Liz Ellis Adds New Title to Illustrious Career Total

Double Drummer picked a bad month to run a major outdoor sporting event… but the gods smiled and rain stayed away just long enough for the successful launch of the NSW Corporate Games via a big Celebrity Tennis Day that raised over $13,000 for Diabetes Australia-NSW...

Sports stars raise $13,000

SPORT stars and North Shore tennis lovers turned out on Sunday to help raise more than $13,000 for Diabetes NSW. The event, where people could bid to play doubles with their favourite sports stars, was run by Tennis Valley in Chatswood. "We had a great day", club director Kit Meyers said. "We had a window on Sunday when it wasn't raining and had about 300 there during the day." ...

Mistaken identity

While on jockeys, Allan Robinson towelled up fellow hoop Corey Brown at the NSW Corporate Games Celebrity Tennis Day at Chatswood yesterday, which raised money for diabetes sufferers ...

Stars at net

A long list of peninsula stars will play in tomorrow's NSW Corporate Games Tennis Day at the Eastern Valley courts in Chatswood. Actor Simon Westaway, Layne Beachley, Liz Ellis and Guy Leech are among those playing to help raise money for Diabetes Australia-NSW ...

Celebrity partners

With the Australian Open in full swing, tennis fever is in the air. The NSW Corporate Games celebrity tennis day on February 7 offers the chance to play a game with celebrities to raise money for Diabetes Australia-NSW. Champion surfer Layne Beachley, athlete Guy Leech, ex-netballer Liz Ellis, Olympic Gold Medallist Kerri Pottharst and footballer David Peachey will be among the celebrities auctioned off for a game ...

All set for best tennis fun money can buy

You can play tennis with a sporting star to raise money for Diabetes NSW and the NSW Corporate Games. An online auction to play with 16 personalities sportspeople starts today...

Actor heads fundraiser star cast

Fairlight actor Simon Westaway will be the master of ceremonies at next month's NSW Corporate Games Celebrity Tennis Day at Chatswood's Tennis Valley Club. The day will help raise funds and awareness of diabetes...

Play with me if you're up to it

You can play tennis with one of 16 sports stars when the 2010 NSW Corporate Games is launched in Chatswood on February 7. Seven-time world surfing champion Layne Beachley, US Open doubles champion Sandon Stolle, 2009 Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Corey Brown and Olympic beach volleyball gold medallist Kerri Pottharst will all be on court at the launch...

Sydney World Masters Games

Reg Trewin is thrilled to have been officially recognised as the oldest competitor in next month's 2009 Sydney World Masters Games, Reg won't be sitting in the stands (with or without rug) watching on. He'll be taking to the Bowling Green in the 60 and over Mixed Pairs category with his newfound partner, 63 year old Helene Harris...

Sydney World Masters Games

Reg Trewin is thrilled to have been officially recognised as the oldest competitor in next month's 2009 Sydney World Masters Games, Reg won't be sitting in the stands (with or without rug) watching on. He'll be taking to the Bowling Green in the 60 and over Mixed Pairs category with his newfound partner, 63 year old Helene Harris...

Parents as role models for a healthy lifestyle

Several organisations have decided to do something about one of the major problems in Australia: physical inactivity. With the help of a number of former elite athletes including Ron Barassi and Shane Gould they aim to spread the message of the importance of exercise to kids all around the country...

COURT DUTY: Layne Beachley rekindles her love of tennis for charity

WATCH OUT, Jelena Dokic - surfing champ Layne Beachley has been hitting the courts and confesses she wouldn't mind getting back into the sport she first harboured aspirations for as a nine-year-old.

Who knows what the Manly local - recently asked to work with Australia's top ranked female tennis player, Sam Stosur, to help her mental approach - is capable of when she swaps her board for a racquet at the NSW Corporate Games to raise money for Diabetes Australia-NSW...

Layne Beachley Swaps Board for Racquet and Beats Drum for Diabetes Research

Seven Time ASP World Surfing Champion and local legend, Layne Beachley, is swapping her surfboard for a tennis racquet in a bid to raise funds for Diabetes Australia-NSW.

Recognised internationally as the greatest female surfer of all time, Layne once harboured aspirations of following a pro. tennis career (she was about 10 at the time)… but with the help of her astute coach, she soon realised she was even more capable in the water than on land. She of course went on to become one of Australia’s greatest ever athletes...

Layne swaps surfboard for tennis racquet in search of Games glory

Seven Time World Surfing Champion Layne Beachley has made sure she won’t miss out on the 2009 NSW Corporate Games by signing up with ‘Team Double Drummer’ - just before entries close.

With no surfing in the 22 sports on offer, Layne will compete in the Open Mixed Doubles Tennis Event at Macquarie University on Sunday 22 March.

Tennis is not something new to Layne. As a child she once harboured aspirations of being a professional tennis player, but soon realised she was more capable in the water than on land...

Even one person can still enter the Games

Entries for this year’s NSW Corporate Games close on 19 February but it’s not too late to join in.

If you haven’t entered yet, go to www.corporategames.net.au/nsw to make sure you don’t miss out on being part of one of Australia’s biggest community sporting events.

The Games involve some of Australia’s largest corporations but even if you are an individual, you can still enter for Games glory thanks to Double Drummer....

The Matador Wins... Again!

What a feast of sport we’ve had to start the New Year. Thankfully the competition in Melbourne for the Australian Open tennis was a whole lot better than the efforts of Australia’s cricketers against South Africa and now New Zealand.

