THE OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF THE KOOYONG LAWN TENNIS CLUB INC. ISSUE NUMBER 33 APRIL 2013 Hewitt Wins second AAMI ClAssIC TITle KOOYONG WINS MEN'S PREMIER LEAGUE TITLE A day of high class tennis action Daniel Byrnes won the first set ended with a win and a loss for comfortably against Taso Vasiliadis but matches with Taso are never over he the Kooyong teams after another fought his way back into the contest by fantastic season of Premier winning the second set in a tiebreaker. League action. The final set was a seesawing battle as both players tried to wrest the momentum After a hiatus in 2012 due to the need for away from each other but it was Byrnes the dates to be changed following the who clinched the crucial rubber 6/4 in the Asia Pacific Tennis League moving into final set. the November timeslot. By this stage Marc Polmans was well This also saw changes to the format and on the way to winning his match with squad sizes along with the formation of Ben Ellwood which he did 6/1 6/0 to the first Country All-Stars team. give Kooyong a significant advantage on The semi finals were played between games and Andrew Whittington knew the top four sides in both the men’s and he had done enough at 6/7 0/5 against women’s competitions on Friday night and Rubin Statham for Kooyong to win they were both nailbiters as the men did the day as the celebrations began. battle with Grace Park and the women In the women’s final it was an took on Royal South Yarra. even start to the day as both Things looked dire early in both matches Kooyong and Delahey Rec won a but they found a way to win to secure a doubles rubber with Kate Antosik spot in the final to give themselves a shot and Annabelle Andrinopoulos at the title. winning 6/1 6/3 against Stefani Stojic The men’s final between Kooyong and and Branka Potkonjak. MCC was always going to be a cracker Viktorija Rajicic and Monica Rajicic and it lived up to the hype as the doubles were too strong for Kooyong’s Michaela was played at such a high standard. Johansson and Molly Polak as they won Daniel Byrnes and Marc Polmans their first rubber 6/2 6/2. got things rolling for Kooyong with an The singles were all Delahey Rec as impressive straight sets win against Ben Viktorija Rajicic and Stefani Stojic put Ellwood and Michael Logarzo 6/1 6/3. their club within grasp of victory and On the next court Andrew Coelho and when Karolina Wlodarczak won the first Andrew Whittington were able to win set against Annabelle Andrinopoulos it a crucial first set against Peter Luczak was a big win for Delahey in their first and Rubin Statham 7/6 before losing the season in the top competition. second 6/4 in another tight set. Congratulations must go to The match tiebreaker could have gone everyone involved in a wonderful T H E 2 0 1 3 either way but Luczak and Statham day of tennis! showed their experience and grabbed the rubber for MCC to keep them in the contest. The singles saw Andrew Coelho have to face off with Peter Luczak and it was the star from MCC that got the job done 6/2 6/2 to put his side in front as the rain came. ?NG<MBHGL>O>GML Join us for a night of celebration as we look back on the sporting achievements of our members over the past twelve months Mitch Burman was in great form throughout Friday 31ST May aT 7pM, The Kooyong rooM his first Premier League season, while it was great to see both the men and women start with a geat win in the first round against Dendy Park. Section Presentations for Tennis, Squash, Billiards & Snooker and Bridge. Contact reception for more information COURTSIDECOURTSIDE – DECEMBER – APRIL 20132012 3 CONTENTS COURT THE OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF THE KOOYONG LAWN TENNIS CLUB INC. our Kooyong Committee has Members will have the opportunity Sadly since our last Courtside the Club for some time been focused on to join Caulfield Park Sports Club at a has lost a Past President, Vice President ISSUE NUMBER 33 APRIL 2013 Yexploring ways of increasing special Kooyong Member rate for social and Committee Member all of whom value to Members of the Club. The and pennant bowls and additionally, a served the Club with distinction over an Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club Inc. expanding array of opportunities for our number of introductory events for our extended period of time. The Club will 489 Glenferrie Road Members at reciprocal Clubs both locally Members will be held including the miss John Foster, Committee Member Kooyong VIC 3144 and internationally and capital works popular bare foot bowling. (1977-1982) and Club President (1982- Phone: (03) 9822 3333 programs around the Glenferrie property 1984), Michael Bidey, Committee