New issue of Baseline available now
The latest issue of Baseline, the official newsletter of the Doutta Galla Tennis Club is out now. E-Baseline suscribers should have received the newsletter by email. For those who haven't read it, please visit our Newsletters page.
Doutta Galla joins Tennis Victoria
The Doutta Galla Tennis Club has officially joined Tennis Victoria. This move will provide extensive opportunities for our club, including the option for members to parcipitate in Pennant competition. For more information about the affiliation, please visit Tennis Victoria's website. A Pennant team is currently being created, for more information please visit our Pennant page.
Draft NSNTA Fixture available online
A preview version of next season's Night Tennis Fixtures are available at the NSNTA website. Please have a look and let the club know if you have any issues.
Tennis Victoria Pennant
As the club is about to join Tennis Victoria, the club and its members will be able to participate in Tennis Victoria's Pennant Competition. The club is looking for interested players to play in the 2009 season, if you wish to play, please email us or sign up at the notice board at the club house.
About Pennant:
- Matches are held on Saturday Afternoon, Sunday Morning or Sunday Afternoon.
- Four players play each week.
- Singles is played one week, doubles the next.
- Matches are played all over Greater Melbourne.
- A season is fourteen matches, with each team playing all others twice,
both singles and doubles. - Competition starts in late April with the finals during August.
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Finals Champions
Out of the five Doutta Galla NSNTA teams that played in grand finals this week, three were victorious. On Tuesday, our B Reserve 1 Ladies brought home the pennant defeating Essendon while on Wednesday our A Reserve Mixed combined team with St Peters defeated Avondale Heights by 10 games. Our B Grade 1 Mens team defeated Sunbury by 5 points while our B Special 1 and B Grade 3 lost by slimilar amounts. Congratulations to all our winners and commiserations all others, everyone tried their best and represented the club well.
NSNTA Finals Series
As the NSNTA season draws to a close the club is well represented in the finals race. We have five teams competing in grand finals this week:
- Our combined A Reserve team with St Peter's vs Avondale Heights playing at Keilor East.
- B Special 1 vs Essendon playing at Hadfield.
- B Grade 1 vs Sunbury at Essendon.
- B Grade 3 vs Taylor's Lakes at Essendon.
- B Reserve 1 vs Essendon at Taylor's Lakes.
Mixed:
Mens:
Ladies:
We wish all our teams the best of luck and stay tuned for eBaseline next week to find out who brought home a pennant.
Website back up and eBaseline has resumed
DouttaGalla.com and eBaseline are back after a rather long hiatus due to troubles with our webserver. Our website has been down intermittently over the last couple of months, but hopefully all these problems have been sorted out now.
Please, if you haven't received an email from us this month, please re-enter your email address in newsletter box above as we lost some of our members' addresses during our troubles. Thank you.
Christmas Party Date Set
The date for the Club's Annual Christmas Party has been set as Saturday the 6th of December. Place it in your diaries as we would like to as many members of the club as possible at the greatest event on the club's calendar (apologies to the trivia night).
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Working Bee a success
Thanks to all who helped out at the club's annual working bee, the club has never looked as clean. Many jobs were done including garden maintenance, thorough cleaning of the club house, court maintenance, spreading of sand on the courts and adding new shade cloth behind courts one and two. Everyone certainly earned their barbequed sausage at the end.
Club Championships Complete
The Annual Club Championships have finished and congratulations to all the winners. It was a great tournament, with many epic sets that will stay in our memories for a long time to come.
Special thanks to the Club Championships Major Sponsor Nelson Alexander Real Estate. Please support our sponsor by visiting their website at http://www.nelsonalexander.com.au/, or visiting one of their many branches.
Congratulations to the winners and commiserations to the runners up, all played well despite the results. The winners are listed below:
- Mens Singles: Michael Mann def Jason Jacobi 6-3 4-6 6-2
- Mens Graded Singles: Kavindu Gamage def Aaron Sharpe 8-5
- Junior Boys Singles: Kavindu Gamage def Kieran Benton 8-1
- Mens Graded Doubles: Michael Mann/Aaron Sharpe def Michael Glass/Lachlan Taylor 8-5
- Ladies Graded Singles: Sue Duras def Del Hughes 8-2
- Ladies Graded Doubles: Annette Mann/Tracey Maney def Karen Relf/Sophie McCann 8-6
- Mixed Graded Doubles: Michael Mann/Lyndal Anderson def Aaron Sharpe/Ashley Mann 8-6
To view all the results, visit our Club Championships site.