And what a Final of the Men’s Singles on Sunday night – The Magician versus The Matador. Federer – the player with the most sublime strokes ever seen in this ageless sport - against Nadal, that Spanish Matador...

webwatch - Double Drummer

Whether it's hauling yourself out of bed to go for a run in the morning or dragging your tired, overworked (and perhaps widening) backside to the gym after work, its a tough ask when it's so cold and dark outside. Maintain your motivation by buddying up for your favourite activity - from abseiling, golf and extreme sports, to running, swimming and tennis...

Sporty Connections

A new website has been launched to help sporty people connect with each other. Most sports and activities are listed on the site, and members can get in touch to find sporting teams and activities locally or anywhere in the country...

Get into sports

A new online networking site was designed to get people away from the computer and connect lovers of sport and the great outdoors around Australia. Double Drummer is a social networking site for active people who can seek golf buddies, cricket teams, running companions, sailing crews, Pilates classes and more...

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To find like-minded people to play with, a personal trainer or physiotherapist, visit www.doubledrummer.com

good sports

Facebook is fine if you want to see photos of how friends in New York spent their weekend, but if you want to find a gym partner or new squash opponent you'd best wander over to www.doubledrummer.com.au, a social networking site devoted entirely to people whose lifestyles tend toward the more active end of the spectrum. The site can also put you in touch with coaches, sports clubs and even physios. Every sport imaginable is covered, from abseiling and boxing to Zorbing (rolling downhill in a giant inflatable ball), and you can find people in your area who are up for a bit of competition or just looking to increase their social circle. The best part? This site doesn't consider poking a sport.

Move to the beat

If you would like to find new friends with common interests when you travel – whether it’s hot-air ballooning in Byron Bay, hang-gliding on Hamilton Island, parasailing in Perth or biking around Hobart – join the new Double Drummer’s online sports community. There are more than 587 activities to choose from. You can also tap into its network of physiotherapists and personal trainers. www.doubledrummer.com.au

The friends who play together ...

DOUBLE Drummer aims to get people off the computer and onto the court.
The new online site - the brainchild of Dave Keogh and Anna Cosio - has harnessed the popularity of sites such as Facebook and MySpace to help people find a buddy with whom to surf waves, not the net.
Anyone seeking a tennis partner, running companion, sailing crew or new members for a team sport can post a message, and be matched up with people of similar age, location and ability for a fee of $1...

Drumming up support

If you want to get out and about more and make new friends, check out Double Drummer, a website where you can have fun meeting other people who enjoy an active lifestyle. There's a wide range of sports and activities listed online on locations all around Australia. Simply choose your activity, level of competence, age, gender, and location then find Double Drummers ready to play. Vist www.doubledrummer.com.au...

Locals join in the Corporate Games, raise money for Diabetes NSW

The Manly mob is among some 8,500 competitors who will be playing for major companies such as AMP, Telstra, Optus, ANZ, ING, Goodman Fielding and their counterparts. And though up against it in terms of numbers, there's certainly a look of quality about the local squad who’ll be representing Manly-based online sports community, DoubleDrummer.com.

Joining Elka - the one-time 200 metre freestyle World Record Holder and Sydney 2000 silver medallist - will be former AFL Hawthorn Hawk, Mark Bunn (now living in Balgowlah) and North Manly tennis stars Lara and Robert Giltinan, children of 1970s Davis Cup player Bob...

Olympian joins NSW Corporate Games

Former Olympic Swimmer, Elka Graham will compete in this year’s NSW Corporate Games.  Silver medallist in the Sydney 2000 Olympics, Elka will swim in the 50m and 100m freestyle on Saturday, 15 March, for the Double Drummer team.

Double Drummer is a new online social networking site and has registered to compete in five sports: Tennis, Volleyball, Golf, Triathlon and Swimming.

In addition to Elka, Double Drummer has enlisted the children of former 1970s Davis Cup tennis player, Bob Giltinan. Lara and Robert will play in the singles tennis event...

Double Drummer unites new friends for an Australian Open jaunt

Well World No. 1 Roger Federer might have been rolled by a new champion at this year’s Australian Open, but a group of new friends from Manly still came home happy after witnessing an amazing victory by the great man… his 3rd round five set epic against another young Serbian, Janko Tipsarevic.

These locals all met through new online sports community, DoubleDrummer.com – a social networking site that’s been described as “MySpace in a tracksuit”… except unlike Myspace, Facebook and other such sites that try to capture members and keep them in front of a computer screen for as long as possible, Double Drummer is all about using technology to connect, then having fun ‘out of site’...

New online community addresses obesity crisis and other social issues

A new web site offers real synergies between sports, health and education and holds the promise of achievable health outcomes as part of a balanced lifestyle...

Website goes live

Manly Daily
12 December 2007

DOUBLE Drummer an online community for people who love sport or just want to maintain an active lifestyle, has gone live. Founders Anna Cosio and David Keogh, of Manly company Vida Marketing, said they hoped the site would become the pre-eminent directory and information portal for all things related to sport...

Our Manly Alliance Partner Launches New Online Community

Our Manly’s resident sports writer, Dave Keogh and his business partner Anna Cosio have just launched a new social networking site connecting people through sport. Find your new partner at www.doubledrummer.com...

Perfect match in online network

The marketing specialists behind new peninsula business Double Drummer say they have been conservative in their projections. Yet they still believe they can get 20,000 signings in their first year from a potential Australian market of 200,000. They also plan to take it offshore.

Anna Cosio and David Keogh, founders of Vida Marketing, have set up Double Drummer as an online community or social network for people who love sport or just want to maintain an active lifestyle...