Dec 17

Centrespot finishes on top of Tennis

The Centrespot womens (A) grade tennis team of Paula And Leanne Comb continued their great form to win the last final of the year. The team had caused a boilover in the semis by beating the defending champions Sportfirst but then did it again by sucessfully beating the Treloars Central Servo team.The Treloars team of Julie Lawrence and Belinda Headon won the first set 6/1 but Centrespot took the second 6/2 and then the tie-breaker decider 8/6 points to take the title and the (A)grade premiership.For their efforts Paula Comb wins the Hay Furniture award and Leanne Comb the Foodworks award.Harley Paterson wins the Hay Services award not only for his recent good tennis play but also being the first junior in a number of years to join the committee.Charlie Cronin wins the O'Briens Fertlisers junior award for his good play at his weekly coaching sessions.The 2010 Tennis Club Community calendar is now available at the advertisers shops The Tennis Club wishes to thank the Riverine Grazier for its wonderful sporting coverage in 2010

DECEMBER 12

Good Ending to Tennis Year

Finals and playoffs were held last week in the mens competition together with most of the womens grades finals on the same night. The majority of womens matches changed dates not to clash with other important activities.Only the (A) grade womens final remains to be played this week between second placed Treloars Central Servo and fourth placed Centrespot who had a brilliant win to cause  an upset in defeating the defending champions SportFirst (Deb Cronin & Liz Hicks) 6/2 6/5. Treloars battled hard in their semi to beat the Saltbush Motor Inn team last seasons (B) grade premiers Kate Stephens and Leonie Booth 6/3 6/4. in other womens semi-finals results in (B) grade Thompsons Smash  Repairs had a strong 6/1 6/1 win over Bidgee Motor Inn.In (C) grade Hay Jewellers snuck in 6/2 3/6 against Murphys Clothings Gaylene and Heidi Stephens while the Hydes Plumbing team beat top of the ladder Foodworks Kellie Rutledge and Rebecca Tumolero 6/4 6/4. In (D) grade comp. leaders Dwyers Bus Fi Crawley and Lucy Pless went down to Hay Newsagency 6/3 5/6 with 92 Computing winning 6/2 6/4 over Radio 2hay FM.It was a nice change on Wed. night when the mens finals were played in conjunction with most womens finals with a bbq also available.The (C) grade mens final score didnt indicate the play with Thompsons Smash(Tony Callaghan & Jye Thompson) beating the Crighton Cranes team of Shayne and Thomas McGufficke.The (B)grade high standard match went down to a tie breaker decider after sets were one each with the Services Club team of Peter Lawrence and Craig Wade winning a thrilling 10/8 over DYs Bus-Peter Dwyer and Paul Pless.The (A) grade match also went to a tie breaker after the defending champions Walgrove lost the first set ,won the second then the decider 7/2 over NRMAs Warren Hunt and Andrew Schipp. For their win Andrew Davies wins the Hay Furniture award and Allen Dwyer the Foodworks award with Andrew Schipp mixing it with the best to win the Hay Services Club award.Not to be outdone by the mens close matches the women also turned in some exciting finishes but none more than the (C) grade marathon when the Hydes Plumbing team of Janine Bryant and Jacqui Stephens won 6/5 5/6 and decider 13/11 over Hay Jewellers Kathryn and Amelia Maynard. The (B)grade was a sound 6/5 6/3 win to the Riv. Hotels Donna Wade and Cheryl Hurst over the Thompson Smash Wendi and Jye Thompson while the (D) grade was of a high quality with 92 Computings Trish and Hannah Mc Gufficke winning 6/2 6/3 against Hay Newsagencys Daisy Pless and Ellie Jamieson

 

Juniors

Saturday morning tennis was the last for the year and will recommence in Feb 2010 The O'Briens Fertilisers award went to young Dan Tripney and the Foodworks award to Ben Caughey.Andrew Cronin will run a junior clinic Jan. 20-23 finishing with a mini comp on 24th.

 

last week dec 5--- Mens Tennis to Finals in all Grades

The mens teams tennis competition has reached the finals which are being held this week. In (A) grade semi finals last week Walgrove beat Nicolas Royal 6/4 6/3 and  NRMA beat Slats. Painters 6/1 6/5. Both the (B)grade semi matches were strong wins with Hay Services beating Hay Bowling & Golf Club 6/2 6/0 and Dwyers Bus eliminating Wooloondool 6/1 6/2 with this weeks  final looking to be very entertaining and close. In play off matches in this grade the AndEarth combination of Bede Schiller and Jason Wall had a good win over the inform IGA team 6/3 6/2 and for their good win these players received the Hay Furniture and Foodworks weekly awards. The Bidgee Tyre Service  player Angus Rex won the Hay Services award for his play . The last round of the (C) grade was played with the Crighton Cranes team qualifying for the final by one point above the Hydes Carpentry team. Both these teams had 5-0 wins with Crightons beating Foodworks 6/2 6/3 (7/4) and Hydes Carpentry winning 6/0 6/2 (7/3) against the Riv.Hotel team. Thompsons Smash is the other finalist beating Hay Shire 4-1 the score being 6/0 6/3 (3/7).

There will be a BBQ available this week. 

Womens Inclement weather and other factors postponed last weeks play to this week being the same times and matches for semi finals and playoffs. Next Monday the 14th Dec. the four finals only will be held with no play-off matches to be scheduled.

 Juniors Only a small number attended  Saturday Morning tennis activities last week with Kelcey Anderson and Mikaela Hurst winning the O'Briens Fertilisers and Foodworks junior awards. Tennis will continue this weekend and private coaching also continues.

 Last Week ---Tennis Competitions to Semi Finals

 Night tennis competitions have reached the semi-finals & play-offs in most grades.

Womens -  The Riv Hotel in (B) grade is the only team to qualify for the finals at this stage, to finish on top of the ladder following its 6/2 6/2 win over the Japps Pharmacy team. Their opponents will be the winners of this weeks semi clash between Bidgee Motor Inn & Thompsons Smash Repairs. The Bidgee team last week edged out Nicolas Royals Kerrie Rennie & Lyn Murphy 4/6 6/3. In (A)grade the top 4 teams clash in semi-finals with the Bidgee Tyre Service & former champs Meggs Grain and Fertilisers missing out. The Murphys Clothing Store of Gaylene & Heidi Stephens in (C) grade last week had a good 6/1 6/4 win over the Hydes Plumbing team to finish second on the ladder & now meets third placed Hay Jewellers (Kathryn & Amelia Maynard) who also had a similar scoreline win over the strong Riverine Grazier combination. Foodworks finished on top of the ladder to play 4th spot Hydes Plumbing. The other winner in this grade was the Julie Whitton & Rebecca Gargaro  HBGClub 6/2 6/3 against Uardry. In (D)grade the Hay Newsagency team of Daisy Pless & Ellie Jamieson gained enough points in their 6/4 6/3 loss to 92Computing to earn a semi spot, while the young Radio 2Hay FM team of Melissa Fattore & Emma Laracy continue their great form with a 6/1 6/2 win over the Hay Plains Holiday Park to qualify for semis. Other winners were DYs and Hay Services Club.

Mens - The mens competition continued with a high quality standard across all grades. Quarter finals were conducted in (B) grade last week with the Hay Services Club team of Peter Lawrence & Craig Wade back to their best with a 6/1 6/1 win over a strong Elders combination. Wooloondool also qualified with a tough 6/4 6/4 win over IGAs Hugh Burnham & Tex Davies. Another good match saw DYs Bus come from behind to win 6/5 6/3 against the experienced AndEarth combination of Bede Schiller &  Tom Porter. The HBGClub were the last to qualify with Steve Bate and  Lloyd Jones not giving up to win 4/6 6/1 (7/3) tiebreaker decider against the Bidgee Tyre Service team. The (A) grade points table was finalised last week with Slats Painters narrowly on top to play 4th team NRMA and Walgrove to meet Nicolas Royal in the other semi this week. Jasen Crighton for his part in playing in two matches last week earns the Foodworks award. (C) grade still has another round to play with the Thompsons Smash team assured of a finals position following its 6/3 6/1 (4/7) win over Hydes carpentry Foodworks had the closest win with a 6/3 5/6 (7/4) over the Riv. Hotel with Ron Bradbury winning the Hay Furniture award Crighton Cranes were the other winner 6/1 6/5 (7/1) against Hay Shire.

Juniors -Congratulations to Harley Paterson and Jasmine Gregory winning the under 19yrs titles. In the finals Harley beat Matt Leahy, and Jasmine beat Kate Stephens(photo to grazier by andrew cronin) after earlier eliminating Sam Oliver in a semi. These winners meant we had the rare situation of 6 different players taking out the junior titles this year with no player winning two age groups.For their efforts Jasmine and Harley took out the Hay Services and O'Briens Fertilisers awards. The last of the Friday weekly competition was also held with only a few in attendance. Good play was made by Tim Zambon and George Ware while Tom Lilburne won the Foodworks Junior award for his good play in the under 19 yrs titles. Saturday morning tennis will continue with last weeks encouragement award to Tom Tripney.

General  -The annual meeting was held last week with a small attendance with the same committee and executive being elected. President Steve Longworth congratulated  those involved in a successful year with the covering of synthetic grass to the three back courts and the new verandah project as well as numerous repair and maintenance jobs, two good open tourneys, a new coach and new coaching methods and enjoyable night competitions. 

NOV 22

Good standard and atmosphere at night tennis


Last weeks tennis was of a pleasant and high standard across all grades.
 
Womens - The last of the ordinary rounds is scheduled this week with semi finals and playoffs set down for the 30th. November. At this stage only the four finals will be played 7th Dec. Last week in (A) grade the two undefeated teams clashed with the premiers Sportfirst winning narrowly 6/3 6/5. The other matches were of a high calibre with Centrespot winning 6/1 6/2 & Treloars Central Servo success 6/2 5/6. Riv Hotel are still on top of (B) grade but had a close 6/5 6/2 over Thompsons Smash Repairs with Bidgee Motor Inn beating Japps in the other match. In (C)grade it was a great match between Riverine Grazier going down to Uardry 2/6 4/6 with three of the players returning after some absence.For her part Margie McClelland wins the Hay Furniture award,while the returnees Sara Hector, Clare Towler,and Sam Oliver received the Foodworks, Hay Services and O'Briens Fertilisers awards. Other wins in this grade went to Hydes Plumbing, Hay Jewellers and Foodworks. Well done to the (D) grade teams displaying fine and mature sportsmanship.Lima Canning and Tori Oliver for IGA put up a good display before going down to leaders 92 computing 6/4 1/6 and for her play Lima wins the Foodworks junior award. Other wins in this grade went to DYs,Radio 2Hay FM,and Hay Plains Holiday Park.
 
Mens - The hot temperatures did not deter the standard.The Slats Painters has gone to outright leader following its maximum points win over Walgrove while the other (A) grade saw NRMA with Alan Japp prevailing 8/6 tie-breaker against the Nicolas Royal. In (B) grade the Hay Services team finally succombed to losing a match to the tough DYs team in a marathon match with other wins to Elders and HBGC in tie breakers and Wooloondool with a top win against Bidgee Tyre Service. In (C) grade the Thompsons Smash won the battle of the leaders while Hay Shire and P>Hyde Carpenters were the other winners.
 
Juniors  - There was a general bye in junior tennis on Fri 20th however will resume this Fri 27th with the weekly teams competition appearing on the web about wed. The under 19yrs titles (players born1991 or later) will also be played with players needing to register by 6.20pm.
 
Annual Meeting - Players are reminded the AGM is on Friday to be held when junior tennis concludes around 7.15pm

Nov 15

Cronins create Hay Tennis History 

Deb and Andrew Cronin made history for the Hay Tennis Club in both winning the Singles, doubles and mixed doubles partnering together, in taking out trebles in this years club championships.Deb has won consecutive year trebles having won all titles last year, while Andrew now becomes the 10th treble champion(he won the doubles with Anthony Slattery).Charlie Clift in 1947 was the first treble champion. Last week Deb and Andrew won the mixed final over Paula Comb and Tony Callaghan finishing very strongly for a 6/3 6/0 result, and for their success won the weekly Hay Furniture and Foodworks awards.  

