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Season 2 SATURDAY Team Tennis (Fixtures) Draws & Schedule are NOW viewable at the bottom the Tennis Gold Coast Fixtures webpage, HERE:

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The QP JDS has been postponed to next Sunday (May 3), with entries re-opened (Closing Tuesday April 28). Players wishing to withdraw need to do so online by Wed April 29.

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Saturday Afternoon - Season 2, 2026 - Team Nomination Form ... Team Nominations close Sunday, April 19th for Season 2. You can print & fill in the form below, either with your whole team's details, or if you don't have a team organised, you can fill in just your own details, & ask your local club to try to get you into a team from that club. The earlier you get this to your club, the easier it will be for them to assist you. Please fill in EVERY column with FULL details, to assist with communications & grading. Club contacts are listed on the Tennis Gold Coast / Contacts webpage. Further Fixture (Team Tennis) information is on the Tennis Gold Coast / Fixtures webpage.

Season 1, 2026 Finalists photo's. Don't forget, Season 2 is starting Saturday May 2). Get your team ready now for Round 1.

ENTRIES CLOSE for the Junior Tournament WEDNESDAY 31st DECEMBER!!
Don't miss getting your entry in (late entries not accepted)!

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TGC Team Tennis (Fixtures) Calendar (2026 1st half-year) is now viewable & printable from our website/Events & What's On webpage, here:
https://tennisgoldcoast.com/tgc-events-calendar/
Team nominations for Saturday Season 1 will close FEB 1st, (Thursday's close on Feb 6), so please contact your local club ASAP, to express your interest/availability to play in a team (Sat is a short season, Feb 7 to March 28; Thursday is normal long season)!

TGC Fixtures & Events Calendar - Tennis Gold Coast JT Junior 125 Gold Coast Open Junior Championships (January each year)Age Groups 10/U; 12/U; 14/U; 16/U; 18/U.

GET YOUR ENTRIES IN SOON!!

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GET YOUR ENTRIES IN SOON!!

PERFECT SEMI-FINAL (Sat, Nov 29)!
I believe I just played in the perfect Pennant Semi-Final! What do I mean by “perfect”? It’s where every feature we designed & refined into the new 2025 Pennant Team Tennis format came to be, within the one Semi-Final match! ... (except for no 8 below, which unfortunately most centers can’t easily accommodate, & most matches don’t follow - but we will attempt to implement in next Saturday’s Finals).

What features?

Variety of opponent
Complexity of challenges
Excitement & tension
Multiple stories to tell
Opportunities to reset, & stage comebacks
A cumulative team points system, that can come down to just one set, or just one game, or in fact just one point
A true team-building, & character-building format
(But, in this case, NOT finishing with the Doubles rubber to have the whole team on court for the climax of the day)

So, what happened today (Sat Nov 29)?

We had the 1st placed team, (“Because We Can” = BWC), up against 4th placed team (GCA Titans = GCAT), who only just scraped into 4th place, via a last round maximum win. GCAT were the massive underdogs.

BWC won the first set of Doubles 6-4, after a very tightly-fought 1 hour set. GCAT reset, but faced a 7-8 scoreline, only to reel off the last 3 points as BWC felt the pressure & cracked. GCAT quickly established a substantial lead in the 3rd doubles 10-point TB (8-4), & managed to hold on to win it 10-6.

This set up a scenario where BWC needed to win 3 of the 4 singles rubbers which, on paper, was a distinct possibility.

The surprise came when GCAT No 2 player beat the out-of-form BWC No 1 player 6-1. BWC No 2 then beat GCAT No 1 player 6-2 (not such a surprise).

Then another amazing story unfolded. BWC’s No 1 found himself down 1-5, against GCAT no 1, & continuing to struggle with his confidence, & multiple double-faults & unforced errors. So, his Captain suggested a change of tactics (get to the net at every opportunity). This ignited a comeback of epic proportions, where 20 minutes & 2 saved set points later, (… & therefore 2 Semi-Final points later), he found himself to have won 6 games in a row to finish up 7-5!

This set up a tense 2 v 2 clash, where the set winner ensures their team the Semi-Final win! Fortunes fluctuated (BWC had points for 4-1, but didn’t convert), with both players gaining the upper hand, but it was the underdog who prevailed, with a tight 6-4 set win (meaning GCAT No 1 lost both his singles, but their No 2 WON both his)!

So, how tight was the result? Well, GCAT lead by 1 set, while BWC lead by 1 game. GCAT won the Semi-Final, against the odds, due to a format that allows for upsets, resets, tight score-lines, team tactics, & inspired comebacks.

There were multiple sub-plots, including broken ankles, foot injury (glass), shoulder injury, youth vs experience, dodgy line calls, over-excited spectators, etc, etc.

A great day was had by all, thanks mainly to a format that allows for, & even encourages, all these scenarios to play out.

GCAT gets to play a Final from 4th position, & BWC has to be satisfied with their 4th consecutive Minor Premiership.

See you all at Queens Park TC for next Saturday’s Season 3 Finals Day (commencing at 12:30pm)! 😃🎾

Characters (players) in this epic:
BWC -
Brad Andrews (UTR 8.xx, DUTR 7.xx)
Mike Ford (UTR 8.xx, DUTR 8.xx)
John Dickson (UTR 7.4, DUTR 7.72)
GCAT -
Beau Axelby (UTR 7.xx, DUTR 7.xx)
Ryan Axelby (UTR 7.xx, DUTR 7.xx)
SPECTATORS:
Family
Friends
Interested onlookers from other Divisions

NOTE: Anyone that doesn’t realise how closely tennis reflects various aspects of our lives, & offers opportunities for personal growth, & character-building, hasn’t yet played enough tennis to understand. TGC’s Team Tennis formats are designed specifically to encourage young players to experience this learning & understanding process, in a true team environment (instead of the more isolating & individualistic experience of tournaments).

John Dickson
Secretary, Tennis Gold Coast.

PS. I am aware that there was a similarly close Semi-Final in Pennant 2! That one was slightly different, with the underdogs winning 3 singles & 1 doubles rubbers (up 4-3 in sets, & down 21-23 in games). 😃