Draft Strategic Plan Released 2024-2026

In 2023 the NTSC Committee embarked on a process of developing a Strategic Plan to help guide the club community towards our future goals. The community was consulted on what they saw as being being priorities for the club and areas that we could improve. This feedback was taken on board and worked on by a sub-committee before getting approval from the full NTSC Committee at a meeting in June, 2024. The Draft Strategic Plan has been released for comment and commitment to the wider club community.

Please feel free to nominate areas of the plan that you would be interested in helping to shape and bring to reality. If you have feedback on, or comments about the plan we invite you to share them here and at our upcoming Strategic Plan review meeting.

Feel free to share your comments here on the blog post, hand them to Marti at the bar, write them on the whiteboard in the clubhouse, email them to newsteadtennisandsquashcentre@hotmail.com or give anyone on the committee a call and have a chat.

Draft Strategic Plan, Click on the image to view a PDF version of the file.

NTSC Masters of the Universe

The recent Newsletter of Tasmanian Masters Squash features a couple of our squash members Dave Pedley and Diana McHenry

They were two of three Northern participants in the Masters Squash event held in Devonport March 19-20th.

Dave was runner up in the Division 1 Event and Di was Runner up in the Division 5 Event

Save the date for an event being held at Theogenes in Launceston on the 20th-21st of August. we'd love to see lots of Newstead Players involved. Anybody 35 or over at the date of the tournament is eligible to participate.

Awesome efforts Dave and Di.

Tennis Gradings 2022

Grading days will be held on three days next week to help give you a sense of what level might be right for you and to give you a chance to meet some of your future team mates. Each grading evening will commence at 6pm.

• Monday January 17 - C Grade.

• Tuesday January 18 - B2 Grade.

• Wednesday January 19 - A Grade.

Vale Roger Smith and Don Keogh

It is with great sadness the Newstead Tennis and Squash Centre advises of the death of two of our Centre’s members.
Don Keogh and Roger Smith.
Our thoughts and condolences go out to their family and friends.

Don Keogh (NTSC Life Member)
Don passed away on 27/1/22 at the age of 95 years.
Not many of you will have known Don, but he served on the Committee in the 1960’s and early 1970’s and also acted as Club Manager in that time.
After a stint in Queensland, he once again volunteered his services as bar manager for about a year in the mid 1990’s, prior to Robbie Carrick’s appointment.
He was awarded a Life Membership for his services in 2001 and was a regular visitor to the club to catch up with mates over a beer.

Vale Don Keogh

KEOGH Donald Max 21/11/1926 – 27/1/2022
Beloved husband of Jean (dec.) & Eileen Loved father of Marilyn, Maxine and Rusk, and John. Grandfather to 11. Great Grandfather to 20. Great-great-grandfather to 4.
Youngest son of John and Elsie (Shipton), brother to Hilda Barrenger, Len Keogh, Dally, and Mae Kettle/Ling (all dec). Funeral notice to come.

Roger Smith (Current NTSC Committee Member)
Roger passed away last night after a 10 month battle with liver cancer.
Those that knew Roger admired his determination in his fight with the disease.
He had a passion for squash and always loved being included in our rosters even thought he was our oldest player.
His generosity in donating a perpetual trophy for the most improved squash player will be a permanent reminder of his love and passion for squash at the Centre. In September this year, despite his illness he put up his hand to join the NTSC Committee and to share with the other members his vast business and personal experience, something which was greatly appreciated during this short time.

We have lost two fine gentlemen.

Xmas Raffle

Prizes galore on offer. Prizes will be drawn on Friday 17th December at 6pm

Click on the link below to buy your tickets online, today only.

https://www.ntsc.net.au/new-products/christmas-raffle-ticket

A big thank you to our Sponsors: Telstra, Harvey Norman Launceston, the Albert Brewery and Bundaleera Vineyard for putting together a huge prize pool!

Ist prize iPad Gen 7 10.2” 32GB wifi

2nd Price Klipsch Cinema 400 Soundbar

3rd Prize $150 voucher for Robbie’s Racquets and Shoes

Buy your ticket online now.

Get your tickets from the Bar with Robbie:)

Congratulations to all our Pennant Winners

Thanks to Newstead for the venue, AIC Tennis Club for the Barbie,

All the players for making todays finals a success. Check out this little video of the Finals Day action

Todays winners were

C grade doubles NTSC Virginians defeated Legana Young guns

6-1,-6-3

B2 Doubles NTSC Spinach defeated NTSC Deucebags

6-5 , 5-6, 6-3

A grade doubles Trevallyn Titans 1 defeated Legana Parrots

3-6, 6-4, 6-1

B Grade Doubles

NTSC Orange defeated Trevallyn Titans

5-6, 6-3, 6-4.

B grade teams NTSC Blue defeated NTSC White

Sets 4-2 games 31-26

A grade teams Riverside Wiseguys v Trevallyn Titans

Sets 5-1 games 35-19

Now NTSC hold every B Grade and C Grade pennant on offer. What a magnificent effort from the club!

Newstead Tennis Fixtures November 2021

A magic Spring evening at the Newstead Tennis Club last night. All Newstead teams have only got two games left until the finals begin. Come down and offer your support Monday to Wednesday evenings for our B and C grade teams as they get themselves prepped for finals action. Games start at 6.30pm.