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High Tea at Kooyong – July 7 2019
Our mid-year event is a delicious and fun high tea to be held on Sunday 7 July in the glorious surrounds of the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club.
Last years event was a huge success and we look forward to seeing members, as well as lots of their family and friends, for this wonderful afternoon.
Tickets are just $77 which includes the high tea and a glass of bubbles!
Bookings are now open.
2019 Fundraising Raffle
Our annual fundraising raffle is now underway – and it’s better than ever!
Prizes include an ATP Cup package with tickets, flights and 5 star accomodation – at the venue of your choice (Sydney, Perth or Brisbane), a bottle of Grange Hermitage, AO Quarter Finals tickets……. and more!
You can order your tickets today here
The raffle closes on 23 June and will be drawn on the 7th July at our wonderful High Tea at Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club.
November Finals Groups & Draw
Australia has drawn Belgium and Colombia for the round-robin stage of the Davis Cup Finals which will be played in Madrid in November.
The semi-finals will then be played according to the following draw between the groups:
We will advise members of further details as information regarding the new format becomes available.
February 2019 Tie – Team
The Australian team for the Qualifier Tie to be played against Bosnia and Herzegovina has been announced.
Alex de Minaur, John Millman, Jordan Thompson, Alexei Popyrin and John Peers will represent Australia at Memorial Drive in Adelaide an Friday 1 and Saturday 2 February.
We will be cheering them on!!
Annual Report Now Available
The Foundations Annual Report as well as the Minutes of the 2017 AGM are now available on this website HERE
Members are also invited to the Annual Meeting which will be held at Royal South Yarra Tennis Club, on Tuesday 27 November at 8pm.
We look forward to seeing as many members as possible at the meeting!
ITF VOTE ON DAVIS CUP FORMAT
Following the vote overnight by the ITF to dramatically change the format of the Davis Cup Neale Fraser, President of the Australian Davis Cup Tennis Foundation said:
“This is a desperately sad day for all of tennis – for past and present players, for the countless thousands of passionate tennis supporters and, most of all, for the Australian tennis players of the future who will no longer have the opportunity to represent their country in front of a passionate home crowd.”
“We have been beaten by money-grabbing officials and by Johnny-come-lately billionaires with little background or knowledge of the sport, no understanding of it’s history and no acknowledgment of the importance of Davis Cup to the ongoing development of tennis.”
“We would like to acknowledge and thank Tennis Australia for voting ‘no’ to the proposal, unfortunately it wasn’t enough to stop it being adopted.”
“We will advise members and supporters of the Foundation of the details of how the new competition will work as details are made available.”