St Andrews Tennis Club (Brighton)

The St Andrew's Tennis Club was founded in 1911 and the three courts are located in St Andrew's Street, flanked by St Andrew's Church buildings and neighbouring Brighton Grammar School. St Andrew's Tennis Club owes much to the St Andrew's Anglican Church and Vestry for its formation, existence and continued support.

There are 3 courts with a policlay surface, a synthetic matting topped with ceramic sand. Policlay plays like en tout cas, however it is low maintenance and requires no watering. All three courts have lights.

Coaching
Coaching programmes under Gerard Douglas, from Douglas Tennis, cater to most age groups. Gerard Douglas is one of Victoria's top professional tennis coaches. His role at St Andrew's Tennis Club, as both Club Coach and Centre Manager, sees him pro-active and supportive in every aspect of club life.

We remain extremely fortunate to have someone of the calibre, expertise and commitment of Gerard who has devoted well in excess of twenty years of his professional tennis life towards the success of the Club. Gerard's important coaching work with the junior tennis players lays an essential foundation stone for the continuing growth and future prosperity of the Club. We are indeed privileged to have Gerard's continuing involvement in the Club throughout this year and beyond.

Junior Coaching
An engaging range of activities is available for junior players, from PeeWee Tennis, group and private lesson, supervised matchplay and junior competition.

Tennis Australia Hot Shots Program - Hot Shots Tennis is a specialised program for five to twelve year olds, using modified equipment: Conducted after school and on Saturday mornings. Free racquet with enrolment (for Red Hot Shots only)

School Holiday Programs - School holiday programs for juniors typically include coaching and/or supervised matchplay.

Junior Matchplay (supervised) - Supervised junior matchplay is offered on select Sundays throughout the year, for players wanting to start to play the game as an extension of their coaching experience.

Adult Coaching
Regular groups sessions at 7:00 AM on Tuesdays. Individual lessons available on request.

Ladies Coaching / Cardio
Fitness-based sessions. Group or private coaching, midweek.

Competition
St Andrew's Tennis Club is actively involved in a number local tennis competitions. These competitions occur at different times during the week, and cater for a variety of different ages and abilities. Competitions are a great way to improve on skills, fitness and are a great way to meet new people.

Night tennis is popular and intra-club competitions are played on Monday and Wednesday evenings. There is a Mixed Doubles Senior team in the Bayside Tennis Association, and a range of Junior teams in the Moorabbin and District Association on Saturday mornings, and in the Bayside Tennis Association on Sunday mornings. A ladies intra-club competition is played on Tuesday mornings.

The courts are not available for social tennis on Holy days such as Good Friday, Christmas Day, or Sunday mornings during church services. A monthly schedule for each court is available from the clubhouse or the St Andrew's Tennis Club website.

Court Hire
Courts can not be hired by the general public.
Members are entitled and encouraged to bring any visitor three times a year to play on the St Andrew's Tennis Courts. There should not be any visitors playing without the presence of a member. If a visitor wishes to come and play more often than that, they should become a member. The visitor fees are Adult: $10.00, Junior: $5.00

St Andrews Tennis Club (Brighton)

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