Honour Roll
PTAV/TCA Presidents
- Frank Sedgman
- Ian Occleshaw
- Stan Birch
- Neal Guiney
- Ron Cummins
- Neil Toyne
- Ian Occleshaw
- Alan Stone
- Peter Murphy
- Judy Bull
- Peter Owen
- Julie Fidler
- Tim Connelly
- Wes Horskins
Life Members
TCA Life members have made an outstanding contribution above all others to the TCA Board of Management serving over a period of no less than ten years.
George Gilmour* | |
Ian Occleshaw | |
2008 | Peter Hubble |
2008 | Judy Bull |
2012 | Robbie Petersen |
2015 | Peter Owen |
2016 | Julie Fidler |
TCA Legends
TCA Legends have previously been inducted into the TCA Hall of Fame and each Legend will have made significant contributions to the TCA and tennis coaching for a period in general of 40 years or more.
YEAR | LEGEND INDUCTEES |
2008 | Ian Occleshaw |
2010 | Don Tregonning |
2011 | Norman F. Cahill |
2016 | Ian Barclay |
2019 | Will Coghlan |
2023 | Cheryl Hewitt |
Hall of Famers
Coaches who have made outstanding contributions to the tennis coaching profession as
a PTAV/TCA/TCV member for a period of 30 years or more.
At the 50 year anniversary of the TCA celebrations conducted at Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club in the presence of almost 200 coaches and guests in June 2006, twelve highly respected and revered tennis coaches were inducted into the inaugural TCA ” Hall of Fame”.
INNAUGURAL INDUCTEES 2006
2006 | Norman F Cahill |
2006 | Don Cameron |
2006 | Ron Cummins |
2006 | Leo Guiney |
2006 | Bill Kucks |
2006 | Denis Lemke |
2006 | Ian Occleshaw |
2006 | Bryan Slattery |
2006 | Keith Rogers |
2006 | Don Tregonning |
2006 | Les Wood- Wilson |
FROM 2007
2007 | Will Coghlan |
2007 | Cheryl Hewitt |
2008 | Brian Beers |
2009 | Brian O'Connor |
2009 | Colin Price |
2010 | Rupert Ferdinands |
2011 | Lois Plowman |
2012 | Colin Davis |
2013 | Ian Barclay |
2014 | Victor Eke |
2015 | Larry Dempster |
2016 | Terry Stone |
2017 | Elizabeth Peers |
Glen Busby | |
Ann Quinn | |
2022 | Wesley Horskins |
GEORGE GILMOUR MEMORIAL TROPHY – CLUB COACH OF THE YEAR
The George Gilmour Memorial Trophy is awarded to the Club Coach of the Year for successful coaching programs and pathways within their community and demonstration of loyalty to his/her club/facility.
2000 | Paul Kleverlaan |
2001 | Stephen Storer |
2002 | Robert Peterson |
2003 | Colin J Price |
2004 | Kim Davis |
2005 | Sue Saliba |
2006 | Terry Stone / Grace Park Tennis Club |
2007 | Nick Board / Sale Tennis Club |
2008 | Terry Payton / Essendon Tennis Club |
2009 | Mark Sheppard / Inverloch Tennis Club |
2010 | Wes Horskins / East Malvern Tennis Club |
2011 | Peter Owen / Burwood Tennis Club |
2012 | Warren Maher / Boroondara Tennis Centre |
2013 | Craig Haslam / Warrandyte Tennis Club |
2014 | A J Muscillo / Eildon Park Tennis Club |
2014 | Vicky Lee - Doncaster Tennis Club |
2015 | Shane Scrutton / Eaglemont Tennis Club |
2016 | Dane Nebel / Liston Tennis Club |
2017 | Kane Dewhurst / Mcc Glen Iris Tennis Club |
2018 | Paul Vassalio |
2019 | Vicky Lee |
2020 | Mark Peel |
2021 | Annette Sheppard |
2022 | Paul Mick |
2023 | Alexei Demajo |
Rising Stars
The TCA Rising Star award recognises the achievements of a young coach age 30 years and under for their outstanding, innovative, and industrious approach to tennis coaching and the tennis industry.
2009 | Matthew Symons |
2010 | Matt Gregory |
2011 | Marc Sophoulis |
2012 | Danielle Borle |
2013 | Aidan Fitzgerald |
2014 | Christopher Singh |
2015 | Lawrence Gileno |
2016 | Lewis Miles |
2017 | Ryan Meehan |
2018 | Luke Devlin |
2019 | Tim Shepherd |
2020 | Ashleigh Richardson |
2021 | Olivia Rich |
2022 | Jarron Morris |
2023 | Kale Nairn |
Rookie Coach
The TCA Rookie Coach award was created in 2011 and is for an employer (head coach) to nominate an outstanding assistant 25 years or under.
2011 | Giselle De Bartolo |
2012 | Chris Fidler |
2013 | Regina Virgo |
2014 | Tim Shackleton |
2015 | Michael Mattschoss* sadly passed away early 2015 |
2015 | Ebony Miles |
2016 | Jordan Wright |
2017 | James Sheppard |
2018 | Daniel Massa |
2019 | Chloe Reese |
2020 | Zac Nixon |
2021 | Jake Zerman |
2022 | Jasmin Iaquinto |
2023 | Sebastian Sutterby |
Coach of the Year
The Coach of the Year award was presented by TCA up until 2009 in recognition to the most outstanding coach / player development and is now managed and awarded by Tennis Australia as part of their Newcombe Medal Awards.
1996 | Victor Eke |
1996 | Cheryl Hewitt |
1997 | Larry Dempster |
1997 | Elizabeth Peers |
1998 | Craig Tyzzer |
1998 | Cynthia Doerner |
1999 | Steven Foot |
1999 | Julie Golightly |
2000 | Peter Joyce |
2000 | Lois Plowman |
2001 | Michael Baroch |
2002 | *award deferred to biannually |
2003 | Mark Hartnett |
2005 | Michael Robertson |
2007 | Ian Barclay |
2009 | Chris Kachel |
*now awarded by Tennis Australia |
Ian Occleshaw Award
2014 | Ron Carter/Frankston Tennis Club (Inaugural) |
2016 | Frank Sedgman |
2023 | Allan Stone |