Tennis NT AGM & Awards Night

Thank you all for your attendance at the Tennis NT AGM and Awards Night on Saturday October 18th. It is always great to catch up with everyone in a way that is both productive and allows us to enjoy each other’s company and success.

Congratulations to all award recipients on the night, it is a testament to the hard work put in across the NT this year.

Tennis NT have also put up several award winners from here in NT for the ‘Newcombe Awards’; Tennis Australia’s awards night which recognises the very best across all awards categories in Australia. We will be informed in due course if any of your nominations are shortlisted for the Newcombe Awards.

See Tennis NT Facebook for a breakdown of award winners and photos on the night. A jolly time was had by all!

Child Safety and Integrity

How are you recording Ochre Cards?  

Following on from discussions in the AGM, it is critical that you are keeping an active register of your working with children’s check.

Please ensure that you are using a register, as it is a requirement that ALL people involved at Tennis Clubs have an up to date ochre card. Active qualified coaches also require a police check which you need to record as well.

See attached example of an Ochre Card and Police Check register you can use. We will follow up on this with you over the coming weeks:

Child Safety Fence Banners and signs

• Tennis Australia have established an online shop for fence banners. See the following website for access to the online shop: Tennis Australia Portal
• See below examples below of the child safety fence banners that are available for purchase. Court hire, Hot Shots and Cardio Tennis banners are also available. Note that a bounce account is required to access the portal and purchase banners.
• We are also looking into updating the child safety signage which was given to each club some time ago – we will update you on those soon. Note that the signs are different to the fence banners available for purchase below.

Clubspark

Clubspark training took place for all NT clubs on Thursday 31st of July, focusing on the new booking module available. If you need a refresher or weren’t able to attend the session, a link to access it is here: Recap: Clubspark Booking Module Webinar - NT Thursday, 31 July | Meeting | Microsoft Teams.

If you have any Clubspark related questions, don’t hesitate to visit the Clubspark knowledge base: ClubSpark – Product Knowledge Base - Support Centre or reach out to Ben.

In case you weren’t aware, the Clubspark team at Tennis Australia run monthly training sessions for clubs and coaches. It is available on the home admin page of your Clubspark website. The next session is TBC, so keep an eye out as you access Clubspark.

Coaching

A trainee level coaching course ran across the first weekend of June. 

If you missed out on this course, email us at [email protected] we will plan another one in dry season.  

In the meantime, if you are hungry to upskill you can also complete the ‘Participation Online Course’.  

Click the link to enrol - https://bounce.tennis.com.au/course/view.php?id=612 - which is available publicly at https://www.tennis.com.au/coaches/coach-education/participation-coaching and follow the below steps: 

1. Create a new Bounce account on the login page 
2. Confirm your account via the confirmation email link 
3. Complete the signup form and select "Participation Coach" option as learner type  
4. Login and access the course 

Equipment

Please see the attached equipment order form if you ever need equipment: Clubs and Coaches Equipment Order Form

Tennis Australia are continuing to add to this order form, and through feedback have added mini nets and net frames as individual items. Please let Ben know if you are having any issues accessing the form.

End of Year Meetings/2026 Planning

As we are now nearing the end of the year, it is important that we start planning and preparing for another big year of Tennis in the NT.

Please let us know what date/s might suit to catch up over the next few weeks. We are looking forward to planning out another big year in Tennis with you.

Thank you all for the work you are doing on the ground to ensure Tennis thrives and grows in our NT community. We appreciate the contributions you make and look forward to seeing what we can achieve in November and beyond.