The 2025 Meadowbank Open
After a short hiatus in 2024 to prepare for and celebrate the wedding of 2023 winners, Gracie and Madison Simmons, we are officially back with a bang!
The Sue Ellis Arena is calling, and we're excited to announce that preparations are well underway and tickets have been released.
All the important details can be found below. New balls please...
EVENT DETAILS
When: Saturday 15th February 2025
9:30am - 5:30pm. Transport provided with return bus ride from Hobart CBD to Meadowbank.
Where: The Sue Ellis Arena, Meadowbank.
652 Meadowbank Road, Meadowbank TAS 7140
What: A mixed-doubles tennis tournament, but in true Meadowbank style.
Who: The most inclusive tennis tournament of the year, with no pre-existing level of tennis skill required to compete. The tournament will consist of 16 mixed teams (i.e. 32 people) who compete in a series of knock-out matches (being the best of 3 games). Due to the growing popularity of this competition, all teams will be selected based on a random draw from those who purchase a 'PLAYER' ticket type. However, priority player tickets will also be allocated to members of our wine club, The Defiance.
Everyone else will assume the equally as important and varying roles of glamorous spectator, energetic supporter, questionable coach, last-minute substitution, occasional ball-person, vocal cheersquad, paparazzi, and drunk heckler.
The tennis tournament will kick off mid-morning and play through until the Grand Final around 4:30pm. There will be a bar with beer and wine flowing freely, along with plenty of food throughout the day. At around 1:00pm we will take a formal break to celebrate the day, toast one another, and enjoy a long-table lunch prepared by the bunch of legends from La Sardina Loca.
If you are wondering what to wear, think Wimbledon attire, whether old school or new. The regulated whites of the All-England Club look great in the gardens of the Sue Ellis Arena (and become a great indicator of whether you have also enjoyed too many red wines...). For inspiration, you can visit our instagram highlights page here.
Tennis rackets will be available to use on the day. But if you’re bringing out an old wooden-framed favourite that you stole from your parents 1970’s collection, kudos to you.
TOURNAMENT RULES
There are two very simple rules…
- You’re not allowed on the court to play unless you are over .05 (while we won’t be checking, no one wants to see you taking things too seriously); and
- Everything…and we mean EVERYTHING…is at the Tournament Director and Umpire's discretion.
PRIZES
- CHAMPION TEAM - the tennis winners take it all! All the glory, a selection of incredible prizes, and of course the much sought after and iconic Meadowbank Open Trophy!
- "SPIRIT OF THE OPEN" AWARD – we'll be looking for the very best spectator/s who combine a fabulous Wimbledon inspired outfit with a positive and enthusiastic Mardi-style attitude. Somebody who embodies the "spirit" of Meadowbank (think fun and frivolity!). We're talking Magnums of wine - big prizes for big love.
