Feb 14

Hay Tennis Club News

 

Thirty-one teams have been entered for the Women’s Monday night competition. Nineteen Men’s teams will take to the courts for the Wednesday night competition. All players are to check their times and any byes, as play commences this week. The Men’s A-grade will see a short set of singles as well as a long doubles so it is important that matches commence on time due to the court utilisation required. The Friday Junior competition also commences this week with player’s registrations at the courts by 5.30pm to finish at 7.15pm.

This coming Sunday Hay Juniors will travel to West Wyalong for the first tilt in The Series. Normal Sunday morning sessions will commence later in March.

Feb 7

  Night Tennis Competitions Start Date Delay

 Due to the current hot conditions the night tennis competitions will not commence this week. The womens entry to date has received 28 teams with five grades possibly being held with the mens having 13 teams entered as at Sunday.

 Juniors

The new juniors program is on the web with the Friday afternoon competition now starting next week 20th Feb while the first of our Sunday sessions will not commence until 1st Mar.The Sundays Medibank Singles tournaments series commences in Wagga this coming week and good luck to the Hay players who are competing. Stuart is taking names and he will be attending the West Wyalong tourney on Sunday 22nd Feb.The age groups are 11yrs and under, and similarly for 13,15 and 17yrs groups with ages at 31st Dec 2015, This weeks Foodworks and Crightons Rural Awards go to Kenny Hargraeves St Marys school representing the Diocesan team playing in Lismore and Holly Headon being selected in her new school at Geelong in the Firsts tennis team

                                                                      

Jan 31

The Hay Tennis Club year kicks off Monday 9th February with the commencement of the women’s doubles competition followed by the men Wednesday 11th February. Entries close this Thursday via the website or directly to Tournament Director, Tony Callaghan on 0419571292. The club would like to welcome and invite any new players that have moved to town to come down and join in the fun. 2015 is shaping up as a huge year ahead, with record memberships and a weekly newsletter subscription topping 500 via email. President Warren Hunt expects good participation with all our weekly night competitions. Hay will also host, for the first time, two Medibank Junior Series tournaments in April and in August. This will be a huge boost for all our players who compete in The Series as they will get some home tournaments.

      

 During the off-season Coach Callaghan conducted two summer camps, which he was using to bring players up to the level needed to compete in The Series. One noted highlight, amongst many, of the two summer camps was the continued rivalry of two great young left-handers, Ralph Robson and Zander Haidy, playing consecutive finals against each other in front of a huge crowd, with Robson winning both. These camps have provided the perfect lead in to when The Series starts on February 22nd in West Wyalong. Players wishing to attend this tournament contact Stuart Callaghan.

 The first week of this Year’s Australian Open provided a highlight for some lucky members of the Hay Tennis Club. Through Stuart Callaghan’s strong links with Japanese Tennis, he organised Ben Finch to be an on-court hitting partner for Moi Nishikori, younger brother of top 10 player Kei Nishikori, as he worked his way through the qualifiers only just missing out on the main draw. A great experience for Ben along with Stuart Callaghan and Lani Houston who all helped coordinate the young Japanese players schedule. There are some great photos on the website of Lani, Ben and Stuart eating out with the Japanese Davis Cup team after a big day at The Open.

 Tony Callaghan has just returned from an elite tennis coordinators conference held at the Brockelhurst Tennis Club, NSW. Brockelhurst, famous for its, cutting-edge tennis programmes such as developing the Fast Four which is being trialled around the world, invites the leading coordinators from each state to conduct and workshop ideas to rejuvenated tennis, Tony was this year’s representative from NSW. Well done Tony.

 

 

Jan 15

 Big Number at First Tennis Camp

 

There were well over 50 juniors participating in the first of two school holiday tennis camps. The rain on the second day of the three day activities did not dampen the enthusiasm of the players.

The Crightons Rural and Foodworks awards went to Jack Booth and Dimity Mc Lean for their overall performances during the camp.

THe second camp will be conducted on the 27th, 28th and 29th January with Stuart away in Melbourne attending a four day coaching conferance with speakers and demonstrations being conducted by some of the best qualified persons from around the world and then Stuart will attend the first week of the Australian Open.

The present good weather is making court hire popular and persons requiring keys at present should contact Tony Callaghan.

Entries are now being taken online for the next Monday night womens comp in four grades and the Wednesday night mens comp in three grades with  players entering with a partner or requesting a partner. Players may enter a team of more than two players for rotation each week if they wish. The competitions will commence after school resumes. 

 

Nov 24

Dwyer Wins Equinox Classic

Allen Dwyer finished up the overall winner of the 2014 Spring Equinox Classic. He and Warren Hunt played the much fancied duo of Marks and Stewart in the final with Dwyer and Hunt winning 15/13 in the third set. Bede Schiller and Tom Porter capped off a great 2014 winning their third Reserve Grade title for the year, defeating Kate and Jake Murphy.

With the year coming to an end the Hay Tennis Club has capped off a great 2014. The Club had great numbers in both Senior and Junior competitions making it a great year for tennis. Stuart Callaghan has made a special mention to thank some very important volunteers that have made the Junior events for 2014 such a success. They are as follows:

Kerry Haidy

Russell Curtis

Jess Weeks

Kellie Robson

Zara Molloy

Brett Hargreaves

Caren Weymouth

Lani Houston

Jo Davies

Bec Mitchell

Samantha Newnham

as well as his apprentice coaches:

Bently Murphy

Zac Molloy

Week in, week out these helpers ensure our junior programme runs smoothly and supports the children to get the most out of their tennis.

This Saturday evening the Club will host the combined Tennis Club/Lions Football Club Christmas Party, whereby there will be challenge events organised by Stuart Callaghan. Starting time is 6pm until 10pm. It is BYO drinks and there will be a BBQ dinner for sale. All tennis club and football club members and families are welcome.

This Sunday morning there is also the junior Christmas Party and club awards day. Special events, raffle and prizes have been organised for a huge morning of fun for all junior players.

In a final message from Callaghan, a reminder to Junior players that it's approximately 50 days until the start of the 2015 series with our first tournament in West Wyalong. Pre-season training will start January 1st at 6am. There is also planned a high temperature training camp to be held at Gunbar during mid January in preparation for the Series.

Happy holiday season and safe travels.

 

Cullenward Finds an Extra Gear

 

This weeks Thursday afternoon Murrumbidgee Tennis Academy for boys was played in perfect conditions despite the weather. All eight players battled it out for 2 hours in 38 degrees in a gruelling round robin. The eventual winner being Darcy Cullenward who was too strong in the end for a group which boasts such talent as Clark, Woods and Maynard amongst others. Blessed with great genetics Darcy has the silky smooth ground strokes of father Hamish combined with the fire and Brimstone, no-compromise steely mental resolve of mother Fleur. President Warren Hunt was that impressed with his fighting spirit, quotes "This kid has gravel in his guts and spit in his eye - I'd have him playing for my life if I had to choose!" This is a huge compliment from Hunt, as he was one of Hay's all time greatest and toughest competitors on the Hay sporting scene. Darcy is now absolute favourite to take out this year's "Warren Hunt Brakedrums" award for mental toughness.

The Spring Equinox Classic has a new leader in Allen Dwyer, just ahead of Geoff Champman and Warren Hunt.

The Club Championships mixed doubles final was decided on Friday night in front of a good crowd with at least 72% of them Crightons. Newnham and Davies narrowly defeated the much favoured and well supported team of Stu Callaghan and Delilah Crighton 6/3 6/2 in a great game. The match was a huge feature as Delilah Crighton became the youngest player to reach an open club championship final at 11 years of age, surpassing the long held record of Wes Grant who was 12 when he featured up with Pam Norman in the 1977 mixed final.

In other news, next month will mark the 20 year anniversary of a very pivotal sporting moment, whereby Stu Callaghan was competing in the under 18s nationals on the Gold Coast. This event saw him come up against little known whiney South Australian kid, Lleyton Hewitt. Callaghan completing destroyed Hewitt 6/2 6/1 6/1. Hewitt has never forgotten the moment, as he has often written about, quote "I was left crying and unconsolable for weeks" which is when he realised from that moment onwards he had to become more mentally tough to make it. "That match against Callaghan has changed me forever", Hewitt said. Hewitt despite his complete lack of natural ability went on to become one of the top fifty players in the world and puts it down to his mental strength and Stu Callaghan who gave him his greatest tennis lesson of his career.Tony Callaghan is very excited about the news of the possible return to tennis by child prodigy and original member of the Callaghan Youth Squad - Chris McIntyre. Chris is described by Tony as a player with great stroke making ability with an open mind and a pleasure to coach. His return to tennis will further strengthen the mens division within the club.Kenny Hargreaves and Richie Weymouth win the Foodworks and Crighton's Engineering Weekly Awards for the greatest under 10s boys Club Championships single final seen in decades. Richie overcame Kenny in the final points to win 6/4. The under 10s girls final was played between Skye Lilburne and Sophie Curtis, with Skye winning 4/1. Zac Molloy will meet Bently Murphy in the Under 18s final this week, after Zac defeated Digby Lilburne 6/2 and Bently defeated Dylan Lund 6/0. Sara Molloy won the 18s girls final defeating Immogen Molloy 6/3. Minor mixed doubles compeition winners were Mikaela and Daryl Hurts as well as Sara Molloy and Ritchie Weymouth.

 

The semi-finals of the Club Championships mixed doubles were played on Friday night, with both games living up to expectations. In the first, the super star pairing of Kate and Bently Murphy, the 92Computing No1 Seeds, were narrowly defeated by Samantha Newnham and Andrew Davies, 6/4 7/6(8/6). The other match between No.2 Seeds Warren “the Axe” Hunt and Tanya Stephens and No.3 Seeds Coach Stu Callaghan and the hard hitting Delilah Crighton, broke all previous records with the game being decided after 4 hours with Callaghan/Crighton winning 29/27 in the third. The final will be played with Samantha Newnham and Andrew Davies versing Stu Callaghan and Delilah Crighton this Friday night.

Greg Stewart remains on top in the Spring Equinox Classic, just ahead of Allen Dwyer and Peter Marks, although expect a big push up the ladder from grass court specialist Chris Hobart in the coming weeks.

Hay Tennis Club received great news during the week, where-by “The Lonely Planet” guide to Great Australian Sporting Clubs listed Hay Tennis Club as a must visit destination for any world traveller! The Club is very proud as it was the only club of any sporting nature mentioned from Country NSW. A big congratulations must go to Wendy Heery who has been charming the Lonely Plant team for months – Well done Wendy!

Congratulations from the Club must also go to Damo Slattery who has converted all the Club’s archives, great sporting moments and dummy-spits to Microfiche along will also developing a Microfiche phone app for Apple and Andriod users. Very Clever indeed! This wonderful new technology App will be available early in December for HTC members.

This week’s Foodworks award goes to Chris Hobart. The Crighton’s Award goes to Steve Longworth.

Friday Finals Fever at HTC

New Junior Singles Club Champions have been crowned following last Friday's finals fever at the courts. Delilah Crighton is the 12s girls champion defeating Emily Headon 6/3. Digby Lilburne defeated Pacey Marks 6/0 to become the 12s boys champion. Imogen Molloy defeated Delilah Crighton 6/3 and Digby Lilburne closely defeated Dylan Lund 6/4 in battles of the titans. Full details of match results will be available on the HTC website. The 10s singles championships started last week with some receiving byes. Check the HTC website for information on the quarter finals 8s boys qualifiers. Sophie Curtis and Sky Lilburne will play the 8s girls finals next week. The 18s Singles Club Championships have commenced with some players receiving byes in the early rounds.

David Goffin leads the Spring Equinox Classic just in front of Greg Stewart and Peter Marks.

The Mixed Doubles Club Championships round robin pools are complete with semi final qualifiers to include Bently and Kate Murphy, Warren Hunt and Tania Stephenson, Stuart Callaghan and Delilah Crighton and Andrew Davies and Samantha Newnham. B grade and C grade undefeated teams are D&L Hurst and Olivia Joyce and Lawrie Andrews.

The Foodworks and Crighton Engineering Weekly Award winners are Digby Lilburne and Imogen Molloy for their efforts in the finals.

 

Oct 28

Hay Tennis Club Round Up

 

The A-Grade Wednesday Night Men’s Comp, more widely known as the Spring Equinox Classic, is the tournament that Greg Stewart has set his sights on from the start of the year, as the competition in which he will make big in-roads into the Hay A-Grade scene.  After three weeks he is on top of the ladder and looking like he has played the game for decades. Coach Callaghan, who has been working with Greg secretly on court every Tuesday morning from 4-6am, said he has developed very quickly and has a game that reminds him of the great Miloslav Mercir. In other results, Wooloondool Team (N&H Maynard) had a battle against Ag Flight (P.Myring & V.Lewis) 5/6 6/3 and Hay Motors (W.Hunt & A.Dwyer) defeated Robbos (S.Robinson & N.Robinson) 7/0 and on the A-Grade swap  (W.Hunt & N.Robinson) defeated (S.Robinson & A.Dwyer) 7/6.

Friday Juniors 12s and 15s Singles Championships drew forty competitors to play across nine courts. Passion poured out of the players as many tight points, games and matches were decided. Finals will be played next week with all juniors competing for the title and consolation matches.

The Friday Night Mixed Doubles Championships continues to inspire, with quality matches played by all.

In the Monday night Women’s Bishops Lodge (J.Davies & P.Comb) took their best tennis to Japps (H.Stewart & L.Houston), finally prevailing with a 6/5 6/5 win. Other close and quality matches include Dwyers Bus (L.Headon & C.Huggins) winning over Biggs Bobcat Hire (Z & K Biggs) 6/5 6/4, SportsFirst (D.Christensen & J.Rutledge) beating Saltbush Motor Inn (S.Headon & K.Curtis) 5/6 6/4 and Murphy’s Clothing (C.Britt & K.Murphy) defeating Hay Tourist Office (H.Stephens & J.Gregory) 6/4 5/6.

In other tennis news Coach Callaghan has announced his heat policies for the 2014/15 summer and for the first time he will enforce the 50degree heat rule, whereby an hour of play in 50degrees must be followed by a ten minute break. Callaghan who is very big on health and safety believes this will be for the good of the people.

Alan Dwyer is this week’s Foodworks weekly award winner with an outstanding performance on Wednesday night, replicated from his prime in 1984. Jo Wilson receives the Crighton’s Engineering Award for always displaying sportsmanship on court.

 

 

Oct 21

Hay Tennis Club Round Up

This Sunday 2nd November HTC will show it's spooky side with Sunday morning tennis groups having a Halloween dress up. Kids can come dressed up in a costume for the cost of gold coin. The best dressed boy and girl from each group will receive a prize. All money raised goes to the HTC.

Forty juniors filled the courts on Friday night to play the 12s and 15s Singles Club Championships quarter final round and the consolation round. The semi-finals and finals for all players will be held this Friday. Play will start at 5.30pm due to the high number of competitors and all eleven courts will be in use. Hunt and the Clay Court Recovery Team will again be on standby for spot support.

Spectators were impressed by the first round of the 2014 Mixed Double Club Championships. Pistol Pete and Nicola Lawrence had battle with Andrew Davies and Samantha Newnham on court 1 with Andrew and Samantha winning the match, that could have gone either way, 6/3 6/2. On Show Court 10 Warren Hunt and Tania Stephenson defeated Maggie Biggs and Ben Finch in a game that had it all 6/5 6/3. Other first round winners were Kate & Bently Murphy, Stu Callaghan & Delilah Crighton, Mary-Anne Towler & Paul Myring and Olivia Joyce & Laurie Andrews, who will continue to play for the Club Championships title. All other mixed teams will play the consolation round this coming Friday.

The second round of the Women's doubles on Monday night saw high quality tennis played in all grades with many close, yet enjoyable matches. Saltbush Motor Inn (S.Headon & K.Curtis) won over P.Hyde Building (H.Headon and E.Headon) 6/2 6/4. O'Briens Fertilisers (T.Mirabelli & Y.Mack) defeated Hay Jewellers (L.Stewart & L.Booth) 6/4 6/4.

The Men's Wednesday night competition saw some close matches and some hard hitting wins. New comers Sandy Robinson and Nick Robinson (no relation) are an exciting addition to the HTC producing some new competition for locals. G.Stewart and P.Marks had a battle with Team Robinson in A-Grade with Greg Stewart prevailing with 14 points again this week - 7/6 with P.Marks and 7/1 with S.Robinson. 92 Computing (D.Lund & C.Poole) drew with Hay Newsagency (H.Maynard & N.Maynard) 6/3 3/6. There are many new faces playing in all grades in both Men's and Women's competitions, which is great to see.

The Foodworks and Crighton's Engineering Weekly Award Winners are Peter and Dani

Hay Tennis Club News

The strong Monday Night Women’s competition entries will push play onto the fast clay courts to ensure all games are played over the duration of  the evening. Hunt and the Clay Court Rescue Team will be on standby to safeguard clay surface playing perfection. Extreme windy conditions made for turbulent points in the Women’s Comp, with some long, yet enjoyable, matches being played. Meggs Grain (S.Hanna & J.Lawrence) won a nailing bite match over Bishops Lodge (J.Davies & P.Comb) 6/5 6/5 . Pynors (M.Griffiths & T.Dixon) won against Biggs Bobcat (S.Cox & K.Biggs) 6/1 6/3. The Women’s Double Club Championships Final was also played in the windy conditions, with K.Murphy & C.Britt overcoming J.Gregory & S.Stephens 5/7 6/4 (8/6 tiebreak).

The Wednesday Night Men’s saw some great shot-making in all games. Saltbush (P.Christensen & T.Christensen) had a battle against Hill’s Corner Store (B.Callaghan & T.Stephenson) 4/6 6/3. In the A-Grade, newcomers Sandy Robinson and Nick Robinson (no relation) are a handy team. The A-Grade teams are playing a new competition style, with players playing one set with their allocated partner and one against. Games won are accrued as individual scores on the night. Top of the leader board following the first week of play is Sandy Robinson and Greg Stewart on 14 points each, closely followed by Andrew Davies on 12 points.

20 juniors commenced the Juniors 12s and 15s preliminary round Club Championship Singles last Friday. They will be joined by another 20 who received byes and will now contest the next round and consolation group. Due to the large numbers play will commence at 5.45pm until 7.15pm.

All courts will be used for the Mixed Double Club Championships this Friday, starting at 7.30pm.

Weekly Club Tennis resumes this week with the Women’s Monday night competition of 29 teams the best since 2008. The Men’s Wednesday Night has attracted 18 teams with the four A Grade teams playing a different format.

A strong entry has been received for the Mixed Club Championships on Friday Night but late entries will be accepted up to Wednesday night to increase the minor grades mixed numbers. Competition commences this Friday Night and the BBQ should be available. All players to check the website for information and updates. Friday Juniors competition started at a new time of 5.45-7pm. Herbie Maynard won from a very strong group of 7 players to win the singles while Delilah Crighton won the doubles group from 8 enthusiastic players.

The 12s and 15s commence their club championships on Friday at the new times with a number who have indicated they will be away on a school excursion, who will receive byes.

Sunday juniors resumed with over 40 attending.

Delilah Crighton is the Crighton Engineering Weekly Award winner and Herbie Maynard the Foodworks Weekly Award winner

Hay Open Tennis Tournament Success

 The Hay Open Tennis tournament was a raving success over the weekend. Many Hay locals both juniors and adults entered in a variety of events, alongside a huge number of quality players from other towns and states. Ben Finch, Hannah Stewart and Richie Weymouth were stand out Hay competitors, playing doubles and singles throughout the tourney with great success. Cheryl Rawle, Griffith Tennis Coach, was very impressed, stating the Hay Open as “a brilliant community effort, with first class grounds, courts and food. The variety of events, promoted the old fashioned concept that tennis is fun and is for all ages and standards”. Brenda Foster, Wagga Wagga Tennis Coach, described the Hay Open as “a great family tournament”. The HTC would like to thank all the players and volunteers who contributed to making this Hay Open, an outstanding success. See and/or join the Hay Tennis Club Facebook group for more photos of the Open.

