Point Lonsdale Tennis Club

Coaching

Coaching is conducted at the courts in the afternoon after school. Private lessons for adults and juniors are also available.

Our club Coach, Denis Day is a Tennis Australia, Club Professional Coach and is also a member of the Australian Tennis Professional Coaches Association. Denis has an extensive coaching career, beginning at the Ballarat Tennis Club, Ballarat Indoor and Ballarat regional Tennis Centre, before commencing at Point Lonsdale.

Denis can be emailed at denisdaywb@dodo.com.au or mobile 0401989882

Competitions and Social Play

Several competitions and social play are available for members throughout the week. These competitions cater for players of all levels. At Point Lonsdale we organise everything for you, so all you must do is register and we will match you with a partner or doubles team at the same level of ability.

Competitions and social play are included in your memberships, all you must pay is ball money. Matches run mornings and evenings throughout the week.

Competition Formats

Seniors Social Tennis – Monday and Thursday mornings from 9am to 11am, arrive when it suits you, leave when it suits you. All welcome, even if you haven’t played for years. We have many players who have returned after a long absence. A very friendly atmosphere. For further information contact Bill Threlfall on 0417324245.

Midweek Ladies Geelong Tennis Comp – 4 females per team, 3 sets of doubles per player. 

PLTC Teams Mixed Comp – 2 female and 2 male players per team. Players play a set with each player in their team. Played on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday nights. Followed by supper and refreshments.

2025/26 Junior Summer Competition

Registration for the Junior Summer Competition closes Monday August 4. 

• The Junior Summer season starts in October 2025 with finals in March 2026 and no play during the school holidays. Dates will be published as soon as they are known.
• Matches are Saturday mornings, either at Point Lonsdale TC or at a local club.  Matches generally start at 8am, 9am or 10am and take 1.5-2 hours to complete.
• Format is team of 4 to 6 players of similar level rotating on the roster with 4 players playing on a day; each round consists of 4 singles sets and 2 doubles sets. 
• Players must have a current PLTC tennis membership. Fees are to be fully paid before the start of the season to be able to participate.
• All players must have completed their competitive play profile (CPP) which consists of a Tennis Australia ID (an 11-digit number) and an activated Universal Tennis Ranking (UTR) in order to play competition tennis. Players will need a Tennis ID to fill the registration form. Simply follow the prompts HERE.

You can register for the Junior Summer Comp HERE 

Registration deadline for the Summer season is Monday 4 August, 2025. Players who are not registered on time will only be able to register as emergency players. Note all players in the competition must be under the age of eighteen years as of October 1 to be eligible to play.
 
Players are grouped into teams of 4 to 6 players based on their grading with 4 or 6 players playing each week. 
Format:

• 4 players - each play 1 set of singles and 1 set of doubles.
• 5 players - 3 players play singles and doubles, 1 player play only singles and 1 player plays only doubles.
• 6 players - 2 players play singles and doubles, 2 players play singles and 2 players play doubles only.   
• Alternatively a rotating roster system can be set up by the Team Manager at the start of the season.

Players who are entered in a team are expected to be available for the entire season however if you are away or unavailable, your team may have extra players so we can organise a fill-in player. It is not acceptable to pull out mid-season unless you have a very good reason. 
  
Note this call is for orange ball, green ball and yellow ball players. At this stage, the orange ball season dates will be the same as the green and yellow ball dates – any changes in dates will be published as soon as they are known.
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NEW Players: If you have never played in the Junior competition, just give us an indication of your abilities on the registration form and we will contact you or liaise with your coach. If you have been playing or have played in the past, we look at your match centre stats to place you in the most appropriate section.  
 
During your registration, you can request to play with friends. We try to keep friends together whenever possible however this will depend on grading and numbers of players within each grade. 
 
Please check that the email address entered on the registration form is correct otherwise you might miss out on season updates.

REGISTER NOW for the Junior Summer Comp