The Club's Honor Board has been updated with the winners of the 2008 Club Championships, visit our Club Championships Past Winners Page.
Working Bee
The annual working bee is on on the 12th of October at 12pm, all members that attend are entitled to receive their maintenance levy of $30 back. We hope to see as many people there as possible to help keep our club looking beautiful and there is plenty to do.
Welcome our new Sponsors: Benton's Plumbtec
The Doutta Galla Tennis Club is proud to welcome our newest sponsor on board, Benton's Plumbtec. Benton's is your best destination for all your Bathroom, Kitchen, Laundry and Plumbing needs, with 11 retail stores throughout Melbourne and Victoria. Please support our sponsors by visiting their website at www.bentons.com.au.
Club Championships Now On
The Annual Doutta Galla Club Championships 2008 have now commenced. To find out all the details, please visit the Club Championships 2008 mini-site. Matches commence on the Saturday the 13th of September with all the Grand Finals on Sunday the 28th of September. Even if you are not playing, please come down to the club on any of the match days and see some world class tennis (not guaranteed).
Website Downtime
Unfortunately over August this website was mostly unavailible due to circumstances beyond our control.
Due to these circumstances, we lost all of our email addresses for members for our online newsletter and our backups are not completly correct. So it would be great if all members and those interested could please re-submit their email address into the Newsletter box above. Thanks for your support.
Annual General Meeting is on soon.
The Club's Annual General Meeting is scheduled for Wednesday the 25th of June at 7pm in the Clubhouse. All members are welcome to attend. If you have any issues to be raised at the AGM, but cannot attend, please send you ideas to 
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New DouttaGalla.com Search Engine.
If you look up to the top of the page, you will notice a new addition to our menu: our very own search engine. Using this box, it is possible to search DouttaGalla.com using Google. Try it out, it's definitely worth the effort. You could even search for your own name to see if you feature anywhere on this site. If you find this feature useful, or have any other suggestions for this site, please contact us at .
Latest Newsletter is out now.
The committe has just put together the latest newsletter, and it should be in our eBaseline subscribers' inboxes now. You can view the newsletter online at our newsletters page. Don't forget to join up to our e-mail newsletter service, eBaseline and be the first to receive the updates!
Also, don't forget to watch our important dates column on the left hand side of this page.
Poll Results.
Our latest poll has now finished and the results are in. But first, the question was: Novak Djokovic and Maria Sharapova recently won the 2008 Australian Open. Were they worthy winners?
33% of voters stated that Both Deserved it, 33% said Djokovic only, Sharapova scared everyone away with that screech, 17% said Sharapova only, Djokovic only beat Federer because he was sick. and 16% said Neither, the players of yesteryear would have thrashed them. The results were interesting, to say the least.
Corowa Easter Tournament Results
Many club members made the trip again to the Corowa Easter Tournament, which is in Southern NSW, on the Murray river between Yarrawonga and Albury/Woodonga, and the Club was represented well throughout.
Ashley Mann and Chrissy Temple came runners up in the A-Grade Ladies Doubles, while there were a couple close semi-final losses by Jan Fielding / Warren Peters (B-Grade Mixed Doubles) and Chrissy Temple / Aaron Sharpe (A-Grade Mixed Doubles). All involved raved about the tournament, a great deal of Tennis and Golf was played by all. All the entrants are looking forward to next year's tournament and all members are encouraged to attend, as this is an event that you shouldn't miss.
A Letter from the President
Dear Members,
It has come to the attention of the committee in the past months that many members have not been paying for the use of lights when they have used them. We will remind everyone that it is $10 per hour per court.
This is a form of stealing and will not be tolerated any longer.
In addition we would like to remind our members of the rules of having visitors playing at our courts. They must be supervised by a member at all times and should not be left alone at all. Furthermore, a visitors fee is needed to be paid upon arrival. Juniors are $1 each and Adults are $3.
We would like to emphasise the low price for visitors. It is not a great deal of money and it is expected of our members to be honest enough to pay for the use of the courts.
Please note members, the above mentioned topics will no longer be tolerated by any member. The committee does not want to change the honour system we have in place now and have had for many years, however if this trend continues stronger consequences will be enforced.
For repeat offenders, a possible termination of membership will occur.
Help the club who continues to provide you with fantastic facilities and a great atmosphere.
