The Jayden Chittick Open

The Jayden Chittick Open - 2024

Welcome to the fourth instalment of the Jayden Chittick Open, celebrating Jayden's life with his family and friends and playing the game he loved. Jayden inspired many people through his social media platforms, particularly those suffering from mental ill-health and drug addiction and the LGBT community.

This event has been an incredible day of inclusivity, remembrance and a great time to catch up with family and friends. It has additionally aided in raising $25,000 for the Black Dog Foundation, who aid in mental health and suicide awareness. We are hopeful the day can continue to assist in reducing the suicide number within Australia.

The day will again consist of a 32-team mixed doubles competition commencing from 10:00am onwards on the 26th of January at Milton Tennis Courts, playing in a win or be eliminated format.

Milton Ulladulla Districts Tennis Association Inc have been kind enough to donate use of the courts for the day and we are extremely thankful for their ongoing gratitude. We also are extremely thankful for the many local businesses and individuals who continue to sponsor and assisted in making the day run smoothly.

My Updates

Jayden Chittick Open 2024

Monday 22nd Jan
Another birthday for our sweet soul Jayden is upon us, which means there is another Tennis tournament approaching to celebrate his wonderful life.

This event has been an incredible day of inclusivity, remembrance and a great time to catch up with family and friends. It has additionally aided in raising $25,000 for the Black Dog Foundation, who aid in mental health and suicide awareness, which is something Jayden inspired many with through social media.

The Jayden Chittick Open - 2023

Tuesday 17th Jan

Welcome to the third instalment of the Jayden Chittick Open, celebrating Jayden's life with his family and friends and playing the game he loved. Jayden inspired many people through his social media platforms, particularly those suffering from mental ill-health and drug addiction and the LGBT community. The success of the past two events has raised over $22,000 for the Black Dog foundation which will aid in fast-tracking mental health research, preventing and treating mental illness within the community,

The day will again consist of a 32-team mixed doubles competition commencing from 10:00am onwards on the 28th of January at Milton Tennis Courts, playing in a win or be eliminated format.

As per previous years, Milton Ulladulla Districts Tennis Association Inc have been kind enough to donate use of the courts for the day and we are extremely thankful for their ongoing gratitude. We also are extremely thankful for the many local businesses and individuals who continue to sponsor and assisted in making the day run smoothly.

Thank you to my Sponsors

$100

Rob Dixon

Miss you Jay. Hope you were smiling down at some woeful tennis yesterday

$50

Britt Shephard

$105.50

Emily And Jarrod

$105.50

Tam And Loz

$52.75

Team Whitford

$26.38

Minty

$50

Team Staplevan

$52.75

Bush

$52.75

Naomi Johnston

$105.50

Connor & Amelia

For the chit

$52.75

Hayley Snelson

$105.50

Mason

We’ll never forget your smile mate. Love you all!

$158.25

Khy And Tayla

$31.65

Stevo

$21.10

John Cocks

Have fun guys

$20

Charlotte Du Rieu

$52.75

Leigha Clough

$52.75

Fiona And Sean Quilkey

$52.75

Jp

$105.50

Amy Tanner

$52.75

Katy & Alice

Happy birthday Jay, we miss and love you 💙

$122.85

Rory Riordan

Love the Riordans

$1.4k

Anonymous

$52.50

Georgie Healy

$105

Glenda And Marc Cesnik

Amazing tribute to a beautiful boy who we miss very much Xx

$21

Judi Anderson

$105

Will Joannides

$21

Belonda James

Have fun!

$52.50

Robyn Nelson

$21

Hayley Turner

$52.50

Amy Tanner

$100

Alex Rossetto

$26.25

Kate Mason

Amazing stuff Khy and team!!!

$1.05k

Jayden Chittick Open

$104

Alice Evison

$50

Ben Hall

$104

Tamason Gee

$52

Gen

$156

Cathy Stapleton

$20.80

Sophie O’malley

$156

Jenny Campbell

It is so inspiring to see such a deducated group of young men and women raising money in Jay's honour.

$52

Anonymous

$50

Clough Leigha

$104

Georgie And Luke

A great day for a great man!

$20.80

Barney Rocks

💙💙💙

$104

Andy, Kiz & Coen

$156

Tom Mcbride

$31.20

Anonymous

$31.20

Marie Higham

$260

Ann And Michael O'sullivan

Such an important cause

$104

Kelly And Jacko

$50

Amie

So much love to you all! A wonderful cause for an amazing guy xx

$50

Keesha Whitford

$52

Kristian Gillies

$52

Kathy Hall

$104

Rubie Chisholm

$104

Spencer And Mia

$50

Karen & Courtney Davis

$52

Arthur Tebbit

Good luck for a great day.

