC/ETKG joint Tennis Precinct submission submitted to council proposing a much more cost effective re-development plan o Anti-hub o Retention of 15 grass courts + additional hard courts o Vision for the premier tennis precinct in Adelaide o Potential for possible coming together of Tennis Section of KGBTC and ETKG in future o Excellent joint submission prepared largely by Keith Payne & Deane Jarvis with some input from Allan Wells from ETKG o Consultations are ongoing with council and other precinct stakeholders (including Tennis SA, Rugby & Cricket) 10. Tennis Club Sponsors/Donors Skye Cellars, Auldana Romeo Brothers Foodland, Erindale Simply Fresh Fruiterers, Erindale Fila Dillons Bookshop, Norwood BonGiorno Café, Norwood Brumbys, Erindale Lavazza Coffee Australia Ian s Shoes (John Birch) Noel Nietz Arkaba Hotel Podium Sports & Leisure Powerhoue Sports Store, Norwood Ken Hall Plumbers Be A Sport Sports Store, Burnside Wattle Park Bakery Wattle Park Seafood & Chicken Pendleton Fine Foods Ian Cooper Lyn Robins Burke Billingham Gloria Sumner Lyn Sachse
11. Volunteers/Helpers David Henderson Wayne Campbell Gloria Sumner Glenn Hillock Steve Cundy Keith Payne Deane Jarvis Paul Reynolds Glenn Roder John McLachlan John & Mariana Henderson Edwina & David Baird Ian Cooper Pauline Fielden Pauline Ward Di Campbell Joanne Rudd Mardi Pedler Rosie Budenberg Val Bonython Tony & Priscilla Binks Jute Scholefield Liz Scholefield Endenburg Family Rob, Monika, Morgan, Alex, Nick Ron Weir Rob Burns Tom Bullock Kelvin Branson Bernie Lindner Natalie Kowalski Judy Raggatt