Regards,
Aaron Sharpe
President Doutta Galla Tennis Club
Trivia Night Results.
The first annual Doutta Galla Trivia Night went off with a bang on Saturday the 2nd of February, with over 60 people thoroughly enjoying themselves and testing their knowledge. After taking an early lead, the "Sik Dogiezz" table consisting of Michele & Michael Benton, Rose & Mark Swindon, Sharon Spyrou, John Beyer, Kieran Benton & Alexander Swindon held off challenges throughout the night from two other tables to take the crown, with nearly 90% of the questions answered correctly.
The "Eggheads" and "Hugh Jorrgens" came in second and third, respectively, with the Eggheads taking the siver medal in the final two rounds, both answering between 80-85% of the questions correctly.
The Scoreboard will be uploaded when it is located, as some people were unhappy with the result and took it out on the defenceless electronic scoreboard.
A large amount of money was raised for the club, with many people giving generously to help their "cause" by "buying answers" for one dollar. The night was a huge success, with plans already in place for next years event.
Presenting the DouttaGalla.com Special Awards:
- Most Inventive Table Name: went to the table entitled "Have you met my friend Aleks?". It is still undetermined who Aleks actually is, but he is now everyone's friend.
- Longest Table Name: went to a table who's name was totally organic and kept growing longer as the night went on, which was the table "Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasive Forearms". Pity they couldn't use their muscles to answer any questions, and were cellar dwellars all night.
- Loudest Table: not really a contest as this award went straight to the "Courtside" table. As soon as they walked in their presence was felt throughout the bowling club.
- Best Finishers: was awarded to the table with the lowest average age, "The Dream Team" who pipped Courtside on the line to get off the bottom of the Scoreboard by half a point, which was awarded to them for their claim that Andre Aggassi played himself in the 1992 Wimbledon final and their attempt to agrue that it was Pat Rafter who played Agassi after being informed how stupid their answer was (the answer was Goran Ivanisevic). It is important to note that Courtside were deducted 5 points for having 9 table members.
- Luckiest Attendee: was given without a doubt to Jeff Tomlinson, who won the Curnows Tennis Racquet in the raffle from only buying 2 tickets, and who last weekend placed a $2 bet on at the races to win over $200. Ironically, Jeff doesn't play tennis, but he has assured the organisers that he will now take it up.
Thanks to all the organisers and those that helped set up the night, excellent M.C. Michael Mann, Markers Aaron Sharpe and Tim Benton, and Ashley Mann for her creative input in decorating the Doutta Galla Bowling Club, which never looked better.
Special Thanks go to our Sponsors for the Night, without their support the night would not be possible:
- Lincoln Salon
- Curnows Tennis
- Nelson Alexander Real Estate
Quambatook Labour Day Weekend Tournament.
Several Doutta Galla members make the trip every Labour Day Long Weekend to Quambatook in Northern Victoria for a Tennis Tournament, and are currently recruiting members to join them up for a greate weekend of tennis action.
Quambatook is a small town of approximately 250 people in the southern mallee, 40 kms west of Kerang and 60kms south of Swan Hill. The Quamby Lawn Tennis Club has been holding the Labour Day Tournament for over 50 years. The club has 9 grass courts and despite the drought has managed to secure its water supply for this season. The tournament is played on a knockout basis with players generally entering in 2 grades to give themselves the best chance of progressing.
Being a small town, all facilities including the Hotel, General Store, Tennis Courts and Town Hall are within a 5 min walk of the Caravan Park, the Swimming Pool is right next door to the Tennis Club if you feel the need to cool down. The Tennis Club provides meals across the weekend including breakfast, lunch and evening meals and also features a well stocked bar to keep you hydrated!
Accomodation includes the caravan park which has Bunkhouse accomodation, each room sleeping 6 people with en suite bathroom facilities. There are also plenty of caravan sites plus powered and non powered tent sites.
Bookings can be made through Jackie Ritchie on 0428 857 122 or 54571244 . There are also a small number of rooms at the Quambatook Hotel. For bookings call 5457 1206.
The Tennis Club also provides social/entertainment functions each night of the weekend, so what are you waiting for? Come to Quambatook for some real country hospitality and one of the greatest tennis weekends around.
Directions to Quambatook can be found on this map.
Ring Aaron for more details on 0407 885 012.
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Poll Results.
