The Ladies Midweek Wollongong Competition starts next week and the local Kiama Division 1 side is in heavy training for the Tuesday competition.

Teams from Wollongong and Bulli dominate the line-up of entrants but the Kiama side became the "quiet achievers" to take the trophy for the competition at the end of last year.

Kiama’s team is Kate Sharp, Merrilyn Glaister, Kathy Wallace and Vicky Pritchard.

Vicky is a member of the Kiama Tennis Club and a Tennis Australia coach based in Bomaderry and she travels north each Tuesday to compete.