$20.80

Stephen Graham

$20.80

Katja Beardsell

$104

Dixon

Miss you buddy

$52

Amila & Jaleesa

💛

$20.80

Michael Mcdonald

$52

Jackson Wilkes Walburn

$104

Rory Riordan

$250

Greg Sam

$52

Amy Tanner

$52

Hayley Turner

$20.80

Taylor Lynch

$52

Lyndall Sam

An amazing job honouring your mate. Sending love to all

$20.80

Imogen Riordan

$52

Carmel Timmins

Great mates and a great cause.

$104

Elva Marshall

$52

Paul Johnston And Frisco Carmona

$20.80

Tiffany Williamson

Still can’t believe you’ve left this world!

$52

Lauren Davies

$52

Chris & Peter Sheldrake And Family

$104

Will Meikle

An important cause for an unfortunately widespread health issue.

$104

Glenn And Gayle Williams

Great work and good luck to everyone 👍

$104

Richard Hogan & Family

$52

Sue Mcneil And Mitch Bower

So proud of you all for organising this great event again. Love to Lynne and George ❤️

$52

Anonymous

$515

George Lynne Ty And Kiandra

Thank you for remebering our beautiful man. We miss him so so much.

$20.80

Gareth Lawson

$100

Katy Sam

Thrilled to be continuing this tradition and keeping Jayden’s legacy thriving. Big love to all that love Jayden and his lovely family.

$52

Shai Fenech

Such a great cause for someone extra special in many peoples lives. You are missed and loved by all.

$20.80

Annie Luke

May we continue to rise and honour your memory Jayden.

$50

Ashan

$1.26k

Anonymous

$500

Kerry And John Hozack

$20.80

Rachael

$104

Melissa

❤️❤️❤️

$100

Jon Hozack

A very worthy cause in Jayden's memory

$52

Aron

Jayden, your legacy will continue to live on through mental health awareness and suicide prevention. I know through your story, you've already saved many people's lives and you will continue doing so... through us, your story tellers. Happy Birthday. Love you always.

$208

Jarrod, Em, Tracy, Craig, Kyle & Grace

$31.20

Cherelle Martin

$20.80

Helen Gibson

Great cause, good luck raising the money I hope you reach your goal! 🌻

$31.20

Sule Caylioglu

$1.02k

Rupert Sakora

$20.80

Rowan Taylor

$20.80

Anonymous

$31.20

Rachel Brescia

$52

Claire Denton

What an amazing day for chittick! Sorry I couldn’t make it!! My thoughts were with you all. Love Claire.

$20.80

Connor Barkey

$31.20

India Wallace

$20.80

Mairead Ross

$52

Lisa Spey

$20

Eka

$104

The Whitfords

$31.20

Caitlin & Brock

$20.80

Sophie Fletcher

$104

Greg & Tina Fletcher

Greg & Tina Fletcher

$104

Tam And Dean

$20.80

Sharon Mccutcheon

💜💜🌱💜

$52

Rob& Sue Bevear

$20.80

Anonymous

$104

T And R Whitford

$52

Jill Carroll

Much love to the family and friends of Jayden. Jill xx

$15

Chad Steele

$20.80

Tazman Shahnuri

I only met Jayden a handful of times through my house mate. I didn't know him too well, but he was always the person with extra life in the room. News of his parting has left be surprised and blank. Rest easy dude.

$20.80

Kylie Wilson

You guys are an inspirational bunch. Very proud X

$31.20

Tara Hayman

:')

$100

Leigha Clough

$104

Nick Robinson & Vicki Horton

$104

Toni Williams

Such a beautiful bunch of humans and a great way to remember Jay.

$31.20

Bunny And Jack

Bloody legends you are the most resilient humans keep loving each other

$515

Andrew Dudgeon

What a wonderful tribute to a lost mate, and fabulous support to a worthy cause. Cheers. Dudge

$100

Anonymous

$104

Anonymous

$208

Chapman Family

$104

Sheree Dixon

$31.20

Warren And Sandra Case

What a wonderful group of friends you all are. An awesome tribute to a much loved Jayden. Hope the day goes well for all involved.

$50

Keesha Whitford

$104

Spencer And Mia

$10.40

Tali Gordon

$20.80

Jonathon Hill

Sad to see you go so early mate. You were definitely one of the better people around.