 Stuart Callaghan’s holiday tennis camp was packed with juniors of all ages in the first week of the holidays. Groups of all standards took to the courts for coaching and fun, with some new comers to the game. On Day 3, stand out participants were awarded for sportsmanship, work ethic and “figuring it out”. Contact Coach Callaghan for more details on the Tennis Camp starting Thursday 2nd October.

 Entries for the upcoming Friday night Mixed Doubles Hay Club Championships and the Monday Women's and Wednesday Men's are now open. See Warren Hunt for more details or enter online.

120 Players for Open Tournament

 

Hay Tennis Club will be swarming with players from across the country this coming weekend, as Hay hosts its annual Tournament. Registrations in all divisions look like the strongest in over a decade. Many locals will also use their home ground advantage, with high expectations to push deep into the rounds of competition.

The total player entries to date are over 120 which is looking towards a very good entry this year. It includes 40 Hay players comprising a fantastic local junior entry of 25.In the very high standard open mens singles a total of 20 players which includes Zac Molloy have entered and with this number as well as the 9 open womens singles means a good size entry compared to other similar standard computer point scoring Tennis Australia Tourneys.Hay players entries have spread themselves over A,B and C grade events as well as the various junior events and the popular parent/child events.The only shortfall at the moment is the combined 90years event.Cheryl Rawle from Griffith and Cameron Meagher from Albury is bringing over a contingent of juniors. Other players are coming from all over Victoria as well as Sydney,ACT and the Riverina. Former champion Brenda Foster of Wagga is playing.The full details of entries received can be found by going to the clubs website and clicking on to the yellow box at the bottom of the page and then click on to "entry confirmation lists'

Warren Hunt and Andrew Davies have done a fantastic job this past week in getting the clay courts, surrounds, equipment and sheds repaired and up to standard.Breakfast, lunch and dinner will be available over the weekend with anyone interested in doing a few hours in the kitchen to contact Wendy Heerey.Thank you to all those who are assisting in some way to ensure the tourney will be a success.Thank you to the major sponsors Wooloondool Farms and Auscott not to forget The Services Club who has been a strong supporter of tennis over the years.

 Scott Dixon and Pistol Pete Lawrence took out the Club Championship Men’s Doubles in what was a battle of the titans at the top of the 92Computing rankings. Warren Hunt and Ben Finch gave it their all, with spectators commenting on the quality of tennis played. The final result was 6/1 7/6 to the Carrathool Cartel. Jasmine Gregory and Sophie Stevens will play Kate Murphy and Catherine Britt in the Women’s Doubles Club Championships final in October. Both semi finals saw some long rallies with Maggie Biggs playing consistently and Hannah Stewart working the angles of the court. The Club Championship Women’s consolation doubles final was played on Sunday with a win to Sharyn Headon and Kim Curtis against Bethany Hurst and Bianca Golding, 6/2 6/4.The Juniors Friday afternoon comp had a good attendance, with Emily Headon winning the girl’s doubles group and Brad Callaghan winning the boy’s singles, closely followed by Darcy Cullenward and Tom Davies.

 

With another big holiday tennis program in place and the continuous success of Sunday morning tennis, Coach Callaghan would like to thank his junior coaching team. Zac Molloy and Bently Murphy have helped build the junior program from the start, as well as newly appointed debutants coach (4 year old and up) Ritchie Weymouth. Ritchie is an original member of the Callaghan Youth and although only 10 himself eased into the role two weeks ago, churning out hot Latino moves combined with trademark Cold War rhetoric, straight from the Callaghan handbook of influencing the young. Callaghan is very pleased with the job Ritchie is doing and thinks the new responsibility around the club will help him in his own game for the 2015 Series.

 

No Tuesday, Friday or Sunday tennis for two weeks. This Foodworks and Crighton Engineering weekly awards go to Emily Headon and Brad Callaghan.

 

Sep 14

Pless and Slattery Put on a Show

 Juniors flocked to the courts on Friday night, producing healthy competition, and so, an enjoyable night of tennis. The Friday night group winners were Chloe Weeks, Jordan Woods and Cody Poole. The women’s club championships doubles semi finals are scheduled this week with some matches played last week to determine semi positions, following three weeks of bad weather cancellations. The men’s doubles saw the No1 seeds, Scott Dixon and Pistol Pete Lawrence breeze through their semi 6-2 6-1 over Andrew Davies and Allen Dwyer. They will go on to meet the No2 seeds Warren Hunt and Ben Finch in the final. These two had a narrow win over the long-time pairing of Pete Marks and Greg Stewart who lived up to their reputation as being best players in a storm with the perfect conditions on Tuesday night almost getting them home.

 In the match of the round, Paul Pless and Damon Slattery won an epic, 12-10 in the third, against Bede Schiller and Tom Porter. It had the whole club captivated as the usually calm and calculating pairing of Porter and Schiller, were thrown from their game as Paul Pless manoeuvered around the court with moves more akin to the 1920s burlesque scene. Slattery, who is well aware of the Pless distractions, was able to keep a cool head and close out the game through it all.

 This week’s Crighton Engineering and Foodworks weekly awards go to Harriet Lugsdin for excellent shot-making volleys and Hannah Stewart for pure grunt and determination on court.

Sep7

The Hay tennis season is in full swing with big numbers around the courts all week. The Wedneday men's club championships is getting down to the semi-finals is getting down to the semi-finals with Pistol Pete Lawrence and Scott Dixon to take on the 2012 winners Alan Dwyer and Andrew Davies. In the other semi Warren Hunt and Ben Finch will take on the equivocal pairing of Pete Marks and Greg Stewart.

Friday afternoon junior tennis is continuing to grow with all seven sythentic courts needed. Last Friday was broken up into 3 groups.Group A saw Corey Poole starting to hit a heavy ball, winning over Richie Weymouth and Holly Headon. Group B saw Gemma Tassel go through the evening undefeated, ahead of Emily Headon second. Group C saw Cody Poole narrowly nudge out Brad Callaghan and Nicholas Mirrabelli.

Sunday morning Father's Day tennis also attacted big numbers under perfect tennis conditions, despite the weather. Dylan Clarke starred in the 9am group and Olivia Joyce also doing the same in teh 10am group. The 11am session honours were shared between Dylan Lund, Richie Weymouth and Maggie Biggs. There will be no junior tennis this coming Sunday due to the show.

The Hay Open Junior Tournament (26-28th Sept) is only three weekends away and coach Stuart Callaghan is reminding all players, especially juniors, to get their entries in to gain valuable tournament experience. We are lucky enough to have the greatest tournament director on the planet, in Steve Longworth, who is urging all local players to take advantage of the playing in such an event.

Foodworks and Crighton's Engineeering Weekly Awards go to Gemma Tassel and Corey Poole.

Aug 30

The Medibank Series came to a conclusion last Sunday where eight finalists from each age division, from Southern NSW, played off. Hannah Stewart, Ritchie Weymouth, Kenny and Jensen Hargreaves and Imogen Molloy (who was on crutches and unable to play in the final) were the five Hay players selected for the Series play off. HTC would like to congratulate them on their outstanding achievement in the 2014 Series. Stuart Callaghan expects this is just the start of things to come, as he predicts Hay will completely dominate the 2015 Series. Preseason for this will commence in November.

 

The much anticipated arrival of Coach Callaghan's ball machine was like a call to arms for the kids, turning up in droves for Friday arvo tennis.Division One played singles, with Jordan Woods the winner and Lote Clarke and Richie Weymouth equal second. Division  Two and Three combined to see nine players play doubles with Holly Headon winning by one point from sister Emily, with Zanda Haidy coming in third position. Mikaela Hurst played well in her return to tennis and Darcy Cullenward was one to watch, with steely resolve and typical Cullenward grit.

 

A superb, sunny Sunday morning saw big numbers at the junior tennis, with Coach Callaghan. In the 9am group, Brock Blayden made some good shots. In the 10am group some good hitting seen from Vanessa Kennedy and the 11am group Maggie Biggs and Olivia Joyce played well in a doubles match on Court 3.

 

The Men's Doubles Championships commenced last week with the Women's postponed, due to inclement weather.

 

This week's Crighton's Engineering and Foodworks Weekly Awards go to Kyle Mitchell and Ralph Robson.

Aug 23

HTC: Dixon Wins Classic

 

Wednesday night saw Scott Dixon win the Men’s Hay Tennis Club Singles Championships in a great 3 set match against Andrew Davies 6/3 2/6 6/0. The game thrilled the small crowd with quality tennis until Dixon proved too strong, running away with the third. The win is a great reward for Scott who makes a huge effort traveling in from Wyvern each week. Commitment like this goes a long way to making the club what it is today.

The Club Championship doubles will start this week with big entries in both Mens and Womens events. While we previewed the Women’s combinations last week, this week we focus on the Men’s teams. Four of the big combinations include newly crowned Singles Champion Scott Dixon who will team up with big serving Pistol Pete Lawrence; known around the club as the “Carrathool Cartel” they are a favourite for going all the way. Warren Hunt, who is still the No 1 doubles player on the latest 92 Computing rankings site, will team up with Ben Finch, who won’t take any prisoners after a shock early round exit in the Singles to a croydon qualifier. No 2 ranked Hay Doubles player Pete Marks has poached grass court specialist Greg Stewart which will make an awkward combination for anyone to play against. While Marks will control the net, Stewart will own the niggle around the court. The last of the Big 4 is the team of Dylan Lund and Stuart Callaghan. Stuart, who has just returned from Vietnam where he was invited by the Hanoisenberg Institute to coordinate and ignite the resurgence into Vietnamese tennis, will play with long-time partner Dylan Lund. In Callaghan’s absence, Dylan has been preparing himself mentally with a wholesome diet of Special K, roasted pinenuts and the teachings of the Dalai Lama.

This week the Foodworks and Crighton’s Engineering Weekly Award goes to Scott Dixon.

 

 

Aug 16

HTC Round Up

 

Jasmine Gregory is the 2014 Women’s Singles Champion, defeating Kate Murphy in a game that went down to the wire, 6/3 7/6. Scott Dixon will meet head to head with defending champion Andrew Davies this Wednesday at 6pm for the Men’s Singles Champion Title. Consolation men’s finals and playoffs will also be played this Wednesday. Check the draw on the website for details.

The HTC Championships doubles commences this week with Women on Monday 18th and Men on Wednesday 20th. Check the draw on the HTC website.

The Hay Open and Junior Tournament is coming up on 26th-28th September. Get your entries in through the link on the HTC website.

Last Friday’s Junior Competition saw the three division standards grouped together to witness some great tennis, with Jordan Woods winning by one point from Karinda Deaton. There will be no competition this Friday dues to St Mary’s musical and will resume the following week. Sunday morning tennis resumes this weekend for junior players in the three session times, after a lengthy break.

The Regional series Medibank finals were postponed to now play on 24th Aug in Griffith. The Crigtons Rural and Foodworks weekly awards this week go to Jordan Woods and Karinda Deaton. Last week’s awards go to Jasmine Gregory in successfully defeating her singles title and to Anthony Slattery for his win over No 2 seed Ben Finch and great loss to the No 3 seed Scott Dixon during the singles Championships.

 

Aug 14

HTC Roundup:


Hay players to qualify with enough points for the Medibank juniors finals this year in Griffith on 24th August are Ritchie Weymouth and Kenny Hargreaves in the 11yrs boys, with Jensen Hargreaves in reserve. Imogen Molloy in the 13yrs girls with Hannah Stewart in reserve. Congratulations from the club to all students who participated in the Medibank Series and we look forward to the 2015 series.

Friday afternoon tennis commenced at the new start time of 4.30pm with last week's group placed into two divisions. Gemma Tassell and Isobel Huggins played some good rallies in Division One. Division Two was closely won by Ralph Robson, by 1 game from Joseph Wilson, while Nicolas Mirabelli playing his first comp game played well.

The Men's Singles Club Championships is providing top-shelf, quality tennis once again in all games. Defending champion, Andrew Davies, produced quality driving shots and sneaky epic angles to defeat Warren Hunt 6/3 6/3 in a quarter final that could have gone either way. The semi finals will see Andrew Davies take on Geoff Chapman and Scott Dixon up against Anthony Slattery this Wednesday night. The Women's final is to be played on Monday 11th August with defending champion Jasmine Gregory playing Kate Murphy in the final.

The Doubles Club Championships are due to start on the 18th August. Entries close soon. Please contact Warren Hunt or enter online.

Aug 7

The Hay Tennis Club Championships commenced last week with high quality

tennis and outstanding sportsmanship displayed on all courts. In Monday night women’s, Kate Murphy defeated Hannah Stewart in a game that had it all, 2/6 6/3 10/3. Harriet Lugsdin defeated Lindy Stewart 6/2 6/1. Maggie Biggs is developing as a player to beat, playing an epic with Samantha Newnham, with Samantha defeating Maggie 7-6 (7-3), 6-1. Jasmine Gregory had the bye. In the Men’s Wednesday night outstanding matches were played between Greg Stewart and Allan Dwyer with Allan victorious in the epic, 7/5 6/7 10/4; Peter Marks won against Geoff Chapman 6/3 2/6 10/2; and Tom Lugsdin defeated Brett Hargraves in a battle that went down to the wire, 6/7 7/6 10/3. The next round for the championships resumes this Monday at 6pm for Women and Wednesday 6pm for the men.

 Friday night juniors was cancelled due to unpleasant weather. The new time of  4.30pm-5.40pm for the Juniors competition will commence from this Friday 8th

August. Players must register by 4.30pm.

Hay Tennis Memberships are now overdue.

 

Jun30

Hay Will Host the Series in 2015

Sunday saw Hay Tennis Club travel to wagga for the last leg of the 2014 Medibank series and once again completely dominated the tournament with numbers as it has done all through the year. Maggie Biggs was the player of the day for Hay reaching her first semi final only to be narrowly beaten by the eventual winner in the girls U/13s. Other players to make finals were Kenny Hargreaves, Richie Weymouth and Herbie Maynard all making it to the quarters in the U/11 boys. Lotti Clarke also performed well in the boys U/13s. Tennis NSW officials on the day made the decision to reward Hay with not one but two tournaments for the 2015 series.
Hay tennis club junior participation is rampant and is higher per capita than any other club in NSW. Tennis NSW are keen to visit Hay to learn more about how to increase junior numbers in other areas across the state. Coach Stu Callaghan said it is no secret. He is simply following the proven East German blue print of sports science, combining that with the modern power game introduced by Borg! - a sure pathway to success.
The men's and women's club championship singles commence this week. 

Tennis Club Memberships are due this Thursday 31st July. 

Congratulations to all the Juniors for their outstanding performances and sportsmanship last Friday night

June 22

Tennis Club Championships and Wagga Series Tourney

Entries for the annual tennis singles club championships, in various grades, have a new closing time of this Wednesday 23rd July. Please contact Warren Hunt on 0429421260 or enter online. Women will now commence on Monday 28th July and Men Wednesday 30th July.

The next Medibank series tilt is to be held this Sunday in Wagga Wagga with many Hay Juniors making their way across to compete. The fervent juniors have been putting in the hours on court, practicing their back swings, court movement, and tactical play with the support of family, friends and Hay tennis hero and coach Stuart Callaghan. We wish them all the best for the tournament.

Juniors: The Friday juniors embraced the freezing conditions with two large competitions running. Jordan Woods won his group with a total 38 points, closely followed by Colby Harwood on 25points. Gemma Tassel won her group with 48 points, and Iona Cullenward runner up with 40points. A special thanks to Fiona Simpson and Lynn Clark for helping organise the Juniors.

Weekly Awards: Colby Harwood and Lanta Clark receive the Crighton’s Engineering and Foodworks weekly awar

Annual Tennis Singles 

Entries for the Annual tennis singles competition in various grades including the Club Championships will close this week Thurs 16th  for the womens to be played Monday nights commencing 21st July and the mens on Wednesday nights starting 23rd July. Theduration of the competition is expected to be 4 weeks folowed then by the Annual Club Championship doubles.

In last years singles finals Andrew Davies had a nail biter 6/5 6/5 over Ben Finch while the womens in a very strong field was won by Jasmine Gregory in a tie breaker decider 7/5 over Paula Comb.

Entries can be given online via the clubs website or contact Warren Hunt 

Juniors

The two coaching schools held during the school holidays by Stuart Callaghan were both full and successful with plenty of positive comments.

The Sunday morning junior sessions will not be held now for the next 5 weeks with a Medibank junior tourney held in Wagga on July 27. Unfortunately the Narrandera tourney was washed out.

Friday afternoon competition play resumes this week with players needing to register at the new time by 4pm to finish at 5.15pm 

Mid-Week

Tuesday Morning social tennis is back in full swing with play from 10am to 11.30 each week 

Fees

Annual membership renewals are due this month with fees remaining the same as previous years however the weekly competition fee for both members and non members has increased the first time in many years with moneys assisting towards the Clubs debt in paying for the new courts. 

Weekly Awards

The Foodworks and Crightons Rural Engineering weekly awards in recent weeks have gone to Emily Headon for her role in Walgroves (C) grade finals comp win, Tracey Learmonth for her Tuesday morning play,and Ed and Digby Lilburne IGAs second consecutive comp win from (C)grade to (B)grade champions as well as well as Immy Molloy, Olivia Joyce, Corben Headon and Bohden Learmonth for their performances in the coaching camps and Sunday morning play.

 

 

 

 

Hay Tennis Club Round Up

 

Finals fever was rife at the HTC courts last week with many close games showcasing the quality tennis in both the men’s and women’s weekly competitions, in all grades. The A-Grade Men’s final is yet to be played this week and is set to be a showdown against the Carrathool connection, Wyvern (S.Dixon & P.Lawrence), and Hills Corner Store’s big hitting left and right combination (D.Lund & S.Callaghan). In the Women’s, A-Grade, defending champions Hay Services Club (J.Weeks & S.Newnham) were defeated in a thriller against Hay Tourist Office (J.Gregory & S.Stephens) 6/3 6/4. B-Grade champions Pynors Accounts (H.Stephens & R.Stewart) had a tough match against O’Brien’s Fertiliser (T.Mirabelli & Y.Mack) 6/3 6/3. Walgrove (L.Headon & E.Headon) defeated Hay Jewellers (C.Tidey & R.Barnes) in a match that went down to the wire in the C-Grade final. Wooloondool (P.Marks & J.Woods) put their bodies on the lines in a thriller against Meggs Grain (J.Bryant & A.Lilburne) and were just defeated in a nail-biting tie-breaker 6/4 1/6 (9/7).

In the Men’s, the B-Grade final saw some hard hitting with IGA (D.Lilburne & E.Lilburne) winning 1/6 6/5 (7/4) against 92Computing (P.Pless & D.Slattery). In other matches, Bidgee Motor Inn (B.Finch & G.Chapman) defeated Radio 2HayFM (D.Lund & A.Slattery) 6/2 6/2. Japps Pharmacy (L.Jones & C.Hurst) defeated Nicholas Royal (T.Porter & B.Schiller) in a nail-biter 6/4 6/5. Hay Services Club (C.Miller & P.Comb) had a close win over Meggs Grain and Handling (S.Sharp & C.Poole) 6/3 6/3.