Our first Web Poll has been completed with interesting results. The question When playing doubles, what side do you like to play on? was asked, with an overwhelming amount of people prefer to play on the forehand side (50%). Second were the "democratic" style of players with 29% of the vote. The Backhand side was third with 14% and the selfish result of American Doubles only came in last with 7%.
Please vote on our new poll on the left hand side of the page.
Trivia Night
The 2008 Doutta Galla Trivia Night is rapidly approaching and the committee are in final preparations.
The Night is scheduled for Saturday the 2nd of February at 7pm.
To Book a table of a maximum 8 people , please call Michael (0413 322 834) or Aaron (0407 885 012). Don't worry if you don't have a group to go with, we can very easily find a table for you.
Bookings Close on the 26th of January, don't miss out!
All members should have received a flyer in the mail, along with their discount card from our sponsor, Curnows Tennis. If you have not received this letter, please contact Aaron and Michael above, or email us via our contact page.
For more information, please download the trivia night flyer, or contact Michael or Aaron.
The committee hopes to see everyone there, as it will definitely be a great night.
Night Time Champions
Congratulations to our champion Men's B Grade 4 and the Junior A Grade 3 teams on their premiership wins in the last two weeks.
The Men's site had a dramatic and thrilling victory over Keilor East T.C. on November 30th. The team, consisting of Russell Bedggood, Terry Benton, Michael Benton, Tim Benton, Liam Benton, Anthony Lieu & Kieran Benton, scraped into fourth position and knocked off first in the semi final. The match started off at West Brunswick, but after the first two sets, the match was moved down the road to Royal Park due to faulty court lights. After a few hard fought sets, Doutta Galla prevailed and won the final by about 12 games. Celebrations are still continuing........
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The Junior side, consisting of Kavindu Gamage, James Reid, Drew Gilpin and Kieran Benton defeated St John Bosco's by 9 games at Moomba Park T.C. on the 7th of December. After demoralising every team throughout the year, St John Bosco's gave the boys a scare with some very close matches, however Doutta Galla prevailed and the game was won in the end. It is unfortunate that the team will no longer be together next season for various reasons, as they cannot complete the "premiership hat-trick" of 3 grand final wins in a row, having won the past two flags after two massive seasons.
Doutta Galla in the Headlines
The Doutta Galla Tennis Club is making headlines again, with our club championships being covered by the Mooney Valley Community News. Our very own Club Championship winning siblings, Ashley and Michael Mann, were the subject of a feature article in this week's Community News (22nd-26th of October). To view this article online, click here (minus the pictures that were in the actual article).
New issue of Baseline is out.
The committe has just put together the latest newsletter, and it should be in our eBaseline subscribers' inboxes now. You can view the newsletter online at our newsletters page. Don't forget to join up to our e-mail newsletter service, eBaseline and be the first to receive the updates!
Powerball is on again.
A new round of Doutta Galla Powerball set to commence soon, please sign up in the club house or contact a committee member. To find out more, please read up on our news article below.
Juniors Wanted.
Junior Teams for next season are due in soon, so if you would like to play next year, please sign up on the notice board in the clubhouse or via our contact page.
Club Championships now Complete.
The Doutta Galla Club Championships of 2007 have drawn to a close with a very impressive final day of tennis on Sunday 30th September. Despite gale force winds (to put it mildly) and the rain immanent, the finalists fought hard to win their respective titles.
Special thanks to the Club Championships Major Sponsor Nelson Alexander Real Estate. Please support our sponsor by visiting their website at http://www.nelsonalexander.com.au/, or visiting one of their many branches.
Congratulations to the winners and commiserations to the runners up, all played well despite the results. The winners were:
| Winner(s) | Runner(s) Up | |
| Mens Open Singles | Michael Mann | Jason Jacobi |
| Ladies Open Singles | Ashley Mann | Emma Brennan |
| Junior Boys Singles | Kavindu Gamage | James Reid |
| Junior Girls Singles | Emma Brennan | |
| Mens Graded Doubles |
Michael Mann / Aaron Sharpe |
Kieran Benton / Kavindu Gamage |
| Ladies Graded Doubles |
Ashley Mann / Chrissy Temple |
Sue Duras / Delwynne Hughes |
| Mixed Graded Doubles |
Ashley Mann / Aaron Sharpe |
Chrissy Temple / Michael Mann |
| Mens Graded Singles | James Reid | Trevor Peters |
| Ladies Graded Singles | Emma Brennan | Chrissy Temple |
| Junior Round Robin | U14 Marcus Blake O14 Kieran Benton |
Alistar Blake Steven Linfoth |
| Veteran's Round Robin |
Trevor Peters Dianne Linforth |
Russell Bedggood Marg Campbell |
To view all the results, visit our Club Championships site.
