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Join a Squad, Clinic or Group or take a private lesson to improve your skills!

If you are a Forestville regular, wanting to learn or improve your tennis, we have a program for you! Please contact Peter or Mark or Phryne to talk about what tennis class, social group or program will suit you or your child in 2010.

Friday Junior Comp

This comp is for intermediate players and will be run from 4.30pm to 6.30pm on Fridays through the term.

Please click on this link for Details

NSTA Sunday Morning Competition

The Artarmon & Forestville Academy’s of Tennis have joined the Northern Suburbs Tennis Association’s Sunday Morning Competition.

This is a competition suited to players of all ages and all standards. Players enter in pairs and play doubles and singles against other clubs in the Northern Suburbs area. The competition is graded and divided into 2 time slots 8am – 1030 (Divisions B3-C2) and 10.30 – 1pm (Divisions A3 to B2) and runs for 7 rounds, plus finals.

Please note: you are committing to play each week in this competition, we will of course assist you to find a reserve if for any reason you are not able to play.

Please click on this link for more details and for a booking form.

Happy Campers from our first week of the July 2009 School holiday camp with Lucas and Mark:

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Tennis Etiquette

You might be interested to read the following rules of Tennis Etiquette which have been endorsed and adopted by the Northern Suburbs Tennis Association for all competition play. These rules are also endorsed by FPTA.

Display good sportsmanship at all times. It is very important to be calm while you are playing and not lose your temper or throw your racquet. Staying calm will assist you to play better and improve your tennis

Return the balls along the ground to the server

Don’t walk at the back or side of the court when a point is being played

Say sorry or hold up your hand if you get a net cord

Don’t return faults unless the ball is very close

Compliment good shots

Don’t talk during a point unless to say ‘yours’ etc.

Don’t talk to the umpire as it can disrupt his/her concentration

Don’t question the umpire’s calls and especially don’t hassle the umpire. Accept mistakes if they are made (mistakes are made at Wimbledon)

It is very important for parents and other spectators to also accept the umpire’s calls, whether they are correct or not, and not interfere with the play from off the court

Spectators (including parents) should not sit court-side or speak to the players during a match

Umpiring

concentrate

call the balls and score loudly

call fairly – remember the edge of the line is in

Spectators should clap good shots on both sides and be particularly careful not to clap mistakes, e.g. double faults

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