Monday Womens - The Treloars Central Servo suffered their first defeat in (A) grade going down to the Sportfirst team of Deb Cronin and Jill Chapman 6/1 6/3 and have now dropped to 3rd on the ladder. The Saltbush motor Inn team are still underfeated following their good 6/2 6/3 win over former champions Meggs grain and Fertilisers.  The Riv. Hotel team of Donna Wade and Cheryl Hurst are opening up a lead gap following its 6/4 6/3 win against the Bidgee Motor Inn team. The Nicolas Royal and Thompsons Smash teams played an exciting draw. The Murphys Clothing Store are leading (C) grade by half a point following its strong 6/1 6/2 win over Uardry, with other winners being  Foodworks, Hay Jewellers, and Anthony Hydes Plumbing teams. Three teams are equal leaders in (D) grade with wins to Radio 2Hay FM, 92 Computing, and  Dwyers Bus.

Wednesday mens  -Both (A) grade matches came down to tie-breakers with wins to Walgrove(Peter Marks & Andrew Davies) and Slats Painters(Jason Crighton & Anthony Slattery). In (B) grade the Hay Services team returned to their old form to blitz last seasons runners up the Bidgee Tyre Service 6/0 6/2 (7/1). Other winners were IGA ( 7/3)tie breaker, AndEarth (7/2) tie breaker, and Wooloondool. The combined (C-D)grade saw wins to Thompsons Smash Repairs, Crighton Cranes, and Hay Shire. 

Juniors - Last Friday the under 16 yrs club titles were completed with semi's and finals played. Kate Stephens again took out the girls title but had a 6/4 battle with sister Sophie in the final. The boys final was won by Daniel Booth winning 5/3 against Zac Molloy with Daniel also having a tough semi 4/2 over Damon Slattery. There were no matches played in the weekly junior graded competition due to the heat. For their efforts the following weekly awards were given- KateStephens-Hay Services Club, Daniel Booth- O'Briens Fertilisers, Zac Molloy-Foodworks Junior. All junior tennis has been suspended this Friday 20th November with the under 19yrs titles plus the weekly competition now on the 27th Nov. at 6.30pm the night of the annual meeting

Nov  8 Jye Thompson topples tennis record

Jye Thompson in winning the under 13 yrs boys singles last week became the first player in this age group to win 4 in a row from 2006 to 2009. Two players previously had won three, Geoff Milliken 1974-76 and Stuart Callaghan 1987-89. Jye beat Bentley Murphy in the final 4/1 after Bentley had earlier won their preliminary clash. Sophie Stephens took out the girls final for a consecutive time in beating Amelia Maynard 4/3 (7/5) tiebreaker in a top match. Sophie joins 6 others who have won this title twice the earliest in 76-77 by Sue Hanna and the last by sister Kate Stephens 06-07. The full results including the start of the under 16yrs and details of the under 19yrs appear on the tennis web page this week.For their success Jye wins the O"Briens Fertilisers award and Sophie the Foodworks junior award. 

Womens -  The monday night competition continues to produce good matches. In (A)grade the newly promoted Saltbush motor Inn continue to do well this time beating the Bidgee Tyre Service team 6/2 6/3 with the other win going to Treloars central Servo. In (B) grade the Japps pharmacy team of Nicole Wade and Julie Clark continue their good form with a win over Nicolas royal 6/1 3/6 with the Thompsons Smash team the other winner. There was some good (C) grade matches with wins to Foodworks, Robertsons bakery, Riverine Grazier and Murphys Clothing store.Top play was noted in the (D) grade with good wins to Dwyers Bus service,92 Computing, radio 2Hay FM, and Hay Newsagency.

Mens  A good start was made to the wed. night comp being played in three grades with the bottom grade a combined (c &d). The defending (A) champions Walgrove had a win over a determined NRMA combination 4pts. to 1 that included Glen Butler doubling up after his (B) grade match. For his great effort in his two matches Glen receives the Hay Furniture award. The (B)grade defending champions Hay Services club have found themseves still in this grade but expect this competition to be tougher. The team had a 6/4 6/1 (7/5) battle win against Wooloondool. Other winners in this grade were Hay Bowl. & Golf Club, AndEarth and Dwyers Bus Service.  The combined (C& D)grade has 6 teams competing a combination of experience and new players.The P. Hyde Carpentry team gained maximum points in their 6/5 6/0 (7/5) win against Hay Shire and for their efforts Bruce Barnes and Dan Tripney took out the Foodworks and Hay Services awards.Crighton Cranes also had a good win.

Mixed  The annual club Mixed doubles has reached the final with Deb and Andrew Cronin to play Paula Comb and Tony Callaghan Friday at 8pm with two other consolation play offs scheduled at 7.30pm as per the web site update this week.

Juniors  The weekly singles competition in various grades will now be played at 6.30pm fridays with trials held last week. Extra players need to register by 6.20 with the draw appearing on the web this week. Only a small number played last Sat. morning but it was lots of fun. The starting time is now 9am.

Nov 2 Last week ------Good start to Womens night tennis competition

An enjoyable successful opening round was played last week in the womens night competition. Former champions Meggs Grain and Fertilisers have been added to (A) grade which has now eliminated the Bye in this grade. Liz Hicks and Deb Cronin the defending champions for Sportsfirst this time had a wakener 6/5 6/1 win against Bidgee Tyre Service.  In (B) grade the RIv Hotel had a good 6/2 6/3 with Beth Schiller coming into the team as a good replacement to receive the weekly Hay Services Award.The Riv receives the bye this week.The Thompsons Smash Repairs had a narrow 4pts to 2 win against the Japps Pharmacy team. Eight teams are doing battle in (C)grade with the Uardry's Megan Ireland receiving the Foodworks for a good debut in Uardry winning 4pts to 2 over the Hay Jewellers. Other winners were Anthony Hydes Plumbing and Foodworks. There were good (D)grade matches with Anna Lilburne receiving the Hay Furniture award for winning her match for the Services Club and doubling up to play a higher grade match. The IGA team of Lima Canning and Civa Mose had a good win over Pynors Accountants and for their efforts these players took out the O'Briens Fertilisers award and Foodworks Junior award. The Hay Newsagency team had a good win over the young 2Hay FM team.

Mens   - The mens competition commences this week to be played in four grades involving at least 18 teams a good response to delaying the start. The final composition was not completed on the Sunday, however the draw will be available on the web by Wednesday. 

Club Champ. Mixed -  Hopefully the delayed semi final will be completed Friday with the final and playoffs involving all the mixed pairs to be played Friday 13th. The normal friday night competition of four players per team will not proceed this summer however could be held in Feb. 2010 if there is enough interest.

Juniors - Its all happening this Friday 6th in junior competitions. All junior players who will play the weekly junior competition in four grades are asked to be at the courts by 5.20pm where the draw will be made. The under 13yrs girls semi finals are also scheduled at 5.20 while the boys play at 6pm. finals will also be played. The under 16yrs (born 1994 or later) will  commence as well.  

Junior Saturday Morning  - The activities recommenced last weekend with an enthusiastic group attending. With the warmer weather upon us the starting time will now revert back to 9am. This group will be the main representatives of the tennis club in marching in the november street parade, however all tennis players are welcome to participate and can contact Andrew Cronin or Anthony Slattery.

Oct 25

Womens tennis entry good entry

The best womens teams entry for 2009 has been received with 26 teams competing in four grades. Still well short of the good years entries of 40 teams,it is pleasing to see some new faces as well as a number of teenagers having a go. The draw should be on the website on monday. Saltbush Motor Inn comprising Kate Stephens & Leonie Booth have been promoted to (A) grade following success in (B) grade the past few competitions. There are five teams each in (A) and (B) grade and teams instead of receiving a bye will oppose each other for bonus points

Mens  - In contrast to the womens numbers only 11 mens teams have entered  so the competition start will now be the 4th November so that additional teams can be canvassed. It is expected there will be three grades having only been two the last competition.

Juniors - The preliminary matches were completed in the junior under 13yrs club championships last friday with nearly all matches going to tie breaker deciders.Amelia Maynard and Hannah Mc Gufficke qualified for the girls semi finals to join Sophie and Heidi Stephens, while in the boys Bentley Murphy, Jye Thompson and Thomas Mc Gufficke will join Stuart Mclean. The semi-finals will now be played Friday night 5.30pm the 6th Nov.as most players are away this coming friday. The under 16yrs club championships will now also commence on the 6th nov.

Entries and nights preferred are still being taken for the singles competition in four grades to start in November.

Saturday morning tennis activities will recommence this weekend. It was cancelled last week as Andrew had not returned to Hay.

Oct 18

Night Tennis Competitions commence next week

Night tennis competitions will commence from October 26 with entries closing this week. The tennis clubs website will also be updated this week advising further details of all night competitions. 

Club Championship Mixed  - The final match in this years senior titles will be held this Friday when the mixed final will be played between Deb and Andrew Cronin against Warren Hunt and Barb Woods. The match promises to be a good one starting at 6pm with one or two playoff matches also at the same time depending on availability of players.

Club Championship junior Singles  - The annual under 13 yrs singles will be held this Friday 23rd at 4.30pm and should be concluded by 6pm. Those players who are members and born 1997 or later are eligible to play. Registrations will be taken at the courts at 4.20pm.The under 16 yrs will be held Friday 30th and the under 19 yrs a week later.

Weekly singles competition - The weekly junior singles competition in four grades will commence in November either on a tues. thur. or fri.night at 5.30pm depending on the majority night preferred. Entries and night preferred are now being taken.

Saturday Activities - Saturday morning activities resumes this weekend

Junior tennis funds -  Thanks to those persons who assisted in the fund raising at last weeks Dorper Sheep Sale as well as 2Hay FM and the Riverina hotel.

Oct 11

New Night Tennis Competitions

Entries are now being taken for the new night tennis competitions to commence from 26th. October. Competitions will be Monday womens,Wednesday mens, and if there is enough interest Friday mixed  teams comprising 4 players per team.

Club Championship mixed - The first semi final was completed with Andrew and Deb Cronin winning a great match in a tie-breaker decider against Belinda Headon and Andrew Davies the score being 6/3 4/6 (7/5) keeping the spectators entertained. The other semi to be contested will be Warren Hunt and Barb Woods against Tony Callaghan and Paula Comb who had earlier beaten Anthony Slattery and Liz Hicks.

Juniors -The next junior competition will commence at the start of November at 5.30/6pm to be held on the majority night preferred either Tuesday, thursday or friday.Entries and preferred night are now being taken.The coaching school proved very popular with over 50 attending and a third day offered. Improvement was noted by all.Jeramy Quast from Albury hopes to return again with Andrew Cronin to conduct another school in january. Andrews private and group coaching will commence on 28th. Oct.

Clubs Fundraiser - The club is assisting this Friday 16th at the Dorper Sheep Sale. Please contact Louise Hurst or Lisa Headon for your help.

Community calendar birthday entries will close this month. 

  

Oct 4

Elders, Saltbush and Nicolas Royal take womens tennis

The womens night tennis was completed in three grades last week with three good finals contested.The Elders team of Leonie and Emma Laracy won in a tie -breaker decider in the (C) grade final against the Hydes Plumbing team of Janine Bryant and  Jacqui Stephens the final score being 6/2 2/6 (7/5) In (B) grade the Saltbush Motor Inn team of Jill Chapman and Leonie Booth were too good for the premiers Centrespot winning 6/3 6/5 (Sophie and Kate Stephens) in a good standard match.The Nicolas Royal team of Deb Cronin and Liz Hicks did it again by winning a closely contested (A) grade final 6/4 6/4. against Treloars Central Servo comprising Trish Mc Gufficke and Julie Lawrence.The (D) grade final between Hay Plains Holiday Park and Country Energy will be played at a later date 

Mens

It all came down to a tie breaker in (A) grade when the Walgrove team of Allen Dwyer and Andrew Davies won 6/4 5/6 (7/3) against the Slats Painters team of Steve Longworth and Anthony Slattery while in (B) grade the Hay Services team of Peter Lawrence and Craig Wade continued their brilliant form to head to (A) grade in winning 6/4 6/1 against the Bidgee Tyre Service team of Angus Rex and Geoff Chapman.

Mixed

Semi-finals and one playoff match are scheduled this Friday night at 7.30pm.

