Author: pmattessi

Our wildly popular Women’s Social program returns for Term 4. Women’s Social is a weekly program for women to have a regular hit with great people in a fun, supportive, and social environment at one of Melbourne’s most beautiful tennis clubs. Our best coaches, including the newly-arrived Samantha and Mel, will take you through a lively hour of skills, drills, matchplay and fitness work, followed by drinks and nibbles in the Clubhouse. Get fit, have a hit, and get to know other people you can play with in the future. All ages and abilities catered for, and we’ll even sort you out with a racquet if you need one.

Tuesdays at 7.30pm starting 16 October and running for 8 weeks.
$88 members
$120 non-members (Hint: it’s almost cheaper to join the club and pay the member price – and then you get free courts at other times).

Sign up with Calan McCarthy on 0423 772 960 or via email.

By popular demand, we are starting a weekly member night. Mondays will be set aside for members to have a social hit and maybe a drink in the Clubhouse afterwards. Initially we’ll start it on the en-tout-cas courts for a couple of hours, but there is definite scope to expand if there is greater demand.

Starting Monday 8 October, 7-9pm. All welcome. Men, women, all standards – you’ll find someone to hit with. BYO drinks or whatever for afterwards.

No need to register, but it would be very helpful if you could just drop the Club an email if you’re interested so we can get an idea of numbers.

PHTC’s famous School Holiday Program is back for the September School Holidays. Juniors of all ages and abilities welcome.

Day 1: Monday 24th of September from 9am to 2pm
A range of tennis activities: various drills, tennis-related games, fitness training & match-play.
Students are required to bring their own lunch.

Day 2: Tuesday 25th of September from 9am to 2pm
A range of tennis activities: various drills, tennis-related games, fitness training & match-play
Students are required to bring their own lunch.

Day 3: Wednesday 26th of September from 9am to 2pm
A range of fun activities at the club, followed by a BBQ lunch at the club.

Prices
Full 3 days $180
Day 1 $80
Day 2 $80
Day 3 $80

Enrolment closes Friday 21st of September
To enrol or for further information please contact
Calan McCarthy on 0423 772 960 or via email calan@live.com.au

Congratulations to PHTC players Florian and Aurelie Kostov who were successful in the Under 10 age-group at the recent Royal Park Junior Tournament.

Florian was singles champion 🏆, as well as coming runner-up in the doubles with a seven year-old partner. And Aurelie was runner-up in the singles.

Well done Florian and Aurelie. Fantastic work.

WOMEN’S SOCIAL BACK FOR TERM 4

Our wildly popular Women’s Social program returns for Term 4. Women’s Social is a weekly program for women to have a regular hit with great people in a fun, supportive, and social environment at one of Melbourne’s most beautiful tennis clubs. Our best coaches, including the newly-arrived Samantha and Mel, will take you through a lively hour of skills, drills, matchplay and fitness work, followed by drinks and nibbles in the Clubhouse. Get fit, have a hit, and get to know other people you can play with in the future. All ages and abilities catered for, and we’ll even sort you out with a racquet if you need one.

Tuesdays at 7.30pm starting 16 October and running for 8 weeks.
$88 members
$120 non-members (Hint: it’s almost cheaper to join the club and pay the member price – and then you get free courts at other times).

Sign up with Calan McCarthy on 0423 772 960 or via email calan@live.com.au.

Congratulations to our Men’s B Special 1 team who won their Grand Final on Thursday night, defeating Buckley Park comprehensively, 5 sets to 1, 31 games to 18.

This is our first premiership since rejoining the North Suburban Night Tennis Association, and came at the end of a seven game winning streak that took us from last on the ladder mid-season to premiers.

The team on the night was (L-R):
Peter Thomson-Glover
Peter Mattessi
Christian Bongiovanni
Simon Thomas

And the rest of the team that took us through the season was:
Simon Cope
Gordon Rennie
Stephen Murphy

The Premiership Pennant will shortly be on display for public viewings and photo opportunities.

WOMEN’S SOCIAL BACK FOR 2017

We will be running Women’s Social until the end of the year, and then into 2018. So if you want to try our wildly successful program, you can do so for the low low price of $60 for three weeks.

Haven’t had a hit in a while? Keen to get back into it? Or never picked up a racquet in your life?

It doesn’t matter which, you are welcome at Women’s Social, a new program for women to have a regular hit with great people in a fun, supportive, and social environment at one of Melbourne’s most beautiful tennis clubs. Our best coaches will take you through a lively hour of skills, drills, matchplay and fitness work, followed by drinks and nibbles in the Clubhouse. Get fit, have a hit, and get to know other people you can play with in the future. All ages and abilities catered for, and we’ll even sort you out with a racquet if you need one.

Tuesdays at 7.30pm.
3 nights: November 5, 12, 19.
$60

Contact the Club to sign up: enquiries@princeshilltennisclub.org.au. Numbers are strictly limited.

For a long time, court hire at PHTC has been the very cheap $20/hr. However our courts are now busier than they have ever been, so we have had to raise this fee to $25/hr in peak times: weeknights 5-10pm and weekends 9am-4pm.

Rest assured we are still some of the cheapest courts around.

We have also reduced the maximum booking time to 60 minutes. This will help relieve congestion on the courts.

PHTC is again very proud to be taking part in the City of Melbourne’s Tennis Week from 6-12 February. We have a lot planned, so please come along and have a hit. Click here for more info.

Congratulations to our C Grade 3 Unisex team who on Saturday registered a crushing 5 sets to 1 victory over Moomba Park to bring the Premiership back to Princes Park. George, Florian, Prithvi and Asha were too good in an occasionally feisty encounter, and it was their determination and relentless pressure as much as their sublime tennis skills that got PHTC over the line. Congratulations George, Florian, Prithvi, Asha, who played on the day, and Xavier, Jude, Luca and Anika who contributed vital wins throughout the season.  A very proud day for PHTC.