 

Don't forget to get your entries in for the championships, via the website, and to pay your HTC membership fees ASAP.

 

Cheers

It’s finals season in the Term 2 HTC Men’s and Women’s Comp with the last rounds of competition for deciding point scores played out last week. Two semi-final matches were played on Monday night. The semi-final between Wooloondool (P.Marks & J.Woods) and SportsFirst (J.Rutledge & D.Christensen) went to a tiebreaker at 1 set all with Wooloondool triumphant in the end 4/6 6/3 (7/4). Meggs Grain (J.Bryant & A.Lilburne) had a convincing semi-final win against Hills Corner Store (M.Hill & C.Millyard) 6/1 6/4 to advance to the finals. 

In other Monday night round matches, Biggs Bobcat Hire (D.Crighton & H.Headon) won against Dwyers Bus Service 6/4 6/2. Hay Newsagency (T.Clancy & S.Clancy) defeated IGA (K.Deaton & B.Hurst) 6/3 6/5. Walgrove (L.Headon & E.Headon) defeated AndEarth (L.Hurst & S.Cox) 6/1 6/1. Bishops Lodge (T.Butcher & M.McClelland) defeated Riverine Grazier (J.Davies & K.Mijok) 6/1 3/6. Hay Jewellers (C.Tidey & R.Barnes) won against Bidgee Motor Inn (C.Huggins & I.Huggins) 6/5 6/1. Nicholas Royal (T.Jamieson & K.Rennie) defeated O’Briens Fertilisers (T.Mirabelli & Y.Mack) 4/6 6/1. Hay Services Club (J.Weeks & S.Newnham) won against Japps (L.Houston & H.Stewart) 6/3 6/2. Murphy’s Clothing (K.Murphy & H.Lugsdin) won against Elders (L.Comb & J.Lawrence) 6/2 6/0. Hay Tourist Office (J.Gregory & S.Stephens) defeated P.Hyde Building (C.Hurst & L.Stewart) 6/3 6/1 to remain on top of the leader board by one point. Booroorban (J.Chapman) forfeited against Pynors (H.Stephens & R.Stewart). Walgrove (E.Headon & L.Headon) won against Bidgee Motor Inn (C.Huggins & I.Huggins 6/1 6/0. 

In the last round of the Men’s Wednesday night matches, Japps Pharmacy (L.Jones & L.Stewart) defeated IGA (D.Lilburne & E.Lilburne) 3/6 6/2. Wyvern (W.Hunt & S.Dixon) defeated Radio 2HayFM (P.Marks & A.Slattery) 6/2 6/4. Hills Corner Store (D.Lund & S.Callaghan) finished as competition point score leaders with a tough win over Bidgee Motor Inn (B.Finch & G.Chapman) 6/4 6/2. AndEarth (G.Stewart & D.Wade) defeated Nicholas Royal (T.Porter & C.McClelland) in a nail-biter 6/4 5/6. Murphy’s Clothing (K.Murphy & P.Crosby) tied with Meggs Grain Handling (S.Sharp & C.Poole) 6/5 5/6. 92 Computing (P.Pless & D.Slattery) won against IGA (E.Lilburne and D.Lilburne) 6/0 6/3. 

Next week find all the action from the Junior Medibank Tennis Series, Sunday 15th June, Narrandera. Good luck to the 25+ strong junior Hay competitors.

 

The first week of winter will see the last week of the Women's and Men's comp weekly rounds. Semi finals commence next week with all teams playing.

 Juniors

The final juniors Friday afternoon comp, until resuming in 6 weeks time, was played in the last of the perfect autumn conditions, with lots of close scores and ambitious shot-making happening on courts 1, 2, 3 and 4. In the upper age group, Bethany Hurst edged out as the clear winner with a massive 39 points, closely followed by Lilly Tassell and Warren Hunt on 38 points. In the lower age group, the top of the table was stacked with Ralphy Robson, Tom Davies, Kenny Hargraves and Samantha Newnham all scoring 27 points. Bohden Learmonth was runner up with 26 points.

 Women’s Monday Night

AndEarth (L.Hurst and J.Cox) won against Hay Newsagency (S.Clancy and T.Clancy) 6/5 6/4. Bishops Lodge (K.Mijok and J.Davies) won against Dwyers Bus (Z.Biggs and C.Slattery) 6/2 6/1. Sports First (D.Christensen and J.Rutledge) won against Biggs Bobcat Hire (M.Biggs and H.Headon) 6/1 6/5. Hay Services Club (J.Weeks and S.Newnham) won against Murphy’s Clothing (K.Murphy and H.Lugsdin) 6/1 6/3. Hills Corner Store (G.Christensen and C.Millyard) drew with Wooloondool (P.Marks and J.Woods) 6/5 5/6. Pynors Accountants (H.Stephens and R.Stewart) won against Nicholas Royal (K.Rennie and T.Jamieson) 5/6 6/3. Meggs Grain (J.Bryant ad A.Lilburn) won against Riverine Grazier (M.McClelland and T.Butcher) 6/1 6/3. Hay Jewellers (C.Tidey and R.Barnes) won against IGA (K.Deaton and L.Filmer) 6/3 6/2. Elders  (L.Comb and S.Newnham) forced a shock upset over Hay Tourist Office (J.Gregory and S.Stephens) 5/6 6/3. Japps (L.Houston and H.Stewart) won against P.Hydes Building (K.Sherman and R.Tumerlero) 6/1 5/6. Boorooban (J.Chapman and M.Booth won against Hydes Plumbing (L.Booth and L.Stewart) 6/5 6/3.

 Men’s Wednesday Night

Wyvern (P.Lawrence and S.Dixon) won against Hay Shire (A.Dwyer and W.Hunt) 6/5 6/0. Japps (L.Jones and C.Hurst) won against Hay Services Club (C.Miller and K.Deaton). Riv Poly (A.Davies and S.Newnham) won against Bidgee Motor Inn (B.Finch and G.Chapman 3/6 6/1. Hills Corner Store (D.Lund and S.Callaghan) won against Radio2HayFM (P.Marks and A.Slattery) 6/3 6/3. Nicholas Royal (T.Porter and B.Schiller) won against Meggs Grain Handling (S.Sharp and C.Poole) 5/6 6/2. 92 Computing (P.Pless and D.Slattery) played a great match against IGA (E.Lilburne and D.Lilburne).

 

Hay Tennis Club Weekly Round-Up

 Sunday Morning

Sunday morning tennis resumed this week with the philosophical words of coach Stuart Callaghan echoing across courts 1 and 2. “Hit one million balls a year and you will not be beaten. Numbers do not lie”. Callaghan raised the intensity and performance of the huge number of juniors on a day custom made for tennis. The highlight of the morning was the HTC cap presentation by Coach Callaghan and President Warren Hunt to Sarvesh Partiban and Ralph Robson, who will make their Medibank Series debut and join the Hay Team in Narrandera in a month’s time. All focus is now on the Narrandera leg of the Series with a massive junior contingent heading their way on Sunday 15th June.

 Women’s Monday Night Tennis Comp

Still conditions and warm temperatures provided perfect conditions for quality tennis for the Women’s Monday Night tennis.

The early matches saw the Wooloondool (P.Marks and J.Woods) team win 6/5 6/1 over Biggs Bobcat Hire (M.Biggs and H.Headon). Walgrove (D.Crighton and H.Headon) had a tight win in the perfect conditions over Hay Newsagency (S.Clancy and T.Clancy) with 6/4 6/5. Meggs Grain Handling (J.Bryant and A.Lilburne) had a phenomenally tight tussle over Bishop’s Lodge (K.Mijok and J.Davies) with a 6/4 6/2 result. Riverine Grazier (M.McClelland and T.Butcher) had a convincing win over Dwyers Bus (Z.Biggs and C.Slattery) in the pristine conditions.

The later drawn matches saw Sports First (D.Christensen and J.Rutlegde) just nudge over the line with a nail-biting win of 6/2 3/6 over Hills Corner Store (M.Hill and C.Millyard). Hay Tourist Office (J.Gregory and S.Stephens) had a convincing yet tight hitting win over Japps Pharmacy (L.Houston and H.Stewart) with a 6/1 6/4 result. Hyde Plumbling (L.Booth and L.Stewart) had an enjoyable game against O’Brien’s Fertilisers (T.Mirabelli and Y.Mack) with Obrien’s Fertilisers prevailing 6/4 6/5 in the end. Hay Jewellers (C.Tidey and R.Barnes) won 5/6 6/4 over (L.Hurst and J.Cox). Hay Services Club (J.Weeks and S.Newnham) had an enjoyable match and won over Elders (L.Comb and J.Lawrence) 6/2 6/2. Anthony Hyde Plumbing (K.Sherman and R.Tumolero) lost in a game that had it all against Murphy’s Clothing (K.Murphy and H.Lugsdin) 6/1 2/6. Nicholas Royal (T.Jamieson and K.Deaton) won 6/2 6/2 over Boorooban.

 

Men’s Wednesday Night Tennis Comp

All seven matches in the Men’s comp were of  a high quality standard with the warmer weather. Radio 2HayFM (P.Marks and A.Slattery) won against Hay Shire (W.Hunt and T.Cunningham) 6/0 6/1. Megs Grain Handling (C.McCelland and C.Poole) lost against Andearth (G.Stewart and D.Wade) 6/4 6/3. IGA (D.Lilburne and E.Lilburne) won 6/1 6/2 over Hay Services Club (C.Miller and P.Comb). Riv Poly (A.Davies and S.Newnham) suffered a tight loss against Hills Corner Store (D.Lund and S.Callaghan) 6/2 6/5. Bidgee Motor Inn (B.Finch and G.Chapman) lost against Wyvern (P.Lawrence and S.Dixon) 6/1 6/3. Nicholas Royal (T.Porter and B.Schiller) defeated Murphy’s Clothing (K.Murphy and P.Crosby) in match of the night 6/5 6/5. 92Computing (P.Pless and D.Slattery) defeated Japps Pharmacy (C.Hurst and L.Jones) in their traditional grudge match 6/1/ 6/4.

 

Friday Night Juniors

Friday Night Juniors competition saw Sarvesh Partiban break through for his first Friday Night title with a total 32 points with runner up Gemma Tassel. The winner for the second group was Jordan Woods with a massive 41 points and the runner up position saw a tie between Kenny and Jenson Hargreaves.

 

Weekly Awards

Gemma Tassel and Sarvesh Partiban win this week’s Foodworks and Crighton Rural awards for their outstanding performance in the Friday Night Juniors comp.

May 21

Immogen Molloy wins Griffith Tennis

 

 Immogen Molloy won the Medibank Griffith tourney 13 yrs girls event on Sunday to become the second Hay player to win one of these titles. Last year Pacey Marks became the first player to win an event when he won the Narrandera 11yrs title. Twenty Hay juniors played the Griffith tourney with Herbert Maynard runner up to a Wagga lad in the 11yrs event and Kenny Hargraeves and Richard Weymouth semi finalists while Tommy Christensen playing his first tourney won a few of his matches. Bethany Hurst also playing her first tourney for the year and although a little rusty played well.

 Entries are closing soon for the Griffith MIA tourney held over the June Longweekend.

Good luck to the Hay Public School team playing a semi final of the Riverina Zone against former state champs Griffith East being played this week in Hay.

Eighteen players in three groups played the Friday afternoon competition with the older group winners a three way tie among Chloe Weeks, Bianca Goulding and Samantha Newnham. The top young group winner was Ritchie Weymouth and runner up Jordan Woods .The other group winner was Brad Callaghan and runner up Sarvesh Partiban.

Sunday morning juniors will resume this weekend. 

Mens

All seven matches in both the (A) and (B) grades in the mens tennis competition conducted on Wednesday night produced high standard tennis. In fact there were nine substitutes involved bringing some good competitive style and atmosphere to the courts.

(A)grade champions Wyvern not only suffered their first loss in two years but also their first set to the Hills Corner Store team of Stu Callaghan and the improved young Dylan Lund the final score being 6/2 5/6. Tommy Lugsdin playing his first A grade match hit extremely well for the Bidgee Motor Inn team to beat Hay Shire 6/4 6/4. Radio 2Hay FM had a great match to win 6/4 6/4 against  Riv Poly with opposing substitutes Shane McGufficke and Jasen Crighton both going well.

In (B) grade the leaders Murphys Clothing surprisingly lost their first match to the good play of the Japps Pharmacy combination for this match being Lloyd Jones with Hannah Stewart. 92Computing are also in the lead following its 6/5 6/2 win over the Nicolas Royal who was comprising sub Chris McClelland playing well in his first match return. IGA have moved to only one point behind the shared leaders following its good 6/1 6/4 win against Meggs Grain Handling who contained substitute Trish Jamieson playing consistent tennis. 

Womens

Most of the teams in the four grades are close together on the ladder after two rounds.

Former (A)grade champions Hay Tourist Office has leapfrogged to the lead with its 6/2 6/4 over B grade champions Murphys Clothing, while the defending championsHay Services Club had a close 4 points to 3 win against Philip Hydes Building team. The Japps pharmacy team of Lani Houston and Hannah Stewart had a 6/4 6/1 win against Elders. In (B)grade the O"Briens Fertilisers team has gone to the lead following its win against Pynors Accountants. Anthony Hydes Plumbing team of Leonie Booth and Lindy Stewart had a good 6/2 6/1 over the Nicolas Royal team. In (B res) the Hills Corner Store team of Melissa Hill and Cathy Millyard were in devasting form to win 6/1 6/0 against the Dwyers Bus services team with Biggs Bobcat Hirec team also in the lead with its 6/4 6/0 win over  Meggs Grain handling. The marathon of the nigh was the Wooloondool 4 points to 3 win against Bishops Lodge. Sportfirst had a 6/1 6/5 win over the Riveruine Grazier.

Walgrove has gone to outright leader following its 6/1 6/5 win over IGA led by Lizzie Filmer. Hay Jewellers had a very good 3/6 6/2 win against Hay Newsagency an the AndEarth team led By Megan Griffiths had a 6/4 6/1 win over Bidgee Motor Inn 

MidWeek

Wednesday morning play has been suspended until further advised however Tuesday morning play will continue each week from 10am due to the current numbers attending. 

Hay Merchandise

Congratulations to Andrew Davies and Samantha Newnham who have produced Club shirts and caps and other merchandise including stickers as well as a colourful monthly bulletin with April and May copies listed on the notice board. A new web design process will also commence soon. 

Weekly Awards

Immogen Molloy and Herbert Maynard win this weeks Foodworks and Crightons Rural Awards for their outstanding performances in Griffith

May 14

Good Start to Womens Tennis Comp

The new womens night competition commenced in four grades with a big entry of 24 teams registered for a winter competition. The competition will now run up to the school holidays with the singles now commencing in July. The opening round  produced some good results with all teams in all matches except one gaining points earned for the ladder. The closest matches of the night occurred firstly in (B) grade when the Booroorban team of Jill Chapman and Sue Clancy won 6/3 5/6 (4points to 3) against the O"Briens Fertilisers  and also in (B reserve) the Sportfirst team of Danielle Christensen and Jayne Rutledge won 2/6 6/1(3 points to 2) against the Bishops Lodge team.

In (A grade) the defending champions the Hay Services team went down 6/2 5/6 to the Hay Tourist Office team of Sophie Stephens and Jasmine Gregory while the (B)grade premiers  Murphys Clothing made a fine start in their new grade with a 6/4 6/3 win against Japps Pharmacy. In (B) grade the new team Pynors Accountants of Ruby Stewart and Heidi Stephens had a revengeful 6/5 6/3 win over the Anthony Hydes Plumbing team. In (B reserve ) the Biggs Bobcat hire team of Maggie Biggs and Holly Headon won the family contest with a 6/5 6/3 victory over the Dwyers Bus services team. The Hills Corner Store team of Melissa Hill and Cathy Millyard also had a good win against the Riverine Grazier.

(C grade) is strong this comp with the new team Bidgee Motor Inn of Carol and Issobel Huggins going down to the Hay Newsagency with other winners being IGA and Walgrove.

 Mens

Round two was competed last week with a total of 14 teams competing in (A) and (B) grade.

Defending (A)grade champions Wyvern had a 6/2 6/1 win over Walgrove with new team Hills Corner Store  of Dylan Lund and Stu Callaghan winning 6/5 6/4 over Hay Shire.

In (B) grade last seasons (C)grade premiers IGA comprising Eddie and Digby Lilburne made a dream start with a 6/3 6/5 victory over the experienced Nicolas Royal team, while the Murphys Clothing team of Kate and Jake Murphy continue to lead the grade with their 6/5 6/2 win with other winners being AndEarth and 92 Computing.

 Midweek

Tuesday Morning tennis has now resumed with both Tuesday and Wednesdays starting at 10 am

 Juniors

Sixteen players will contest the Medibank Griffith No2 tourney with the bus departing  on Sunday at 10 mins to 7 with the tourney starting at 8.30am. The following Sunday the Tumut tourney will be held but it is unlikely Hay will have players due to the distance involved and instead will conduct the regular local Sunday morning tennis. On Mothers Day a total of 40 players enjoyed the activities in the three sessions with some good shots going to Renee Wall, Sarvesh Partiban and Ruby Stewart

The Friday afternoon competition resumed with a new starting time operating and three grades formed involving 16 players. The top grade saw Pacey Marks and Jordan Woods doing battle , the High School group Lilly Tassell and Emmerson Hedt the winners and the younger group who played doubles and singles with Tommy Christensen champion and Kenny Hargraeves and Richard Weymouth also going well.

 Weekly Awards

The Foodworks award went to Ruby Stewart for her Monday night womens and Sunday morning play and the Crightons Rural award to Jenson Hargraeves for his Friday afternoon and Sunday morning play

Mens Tennis Finals Top Standard 

The top three grades of the delayed Mens Tennis Competition were completed during the week with a high standard witnessed.

Wyvern comprising Scott Dixon and Peter Lawrence the (A)grade ladder leaders who did not drop a set throughout the competition beat the defending champions 2HayFM Peter Marks and Catherine Britt 6/2 6/3. The (B)grade final went down to a tiebreaker decider when the Lugsdin Toyota team of Tom Lugsdin and Stephen Sharp beat the Bindari team of Bede Schiller and Tom Porter winning the decider 7points to 3. Again it couldnt be any tougher when the (C)grade final went to the IGA team of Eddie and Digby Lilburne 6/4 5/6 and tie breaker 7/3 against the Wooloondool team of Nick and Herbert Maynard

Also on the same night the new competition commenced with a very good entry for (A) and (B)grades There were no entries received for (C) grade and the young (D)graders will play again in the warmer months. The duration of the competition will now be extended to cater for the number of teams  The best of these matches saw the 92Computing team of Damon Slattery and Paul Pless after losing the first set came home to win the second and match against the Services Club team of Paula Comb and Peter Davies. Similarly the Hay Shire team of Allen Dwyer and Warren Hunt did this against the Walgrove team. 

Womens

This competition will also be extended due to the large entry received at this time of the year with the singles now being played immediately after the school holidays. The opening round commences this week with 23 teams playing. 

Juniors

The first week of the Friday afternoon competion was cancelled due to the weather and will now be played this week with Sunday morning on this week as well. The updated junior program is now available.

Entries for the Griffith tourney to be played on May 18 should be finalised to Stuart this weekend with bus bookings to Tony

Apr 30

Tennis Doubles Competitions 

The short duration mens teams doubles competition commences this week with the womens commencing Monday 5th May. Following the completion of these competitions the Annual Singles will be held and squeezed in before the next school holidays.

Mens entries close Tues 29th with the draw available on the 30th with many teams receiving byes this week. Also on the same night will see the three delayed finals in (A) (B) and (C) grade of the last competition postponed due to inclement weather. The (D)grade was completed in the school holidays and was won by the Rivpoly team of Richard Weymouth and Bohden Learmonth.

