Scotch College

A proud record for OS tennis

Graeme Thomson ('58) is a tennis player with a proud record.

When a schoolboy in Year 12 at Scotch in 1958, the year Graeme won the school tennis championship, he was approached by Frank Stuckey (then a teacher at the School) to form a team to play in the 1959 Association competition.

Graeme and Frank, along with Geoff Serle ('40) Richard Piesse ('59) and Geoff Giddings ('59) were the first members of the Old Scotch Collegians' Tennis Club.

University, football umpiring and business commitments took Graeme away from competitive tennis for a number of years, but in 1972 he started playing again for Old Scotch. In the next few years he was a member of premiership teams in B Grade and A Reserve (again teaming up with Richard Piesse), and from 1977 until 1990 he was a regular member of the A Grade team which won three winter premierships (1979, 1985 and 1987), and three consecutive Spring premierships (1986, 1987 and 1988).

The team was also runner up on a number of occasions in the Winter competition.

Graeme was Club Captain in the early eighties, and was a regular competitor in the Club's A Grade singles championships which he won in 1979 and 1981.

Work commitments as a Director of Mobil Oil Australia kept Graeme from playing regular tennis in the nineties, and injury has also taken its toll. However, recently retired, Graeme intends to resume his long association with the Club by playing social tennis; held at the School courts every Saturday.

Those interested in joining the Club can contact Leigh McGregor at the OSCA Office on 9810 4302 or the Club President, Colin Simpson at 9890 3257.