Q1.  Has completed a club/venue health assessment with Tennis Victoria via the Health Indicator of Tennis (HIT) Tool and have an action, business or strategic plan with a particular focus on driving increased activity, financial health and quality facilities of the venue.
Within the 300 word limit, please outline your plan’s focus and any milestones achieved.

*See attached documents.

As well as conducting the *HIT Tool assessment, we have also been conducting monthly *internal Club Health Overviews since 2019, to confirm we are meeting our *Strategic and *Financial Plans, especially:

• Membership numbers - are we an attractive tennis venue?                                                                           
• Membership revenue - do our fees strike the right balance between affordability & revenue raising?
• Book-A-Court hours and bookings – are our courts being used sufficiently? 
• Book-A-Court revenue – does this contribute to viable, sustainable finances?
• Social Tennis – are there enough organised sessions per week for members to access?
• Coaching participants – are numbers sufficient for our coaches to run a profitable business?
• Competition team entries – do our members want to represent OTC in teams?
• Profit, loss and total club savings – can we meet our objectives, cover our ongoing expenses, and are we on track to cover our biggest future expense – the eventual replacement of the artificial grass surface?

The answer to ALL the above questions is YES, especially post-COVID-restrictions when:

• Membership numbers:- 600+ since 2022 (672 in 2024, up from 116 in 2019 - almost 6 times bigger!)
• Membership revenue:- $47,000+ annually since 2022, and on track again this year.
• We were recognised as the *NUMBER 1 BOOK-A-COURT VENUE in AUSTRALIA for 2024.
• Revenue from BAC, social tennis and visitors’ fees exceeding $33,000 annually since 2022.  
• Our 6 organised social tennis gatherings per week are increasingly popular.
• Coaching participation and team entries (64 in 2024) continue to rise. 
• We have to hire outside courts on week-ends to keep up with demand!
• Facility maintenance:- our courts are professionally groomed every 3 months.
• Club savings:- up from $10,000 in 2018 to $330,000 now, more than enough to cover the cost of court surface renewal, which is still not due for 5-10 years.