26 Eastern Shore Sun FEBRUARY 2022
Sport
From left, Jayse Garner-Craddock, 12, Beau Allocca, 8, and Margaret Getahun, 10, take to the court
Rosny Park Tennis Club serves up ace with open day AUSTRALIAN Open fever hit the Rosny Park Tennis Club this month, with the club’s open day attracting players of all abilities onto the courts for a day of fun tennis action. With the sun shining, about 100 people attended the event on Sunday 6 February. Club vice-president Graeme Byrd said the day was a great success, with people enjoying the
activities. “We had club coach Marty Nidorfer do a session with the kids, and we set up some inflatables for people could record the speed of their serves and work on their accuracy,” he said. “We had people of all ages and levels come down, from teenagers who had never been to the club before, to more advanced people.”
There was also a free sausage sizzle. The open day was held during a time when non-contact sports, such as tennis, were becoming more popular because of the COVID-19 pandemic. My Byrd said tennis was a great game for everyone. “It’s one of the few sports where male and female integrate, it’s a sport where you’re
outdoors, you meet people and it’s a cheap entry sport,” he said. “If you want to aspire to play competition you can, but it’s also a nice social game to get out in the fresh air and have a hit. “It’s not always about beating your opponent. You’re winning just by playing and being there – it’s about participating.” Mr Byrd said the club offered competition,
TASMANIAN cyclist Torben Partridge-Madsen is set to represent Australia this month, selected to compete in the 2022 UCI Esports Cycling World Championships. Partridge-Madsen has been named as one of the five-member Men’s Elite Team for the web-based event, which will be hosted
by global online cycling training platform Zwift on 26 February. Partridge-Madsen grew up in Hobart, living at Seven Mile Beach before moving to Launceston. The first esports World Championship to be officially sanctioned by an Olympic Sporting Federation, the UCI
Esports Cycling World Championships will see participants compete remotely from their own residences or training bases. The event will take place in Zwift’s New York Map, based in Central Park 100 years in the future. Men and women riders will tackle the same circuits and distance, and compete
for an equal prize pool. Winners of both races will be virtually awarded the UCI Cycling Esports Rainbow Jersey. The winners will then receive physical jerseys which they can wear in esports competitions for the following year. To follow the event, visit www.uci.org
Representing Australia a virtual reality for Torben
social tennis for all levels, coaching and casual court hire. “We wanted to open up casual court hire for people that didn’t want to be a member, but still wanted to have a hit of tennis,” he said. “This appeals to people who are working and want to come after work. “You can go online, book a court for a period of time, pay for it and then will be provided
with an access key to the court.” Non-member court hire costs $20 per hour. Rosny Park Tennis Club also offers adult coaching groups on Monday from 5:30pm to 6:30pm and Saturday from 11am to noon, while Hot Shots tennis coaching is available to children aged five years and above on Monday from 3:30pm to 4:15pm and Wednesday from 4pm to 5:30pm.
Full member fees for the club for the year costs $150, while junior membership costs $70 and a family membership (two adults and all children under 18) costs $350. To book a coaching session, phone Marty Nidorfer on 0437 310 504. For more information or to hire a court, visit https://play.tennis.com. au/rosnyparktennisclub
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