Juniors

Two divisional finals were completed last week.In Div.(2) Jye Thompson beat Sophie Stephens 8/6 and Div.(5) Tim Zambon beat Isabella Tumolero 5/0. The Div.(1)final between Damon Slattery and Hayden Deaton as well as the Div.(3,4) final between River Anderson and Karinda Deaton are still to be played.Andrew Cronin with Jeramy Quast of Albury are running a coaching clinic this week Tues. and Wed. in three groups of two hours each day. There are still a few vacancies in the advance group.There will be no Saturday morning junior activities for the next two weeks with play resuming on the 24th.October. 

General

Birthday entries are still being accepted for the 2010 calendar. As a fundraiser the tennis club will assist with the Dorper Sheep Sale on Fri. 16th. Oct. by catering for morning and afternoon tea. Lisa Headon and Louise Hurst are organising on behalf of the club and would appreciate donations of cakes, slices, volunteers etc from parents, players or anyone who can assist.Last weeks awards were given to the best performed in the Annual Hay Bowling and Golf Club Tourney as follows-Hay Furniture- Andrew Davies, Foodworks-Geoff Chapman,Hay Services Club-Sophie Stephens, O"Briens Fertilisers-Amelia Maynard, Foodworks Junior- Heidi Stephens.

 

Sep 28

Worst weather conditions did not deter tennis tourney success

The annual open Hay Bowling and Golf Club Tennis Tournament produced its worst weather ever giving it a dust storm, very windy conditions, low temperatures, hail and rain over the three days. Despite all this the tournament created a very pleasant atmosphere played by a100 players which included many locals. The new verandah was put to the test with the weather conditions, proving to be a valuable asset.The presentation of trophies was held at the conclusion of play on the Sunday at 4pm and included the official opening  of the verandah project as well as a Honourary  Life Members Board.Once again the tournament was run really well from the programing of matches by Steve Longworth to the many voluntry workers who spent their time over the weekend with competitors again satisfied that the hay tourney is best.The major winners were Daniel Dossetor  of Griffith and Waggas Brooke Brustolin who beat last years champion Maddison Gregor.Local wins went to Andrew Davies winning the (B) grade singles 9/4 over Aidan Perrin(Tumut), Warren Hunt & Phil Callaghan (B)doubles over Scott Anscombe (Melb)& James Creasy(Mangoplah). In (C)Grade Doubles Geoff Chapman & Andrew Schipp won from Hugh Burnham & Steve Bate and in the womens Gaylene Stephens and Paula Comb went down in the final to Kaitlyn Staines and Chloe Oates.Once again the juniors section included some of the best in the Riverina so it was a credit for the Hay players even to participate. Amelia Maynard and Sophie Stephens won the 12yrs girls doubles from the Bundanoon girls.Sophie Stephens was Runner up in the singles  and with sister Kate runner up in the 14yrs .Stuart McLean was runner up in the 10yrs boys singles and Heidi Stephens in the 10 girls also runner up.In the combined 90 yrs group Allen Dwyer and Andrew Davies won over Warren Hunt with Greg Deeves of Leeton. Nick and Amelia Maynard lost in the tiebreaker in the final of the parent/child event.Tennis on the local scene will conclude this week before breaking for the school holidays with new competitions to commence after the break. Reports are as follows-

Monday Womens 

Finals are scheduled this week in the four grades.Janine Bryant(Hay Furniture Co award) and Jacqui Stephens(Foodworks award)won these for their important win last week to defeat Pynors Accountants to make the final of (C)grade. Similarly Kate Stephens (Hay Services Club award) and Sophie Stephens( O"Briens Fertilisers award)gained these for their teams efforts in making the (B) final.

Wednesday Mens

Last week the Slats Painters team won the all important match over Crighton Cranes to make the (A) grade final while the Bidgee Tyre Service team made the (B) final edging out Wooloondool who lost heavily last week.

Club Mixed 

One match is scheduled this week with Liz Hicks and Anthony Slattery to play Paula Comb and Tony Callaghan

Juniors 

Last weeks finals day was called off with a very similar draw now this week.Saturday Morning tennis activities are on this week at 9.30. The Tennis Club will conduct a tennis clinic on Tues & Wed 6th and 7th.October organised by Andrew Cronin with Jeramy Quast of Albury There will be two hour sessions for three groups each day with bookings and further enquiries to andrew 69931603  

 

Sep 21

Hay Bowling and Golf Club Annual Tennis Tournament

Well over 100 players are expected to play the annual open tournament this weekend with some matches commencing late friday afternoon. Tournament Director Steve Longworth had received 70 names up to Sunday and expects the usual last minute deluge of entries on the Monday and possibly Tuesday mail,including the Sunday night emails. From entries received to date there is a good quality of players from Mebourne and other areas including aussie ranked junior Aaron Breust of Temora, former Riverina champion Daniel Dossetor,last years womens champion Maddison Gregor, Griffiths Joel Parr and Waggas Karen Staines.Good numbers have been received in the open events with details of all entries available on the clubs website. The club has been busy with weekly working bees getting its facilities and amenities to cater for the players and spectators. Any sort of volunteer assistance over the weekend indoors or outdoors will be greatly appreciated.Major finals are expected to commence from Sunday morning with the main presentation after lunch. Good luck to all the local participants.

Meanwhile local competitions are winding down for this term(new comps. next term) with reports as follows.

Monday womens

There were two strong wins last week with the Hydes Plumbing team of Janine Bryant  and  Jacqui Stephens winning 6/0 6/2 over Hay Jewellers for these players to win the Hay Furniture and Foodworks awards.Also the Centrespot team of Kate and Sophie Stephens won 6/0 6/1 against the HBGC team for these players to win the Hay Services Club and O'Briens Fertilisers awards.

Wednesday mens

In (a) grade its a battle between Walgrove,Crighton Cranes, and Slats Painters in making the finals with the latter two clashing this week.Last week the bottom three teams performed well. In the (b,c) grade the Hay Services lead by 2 points from Wooloondool with these teams clashing this week.

Club Mixed

Another match saw Warren Hunt and Barb Woods win 7/5 in a tiebreaker decider against Peter and Julie Lawrence with playto resume on the 2nd October, the draw on the web.

Wednesday juniors

Semi finals were played last week with Damon Slattery and Hayden Deaton winning in div.(1) For his strong win Hayden wins the Foodworks Junior award. Division (2) semis saw Jye Thompson beat Thomas McGufficke 5/3 and Sophie Stephens beat Stuart McLean 6/4. Division (3,4) winners were River Anderson and Karinda Deaton. In div.(5)Tim Zambon won and will play the winner of Josh Hill and Isabella Tumolero who are locked at 4games each.

Saturday juniors

A good number enjoyed the activities last week. There will be no tennis this weekend due to the open tournament.

Sep 14

Busy Tennis Program

It is that time of the tennis calendar year when there are various types of competitions going on with the following reports given.

2009 Club Mixed - The mixed doubles has received a strong entry with the first match played on friday.This was a great match with Andrew Davies and Belinda headon prevailing over Jasmine Gregory and Allen Dwyer 6/3 7/6 with other first round and semi-finals scheduled this week.

Singles - It couldnt have been any better in the inaugural Friday singles competition with the finals last week being won in div.(1) by Andrew Davies 9/7 over Peter Lawrence and Glen Butler 9/8 against Trent Wall in div.(2)

Mon. Womens Teams -  This was cancelled last week due to the inclement weather with the same draw this week.

Wed.Mens Teams -  Andrew Schipp won the Hay Furniture award last week for his role in his IGA team beating the Country Energy team 8/6 in the tie breaker decider after sets were level. other (A) grade winners were Crighton Cranes and Slats Painters.The (B)& (C) grade winners were Elders,Wooloondool, Bidgee Tyre Service, and the MotorMatics team of Tex Davies and Hugh Burnham who won this weeks Foodworks and Hay Services awards for their strong 6/1 6/3 (7/3) win over the Hay Newsagency team.

Junior Singles Comp. -  Damon Slattery won the O'Briens Fertilisers award when he beat the grade leader Hayden Deaton div.(1) 9/4,while Lisa Cai won the Foodworks awardwhen in the other section of this division she beat Toby Whitehead 8/7 in a good match.Stuart Mc Lean has gone to new leader in his div.(2) section following his very good 9/6 win over Thomas Mc Gufficke while in div.(5) Tim Zambon and Isabella Tumolero remain unbeaten. Karinda Deaton and Charlie Cronin lead the combined div.(3) and (4)

Saturday morning - Not many attended the morning activities due to the Show and other functions however it was very pleasant for those playing and the improvement noted.

Open Tournament -  The Hay Bowling and Golf Clubs annual Open Tournament has now received 30 players at this early stage the majority of visitors. Final arrangements are being sorted out this week with entries closing next week.Any assistance over the tourney weekend will be appreciated.

Sep 7

Hay Bowling & Golf Clubs Annual Open Tennis Tournament

The 2009 HBGC Tennis Tournament will be held on the 25th. ,26th, & 27th. Sept. with entries closing in two weeks. The tourney caters for all grades including Juniors, Veterans & Parent/Child events. Preparations for the weekend are well in hand with a final meeting on Tues.15th Sept. Entry forms are available at the clubhouse. 

Club Championship Mixed

The last of the 2009 Club Championships will commence on Friday with seven very strong pairs entered, the strongest field ever to test the defending champions and no. 1 seeds Andrew and Deb Cronin.

Singles

Also on friday the two divisions singles finals will be held with Peter Lawrence against Andrew Davies Div. (1) and Glen Butler to play Trent Wall Div.(2). Paul Mc Innes won the Hay Services weekly award when he beat the grade leader Trent Wall last week in a good tactical match.

Monday Womens Teams

Round two of the competition was played last week with the closest  matches both being in (c) grade with Elders beating 2Hay FM 4pts to 3 and the Pynors Accountants  team of Kellie Rutledge and Rebecca Tumolero winning 3pts to 2 against the Hay Jewellers. The strongest wins were in (D) grade with Country Energy( Georgia Booth received the O'Briens Fertilisers award for her part in this win) and also a 5-0 to Foodworks (Sarah Lobbe and Sue Clancy) against Japps Pharmacy.

Wednesday Mens Teams

There were two matches last week that were decided on the tiebreak bonus point both in the (b) & (c) grade group. Both resulted in a 7/2 points ending going to Nick and Simon Maynards Wooloondool over Hay Shire  and  Elders against MotorMatics. with the Elders team of Glen Butler and Darren Tapper taking out the Hay Furniture and Foodworks awards.

Juniors

A big thank you to Kate Stephens who ran the Junior wed.afternoon singles competition last week involving nearly 40 players. There have been some new players added and some have withdrawn and so some changes have occurred. Divisions 3 and 4 have combined..A number of players will be away with a school excursion this week and this has been allowed for in this weeks draw. Last week Issabella Tumolero won the Foodworks Junior award again with another win to remain unbeaten in her division. There were three drawn matches Div.(2) Jye Thompson and Sophie Stephens, Div.(5) Jim Ware and Will Barnes as well as Eliza Maynard and Tobye Deaton

Saturday Morning

Andrew introduced some new activity games last week and were enjoyed by all. Tennis will be held this saturday at 9.30am

Aug 31   -   High standard Womens tennis championship final

The 2009 Womens club Championship doubles final will go down as one of the highest standard and exciting finishes on record. Liz Hicks and Deb Cronin sucessfully defended their title by beating Belinda Headon and Trish McGufficke to the tune of 6/3 4/6 7/5 after being down 4/0 in the final set. The mixed doubles which is showing good interest will commence on Friday 11th sept with entries now open.The Cronins will be each looking at getting a treble(singles,Doubles and mixed titles all in the one year) a feat Deb Cronin has already done with only a few other players in the history of the championships. For their efforts last week Liz and Deb collected the Foodworks and Hay Furniture awards.

Friday Singles

The Friday singles last week saw wins to Andrew Davies, Tony Callaghan, Paul McInnes, Glen Butler as well as the leader Peter Lawrence.

Womens Teams

The new teams competition commenced last week in four grades involving 23 teams. Apart from a few hiccups it was an enjoyable opening night with a few new players including juniors as well as some returning after an absence of years. The strongest win of the night was by the Kim Thompson Smash Repairs team, while the closest match was the draw between Hay Furniture and Sportfirst teams.

Mens Teams

There are now 15 teams in two grades doing battle. Opening night wins went to Walgrove,Harrisons IGA, AndEarth,Hay Services Club,Hay Newsagency,and Bidgee Tyre Service. Jasen Crighton won the Hay Services Club award for his return to form after an absence from the courts playing for Crighton Cranes in (A) grade and backing up to play in the Bidgee Motor Inn(B,C)grade team.

