Commencement Address by Roger Federer

roger federer

At Dartmouth College, the retired tennis champion offered his thoughts on winning and losing.

"In the 1,526 singles matches I played in my career, I won almost 80 percent of those matches," Federer said. "Now, I have a question for all of you. What percentage of the points do you think I won in those matches?"

The answer was 54 percent.

"In other words," he said, "even top-ranked tennis players win barely more than half of the points they play. When you lose every second point on average, you learn not to dwell on every shot."

He went on, "The truth is, whatever game you play in life, sometimes you’re going to lose. A point, a match, a season, a job….The best in the world are not the best because they win every point. It's because they know they'll lose again and again, and have learned how to deal with it."

2024 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The 2024 AGM was held on Tuesday 12th June.

Glen Waverley Awarded the Anne Hubbard Trophy

Anne Hubbard Trophy winner Glen Waverley
Glen Waverley representative, Kim Horton (right), accepting the Anne Hubbard Trophy from MEMRLTA Record Secretary Christine Youings

The Anne Hubbard Trophy is presented to the Club obtaining the best teams’ performance over the previous two seasons and it is calculated using the end of season ladders.

Amendments to By-Laws

Download the 2024 Agenda including proposed amendments to MEMRLTA by-laws

The amendments proposed by the Executive Committee to by-law 7 regarding Emergencies and by-law 8 regarding Pool Emergencies were passed by the Club Representatives. Below is a summary of the approved amendments, but see our by-laws page for full detail:

A club emergency (as opposed to a Pool Emergency) is no longer required to be a financial member of the club registering her, but any emergency registered MUST abide by the financial rules required by the club registering her. And please note that an emergency registered to play with a club shall not be allowed to play for another club in the Association during the course of the season, unless with the sanction of the Executive Committee. (by-law 7).
Club emergencies and pool emergencies must play in position #3 or #4, or the lowest position available if more than 2 emergencies (club and/or pool emergencies) are playing in the one match. This by-law does not apply to Section 1 as it is deemed an open section. (by-laws 7 & 8).

Donvale Tennis Club proposed a change to by-law 4 regarding Court Attire, but this proposed amendment was not passed by the Club Representatives.

Committee Elected for 2024/25

President: Hope Stewart
Vice President: Jackie Aslett
Secretary: Fiona Dwyer
Treasurer: Christine Shearer
Record Secretaries: Christine Youings and Helen Williams
Committee: Skye Berman, Ros Brereton, Noelene Duckett and Jessica Fary