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Shaw Park Tennis Centre will be hosting a 16 and under Junior Tier Tournament on Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th November 2010. The tournament will carry “Bronze” status for Australian Ranking points allocation, so it is sure to attract some of Queenslands best players.

Mark Bloomfield said “we are very excited to be asked by Tennis Queensland to host this event. The tournament is one of the highest ranking tournaments on the Queensland tournament circuit and we are delighted to have the best players in the State visit our centre”.

The local public are welcome to visit the centre during the tournament to watch matches, with the finals being secheduled for Sunday afternoon.

Click here for a tournament information sheet

Click here for an online entry and results

Congratulations to Lauren Browne who has been appointed school captain at Clayfield College for 2011.

Lauren works part-time is a junior tennis coach at Shaw Park Tennis Centre and is also a member of the Open A School Tennis Team.   Lauren is coached by Matt Simmons a senior coach at our Everton Tennis Centre.

Well done Lauren – we are proud of you.

The draw has been published for the Clayfield College Tennis Championships with the seeded players being Naitha Bains, Lauren Brown, Rachel Tredoux, Claudia Hartford-Love, Isabella Spring and Lauren Browne.

Matches will be played before school and Friday adternoons with the finals next Tuesday and Wednesdy next week.

The draw has been published on the Tennis Australia and can be found by clicking the following link.   Clayfield College Tennis Championships Draw.

For information regarding the tournament please contact Gareth Keating or Mark Bloomfield from Shaw Park Tennis Centre on 32661660.

Congratulations to our Head Coach Gareth Keating who performed very well at the recent University Open tennis tournament.

It has been a long time between matches, but Gareth the form player of the tournament as he eliminated the #2 seed, Isaac Frost in three long sets 4-6 7-5 6-3. Isaac is currently the the 47th ranked player in Australia and ranked inside the top 1,000 players in the world. The match took its toll on Gareth and he lost his fourth round match 7-6 6-2 to semi-finalist Hugh Clarke.

Gareth said “I felt like I was hitting the ball well, it was only my match fitness that let me down. I am sure with some proper training I can do better next year.”

Next school holidays we are holding our popular tennis clinic at the Shaw Park Tennis Centre. The clinic will be co-ordinated by our senior coach Dominic Andrews assisted by our team of tennis professionals.

Our clinics are hugely popular and places fill fast. They are perfect for players all abilities aged between 5 and 15 years old. Our last holiday clinic was a massive success with 60 students participating over three days during the break. Students enjoyed a variety of tennis coaching lessons and programs and also a tournament. Our younger players has their own “mini-tennis olympics”. Everyone was a winner with prizes and great food as the reward for three days of hard work and play.

Our next clinic will he held at Shaw Park Tennis Centre for three days on Tuesday 21st, Wednesday 22nd and Thursday 23rd September. For more information please contact eith Shaw Park Tennis Centre on 3266 1660 or Everton Tennis Centre on 3353 2018. Click this link for a Holiday Tennis Clinic Enrolment Form.

The 2010 Babolat Shaw Park OJT is becoming a popular event on the South-East Queensland tournament circuit with record entries for this years event. This year over 150 players have entered the event up slightly from last year.  Both Shaw Park Tennis Centre and Everton Tennis Centre will be used to host this event.

Shaw Park Tennis Centre manager Shane Mikic said “we are extremely happy to build on our entries this year especially given the overall downward trend of participation in similar ranked events. We really want to lift the profile of this tournament and attract the best players our region has to offer.”

The tournament has secured Babolat as the naming rights sponsor, with additional sponsorships from other well known companies such as Coca-Cola, Worldwide Online Printing, Affordable Trophies, Tennis Gear and Nestle Peters.

The full schedule or players can be found at the following link. Babolat Shaw Park OJT 2010 Player List.

Shane at the Oz Open (I like his Everton shirt).

Shane is widely regarded as the best stringer in Brisbane. He was contacted by Ron Rocchi from Wilson late last year and invited to join the Wilson Grandslam Stringers Global String Team.

Mark Bloomfield from Everton Tennis said “It is great to have Shane recognised for his expertise in this area. He is a fantastic stringer and his work is first class”.

Shane manages the Shaw Park and Everton Tennis proshops. To have Shane string you racquet please call us on 33532018 or 32661660. You can also ask Shane a stringing related question via our form at www.tennisgear.com.au/forum.

Gareth Keating has joined the team at Shaw Park and Everton Tennis Centres. After a decade of overseas travel as a tennis coach and player, Gareth has returned to Brisbane to manage the Shaw Park & Everton Tennis Centre tennis programs.

Originally a top ranked Australian junior, Gareth was offered a scholarship to attend a University in the States where he studied Business Marketing. After completing University he worked as a club professional at various centres and resorts in America. Later he was offered a position in France where he coached and travelled with a group of ATP doubles specialists. This year he worked Travis Parrott and Jaroslav Levinsky at the Brisbane International, Sydney International and also the Australian Open.

We are delighted to have a coach with the experience of Gareth working at our centres and schools. Our students and coaches are benefiting enormously from his input.

Our players were joined on court with specialist doubles players from Australia, Ashley Fischer (ranked 53 in the world for doubles) and Stephen Huss (ranked 46). Ashley and Stephen are currently the highest ranked Australian doubles pairing with Stephen winning the mens doubles crown at Wimbledon in 2007.

Ashley and Stephen spent over 45 minutes playing doubles with all our students, they gave advice, autographs and then joined in for a special photo shoot.

Hotshots is a new modified tennis program operating at Shaw Park and Everton Tennis Centres. The program uses modified equipment to teach students the game of tennis faster.

For more information about our Hotshots programs please call us on 3266 1660 or 3353 2018.