Junior Singles

With other sports winding down the numbers have increased on wed. afternoons so players should check the amended drawsheet this week. Good matches resulted last week with Ebony Howard winning the O'Briens Fertilisers award and Tim Zambon the Foodworks award.

Junior Saturday morning

Play will resume this weekend having been called off last week.

Aug 24

Slattery takes First Tennis Title

Anthony Slattery won his first major tennis title when he and the in-form Andrew Cronin won the 2009 mens doubles championships.The win was a fantastic effort in beating the favorites Peter Marks & Warren Hunt 6/2 7/5. Andrew Cronin has now won the singles and doubles and would be odds on favorite to win the treble this year presuming he will partner wife Deb to defend their mixed title.Meanwhile the womens doubles final is now scheduled Mon.24th.Aug. with Deb Cronin and Liz Hicks opposing Trish Mc Gufficke and Belinda Headon. Anthony Slattery for his achievement wins the Foodworks weekly award.

Singles

The Friday singles round three was played last week with good wins to Andrew Davies, Trent Wall & Glen Butler,however it was Peter Lawrence who obtained the Hay Furniture award with his 7/1 win.

Mens & Womens night teams competitions.

The new competitions commence this week with a good quality of players across the board of four womens grades and two mens grades. Full details will be available on the website.

Junior Singles

Five divisions of first round matches were played on Wednesday.Winners in the High School Div.(1) matches were Hayden Deaton, Tom Lilburne & Toby Whitehead.Amelia Maynard won the Hay Services Club award for her top win against Sophie Stephens in Div.(2).River Anderson Div.(3), Neve Watkin Div.(4) & Tim Zambon Div.(5)all had good wins.

Saturday Morning Juniors

The mini-nets were rested last week with the students playing fun games without racquets  and then some good activities including coaching with racquets and balls with the players showing good skills.In the younger group Emily Headon and Jamilah Pynor won the O'Briens Fertilisers  and Foodworks Junior awards.

Community Calendar

The tennis club has begun preparations for its 2010 calendar.(this year was the first time the club did not produce a calendar since it began 35 years ago).The birthday entries will now cost a gold coin having been 50cents since it began. Those who have already purchased a 2010 birthday received an early bird discount. Birthday sheets are available from committee members as well as the clubhouse and the Tourist Information office. The main advertising costs will remain the same.Calendar enquiries can be made to Wendy Heerey. 

Aug 17

Annual Tennis Doubles Finals scheduled this week

The 2009 mens and womens club championship doubles finals are scheduled this week. Semi Finals were played last week and in the womens the defending champions Liz Hicks and Deb Cronin won 6/2 6/5 against Jasmine Gregory and Bronwyn Hicks, while it was a similar scoreline in the other semi with Trish Mc Gufficke and Belinda Headon beating Paula and Leanne Comb 6/0 7/5 again with a tough second set. For their efforts Trish and Belinda won The Hay Furniture Co. and Foodworks awards. In the mens semi finals Peter Marks and Warren Hunt whitewashed Tony and Phil Callaghan to the tune of 6/1 6/0 while the other semi was much closer with Anthony Slattery and Andrew Cronin winning 6/4 6/2 against Allen Dwyer and Andrew Davies. Playoffs are also scheduled this week to finalise these events with only the club championship mixed to be played commencing Friday night 11th. Sept.

Mens and Womens Teams Competitions

Meanwhile entries close this week the 19th. Aug. for the new teams competitions to commence from Monday 24th. and wed. 26th.

Friday Singles Competition

The new friday evening singles competition commenced last week with nine players in two grades. The Hay Services Clubs weekly award went to Trent Wall with his strong win over Glen Butler 9/3.

Junior Wednesday Afternoon Singles

Trial matches were held last week to determine final acceptances and gradings. Just over 30 players (two more players will be welcomed to make it an even number) will contest the five divisions. Damon Slattery won the O'Briens Fertilisers award when he fought back from 6/3 down to win his match 9/7. Match times will be either 4pm or 4.50pm with all courts in use. The draw will appear on the website.

Saturday Morning Juniors

Andrew Cronin has certainly gained a lot of knowledge from his 6 months course in Wagga. The many new fun games and new equipment are very popular on saturdays. The session time at present is from 9.30am to 10.40am

Tennis news

Full details of tennis activities can be found on the clubs website www.haytennis.92computing.com and this includes meeting dates ,comprehensive results etc 

Aug 10

Andrew Cronin retains Tennis Singles Title

Andrew Cronin sucessfully defended his mens tennis title with a good 6/3 6/3 win over Andrew Davies. The same two met in last years final won by cronin 6/2 7/5 again last week winning the important points that made the difference. For their efforts these players have won this weeks Hay Furniture award and Foodworks award.

Menwhile the semi-finals in both the womens and mens doubles will be contested this week as well as consolation matches in womens. The best of the first round matches last week went to Paula and Leanne Comb winning 1/6 6/5 (7/5 tie breaker decider) against Gaylene and Sophie Stephens with Leanne taking out the Hay services award.

Singles Competition-

Trials were held last Friday for the new mens and womens singles competition to run for five weeeks on fridays.A number of new entries have since been received so it appears three grades will be contested for the opening round. The draw will appear on the web this week.

Juniors-

The new junior competition has attracted just under 30 players to commence with a trial match this wednesday afternoon to determine final gradings.The draw will appear on the web.

Good weather and the re-appearance of the mini-nets setup together with a working bee and a number of parents made a good atmosphere at last saturday morning tennis. Raegan Duggan won the Foodworks junior award.

Aug 3


Tennis Club Championships Doubles Begin

The annual womens and mens doubles titles commence this week to run for three weeks in the knockout format. The majority of players have nominated to play the next ordinary mens and womens teams doubles competitions to commence on the 24th August to be held in various grades to run for 6 weeks with a number of new players already entered. In the meantime for the Club titles the number one womens seeds will be the defending champions Liz Hicks and Deb Cronin while in the mens all pairs are in with a chance of winning but the number one seed is likely to be Peter Marks and Warren Hunt. The delayed mens singles final between Andrew Davies and Andrew Cronin will also be played this wed. at 7.30pm with both these players receiving byes in their doubles.The singles competition also commences friday night with details of all competitions available on the website this week.

Juniors

A very pleasant saturday morning was held last week with players split into two groups.Competition players and prospective players joined with adults to play fast -tennis doubles. The Hay Furniture award in this group went to Karinda Deaton.Amber Tumerlero won the Services Club award for winning the target competition, while Eliza Maynard(O,Briens Fertilisers award) and Hannah Plant(Foodworks) won the forehand drives and forehand volleys competitions.This coming Saturday the mini courts and nets which are very popular with the players will return. Andrew Cronin will also be introducing the Wilson Pee Wee tennis program soon.

Wednesday Comp.

Entries close this week for the junior wed. afternoon comp to start next week. 

Jul 27

 

Some Tennis restarts next week 

The 2009 womens and mens club championships commence next monday 3rd and wed. 5th August.

Also commencing on friday 7th August is the new concept, the combined mens and womens weekly singles ,first to 9 games games, played in various grades.

All entries close 31st. July online or contact tony Callaghan.

Juniors

The new junior Wed. afternoon singles competition will commence Aug 12th with entries now being taken.

Saturday morning activities continued during the holidays with the Foodworks weekly award going to Savannah Pryor and the O'Briens Fertilisers award to Connor Hutchinson.

General  Annual sponsorships are nearly finalised with the Bowling and Golf  Club open tennis tournament program nearly completed and will be distributed shortly. The committee meeting set down for this Sunday has been postponed to Tues. 4th. August.

Jul 20

Deb wins three in row tennis singles

Last week Deb Cronin completed her third successive tennis singles title by winning the 2009 annual championship this time against Belinda Headon.(photo to Riv.Grazier). Deb was too strong winning 6/0 6/2 in a very good contest.Her previous wins in 2008 were against Trish Jamieson and in 2007 Paula Comb. Deb now prepares to defend her doubles title with Liz Hicks to commence on Monday 3rd. August.For their efforts Deb Cronin receives the weekly Foodworks award and Belinda Headon the Hay Furniture Co. award. In the other match contested last week ,Kerrie Bradshaw beat Simone Coonan to win the play-off title.

The mens final between Andrew Cronin and Andrew Davies is yet to be played and it is inter esting to note these two contested last years final with Cronin winning 6/2 7/5.Two other mens finals were completed with Nick Maynard scraping home to defeat Glen Butler in the Consolation 2/6 7/5 (7/3) and Craig Wade the Play-off final 6/0 6/4 against Lloyd Jones.The mens doubles will commence on Wed.  5th August.

New mens and womens combined singles competition
This is a new concept with play to be about three quarters of an hour to an hour on Friday nights matches starting at 6pm or 7pm,with matches going first to 8 or 9 games. The competition will commence on the 7th. August.

Juniors
The new junior singles competition will again be held on wed. afternoons with matches starting at 4pm , or  4.50pm commencing 12th August. Entries online or to Andrew Cronin or Tony Callaghan.Only a small number attended Saturday morning last week with all players enjoying mini tennis with mini nets and low pressure balls being used. Mikaela Hurst won the Foodworks junior award.

Jul 13

Hay Bowling and Golf Club again major tennis sponsor

The Bowling and Golf club (HBGC) has backed up from last year to continue as the Tennis Clubs main sponsor. The HBGC open tennis tournament will be held in Hay this year from 25th to 27th Sept. Hopefully all sponsorships will be finalised this week so the HBGC tennis tournament program can be completed next week.The Tennis Club is very grateful to the continued support of sponsors.

Meanwhile the singles club championships has reached the finals stage with some exciting semi- finals played last week.

Womens Singles

The defending champion Deb Cronin was too strong for Kate Stephens in their semi while the other one saw Belinda Headon beat Paula Comb in a tie breaker decider. Paula had earlier played a quarter final  and for her part won the weekly Foodworks award. Sophie Stephens won the consolation final beating Nicole Wade 6/5 6/4 The three matches scheduled for Monday night 13th July to complete the womens singles are D.Cronin v B.Headon , P.Comb v K.Stephens playoff for 3rd. and 4th. positions , K.Bradshaw v C. Wade saucer final.

Mens Singles

In one semi Andrew Cronin won a brilliant 6/7 6/3 6/3 over Wazza Hunt in a two and a quarter hours match. He will play Andrew Davies who eliminated Steve Longworth in the other semi also in a great match 7/5 6/0. Other winners in playoffs and consolation divisions were Nick Maynard, Glen Butler, Anthony Slattery and Craig Wade. There will be at least 6 matches maybe 8 on Wed. 15th July to bring the singles to an end.  There will be a combined mens and womens singles competition in about three grades  commencing in about four weeks to be held on Friday nights with the Club Championship mixed to follow this competition on fridays. Mens and Womens Club Champ. will commence after the school holidays.

Juniors

The four finals were held last Wed.(photo to Riv. Grazier)  Results were - Division (1) Jye Thompson def.Matt Blanchonette 6/2  Division (2)&(3) Yolanda Miller def. Ryan Burgess 9/2  Division (4) Karinda Deaton def. Alice Laracy 6/2 Division (5) Tobye Deaton def  Charlie Cronin 5/4  In last Saturday Mornings activities, Andrew Cronin introduced the mini nets and light balls(photo to Grazier) which was loved by the players. Tennis will continue during the holidays. The weekly awards were Jye Thompson(O.Briens Fertilisers) for his great display at the Medibank Junior tourney as well as winning the wed. comp. div. 1 The ANZ award went to Heidi Stephens (photo to Grazier) for winning the 10 yrs group at the Medibank Tourney.Last weeks Foodworks award went to Hanna Stewart while this weeks Foodworks award went to Isabelle Huggins for her good improvement.

