Carols first competitive tennis win was at the age of 7 in a Saturday morning competition in Canterbury Bankstown Association & Carol has certainly moved on from that point.

Having a father for a coach certainly helped…Ross Sherriff, who had also been in the Davis Cup Squad in his day…..

Carol’s sister, Gail was & still is a talented player.

They went overseas together playing the international circuit for 6 years & in 1965 reached the semi final of the French Open ladies’ doubles (now names the Roland Garros French Open).

In 1966, Carol & Gail were drawn to play against each other in the second round of Wimbledon Ladies Singles Championships & they are the only sisters to have played against each other at Wimbledon in the 20^th Century. In 1969, they also reached the quarter finals of the Ladies Open Double Championships at Wimbledon.

Carol had remained in tennis all her life, whilst playing & always keen to help in all matters pertaining to the betterment of tennis.

In 1991, Carol was invited to join the state selectors (one from each state) to choose the Australian representatives for the Annual World team events, a position Carol held for 27 years.

Carol also represented Australia in the World Seniors for over 30 years.

Closer to home, Carol was a selector for over 20 years in the placement of players for the NSW teams in the Australian Senior Championships as in our early senior years, players were not permitted to select their own teams.

Carol worked tirelessly on the Tennis Seniors NSW committee for many years & always willing to help …….. in 2005 the decision was made to hold the Australian Seniors Teams\Individual championships in Newcastle…….It was a huge success & carol was responsible for all the clothing & tennis accessory sales plus players packs…… that clothing is still being worn today…….. great quality at an affordable price as Carol bargained hard with the distributor.

In 2019 Carol was thrilled & honoured to be awarded & named the first Legend for Tennis Seniors Australia in the Hall of Fame.

Always first to help & Carol’s advice was always sound…..

Congratulations Carol Campling , a very worthy recipient of Life Membership  TSNSW 2024