$104

Courtney & Karen

$104

Rob & Carol Fortune

$20.80

Kate Belcher

$104

Evie And Ruaraidh

We miss you Jay. Always in our hearts ❤️ Wish we could be there tomorrow to support you all xx

$104

Anonymous

$20.80

Anonymous

$10.40

Kyle Beavis

$20.80

Margaret Cerff

What a beautiful way to celebrate the loss of a dear friend ❤️

$208

Violaris

$52

Vincent Riordan

$208

Murphy Family

Have a great day guys and girls You are a great bunch of friends and always looking out for each other What a beautiful thing to do in memory of Jayden

$20.80

Maddie Wilson

$52

Thomson's

$50

Jessica Halliday

💜

$104

Tony Davis

A very worthy cause; well done team ! Cheers, Tony D.

$104

Sam Johnson And Family

$30

Amy Jones

I’m very sorry for your loss. As a sibling who lost her brother in 2020 who was battling with mental health problems also. A wonderful way to remember and celebrate a wonderful Friends life 🌻

$31.20

Marie Higham

$104

Ellie Taylor

I didn’t know Jayden all that well but he was always one of the most friendliest people in the room. Go hard legends

$50

Tracey Smith

Play your hearts out gang. Watch out for that Alana, she is very sporty. Love you guys. Xxx

$20.80

Atsushi Ogai

$20.80

Kate Puglisi

$52

Anonymous

$31.20

Claire Chapman

$20

Dale Denton

$20.80

Simone Scott

$52

Chris

$15.60

Zoe Taylor

$52

Tayla Davis

💜💜💜

$31.20

Sola Ogata

$100

Alex + Gab

From Alex & Gab

$50

Georgia Sadler

What an awesome initiative for an awesome dude. Go get em!

$50

Nina Bass

$52

Crystal Moore

$52

Bob Tebbit

Have a great day

$50

Carol Sandiford

$52

Lane

$52

Georgia Vickers

Sending you all so much love. ❤️

$50

Jen Todd

$52

Hannah Laxton

<3

$104

Amie Higgins

An amazing event for an amazing person xx

$20.80

Fiona Mccue

$20.80

Emmeline Stevens

$52

Warrick & Karyn Faust

Faust Family 💙

$52

Larissa Moore

$52

Kristian Gillies

$52

Sarah Grant

$52

Katrina Moore

$31.20

Anonymous

$20.80

Anonymous

$31.20

Beck Kastelein

❤❤

$20.80

Anonymous

$52

Alana Faust

$31.20

Grace Ware

$104

Dwell 35 Degrees South Milton

A lovely tribute to Jayden by such an awesome group of friends.

$52

Emma Bucholtz

$104

Kerry Hallett

$260

Terese & Rob Gillies

$52

Lorraine Evison

My love and hugs to Jayden's family and all who love him.

$50

Jackson Wilkes Walburn

$104

Elva Marshall

$156

Campbell Family

This is such a wonderful initiative. Well done to all involved. It is a very special way to honour Jayden's memory and raise money for a great cause.

$104

Karen And Gerard Delany

❤️

$104

Jordan Gillies

$52

Barkey Annette

$104

Emily & Kieren O’connell

$20.80

Taylor Lynch

$20.80

Tim Hanlon

$52

Hado

$104

Hartley Family

Such a special person. A lovely initiative by his friends, good luck with the fundraising.

$52

Kim Urquhart

Well done all. A perfect way to honour Jayden - I'm sure the Jayden Chittick Open will be a wonderful success.

$52

Vicki Love

A great initiative. 💙 to all.

$52

Gareth Lawson

$104

Jake Webb

$52

Kerry Lawson

$52

Cheyne And Lindsey Whitford

$20.80

Sharon

Such a great thing to do

$104

Rory Riordan

Forever loved and missed, a stoic for us all to admire.

$20.80

Anonymous

$20

Donna

What a sensational idea. I feel privileged to have known Jayden and love the idea of this tournament in his memory.

$104

Linda, Ian, Angus, Oscar Elley And Remy Lees

Always in our hearts.

$50

Anonymous

$104

Kerrie O’c

$52

Kathy Hall

$20.80

Clare Snelling

$20.80

Madelyn Johnston

$52

Sarah Meharg

💕💕

$30

Beverly Dona

$104

Anonymous

$52

Beau Melrose

$10.40

Lewis Hotchin

$52

Angelica Fortunato

$52

Jeanie Taylor

$156

Elisha, Joe And Sunny X

💜

$52

Chloe And Brendan Cerff

💜

$104

Lucas Family

$104

Anonymous

What a great initiative! Happy to help this organisation to help others. We'll miss him always. I remember him as a bright, happy boy. He, Vinu and Anna had such a good time together.

