DAPHNE BALE

  Daphne was featured in the Jan/Feb 2009 edition of Qweekend.

ADVANCED TENNIS COACH

 Daphne has been the resident Tennis Coach at Wahminda Park for more than 20 years. During this time she has trained through the Tennis Professionals Qld., attending seminars and conferences, and is a Tennis Australia Certified Advanced Coach.

 Children from 6 years of age, Beginners, Players, Teenagers and Adults are all being taught to play and enjoy the game of tennis. Down Syndrome, ADDHD, Autistic and other special needs children also learn with Daphne. The name of the game is to have fun and learn.

 Daphne is excited to now be training wheelchair athletes. The only difference in their game is that they are allowed to let the ball bounce twice before returning the shot. All other rules are the same, so they have to work quite hard to push their chair around the court, at the same time hitting the ball. The Council has been asked to lay a concrete path across to the toilet area to assist these athletes in easier access to the courts.

 Tennis Clinics are held throughout most holidays, and the FHPA together with Daphne run a Tennis Tournament every June/July holidays. This is very popular as the children use it as a training tournament preparing them for the Superleague events. For the last couple of years this has been run in a Round Robin format, which gives the children more tennis and more experience.

 Past pupils play a Special Sunday Tournament with singles all morning, and after a B.B.Q lunch, draw partners for a Mixed Doubles afternoon. Even though they play from 8 am to 6 pm and try to win the Stewarts Shield, it is a very social day  where they catch up with friends.

 Daphne can be contacted on mobile 0423 492 482