Exciting news – Mackay Tennis Association is pleased to announce we will be expanding our fixture and coaching availability.
Join us for our first tournament on the 28th and 29th of October.
Follow this link to sign up online https://forms.gle/EssVN48RtFfHZosM7 or contact pickleballmackay@gmail.com
Are you interested in playing tennis or pickleball? Come along to our Come & Try Day to have a game and learn about all the things Mackay Tennis Association has to offer. There will be free court hire, social tennis and pickleball. It will be on Saturday 28 January 2023 from 4-6pm. The canteen will be open with a sausage sizzle.
Tennis is back! Sign-on dates for tennis fixtures will be starting soon. We look forward to catching up with regular members and new members wanting to play fixtures are most welcome.
SIGN ON DATES (2023 Season 1):
📆 Wednesday Night Fixtures – Wednesday 18th & 25th January 2023 at 6.30pm
📆 Tuesday Ladies Fixtures – Tuesday 24th and 31st January 2023 at 9am
For fixture enquiries please contact Sue on 0435 524 985.
INTERESTED IN COACHING?
Whether you’re young, or young at heart, we have all your coaching needs covered with our local qualified club coach.
CONTACT: Ken Rogers from Rogers Tennis Academy on 0438 748 292.
FIXTURE NEWS
With all the fantastic tennis that has been happening at the start of this year with the Australian Open and ATP Cup, there has never been a better time to sign up for tennis fixtures. There is competitive tennis to be played for all skill levels, while hopefully having a lot of fun.
SIGN ON DATES (2020 Season 1)
Tuesday Ladies from 9am on 28th January and 4th February, 2020
Wednesday Night from 7pm on 29th January and 5th February, 2020
Fun for the family on Australia Day
Mackay Tennis Association is hosting an Australia Day Fun Day on Sunday 26th January 2020 from 12pm to 6pm at our courts at 125 Kippen Street, South Mackay.
Events will include free tennis, beach ball tennis, an Australia Day photo booth and a sausage sizzle.
Play giant board games - snakes & ladders, connect four, jenga, quoits, checkers, chess.
Food competitions - lamington eating contest, Australia biscuit contest.
Mini competitions - giant egg & spoon race, tug a war, thong throwing, biggest bubble contest.
MACKAY TENNIS WILL BE THERE!!
Sunday, 10 February from 9am-1pm, 2019
Mackay Entertainment Convention Centre
Mackay Sports Expo is an annual half day event held in February at the MECC aimed at increasing participation in sporting, active recreation or active leisure pursuits.
Mackay Tennis is an avid campaigner and long term supporter of the event. We will be attending again this year (2019) - make sure you come down and say hello.
Have family members and other children look at different sports? Then the day will also highlight sporting organisations, teams and active leisure groups in the one place to provide a ‘one stop information shop’ for everyone in the Mackay region to get involved in the vast array of active opportunities on offer in the region.
Over 100 exhibitors
More Active Zone demonstrations and activity opportunities.
There will be a prize for the best-dressed booth (Mackay Tennis has been known to win this in the past).
Mackay Tennis and our very merry band of volunteers will be there - see you then.
We have been busy building our calendar of events, fixtures and of course updating our new website.
The website has everything you need to know about Mackay Tennis.
Find the latest news, court hire details, fixture information (social and competitive) and coaching available.
Stay Tuned….we will be also updating our gallery to include some of the fantastic times from 2018. See if you can spot your picture.
NEW LIGHTING EVENT - A SUCCESS
Mackay Tennis recently held our "LED Lighting Unveiling" at our fantastic Kippen St Complex (Sept 2019).
This came after a challenging start to 2018 with prior Lighting Contractors. Overcoming some hurdles, Mackay Tennis and in particular our Vice-President Creagh Bagnall continued to rally and develop a new plan in delivering the fantastic LED Lights.
These lights came to fruition and border our courts 1-8, offering outstanding light quality for members and social players.
With completion of this project in (achieved: Sept 2019) our tennis playing community is fortunate enough to have some great quality lights now and into the future.
To celebrate the unveiling was held being co-ordinated by our treasurer/patron Joyce. it was simply an excellent event with our local Mayor Greg Williamson completing the ribbon cutting/switching on of lights.
In attendance was the Simon + Team from Lighting Technology International; Nick from Tennis QLD; Life Members, players and MORE!
We look forward to seeing many players enjoying the new lights in 2019.
Mackay Tennis have been successful in acquiring the following grants; Better Community Facilities Grant – Mackay Regional Council $120,000 (April 2017) for lights, National Court Rebate Scheme $10,000 (August 2017) for courts and Stronger Communities Program $14,500 (November 2017) for our kitchen.
Great news, all 13 courts have been resurfaced in rebound synpave and are ready now for play.