Glenunga Tennis Club

Sunday's Birthday Party marking a year of Pickleball at Glenunga Tennis Club was a wonderful celebration. Thank you to everyone in this lovely group for their contributions to a truly magnificent lunch. Special thanks to Karen for the beautiful birthday cake and the delicious little pickleball butterfly cakes. Jack Batty MP - Member for Bragg cut the cake to enthusiastic applause. Everyone thanked Club President HongYu for her work in initiating and developing the group.

A group of 26 of our senior tennis and pickleball members and guests enjoyed a day out in the beautiful McLaren Vale in perfect conditions. We boarded the bus at the club and headed south to the Stump Hill Cafe at the Information Centre for coffee. The next stop was Coriole Winery where we were treated to a private tasting of five of their wines. A number of the group left carrying bags of discounted wines. Our lunch was at Beach Road Wineries where we gathered around a long table on the verandah overlooking the garden. We were served generous portions of arancini balls, meat balls and a huge variety of pizza straight out of their pizza oven. There were plenty of laughs and chat around the table - a great opportunity to catch up with old friends and make some new ones.
Thanks to Karen and Paul who provided the music, we sang our way back on the bus to Neil Diamond, the Beatles, ABBA and more!
A huge vote of thanks to Robyn and the Social Sub-Committee for organising this most enjoyable wine tour!

Glenunga Tennis Club invited Glenunga Croquet Club to a barbecue lunch at our clubhouse. It was a convivial, lively event where our presidents forged links over the kitchen sink, while our members exchanged ideas for future events. Thanks as always to our wonderful social committee and to Alan, who barbecued Robyn's perfect shasliks beautifully.

Congratulations to all our Junior Tennis Award winners! Thank you to Bragg MP Jack Batty for presenting the prizes at our Awards Night, and thank you again to Coach Nick Hall for his brilliant coaching. Thirty-three summer teams - amazing! About a hundred people attended on Sunday. They loved Zvago's Pizza Truck and Helen's fruit platters.

The Inaugural Glenunga Tennis Club Pickleball Championship last Sunday was a brilliant success! Thank you yet again to Jieyi for organising everything so capably. The tournament was followed by our Christmas Party for Social Tennis and Pickleball players. Thank you again to our wonderful Social Committee, led by Robyn, and everyone else who helped.

What a successful winter season for our Juniors!

Thank you to all who helped cook, serve and clean up at our last two Pickleball barbecues! The group continues to expand. Exciting news: lines this week, weather permitting. Thank you Burnside Council!

Pickleball on Sunday mornings at Glenunga Tennis Club is growing rapidly! Congratulations to Club President HongYu Zeng and the team - to Jay for all those lively drills, to the barbecuers, the morning tea caterers and of course to all our players - on an initiative that has expanded exponentially!

Saturday's Paella Night at Glenunga Tennis Club was a colourful feast of Spanish food, music and dancing. A huge thank you to Robyn, who organised our delicious paella, empanadas and dessert, to Margherita, Helen and the rest of the GTC Social Committee for all their imaginative contributions. It was a brilliant night!

Sunday's Open Day for Pickleball and Tennis players was well attended and we have plenty of starters for our Sunday morning Pickleball sessions, 10am to 12 noon. Special thanks to our superb pickleball coach, Jaye Zeng, for teaching everyone how to play and organising drills and games so that everyone had a turn. Thank you to Robyn, who coordinated the event, Club President HongYu, barbecuers, George, Richard and Alan, and members of the social committee.