Fax: (03) 9822 5248 are recent examples of this, and there The signing of these agreements Member (1988-1982) and Vice President Website: www.kooyong.com.au are more initiatives and capital projects achieves several positive outcomes for (2000-2003) and Fred Murphy, Email: [email protected] under consideration. Kooyong Members. Firstly it enables Committee Member (1987-1999).The the Club to significantly reduce the richness, diversity and standing of our ?NG<MBHGL>O>GML ABN: 17 177 846 072 It is an imperative that the Committee current outstanding debt, which in turn 6 Reg. No: A0039994S Club can be directly attributed in part to 3 Kooyong Wins Men's Premier take both short term and long-term accelerates our timetable for future the contribution of these gentlemen. League Title views of Club needs and develop capital works. The second benefit is strategies to deliver favourable access to the facilities at Caulfield Park, 5 A Message From The CEO KOOYONG LAWN TENNIS CLUB outcomes. Following the recent major either as a Member of that Club or as COMMITTEE 5 President's Message clubhouse renovation the Committee a result of the events to be held at Ian Hill - President has paid attention to debt reduction Caulfield in the future. Peter Carew - Vice-President 6 Hewitt Wins Second while ensuring the Club is still able to Ian Hill Brian Capp - Vice-President This has been a major exercise AAMI Classic Title commit to required major capital works President Joe Dicks - Treasurer in the immediate term. with several people deserving 9 Destanee Aiava Selected acknowledgement for their efforts in to Represent Australia Members of Committee These contrasting objectives at Committee making this three-way deal possible. Adam Cossar level have demanded a special Among them I thank President of the 10 Club Championships: Cam Dickinson commitment to seek out and capitalise Alma Club, Mr Bernie Gold and the Antosik Wins First Singles Title Richard Kennett on opportunities that essentially might President of the Caulfield Sports Club, Mr Fiona Law not require major capital, but strengthen Brian Rosenthal for their efforts. 10 12 Club Championships: Winners List Duncan McCulloch Kooyong and add to the sporting and 14 Foundation News: Margot McCluskey The Kooyong 2013 Club Tennis and Darren O’Loughlin social value of a Kooyong Lawn Tennis Kooyong Juniors Feature Club membership. Squash Championships were an at National Titles Chris Brown - CEO outstanding success with record entries uring January each year, tennis is the I am pleased to announce that favourable for the third year in a row. The quality Ddominant sport in Melbourne and the 15 Wayne Arthurs Cup Committee Members may be contacted negotiations have seen Kooyong enter of the tennis and squash across three AAMI Classic is the lead off event for tennis at any time through reception. into arrangements with Alma Sports Club week-ends was outstanding with 16 Reciprocal News: The New York in this town. and Caulfield Park Sports Club. Both of congratulations going to our 2013 tennis Once again, some of the best in world tennis Athletic Club these will provide significant benefit for champions, David Bidmeade in the PUBLISHERS graced our courts over the second week Kooyong and its Members. men’s singles and Kate Antosik in the 19 40 Years Since Rolling Courtside magazine edited by of January. Across the four days of good women’s singles, and our 2013 squash Stones Concert Daniel O’Neill weather, crowds were treated to great tennis Membership numbers at Alma had champions, Sam Ejtemai in the men’s culminating in a terrific final between Lleyton 20 Tennis Seniors - Australian Membership Enquiries fallen to only 133 in the last year, and and Melody Francis in the women’s. Hewitt and Juan Martin Del Potro. Claycourt Championships Kylie Polidano diminishing revenue and increasing [email protected] costs resulted in the difficult decision The great variety of activities Members In February, our grass court season highlight 24 21 OAM for Rosalie Silverstein to sell their property in Wilks Street, can partake in during the year at of the Club Championships were played over Tennis Enquiries Asia Pacific Tennis League Caulfield North late in 2012. As a result, Kooyong is quite special. We are indeed three weeks and a record number of Kooyong 22 Cedric Mason Alma members were required under the privileged to have a brilliant array of Members battled across all grades [email protected] 23 Pennant Profiles Rules governing clubs to distribute the social groups within our Club that actively of competition. We congratulate David 24 Pennant News Functions Enquiries funds to a similar club or association and promote Member activities.