Jul 6

Hay Medibank Junior Tennis tourney a great success
Hay looks set to permanently hold its own annual open junior tourney as part of the Riverina junior series.
This follows its hugely successful tournament on Sunday involving just over 60 players from all around the Riverina.
 Hay hosted its first tourney of this kind last year.
The running of the tourney together with its facilities makes it a first class venue. The new shelter was a big hit.
Players accumulate points in these tourneys to gain entry to the Riverina titles finals to be held in Wagga later in
the year.Hays pride was in Heidi Stephens winning the 10 yrs girls section over Griffiths Megan Johnstone. 
Other locals in this age group were Charlie Cronin and Issabella Tumolero who both put in a great effort against 
their bigger opponents.Well done to all our competitors in the 12s age group. Amelia Maynard and Sophie Stephens
 mixed it with the best in the strong division one, while Melissa Fattore won her division to reach the semi-finals
 stage. Jye Thompson failed on percentages to win his division while Bentley Murphy playing his first tourney won a 
few matches in his group.
Kate Stephens in the combined 14/16 yrs was second in her division to reach the semi finals.

Meanwhile the local Wednesday afternoon junior singles competition has reached the finals in the five divisions following 
last weeks semi-finals.Finals only will be held this week all scheduled at 4o'clock.
Div(1) Matt Blanchonette plays the winner of Jye Thompson and Amelia Maynard. Div.(2) & (3) Ryan Burgess plays 
Yolanda Miller.Div.(4) Alice Laracy plays Karinda Deaton and Division (5) Tobye Deaton plays Charlie Cronin.
Last weeks O'Briens Fertilisers award went to Amber Tumolero
CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS
The mens and womens singles titles have reached the semi finals with quarter finals played last week.
Mens results were Warren Hunt def. Tony Callaghan 6/3 6/0, Steve Longworth def. Anthony Slattery 2/6 6/4 6/1 and 
Andrew Davies beat Allen Dwyer 6/2 7/5 Consolation wins went to Bede Schiller,Lloyd Jones, Nick Maynard and Glen Butler.
Womens results were Deb Cronin def Sophie Stephens 6/2 6/1, Kate Stephens def. Nicole Wade 6/1 6/2 and Belinda Headon 
def. Gaylene Stephens 6/0 6/1 Consolation wins went to Amelia Maynard and Kerry Bradshaw.

Jun 29

NIcholas Royal and Centrespot win womens tennis
 

Congratulations to the (A) grade Nicolas Royal Motel team( Deb Cronin & Liz Hicks) and the Centrespot (B) grade team of Kate & Sophie Stephens winning their grade finals after two washout weeks. The teams won tough matches against Treloars Central Servo(Trish McGufficke& Belinda Headon)6/3 6/3 & Riv. Hotels Cheryl Hurst & Donna Wade5/6 6/5 (8/6)tiebreaker.
The (C( grade final between Thompsons Smash Repairs & The Services Club teams will be held next week.
Liz Hicks gained the IGA weekly award for her performance in the (A) final.
Singles
Meanwhile the mens and womens singles have advanced to the quarter finals & consolation section with some entertaining matches promised this week.
Womens winners last week were Nicole Wade. Paula Comb,Casey Wade & Gaylene Stephens with others receiving byes.
Mens main draw wins went to Andrew Cronin, Tony Callaghan, Warren Hunt, Steve Longworth and Allen Dwyer, while consolation round winners were Bede Schiller, Tex Davies and Angus Rex who received the ANZ award.
Juniors
The big news this weekend will see Hay host a junior Medibank tournament on Sunday  starting at 10 am. Last year was Hays inaugural year in being granted tennis NSW approval to hold a junior tourney with 50 players involved.  Entries received to date as at last Friday was about 10 mainly from the Griffith area as well as Deniliquins Lucy Seale who went well last year. Entries will be accepted up to Friday online or contact Tony Callaghan. Age group events are 10yrs and under,12s,14s,16s, and 21yrs and under.
Meanwhile the Wed.afternoon comp this week 1st July will contest semi finals and playoffs involving all players. The draw will be available on the website or contact Tony.
The O'Briens Fertilisers award last week went to Alice Laracy for her great match against Sara Molloy.
General
Congratulations to those involved in completing the Clubhouse verandah which will get its first big test on Sunday for the annual junior tourney.
Annual memberships are now due with a copy of the fees sheet on the website.
Annuual sponsorships are now invited from business houses

 

Jun 23

 

Tennis Singles Commences
The annual singles club championships commenced last week in the mens but rain prevented the start of the womens.
Geoff Chapman had a great 1st. round  win over Glen Butler prevailing in a tie-breaker decider 13-11.Andrew Schipp def. Trent Wall 7/5 6/2, Lloyd Jones over Angus Rex 6/3 6/2 with Pom Seaman, Anthony Slattery and Nick Maynard winning against Jason Wall,Bede Schiller and Tex Davies. All other players received first round byes.
Both the mens and womens details are displayed on the Clubs website.
Womens Teams
The (D) grade final was completed with The Murphys Clothing Store(Gaylene and Heidi Stephens) winning a tough marathon over Bidgee Tyre Service (Trish and Hannah McGufficke) For her part Gaylene wins the weekly IGA award. It will be a case of third time lucky for the scheduling of the three other grade finals this week.
Juniors
This Wednesday the 24th June will see the last round of play before the finals and playoffs for all players scheduled 1st. july. The points table is outlined on the web with a copy on the noticeboard.Last weeks awards were Jye Thompson-ANZ, and Ryan Burgess-O'Briens Fertilisers.
At Saturday morning activities Mikaela Hurst won the Bendigo Bank award and Herbie Maynard the Bidgee Tyre Service award.
The special Sunday Morning coaching clinic was effected by rain with most sessions completed and some indoor activity held in the clubhouse.
Only a few players will compete in Griffith on Sunday with players gearing themseves for the Hay Junior Tourney to be played Sunday 5th. Entry forms are online or can be obtained at the clubhouse.

Jun 16

Hydes Plumbing and Hay Plains Park take Mens Tennis

 

Anthony Hydes Plumbing (A) grade and Hay Plains Park (B) grade won the mens finals last week. Both matches were exciting going to a tiebreak.
Anthony Slattery and Glen Butler for Elders A grade won the first set in comfortable style 6/2 but then fell 6/4 in the second to Allen Dwyer and Geoff Chapman and then lose a third set 6/2 . The Hay Plains Park B grade team of Bede Schiller and Tom Porter won a tough and important first set 6/5 against Crightons Cranes Craig Wade and Andrew Schipp then lost the second before steading to win the tiebreaker 7/2. Allen Dwyer for his play won the IGA weekly award. Other wins in playoff matches went to 92Computing and AndEarth.

Womens teams
The four grade finals were washed out last Monday however the (D) grade final has since been completed.This was a marathon close match won by Murphys Clothing Heidi and Gaylene Stephens6/4 3/6 (7/5) over Bidgee Tyre Service Hannah and Trish Mc Gufficke. The other three finals are scheduled 15/6/09 in conjunction with the start of the annual singles competition.
 
Club Championship Singles
The singles starts 15/6/09 with very few entries in the womens maybe because of the cold weather at present. Only two matches are scheduled this week -Paula Comb v Jodi Anderson at 6pm, and at 7pm Simone Coonan plays Amelia Maynard. Byes this week due to the teams doubles finals go to Deb Cronin, Gaylene,Kate,Sophie and Heidi Stephens and Belinda Headon. Anyone who has been missed please let Tony Callaghan know by Thursday to be included in next weeks draw. The Mens singles has a good entry with the draw on the web on Tuesday.
 
Juniors
Only three weeks remain of the current Wednesday afternoon competition. Three persons share the division(1) lead with Matt Blanchonette winning over Damon Slattery to receive the ANZ weekly award.Division (2) sees Ryan Burgess go to outright winner following his 6/4 win over Yolanda Miller. Bentleigh Murphy for his great play receives the O'Briens Fertilisers award.Emma Laracy with an 8/6 win over Melissa Fattoreleads (3) Division (4) is very close with Alice Laracy presently out of action due to injury. Division (5) sees Kelcey Anderson maintaining the lead with Charlie Cronin receiving the Bidgee Tyre Service award. Lisa Cai receives the Bendigo Bank Encouragement award.
The Saturday Morning group now starts at 9.30 with both sesssions being held simultainously. River Anderson won the hit the target competition and thanks to those parents assisting at present while Andrew is away doing his coaching course.
 
Narrandera held its Annual Medibank Junior tourney on Sunday with Hay again having seven players competing (four playing their first tourney). What a great day for all with Amelia Maynard getting the runners up trophy in the 12yrs girls . Having now played the Leeton and Narrandera tourneys players are keen to continue to play the next Junior tourney, the annual Griffith Junior on the 28th June. Names to Tony by this Sunday please.
Hays Junior tourney is on the 5th July.
 
General
The clubhouse verandah is progressing well thanks to the volunteers spending their time on it.
The committee will meet at the clubhouse this Sunday 21st at 5pm.

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Jun 7

Tennis Singles starts next week with Doubles Finals this week
 

The annual mens and womens singles club championships commence next week to run for 4 or 5 weeks. The defending champions Andrew and Deb Cronin have both entered and will be hard to beat. Entries close this Thursday night 11th with Tony Callaghan or online.
Womens
The four grade finals matches only, were scheduled Monday night 8th June as follows (A) Treloars Central Servo v Nicolas Royal Motel, (B) Riverina Hotel v Centrespot. (C) Services Club v Thompsons Smash Repairs, 
and (D) Murphys Clothing Store v Bidgee Tyre Service .The first and second placed teams on the ladders contested the finals.
Mens
Elders will play Anthony Hydes Plumbing in the (A) grade final, while Crighton Cranes play Hay Plains Holiday Park in the (B) grade final with all teams playing as per the draw on the net.
Juniors
Last weeks round of the wednesday afternoon competition was washed out with the 10th June matches to play as per the drawsheet. Jim Ware,Hanna Plant as well as others are being added to the division (5) group.
Last weeks Saturday morning tennis was also washed out. Both session times have been combined to both start at the new time of 9.30am and finish about 10.45am.
At this stage eight players have nominated for the Narrandera Junior tourney on Sunday 14th with bus transport again available.
Hays annual Junior Medibank tourney is on Sunday 5th July with entry forms now available.

May 31

 
 
 

1 -WOMENS MON.NIGHT PROGRAM

Rain certainly played its part in the short competition with maybe some teams in the finals due to the luck of the draw/washouts but only maybe ? The ladder is on the website.
Four matches only (the four finals)will be contested this Monday 8th. June as advised on the drawsheet. Teams involved are-
A) Treloars Central Servo    v    Nicolas Royal Motel    7.30pm
B) Riverina Hotel                v    Centrespot                 6.30pm
C) Services Club                v    Thompsons Smash Repairs  7pm
D) Murphys Clothing Store  v    Bidgee Tyre Service    6.00pm
The annual womens singles competition(the Club Championships) commences 15th. June for 4 or 5 weeks / matches(entries to tony by phone or internet now).
The womens club championship doubles in conjunction with a teams doubles will start on monday 3rd. august for about 7/8 weeks.
2-MENS PROGRAM
The mens doubles teams finals as well as play off matches involving all teams play on wednesday 10th June The draw is on the internet with a copy at the clubhouse.
The annual mens singles commences wed 17th june for 4/5 weeks/matches. Entries to Tony now.
The mens club championship doubles starts 5th Aug.
3-The wed.afternoon singles round (displayed on web in friday juniors section) of 3rd. june was cancelled-wet with the next round of 10/6/09 being played as per the drawsheet. Division(5) will increase with Jim Ware& Hanna Plantas well as others to be added.
4-SATURDAY MORNING will be held this week 6th June with both sessions being held at 9am.(there will be no 10.15 sessions) Last weeks target winner was George Ware.
5-HAYS annual Junior Medibank tournament is on Sunday 5th. July. Last year Hay held this tournament for the first time with 47 players competing from 10am to approx 3pm. The tourney was a great success with most players getting 5 matches for the entry cost of 10 dollars. Age groups are 10 & under,12u,14u,16u,21u. Due to the success last year Tennis NSW has granted approval for another one this year so lets hope our competition players support this tourney.
6-Narrandera hold their tourney Sunday 14th June.Following our players enjoyment & improvement at Leeton 3 weeks ago there is some interest for Narrandera with names to Tony by this Sunday.
7-Annual Memberships are now being distributed for the 09/10 year.
8 -The annual sponsorship letter is also soon to be distributed.

