January 2002

First Season Fixtures

Nomination forms to play for UQ in the Brisbane Hardcourt Tennis Association and Brisbane Night Tennis Association's Fixtures are now available. This nomination form also covers the Club's internal Fixtures.

The starting dates for first season Fixtures range from 14 February to 27 March. Closing dates range from 21 January to 13 March.
Nominations must be lodged by the relevant closing date.

Players will not be included in UQ teams unless they have lodged a Club nomination form and paid all fees by the specified deadline.

The competition closing dates are:

21 January	BNTA Thursday
4 February	BHTA Saturday Threes
6 March	BNTA Monday BNTA Tuesday BNTA Wednesday Threes
12 March	BHTA Saturday Pairs UQTC Thursday
13 March	UQTC Monday BNTA Wednesday Pairs

Although most people are in Christmas holiday mode, those wanting to play BNTA Thursday and BHTA Saturday Threes Fixtures need to switch on and send in their nominations ASAP. Grading Sessions for new players are scheduled for:

Sunday	20 January	1 p.m. to 2 p.m.	BNTA Thursday and BHTA Threes only
Sunday	3 February	1 p.m. to 2 p.m.	BHTA Threes only
Saturday	2 March	1 p.m. to 4 p.m.	ALL COMPETITIONS except BNTA Thursday & BHTA Threes
Sunday	3 March	1 p.m. to 4 p.m.	ALL COMPETITIONS except BNTA Thursday & BHTA Threes
Monday	4 March	7 p.m. to 9 p.m.	ALL COMPETITIONS except BNTA Thursday & BHTA Threes
Wednesday	6 March	7 p.m. to 9 p.m.	ALL COMPETITIONS except BNTA Thursday & BHTA Threes
Sunday	10 March	1 p.m. to 2 p.m.	BHTA Pairs, BNTA Wed Pairs, UQTC Monday & UQTC Thursday
Tuesday	12 March	7 p.m. to 9 p.m.	BHTA Pairs, BNTA Wed Pairs, UQTC Monday & UQTC Thursday

Fixture Policies

Because of the high demand for places in UQ teams, it has been necessary to develop procedures to ensure that all applicants are looked after equally and are placed in a suitable team. The following policies will apply for next season's Fixtures:

Nobody will be included in a UQ team unless all fees and a signed application to join the UQ Tennis Club are received.

One person lodging a form and listing a group of people he/she wants to play with will not result in those other people being included unless they lodge their own forms and pay their fees.

Requests to play together will be considered but cannot always be granted.

Players of a similar standard will generally be able to play together provided they ask to play with each other. Players A and B will probably not end up in the same team if Player A asks to play with Player B but Player B does not ask to play with Player A. However, because of the numbers that apply for a particular competition, it will sometimes prove impossible to grant all requests to play together. For example, in the Wednesday Pairs competition where there are only enough courts available to field 30 teams, a maximum of 90 players can be accommodated. However if there are applications from 40 pairs and 10 individuals, 10 of the pairs will have to be split up to form the 30 teams of 3 players each.

Applications received without fees will be ignored.

No Fees - No Play - No Exceptions.

Off-campus home courts will not be used.

This means that all UQ Tennis Club teams will have home courts at UQ. Teams in BHTA and BNTA Fixtures may still have to travel anywhere in Brisbane for away matches.

Quotas will be applied to all competitions.

This means that lodging an entry by the relevant closing date will not guarantee all applicants of a place in that competition.

Players will be requested to nominate their preferred alternative competition(s) should their first choice(s) be over-subscribed.

Applicants who do not nominate an alternative, or nominate alternatives that are also over-subscribed, will miss out if their chosen competition is full when their application is received (in which case, fees will be refunded).

Teams will not be formed with just the bare minimum of players needed

(unless there is a shortage of players of the appropriate standard or gender). This means that there will be one extra player in each gender-neutral team and one extra male and one extra female in mixed teams.

Late applications will only be accepted where there are shortages

or where vacancies arise after the season begins.

Players are not entitled to a refund after teams have been finalised and registered with the Fixture associations.

With the optimum number of players per team, anybody pulling out can cause havoc unless there are some late applications to fill the vacancy. Players pulling out because the Club or Fixture association grading committees didn't put them in the grade they think they should be playing will not get a refund and future nominations from them will not be accepted. In extenuating circumstances, the Committee may approve a partial refund (e.g. where somebody is transferred or seriously injured before playing any matches).

Club Membership Cards

Under the Club's arrangements with UQ Sport, all members are entitled to eight hours of free off-peak court time on weekdays and four hours on Sundays (per year).

To access this free court time, members must have a valid UQ Tennis Club Membership Card. The free hours are marked on the cards and are hole-punched as they are used.

2002 Club Membership Cards are valid from the date they are issued. However, for those members with free court time left on their 2001 Card, 2001 Membership Cards will be accepted until the end of January.

