Merry Christmas
All at Advantage TA would like to wish all our pupils and their families a wonderful Christmas
and New Year during the festive season. Have a good rest and break during this time.
Remember that our holiday program will run from the 5th – 10th Dec and from 4th – 7th Jan
and normal group classes will resume on the 11th Jan. Some of your coaches will be in town over
the holiday period so if you are looking for some extra lessons just give your coach a call.
School Champs
Over the year many of our pupils have represented their schools on the tennis courts and have
also excelled in the school championships. These are the results.
Andre’ Strydom
St Stithians
Senior boy’s singles champ
Kent Davis
Aurora College
Senior boy’s singles champ
Nicholas Grobbelaar
IR Griffith Primary
Senior boys singles and doubles champ
Chris Brandt
IR Griffith Primary
Senior boys singles r/up, doubles champ
Samantha Hodges
Parktown Girls
Senior girl’s singles champ
Jessica Woods
Parktown Girls
Senior girl’s singles r/up
Veronique Luksich
St Theresa’s
Senior girl’s singles champ
Jenna Davis
Aurora College
Senior girl’s single champ
Carla Radant
IR Griffith Primary
Senior girl’s singles champ
Lauren Louw
Bryanston Primary
Senior girl’s singles r/up
Alexandra Zoghby
Blairgowrie Primary
Senior girl’s singles champ
Genevieve Luksich
Risidale Primary
Senior girl’s singles r/up and doubles champ
Please let us know if we left your name off our list so we can publish it in the January newsletter.
Holiday Programme
During the Dec and Jan holidays Advantage T.A. will be running a sportsmania, mini-mania and
2 mini tennis and tennis tournaments. The Sportsmania (08h30-13h00) minimania (08h30-10h00)
will run from 5th –7th Dec at the Old Parktonians Sports Club. The 1st mini-tennis(08h30-09h30)
and tennis tournament (09h30-13h00) will run from 8th-10th Dec from the
Old Parktonians Sports
Club although some sections may be taken up to the Randburg T.C. The 2nd mini-tennis
(08h30-09h30) and tennis
tournament (09h30-13h00) will run from the 4th -7th Jan from the
Randburg T.C. although some sections may be taken down to old Parks. Please fill in your reply
slips on the tournament form.
Congrats
Advantage TA would like to congratulate Kevin on his engagement to Karen Van der Linde.
They met at the club about a year ago when Karen dropped off some children she was looking
after for a lesson and Kevin was able to impress her with one of his many songs, and there the
courting began.
Squad Coach
Rachelle has been selected as one of the Gauteng Central squad coaches. This is a huge step
for her in her career and recognition of her ability as a coach. Make sure you congratulate her.
All at Advantage TA wish her a successful and rewarding 2006.
Payments Holidays
Just a reminder to parents that our fees are structured over a twelve month period. The total
amount for the year has been divided into twelve equal payments throughout the year.
Included in this payment is entrance to all Advantage T.A. tournaments and sportsmania events
held during the school holidays. Pupils involved in our performer programmes also fall into this
structure. Those involved in performer programmes including private lessons will be contacted
by their coach in order to arrange lessons during the holiday periods. From 4th Jan 2006 your
coaches will start arranging private lessons for those involved. The January tournament starts
on the 4th Jan and then normal group classes will begin on the 11th Jan 2006. Regarding finances
we would like to ask that all outstanding fees be paid by 7th December and would like to remind
you that your December invoice will also include your January fee and we would appreciate it if
a post dated cheque for January could be forwarded with your fees or that an electronic payment
be made for the 2nd January 2005. This will ensure that your space in your class is kept for you.
Our 2006 class time structure will remain the same however we will inform you of any new
classes that are introduced in the future. Pupils involved in private lessons will continue in the
same time slot next year unless prearranged by the pupil’s parents.
January Increase
Advantage T.A. fees will increase from Jan 2005. These are the new prices.
Ball Skills R120
Mini Tennis R160
Level 1,2,3,4, R180
Junior Squad 1 R35
Junior Squad 2 R40
Mon, Wed Squad R60
Tues Squad R50
Performer Q R340
Performer 1 R520
Performer 1 Silver R660
Performer 1 Gold R800<
Performer 2 R680
Performer 2 Silver R800
Performer 2 Gold R980
Private ½ hr R95
Private ¾ hr R135
Private 1 hr R180
Squads
From January 2006 our squad program and structure will change. Certain new squads and
times will be introduced. All involved will be contacted by early January. We have also
decided that we will charge the squads over an equal 12 monthly system instead of termly
for administration reasons.