The Club's Honor Board has been updated with the winners of the 2007 Club Championships, visit our Club Championships Past Winners Page.
Annual Club Working Bee
The Club Working Bee has been scheduled for Sunday 14th October at 12pm. Please come along and help maintain our beautiful club. Those adults and families that attend will be entitled to their maintenance levy refund of $30.
Come and Try Tennis Day
The free 'Come and Try' day at the club on Sunday 16th of September is from 10am. All are welcome to come down, have a hit and have fun in a great environment.
- 10:00 - 11:00 am is for prep's to grade 2.
- 11:00 - 12:00 is grade 3 - grade 6's.
- At 12:00 there will be a free sausage sizzle.
Tennis Holiday Clinic
Our club coach, Courtney Kelly, is running a Tennis Holiday Clinic for any children wanting to really enjoy their school holidays. The program runs in the mornings of the first week of the school holidays at Doutta Galla on Monday 25th, Tuesday 26th & Wednesday 27th September and at Airport West on Thursday 28th & Friday 29th. For more information and to download a brochure, please visit our Coaching page.
Club Championships on NOW!
The annual Doutta Galla Club Championships have commenced, please visit our Club Championships mini site for all the information.
Every bit of information that is available on the clubhouse board is available online for your convenience, so have a look!
UPDATE: Due to a few complaints, the font size on the draws has been increased and a few mistakes have been corrected. If anyone else notices any errors, email us.
Courts One and Two Lights Update.
As you may or may not be aware, there has been an intermittent problem with the lights on courts one and two. The southern light on court one has been a problem for many weeks, where it appeared to have a mind of its own and sometimes went on or off completely. This problem was known to the committee and it was simply a matter of logistics and availability for repairs. However, as of last night, the lights on court two did not operate correctly, which has prompted immediate action.
The problems with both courts have been corrected as of this afternoon. It was determined that the fuses for the lights on court two went on Friday night and have been fixed.
The committee apologises for any inconvenience caused to any players and hopefully we can all enjoy an uninterrupted hit under lights in the future.
Club Championships are almost here!
The annual Doutta Galla Club Championships are set to begin again in September, and this year this website will be the hub for all your Club Champs related information.
Entries are now open and will close on Sunday September 2nd. New events are open this year, the Mens and Ladies Veteran Doubles, which are open to all those above 40 years of age.
To enter, sign up in the clubhouse or visit our Club Championships Site.
Matches commence on Saturday September 8th (depending on numbers). Every Draw, Schedule, Match and Result will be published on this website, so check back regularly. This means that you won't have to go down to the club to check out your next match.
To be up to date on all the latest news and information about the Club Championships, please join eBaseline, our online newsletter, by entering your email above.
New! Downloads Section
We
here at Doutta Galla have been working hard to create a very beautiful
website for everyone's enjoyment. However, we have yet to invade
everyone's home or work computer. So, to combat this, we have created a
selection (well, soon to be a selection) of wallpapers (a.k.a. Backgrounds) for your computer. Click on the picture opposite
to go to our downloads page to get it for yourself.
Junior Premierships
Doutta Galla had 3 teams out of our 5 playing in grand finals on recently and 2 out of 3 won on the night.
Congratulations to the A Reserve 1 Boys and A Reserve 3 Boys for fantastic wins. Unfortunately our combined A Special DGTC / Hadfield team were defeated narrowly.
Unfortunately the B Grade 1 and D Grade 1 Boys did not make the finals, but there is always next season.
The A Reserve 1 Boys (Kavindu, James, Drew
& Kieran, shown opposite [Click on the image for a larger
version]) played a very close match and won by 1 game! Kav fought
bravely against probably the only player that had given Kav any trouble
all season but then played a fantastic doubles with Kieran to clinch
victory (with a final shot to win the game that would have beaten Pat
Rafter himself, but that’s another story). Also great effort by James
in a narrow singles loss but to steal back a few extra games in his
singles was pivotal in making the difference on the scoreboard, Kieran
and Drew both had outstanding wins in their singles to put the team in
a good position and in the end 1 game was enough….well done boys.