                                (note for Donna- Rivpoly team photo of Bohden Learmonth and Richard Weymouth forwarded separately)

Womens entries close 1st May with the draw available 2nd May.

Midweek

Wednesday morning tennis continues each week at 10am with last weeks winner going to Tony Callaghan 

Juniors

The Friday afternoon junior competition in three grades restarts this week at the new time of 4.30 pm to 5.45 pm with entries taken at the courts by 4.25 to be included in the draw.

Another good attendance was at Sunday Morning sessions with some good play noted by Joseph Wilson and Talia McPhellamy with these players gaining the Foodworks and Crightons Rural weekly awards. There is no play this week due to the annual ICPA day

A bus has been organised again for the Griffith No.(2) Medibank tiourney to be held Sunday May 18th with bus names and deposits to Tony to ensure a seat 

ICPA

The annual tennis day will be held on Sunday. Thanks to those people who have spent many hours in getting the clay courts back into shape.

 

 

Western Riverina Tennis Zone Junior team narrowly beaten

The Annual Riverina Junior tennis competition between the four zones was recently held this year in Wagga and for the first time since this challenge began five years ago the Western Zone contained Hay players with the majority of the team coming from the Griffith district. Hay had five players selected from their performances in the Medibank Junior series results. The Wagga Zone won this years event with the Albury zone a close second and the Griffith zone a close third with very little difference between teams. Organisers advised that the five Hay players playing various age groups all had good results.

A mini tourney was held in Hay on Easter Thursday and contained 18 players playing three grades. Winners of the boys doubles went to Josh Hill and Jordan Woods with Maggie Biggs winning the girls round robin closely followed by a second place tie between Issy Tumolero and Hannah Stewart. The Boys singles was a three way tie among Herbert Maynard, Pacey Marks and Lucha Tumolero. The mens competition (D)grade was finalised with the last round matches going again down to the doubles deciders. The RivPoly team of Bohden Learmonth and Tom Davies substituting for Richard Weymouth won the all important doubles and match against the O' Briens Fertilisers to win the (D)grade being on top of the ladder. In second spot was the Hills Corner Store team of Rowan Hill and Lucha Tumolero who won the doubles decider over Dwyers Bus Services 

New Night Competitions

The short  mens teams competition to go for five weeks will commence Wed 30th April. The Annual singles will then commence in June. Entries are currently being taken online or contact Tony. Similarly the womens competition will commence on Monday 6th May 

Note for Donna -Western Riverina team back- Immogen Molloy and hannah Stewart

                                                       middle-Kenny and Jensen Hargraeves

 photo coming                                                       front  -   Richard Weymouth

 

Womens Tennis Finals Down to Tiebreakers

Three of the four womens tennis finals recently contested went down to tie breaker deciders. In (A)grade the Hay Services team of Jess Weeks and Samantha Newnham beat the defending champions Hay Tourist Office Jasmine Gregory and Heidi Stephens 6/5 1/6 and then the decider 9points to 7 points after sets were one each.In (B) grade the Murphys Clothing team of Harriett Lugsdin and Kate Murphy went from strength to strength each week and in the final they were too strong for the O'Briens Fertilisers team of Yvonne Mack and Teresa Mirabelli 6/0 6/4. The (B)Reserve final was also a thrilling finish again after one set each with the Nicolas Royal team of Jan Zambon and Lynne Murphy holding on after narrowly losing the second set 6/5 after winning the first 6/1 to take the tiebreaker decider 7points to 5 against the Meggs Grain Handlers of Maggie Biggs and Grace Christensen. The (C)grade was a marathon 5/6 6/5 on the center court with the Pynors Accountants team of Emily and Holly Headon winning the tiebreaker 7points to 2 over the Dwyers Bus team of Zoe Biggs and Chloe Slattery. There were a number of play off matches completed with also some great tennis witnessed.

 Mens

Due to the inclement weather the mens tennis was called off with the three mens finals now scheduled for 7pm on Wed 30th.

 Midweek

Wednesday morning tennis continues at 10am

 New Competitions

New mens and womens night teams doubles competitions will start on Wed 30th April and Mon 6th May to run for only 4/5 weeks with the Annual singles to commence in June. Entries are being taken online or contact Tony

 Juniors

A mini tourney in three grades will be held this Thurs at 11am. This will be held in conjunction with last weeks postponed Wed night (D)grade  comprising the four junior teams to also play at this time. Players participating in the mini tournament must be of a sufficient standard to play with the green or normal balls on full court and able to score. Players must register at the courts by 11am  and a sausage sizzle will follow about 1pm

 

 

 

Tennis Finals this week

 

Both the mens and womens night competition finals are scheduled to be completed this week with entries already being taken for another short competition to commence after the school holidays. The annual singles titles will then be held. Reports last weekare as follows-- 

Womens

There were two good semi final (A)grade matches with the Hay Services team lead by Jess Weeks beating the Hydes Building of Katie Sherman and Rebecca Tumolero 6/5 6/5 while the unbeaten Hay Tourist Office team had a 6/2 6/4 win against the Elders team of Leanne Comb and Julie Lawrence.

In (B)grade the O'Briens Fertilisers team lead by Yvonne Mack finished on top of the ladder with a 6/2 6/2 win against the Bishops Lodge however two teams finished equal second after playing each other with the Murphys Clothing team prevailing over Booroorbans Jill Chapman and Sue Clancy with a 5/6 6/4 scoreline to make the final on averages.

Anthony Hydes Plumbing team lead by Lindy Stewart also narrowly lost a finals berth after its win of 6/5 6/1 against Sportsfirst.

In (B Res) the Nicolas Royal did a form reversal from the previous week to beat the Riverine Grazier this time in a strong win in a semi final

In (C)grade the Dwyers Bus team and Pynors Accountants will contest the final with both teams having identical score wins against the Hay Newsagency and the AndEarth teams. The Hay Jewellers team of Cas Tidey and Ruby Barnes came in third spot with a 6/3 6/5 win over the Hubs Terrie Palmer and Jamillah Pynor. 

Mens

The defending champions 2HayFM Peter Marks and Catherine Britt after trailing 5/0 in their tie breaker decider against Booroorbans Geoff Chapman and Ben Finch came home to win the breaker 9/7 after sets were one each. They will play the unbeaten Wyvern team of Scott Dixon and Peter Lawrence who won their semi 6/2 6/3 against the Nicolas Royal

The (B)grade ladder was so close that averages had to determine second spot with the Lugsdin Toyota team finishing on top by half a point. The Bindari team had the best average following its big 6/1 6/1 win against AndEarth while the 92 Computing team of Paul Pless and Damon Slattery despite beating Hay Services team 4points to 2 (5/6 6/2) misses the final.

(C)grade semi finals were held with the Digby and Eddie Lilburne IGA team too good for Biggs Bobcat Hire -Mark and Maggie Biggs 6/2 6/3 while a good close match saw the Wooloondool team of Nick and Herbert Maynard beat the Meggs Grain Handlers team of Brett Hargraeves and Corey Poole. In (D) grade for the third consecutive week both matches went down to doubles deciders with the Hills Corner Store team of Lucha Tumoplero and Rowan Hill winning 4/0 over O'Briens Fertilisers and the RivPoly team of Richard Weymouyh and Bohden Learmonth winning 4/1 over Dwyers 

Juniors

There was another good roll up at Sunday morning juniors tennis in perfect weather. Sunday morning has been suspended now for two weeks  to restart on 27th April. The Friday afternoon junior competition will recommence when school resumes at the new time of 4.30pm to 5.45pm 

Mid Week morning tennis

Tuesday morning tennis now has been suspended now until further advised but Wednesday morning continues each week from 10am to 11.30am

 

 

 Deniliquin Junior Tennis Match Success

Fifty four players participated in a junior social tennis match Hay versus Deniliquin at the magnificent Deniliquin grass court complex played on Sunday morning. The Deniliquin Club provided great hospitality which included a sausage sizzle as well as morning tea for the Hay team and supporters.Hay won the inaugural match and already plans are underway to have another this year due to the closeness of Deniliquin being a better option than travelling long distances to tourneys and it was pleasant to play doubles as well as singles. Hay were the winners on the day. Some nice shots were witnesssed by Kate Pingaro, Ruby Hurst and Ruby Stewart while in the boys Tom Davies. Digby Lilburne and Tobye Deaton played  some good points. Deniliquin hold an Easter tourney with entry forms at the clubhouse.

The Hay players will now look to the Griffith No 1 Medibank Singles tournament to be held shortly on Sunday 30th March with names now to Stuart. A better attendance was at the Friday afternoon competition again held in three grades with players needing to register by 5.30pm. Sunday morning resumes on Sunday in three sessions. 

Womens Competition

The Hay Tourist Office and Hay Services teams both had good wins in (A) grade last week with both teams only conceding 3 games In (B) grade the Boorooban team last week comprising Liz Hicks and Sue Clancy has snuck into the lead by one point ahead of O'Briens Fertilisers following its 6/3 6/3 win over Bishops Lodge while the other match was a marathon draw 6/5 5/6 between Hydes Plumbing and Murphys Clothing. In (B Res) the Nicolas Royal team has hit the lead by one point after its maximum points win over Meggs Grain Handling. The Foodworks team after losing the first set to the Riverine Grazier came home strongly to take the second set and match 4 points to 2, The other match was drawn 6/1 1/6 between Hills Corner store and Bidgee Motor Inn. In (C)grade the DYs Bus Service team of Chloe Slattery and Zoe Biggs still lead by one point with a 6/3 6/2 win against the AndEarth team of Sophie and Jeanine Cox. Other winners were The Hub and Hay Jewellers 

Mens Competition

The Wyvern team last week comprising Scott Dixon and Anthony Slattery has moved ahead in the (A)grade field following its 6/4 6/4 win against the Radio 2 Hay FM team. Other winners were the Nicolas Royal and Booroorban. Lugsdin Toyota narrowly lead the (B) grade from Bindari with both teams gaining maximum poits over The Services and Japps teams. The 92 Computing team of Paul Pless and Damon Slattery has gone to third spot with a 6/4 6/3 win against Benduck. The closest (C)grade match was the Maynards Wooloondool teams 6/3 6/4 win over the Biggs Bobcat Hire team with other wins going to Meggs Grain Handling, IGA and Murphys Clothing. There was a general bye in (D)grade . 

 Player of Week Awards

The Foodworks and Crightons Rural Awards this week went to Herbert Maynard and Digby Lilburne for not only their play at Deniliquin but also their wins in the Wednesday night mens competition

 

 

 31Mar                                                                                                                                                                                

Hay Junior tennis players selected in Western Riverina team

 

Following the Griffith No1 Medibank tourney held on Sunday with 16 Hay players participating, the team to represent Western Riverina to play Eastern Riverina in Wagga on Sunday was announced with 4 Hay players selected. Richard Weymouth and Kenny Hargraeves will play in the 11yrs and under boys section while Hannah Stewart and Immogen Molloy will play in the 13 and under girls section. Jensen Hargraeves and Daniel Stewart have been listed as reserves. This is the first time Hay players have made this team since this annual event commenced some years ago.

Richard Weymouth played brilliant tennis in Griffith to lose the final in a tiebreaker decider with the Hargraeves boys reaching the semi finals of the 11yrs boys.  Hannah Stewart reached the 13yrs girls semi with Dylan Lund going well in the 15yrs boys.  All players performed well  with Holly Headon playing her first Medibank tourney. The next Medibank tourney organised for Hay players to attend is the Griffith No2 on May18

There was a good roll up at Friday afternoon junior tennis with three grades of doubles organised and it was interesting to note judging by the standard of play, there is another six players just about ready to compete the Medibank Tourneys 11 yrs events. Fridays play is suspended from 4th April (HPS fete) until further notice for resumption date.

Sunday morning play is on the weekend. 

Tennis NSW held a successful nearly three hours session on the weekend introducing the Hot Shots program to 10 participants learning the basics of coaching and implementing programs. 

The Womens and Mens night competitions have reached the semi final stage with last weeks matches reported as follows. 

Womens

 The important match in (A)grade to determine a semi final position was the Phillip Hydes Building team of Katie Sherman and Rebecca Tumolero win of 6/1 6/2 over the Japps team of Lani Houston and Hannah Stewart with the other win going to the Services Club team. (B)grade will play an additional round this week and then proceed to a final between the top two teams with only 3 points separating the top four. Booroorbans Jill Chapman and Sue Clancy edged back into the lead following a 6/4 5/6 win over the former leaders O'Briens Fertilisers. Murphys Clothing had a tough 6/4 6/2 win over the Sportfirst team of Danielle Christensen and Jayne Rutledge while the Hydes Plumbing team gained maximum points with a close 6/1 6/5 effort against Bishops Lodges Kerry Mijok and Jo Davies.  In (B Res) the Hills Corner Store team of Melissa Hill and Cathy Millyard despite beating Foodworks Georgia Booth and Ruby Stewart 3/6 6/1 failed to make the semi finals by a half point to the Riverine Grazier team of Liz Moorehouse and Tertia Butcher who beat the unbeaten Nicolas Royal 5/6 6/2. The Bidgee Motor Inn team of Chloe Weeks and Bianca Goulding also narrowly missed a semi spot with a 2/6 6/2 draw against Meggs Grain. (C)grade will also play another round before a final is scheduled next week with any six teams with a finals chance. Only the IGA  missed a finals spot following its 6/5 6/4 loss to the Pynors Accountants Holly and Emily Headon  Dwyers Bus still lead the grade following its 6/3 4/6 win over the Hubs Terrie Palmer and Jamillah Pynor while the Hay Newsagency beat AndEarth 6/3 6/3 

Mens

 (A) and (C) grade have advanced to the semis stage with the Nicolas Royal team in (A) grade edging out Walgrove on averages after points were even to determine 4th spot. The Walgrove team of Andrew Davies and Samantha Newnham had a maximum points win against Hay Shires Allen Dwyer and Travis Cunningham 6/2 6/3  however the Nicolas Royal had a 4points to 2 victory over the premiers 2 Hay FM team of Catherine Britt and Peter Marks. Wyvern continue their unbeaten run with a win against Booroorban . In (B)grade the defending champions Lugsdin Toyota had another tough 6/4 6/5 win over Benducks Bluey and Rachel Pearson while the 92 Computing team of Paul Pless and Damon Slattery has moved into second spot following its 6/3 6/3 win against Japps last week comprising Ian Auldist and Cheryl Hurst. Hay Services had a good 6/4 6/4 win against AndEarth The pick of the (C) grade quarter finals was the Wooloondool teams win of 6/2 6/4 against Murphys Clothing comprising Jordon Woods and Pacey Marks. (D)grade saw the Hills Corner store beat Riv Poly when it came down to the doubles decider won by Herbie Maynard and Lucha Tumolero with the other match a draw between Dwyers Bus and O'Briens Fertilisers with singles wins to Kenny Hargraeves and Daniel Stewart. 

Weekly Awards

The Foodworks and Crightons weekly awards this week go to the four juniors selected in the western Riverina junior team being Richard Weymouth, Kenny

 

 

 Tennis NSW will be at the courts on Saturday to conduct a tennis Hot Shots 2 hour course. It is ideal for club volunteers, parents and tennis enthusiasts of any age where participants learn to conduct basic tennis activities for 4 - 12 year olds. The free course commences at 11.30am with registration forms available from Tony Callaghan.

On Sunday Griffith will hold the first of its Medibank singles tourneys with Stuart needing to finalise entries on Wednesday night. Bus and car transport is available. There will be no local tennis on Sunday with the best in this weeks play going to Jayde Shea, Renee Wall, and in the second group to Mikaela Hurst and Ralph Robson, with session three to Dylan Lund and Sara Molloy.

Friday afternoons good shots went to Gemma Tassell, Molly Christenson, Darcy Cullenward and Darcy Hedt

Midweek Morning Tennis

The Tuesday and Wednesdays 10am morning sessions will continue this week 

Monday Womens 

In (A)grade the leaders clashed with the Tourist Office team of Jasmine Gregory and Heidi Stephens winning 6/2 6/2 against the Hay Services team and despite the Elders team going down to the Philip Hydes Building team comprising Katie Sherman and Cheryl Hurst 6/1 6/3, Elders still remain in third spot. The O'Briens Fertilisers team last week comprising Ruby Stewart and Yvonne Mack is the new leader in (B)grade following its maximum points win over Sportfirst. Booroorban is in second spot by half a point following its 6/5 5/6 draw with the Anthony Hydes Plumbing team. The Nicolas Royal motel team of Jan Zambon and Lynn Murphy goes from strength to strength this time too strong for the Foodworks team winning 6/0 6/3. The Meggs Grain Handling team of Maggie Biggs and Grace Christenson has moved into third spot with a 6/2 6/5 victory against the Hills Corner Store team. The Bidgee Motor Inn team had a good 4/6 6/2 win against the Riverine Grazier. Only 4 points separate the seven teams in (C) grade with the Dwyers Bus Service team still leading. The Pynors team of Lisa and Holly Headon had a good 6/5 6/2 win over the Hay Jewellers team, while the other two matches were drawn both with identical scores 6/4 4/6 between Hay Newsagency, The Hub, IGA, as well as AndEarth  

Mens comp

The (C) grade has moved to the quarter final stage with the draw currently being updated with the Lilburnes IGA  now favorites after its good win over Wooloondool last week and will receive a bye this week. The defending (B) grade champions Lugsdin Toyota went down to the experienced Bindari team of Bede Schiller and Tom Porter 3/6 6/5. 92Computing continues its good form with a 6/4 6/3 win while the other (B)grade result saw the Hay Services team win by a similar margin over the Japps team. In (A) grade the Wyvern team remains unbeaten following its strong win against Walgrove. Radio 2Hay FM  has now moved into second spot with a good 6/3 6/4 win over Hay Shire comprising Warren Hunt and Travis Cunningham. Booroorban slipped out of this position following its 6/5 6/3 loss to the Nicolas Royals Mark Littlebury and David Toohey. It all came down to the doubles deciders in (D) grade with the Hills Corner Store team of Rowan Hill and Herbie Maynard winning 4/1 against Dwyers Bus and the Riv Poly team of Bohden Learmonth and Richard Weymouth winning 4/2 against the O'Briens Fertilisers 

Player of week awards

Mikaela Hurst takes out this weeks Foodworks award for her good first appearance in the Monday night womens comp with her mum Louise and for her very good play at Sunday morning juniors while Dylan Lund wins the Crightons award for his underfeated Wednesday mens play as well as a good result in Sunday morning juniors.

 

 

 

 

 

Good Autumn Tennis Weather

 

Good atmosphere and weather are currently being enjoyed in the night competitions as well as at all tennis activities currently being held. 

Womens

The closest match in last weeks round 2, was the drawn (C)grade match between Sue and Tyler Clancys Hay Newsagency teams 6/3 3/6 result against the IGA team of Sue Parslow and Anna Lilburne. (A)grade wins went very closely to Hay Tourist Office and Hay Services Club. In (B)grade Booroorban had a strong win while the competition leaders O'Briens Fertilisers won 6/3 6/4

In (B Res) wins went to Nicolas Royal, Meggs Grain Handling and Foodworks. In (C)grade the AndEarth team of Louise Hurst and Janine Cox made a fine debut with a 6/2 6/3 win over The Hub while Dwyers Bus consisting of Zoe Biggs and Chloe Slattery won a tough3/6 6/2 match against the Hay Jewellers. 

Mens

Strong wins in (A)grade went to the Booroorban and Wyvern teams while the defending champions Radio 2Hay Fm had a good entertaining win 5/6 6/3 over Walgrove.

