Bob Morgan Making Inroads

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From David Graham Bob Morgan travelled to Canberra at Easter to compete in the ACT Tennis Championships. Playing in the 70 men’s singles which is an ITF (International Tennis Federation) category 3 tournament Bob played well in a very tough field of competitors. Australia is well placed in the 70,s where the Australian team reached […]

Matt Brown Back and Succeeding

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Picture and background from Jeff Brown Matt Brown has come back from an injury where he broke both wrists and had a 6 month absence from tennis. Matt entered the Bega / Merimbula JDS Junior Tournament  and made the playoffs from an entry of some 60 juniors. Matt lost in the quarter finals going down […]

Mikayla Brown Wins U17 Girls

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Picture and background of article received from Jeff Brown    Congratulations to Mikayla Brown on winning the U17 girls Junior Development Series which was hosted by the Kiama/Shellharbour region. Players from as far as Merimbula to Camden to Bowral play these series of tournaments during the year which makes this an impressive achievement by Mikayla. All […]

Barry Daniel

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Barry Daniel Howard Massey talks to Barry Daniel our oldest playing member. At 86 years Barry has an interesting and varied story to tell. And a very good tip to save money       * Tennis Around 1930 * No future for synthetic strings * And so to Wollongong and Kiama * Table tennis […]

Mark Booth

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Compiled by David Graham Kiama Tennis Club members welcome Mark Booth to the club. Mark and family have recently moved from Wagga Wagga to take up a Veterenary position in Kiama. Mark was playing at Boulton Park in Wagga for the past 8 years and is looking forward to meeting up with the local tennis […]

Springett Family

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The Springett’s – “we met playing tennis” The Club’s objectives say  “more people playing tennis more often” and that includes players who choose to hire the courts on a casual basis if that suits their needs. Here’s a good example of a local family that play together.    The Springetts. Brendan, Steve, Michelle and Tiffany […]

KTC Pair win Doubles

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Locals Win Australian Doubles   The Australian Seniors Tennis Championships held last week in Canberra were well supported with 295 players from 35 to 90 years of age participating. Visiting players from Japan, Canada, USA and New Zealand appreciated the new facilities at the ACT Tennis centre at Lyneham where $11 million dollars has been […]

Junior Club News

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Kiama Tennis Club and Kiama Tennis Coaching are offering a brand new initiative for all new Junior Members… All junior coaching students who sign up for Kiama Tennis Club junior membership ($52 per financial year) will now receive the added benefit of one free cardio tennis class per week until the end of the June […]