The A Reserve 3 Boys led by Derek at number one, Taylor, Steven and Joel made strong going of the singles and in the end the results gave the team a four game lead heading into the two doubles, two outstanding doubles results 6-2, 6-2 saw the team pile on 8 extra games and the result was never in doubt! Derek has been outstanding all year, with Taylor at number 2 with great support, Steven has gone from strength to strength and Joel showed some uncanny flair in the final with some right and left handed (that’s right) volleys which were amazing to watch! Great win.
Unfortunately the A Special team suffered some late injuries with their number 1 girl forced to withdraw on the night and Doutta’s very own Michael Mann unavailable (school function) made the task heavy going…… Doutta’s Emma Brennan however stepped into the mix and turned it on with a great singles win at number 3, the team however was overpowered in the doubles. Special mention to our very own Jim Brennan for all the hard work he has put into the team this year and getting them to the final was outstanding in itself. Congratulations to all our teams, it was an excellent season from everyone.
Doutta Galla Powerball
As I am sure you all have noticed, we have replaced the third court earlier this year. In order to carry out this much needed work, the club had to borrow funds to finance the operation. Lucky for us a member offered the assistance free of interest. We now need to undertake some short term fundraising to cover the loan. Here is one suggestion with very minimal work.
Powerball has 45 numbers. It is drawn every week and the number is printed in the news papers. We sell each number for $20 dollars and the buyer keeps that number for 10 weeks. This means it costs $2 dollars per week to enter. Every time that number comes up, you get your money back! (potentially that could happen ten times)
It is imperative to sell all the numbers for this to work and then the club will make $750 dollars for relatively no work.
If at all interested, please write your name on the board in the club rooms on the number you want. Remember, only one number per person. Money needs to be paid in full before we start the draw. It can be paid to Annette Mann or any other committee members ASAP. If it is more convenient, it can be placed in the weekly fee envelope so long as there is a name who it is from.
Good luck and please help support the club.
Easter - COROWA 2007
A group of members spent Easter playing in a round robin tournament in Corowa, NSW. We all had a lot of fun... especially when we managed to bring home some runners up and winners prizes!
WINNERS
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Congratulations to all who entered, especially to the winners listed above.
The Corowa Tournament was very well run and we all had a lot of fun and managed to play quite a bit of tennis on the grass courts. The Round Robin worked well and each set played was 8 games long. Special Mention to Trevor Peters for purchasing and modeling his 'Autumn Collection'!!
Big Thanks to Coach Courtney for coming up to watch and support us! A great Easter weekend was had - looking forward to Easter 08 now!
To view pictures from the now (in)famous Corowa Easter Tournament visit our Events page.
Latest Newsletter
To view the club's latest newsletter, please visit our newsletter page via The Club section above or on the left. Alternatively, click here for the lazy ones out there.
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Club ShirtsThere are still a few Doutta Galla Shirts available, both Mens and Ladies styles in various sizes. The two styles can be seen opposite, displayed by our very attractive models. For more information, contact Aaron or Ashley around the club. |
New Photos Uploaded
Some members around the club have been a bit camera-happy recently, go to the events page to view the results (a.k.a. victims).
Third Court Replacement Complete
After many months hard work by the committee, the club's thrid court has been re-surfaced with Poly Clay, replacing the previous Modified Grass Court. For more information on the courts at Doutta Galla, please visit the courts page.
New Season Commencing Soon
The first games of the 2007 Autumn Season of Juniors, Night Seniors and Mid Week Ladies is to be commencing in early Feburary. So in other words, get practicing for the new season.
New Coach
Doutta Galla has a new Club Coach, Courtney Kelly. For more information, please visit our coaching page.
Court Three Progress
Work on the replacement of the third court is set to commence at the end of January / early Feburary.
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Replacement of the Third Court is Approved
After what seemed like an eternity of waiting, the Moonee Valley City Council have agreed to level our third court's surface, as court three was subject to extensive root dammage from nearby trees. Therefore our third Modified Grass court will be replaced by the club with brand new Classic Clay Surface. Work will commence soon.
Christmas Party
The Doutta Galla Christmas Party is scheduled for December 8th in association with the Doutta Galla Bowling Club. The Bowls club is going all out with a spit roast and their own bar, and is to be held over the fence in the bowling club rooms. The cost is $20 per head and includes a 2 course spit roast, drinks are at bar prices. Everyone is welcome.
If you wish to come along, either write you name down on the list in the club or send an email here.