In (B)grade the Hay Services team of Peter Davies and Paula Comb opened their account with a good 6/1 6/3 win against the Benduck team comprising Leon Booth and Rachel Pearson, while  the premiers Lugsdin Toyota had a 6/2 6/2 win. 92Computing containing Paul Pless and Damon Slattery came back from losing the first set 6/1 to win the second 6/1 against Bindari.

In (C) grade youngsters Pacey Marks and Jordan Woods for Murphys Clothing Company won 6/4 6/3. The Wooloondool team of Nick and Herbert Maynard had an unusual score win of 6/0 1/6 against the Bidgee Motor Inn. The IGA team of Digby and Eddie Lilburne opened thyeir season with a 6/3 6/1 win against Biggs Bobcat Hire while the Meggs team comprising Dylan Lund and Corey Poole remain unbeaten following their 6/3 6/5 victory over Foodworks. In (D)grade the Riv Poly team of Richard Weymouth and Bohden Learmonth won an all important doubles set 4/3 against Dwyers Bus to win the match and take the competition lead. The other team winner was O'Briens Fertilisers 

Saturday Tennis

Weekly Saturday afternoon social tennis for adults commenced on the weekend with a good mix requiring two courts for nearly two hours. The activity is being organised by Mark Littlebury with the Nicolas Royal motel sponsoring new balls each week. Mark is a professional coach having spent many years coaching overseas in Austria and Germany and will bring plenty of experience and good advice to the courts. The members weekly fee for men and women is $5 with enquiries to Mark on 69931603 

Midweek

The Tuesday and Wednesday morning sessions resumed last week with play starting at 10am for one and a half hours duration. 

Juniors

The Friday afternoon competition commenced last week with only a small number participating for the opener but still requiring three divisions. Players performing well were Luke Lugsdin, Grace Weymouth, Abby Jean Doyle and Tom Christensen.

In contrast to numbers the Sunday Morning sessions attracted over 60 players however there is no play this weekend due to the Deniliquin match. Thirty players will travel on Sunday to play a social junior match comprising singles and doubles at the Deniliquin grass courts starting at 10am for three hours play. The bus departs from the Services Club at 8am

Good luck to Jamilah Pynor and Delilah Crighton of the Hay Public School contesting the final Riverina Selection trials in Griffith this week having qualified by their performance at the south/west Riverina selection trials tourney with Emily Headon missing out by one game. The first time in many years the Hay school has had reps to this stage.

Also the High School has entered boys and girls teams this year to contest its zone section in the Riverina knockout. Hays last successful boys team in reaching the Riverina semis was some 20 years ago led by Stuart Callaghan however a girls team in 2010 comprising Kate and Sophie Stephens, Sam Oliver and Bronwyn Hicks made the semis. This year particularly the girls team should perform well if judging by local competition play and Medibank junior tourney results. Good luck to the teams. 

Weekly Awards

The Crightons Rural award this week goes to Yvonne Mack for not only her performance in the Monday night comp but also her good play on the Tuesday and Wednesday mornings while the Foodworks award goes to Geoff Chapman for his Wednesday night comp win and good results at the Saturday social

 

Mar 17

 

Good start to night tennis 

The night competitions started last week for both mens and womens with reports as follows- Womens

Six of the nine matches scheduled on the night resulted in one set each to mark the closeness of the standard. In (A)grade the Hay Tourist Office team with Heidi Stephens replacing sister Sophie and combining with Jasmine Gregory had the strongest win of the night in beating the last seasons B grade premiers P.Hydes Building, while the new Japps combination  narrowly went down to the Elders team of  Leanne Comb and Julie Lawrence 4pts to 3. In (B) grade the Sportfirst team of Danielle Christensen and Jayne Rutledge made a good debut with a 4pts to 2 win over Bishops Lodge while the Murphys newcomers just lost to the consistent O'Briens Fertilisers team of Teresa Mirabelli and Yvonne Mack 4 pts to 3. In (B Reserve) the closest match of the night was a 6/5 5/6 result between the Riverine Grazier and Hills Corner Store teams, while the Foodworks team of Georgia Booth and Hannah Mc Gufficke beat the talented Meggs team 6/4 6/5. The out of retirement Nicholas Royal team of Jan Zambon and Lynn Murphy had a great 6/5 6/4 win against the Bidgee Motor Inn team. (C)grade produced some strong tennis with the Dwyers Bus team of Chloe Slattery and Zoe Biggs winning 4pts to 2 against Pynors and the Hay Jewellers team of Cas Tidey and Ruby Barnes getting there with a 6/2 6/4 win against IGA 

Men

A big entry entailing 12 matches on the night makes it necessary for all players to commence matches on time. The very young players (D) grade commenced, with the Dwyers Bus team of Jensen and Kenny Hargreaves winning both their singles as well as their doubles to gain the maximum 5 points against O.Briens Fertilisers while the Riv Poly team won 4points to 1 despite Richard Weymouth going down to Lucha Tumolero 4/2. New teams in (C)grade made good impressions with Vince Lewis and Peter Macy for Foodworks winning 4pts to 2, the Meggs team of Dylan Lund and Corey Poole winning 6/4 6/1 and the Biggs Bobcat Hire team of Maggie and Mark Biggs prevailing 6/2 6/5. In (B) grade the AndEarth team of Greg Stewart and Donna Wade won a marathon 6/5 6/3 against the Japps Pharmacy team while the Bindari team of Francis O.Brien and Tom Porter hung on to win 6/4 6/5 The (B)grade premiers Lugsdin Toyota team of Tom Lugsdin and Stephen Sharp had a 4 pts to 2 victory over 92 computing. A number of new players have joined (A) grade with the defending champions Radio 2Hay FM Peter Marks and Catherine Britt coming from behind to win 4 points to 2 over Booroorban.The Wyvern team of Scott Dickson  and Peter Lawrence had a strong win against the Hay Shire, while the Walgrove team with Warren Hunt subbing had a great match against the new look Nicolas Royal team 

Midweek

THe Tuesday and Wednesday morning tennis will resume this week with the starting time of 10am with all players welcome 

Juniors

This week we expect to finalise our team for the match against Deniliquin to be played there on Sunday morning 16th march. We are waiting on information regarding numbers and ages. Stuart is currently taking names

On Sunday morning tennis there was a huge number of players attending the three sessions and a special thanks goes to those people assisting.

The first of the Griffith Medibank singles tourneys will be played Sunday 30th March 

Player of week awards

Congratulations to the Foodworks and Crightons Rural awards this week to Jan Zambon and Lani Houston both returning to Monday night competition and both playing well.

 

Night Tennis commences this week

The Monday Womens (24) teams and Wednesday mens (25) night competitions commence this week. For the very first time the mens numbers were higher than the womens but this was due to the bottom mens grade comprising some very young boys as well as a number of females playing  the mens night. Its nice to see some new faces and we extend a warm welcome to these players.Members and non members weekly fees remain the same . Matches commence from 6.00 with some starting as late as 7.45.

Juniors  - Twenty Hay juniors played the West Wyalong Medibank Junior tourney on Sunday and all were very impressed with the facilities and organisation of the tourney. Hannah Stewart reached the final of the 13yrs girls with Immogen Molloy reaching the semi finals of this event. Richard Weymouth playing his first tourney made the semis of the 11 boys singles. Other players participating for the first time  and performing well were Chloe Weeks, Jordan Woods, Kenny and Jenson Hargraeves, Bohden Learmonth and Tobye Deaton

A Hay team will travel to Deniliquin for a Sunday morning match in singles and doubles on March 16. If anyone is interested they are to advise Stuart. At this stage we are waiting on numbers and ages advice,

Sunday morning tennis resumes this week with the Friday afternoon competition commencing 7th March

Weekly Awards

The Foodworks and Crightons rural awards this week went to Hannah Stewart and Richard Weymouth for their perfomances at West Wyalong

 Hay players perform well at Shepparton

 The Hay Tennis Club had two mens teams entered in the annual Victorian country week tennis titles this year played in Shepparton and surrounding towns.Again there was a huge entry of 1200 players representing hundreds of mens and womens teams from towns and cities throughout Victoria with some Southern NSW towns included.The Hay (B) grade team consisted of Ben Finch, Peter Marks, Andrew Cronin, Gavin Mather and Peter Lawrence and won four of their eight matches played over 4 days. The team narrowly failed to make the Semi finals  and this was a great effort against strong opposition.The Hay (C1)grade team comprised Derek Mc Farland, Anthony Slattery, Allen Dwyer and Greg Stewart and included Andrew Davies who made a special one match appearance when the team had a win over Leongatha. The team also lost two others going down to the wire.The event was again very successful and enjoyed by all with next years venue to be at Swan Hill and already the Hay players arev organising teams and accommodation.

  Night Competitions

The Monday night Womens competition will commence 24th Feb with the draw appearing on the clubs website this week.The entries list is also currently displayed

The mens night competition will commence Wednesday 26th.

 Juniors

 A large contingent of juniors will travel to West Wyalong on Sunday for a Medibank junior tourney with the Dwyers Bus Company assisting the players with sponsorship. Griffith will hold two of these tourneys throughout the year where plans are in place for Hay players to attend, and Narrandera also will host one.Hay will play a social match of singles and doubles against a Deniliquin team in March.There was a big number of players attending the three sessions on sunday morning tennis with a reminder that no tennis will be on Sunday with Stuart in West Wyalong. The full junior programe is on the noticeboard and on the clubs web

 Mid Week

Tuesday and Wednesday morning tennis will resume in March

 

Feb 10

Starting date change for night tennis

 It has been necessary to extend the week starting date for the forthcoming womens and mens night competitions to now start from the 24th Feb with entries closing on the 16th. Hopefully the weather then will be more pleasant and already there has been a good number of entries received. The night competitions are also open to all junior players who are of sufficient standard to play at least (C)grade.

 Juniors

West Wyalong will hold its Medibank junior singles tournament on Sunday Feb. 23 with entries closing on Sunday 16th with Stuart Callaghan with a deposit  required if travelling by bus.On Sunday morning March 9th or 16th, Hay will play a match in Deniliquin involving both singles and doubles. THe Griffith tourney is on 30th Mar.Good luck to Emily Headon, Jamilah Pynor, Delilah Crighton and Herbert Maynard representing the Hay Public School to contest the Riverina trials in DeniliquinThis weeks Foodworks awards went to Cooper Learmonth and Sienna Lund for their good play in the 9am group on Sunday morning play and to Myla Bissett, Bohden Learmonth and Richard Weymouth gaining the Crightons Rural awards for the 10am group. The 11am group was cancelled due to the heat.

 Mid Week

At this stage Tuesday and Wednesday morning tennis will resume in March

Jan 30

2014 Medibank Junior Tennis Programe finalised

Tennis NSW has finalised the junior tennis program for the year with details to be placed on the clubs website.Hay organisers will take a contingent of players to West Wyalong this year to contest their singles tourney on the 23rd Feb with Griffith being held 30th March. A match against the Deniliquin Club is hoping to be organised.Sixty players attended the Clubs number (3) camp in hot conditions during the week.Group winners in the tourney play were Ben Clarke, Mia Porter, Sophie Curtis, Daniel and Hannah Stewart while the runners up were Bailey Caughey, Jimmy Houston, Joe Prochilo, Emily Headon and Pacey MarksAnother good number attended the Sunday morning activities again in hot weather.

 Night Competitions

The mens and womens night competitions commence from 17th Feb with entries currently being taken

 Victorian Country week

This years titles will be held in Shepparton with Hay again fielding mens teams after having success in previous years  at Wodonga and Swan Hill. Further details will follow

 

Jan 23   Tennis Camps well attended 

The third and final school holiday junior tennis camp for the three days is being held this week from 27th to 29th January.Camp number two had a good number of 45 of all ages attending with results as follows

Group 1 winner and runner up Dylan Lund and Pacey Marks, group 2 Jordan Woods and Delilah Crighton, group 3 Olivia Joyce and Will Rutledge and group 4 Lilly Huggins and Ryan Curtis

Other players with some good play were Kenny Hargraeves,Daniel Stewart Joe Wilson Sara Molloy and Trystan Darlow.

Sunday morning tennis also continues each week in the three sessions.

Night Comps

Entries for the forthcoming womens and mens night competitions are now being taken online to commence February 17th

 

 

Jan 16 Junior Tennis continues through holidays

The first of the school holiday tennis camps was held with a good attendance resulting in additional assistance. The improvement was noted by all players and those playing for their first time really went well.

The camp (2) will be held January 20,21,22. again from 8.30am to 11am for all groups with enquiries to Stuart. Camp (3) is on Jan 27,28,29.

Meanwhile Sunday morning groups continue this week at the regular times of 9,10 and 11am with play not being held on the 12th January 

Night competitions for the Monday Womens and Wednesday Mens will commence in February --- details will follow.

 

 

Sunday Junior Results

 

There was another good attendance at the three sessions of junior tennis on Sunday. Some nice shots in the 9am session were noted by Danielle Marks and Brock Blayden. The 10am orange ball three quarter  court winner was Telesa Cooper and runner up Vanessa Kennedy with a good performance in the other group going to Ralph Robson. The 11am top division marks went to Sara Molloy and Dylan Lund while the other division winner was Jordan Woods and runner up Bohden Learmonth. 

January Camps

Camp number two is being held this week with results to be published next week. Camp number three is scheduled 27 28 29 Jan 

Night competitions

The monday womens and wednesday mens night competitions will commence from Feb 17th. Entries can now be made on the clubs website 

Weekly Awards

The Foodworks weekly awards went to Jordan Woods and Bohden Learmonth while Telesa Cooper and Vanessa Kennedy took out the Crightons Rural awards due to their tournament results on Sunday.

 

 

 

 

Following good numbers attending Sunday Morning tennis today in the three sessions, it will continue throughout January with the exception of Jan 12th when Stuart will be attending the Australian Open.Sessions will continue at 9am,10am and 11am. Some nice shots in todays 9am session were noted by Danielle Marks and Brock Blayden, the 10am session winner and runner up  being Sophie Curtis and Myla Bissett with the 11am session winners being Hannah Stewart and Jordan Woods

Friday afternoon junior tennis will resume in February when school resumes.

The first of the school holiday coaching camps will commence on 6th January with enquiries to Stuart.

 

Monday and Wednesday night womens and mens teams competitions will also commence in February.

January Junior Tennis camps

 Junior Tennis will continue on Sunday mornings (if not too hot) in December however the Friday afternoon junior play has now finished for the year the last of the Fridays play being cancelled on Fri 20th due to the temperature. There will be three, three morning day coaching camps for all ages the first commencing on January  6th with enquiries to Stuart Callaghan

Well done to the Curtis family of Hay who were part of the new world record of the largest gathering of people hitting tennis balls this time in the main street of Parkes with former Hayites James and Teanu Dolbel as part of the organisation.

ON 6th Jan  Tennis Hotshots will be holding the kids day at the Sydney International tennis tourney and a week later it will be held in Melboune at the Australian Open with Kim Curtis happy to give advice on the event.

 New night competitions in mens and womens will commence in February.

 The tennis club thanks the Riverine Grazier for its wonderful assistance throughout the year and wishes all a merry christmas and a happy new year.

 The 2014 Hay Tennis Club Calendar is now available at its advertisers outlets.

 The weekly Foodworks and Crightons Rural Awards went to  Allen Dwyer, Pacey Marks and Delilah Crighton for being the recipients of the Annual Tennis Club awards

 SPECIAL NOTE TO FRIDAY JUNIORS---------------FRIDAY JUNIOR TENNIS 20th DECEMBER------ CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER
 

Night Tennis Competition finals held

Both the Mens and Womens competion finals were completed during the week. 

The Biggs Bobcat Hire team of Hannah Stewart and Maggie Biggs took out the Womens (B Reserve) final gainst the Riv Poly team last week comprising Danielle Christensen and daughter Grace the score being 6/0 5/6 and tie breaker decider (7/3)  while the Foodworks team consisting of Tori Oliver and Cherokee Dixon in this match  beat the top of the ladder team Bidgee Motor Inn (Bianca Goulding and Chloe Weeks) in the (C Grade ) final the score being 6/0 6/5. Earlier Elders and Hay Newsagency won the (A) and (B) grade finals. 

In the Mens competition the (A) grade final was won by the Radio 2Hay FM team of Peter Marks and Catherine Britt 6/2 6/1 against the Hay Services team comprising Ben Finch and Cheryl Hurst. The Lugsdin Toyota team of Tom Lugsdin and Stephen Sharp took out the (B)grade with a 6/4 6/4 win over the Nicolas Royal team of Andrew and Charlie Cronin. In the (C)grade final which went down to a tie breaker decider the match was won by the Biggs Bobcat team of Mark and Maggie Biggs against the Hay Shire team of Aaron Drenovski and Lindy Stewart the score being 2/6 6/3 (7/3) 

The Annual Presentation was held on Friday with a black cat Friday 13th theme. The evening was very enjoyable with the update of the club championship winners board on display and presenting trophies to both the junior winners and runners up in their age groups including the 10yrs events.The last night competition team winners for both mens and womens competitions received their vouchers. This followed junior tennis and a bbq meal.

The highlight of the night was the announcement of the special awards--the club person award this year going to Allen Dwyer a welll deserved award for his wonderful support and encouragement to Hay tennis being the first to volunteer and organise events. The junior award went to Pacey Marks for having a successful year in tournaments including the first junior in 20 years to win a regional tourney outside of Hay.

The tennis racquet went to Delilah Crighton for accumulating the most points in weekly competitions held throughout the year. 

Juniors

Just under 40 players attended the Sunday morning sessions with doubles tournaments organised for the second and third sessions.The orange ball winners were Zoe Books and Nicolas Mirabelli with runners up being Olivia Joyce and Sarvesh Partiban. The green ball winner and runner up were Daniel Stewart and Bohden Learmonth with the normal ball winner and runner up being Sara Molloy and Hannah Stewart. Sunday morning will continue to the end of the year while this Friday afternoon will be the last Friday session for the year commencing at the normal time of 5.45am

Stuart will be organising three ,three consecutive morning sessions in January for members and non members.

Monday  Dec9 th Night Tennis Competition finals held

 

Both the Womens competion finals were completed during the week. Mens and

The Biggs Bobcat Hire team of Hannah Stewart and Maggie Biggs took out the Womens (B Reserve) final gainst the Riv Poly team last week comprising Danielle Christensen and daughter Grace the score being 6/0 5/6 and tie breaker decider (7/3)  while the Foodworks team consisting of Tori Oliver and Cherokee Dixon in this match  beat the top of the ladder team Bidgee Motor Inn (Bianca Goulding and Chloe Weeks) in the (C Grade ) final the score being 6/0 6/5. Earlier Elders and Hay Newsagency won the (A) and (B) grade finals. 

In the Mens competition the (A) grade final was won by the Radio 2Hay FM team of Peter Marks and Catherine Britt 6/2 6/1 against the Hay Services team comprising Ben Finch and Cheryl Hurst. The Lugsdin Toyota team of Tom Lugsdin and Stephen Sharp took out the (B)grade with a 6/4 6/4 win over the Nicolas Royal team of Andrew and Charlie Cronin. In the (C)grade final which went down to a tie breaker decider the match was won by the Biggs Bobcat team of Mark and Maggie Biggs against the Hay Shire team of Aaron Drenovski and Lindy Stewart the score being 2/6 6/3 (7/3) 

The Annual Presentation was held on Friday with a black cat Friday 13th theme. The evening was very enjoyable with the update of the club championship winners board on display and presenting trophies to both the junior winners and runners up in their age groups including the 10yrs events.The last night competition team winners for both mens and womens competitions received their vouchers. This followed junior tennis and a bbq meal.