From 1 February, members will need a 2002 Club Membership Card to access free court time.

Court Hire Increases

UQ Sport has announced significant increases in court hire charges for 2002.

The new charges are:

TIME	OLD	NEW
UQ Sport Members
Day (Before 5pm)	$6.00	$7.50
Night (After 5pm)	$7.70	$8.50
Non Members
Day (Before 5pm)	$12.00	$15.00
Night (After 5pm)	$15.40	$17.00

The increase in court hire costs has a flow on effect for Club members.

Sunday afternoon Social Tennis will now cost $5 for Club members and $7 for non-members.

Unfortunately, the increases were announced after the Fixture nomination form for first season had been printed. Therefore, it was too late to increase Fixture fees for first season to cover the increase in court hire costs. There will undoubtedly be an increase in second season fees.

2001 Club Champions

David King is the UQ Tennis Club's Men's Singles Champion for 2001.

33 players competed in the Annual Club Championships played on 13, 14, 20 & 21 October. Events were conducted at four levels (Open, A Grade, B Grade and C Grade) to ensure that the tournament catered for players of all standards. Consolation events were run for early round losers in events with 4 or more entries to ensure every player got plenty of Tennis.

In the Final of the Open Men's Singles, David King defeated Tim Ericson 6/7 6/3 6/3. An Open Ladies' Singles Championship was not conducted because there were no entries.

The trophies for the Club Championships were presented in a special awards ceremony held on 28 October during the Club's AGM.

The list of trophy winners was:-

OMS: Winner - David King, Runner-up - Tim Ericson, Consolation Winner - Denis Morton
AMS: Winner - Tim Ericson, Runner-up - Luke Hoekoek, Consolation Winner - David King
ALS: Winner - Judith Rodins
AMD: Winners - Adrian Dolley & Tim Ericson, Runners-up - Richard Clayton & Byron James

BMS: Winner - Denis Morton, Runner-up - Yaramah Zalucki, Consolation Winner - Ross Markwell
BLS: Winner - Anita Rodinbs, Runner-up - Denise Maras, Consolation Winner - Marita Moore
BMD: Winners - Joseph Ho & Denis Morton, Runners-up - Kavin Khatri & Nimish Kumar
BLD: Winners - Anita Rodins & Judith Rodins, Runners-up - Tracy Henderson & Emma Williamson
BXD: Winners - Yaramah Zalucki & Emma Williamson, Runners-up - Tracy Henderson & David Earl

CMS: Winner - Matt Ott, Runner-up - Jeff Gear

Calendar

2-6 January	National 14/U Teams Championships
7-13 January	National 14/U Hardcourt Championships
11-13 January	Gap Junior Masters
14-19 January	Coops Junior
19-21 January	Ferny Hills Junior Masters
25-27 January	Petrie Junior Masters
23-24 Feb & 2-3 March	Queensland Close Championships
27 February	Orientation Day
4 March	UQ First Semester begins
27,24 March	Frawleys Junior Development
30 March-1 April	Laffs Junior Masters
3-7 April	Ferny Hills Junior
20-21,27-28 April	Ipswich Open
21 April	Club Tournament
4-6 May	Beenleigh Age
4-6 May	Coops Junior Masters
12 May	Club Doubles Tactics Clinic
26 May	Club Tournament
8-10 June	Chandler Junior Masters
17 June	UQ Examinations begin
22-23 June	Logan City Age
24-29 June	Rod Laver Queensland Junior Championships
30 June-4 July	Little Masters
30 June-4 July	Northern University Games (Gold Coast)
5-7 July	Ipswich Junior Masters
13-14,20-21,27-28 July	University Open & Queensland Open Championships
29 July	UQ Second Semester begins
7-8 September	Beenleigh Open
15,21,22 Sept	Club Championships
21-23 September	Frawleys Junior Masters
23-26 September	Redcliffe Age
27-29 September	Pine Rivers Age
27-29 September	Sunnybank Junior Masters
29 Sept-5 October	Australian University Games (Adelaide)
4-6 October	Carindale Junior Masters
13 October	Club Tournament
2-3,9-10 Nov	Wynnum Open
23 Nov-1 Dec	Junior Masters Circuit Final (Coops)
7-8 December	Frawleys Junior
11 November	UQ Examinations begin
7-8 December	Queensland Grand Prix Masters
14-20 December	Queensland Junior Teams Event

Life Membership Award

At the Annual General Meeting, held on 28 October, Michael O'Shea was elected to Honorary Life Membership of the Club in recognition of his long and meritorious service to Tennis at UQ.

Michael has been on the Club's Executive Committee since October 1986 and has served as President
(1 year), Vice President (1 year) and Hon. Secretary (12 years).

In recognition of his award, Michael was presented with a framed Life Membership Certificate.