Author Archives: Mark Bloomfield
Lauren Browne School Captain
Congratulations to Lauren Browne who has been appointed school captain at Clayfield College for 2011.
Lauren works part-time is a junior tennis coach at Shaw Park Tennis Centre and is also a member of the Open A School Tennis Team. Lauren is coached by Matt Simmons a senior coach at our Everton Tennis Centre.
Well done [...]
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Clayfield College Championships Draw
The draw has been published for the Clayfield College Tennis Championships with the seeded players being Naitha Bains, Lauren Brown, Rachel Tredoux, Claudia Hartford-Love, Isabella Spring and Lauren Browne.
Matches will be played before school and Friday adternoons with the finals next Tuesday and Wednesdy next week.
The draw has been published on the Tennis Australia and [...]
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Gareth Keating Can Play
Congratulations to our Head Coach Gareth Keating who performed very well at the recent University Open tennis tournament.
It has been a long time between matches, but Gareth the form player of the tournament as he eliminated the #2 seed, Isaac Frost in three long sets 4-6 7-5 6-3. Isaac is currently the the 47th [...]
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Holiday clinic forms now available
Next school holidays we are holding our popular tennis clinic at the Shaw Park Tennis Centre. The clinic will be co-ordinated by our senior coach Dominic Andrews assisted by our team of tennis professionals.
Our clinics are hugely popular and places fill fast. They are perfect for players all abilities aged between 5 and 15 [...]
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Strong Entries for Babolat Shaw Park OJT
The 2010 Babolat Shaw Park OJT is becoming a popular event on the South-East Queensland tournament circuit with record entries for this years event. This year over 150 players have entered the event up slightly from last year. Both Shaw Park Tennis Centre and Everton Tennis Centre will be used to host this event.
Shaw [...]
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Holiday Clinic Fun
Next school holidays we are holding our popular tennis clinic at the Shaw Park Tennis Centre. The clinic will be co-ordinated by our senior coach Dominic Andrews assisted by our team of tennis professionals.
Our clinics are hugely popular and places fill fast. They are perfect for players all abilities aged between 5 and 15 [...]
Shane Mikic strings at OZ Open.
Our proshop manager Shane Mikic recently completed a busy month stringing at the Sydney International and then also at the Australian Open.
Shane is widely regarded as the best stringer in Brisbane. He was contacted by Ron Rocchi from Wilson late last year and invited to join the Wilson Grandslam Stringers Global String Team.
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Gareth Keating joins us
Gareth Keating has joined the team at Shaw Park and Everton Tennis Centres. After a decade of overseas travel as a tennis coach and player, Gareth has returned to Brisbane to manage the Shaw Park & Everton Tennis Centre tennis programs.
Originally a top ranked Australian junior, Gareth was offered a scholarship to [...]
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Hotshots Students play at Brisbane International
Sixteen students from Shaw Park and Everton Tennis Centres were invited to demonstate their skills to the public at a special “Hotshots” presentation during the Brisbane International in January.
Our players were joined on court with specialist doubles players from Australia, Ashley Fischer (ranked 53 in the world for doubles) and Stephen Huss (ranked 46). [...]
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Shaw Park Junior Tier Tournament