The highlight of the night was the announcement of the special awards--the club person award this year going to Allen Dwyer a welll deserved award for his wonderful support and encouragement to Hay tennis being the first to volunteer and organise events. The junior award went to Pacey Marks for having a successful year in tournaments including the first junior in 20 years to win a regional tourney outside of Hay.

The tennis racquet went to Delilah Crighton for accumulating the most points in weekly competitions held throughout the year. 

Juniors

Just under 40 players attended the Sunday morning sessions with doubles tournaments organised for the second and third sessions.The orange ball winners were Zoe Books and Nicolas Mirabelli with runners up being Olivia Joyce and Sarvesh Partiban. The green ball winner and runner up were Daniel Stewart and Bohden Learmonth with the normal ball winner and runner up being Sara Molloy and Hannah Stewart. Sunday morning will continue to the end of the year while this Friday afternoon will be the last Friday session for the year commencing at the normal time of 5.45am

Stuart will be organising three ,three consecutive morning sessions in January for members and non members.

 

Mon Dec 01  Elders and Hay Newsagency win top womens tennis grades

 

The womens tennis (A) and (B) grades finals were held last week. The Elders(A) grade team of Samantha Newnham and Catherine Britt won a tough match 6/3 6/5 against the Hay Tyre and Service defending champions Sophie Stephens and Jasmine Gregory with the (B)grade title going to the Hay Newsagency team of Katie Sherman and Cheryl Hurst winning a nail biter 6/5 6/5 against the Sportsfirst team of Dimity Comb and Bronwyn Hicks. The playoff match was a 6/4 4/6 drawn match between Wooloondool and Murphys Clothing.

Semi finals of the other grades were completed with the Biggs Bobcat Hire team of Hannah Stewart and Maggie Biggs caused an upset by having a gritty win against the Bishops Lodge team of Jo Davies and Kerry Miyok the score being 1/6 6/4 and tie breaker decider 7/4. The other (B reserve ) match went to the consistent Riv Poly team of Dannielle Christensen and Jayne Rutledge 6/2 6/4 over the Hills Corner Store team of Melissa Hill and Cath Millyard.

The (C) grade semis saw the Foodworks team of Tori Oliver and Allyce Clark beat the Meggs Transport team of Serena Wall and Sam Sorenson 6/1 6/5. The other semi was a marathon with the top of the ladder team Bidgee Motor Inn comprising Bianca Goulding and Chloe Weeks winning 6/2 5/6 (7/4) against the IGA mother and daughter team of Wendi and Brittany Thompson.

The Walgrove team beat the Hay Jewellers team 6/4 6/5 in the playoff match. 

Annual ChristmasParty/ Presentation night

The annual event is being held on Friday with the afternoon commencing at 5.45pm with free junior coaching and games by Stuart Callaghan followed by a bbq at 7pm. The seniors and juniors Presentation will be held around 7.30 followed by social tennis with the kiosk operating. The theme of the night will be a black cat night to coincide with the Friday 13th. 

Mens Competition

Last weeks finals were postponed due to the weather with a fresh timetable scheduled for this week. 

Midweek

Both the Tuesday and Wednesday mornings were called off last week due to the weather as well as Cardio also not being played but hopefully  will be held this week 

Juniors

The orange ball group winner last Sunday morning was Bohden Learmonth with runner up Joseph Wilson, green ball winner Jenson Hargraeves runner up Braydan Cooper and senior winner and runner up being Sara Molloy and Corey Poole

 

Weekly Awards

Congratulations to the the last two Foodworks and Crightons Rural weekly awards which went to the (A) and (B) grade womens tennis competition winners in Catherine Britt, Samantha Newnham, Katie Sherman and Cheryl Hurst.

DEC 2

The last of the Club Championships for 2013 was finalised on friday when the mixed doubles final was completed with a good win to Andrew and Deb Cronin against Catherine Britt and Peter Marks in an entertaining and tactical match. After losing a tough first set 7/5 the Cronins bounced back to take the second set 6/3 and then the tie breaker decider strongly (7/2)

Sara Molloy and Stuart Callaghan won the consolation final with Alen Dwyer and Yvonne Mack taking out the Feed In final.

Still another mixed final will be held on friday when the delayed 2012 final will be played between Warren Hunt and Tania Stephenson against Nicola Barrie and Peter Lawrence and this is scheduled about 7.40pm together with other mixed challenges after the AGM meeting starting at 7pm with the bbq also available. 

Night mens and womens competitions have moved to the semi finals stage in most grades with reports as follows 

Womens

In (A)grade the Pynors Accountants team missed a semi spot to the Hay Services team last week comprising Tania Stephenson and Heidi Stephens who secured enough points by winning a set in their match.

In (B)grade the Wooloondool team last week comprising Liz Hicks and Sue Clancy went down 6/2 6/3 to the O'Briens Fertilisers to narrowly miss a semi final berth.

(B Res) and (C)grade play their last round this week before moving to their semi finals stage. The Bishops Lodge team of Jo Davies and Kerry Mijok has moved to outright leader in (C) grade but only one point ahead of the Riv Poly team of Danielle Christensen and Jayne Rutledge. Bidgee Motor Inn continue to lead (C)grade following their win of 6/3 6/4 against the Hydes Building team of Camille Wise and Ruby Barnes. 

Mens

92Computing and the Andersons Earthmoving teams missed the semi finals spots in the (A) and (B)grades and will play each other in a special challenge this week while the other teams play semis. The closest match last week saw the Walgrove team beat the Services Club team comprising Ben Finch and Cheryl Hurst 5/6 6/2

In the combined (B Res) (C)grade the Internationals and Foodworks teams both failed to make the semis. Last week the Hay Shire team of Aaron Drenovski and Lindy Stewart beat the leaders the Hills Corner Store team 6/1 3/6

Midweek

The womens wednesday morning group will now start at 9.30am with the Tuesday group still at 10am 

Juniors

The Friday afternoon winners were Delilah Crighton, Pacey Marks and Daniel Stewart with the runners up being Dylan Lund, Hannah Stewart and Lucha Tumolero while further winners in the Sunday Morning sessions were Chloe Weeks, Jordan Woods, Grace Weymouth and Olivia Joyce and runner up Zoe Books. There will be no junior tennis this Friday and Sunday with the yearly programne outlined on the web. The Annual Presentation XMas party is set down for the 13th Dec 

Weekly Award

Last weeks Foodworks and Crightons Awards went to Bentley Murphy and Zac Molloy for their wonderful assistance at Sunday mornings junior sessions  and as well as their school work experience in tennis coaching for the week going above and beyond duty. This weeks awards go to Wendy Heerey and Steve Longworth for their excellent work in compiling the 2014 community calendar which should be available early December

 Juniors

The junior programne for the remainder of the year has been updated on the web. Fridays junior singles winner and runner up were Dylan Lund and Charlie Cronin while the Semi finals of the 2013 mixed tennis titles were held last week with two high standard games witnessed by spectators. Andrew and Deb Cronin were in top form to have a good win over Nicola Barrie and Peter Lawrence 6/1 6/2  while the other match went down to a tie breaker decider after Sam Newnham and Andrew Davies won the first set 6/3 but lost the second set 6/1 and then lost the tie breaker decider 7 points to 1 to the Peter Marks and Catherine Britt combination. Best of all the consolation matches was Teresa Mirabelli and Zac Molloy beating Warren Hunt and Lindy Stewart  8/6 in a tie breaker decider.  All finals will be contested at 7.30 Friday with 7 matches arranged.The following week the delayed 2012 mixed final will be played after the AGM 

Night mens and womens competitions are going well with most grades proceeding to the semi finals stage after this week.The womens (A)grade semi spot to qualify for semis will be battled out between Pynors Accountants and Hay Services Club depending on this weeks results. In (B) grade only the Hay Newsagency team is assured of a semi spot with all other teams depending on their results.   (B-Reserve) and (C)grade still have another two rounds before their finals with equal leaders in (B Reserve) being Hills Corner Store ( Melissa Hill and Cathy MIllyard) and Bishops Lodge (Jo Davies and Kerry Mijok) who both had 6/3 6/4 wins last week. In (C)grade last week the unbeaten teams played with Bidgee Motor Inn team beating the Foodworks team of Anne Longworth and Allyce Clark 6/4 6/3 

The mens (A)grade has a new leader in Radio2HAyFM when it beat the leaders last week 6/1 6/2 however it was the 92 computing team  comprising Steve Longworth and Damon Slattery in devastating form beating Walgrove.The Lugsdin Toyota team of Tom Lugsdin and Stephen Sharp continue to lead (B)grade  with a good 6/4 6/3 win. Hills Corner Store still lead (C)grade despite their tough 6/2 6/5 win against the Internationals team last week consisting of Ruby Stewart and Corey Poole

 shared amongst Bethany Hurst, Lily Tassell and Issabella Tumolero as well as Daniel Stewart

Sunday morning winners were Hannah Stewart and Bianca Goulding sharing the round robin with Immogen and Sara Molloy winning the special challenge with the singles winner and runner up being Jensen and Kenny Hargraeves. The orange ball winner was Daniel Stewart and runner up Ben Caughey.

 Mid Week

Midweek continues Tuesday and Wednesday mornings at 10am to 11.30 with Cardio being held Tuesday nights and Friday mornings so plenty of tennis to suit all.

Following a sucessful year and very good reports given at the Annual Tennis Meeting held on Friday the new committee saw six newly elected persons joining others to make up a strong and enthusistic group of 14 persons. New faces are Samantha Newnham, Jo Davies, Linda and Greg Stewart, Kerry Mijok and Jess Weeks with the first meeting date set down for Sunday morning 8th Dec.Also on Friday night saw Warren Hunt and Tania Stephenson win the delayed 2012 mixed final against Peter Lawrence and Nicola Barrie in a marathon 7/6 6/7 (7/4) tie breaker decider. 

Womens Comp

Semi finals of the (A) and (B)grade were recently completed with the Elders team too strong for the Nicolas Royal team of Deb and young Charlie Cronin 6/1 6/3 in the top grade and will now play the Hay Tyre and Battery team in the final when they had a similar scoreline against the Hay Services team of Jess Weeks and Heidi Stephens.

The (B) grade semi finals were so close particularly the Sportfirst win of 6/5 1/6 and tiebreaker decider win(7/0) after sets were one apiece against the O'Briens team last week comprising Yvonne Mack and Barb Crawley. The other semi saw the Hay Newsagency team eliminate Murphys Clothing team of Leonie Booth and Lindy Stewart 6/5 6/3

The (B Res) and (C) grade teams will contest their semi finals this week with the top four teams in each grade well above the others in their point score positions.

The pick of last weeks matches saw the Hydes Building team of Camille WIse and IMMogen Molloy beating the IGA team 

Mens Comp

The semi finals were held in the three grades last week with the (A)grade matches going down to the wire being decided in tie breaker deciders.The Radio 2Hay FM beat the Walgrove team 5/6 6/0 and decider 7points to 5 ,with the other winner being the Services Club team last week comprising Noel Corliss and Geoff Chapman the score 6/2 4/6 decider 7 points to 3

In (B)grade the Nicolas Royal continue their good form winning 6/3 6/3 against the O'Briens Fertilisers team comprising Jacko O'Brien and Gardean Ellis while the other semi winner was the consistent Lugsdin Toyota team 6/1 6/4 against the Bidgee Motor Inn team of Bede Schiller and Tom Porter

In the (B Reserve/C grade) the third and fourth placed ladder teams upset the first and second placed,with the top team Hills Corner Store led by Dylan Lund after winning the first set 6/1 then lost the second so closely 6/5 and then the decider 7 points to 5 to the Biggs Bobcat Hire team.The other semi saw the big improvers the Hay Shire winning against the reliable form team Sportfirst comprising Phil Ruddick and Hannah Stewart 6/5 6/0 

Midweek Tennis

Tuesday and Wednesday morning tennis will continue depending on the temperature with good numbers attending last week. Cardio also will also continue if numbers are committed and also depending on the heat 

Juniors

Sunday morning will resume in the three groups this weekend and will continue for the remainder of the year. Again there will be no Friday afternoon tennis due to the St Marys fete and the following Friday will see the annual Presentation /Christmas Party. Full details are outlined on the Clubs Website. There will also be a number of holiday camps in January with details to follow.

Mixed Tennis Titles to Final

 

 

 

Record Tennis Membership 

The Hay Tennis Club has broken the membership record of 305 members set in the 1999/2000 year when it passed this figure on the weekend and with seven months of the tennis year still to go membership should be quite high. The new tennis courts and with Tennis NSW Hotshots program in schools together with the three different coloured modified balls at various age groups meaning very young players enjoy many rallies have given the sport a real makeover. Added to this the return of local junior champion and full time professional coach Stuart Callaghan has brought many players to the courts.Good numbers of players at present mean a good income to the club to assist in the repayment to Council for the debt incurred for the new courts.The Club will hold its annual meeting on 29th November in conjunction with Friday night tennis, to obtain the annual report and elect the forthcoming committee with some busy works planned. Meanwhile the last of the club championships the mixed titles are sitting at the semi finals stage despite some hitches. Nicola Barrie and Peter Lawrence are the last pair to move into the semis following their 6/3 6/1 win last week. Night competitions are going well with reports as follows-

 Women  The Nicolas Royal team remain on top of (A) Grade following its close 6/3 6/5 win over the Pynors team which last week comprised Leanne Comb and Liz Hicks. The Hay Newsagency team continue its good unbeaten run in (B) grade after its 5/6 6/3 tough win against the Sportsfirst team of Jodie Hicks and Dimity Comb. Two new leaders have emerged in the (B)reserve grade with the Hills Corner Store team of Melissa Hill and Cathy Millyard winning 6/3 6/2 over  Japps to share the lead with Bishops Lodge Jo Davies and Kerry Miyok who won 6/4 6/2 against WAlgrove. The Bidgee Motor Inn team remain unbeaten in (C)grade this time winning against the IGA team of Wendi Thompson and Anna Lilburne

 Men The Hay Services team still lead the (A)grade following their good 6/3 6/2 win over the IGA team of Allen Dwyer and Travis Cunningham. The Lugsdin Toyota team of Steve Sharp and Tom Lugsdin are the new (B)grade leaders with their great 6/1 6/5 win against the O'Briens Fertilisers team last week comprising Phil Crosby and Gardean Ellis. The (C)grade  has also a new leader with the Hills Corner Store team of Dylan Lund and Tobye Deaton beating the competition leaders Sportfirst 6/3 6/1

Juniors Fridays winners were Immogen Molloy, Herbert Maynard and Brad Callaghan with runners up being Dylan Lund, Richard Weymouth and Grace Weymouth. Fridays play is now between 5.45 and 7pm with a bbq available.Sundays winners were full court Pacey Marks and Richard Weymouth and runners up Dylan Lund and Kate Pingaro with green ball winner and runner up being Lotte Clark and Daniel Stewart and orange ball winner and runner up being Sarvesh Parthiban and Zander Haidy

 Weekly Awards

The Foodworks and Crightons Rural awards this week went to Sam Sorenson and Serena Wall winning their delayed (C) grade competition match in windy and difficult conditions

 

Oct 31

Tennis Competitions Running Well

 All night tennis competitions are proceeding well with a good spirit and atmosphere generated by the attractive and well balanced court surfacing. The most pleasing point is that players and teams are all organising their own substitues if required and there is no such thing as a forfeit these days. 

Womens The Nicololas Royal team of Deb and Charlie Cronin has gone to outright lead in the (A)grade following its 5/6 6/2 defeat of the Elders team comprising Catherine Britt and Julie Lawrence. (B)grade is extremely close with only a handful of points separating top to bottom with the leaders being the Hay Newsagency team with Rebecca Tumolero and Cheryl Hurst winning 5/6 6/3 against the Murphys Clothing Store team of Lindy Stewart and Leonie Booth. THe (B reserve) team of Riv Poly last week comprising Danielle Christensen and Kellie Rutledge has gone to outright leadership  following its unusual scoreline of 5/6 6/0 against the Hay Jewellers team lead by Cas Tidey.Bidgee Motor Inn lead (C)grade with Chloe Weeks and Bianca Goulding beating former winners Meggs comprising Selena Wall and Sam Sorenson 6/1 6/3

 Mens  The Hay Services team of Geoff Chapman and Ben Finch has gone to outright (A)grade leader following its 6/2 6/5 win over the 92 Computing team of Steve Longworth and Damon Slattery. In (B) grade the reliable combination team of Bede Schiller and Tom Porter has taken the lead following its great 6/4 6/3 win over the  O'Briens Fertilisers team while the Sportsfirst team of Phil Ruddick and Hannah Stewart narrowly leads (C)grade after its 6/4 6/3 win over the Hay Shire team consisting of Aaron Drenovski and Doctor Surendra

 Mixed The Club Championship  draw has moved to the semi finals following four brilliant quarter finals contested last week. One match went down to the tie breaker decider with Warren Hunt and Lindy Stewart coming from behind to win 0/6 6/4 (7/3) against Allen Dwyer and Yvonne Mack . All players will be required this week to contest main draw,consolation or (B) grade section with the exception of Tori Oliver and Justin Gash  as well as Jess Weeks and Bentley Murphy who have byes. Last weeks marathon was Stephen Sharp and Jo Davies win of 6/0 4/6 (8/6). All matches will be held now at 7.30pm.

 Juniors  The Friday afternoon and Sunday morning sessions continue with good numbers attending with Friday winners being Pacey Marks, Chloe Weeks and Daniel Stewart and runners up being Dylan Lund, Hannah Stewart, Bianca Goulding and Colby Harwood. Sunday orange ball winners Bohden Learmonth, Vanessa Kennedy and Ralph Robson and green ball winner Daniel Stewart

 Weekly Awards The Foodworks award this week goes to Daniel Stewart after performing well at the Open Tourney 10s section continually wins or runner up at Fri and Sun junior green ball competitions  and the Crightons award to Sara Molloy for her mature mixed perfomance in her quarter final match last Friday night

 Community Calendar Birthday entries must be submitted by 15th Nov

Oct 24

Good start to Tennis Competitions

 All night competitions commenced successfully last week with reports as follows

 Monday women

Four grades are being contested with young Charlie Cronin joining his mum in the Nicolas Royal (A)grade team to win their opener over the Servies team 6/3 6/2 while the defending champions Hay Tyre and Battery had a win against the Pynors accountants.(B)grade had some marathons with the Hay Newsagency team of Katie Sherman and Rebecca Tumolero winning 6/5 6/4 against the O'Briens Fertilisers team and Gaylene Stephens and Lindy Stewart for the Murphys Clothing Store teamwinning 6/3 5/6 over Woolooondool.There were some interesting clashes in the (B Res) with the mother and daughter clash of Danielle Christensen and Jayne Rutledge for Riv Poly winning 6/1 6/4 against Grace Christensen and Ruby Stewart for Walgrove.  The Hills Corner Store team of Melissa Hill and Cathy Millyard had a  tremendous 6/5 6/5 win over Biggs Bobcat Hire while the Bishops Lodge team of Jo Davies and Kerry Miyok had a big win against Hay Jewellers (C)grade had some outstanding results with the Bidgee Motor Inn team of Bianca Goulding and Chloe Weeks doing best against DYs while other wins went to IGA 4/6 6/3 against Meggs and Hydes Plumbig consisting of Ebony Howard and Karinda Deaton beating the Hydes Building team 6/1 2/6

 Wednesday men

Three grades are being played with a number of trials being held last week to determine grades. The closest match of the night was the (A)grade draw between Walgrove and Radio 2 Hay FM and another close match with IGA beating 92 Computing 4pts to 3. In (B) grade Lugsdin Toyota won a close 3pts to 2 against Nicolas Royal. (C)grade wins went to Sportfirst 4-2 against the Internationals and Hills Corner Store beat Foodworks 5-1 Other matches were trials

 Friday Mixed

A good entry of 16 pairs are competing in the mixed with all matches last week held to determine the Club Championship grade or (B)grade section.A bbq tea on offer at the conclusion of the junior tourney and prior to the start of the mixed made a good atmosphere and good to see all courts in action. The closest match of the night going to a tie breaker was the win of Zac Molloy and Teresa Mirabelli. All matches this week will be again played at 7.15 except for the pairs of Karinda and Tobye Deaton as well as Dylan Lund and Heidi Stephens who have byes returning from a school excursion.

