We are proud of our Club commitment to “Fair Play”
At East Croydon Kilsyth Tennis Club, we know that our members join the club to play tennis for a variety of reasons.
Many of our members simply enjoy playing social tennis with friends and family. They enjoy the fun of playing a great sport in the outdoors and gaining the benefits of physical activity, fresh air and exercise. With a bit of a laugh and a giggle along the way.
We have a mixture of both senior and junior members who enjoy playing more serious competition. They thrive on the challenge of a contest - and the satisfaction that comes from participating in a contest that will ultimately help them become an even better player.
There is a joy and elation that comes from winning a tough contest. From feeling that you have pushed yourself to your very limits - and maybe even pushed yourself to discover more of what you are truly capable of.
Competition and sport can teach us a lot about what it takes to achieve our goals in life. Self-belief, self-discipline, persistence and hard work are just some of the ingredients that come into the mix.
At our Tennis Club, our Committee and our Coaches are all very committed to the principles and ethics of Fair Play ……. Yes our members who compete in teams against opponents from other clubs hope to win - but not at any cost! Some of the principles of fair play include…
1. Respect - for both yourself, your team-mates and your opponent on the court. And respect for the rules. There is no place for abuse, intimidation, cheating or aggression at our club. And it’s about having the courage to respectfully call someone out if they are behaving badly.
2. Integrity. Honest and honourable with our calls of whether a ball landed in or out - regardless of the score or the state of the match. Being gracious, in either victory or defeat. Acknowledging good play or good effort from the opposing team.
3. Enjoyment from participation. Learning to gain satisfaction from knowing you did your best. It is unfortunate that in competitive sport there are some who equate losing with failure.
Instead, the coaches and parents of juniors at our club encourage the kids to learn that there will be times you don’t win a contest. But you can learn and grow from these experiences…… as well as still having enjoyed the challenge of the contest. We do not want our juniors feeling that whether they have won or lost a game of tennis on a particular day defines who they are.
We want our juniors feeling optimistic and positive about playing the game. And learning how to be the best they can be…… And for many, that won’t mean being the best, but instead playing to the best of their potential.
The reality is that very few of our juniors will grow up to make a living from playing tennis! ….. However our club aims that our kids will grow up and continue wanting to enjoy playing tennis throughout their life. And that the early lessons from”Fair Play” and participating actively with respect and integrity in competition, will have helped teach them a bit about what it takes to successfully achieve whatever their goals may be in life.
You can read more about our Club Code of Conduct, and the ten principles we encourage, here
A FREE COACHING PROGRAM FOR OVER-55’s WHO WERE WANTING TO RECONNECT WITH TENNIS
East Croydon Kilsyth Tennis Club recently delivered a 6 week program that provided a great fun environment for participants to play some social tennis and develop some new friendships.
A sporting club grant from the Department of Sport & Recreation Victoria enabled the club to offer the opportunity for FREE. The program commenced on Tuesday morning April 26, for people over 55 - and ended in mid June. The photos below shows some of the group participants in the program.
FREE JUNIOR COACHING HOLIDAY PROGRAM …..
Another free Junior Coaching school holiday program was completed recently at the Club. As always, these sessions proved to be very popular and the kids had heaps of fun and lots of exercise. Our awesome club coaches at ProTouch Tennis Academy delivered another wonderful junior coaching program. Also a reminder that Junior weekend competition has resumed. Contact Kelsey if necessary with any questions about your team.
FAREWELL WARREN WOODCOCK
The Committee of our club would like to express our sympathy to the family of Warren Woodcock, who recently passed away. Warren helped to support a new initiative at the club, the Junior Development Coaching Scholarship - and was its inaugural sponsor. He took an active interest in the kids selected for the scholarship and emphasised that for him, it was more about recognising the values of sportsmanship, effort and perseverance, rather than necessarily just pure talent. From all at the East Croydon Kilsyth Tennis Club, we say Rest In Peace, Warren Woodcock.
VISIT FROM OUR LOCAL FEDERAL MP, MICHAEL SUKKAR
The club recently welcomed our local Federal MP, Michael Sukkar (Assistant Treasurer & Minister for Housing) for a tour around our courts - and to explore ways the club might be able to further expand the range of tennis programs and activities throughout 2022, that will be of benefit to the local community.
Michael takes a special interest in local community sporting clubs - recognising the important role clubs such as ours play in promoting healthy lifestyles and facilitating social connections amongst people and families.
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| Michael met with club coach Andrew Marshall and our clubs President, Vice President and Secretary |
The Year That Was - 2021
Read about some of the highlights of last year - here
Guidelines for safe play - as tennis resumes
We have passed through some troubling times ....... If you are required to undergo quarantine at some stage because you suspect you carry the virus, then you might be interested in our page “Coping With Self Isolation”
NEWS FLASH
The club is delighted to announce the introduction of the inaugural "Warren Woodcock Junior Tennis Coaching Scholarship".
Over the next 12 months, each term a junior will be selected by the club to receive for that one term, a combination of group coaching combined with some intensive private tuition. The scholarship is to be awarded to a junior on the basis that they reflect the club's values of fairness, positive attitude and good sportsmanship, as well as displaying a persistent work ethic.
The Woodcock family who are sponsoring these four scholarships (to a combined annual value of $1,000), have enjoyed a long association with tennis, with Warren (Senior) having achieved a quarter final singles berth in the 1957 Australian Open and Warren (junior) having been the on-tour hitting partner for Ivan Lendl in the 1980's. Visit our JUNIOR SCHOLARSHIP page to read about the newest recipient of our coaching scholarship
East Croydon Kilsyth Tennis Club offer plenty of competition tennis options - although during the current pandemic, all tennis activities and programmes have been deferred until later in the year. However when some normality eventually returns if you're not wanting to play tennis regularly in a team, then social tennis might be an option. Contact our Club Secretary to enquire further.
When it does eventually resume, social sessions will offer a great opportunity to play tennis and meet new people, without having to commit to regular competition.
We are a friendly, family oriented club that welcomes new members of all ages and abilities.
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| New members are always welcome. 119 -131 Hull Rd, Croydon |
If you are wanting to either play tennis or perhaps learn how to play tennis, or even maybe get your kids into tennis - the club offers you many options.....
- Junior competition
- Social Tennis
- Coaching programs for all ages
- Mid-week night tennis competition
- Mid-week ladies competition
- Saturday tennis senior competition
- Veterans tennis for over 50's - both competition and social
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| East Croydon Tennis Club has six excellent tennis courts |
We have 4 synthetic grass courts and 2 traditional red porous surface courts. East Croydon merged with Kilsyth Tennis Club about three years ago to become East Croydon Kilsyth Tennis Club and was enriched by the coming together of two strong clubs with great traditions. We would like to encourage you to come down, join us for a hit of tennis and meet some of our members.
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| Our club offers coaching, competition & social tennis |
MEMBERSHIP ENQUIRIES:
Steve 0419 896 607 or Email - ecktennis@gmail.com
Check out our News & Events page for further information - and visit our Be Inspired page
Club hosts a visit from our local state MP, David Hodgett
East Croydon Kilsyth Tennis Club was delighted to host a visit from our local state MP, David Hodgett.
David chatted with some of the parents of kids who were participating in our free holiday coaching clinic (over 100 juniors enjoyed the free clinic - and the BBQ that followed) He also met three great servants of our club - Steve Baldry (club Secretary), Noel Hester (club President & Treasurer) & Mike Drummond (Night Tennis records Secretary).
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| Noel Hester, David Hodgett, Andrew & Kelsey, Steve Baldry & Mike Drummond |
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