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RLTA News
RLTA Newsletter – July 2007
Seniors Week Tennis
Every year during Seniors Week, the Redland Lawn Tennis
Association donates the use of our courts and co-ordinates a
Tennis Round Robin Tournament for mixed teams. The above
annual event is scheduled to take place at the RLTA Courts
in Cleveland, commencing at 8:00 a.m. on the 19th August,
which is the first Sunday of Seniors’ Week.
This year Bruce Maclean is the RLTA Co-ordinator for the
event, and both Bruce and the RLTA appreciate the support of
the various Redland's businesses who are donating goods or
services to be used as prizes for the event.
If you are available, please feel free to attend the
presentation of the Perpetual Shield by the R.S.C. Mayor,
Cr. Don Seccombe at approximately 11:45 a.m.
RLTA wins the Redland Bay Challenge
On Sunday 17th June, Redland Bay Tennis
Club played host to our club in what has become an annual
local derby, with the Rosie Dunn Memorial Shield and another
year’s bragging rights at stake. A total of 24 players from
each club competed under a beautiful clear winter’s sky at
the Redland Bay tennis centre, and the tennis was of a high
standard and played in a great spirit.
Members of the
victorious Cleveland team with the Rosie Dunn Memorial
Shield
This is the third year that the event
has been held with the honours having been shared in the
previous two. Thus it was not surprising that this year’s
contest was very close, so close in fact that at the end of
the day both teams were even on 24 sets each. With everyone
waiting anxiously, a count-back revealed that the Cleveland
team were victorious by just 16 games.
To many of the participants, the
highlight of the day was actually watching the final set of
the day, which pitted the best two players from each club
against each other. As this doubles contest also included
the two head coaches, Frayne Bloor from Redland Bay and Jani
Kroyherr from Cleveland, there appeared to be more at stake
than just another set of tennis and the spectators were just
as involved as the players. Th e
set couldn’t have been better scripted as it came down to
yet another tie-break, the third of a very tight match. The
close win in this set by Redland Bay was some compensation
for coming second on the day. But, of course, there is
always next year!
A great day was had by all and the level of competition and
spirit in which it was played augurs well for the future of
tennis in the Redlands.
Cleveland’s Jani Kroyherr (left) receiving the Rosie Dunn
Memorial Shield from his Redland Bay counterpart Frayne
Bloor
Upgrade to Court 8
The Queensland Government recently provided $13,192 to the
RLTA to assist our club in upgrading our single remaining
hard court (court 8) to synthetic grass, bringing it in line
with our other seven synthetic grass courts. The work
is planned for late July.
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