 Juniors

Due to big numbers currently involved in Sunday morning and Friday afternoon tennis these sessions will continue.

On Sunday the session 3 group played fun games and tactics instaed of their usual tourney. Session 2 group had two divisions in their orange and red  ball tourney with equal winners in one division going to Will Rutledge and Olivia Joyce with Jordan Woods and Lotte Clark winner and runner up in the other division.

On Friday afternoon Div 1 doubles winner and runner up were Pacey Marks and Dylan Lund and Div 2 were Bianca Goulding and Delilah Crighton with Div 3 toJess Poole and Colby Harwood

 Weekly Awards

Last weeks Foodworks and Crightons awards went to Alexander Haidy and Ralph Robson for their good consistent performances at Saturday morning tennis, while this weeks awards went to Barb Crawley for her good play at mid-week morning tennis and Kim Dixon for her cardio efforts.

 Facebook

The Tennis Club is now on Facebook thanks to the efforts of Samantha Newnham who also has compiled a good number of photographs.

 

 

Oct 17

 

Night Tennis Competition Starts 

 All night competitions commence this week on Monday,Wednesday and Friday nights. Good entries have been received necessitating in a number of grades being formed with the Friday mixed having the Club Championship grade as well as a (B)grade.  The Friday evening session begins with the junior comp commencing at 5.30pm and finishing at 6.45 followed by a bbq with the mixed starting at 7.15. The night draws will appear on the clubs website this week.

Information on the Clubs 2014 calendar will be given to players this week.

Insufficient entries resulted in Cardio being cancelled last week in both sessions but Tuesday and Wednesday morning sessions will still continue at this stage due to current numbers attending.

The Annual presentation will be neld on Friday the 13th December.

 Juniors

The Friday weekly junior tourney commenced last week with two divisions played the winners being Charlie Cronin and Richard Weymouth.Sunday morning junior tennis continues in three sessions with good numbers attending and attracting a good entry of new players.

Oct 10

Marks and Cronin win Mens Tennis Doubles

The 2013 Mens club doubles titles were completed on the weekend when Peter Marks and Andrew Cronin won the final against the defending champions Allen Dwyer and Andrew Davies.It was a match with long rallies in attrocious windy conditions taking over two hours with the score 6/4 7/5. Peter Marks has established himself as an accomplished doubles player holding the record of most mens doubles titles with Peter Dwyer and now adds a new partner to his list.

The last of the club titles --the mixed in three grades will commence next week.

 New competitions

Entries for the forthcoming mens ,womens and mixed night competitions in various grades close on Thursday night online or with Tony Callaghan to commence from the 21st October.Names received to date should be checked early this week on the web to ensure they have not been missed.

 Juniors

Bentley Murphy and Sophie Stephens are the 2013 junior champions with Bentley beating Zac Molloy 6/4 6/0 in the under 19s boys final and Sophie beating her sister Heidi in the girls final. Earlier Bentley beat Pacey Marks in the under 16s boys and Heidi Stephens beat Sara Molloy in the girls final.  Pacey Marks beat Charlie Cronin in the delayed under 13yrs final. This year over 30 players contested the four age groups junior titles with awards to be made at the Presentation night.

The Friday afternoon junior competition commences this week at 5.30pm while Sunday morning continues in three sessions.

 Weekly Awards

This weeks Foodworks and Crightons Rural awards went to Peter Marks and Andrew Cronin winning a great Club Championship doubles final.

Oct 3 High Standard Junior Tennis

The Annual Junior Club Championships on the weekend produced a high standard of matches. This was evident in the under 13 yrs titles as well as the 10yrs events played on Sunday when 20 players entered and played good quality tennis. The recent courts resurfacing thanks to the Hay Shire has produced a good true bounce well adapted by the juniors and particularly commented very favorably by the visiting players last week at the Open Tourney. This aspect together with the clubs juniors program has resulted in good numbers and standards this year.

Sundays results saw the talented Jamilah Pynor take out the 10s girls with Herbert Maynard playing with maturity beating Daniel Stewart in the boys final with a good field of players in this event.(looking good for the future)

The under 13 yrs events had two groups of boys playing with Saturdays group final winner being Charlie Cronin 4/3 against Rupert Lilburne to play the grand final against Pacey Marks who eliminated Herbert Maynard. The girls in this age group had a big entry with two divisions, therefore requiring semi finals. The final was (A)grade material with Hannah Stewart beating Maggie Biggs after the girls beat Chloe Weeks and  Holly Headon  in their semis.

Details of Mondays play for the under 16 and under 19 yrs will be advised next week.

The second three day tennis camp was also held in the second week of the school holidays attracting 59 players with special thanks going to Bentley Murphy and Zac Molloy for their good assistance to Stuart Callaghan in ensuring its success with a number of trophies and vouchers awarded to various players.

Normal Sunday morning junior tennis in three sessions will resume on the weekend and the Friday junior tennis will commence on 18th October

 

Night Competitions

The forthcoming Monday womens, Wednesday mens and Friday mixed competitions will commence from 21st October with entries closing online or with Tony Callaghan by 17th October.

 

Weekly Awards

Last weeks Crightons Rural and Foodworks awards went to Stephen Sharp who again performed well for his third year running in the grade events at the Open Tourney and for Chloe Weeks playing her first tourney at the Open having only recently taken up tennis., and for this weeks awards to Holly Headon and Kenny Hargraeves who performed well in the weekend junior titles both playing their first tournaments.

 

Midweek Tennis

Tuesday and Wednesday morning tennis as well as Cardio resumes this week

 

Sep 30

Open Tennis Tourney Success

 

The 2013 Hay Services, Bidgee Motor Inn, Wooloondool farms tennis tourney attracted a record 43 local players out of a total l00 from NSW and Victoria The open champions were Lewis Ahern(Albury) and Mikayla Bridge (Vic) who easily won all her matches including doubles. Hays Zac Molloy contested the open singles but lost first round to Griffiths Tavis Bergamin.

Winners success in the Grade events went to Ben Finch,Warren Hunt, Andrew and Deb Cronin in one grade with Lani Houston and Stephen Sharp in the other grade.

A huge number of local players contested the junior events with winners being Charlie Cronin, Digby Lilburne,Hannah Stewart and Isabella Tumolero as well as Pacey Marks.

The parent/child entries received 6 local pairs with Andrew and Charlie Cronin as well as Peter and Pacey Marks taking out trophies.

The mega raffle major prize went to Sandra Pless.

The Tennis Club is very appreciative to its sponsors and volunteers who made the tourney a success. 

New Competitions

Entries for the new night

competitions for Monday women, Wednesday men and Friday mixed to commence when school resumes closes online or with Tony Callaghan. 

Juniors

The second holiday camp is being held Wed. Thur and Fri this week with a few vacancies still available  as at the weekend.

The first weeks camp was very successful with many trophies awarded which included the most improved in sessions to Mia Porter, Georgia Miyok, Simon Darlow and Herbie Maynard Players of the week went to Sara Molloy and Ruby Stewart.

The 2013 junior club championships will be held on Sunday 6th October for the 10s and under 13 yrs and on Monday 7th October  for the under 16s and 19s

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oct 6

 

High Standard Junior Tennis

 

The Annual Junior Club Championships on the weekend produced a high standard of matches. This was evident in the under 13 yrs titles as well as the 10yrs events played on Sunday when 20 players entered and played good quality tennis. The recent courts resurfacing thanks to the Hay Shire has produced a good true bounce well adapted by the juniors and particularly commented very favorably by the visiting players last week at the Open Tourney. This aspect together with the clubs juniors program has resulted in good numbers and standards this year.Sundays results saw the talented Jamilah Pynor take out the 10s girls with Herbert Maynard playing with maturity beating Daniel Stewart in the boys final with a good field of players in this event.(looking good for the future)

The under 13 yrs events had two groups of boys playing with Saturdays group final winner being Charlie Cronin 4/3 against Rupert Lilburne to play the grand final against Pacey Marks who eliminated Herbert Maynard. The girls in this age group had a big entry with two divisions, therefore requiring semi finals. The final was (A)grade material with Hannah Stewart beating Maggie Biggs after the girls beat Chloe Weeks and  Holly Headon  in their semis.

Details of Mondays play for the under 16 and under 19 yrs will be advised next week.

The second three day tennis camp was also held in the second week of the school holidays attracting 59 players with special thanks going to Bentley Murphy and Zac Molloy for their good assistance to Stuart Callaghan in ensuring its success with a number of trophies and vouchers awarded to various players.

Normal Sunday morning junior tennis in three sessions will resume on the weekend and the Friday junior tennis will commence on 18th October 

Night Competitions

The forthcoming Monday womens, Wednesday mens and Friday mixed competitions will commence from 21st October with entries closing online or with Tony Callaghan by 17th October. 

Weekly Awards

Last weeks Crightons Rural and Foodworks awards went to Stephen Sharp who again performed well for his third year running in the grade events at the Open Tourney and for Chloe Weeks playing her first tourney at the Open having only recently taken up tennis., and for this weeks awards to Holly Headon and Kenny Hargraeves who performed well in the weekend junior titles both playing their first tournaments. 

Midweek Tennis

Tuesday and Wednesday morning tennis as well as Cardio resumes this week

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nearly 100 players for Annual Tennis Tourney

 

As at the weekend there were just over 90 players entered for the Hay Services, Bidgee Motor Inn and Wooloondool Farms Open & Junior Tennis Tournament to be played this weekend including Friday afternoon. The biggest contingent ever of Hay players totalling 33 have entered the tournament to mix with some of the strongest players from southern NSW.

The open events which carry Australian ranking points also has attracted Melbourne and Canberra players and this year the womens singles has gained a good entry of 11players. Hays Zac Molloy has entered the open events with other locals contesting the (B) and (C) grade with a huge number of local juniors playing the junior events. The parent /child events are again well supported.

Tournament organiser Steve Longworth is currently in Austria running the 2013 world super veterans events but while there  is also compiling data for the Hay tourney and other tourneys about to start. Steve will return to Hay Thursday to have Fridays time draw ready with first matches being played from 1.30pm. The tournament is expected to conclude on mid Sunday afternoon if the weather remains good. Most visiting players are looking forward to playing on the new court surface for the first time.

The club is looking for assistance in the kitchen (contact Gaylene Stephens or Marg Myers) or assisting Warren Hunt on the maintenance of the clay courts.

Further details and information on all players and events can be obtained from the CAT tournament website. 

Club Champs

The womens doubles 2013 titles were completed with Catherine Britt and Paula Comb winning the final 6/2 6/3 against Jasmine Gregory and Sophie Stephens.

The mixed titles in two grades will be played on Fridays commencing 25th October 

New competitions

New night competitions for mens and womens in four grades will commence from 21st October. 

Juniors

Two, three day, three sessions coaching schools are being held over the holidays with one session already booked out with enquiries to Stuart Callaghan.

There was another good turnout on Sunday morning with no play for the next two weeks.The annual junior club championships will be held on Sun/Mon 6th and 7th October with full details on the website. 

Midweek and Cardio

There will be no Tues and Wed morning tennis as well as cardio tennis over the school holidays 

Weekly Awards

The Foodworks and Crightons Rural Awards went to Sophie Curtis and Chloe Bolger for their great play at last Sunday juior tennis.

Sept or juniors if they wish can enter via Tony Callaghan. (The full list of entries can be obtained from the CAT tournament website). 

Andrew Davies retains Tennis Title

Tennis Doubles Titles to Finals

 

The 2013 mens and womens doubles club championships have reached the finals following some good semi final play.

The womens results saw the top two seeds winning with Paula Comb and Catherine Britt defeating Rebecca Tumolero and Katie Sherman 6/3 6/0 and Jasmine Gregory and Sophie Stephens prevailing 6/1 6/3 over Jill Chapman and Sue Clancy. The Reserve group, Plate and Saucer events continue with the pick going to Gaylene and Heidi Stephens winning on the toss of a coin after sets and games were equal againt Lindy Stewart and Leonie Booth and will play the experienced pair of Teresa Mirabelli and Yvonne Mack in their group final.

The mens semi finals match between the number one seeds Andrew Cronin and Peter Marks against Peter Lawrence and Shane Mc Gufficke was so close going down to a tie breaker decider 8 points to 6 to the top seeds aftersets were one apiece with Lawrence and Mc Gufficke taking the first 6/5 and then losing the second 6/0 and then losing the tie breaker. Andrew Davies and Allen Dwyer won the other semi in a high standard match 6/4 6/2 against Ben Finch and Warren Hunt.All other matches in the consolation (A) and (B) events went to tiebreaker deciders. The championship final is scheduled to be played over the open tourney weekend while all other players are required Wed night. 

Open Tourney

Already over 40 players from Victoria, ACT, Wagga, Albury/Wodonga, Griffith as well as Hay have entered the tournament with entries closing online on Saturday 21st

Juniors

The courts were quite busy on Sunday with morning junior activities and afternoon various groups hiring as well as coaching. 

Weekly Awards

The Foodworks and Crightons rural awards this week go to the scratch pair of Peter Lawrence and Shane Mc Gufficke who went so close to toppling the number one seeds in the mens club championshiops 

Hay Open Tennis Tourney

 

Entries for the annual Hay Services /Bidgee Motor Inn/ Wooloondool farms Open tennis tournament close on Sept 21. The playing dates in Hay are over the Sept 27.28 and 29 the middle of the school holidays with the tourney catering for all standards and ages including the parent/child events.

Entries for the tourney can only be accepted online so all junior players can enter through Tony Callaghan if they wish.

There will be a meeting on Sunday at 11am to make final arrangements for the running of the tourney for those interested in its success. 

Juniors

There was a huge number of players at Sunday morning tennis with some good practice for the open tourney. Due to the numbers Sunday Morning play will continue into October. Good play in the 9am group went to Elwyn Bush, Zanda Haidy and Makenzie Weeks. The 10am group orange ball winners were Jamilah Pynor, Flynn Griffiths and Zoe Books while the 11am green ball winners were Keiran Pingaro, Chloe Weeks and Richard Weymouth.

School Holiday Camps dates have now been finalised as well as the annual junior club championships to be played at the end of the school holidays. 

Doubles Titles The annual mens and womens doubles club championships have now reached the semi finals stage to be played this week. Two womens quarter finals matches went down to tie breakers with Katie Sherman and Cheryl Hurst winning 7/3 against the solid combination of Gaylene and Heidi Stephens while Jill Chapman and Sue Clancy won 7/2 over the experienced pair of Yvonne Mack and Teresa Mirabelli..

The toughest of the mens quarters went to Ben Finch and Warren Hunt prevailing over Greg Stewart and Paul Pless 6/4 6/3 while Shane Mc Gufficke and Peter Lawrence didnt get it all their way in a 6/4 6/1 win over Stephen Sharp and Geoff Chapman. Consolation and Feed In matches are scheduled for all pairs who are out of the main draw.

The mixed doubles titles on Friday nights in three grades will commence in October. 

General

Cardio continues on Tuesday nights and Friday mornings while social tennis is played Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. The Foodworks and Crightons Rural weekly awards went to Zac Molloy, Jess Weeks and Brett Hargraeves for their much needed Sunday Morning assistance at Junior tennis

 

The mens tennis singles final was held last week with the defending champion Andrew Davies winning a brilliant match 6/5 6/5 against Ben Finch who was playing his inaugural final.

Meanwhile both the mens and womens annual club doubles commenced last week with the main seeds getting byes.

The womens titles have been placed into two groups with the closest match of the night going to Ruby Stewart and Grace Christensen winning an 8/6 tiebreaker decider against Wendi Thompson and Sue Parslow in the Reserves group. Quarter finals are scheduled for both women and men this week.

The three matches played in the mens last week all went down to a tie breaker decider and nearly all similar scores with a major upset in Jack Simkins partnering young Dylan Lund to beat the experienced pair of Bede Schiller and Tom Porter. The other winners were Paul Pless and Greg Stewart as well as Paula Comb and Tex Davies. 

Mid Week

As well as Tuesday morning play,Wednesday morning tennis also commenced last week at 10am with some good tennis going to Colleen Schiller and Kellie Rutledge. Cardio was held on Tuesday night  and will also continue on Friday mornings. 

Juniors

Sarvesh Parthiban was outstanding in the 9am group on Sunday morning with Simon Darlow and Flynn Griffiths going well in the 10am orange ball competition. Winners in the 11am group were division one Charli Cronin with Gemma and Lily Tassell playing their first game went well in the other division. 

Weekly Awards

The Foodworks and Crightons rural awards went to Andrew Davies and Ben Finch for their great final

Jasmine Gregory wins Tennis 

The Bidgee Motor Inn , Hay Services Club and Wooloondool Farms are this years major sponsors of the annual Hay Open and Junior Tournament to be held at the end of September.Entry forms are available online or copies at the clubhouse. Tournament organiser Steve Longworth has advised already there are entries received from Albury/Wodonga as well as Griffith and as Steve is overseas at present Tony Callaghan will take tournament enquiries with events being offered for all ages and standards. 

Club Championships

The 2013 doubles titles for both men and women commence this week to run for four weeks before the school holidays. Meanwhile the mens singles has reached the final with Ben Finch beating Warren hunt 6/4 6/1 to play Andrew Davies in the main final. Geoff Chapman took out the plate/saucer final with a 6/5 6/5 win against Paul Pless, while Damon Slattery will oppose Greg Stewart in the consolation final both winning their semis last week. 

Mid Week Tennis

Wednesday Morning tennis will commence this week from 10am to 11.30am as well as Tuesday Mornings continuing at the same times. 

Cardio

Cardio Tennis continues on Tuesday nights and Friday mornings with further enquiries to Andrew Cronin. 

Juniors

The Sunday Morning activities recommenced last week with Stuart Callaghan returning. Some good shots in the 9am session went to Joseph Prochilo and Indiana Wison, the 10am orange ball winners were Daniel Stewart and Joseph Wilson , while the 11am full court winners were Charli Cronin, Jamilah Pynor and Chloe Weeks 

Weekly Awards

The  Foodworks and Crightons Rural weekly awards go to Wendy Heerey and Marg Myers both non players who do a lot of behind the scenes work their latest venture being the clubs opening day. and already preparing for the Open Tournament.

The Hay Club will hold its official opening of the refurbishment of its four main courts this Sunday the 18th August. An American Round Robin tourney will be played where you change partners half way through your set. Entries can be made with a partner or individually by 9.30am for a draw to be made and play to start at 10am. The tennis tourney cost is $10 and juniors $5. The opening will be conducted at 1pm with a luncheon available from noon and morning and afternoon tea also available. The tennis presentations will be around 3pm. All are invited to attend to celebrate this great community asset. 

Club Singles WomenPaula Comb continued her great run, again winning in a tie-breaker decider 7/5 this time over Sam Newnham in a semi final after sets were one apiece, while last years runner up, Jasmine Gregory won the other semi over Sophie Stephens.Maggie Biggs won the cutlery final in a marathon over Karinda Deaton 4/6 6/4 (7/5). The consolation and  plate finals are being contested this week.