$15.60

Drew Darby

$104

Helen Tom Dan And Georgie Healy

What a wonderful and fitting tribute to your great friend Jayden who is so sadly missed.💗

$20.80

Katrina Thorn-clarke

$104

Sonja Skagen

I was honoured to have known Jayden and I am truly saddened he will no longer grace this earth. This event would surely make Jayden smile. x

$20.80

Jamie Young

$52

Lyndall Sam

You will always be remembered Jay for the beautiful soul you are

$104

Abby Bartlett

$52

Ivy

$1.02k

Mollymook Golf Club

Awesome group of people doing an awesome thing for a very important cause! We wish you all the best with reaching your fundraising goal and hope you all have a lot of fun on the day!

$10.40

Trent Arnold

$50

Tyarne Parker & Josh Lappin

Wish we could be there with you guys but sending all of our love to each and every one of you legends xx

$104

Snelson Family

So proud to be friends with you all, wish i could be there. Sending all my love x

$52

Julie Chapman

Rest In Peace darling Jay. You are so well loved.

$415

Kim And Noel Thurlow

A lovely tribute.

$20.80

Gemma Cross

$31.20

Andrea Peat

💙💚💛🧡💜

$52

Imogen Riordan And Seamus Frawley

Good luck legends! We love to see it 💜

$104

Dominic And Veronica Riordan

What a great initiative and such positive way to give meaning to Jayden’s tragic death.

$52

Deborah A Johnston

$20.80

Anna Weekes

$31.20

Lyn & Martin Shaw

Our thoughts are with you all.

$52

The Bakers

Such a wonderful way to raise much needed funds and awareness to an issue which affects us all at some point in our lives ❤️

$31.20

Sylvia Franklin

You never can tell when this black dog could affect you. Let’s do all we can to make people aware. Love to Jays family.

$31.20

Audrey Saunders

A wonderful memorial for Jayden that will assist others.

$52

Callum & Abi

$52

Michael Long

$20.80

Fergus Ryan

$104

Chisholm Family

Raising awareness is so important, great initiative, Jayden is in our hearts

$52

Adam Gowen

$10

Chad Steele

$31.20

Erin Mcauley

You have a heart of gold nomes. Sending you all my love always 💖

$52

Judy Queenan

Glad to support this wonderful cause.

$104

Kim & Rob

$20.80

Kris & Richard Davies

$31.20

Mali Boller

I only knew Jayden as an incredibly cute, full of so much energy little kid, but followed him on social media as an adult and watched how he shared his journey which was such a brave and powerful thing to do. I'm sure he helped many by doing this. It is sad to see such a beautiful soul gone.

$20.80

Joanne Walsh

$10.40

Jade Kynezos

$52

Helen Ledlin

$20.80

Georgia Gair

Love you Nomes!

$20.80

Marg Hope

$20.80

Karyn Ingold

What a great way to celebrate Jay!

$20

Chloe Ng

$20

Elizabeth Sheldon

$20.80

Katelin Ivers

❤️✨

$104

Kiandra Tomlinson

Miss you so much Jay💜

$104

Leesa, Jamie, Brad & Jacob Sperring

We were so blessed to know you Jayden 💙 you will always have a special place in our hearts 💙

$20.80

Wise

Jay was an absolute legend who would be so proud of everything his friends are doing ❤️ Much love to you all

$260

Di L’estrange And Grant Brodie

We were so lucky to have known Jay and he lives on in the hearts and minds of his fantastic mates xx

$104

Lisa Tomlinson

💜💜

$104

Glenn And Gayle Williams

Miss you Jay 💜

$52

Andrew Hallett

$52

Leesa Carr

💙

$20.80

Darlene Hadland

so proud of all of you for pulling together and being a strength to each other!

$52

Anne Schneider

$52

Darren Stephen

$260

Peter & Helen Clisdell

We support this wonderful initiative....know his mother well.

$52

Michelle Howard

I miss you Jay! Tennis was a shared passion of ours and we would spend every saturday morning at the ulladulla tennis courts growing up. I wish i could be there to take part in this years event. Im soo proud of the amazing people who have put this together and jayden would be too xx

$104

Kastelein Family

❤️

$104

Sue And Kevin Mcneil, And Mitch Bower

Jayden touched so many lives in his short time here. We feel privileged to have made some wonderful memories with him. Good luck with the fundraising and much love from the McNeil/Bower family x

$104

Sascha & Peter

💜

$104

Connie Newnes

$10.40

Julie Cowen

Great work guys Jayden would love this

$515

George Lynne Ty And Kiandra

To the most wonderful group of young men and women I have ever met. Thank you for your love, your kindness and comfort you have given to us. Hope this starts your fundraising.