Bruce Parks sadly passed away on 14 January 2010.  Bruce was only sick for a short period, but had been receiving treatment for cancer.  He was 75 years old.  Bruce was Club Secretary for 22 years, life member and the Club’s driving force for almost 40 years.  He will be sadly missed as he continued to take a great interest in the club right up to his death.

Bruce was a lovely kind man who all members valued as a friend.   He was also an excellent tennis player and coached juniors for many years at Glenhuntly TC.  Bruce has left a great collection of tennis racquets to the club and Ron Dunstan has kindly mounted above the kitchen cupboards at the club.   The Committee has also received a bequest from Szeto Kok Yin, a great friend to Bruce and a former GHTC member, who now lives in Malaysia. The purpose of this bequest is to fund an ‘Honorary Secretary’s Day’ in honour of former Secretaries – Keith Fraser, Wesley Bruce and Bruce Parks.   The Committee has resolved to hold a special tournament on July 25, further details on website shortly.

Your Club’s Management Committee for 2009-10 is:

PRESIDER   Leon Moran   9681 6305 (M) 0438599014 Lmoran@bigpond.net.au

SECRETARY  Linda Naylor 9533 0802 (M) 0419 825 5693 Lnaylor@olsh.vic.edu.cau

TREASURER  Leo Cuerden  9596 0802  leo.cuerden@transport.vic.gov.au

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:

Ray Yates            9571 0820  caulfieldparkray@dodo.com.au

Minh Tran & Danny NG 9505 3072  tran_minh_thy@hotmail.com

Graham Ihlein        9528 5495 (M)0400 598 705 graham.ihlein@optusnet.com.au

Ming Lin             9531 4287  mingc05@gmail.com

Neil Kline has also been a Committee member since August 2009 but he recently resigned as he is moving to the Kimberley region in WA.  We thank Neil and wish him well for the future.  His friendly face around the club will be missed.    New committee members are always welcome and this year Minh Tran and Danny Ng are  new members on the committee.   Meetings are bi-monthly and the committee works hard on behalf of all members to provide good facilities and a happy social environment.

2010 Events (put these dates in your diary):

Working Bees

21 March   from 11am                   

11 July    from 11am

24 October from 11am                               

The main purpose of working bees is to maintain the courts and facilities at the lowest possible cost for members.  So come along and give us an hour of your time and don’t leave it to the same few who always attend.   Bar-be-que lunch to follow.

Club Championships (2009)

Congratulations to our new club champions.    A strongly contested championship event in late November 2009 resulted in two very close and exciting finals.  Both Men’s singles and doubles finals were

Mens Singles – Winner - Shad Alam (Runner up Ramsay Taylor)

Mens Doubles - Winner - Ramsay Taylor and Oliver Wilson (Runner up – Shad Alam and Rodney Boonsinlapa)                                              

Light Fees

Remember if you use the lights you need to pay. The cost is $20 per court per hour at all times, except Tuesday night.   Tuesday night is organised social tennis from 7pm with a standard charge of $5 per person. 

Competition Teams (Winter):

·        Please contact Ray Yates on 9571 0820 (home) for all Adults competition – teams are now being finalised soon for the Winter season starting soon.

·        For Junior teams please contact Graham Ihlein 95285495 (home) or 0400 598 705.

Send us an email (website – www.ghtc.com.au)

The GHTC committee is trying hard to maintain our records and you can help by sending us an email with your details.  Our email address is ghtclub@gmail.com  If you don’t have an email we would like you to put your details on a sheet of paper and put them in the security box at the club.  This way we can keep our details up to date and communicate with you in a cost effective manner.  Thank you for your assistance.