Club Singles Men Play was called off last week due to the weather with some slight changes to the time draw made for this weeks semi finals and play-offs.

Cardio Cardio resumed last week after an absence of two months with some good workouts noted by Iona Lilburne and Lisa Headon who took out the weekly Foodworks and Crightons Rural awards

 


 

 

Jasmine Gregory won her first major tennis singles title when she won the 2013 womens against Paula Comb in a marathon final 5/6 6/4 and tie breaker decider (7/5). Last year Jas lost a tough final against Deb Cronin who was away this year.The Plate group was won by Rebecca Tumolero in a pro set match 7/6 against Jess Weeks while Heidi Stephens won the consolation group final 6/2 6/1 over Ruby Stewart.The 2013 doubles titles in various grades will commence on mon. 26th August with entries closing this week 21st August. 

Men The mens singles was again called off due to the weather with Andrew Davies moving into the final with Steve Longworth departing overseas for a few weeks. Warren Hunt will now play Ben Finch in the semi final. All other players will play their last singles on Wed.this week with entries also closing for the annual doubles titles starting 28th August.  

Tuesday Morning The best attendance to date was held last week with Wednesday morning tennis also starting on Wednesday 28th August at 10am 

Juniors

Junior tennis will resume on Sunday in the three groups with Stuart returning and private coaching also recommencing 

Opening/ Fun Day

 40 adult and junior players of all grades played the American Round Robin Opening/Fun day tourney on sunday also used as a fundraiser towards the payment of the new courts.

The official opening was made by Mayor Bill Sheaffe with President Warren Hunt thanking many, including the Hay Shire Council in making the new courts possible. The great luncheon was attended by a good number of guests and interested spectators as well as the players.

Tournament winners were Div (1) Heidi Stephens and Shane McGufficke, runners up Donna Wade and Warren Hunt, Div (2) four winners Sam Newnham, Cheryl Hurst, Ben Finch and Geoff Chapman, Div (3) 1st Chloe Slattery, 2nd Penny Bolitho, 3rd Maggie Biggs and 4th Hannah Stewart, Div (4) winner Lucha Tumolero, runner up Daniel Stewart

The day was a great success with many suggesting this type of tourney to be an annual event.

Players will now focus on the Annual Open Tourney to be played over three days in the school holidays with sponsorships still being finalised. 

Weekly Awards The Foodworks award went to Jasmine Gregory for her tourney win and the Crightons Rural Award to President Warren Hunt for his leadership in making Sunday an enjoyable day. 

ues Morn Tennis  A good number played last week with plans to start playing Wednesday mornings as well, and for this to commence in Sept.

Juniors Sunday morning saw another good attendance with Sophie Curtis and Michael Tumolero hitting some nice shots in the 9am session, Joseph Wilson winning the 10am orange ball session and Dylan Lund and Bethany Hurst winning their groups in the 11am session. Thanks to Jess Weekes assisting in replacing the sick, injured and unavailable coaches.

 

Cardio Tennis resumes this week at the Hay Tennis courts with Andrew Cronin returning to Hay. Sessions will be held on Fridays at 10am and Tuesdays at 6.30pm and run for about an hour. A players first session is free and thereafter costs $10 per member with non members paying $15.Meanwhile Tuesday morning tennis continues at 10am with Yvonne Mack going well last week. Club Singles Women Four great quarter finals were contested last week with the seeded Catherine Britt going down in a marathon in windy conditions to Paula Comb 6/5 2/6 --(7/5) tie breaker decider. Other quarters saw Sam Newnham beat Jess Weekes 6/3 6/3 ,Jasmine Gregory beat Rebecca Tumolero 6/2 6/5 and Sophie Stephens beat Lindy Stewart 6/1 6/4 Consolation matches continue with Heidi Stephens and Ruby Stewart having strong wins with these players to contest the consolation final on 12th August. Karinda Deaton and Maggie Biggs will play off this week and so too Lindy Stewart will play Rebecca Tumolero for a plate final position.  Men Quarter finals were also completed with the defending champion Andrew Davies beating Jason Crighton 6/4 6/2, Warren Hunt winning against Allen Dwyer 6/1 6/3, Ben Finch beating Paul Pless 6/2 6/2 and Steve Longworth prevailing over Geoff Chapman 6/2 6/1. Consolation winners were Jack Simkin, Damon Slattery, Lloyd Jones , Greg Stewart and Tony Ambrosio. All players will play this week in their sorted group.  Juniors A good roll up on Sunday morning with Zac Molloy as well as Bentley Murphy assisting with some good hits in the 9am session going to Zara Prochilo the10am half court winner was Nicholas Mirabelli and full court winner Simon Darlow while the 11am group winner was Keiran Pingaro and runner up Bianca Goulding. Tennis continues this Sunday but not on the 18th due to the Clubs Opening/Fundraiser day.  Weekly Awards The Foodworks and Crightons rural awards went to Heidi Stephens and Ruby Stewart for their good consolation semi final wins in the womens singles club champioships.  Memberships Were due by the 31st July and non members rates will now have to apply to those who have not renewed.

 

Jul 29

Opening/Fundraiser Tennis Day 

The Tennis Club will hold an Opening /Funraiser day for the refurbishment of its four main courts on Sunday 18th August. An American Round Robin Tourney is planned with further details to follow. 

Singles Club Championships - The annual singles titles for both men and women started last week with a good entry received. Three entertaining matches in the womens saw the young promising juniors competing against their experienced  opponents with Jess Weekes beating Heidi Stephens 6/5 6/3, Rebecca Tumolero coming home strongly against Ruby Stewart 6/4 6/1 while Lindy Stewart had a strong 6/2 6/1 over Maggie Biggs. All other players had first round byes with 4 quarter finals and 2 consolation matches scheduled this week.

The mens has also moved to the quarters and consolation group following five matches and byes last week. The match of the night saw Paul Pless winning in a tie-breaker decider 7/2 against Lloyd Jones while Geoff Chapman had a good 6/2 6/5 win against Jack Simkin.  

 Tuesday Morning  - Good play was made by Lou Gardam and Cheryl Hurst

 Juniors -Sunday morning tennis resumed in three sessions last weekend with good play in the 9am group going to Sophie Curtis and Sarvesh Parthiban,10am half court tennis winner Zoe Books and 11am session winners group (a)Corey Poole, (b) David Woods and Bethany Hurst and (c) Jensen Hargreaves.

 Weekly Awards

The Foodworks and Crightons Rural awards last week went to damon Slattery and Tom Porter who played a marathon consolation singles with Damon winning.                                                                                                        

Jul 22

Tennis Singles Club Championships

 The 2013 Club singles gets underway this week with good entries received for both the mens and womens titles. The competition is expected to go for four weeks followed by the doubles club championships in various grades. 

Opening/Fundraiser Day - This is planned for the 18th August and will take the form of an American round robin fun tourney where partners are changed throughout the day. Players can enter with a man or lady partner or individually by 9.30am for a draw to be made to start at 10am. The club has a mega raffle running with tickets at various outlets around town.

 TuesdayTennis   Last weeks Tuesday morning players were the first group to play organised tennis on the new surface.( Donna see photo by Sarah). The weekly awards went to new players Janet Dwyer (Crightons Rural) and Tanya Nisbet (Foodworks)

 Open Tourney - The Open Tourney will be played over the 27,28,29 Sept and the entry form is now available on computer. local junior entries may be given to Tony.

 Juniors - Junior Tennis recommences on Sunday in three sessions with details on the clubs web-juniors section

 

July 14 New Tennis Courts Finished

 

Work is now completed on the resurfacing of the four synthetic grass courts. Only some clean up and restoration work on the surrounds needs to be finished and the Tennis Club greatly appreciates the wonderful support of the Hay Shire Council as well as some club members good assistance.Unfortunately the annual junior championships to be played Sunday was called off due to the weather and has been postponed to the next school  holidays. A few court hirers on Saturday had the honor of testing the new courts with good reports given.An Opening day and fundraiser to assist towards the Clubs huge debt for the cost of the courts will be held for all standards and ages on Sunday 18th August

 Night Singles Competition The mens and womens annual singles competition in various grades which includes the Club Championship grade to be played Monday (womens) and Wednesday  (mens) will commence Mon 22 and Wed 24 July with entries online or to Tony Callaghan by this friday 19th July.The draw and match times for the women should appear on the web on Monday.

 Tuesday Mornings Will continue each week between 10am and 11.30am with last weeks Foodworks award going to Kellie Rutledge for her good play.

 Juniors  The Sunday morning activities in three sessions will resume on Sunday 28th July

 Open Tourney The annual Open Tourney this year to be played from friday 27 to 29 Sept, entry form is now available online. Local juniors can enter to Tony Callaghan

 The Crightons Rural weekly award went to Rex Mather son of ex Hayite Gavin, who was the first player to hit on the new courts.

 

July 12

Annual Junior Tennis Titles on Sunday


The 2013 junior tennis championships will be held on Sunday on the seven available courts in four age groups starting at staggered starting times.
The titles replace the  annual Hay Medibank  Tourney cancelled due to the current court situation. Those who wish to play the 10s(born 2003 or later) or under 13s title (born 2001 or later) must register at the courts  by 9.30. The under 16s (born 1998 or later) will register and play at 10.30 while the under 19s (born 1995 or later) will register and play at 11.30. The BBQ lunch is available at 1pm
Unfortunately the school holiday camps were cancelled due to Stuarts injury however coaching could resume in a weeks time.


Meanwhile entries are currently being taken for the annual men's and women's singles competition which includes the club championship grade to commence after the school holidays.


Tuesday morning tennis has proven popular over the holidays.

Jun 30

School Holiday Tennis Program 

The Hay Tennis courts will be kept  busy over the school holidays with a heavy schedule involved.Monday 1st July sees Janine Cox and family for the Cancer Council running a tennis morning /lunch proceeds to cancer research. Tuesday morning tennis from 10am to 11.30am will continue to be played each week with new players welcomed and coaching camps will be held on Wednesdays to Fridays. The annual junior club championship singles in four age divisisions will be held on Sunday 14th July replacing the Medibank tourney.

 Mens Comp The 2Hayfm team were in devastating form on Wednesday night winning the final against the Rich River Freight team of  Andrew Davies and Dylan Lund 6/1 6/3 and for their part Peter marks and Catherine Britt received the Foodworks and Crightons Rural weekly awards. This has been an enjoyable teams competition with players looking forward to the annual singles comp in various grades to commence after the school holidays.

Sunday Morning Juniors  A good roll up on Sunday with over 20 players participating in the three sessions with players performances worth mentioning being Cooper Learmonth and Indy Wilson in the early group, Will Jamieson winning the half court group, Sara Molloy the singles group winner and Maggie Biggs the doubles winner. Sunday morning sessions will now have a break of 4 weeks.

 

Jun 23

Bidgee Tyre Service and Japps Pharmacy win womens tennis

 The Bidgee Tyre Service team of Jasmine Gregory and Sophie Stephens retained their (A)grade tennis title with a 7/4 tie breaker decider win against the tough Pynors Accountants team comprising Jane Weymouth and Trish jamieson. Both these teams bounced into the final ahead of the early competition favorites Elders who sadly forfeited their last two matches the first time this has happened for some years. The (B)grade final was won by Japps Pharmacy in a great result being 6/5 6/2. The team consisted of Tex Davies and Katie Deaton playing for Paula Comb and Karinda Deaton both sick/injured and beat the Murphys Clothing Co. team of Leonie Booth and Lindy Stewart. Earlier Hills Corner Store and Sportfirst had taken out the (B)Reserve and (C)grade finals

 Mens = Semi finals in the mens competition were held with the Radio2hay fm team of Peter Marks and catherine Britt winning in a tie breaker decider 7points to 2 against Hay Shires Greg Stewart and Jasmine Gregory and the other semi going to the Rich River Freight team of Dylan Lund and Stewart Callaghan 6/2 6/4 against the Lugsdin toyota team. The final together with two playc off matches are scheduled this week.

 Singles The womens and mens annual singles competition including the club championship grade will commence after the school holidays.

 Tuesday Morning The Tuesday morning went well last week with Tracey Learmonth and Teresa Mirrabelli taking out the Foodworks and Crightons Rural weekly awards

 Juniors Unfortunately Sunday morning tennis was cancelled due to Stuart rolling his ankle on Sat arvo tennis however will be held this sunday with extra help organised.Plans will still go ahead for the school holidays coaching camps.The annual junior club championship singles in four age groups with staggered starting times will be held Sunday 14th July, replacing the Hay Medibank junior tourney which was cancelled due to the current courts situation.

JUn 15

Night Tennis Finals

 The womens night tennis finals in (A) and (B) are scheduled this week following their final round held last week. In (A) grade Bidgee Tyre Service meets top of the ladder Pynors Accountants with Bidgee winning their last clash with a 5/6 6/0 scoreline coming home strongly. In (B)grade the final is between Japps Pharmacy and Murphys Clothing Store both these teams well ahead of the others on the pointscore.Congratulations to last weeks finals winners in the (B Reserve) and (C)grade these being Hills Corner Store  winning 6/2 5/6 and Sportfirst winning 6/5 6/0.

Mens  Quarter finals were held last week with Radio 2Hayfm winning 6/3 6/2 against Hay Motors, Rich River Freight winning 6/2 6/4 over St.Marys, Lugsdin Toyota beat RTA 6/2 6/2 and Hay Shire had a 6/0 4/6 win over 92 Computing. Semi finals and playoffs all scheduled at 6pm are scheduled this week.

Midweek  Kim Curtis made a fine start to Tuesday morning tennis last week.

Juniors   Just under 60 players played the Medibank Narrandera junior tourney on Sunday and included 16 Hay juniors.Pacey Marks became the first Hay player for some years to win an event beating a Wagga lad in the 10yrs boys final- with Herbert Maynard reaching the semi finals. Bentley Murphy was runner up in the 16yrs boys to an Albury player. Jamilah Pynor was 3rd in the 10girls and Sara Molloy 3rd in the 14 girls. Due to the current court situation the Hay Medibank tourney scheduled for July 14 has been cancelled and instead the Annual Club junior championships will be held in four age groups. Local Sunday morning tennis resumes on the weekend. Another coaching school will be held during the forthcoming school holidays with details to follow.

 Weekly Awards  This weeks awards went to Emily Headon(Foodworks) and Bethany Hurst (Crightons Rural) for their good performances in their first junior tourney in Narrandera on Sunday.

Jun 8

Plans underway for new tennis courts

The Tennis Club in conjunction with Hay Councils wonderful support is planning for the replacement of four synthetic courts. Two courts are already closed due to tripping accidents.Early payments to Annual Memberships and Sponsorships requests will be appreciated to assist towards the project cost. Thanks to those people on Saturday assisting at the first fund raiser being the donut store. Meanwhile night competitions for both Womens and Mens are reaching finals stage.

 Womens

The finals of the (B Reserve) and (C) grades are scheduled this week with some great matches witnessed last week. The Riverine Grazier team had a 6/5 6/2 win against the top of the ladder team Nicolas Royal Motel team comprising Kim and Cherokee Dixon to sneak into the final by half a point ahead of that team.Hills Corner Store finished on top of the (B Reserve) following its 5pts to 2 win over IGA. A similar situation occurred in (C)grade when the  Foodworks team made the final ahead of the Hydes Builders team of Tess Pynor and Tara Dixon who they beat 6/4 6/0 and will play top of the table Sportfirst despite their loss to Robos bakery last week.(A) and (B)grade will contest their final round this week with finals spots still up for grabs.

 Mens

Radio 2Hay FM and Rich River Freight won their respective divisions in beating Lugsdin Toyota and 92 Computing last week with other wins to Hay Shire Council and the RTA team last week comprising Lloyd Jones and Peter Davies. Quarter finals are scheduled this week.

 Midweek Tennis

Midweek tennis has recommenced on Tuesday mornings after a break of many years and caters for all grades from beginners upwards.Stuart organisers the draw at 9.50am and tennis finishes at 10.30am.

 Juniors

The Narrandera Medibank Junior Tourney will be held on Sunday with 16 Hay players playing. There is fear that Narrandera will have insufficient courts available so plan (B) is that a match against the Griffith club in Griffith to involve both singles and doubles will be held and hopefully this could be an annual challenge if this occurs.There was a good roll up on Sundays tennis over the long weekend. Best in the 9am group was Indiana Wilson, 10am half court winner was Nicolas Mirabelli 11am div.1 winner Pacey Marks, best in div.2 Maggie biggs and div 3 winner Jensen Hargraeves. There will be no Sunday morning tennis this week with Stuart in Narrandera.

 Weekly awards

This weeks Crightons Rural and Foodworks awards went to Jess Weekes and Anne Longworth for their results in the new midweek tennis play.

New Tennis Courts Planned

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 With two courts now closed and a third one to be closed in the near future due to the surface damage , the Tennis Club in conjunction with Councils wonderful support is planning for the resurfacing of its four main lit courts. Hopefully this will commence soon and be completed in July with meetings being held this week to finalise arrangements.The Tennis Club is sweating on early payments of its annual memberships and early replies to annual sponsorships requests to help relieve its financial burden due to the new courts cost.Meanwhile night tennis continues on Monday and Friday nights with the draw schedule allowing for the two unplayable courts. 

Womens In (A)grade the new team of Elders inflicted another defeat on the defending premiers Bidgee Tyre Service 6/2 6/3 while Pynors Accountants moved into second position to make the finals race exciting with a similar scoreline defeat of Hay Newsagency.Two good matches were played in (B)grade with Murphys Clothing just leading from Japps Pharmacy with O,Briens Fertilisers still a chance of making the final. Last seasons (B Res) champs Bidgee Motor Inn are out of contention for the final.Despite Nicolas Royal losing to the Hay Services Club it still leads the (B Res)grade just ahead of Hills Corner Store who had a good win over Meggs Grain and Fertiliser. Riverine Grazier has moved into third spot with an important win against IGA In (C))grade the Foodworks team had a strong win against the Bowling and Golf Club team 6/1 6/3 while Sportfirst continue to lead the grade with a 6/4 6/4 win against Phillip Hydes Building team this week comprising Serena Wall and Sam Sorenson. Dwyers Bus Service and Robos Bakery had a draw.Points were slightly adjusted in some matches due to the substitute rule.

 Mens In Division (1) the Radio 2Hay FM team had a 6/5 6/1 win against 92computing comprising Jack Simkins and Stephen Sharp while Nicolas Royal had a 6/3 6/4 victory over Lugsdin Toyota.In Division (2) Rich River Freight has snuck into the lead following its 6/2 3/6 win over Hay Shire Councils Allen Dwyer and Samantha Newnham with the other match going toRTA against Hay Motors Warren Hunt and Corey Poole 6/2 6/3.

 Cardio There will be no Cardio tennis for two months while Andrew is away.

 Midweek Tennis Mid Week tennis recommenced last Tuesday morning after a break of some years. Six persons of standard from beginners to (A)grade enjoyed the morning with a number of short sets organised. The draw will be made at the courts each week at 9.50am with tennis to finish at 11.30am. Underfeated for the morning was Rebecca Tumolero.

 Juniors Entries for the Narrandera Junior tourney to be played Sunday 16th June must be given to Tony Callaghan by this Sunday 9th June as Narrandera has limited courts and will close entries when numbers are full. Already 14 Hay players have indicated and paid. Junior tennis was cancelled on Sunday morning due to the wet courts.

 Weekly Awards This weeks Crightons Rural and Foodworks awards went to Peter Davies and Paula Comb for their performance in mens tennis beating the Hay Motors team.