ITF Level Three School

March 2010

Five TOA members will attend the ITF Level Three School in India next month. Catherine Caswell and Matthew Kellert (NSW), Tom Sweeney (VIC) and James Tucker (QLD) are hoping to gain their bronze ITF chair badges, while Kerrilyn Cramer (VIC) will be aiming for her silver ITF referee's badge.

Communications Coordinators

March 2010

TOANSW's Troy Deighton has been appointed as TOA's National Communications Coordinator. Rosemary Grace (VIC) has been appointed his assistant. Together, Troy and Rosemary will produce a new quarterly national newsletter featuring articles on officiating from across the country. They'll also ensure the TOA website is up to date with the latest news and information for TOA members.

Grand Slam appointments

March 2010

A strong contingent of Australian officials will again be calling the shots at the French Open and Wimbledon in 2010. Catherine Caswell, Matthew Kellert and Abhaya Parthy (NSW), John Blom (ACT), Shannon Walding (QLD) and Kerrilyn Cramer and Tom Sweeney (VIC) will officiate at Roland Garos, while John, Abhaya, Shannon and Kerrilyn will also umpire at this year's Championships at Wimbledon alongside Simon Cannavan (QLD), Shane Chung and Di Larkin (VIC) and Matthew McAleer (NSW).

Become an Umpire

What does it take to become a Tennis Official?

Be at least 16 years of age
An interest in tennis usually makes your time as an Official more enjoyable but isn't essential
No prior experience necessary
Good natural or corrected vision

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And what training is involved?

One step at a time, you will be trained from scratch on how to become the best Tennis Official you want to be. After initial training, you'll be encouraged to put into practice what you've learnt at Tournaments as often as you're available.

After your initial training, you will be able to branch out to become a Line Umpire or Court Supervisor (or both if you like). Once you're comfortable with that role, training for other roles will become available.

Great, so how do I get involved?

Fill in the simple form below and a Recruitment Officer from your state will contact you with more information:

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Then once I'm involved, where could this lead me as a Tennis Official?

The world can be an oyster for a Tennis Official. Dependant upon training, performance and selection, a Tennis Officials (eg Line Umpire) progression could look like this:

The training pathway a Tennis Official can follow, is described here. A Tennis Official is subject to experience and selection at the higher levels.

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