THE OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF THE ISSUE NUMBER 27 KOOYONG LAWN TENNIS CLUB INC. DECEMBER 2010 AAMI CLASSIC PREVIEW Sarah Fitz-Gerald Joins Sports Elite In The Spiritual Home of Kooyong Australian Tennis January 12-15, 2011 Hall Of Fame It was fantastic to see one of Kooyong’s ‘To be inducted into the Sport Australia Hall champions inducted into the Sport of Fame in a room full of amazing athletes, Australia Hall of Fame recently. legends and sporting heroes was extremely humbling and to be added to a group of The squash champion continues to be Former world squash champion Sarah my sporting peers is a special moment,’ heavily involved in the sport and is regularly Fitz-Gerald joined an illustrious list of said Sarah. seen on the courts at Kooyong helping to sporting stars to be awarded one of the develop the next generation of Australian highest honours in Australian sport. She now sits amongst Australia’s sporting squash stars. elite from Sir Donald Bradman to Dawn Sarah was inducted alongside Philip Fraser and joins her fellow squash Recognised as one of the greatest players Anderson, Kenneth Arthurson, Grant champions Heather McKay, Geoff Hunt, ever to play the sport, Fitz-Gerald, the Hackett, David Hall, Alex Jesaulenko, Michelle Martin and fellow Kooyong current Kooyong Club Champion, will no www.aamiclassic.com.au Kirstie Marshall, David Parkin, Howard member Vicki Cardwell. doubt cherish this wonderful honour for a Toyne and two new legends, John Raper long time to come. and Leigh Matthews. ‘I was also asked to give the athletes official response on behalf of the new The Club would like to congratulate Sarah Her career has been filled with with awards inductees which was a huge honour on this momentous occasion and we look and titles but this was a special occasion for considering the people on stage beside forward to her continued involvement in the five-time World Open Squash Champion. me,’ she said. squash at the Club. 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Phone: (03) 9822 3333 AAMI entering the Members Bar and lead a Fax: (03) 9822 5248 Summer builds up excitement as our focus group of women from a cold and uninviting The Committee of twelve people represent WEDNESDAY 12TH - SATURDAY 15TH CL Website: www.kooyong.com.au ASSIC PREVIEW turns to the summer of tennis activities and all Members rather than groups or Email: [email protected] lounge area into the bar to join the men. we look forward to the return of Lleyton subsets of Members so gender has never 6 ABN: 17 177 846 072 Hewitt to Kooyong to compete in what will This Club rule was quickly amended not been a major topic of contention at the Reg. No: A0039994S be his first AAMI Classic. Committee level. Rodionova & Peers 3 Sarah Fitz-Gerald Joins long after and today women make up Sports Elite In Hall Of Fame fifty percent of our membership and are Lleyton and reigning champion Fernando enjoying equal rights and privileges to their What has been discussed is how to foster a Committee who love Kooyong and that 5 A Message From The CEO KOOYONG LAWN TENNIS CLUB Verdasco headline another sensational field male counterparts. 5 President's Message COMMITTEE and we look forward to four days of great has a wide range of skills such as sports tennis commencing 12th January 2011. administration, accounting & finance, Dominate In Delhi Ian Hill - President Our waiting list consists of around 640 6 Rodionova & Peers David Wilson - Vice-President Tickets are available from Tickemaster. marketing & promotions, architecture, Kooyong’s Anastasia Rodionova and Sally into the fi nal with the second seeded extra energy to win those critical points to but Rogowska and Moore fought back to Anastasia then hoped to walk away with boys, 450 girls, 620 men and 610 women Peers have capped off a hugely successful Indian, Sania Mirza, full of confi dence. get the gold medal. It was easily one of level the match at a set all. three gold medals when she teamed with campaign by winning a swag of medals at the biggest wins for me this year to defeat In the fi nal set it was Anastasia and Sally Paul Hanley in the mixed doubles but it the Commonwealth Games in Delhi. Anastasia lived up to the seeding early in the Sania in the fi nal in front of fi ercely patriotic who again took the ascendency and their wasn’t to be as they lost a close encounter fi nal by taking the fi rst set 6/3 but the home Indian crowd.’ chances to win the set, match and the to Scotland’s Jocelyn Rae and Colin Anastasia returned to Melbourne with 2 gold crowd willed Mirza back into the match as gold medal in impressive fashion over their Fleming 7/6 6/7 6/2. and one silver medal while Sally has one gold the Indian took the second set 6/2. In the bronze medal playoff, Sally survived fellow Australians. Brian Capp - Vice-President engineering, IT, food and beverage and legal and one bronze medal. some nervous moments in the second set Sally then soaked up the atmosphere after Dominate In Delhi It took a third set tiebreak to separate the when fellow Australian Olivia Rogowska Anastasia was glowing in her praise for her matches had fi nished, ‘It was such a demonstrating the appeal of Kooyong Lawn ‘It was an honour to win 2 gold medals and pair and it was the Australian who was able served for the match and came through in Sally’s doubles expertise, ‘It was a great special event for me as it was the fi rst time 1 silver medal for my new adopted home to take the match 6/3 2/6 7/6 despite the the third set to win the match 4/6 7/6 6/3. week for us on and off the court. Sally is tennis was a part of the Commonwealth and I feel that my contribution to Australia’s best efforts of the home crowd and that of a very good doubles player and we were Games so I really wanted to enjoy every medal tally was my own way of thanking Mirza in a fi nal set that lasted 67 minutes. ‘The Commonwealth Games were an able to understand each other very quickly part of it. Once I fi nished competing in the There have been some wonderful Australia for giving me citizenship. I now amazing experience, something that will and easily on the court,’ she said. fi rst week, I was able to have a few days feel that I am a real Australian and I hope ‘It was the longest week of my stay with me for a very long time and to to go and support other Australian teams Des Hinsley - Treasurer to help advise and guide our administration. I’ve earned the right to call myself a true 10 year professional career with 11 come home with a gold and a bronze ‘The main key to our victory was our and to walk in the opening and closing blue Aussie,’ said a proud Anastasia on her matches and it was very difficult to really topped off the whole experience,’ great on court communication and we ceremonies was incredible.’ Tennis Club to both sexes and all ages. return to Melbourne. keep my concentration up for the said Sally. supported each other when one of us whole match because the crowd was was a bit down and that for me is one Australia’s tennis campaign was a huge Sally’s achievements come on the back of a In the doubles Anastasia and Sally teamed success and we can be extremely proud 8 2010 AAMI Classic Preview supporting Sania very loudly,’ of the most important things in doubles. breakout year on the WTA Tour that includes up as the top seeds and they faced the of the way these two girls represented the successes celebrated by Kooyong A gold medal for both of us was an qualifying at the recent US Open and winning said Anastasia. third seeded pair of Olivia Rogowska and Club and themselves on the world stage. through to a second round encounter with Jessica Moore in the all-Australian fi nal. especially great result as it was the first ‘Thankfully my team-mates and coach eventual champion Kim Clijsters. time we had played together.’ We wish both girls the best of luck for the were there for me and I think that's what After defeating Sally in an all-Australian The Kooyong pair made the most of their upcoming Australian summer of tennis and kept me going and helped me to fi nd the semi fi nal, Anastasia, the top seed, went opportunities in the fi rst set to take it 6/3 for another big year in 2011.