This is the second in a series of historical articles written by Lorraine Maxwell who has been tirelessly digging back through the MIA Open archives. Thankyou Lorraine!

In the 1930’s players from around the region participated in the tournament. Tennis was a sporting and social event with articles in the paper describing the dance, band and venue after the tournament had concluded.

In 1932 the courts moved further down the street, to where the old ambulance station is towards McDonalds. There were 6 courts plus other around the town.

Jack Shannon won the Men’s Singles in 1933 & 1934, his deadly accuracy and sound play meant that he was able to come back from a 4-0 deficit to finally win 9-7 in an early round, then win the final easily.

This is the first in a series of historical articles written by Lorraine Maxwell who has been tirelessly digging back through the MIA Open archives. Thankyou Lorraine!

The first MIA Championship was held in November 1920.

It was either in response to local players going to Country Week in Sydney and then organising the event OR needing to have a tournament to qualify for Country Week.¹

Whichever way it happened it was an association of local tennis court owners who met in a school near the old cheese factory in Bagtown and decided to run this championship.

2020 Annual General Meeting

Monday 9^th March 2020

7.30pm

At the tennis club house, all members welcome

( And anyone who would like to get involved by joining the committee to help tennis flourish in Griffith are especially welcome!)

Dear Members, Players and their families, past and present,

2020 will mark the 100th year of Griffith’s longest running sporting event, the MIA Open Tennis Tournament.
The tournament began in 1920, and has run every year since – we’d like to celebrate this Milestone year by remembering the tournament’s rich history, acknowledge the importance and contribution that events like this have in a community, and of course by making the 2020 MIA Open the best yet!

We are inviting anyone who is interested in participating in the planning and organisation of the event to join us for the:

Initial Event Planning meeting
When: 8pm Tuesday 11th February
Where: Griffith Tennis Clubhouse – Noorilla St

We are also inviting anyone who has memorabilia of past events to please get in touch, we’d love to hear from you!
Contact: Robyn Meehan 0429 487 472, or
Email: info@griffithtennisclub.com.au

Please share this with anyone you think may be interested!

With thanks,
The Griffith Tennis Club

It’s that time of year again folks – the annual Griffith Spring Fest is almost upon us, running from Sunday, 13 October 2019 to Saturday, 26 October 2019.

We need your assistance to assemble the Griffith Tennis Club Giant Tennis Racquet from 7am Sunday the 13th October. Everyone is welcome (there’s heaps to do) and It’ll be great fun for the little ones. All helpers will need to wear closed shoes, and bring a bucket –

See you Sunday!

Checkout the variety of Social Comps on offer! With events for all skill levels running days and nights, you will be sure to find one to suit you

The Registration form is available here, fill it out and bring it along on the night!