Tennis Program
May 29, 2011 by sosuns · Leave a Comment
SOSUNS offers tennis programs for beginners through to advanced tennis players. Our competitions have divisions for those athletes wanting to compete in skill sections and also for those who can competently play singles and doubles matches. See our tennis timetable for details.
SOSUNS Athletes Enjoy Tennis Carnival
May 29, 2011 by deb · Leave a Comment
Ben, Nathaniel, Jim and Ashley recently competed in the 2011 Special Olympics NSW State Tennis Carnival and all agree that they had a fantastic time. Ben, Nathaniel and Jim train every Thursday at Kim Warwick Tennis Academy in Hornsby and have a great time improving their skills in an encouraging and fun atmosphere. Ashley loves tennis above all other sports and trains most days on the Lower North Shore. When not taining Ashley is busy passing on his skills and knowledge to other children including younger Special Olympics athletes. Read more
Ashley Competes Against World Champ in Tennis
May 21, 2010 by deb · Leave a Comment
Ash waiting for the start of the opening ceremony
The balls flew across the court in a magnificent display of power and precision.
When playing against the reigning world champion there is no choice but to go for the line and that is exactly what Ashley Springett did.
It was a thrill for Ashley to play in the mixed doubles competition against Kelly and her brother Michael and he was very proud to come away with a bronze medal.
Ashley also earned a commendable fourth place in the singles competition.
Tennis Cove and Marty Sports Support SOSUNS
December 18, 2009 by deb · Leave a Comment
Eighteen months ago a group of athletes living in the Chatswood/Willoughby area desperately wanted to join Special Olympics and learn how to play tennis. There was just two problems - extensive phone calls and research had failed to find them a coach or a venue. And then to their rescue came David Falconer of Tennis Cove and Martin Coles of Marty Sports. Read more
Volunteers run successful SOSUNS tennis competition
June 23, 2009 by deb · Leave a Comment
Peter hard at work scoring
On Sunday June 21st SOSUNS hosted an extremely successful tennis competition attended by over 50 athletes and approximately 100 spectators. This fantastic event was run entirely by volunteers, from Peter, Sue, Dave and Deb who spent countless hours preparing for the day to our wonderful umpires, ball boys and girls and barbecue people.
Marty ran skills comp and also umpired
There are simply too many people to name everyone, but on behalf of SOSUNS and the athletes THANK YOU - you are much appreciated!
Thank you also to the many sponsors who supported the day. These included Hills District Tennis Association, Bestever (Australia) Pty Ltd, Pat Nati, Sandy Oatley, Curves and Essentially Beautiful.