Tennis Night Finals next week
 

Both the womens and mens tennis finals are scheduled for next week.
Mens
The mens competition is in a position to have a general bye this week particularly as a number of key players will be away. In last weeks (A) grade semis two top matches resulted in the Hydes Plumbing continuing their good form with a 6/3 6/4 win over Japps pharmacy and a marathon win to the Elders team over Nicolas Royal 3/6 7/6 7/5 decider . For his part in this match Anthony Slattery wins the IGA weekly award. The final next week looks set to be a ripper.
In (B) grade the Crighton Cranes team snuck into the final to edge out the Hay Shire on averages,to now play the Hay Plains Park team. Last week the Crightons with Paul Pless playing a good role beat the Hay Ag. and Auto 6/2 6/2. The Maynards AndEarth team denied the Shire team a finals berth winning 6/5 6/4 while the Plains team fought it out with a 6/4 6/2 victory over RTA. All teams will get a game on the 10th June with the singles starting on the 17th.   
Womens
Only a handful of matches started last week before play was washed out.The results made very little differance to the points ladder with the final round scheduled this week as per the drawsheet. Next week only the four finals matches will be played with no playoff matches. The womens singles will start on the 15th. to go for four weeks.
Only one set was completed in last weeks rain effective round with Heidi Stephens gaining the ANZ Award.
Juniors
 Round three of the Wed. afternoon singles competition was held.
Damon Slattery's & Jye Thompson's wins over Amelia Maynard & Matt Blanchonette in division (1) now mean there are five equal leaders, with Hayden Deaton narrowly following. Its a similar situation in div.(2) with Stuart McLean beating grade leader Ryan Burgess 7/5 to have players sharing the lead.In div. (3) Emma Laracy has now hit the outright lead while Div.4 is close following River Andersons 7/3 win over Sara Molloy. Kelcey Anderson has now moved to outright leader in div.5 The O'Briens Fertilisersaward went to Yolanda Miller,with the Bidgee Tyre Service to Tobye Deaton & the Bendigo Bank Encouragement Award to Isabella Tumolero.
Those wishing to play the Narrandera Junior Tourney on the 13 th June must give their names to Tony Callaghan this weekend. So far 4 players have nominated.
General
Annual Membership subsriptions notices will begin to be issued this week.

May  24

Tennis at halfway stage

Night tennis competitions passed the halfway mark last week with some exciting matches witnessed.
Mens
The (A) grade mens has reached their finals series with top tennis displayed last round.
Geoff Chapman was very focussed to receive the IGA weekly award when he and Allen Dwyer for Hydes Plumbing beat the Nicolas Royal to finish on top of the ladder. The team will now play the 4th. spot Japps Pharmacyin a semi with Japps losing 6/5 6/5 to the Elders team of Anthony Slattery and Glen Butler.
The combined (B) and (C) points are close with Hay Shire outright leader following Steve Bate and Bruce Barnes winning 5/6 6/3 over RTA's Pom Seaman & Tex Davies. Crighton Cranes are still a force with a 6/0 6/0 win over MotorMatics with the Maynards AndEart beating Hay Plains holiday Park This grade plays another round this week.
Womens
The match of the round last week was the (A) grade clash between Treloars Central Servo and premiers Nicolas Royal with Treloars prevailing 4/6 6/3. Sportfirst had a similar scoreline win over Pynors Accountants.
The Riv.Hotel in (B) grade had another tough one this time 6/5 6/3 over the Saltbush motor Inn team of Lou Gardam & Leonie Booth. The Riv is one point ahead of Centrespot who had a 5/6 6/4 win against Foodworks. The other winner was Japps Pharmacy.
The top three teams in (C) grade 's ladder are close with Services Club , Bidgee Bankside Cottage and Thompsons Smash Repairs all having good wins.
(D) grade has Murphys Clothing Storein the lead by half  a point from Bidgee Tyre Service with all other teams following close together.
Singles
Entries are now being taken for the annual singlesto start in three weeks in conjunction with the finals of the doubles competition.
Juniors
Seven players attended the annual Leeton juniors tourney on Sunday to experience a tough and enjoyable days tennis in pleasant weather. The improvement was very noticeable with thanks to Andrew Cronin for the day incuding the bus.There is now interest in playing the Narrandera Junior tourney on Sunday 14th.June so let Tony Callaghan know asap for entries to be organised.Players are to note the Hay junior tourney is on the 5th July.
IN last weeks local competition Lisa Cai took out the ANZ Bank award with her 9/6 win in division (1) with other winners in this grade to Matt Blanchonette and Amelia Maynard. Division (2)& (3) winners were Bentleigh Murphy , Ryan Burgess, Emmaa Laracy and Sara Wall. Alice Laracy was the pick of division (4) while div. (5) has now increased to eight new faces with plenty of parental support..
The O'Briens Fertilisers award went to Josh Hill with the Bidgee Tyre Service to Kelcey Anderson.
Meanwhile there was another good attendance at last weeks Saturday morning session with the Bendigo Bank Encouragement to Gemella Pynor.  
 

May 17

Please note the following-
(1)Junior Wed.Comp. The amended junior draw went on the website today.It appears in the Friday Junior section heading even though Friday junior tennis has now finished and the heading will eventually change to just "juniors competitions"
(2)Leeton Junior Tourney. Eight players will contest the tourney this Sunday with the majority of players and family members leaving on a small bus at 7am from the Nicolas Royal Motel. Another 8 players would have completed but the day clashed with "Confirmation and football "
(3) Hay Junior Tourney Our annual tourney will be held on Sunday 5th July.
Lets get behind it and give it plenty of support.
(4)Clubhouse Verandah. Anthony Slattery and Andrew Davies have been busy on the new works with good support from Peter Dwyer and Andrew Schipp as well as others. Thanks to Bede Schiller and Tom Porter for their working bee last Saturday on fixing nets and water leaks as well as other chores. Wendy Heerey has organised inside the clubhouse  looking good. Warren Hunt will check the roller .
(4) Committee meeting. It is difficult to organise committee meetings as everyone is extremely busy in these times  however we will try sometime over the weekend of 30th May if possible.Anyone with any concerns on any tennis matters please advise Tony. 
(5)Annual Membership notices will be issued soon.
(6)Annual Sponsorship letters for night teaming rights and Open Tourney Program, Weekly awards and Courts Signage will be issued soon.
(7)Club Championships. The singles will commence soon with entries now being taken. The 2008 holders are Deb and Andrew Cronin.

                     Tennis competitions proceeding well
 

Good atmosphere and matches continue in the mens and womens night tennis competitions. Round two report is herewith.
Womens
In (A) grade the Treloars Central Servo team continue their good form to lead the field, last week defeating the new look Hay Newsagency combination of Markeeta Gibson and Gaylene Stephens 6/1 6/5 with other wins to Nicolas Royal and Hay Furniture Co.
(B) grade sees The Riverina Hotel and Centrespot teams both sharing the lead with wins last week, while the other match was so close with Saltbush Motor Inn beating Japps Pharmacy 4pts to 3.
(C) grade has three teams sharing the lead with two of these clashing in which Bidgee Bankside Cottage beat the Services Club 4pts to 3. Thompsons Smash are the other co-leaders following their 6/3 6/3 win over P. Hydes Carpentry. The Riverina Grazier was the other winner.
(D) grade is very close with  narrow wins to Slats Painters and Robos Bakery while the match between Bidgee Tyre Service & Murphys Clothing was a draw 6/3 3/6 result.
Yvonne Mack received the IGA award for her role in two teams the Nicolas Royal and with daughter Yolanda in the Robos team.
Men
In (A) grade the Nicolas Royal narrowly lead the points following its 4/6 6/2 win over the Japps Pharmacy team with the other match producing a lengthy 4/6 6/4 drawn battle between Elders and A. Hydes Plumbers.
In the combined (B) and (C) grades two teams remain unbeaten these being Hay Plains Caravan Park Hay Shire with identical score wins 6/5 6/1 over Crighton Cranes and 92 Computing with Eddie McFarland returning and playing well after some years absence. Other winners were AndEarth & the RTA.
Juniors
The junior singles competition commenced last Wednesday in 5 divisions with Damon Slattery having a strong win in Division (1) to collect the ANZ bank award. Other winners in this grade were Amelia Maynard and Matt Blanchonette.
In division (2) Ryan Burgess had a top match over Bentleigh Murphy  prevailing 4games to 3 while Yolanda Miller also had a good match.
Division 3's pick was Sarah Walls win over Melissa Fattore,while division 4's match of the round was Alice Laracys win over Sarah Molloy. Seven new young players competing for the first time contested division 5 with the best performances coming from George Ware and Kelcey Anderson.
There are a number of additions to the draw with a fresh timetable to appear on the net on tuesday.
Saturday morning was another pleasant day with play mainly held on the back three courts mainly to keep away from the new clubhouse verandah works and the working bee chores.
The weekly awards went as follows O'Briens Fertilisers -Amelia Maynard, Bidgee Tyre Service - Sarah Wall, Bendigo  Bank Encouragement- River Anderson.
The following players will contest the Leeton junior tourney this Sunday-Charly Cronin, Isabella Tumerlero, Alice Laracy, Tobye Deaton,Emma Laracy, Karinda Deaton,Ryan Burgess, YYolanda Miller, Zac Molloy, Katie Deaton . Transport arrangements will be finalised this week.
The High School's girls tennis team is off to Wagga this week to contest the next stage of the state competition, having won the south -western riverina zone  involving six schools . Good luck to Lisa Bowen and her team.

May 10

Pleasant start to Night Tennis. Junior competition starts Wednesday

 

A good start was made to both the Womens and Mens night tennis competitions which commenced last week.
Womens
The competition is very strong across the four grades with the Treloars Central Servo team making a positive claim for the (A) grade title with a blitzing 6/2 6/0 win against The Hay Furniture team.
In (B) grade former A champs The Riv. Hotel had an exhausting 6/5 6/5 win over Japps Pharmacy,while the young Centrespot defending champions won 6/2 6/2 over last seasons runners up Saltbush Motor Inn. The other match was a marathon 6/5 5/6 draw between Hay Bowling and Golf Club & Foodworks with Lyn Murphy making a welcoming return to receive the IGA Harrisons  weekly award.
In (C) grade the Services Club got away to a good start with a 6/5 6/2 win over the premiers, The Riverine Grazier team with other wins to Hydes Carpentry & Bidgee Bankside Cottage.
(D) grade saw D.Y.s beat Meggs Grain 6/2 5/6 & Bidgee Tyre Service beating Slats Painters.
The anz award went to Casey Wade 7 the O'Briens Fertilisers award to Emma Laracy.
Mens
The mens competition comprises two grades ,(A) grade and a combined (B) and (C) grade which was necessary due to the difficulty of seperating teams.
The pick of the (A) grade matches was the Hydes Plumbing team of Geoff Chapman and Allen Dwyer beating Japps Pharmacy 6/5 6/4 with Nicolas Royal winning the other.
There was an exciting draw in the other grade with the RTA team of Tex Davies winning the first set 6/2 only to have the 92 Computing team of David Hill and Cameron Clarke come home to take the second set also 6/2. Other wins went to Crighton Cranes, Hay Shire and Hay PLains Holiday Park.
Juniors
The Wednesday afternoon junior singles competition commences this week with the draw expected to be on the website on Tuesday. At the time of going to press 24 players have entered to play in five divisions, with match times scheduled at either 3.45 or 4.45 with matches expected to be around 45 mins.
The Saturday morning group received very pleasant weather and plenty of parental support on the weekend. The Bidgee Tyre Service award went to Laura Zambon and the Bendigo Bank Encouragement award to Isabelle Huggins.
The Leeton Junior Tourney to be played on the 24th May has eight confirmed starters and expected to be finalised this week.Other junior tourneys coming up are Narrandera on 14th June , Griffith  28th June and Hay 5th July.
General
Work on the Clubs verandah is proceeding well with further work to be carried out on Saturday. There are other chores to be done and a general working bee has been called for 10am for about one hours work.

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Apr 27

Entries close this week for Tennis
 

Mens and womens night tennis entries close Wed. night 29th. April with the competitions commencing next week from 4th. May.
They will run for only 5 weeks with the annual singles immediately following to finish before the school holidays.
The junior Wednesday afternoon competition will commence 13th. May with entries closing next week.
All entries can be made online or phone Tony Callaghan 69931362.
This weekend on Sunday will see the annual ICPA tennis day which is a great organised day with all 11 courts available this year. Preparations of the courts and surrounds as well as clubhouse are well in hand.
On Saturday , junior activities resumes in the morning at the 9am and a10.15am times.
Meanwhile practice continues for those that are playing the Leeton juniors Tournament where a small bus is being organised for the trip. 

