Attention girls aged 12-18 years! Head along to the Parkes Tennis Club on Sunday 12th November from 4pm-7pm for a free afternoon of fun tennis games, music, off court activities, food and drinks. Racquets will be supplied if you don’t have one. Many thanks to both NSW Government for the “Her Sport Her Way” initiative and Tennis NSW for supporting teenage girls in our communities.

Tuesday Night Competition starts 10th October. Get your mates together and nominate a team, minimum of four players are needed, although individual nominations are welcome. Nominations close on 3rd October.

A great day of tennis was had and competitive spirit was shown at the Todd Woodbridge Cup Regional finals. Congratulations to Forbes Public School and St Raphael’s Catholic School, Cowra who showed their skills on the red ball Hotshots courts to qualify for the State Finals in Sydney in November.

SAVE THE DATE: Mondays 6.30pm and Wednesdays 6.30pm. Starting 23rd October for 6 weeks. Online registrations open Tuesday 3rd October, 7pm. www.parkestennis.com.au

Our friends out west at Condobolin are hosting a Tennis Australia Community Coaching Course in December. They’ve had their courts resurfaced and are keen to get some interest in tennis again. This will be a great opportunity for all players. You don’t have to be a great tennis player; just 16yrs+, enthusiastic, keen to learn and be involved at your local Tennis Club.

On Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th March, Parkes Tennis Club hosted the first round of the Regional State League Team event. Four teams participated including South Coast, Riverina, Central West and the Southern Aces who were predominantly ACT players.

The competition consisted of three age divisions, under 11s, under 13s and under 15s, with two boys and two girls in each age division playing singles, doubles and mixed doubles over the two days. 

Parkes was well represented on the courts by Mitchel Arndell and Ella McColl in the under 15s, Harry Yelland in the under v15s and Asha Munodawata and Evan Pristorius playeing for the Southern Aces team.

This particular competition is unique in that teams are permitted to have a manager sit courtside during matches. Central West team managers included Parkes resaidents, Helen Magill for the under 11s, Jake Magill for the under 13s and Ben Isaac for the under 15s.

Selection on the Central West Team is extremely competitive due to the size of the region. It encompasses the Central West as we know it, plus Hawkesbury, Napean, Penrith and the Blue Mountains in the east, to Broken Hill in the west, north to Gilgandra and south to Young. 

The Parkes juniors who played on the weekend did very well to be selected from such a large pool of talented tennis juniors. 

Helen Magill said, “On the weekend we saw some good tennis being played and our Central West kids finished second overall which was a great result”. 

Round two of the Regional State League Team event will be held in Ulladulla on the last weekend of May.

On Friday Night The Forbes Town and District Tennis Club and Boys to the Bush hosted an evening of fun with plenty of tennis and novelty games for families to enjoy. It was a great way of promoting all that the club has to offer and encourage locals to use the facilities. The evening was very well supported all who attended enjoyed their night. The Boys to the Bush team cooked a cracking BBQ with food supplied by Forbes Shire Council. Thanks to all who helped out and gave up their time to support this event.

 

 

 

 

More than 150 teams started the competition and the Parkes Public School tennis team ended up in the top four and playing the finals in Sydney winning the silver medal. Anna Orr, Savannah Latu, Boyd Hutchins and Lachlan Orr played brilliantly at the Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre for the first time. They beat Hay Public School in the NSW Primary School Sports Association semi-final in a thriller. Parkes Public played Artarmon Public School in the final. They were a polished and experienced team and won the 2022 Victor Kelly Trophy. The Parkes team had travelled about 2,000km for their round matches before reaching Sydney.