MPTC Club Info

Last Updated on Friday, 19 June 2009 10:21 Written by Administrator Friday, 15 May 2009 23:17

Club Background and History

The Maribyrnong Park Tennis Club was founded during the “Halcyon days” of Australian tennis in the 1950’s, and is now one of the largest clubs in our region.

The club has nurtured many young players and can even boast being the home club of Mark Philipoussis for several years and Chris Guccione.

We have an ongoing relationship with our local school communities through coaching programs run by the club coach Anthony Burke in conjunction with Tennis Victoria and our Friday night junior in-house competition.

The club is affiliated with the VTA, NSTA, NSLTA, NSNTA and NSJTA.

Professional Tennis Coaching

The club is proud to have Anthony Burke as its coach. Anthony competed on the professional men’s circuit for five years and earned an ATP world singles ranking inside the top 500.

Anthony and his team of highly skilled & qualified coaches are enthusiastic and committed. Their one-to-one and group lessons are carefully planned to provide variety, enjoyment, motivation and maximum skill development for students from five years up to adults.

Anthony says of his students: “Give them encouragement and self confidence and they will know no limits.”

He can be contacted on Phone/fax: 9375 2441,

Mobile: 0411 180 681 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Competition Tennis

Throughout the year opportunities are provided for members to participate in a number of Tournaments and the Club Championships, details of which are posted on the noticeboard in the Clubhouse and also appear in the newsletter.

The Club provides opportunities for competitive tennis on Saturday morning (Juniors), Saturday afternoon (Mixed & Men’s), Tuesday night (Ladies), Wednesday night (Mixed), Thursday night (Men’s), Thursday daytime (Mid-week ladies), Friday night (Juniors) and Weekends (Pennant).

All members are welcome to apply to take part in competition tennis and every effort is made to accommodate them. Deadlines for applications to participate in competitions occur at least two months prior to commencement of the relevant season. Members who do not have prior experience (2 seasons) will have their standard assessed by a member of the relevant Selection Committee.

Social Tennis

If you wish to use the courts to play social tennis (members only), most are available weekdays until 4.00 pm, otherwise please check the court allocation roster posted in the Clubhouse.

Arrangements can be made (with prior notice and committee approval) for hire of the courts and facilities for special events.

Fees

The membership period runs from 1st February to 31st January the following year. Invoices are forwarded two months prior to renewal. New memberships are adjusted pro-rata.

Members who have not paid will be ineligible for team selection.

Membership application form (including schedule of fees)

Committees

The club is made up of the following Committees:

• General Committee

Attends to the development and maintenance of the club and its facilities, processes and membership applications and liaises with other committees and affiliations such as Tennis Victoria and Tennis Australia.

• Senior Selection Committee

Controls and manages teams competing in the VTA, NSTA, NSNTA.

• Mid-Week Ladies Committee

Organises the competition for ladies plus social tennis during the week. This committee also has various social functions during the year as well as social tournaments.

• Junior Committee

Is headed by the Junior Delegate and conducts and manages Junior members activities in the Club including the various competition teams and Junior tournaments.

ALL NEW MEMBERS ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND ANY OF THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

Note: Club house phone number is 9372 0676, but the the club house is not staffed.

For membership equiries, please contact the membership secretary, as per the Membership application form