Apr 20

Tennis restarts in two weeks
 

Entries are currently being taken for the new womens and mens competitions to commence from 4th May.
It is hoped the new comps. will continue on from last weeks finals and playoffs which displayed great atmosphere and tennis. The awards for that week were as follows_IGA- Glen Butler, ANZ -Martin Heyde,O'Briens Fertilisers-Casey Wade, Bidgee Tyre Service-Thomas McGufficke.
The competitions will only run for five weeks immediately followed by the annual singles from 15th June to conclude at the next school holidays.
The teams competitions will not change partners after one set and the mens will revert back to three grades. Entries can be taken online www.haytennis.92computing.com or by phoning Tony Callaghan 69931362 with entries from new players including juniors being welcomed.
The annual ICPA  tennis day which attracts around 100 players will be held on Sunday 3rd. May.
The next Friday night mixed teams comp. will be held in October.
Juniors
There was a good roll up for the Saturday morning combined sessions last week with the Bendigo Bank encouragement awards going to Josh Hill and Karinda Deaton.There will be no tennis this ANZAC Saturday but will resume on 2nd May with both sessions returning to the 9am & 10.15am starting times.
Leeton Juniors tourney
This is a good tournament that will suit the Hay players to be held on Sunday 24th May. A practice will be held this week for those intending to play.
Wednesday afternoon comp
This will start in a few weeks time,the format the same as last years wednesdays singles comp. Entries to Tony. 

Apr 13

Elders and Nicolas Royal take out major tennis titles

  Centrespot, Riverine Grazier and Bidgee Bankside Cottage win other womens grades

 
All mens and womens tennis finals held last week were extremely close with nearly all going to a tie breaker decider.
Mens
The Elders team of Glen Butler and Andrew Cronin reversed their loss of a few weeks ago to win the important one over 92 Computing 6/5 1/6 and tie breaker decider 8pts to 6. in a high standard match.
Andrew Cronin and Martin Heyde shared the individual points.
Womens
Former champions Nicolas Royal comprising Deb Cronin and Liz Hicks dug deep to find their old form to beat Treloars Central Servo (Trish McGufficke and Belinda Headon) 6/2 4/6 t/b 9/7 to win a brilliant (A) grade final.
(B) grade saw the young Centrespot team of Kate and Sophie Stephens displaying great maturity to beat the Saltbush Motor Inn team of Terese Mirabelli and Beth Schiller 6/4 6/3.
Again the (C) grade match was also of a high standard with the Riverine Graziers Kerrie Bradshaw and Margie McClelland getting there , beating Phil Hydes Carpentry 5/6 6/2 t/b 7/3
The (D) grade had a nervy finish to toughten the young players with Bidgee Bankside Cottage Leonie and Emma Laracy beating the IGA combination of Gaylene and Heidi Stephens 6/1 0/6 t/b 9/7
The individual (A) grade pointscore was equally won by Jasmine Gregory and Paula Comb on 22 points followed by Liz Hicks on 20.
Mixed
Congratulations to the Bidgee Tyre Service team who won the round robin friday night comp. and whose members included Martin Heyde, Casey Wade,Chris Huntly, Greg Kouroulis,& Danielle Deaton.
Juniors
Only a small number attended Saturday morning activities so this coming  Saturday the 18th april both morning sessions will be held together at 9am. The following week the 25th there will be no tennis and then on the 2nd. May will revert back to 9am and 10.15am sessions.
Some names have already been received for the Leeton Junior tourney for Sunday 24th May.

Apr 6

Night Tennis Concludes This Week
 

The womens and mens night tennis competitions finish this week with finals and playoffs involving all teams.
 
Monday Womens
Former premiers Nicolas Royal Motel are regaining their form with a semi final win over top of the table Sportsfirst 6/3 (Jasmine Gregory & Bronwyn Hicks) while the other (A) semi win went to the new team Treloars Central Servo 6/2 against former runners up Lee& Paula Coombs Hay Furniture Co. In (B) grade the Saltbush Motor Inn team continue their good form with a convincing 6/1 6/2 victory against Foodworks Sarah Lobbe and Sue Clancy. The team will play the young Centrespot Stephens combination who had a tight 5/6 6/4 win over former champion Shear Outback Jill Chapman and Jo Begbie. In (C) grade Kerrie Bradshaw continues her good play taking out the IGA weekly award to team with Margie McClelland for the Riverine Grazier's 6/5 6/1 win over Thompsons Smash Repairs. Philip Hydes Carpentry won the other semi 5/6 6/2 over the Murphys Clothing Store team of Rebecca Gargaro and Julie Whitton. (D) grade sees the top of the table clash both on the same points Bidgee Bankside Cottage and IGA.
 
Wednesday mens
Both the Elders and 92 Computing teams had strong semi wins last week to contest this weeks final. In other matches both the R.T.A.(Peter Seaman and Tex Davies) and Lugsdin Toyota (Dan Tripney and Bruce Barnes ) had the closest and exciting 6/5 wins over the Services Club & Hay Ag. Auto. Martin Heyde leads the individual points on 22 closely followed by Andrew Cronin 21 and Allen Dwyer 19 and a half.
 
Friday Mixed
The mixed comp. was concluded last week with results being  Bidgee Tyre  Service defeated AndEarth 31-20 and Foodworks def. Betta Electrial 36-16.Best results went to Martin Heyde and Terese Mirabelli.
 
Juniors
The Friday afternoon juniors play was concluded last week with good improvement noted in all players. The next singles competition will commence in May on Wednesday afternoons with matches from 3.45pm with entries now being taken. There was another good attendance at Saturday morning activities with Andrew Cronin introducing a number of new games. Play will continue this Easter Saturday from 9am. The weekly awards went as follows - ANZ Laura Zambon, O'Briens Fertilisers Liam Woods,Bidgee Tyre Service Melissa Fattore, Bendigo Bank Encouragement  Emily Headon.
 

 

Mar 30

St.Marys beat Hay Public in school tennis
 

St. Marys School turned the tide this year to defeat the Hay Public School in its annual clash 6 sets 45 games to 3 sets 40 games in a close match. The inaugural match was held last year & won by Hay Public. The Public schools effort last week was considered brilliant due to the fact that its school team of Jodie & Kate Hicks, Jordan Neill and Toby Crighton had played earlier on the same day with a loss to Edward Public(Deniliquin) and were all unavailable for the annual clash.  St.Marys had eight players rotating against a team of six players from HPS,with best results to Sophie Stephens.Stuart McLean (St.Marys) & Sarah Wall. Angus Campbell(HPS). The match was of a high standard, which gave the parents & onlookers much pleasure with the future looking bright for Hay tennis. Full match details will appear on the website.
 
Meanwhile best results in the Fridays junior competition went to Tim Hanna, Amelia Maynard,Katie Deaton, Alice Laracy and Sara Molloy. Saturday Morning tennis continued in good conditions with further registrations taken. Plans are commencing  for Hay Juniors to play the Medibank Junior Tournament at Leeton on Sunday 24th May.

Monday Women

Semi-Finals and playoffs are scheduled this week in most grades involving all teams with the competition ladders finishing so close.The Hay Newsagency team of Gaylene Stephens and Chris Huntly missed their (A) grade semi place by one point when the team lost to Treloars Central Servo. In (B) grade last seasons runners up Pynors Accountants comprising Jane Weymouth and Kirsten Hutchings also missed a semis position  with their loss to Centrespot.
In (C) grade the Riverine Grazier finished on top with maximum points and hopes to carry its form to its semi clash with Thompsons Smash Repairs.
(D)grade continues on another round with a final scheduled next week. Meanwhile Jasmine Gregory continues to lead the individual (A) grade points on 18 with Paula Comb following on 16 with a further four players on 13 points.
 
Mens
Following the completion of the rounds all teams are placed into their sections according to their pointscore for semi finals and playoffs. Last weeks clash of the leaders saw 92 computing having a good 6/1 win over Elders with Martin Heyde now becoming the new leader in personal points. The Hay Plains Park team had the closest win, with other good wins to DYs and MotorMatics. Best results went to Allen Dwyer, Steve Bate, Phil Wilson and Shayne Mc Gufficke.

Mixed
Bidgee Tyre Service beat Betta Electrical 32-15 and Foodworks beat AndEarth27-20 Best results went to Danielle Deaton.Scott Blanchonette, Kerrie Bradshaw and Angus Rex
 
General
 This weeks awards have been awarded as follows -IGA Graham Matthews, ANZ Angus Rex,O'Briens Fertilisers Lucy Pless, Bidgee Tyre Service Yolanda Miller, Bendigo Bank Encouragement award  Jasper Japp

Mar 23

 
 
 

Good Start to Saturday Tennis
 

A good start was made to the Saturday Morning Programme on the weekend with over 30 registrations.
Thank you to those who assisted especially in the first group which entailed a lot of new starters together with some older familiar faces who had some experience. The second group comprising Years 5 & 6 & High school students went through their paces in "game play points" as well as covering all other strokes with good improvement noted.
 
The Friday afternoon/evening competition continued with some top matches in singles and doubles.Sophie Stephens had a 6/2 4/2 win over Amelia Maynard, while sister Heidi had two wins over Katie and Karinda Deaton. Other good singles wins went to Liam Woods,River Anderson and Ryan Burgess.Most players were involved in a doubles set.This weeks draw will be available soon.
The annual St.Marys , Hay Public will be played Friday at 5pm with teams as follows-St.Marys,Sophie and Heidi Stephens,Thomas and Hannah McGufficke,Lucy Pless,Emma Laracy,Stuart McLean.Hay Public, Kate and Jodi Hicks,Jordan Neill,Toby Crighton, Jye Thompson plus two others.Last year was the inaugural match won by Hay Public 24 games to 16.Congratulations to Kate and Jodie Hicks making it to the second stage of Riverina selection trials.

Friday Mixed Competition
A very enjoyable and nice atmosphere evening was present for the start of the mixed competition which only involves four teams. Martin Heyde's Bidgee Tyre Service beat Trent Walls Foodworks 31-24 games, with best results to Casey Wade and Therese Mirabelli, while the other match was a 25 gaes each draw between Ron Bradburys AndEarth and Amanda Keltons Betta Electrical. Best results went to Yvonne Mack and Jodie Mitchell. All teams are required for 7pm matches this week.

Monday Womens
It cant be any closer in the points tables of the four grades. (A)Grade Sportsfirst 7,Hay Furniture 6, Hay Newsagency-Nicolas Royal-Treloars Central Servo all 5, Riv.Hotel 4. (B) Grade Saltbush Motor  17,Shear Outback 15, Centrespot 13.5, Foodworks 13, Pynors 11.5, Japps 8.
(C)Grade-P.Hydes Carpentry-Riverine Grazier both 20,Thompsons Smash 12, Murphys Clothing 10.5, Hay Jewellers 7.5,Mystery team 5.
(D) Grade IGA and Bidgee Bankside Cottage both 15, MeggsGrain and Robertsons Bakery both 11. The individual (A) grade leader is Jasmine Gregory on 15 and Paula Comb on 13 in second spot.

Mens Competition
Two teams are underfeated in 92 Computing and Elders , closely followed by Bidgee Tyre Service, MotorMatics and a number of other teams in the running for the finals. Individual leadership goes to Andrew Cronin with Martin Heyde closely followingwith these two teams clashing this week.
Weekly Awards
IGA-Donna Whitehead, ANZ Bronwyn Hicks, O"Briens Fertilisers-Stuart McLean, Bidgee Tyre Service Amelia Maynard, Bendigo Bank Encouragement -Hayden Deaton.

Mar 16

Junior Tennis season commences with Girls High School team in brilliant win.
 

With the start of junior tennis in Hay, the Hay War Memorial Boys and Girls teams travelled to Barham last week to compete in the annual Western Riverina Zone knockout matches with other schools from Deniliquin, Finley, Tooleybuc and Balranald. Competing on the unfamiliar grass surface the girls team of Jasmine Gregory, Kate Stephens, Sam Oliver and Bronwyn Hicks won the carnival to now go on to Wagga against other zone winners. This is the second year running as zone champs having won in Hay last year making it the most successful achievement ever in High school Hay tennis.  
The boys team with only Martin Heyde winning his singles were eliminated in their first match.
Congratulations goes to Lisa Bowen for her management and support of the teams.
 
