4 March 2021 | Tennis Victoria

Dear Tennis
Victoria Community,

Welcome to
the March Edition of the Tennis Victoria News.

It is a
privilege that I write to you as the Acting CEO of Tennis Victoria following
the recent resignation of Ruth Holdaway MBE. Having worked with Tennis Victoria
for over a decade I have been fortunate to develop great relationships with a
wide variety of stakeholders across the industry. The Tennis Victoria Board and
Staff are committed to working with and supporting our stakeholders on
providing more playing opportunities that give players great long-lasting
experiences.  

Being part
of a Tennis Community, my daughter and I playing weekly, working with a
dedicated team of staff and passionate stakeholders, I thoroughly enjoy what
this sport provides. I look forward to what we can achieve for the next 12
months together as we continue on the momentum from a successful start to 2021.

I hope you
all were able to tune in to the Tennis and see our many areas of Victoria
featured in the Australian Open lead in tournaments in early February. From Ash
Barty winning the Yarra Valley Classic, through to Grigor
Dimitrov who had a call with Yarrawonga Lawn Tennis Club – it was great to
see Victorian Clubs represented on an international stage.

The
Australian Open Trophies (Daphne & Norm) also went on a journey throughout
Victoria – you’ll see some familiar Victorian places throughout the AO
on the Road series which aired last week.

Congratulations
to our colleagues at Tennis Australia who in delivering the 2021 Australian
Open showed the world that a major Grand Slam Tournament is possible during a
pandemic.

Congratulations
also to Victorian Dylan Alcott who made it seven AO championships in a row!
Together with fellow Victorian Heath Davidson, Dylan also won the Quad
Wheelchair Doubles.

While we
were disappointed that the Statewide 5 day lockdown lead to the cancellation of
our very own Country Week, we are pleased to have announced that the much loved
event will
return to Swan Hill in 2022.

Our Tennis
Victoria team also went to visit the bushfire affected communities of Cudgewa
and Corryong last weekend hosting events with local schools and community groups. 

At a
community level tennis continues to be a popular sport for people to pick up a
racquet and have a hit. We have 172 clubs across Victoria who have gone live
with the court booking module as part of our ClubSpark system. The month of
January we saw a total of 31,240 participants book a court to play. To find out
more about ClubSpark and how your club can get involved please click here

March is
sure to be a big month of Tennis; off the court we are running our final
sessions with stakeholders as we work toward our strategy for Tennis 2025 and
on the court we have our Victorian Clay Court National Championship qualifiers
at Dingley and our Victorian Grass Court Championships in Geelong.

Until next time, enjoy your Tennis!

– Adam Crameri