Love'n Deuce

28/09/2026

📣 COME AND SHOW YOUR SUPPORT — DON’T MISS OUT!🎾

This Wednesday, we’re calling on the Love’n Deuce community to come down to the courts and show your support.

And we’re thrilled to share that acclaimed Australian tenor Mark Vincent will be joining us — fresh from performing at the sold-out The Songs of John Farnham: A Living Legend celebration at Rod Laver Arena, alongside some of Australia’s biggest names including Keith Urban, Jimmy Barnes, Tina Arena, Human Nature and Jessica Mauboy.

Mark will join an incredible line-up at Love’n Deuce including John Newcombe AO OBE, Ray Martin AM, Paul Francis OAM and Steve Liebmann.

We’d love to see as many familiar faces as possible there. Come along, show your support and be part of what promises to be a very special morning for Love’n Deuce.

📅 Wednesday 30 September 2026
⏰ 10am
📍 Love’n Deuce, 18 Talus St, St Leonards

Don’t miss out — see you at the courts! 🎾❤️

25/09/2026

🎾 A celebration of the life of Love ’n Deuce at Talus

1 January 1982 – 30 September 2026

Join us at the courts to celebrate the people, friendships and tennis that have made this community so special.

Hosted by John Newcombe AO OBE, Ray Martin AM and Paul Francis OAM.

📍 Love ’n Deuce, 18 Talus St, St Leonards
🗓 Wednesday 30 September, 10am

Please come dressed in tennis gear that suits the sombre occasion.

16/09/2026

🎾 Watch Love ’n Deuce on ABC News tonight!

Tune in to ABC News at 7pm tonight for a special segment on Love ’n Deuce and the fight to save our community tennis club at Talus Street.

www.abc.net.au

Please watch, share and help us keep the pressure on!

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14/09/2026

A Current Affair shines a national spotlight on Talus Street Tennis Club 🎾

For 48 years, this community club has welcomed generations of players—including Australian tennis legends Evonne Goolagong Cawley, John Newcombe and Pat Cash.

Now, the club is facing eviction—and John Newcombe isn’t happy.

Watch the full story, share it widely and help us fight to save this much-loved community tennis club.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6C4e-6X3hR0&ra=m

Evonne Goolagong Cawley, John Newcombe and Pat Cash are just some o...

14/09/2026

🎾 A CURRENT AFFAIR PUTS THE SPOTLIGHT ON TALUS STREET

A big week ahead in the fight to save Talus Street.

📺 This afternoon, Australian tennis legend John Newcombe AO OBE will be at Talus Street speaking with A Current Affair about the fight to save our tennis centre.

The story is expected to air on Channel 9, possibly as early as tonight.

www.nine.com.au/australia-news/a-current-affair

🎾 Right now, our priority is to secure a delay to the eviction. That can only come from the NSW Government.

Talus Street is one of NSW’s busiest tennis centres, supporting players of all ages and abilities. For many, it’s also a home away from home and an important part of our community.

📣 Please keep making noise, contacting the NSW Government and sharing our story.

And if you haven’t already — SIGN THE PETITION. It's now hit over 4,000 signatures!
https://www.change.org/p/keep-love-n-deuce-tennis-in-st-leonards

Thank you all for your support. 🎾

A Current Affair with Ally Langdon is Australia's number one, unrivalled, prime-time current affairs program. The strength of ACA is bringing home the stories that everyday Australians experience and giving a microphone to the people that don't always have one.

08/09/2026

🎾 The fight to save Talus Street Tennis Centre is making headlines.

After serving the community for almost 50 years, Love’n Deuce and the Northern Suburbs Tennis Association have been instructed to leave the Talus Street courts by 30 September.

Thousands of children, families and players use these eight courts every year. We firmly believe this much-loved community sporting facility should remain open, accessible and available for generations to come.

Thank you to News24 for sharing our story and helping shine a light on what’s at stake.

Read the article:
https://www.news24.com.au/news/local/talus-street-courts-threatened-with-eviction-after-successful-aboriginal-land-claim/news-story/e6989617ce480a48cc4f6536c6f39710

Please help us by signing and sharing the petition. Every signature strengthens our call to keep tennis at Talus Street.

Operators of a popular Sydney tennis centre have returned serve against an Aboriginal Land Council looking to turf them from the venue.

06/09/2026

📣 We Need 10 Humpty Kids Tomorrow to Help us Fight to Save Love’n Deuce!

We’re calling on our wonderful Humpty families to help support the fight to protect our tennis centre.

We need 10 Humpty kids to join us for a free Humpty Sports session tomorrow at 8am, while the media visit to take photos and share our story.

If your child can join us and help show just how important Love’n Deuce is to our local community, please email [email protected] as soon as possible.

03/09/2026

🎾 Australian tennis legend John Newcombe has joined the fight to save our courts!

This morning, Newk spoke with Ben Fordham on 2GB about the threat facing the much-loved Talus Street tennis centre and why these courts must be protected for future generations.

For decades, this centre has brought together local families, young players and the wider community. Once community sporting spaces like this are lost, they are almost impossible to replace.

Thank you to John Newcombe and Ben Fordham for helping shine a national spotlight on our campaign.

Listen to the full interview and please sign our petition:
https://www.2gb.com/exclusive-john-newcombe-fights-land-claim-on-tennis-centre/

The clock is ticking for a much loved tennis centre in Sydney. The Northern Suburbs Tennis Association is under threat from an Aboriginal land council. Hear more highlights from Ben Fordham Live in the playlist below and give us a follow on Apple Podcasts: IMAGE CREDIT / TENNIS AUSTRALIA / CANVA

02/09/2026

📻 Tune in to 2GB at 7:15am tomorrow

Ben Fordham will be covering the fight to save Love’n Deuce and the Talus Street tennis courts again.

Feel free to call in and show your support! 🎾

https://www.2gb.com/show/ben-fordham-live/

Ben Fordham is a Walkley award winning journalist who now hosts 2GB’s breakfast show

01/09/2026

A huge thank you to Tim James MP, Member for Willoughby, for standing with our local community and helping raise awareness about the fight to protect Talus Street Tennis Centre.

Tim recently joined the conversation on 2GB Sydney, speaking about the importance of preserving this much-loved community sporting facility for current and future generations.

The momentum is building, but we need as many voices as possible behind us.

Please sign and share the petition, spread the word and help us show just how much Talus Street Tennis Centre means to our community.

Every signature counts. 💙🎾