The local Friday afternoon/evening junior competition commenced last week with a number of absences, however with some draw adjustments all matches were completed before the rains came. This weeks draw will be on the website later this week. It is planned that our four successful high school students form their own division group to play a singles and doubles at 6pm for one hour as good practice for their wagga trip.
 
The Saturday Morning coaching and fun activities will commence this weekend with all registrations to Andrew Cronin at the Nicolas Royal Motel. The first session will commence at 9am with details on the website.
The annual Hay Public School versus St. Marys match will be held this Friday at 5pm with the HPS team being Kate & Jodie Hicks. Toby Crighton, Jordan Neill and Jye Thompson. The St.Marys will be Thomas & Hanna McGufficke, Emma Laracy and Heidi & Sophie Stephens. 

Monday and Friday Competitions
All updated details for the womens and mens night competitions appear on the website.

Friday Mixed
Four teams will play with both matches at 7pm.Team (A) C.Wade , M.Heyde,G.Kouroulis.Team (B) A.Kelton, R.Rex, S.Eason, S.Blanchonette  Team (C) K.Bradshaw, P.Macey, R.Bradbury, Y.Mack. Team (D) S.Darlow, T.Mirabelli, T.Wall
Weekly Awards
The weekly awards were as follows IGA Lloyd Jones,ANZ Katie Deaton, O'Briens Fertilisers Kate Stephens, Bidgee Tyre Service Matt Blanchonette, Bendigo Bank Encouragement Sara Molloy.

Tennis Calendar
The tennis calendar will resume for the 2010 year as a normal Jan. to Dec. not as a financial year calendar.

Mar 9

Competition Results                                  

Monday Womens

(A) Grade winners last week were Sportfirst, Hay Furniture Co. and Treloars Central Servo. Success in (B) and (C) grade went to Centrespot, Shear Outback, and Saltbush Motor Inn(after points were adjusted due to the substitute rule),Riverine Grazier, and Phillip Hydes Carpentry.(D) grade victors were IGA and Bidgee Bankside Cottage.
 

Mens 

Winning teams last week were Crighton Cranes, Hay Plains Caravan Park, 92 Computing, Services Club, Bidgee Tyre Service and Elders.
The weekly awards were as follows IGA Anne Longworth, ANZ Sophie Stephens, O'Briens Fertilisers -Trent Wall, Bidgee Tyre Service Emma Laracy,and Bendigo Bank Encouragement award went to Lucy Pless.
 

Friday Mixed

Three teams have now entered the mixed competition but need a fourth team entry to make it viable. Hopefully a start will be made on 20th Mar. 
Juniors

 

The High School and Public Shool tennis teams are near finalised with selections and results available next week.
The junior Friday afternoon and evening competition will commence this week with the draw available by Thursday on line or at the clubhouse window.
 

General

The new clubhouse work including the verandah details will be discussed at the committee meeting this Sunday evening at a time and venue to be decided.

Mar 2

Night Tennis Commences
 

Womens and mens night tennis competitions commenced last week with reports as follows.
Womens
Four grades involving 22 teams played the opening round in very pleasant conditions as well as atmosphere last monday night. In (A) grade the new look Sportfirst team of Jasmine Gregory and Bronwyn Hicks beat former champions Nicolas Royal Motel 6/5, while the new team Treloars Central Servo had a strong good win over The Riverina Hotel while last seasons runner up had an impressive 6/2 win over another former winner Hay Newsagency .In this grade individual points are also played for with three players Trish McGufficke, Jaz Gregory and Paula Comb gaining the maximum.
In (B) grade the defending champions Shear Outback had a narrow 3 points to 2 against Centrespot in a very even division involving six teams. Last seasons runner up Pynors Accountants went down to a new look Foodworks team 4 points to 3.The Saltbush Motor Inn team of Terese Mirabelli and Lou Gardam made a fine start by beating the Japps Team 6/3 6/4.
(C) grade has been reorganised now with six teams competing with the Riverine Grazier team in top form with a 6/2 6/2 win against Murphys Clothing Store. Katherine Maynard and Anna Lilburne for Phillip Hydes Carpentry  also were in good form with a 5points to 2 win over the Hay Jewellers team. Thompsons Smash  and the Mystery team will open their accounts this week.
(D) grade saw some young champions in action partnering experienced players. Four teams are competing with the IGA team winning over Bidgee Bankside Cottage 6/2 6/3 and the Meggs Grain and Fertilisers combination of Leonie and Georgia Booth winning  narrowly 6/3 6/5 against Robertsons Bakery.
Mens
Peter Lawrence was in brilliant form in conceding only three games in four sets when he played for his own team Hydes Plumbing as well as substituting in the AndEarth team. The luckless teams were Lugsdin Toyota and Hay Ag. and Auto. The MotorMatics team of Phil Wilson and Graham Matthews were too classy for Tony Callaghans Thompsons Smash Repairs winning 6/4. Jasen Wall was a popular man subbing in two teams with a win to the Hay Services team  against the Hay Plains Park. Other winners were 92 Computing, Hay Bowling and Golf Club, and Elders.
The first round weekly awards went as follows- IGA-Peter Lawrence,ANZ Jasmine Gregory,O'Briens Fertilisers-Bernie Payne, Bidgee Tyre Service Martin Heyde and The Bendigo Bank encouragement award-Georgia Booth.
Mixed
Only two teams together with a few individual names have entered the friday night mixed competition so has been delayed for two weeks waiting for more entries. The competition may be postponed to later in the year.
Juniors
Twenty five names have been received for the Friday afternoon /evening  junior competition with full details on the weblink. The comp. will now start on the 13th Mar with further entries welcomed.
Saturday Morning activities will commence on the 21st. Mar. with registrations to Andrew Cronin at the Nicolas Royal Motel with details soon to be on the clubs weblink.
General
Information is now available for the Deniliquin Easter Tourney. The next committee meeting will be held Sunday night 15th March 

Feb 23

Tennis starts this week

 

Night competitions commence this week for the Monday womens, Wednesday mens, and Friday juniors. Entries are low for all nights and for the womens and mens the lowest in 20 years. It is interesting to note there is not a new player involved.
Monday womens
Twenty two teams will compete in 4 grades .(A) grade has a strong entry of six teams with the Meggs Grain title holders unavailable this time.The grade appears very even and sees the return of the Hay Newsagency team, a new look Sportsfirst and  Treloars Central Servo teams. This grade will play for team honors as well as individual points.
Eight quality teams will compete (B) grade including last seasons winners and runners up Shear Outback and Pynors Accountants. A number of teams have made some player adjustments.
Only four teams each,will contest the (C) and (D) grades with winners difficult to predict. (D)grade comprises some young promising juniors  mainly playing with parents.
The first nights play details should be on the web link on Monday 23rd. Hay Furniture Co. and Hay Newsagency will play first match at 5.45 with the majority of matches at 7.30.
Mens
The Wednesday mens looks set for an entry of 15 teams  with another team welcome to eliminate the bye. Many of the regular players are unavailable. All teams will play the one grade and swap partners after one set. Details should appear on the web by Wednesday.
Mixed
Entries for the Friday mixed competition close  friday 27th with the start to be 6th march. Team entries of four players are required or individually to be placed into a team.
Junior Comp.
Only 20 names were received for the Friday afternoon /evening junior singles/doubles comp to commence this week.The draw should be available by Thursday.(late entries will still be welcomed).
Junior Saturday Morning
Coaching and fun activities and games for primary school students from school year 1 right up to High school students who need the extra teaching and training for competition play will commence March 21.There are likely to be two or maybe three groups of one hour duration. Further enquiries can be directed to Andrew Cronin.

Feb 16

Mens, Womens and Junior tennis Competition entries close this week
 

Night competitions for Monday womens and Wednesday mens as well as the Friday afternoon/evening junior singles and doubles competition close  Wed. 18th Feb.( juniors close Fri. 20th Feb.)The competitions will commence from 23rd. 
The Friday mixed competition will commence on the 6th Mar. with entries closing 1st. Mar.
To date entries have been poor so hopefully many will be received this week.Details of the competitions are as follows-
Monday womens- As advised last week, teams will play one set with their partner for team and individual points and then one set against their partner for further individual points. However this system is likely only to apply to the top grade, with the minor grades playing the current system of two sets together unless team captains agree otherwise.
Wednesday mens-will play the same format as last comp.
Friday juniors-will play one singles and hopefully one doubles with match times to be either 5pm,6pm or 7pm. Match times will be about one hour. The junior web link will be updated this week to provide full details.
The Saturday morning junior coaching & fun activities will commence on 21st March with further details to be given.

Feb 9

Tennis entries close 18th. Feb
 

Night competitions will commence from 23rd Feb , with entries closing on line  or with Tony Callaghan  ph.69931362 on 18th. Feb. The starting date had been delayed due to the current heatwave. Competitions will run for  six weeks (approx.) and will comprise as follows-
Monday Womens - Teams again to consist of two players ,to enter as a team or individually to be placed into a team. Players will play one set with their partner  and then one set against their partner so players play for individual points  as well as team points.
Wednesday Mens - same as last comp with all teams in the one grade  and swap partners after one set.
Friday Mixed-will commence on the 6th. Mar.(entries close 1st.) teams to consist of four players,to enter as a team or individual.
Junior singles- will now be played on Friday afternoons/evening instead of Wed. afternoons, and will commence on the 27th. Feb.
Junior Saturday morning activities-the date of commencement is likely to be in March. 

 

Feb 1                      

                                                                          Night tennis entries closing date extended
 

Due to the current hot conditions  entries are still open for the forthcoming night competitions for Monday womens , Wednesday mens, and  Friday mixed. The starting dates are now likely  to be mid to late February.
The junior singles competition has also been delayed and is likely to played now on Friday afternooons and evenings.
A start to the Saturday morning junior activities has also been put on hold.
Meanwhile the committee will meet Thurs 5th at 7.30pm 

Jan 24

Junior tennis clinic very successful

 

Andrew Cronin held his first junior tennis coaching and fun activities school in Hay for three morning and evening sessions Jan 21 to 23 and proved to be a great success. The improvement was noted in all the players with 10 youngsters participating in the morning sessions for one and a half hours with good parental support. The two and a half hour evening session had 16 players ranging from school year 6 right up to some keen students who recently completed their year 12.
The success of the programne was gauged by players and parents wanting more than three days.Andrew had assistance from David and John  Mabon who brought to the school many latest fun activities, and also support from Tony Callaghan.
Andrew  soon will attend further professional coaching developement courses and in the meantime will be available for private coaching.
General
Online entries are currently being taken for the forthcoming night competitions.
Court hire enquiries for this week can be made to Warren Hunt.

 

Jan 17

 

 

 

Tennis sportsperson of year nominations
 

Deb Cronin & Kate Stephens have been selected by the Tennis Club for its Sportsperson of the year 2008 nominations.
Deb was very sucessful in 2008 winning the club championships treble ie. singles ,doubles and mixed. She also performed well in the annual open Hay Bowling and Golf Club tennis tournament, as well as winning a number of night tennis competitions.
Kate was in top form winning high standard finals in both the under 16 yrs. and 19 yrs. Club titles against the experienced Sam Oliver & Kate Murphy. She was also a member of the Successful high school girls team and had a good record in adult night competitions.
The Tennis Club wishes both Deb and Kate luck following David Mabons success.
Coaching
Meanwhile Andrew Cronin with assistance from Tony Callaghan and other coaches commences a junior tennis clinic & fun activities for three days Wed.21 to Fri.23. Enrolements are low, so late acceptances are still being taken.

 

 

Jan 11

Tennis Club to conduct school holidays junior coaching
 

Andrew Cronin with assistance from Tony Callaghan,Warren Hunt,the Mabon players & maybe others will conduct tennis coaching & fun activities next week for three days Wed.21st. to Fri.23rd.in a morning and evening session each day.
Currently the best players in the world are participating in Australian tournaments and the tv coverage has wet the appetite for the junior tennis players of Hay.
School class years 1 to 3,sessions will be from 9am to 10.30am each day, while years 4 to High School 12 will go in the evening from 7pm to 9.30pm with times maybe changing on predicted temperatures.
Further information & enrolement forms are available from the Nicolas Royal Motel, Sportsfirst and from Tony Callaghan.
Meanwhile entries are now being taken online for the next night competitions to commence in February.