Category Archives: Tennis

Players from Shaw Park Tennis Centre and Everton Tennis Centre performed very well at the recent Babolat Shaw Park Open Junior Tournament on 1st-3rd October.

The tournament attracted over 160 of the best local junior players with Australian Rankings points up for grabs in the U12 and U16 age divisions.  The event was hampered by rain late on Saturday afternoon and again on Sunday, some match formats were adjustedand some events wre cancelled.  The majority of main draw matches proceeded.

The standout result was from Johnny Bell who made the final in the 14U boys event and lost a tight match to sunshine coast teenager Baez Nielsen.  Johnny who is a relative newcomer to the sport and plays tournaments occasionally was not intimidated by his highly ranked opponents knowcking out the number one seed Jordan Smith 61 64 in the second round.  Fatigue eventually took its toll on Johnny who went down to the number two seed late on Sunday afternoon.

Other notable performances were from Siobhan McAlister who made the final of the 14U girls event.  Chris and Nick Dudurovic who made the final of the 16U boys doubles.  Michael Zappala who made the final of the 18U boys event and Rory Spletter and James Claremont who won the 12U & U14 boys consolation final respectively.

I would also like to mention some of our newer tournament players who made an outstanding effort.  Those being Will Ikin, Lachlan Gill, Georgia Townsend and Lily Van Lent.    Congratulations to all the players from Shaw Park and Everton Tennis Centres for your outstanding efforts.

Full results of the 2010 Babolat Shaw Park Open Junior Tournament can be viewed by click this link.

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.