05/06/2026
It has been a momentous week for Hadfield Tennis Club, awarded the Most Outstanding Inclusion Initiative at the 2026 Victorian Community Tennis Awards! 🎾✨
Accepting this award at the historic Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club was an unforgettable moment.
Our Introduction to Tennis – Women and Girls Program has reshaped our club culture—doubling our female membership and creating brand-new competitive pathways for young girls. 🙌
This major milestone belongs to our incredible community and partners. A massive thank you to everyone who championed this initiative:
🔹 & Tennis Australia (Bronya, Fairlie, Tim, Nancy, Helen - for the vital grants & guidance)
🔹 (Sedat, Rebecca, Chrissy, Jarrod, Holly for supporting our facility improvement efforts to make the venue more safer and inclusive for the community)
🔹 (Chris Miles for advocating for HTC on council)
🔹 (Sam, Emma, Mel - for guiding our crucial Gender Audit that sparked off the initiative)
🔹 (Shirley - for providing advice on initiating the program)
🔹 Glenroy College & Active Schools (Robyn, Andrew, Kaz - for connecting local girls to the sport)
🔹 Hot Shots Tennis Academy (Gim and Justin - for supporting the initiative)
🔹 HTC Committee Members involved in the initiative (Alex, Fevzi, Rachel, Jon, Elaine)
We also want to extend a huge thank you to the incredible businesses and individuals whose generous support and sponsorship made our recent Family Fitness Fun Day supporting women's and girls health such a massive success for the community:
🔹 Holstep Health
🔹 LSKD
🔹 Recovery Lab Pascoe Vale
🔹 Dunlop
🔹 Life-Space Probiotics
🔹 Tennis Only
🔹 Serving Aces
🔹 F45 Training Glenroy
🔹 Nelson's Pharmacy
🔹 West Street Fruits
🔹 Hot Shots Tennis Academy
🔹 HTC Organising Committee (Rachel, Cindy, Fevzi, Jenesse, Ryan, Samantha, Faiza, Nadia, Tanu and Alex)
Thank you to all our amazing committee and volunteers at HTC who go above and beyond to keep our community programs running.