Dec 5

Youth prevails in Womens tennis

Teenage tennis teams won the three grades in the Monday night womens teams competition. In (A)grade the Murphys Clothing Store team comprising Jasmine Gregory and Kate Stephens won the first set 6/3 and then really came home strong to take the second set 6/0 against the experienced and consistent Meggs Grain and Fertilisers team of Leanne and Paula Comb. In the (B/C)grade the Japps Pharmacy team of sisters Sophie and Heidi Stephens beat the Centrespot-Sportfirst team also sisters Kate and Jodie Hicks a good score being 6/2 6/4 .The closest match was the (C/D)grade final won by the big improvers in the competition DYs Bus Services combination of Tamara Wade and Abby Martin the score being 6/3 6/5 against another improved team playing in their first competition the Hay Services team of Sam Sorenson and Serena Wall.In playoff matches wins went to the Riv hotel, Nicolas Royal, Hills Corner Store and Harrisons IGA.

 Mens

Semi finals were held in the three grades in last weeks mens play with a number of upsets noted.The Elders (A)grade team of Peter Lawrence and Derek McFarland after performing so well during the rounds narrowly lost to the Twynam team of Allen Dwyer and Andrew Davies 5/7 6/3 with the Nicolas Royal winning a comfortable semi in the other match against the Services Club team of Anthony Slattery and Hugh Burnham. It was a similar situation in the (B/C)grade with the unbeaten O'Briens Fertilisers team of Bede Schiller and Tom Porter  going down to the great play of the Hydes Carpentry pair of Adam Davidson and Simon Kermode 6/4 6/2 with the other semi being won by Pynors Accountants 6/1 6/2 with Andrew Schipp in top form against the DYs Bus team.The unbeaten Lugsdin Toyota team won their semi 6/2 6/2 against the improved Hay Bowling and Golf Club in the (C/D)grade. Hay Motors with Jake Murphy making a welcoming return won the other semi 6/3 6/4 with Chris McClelland playing some nice tennis for Japps.Gardean Ellis for his continuous good play for the Hay Motors team wins the weekly Crightons Rural Engineering award and he would go into the under 19 years titles as the number one seed.Finals and playoffs involving all teams will play this week.

 Juniors

The under 19 yrs club championships will commence this friday the 9th with registrations to be made to Warren Hunt at the clubhouse by 6.30pm with this group to form two grades.Play will finish at 8pm with the annual general meeting to start at this time.

The clubs weekend coaching activities conducted by Andrew Cronin held its first 10.30 am Saturday session with Varshan Pranavendran winning the Foodworks weekly award.

N0v 28

Night Tennis  to Finals         

The Monday Night Womens teams competition finals and playoffs are scheduled this week with the Wednesday Mens finals planned for next week depending on the weather.The womens (A)grade was the strongest for many years with the defending champions The Nicolas Royal Motel failing to make the final.Instead the young Murphys Clothing Store  will oppose the consistent Meggs Grain and Fertilisers team following last weeks results.The two youngest teams in the competition will play out the (B/C)grade final-these being the Japps Pharmacy team  and the Centrespot Sportfirst team of Kate and Jodie Hicks.In the (C/D) grade the Hay Services team will play the  Dwyers Bus Services team of Abby Martin and Tamara Wade with these two teams having close matches previously.Serena Wall wins the Foodworks weekly award when playing with young son Scout had a good win over the IGA team. 

Mens

Semi finals are scheduled this week following last weeks mystery round which saw grades intermingling.The match of the night was the (C/D)grade team of Lugsdin Toyota comprising Alex Schipp and Steve Bate winning 7/5 6/3 against the (B/C)grade team of Pynors Accountants the players being Andrew Schipp and Steve Sharpe.Some other substitutes playing well for the night included Jason Wall, Jasmine Gregory and Oxley district and currently Yanco Ag boarder Will Armstrong. 

 Juniors

Bentleigh Murphy and Sophie Stephens are the 2011 Under 16 yrs champions following last weeks Friday night results. They beat Tim Zambon and Heidi Stephens in the finals.Earlier Bentleigh and Heidi took out the delayed 2010 Under 13 yrs finals. Bentleigh winning two titles wins the Crightons Rural Engineering award for the week.For the first time a 10 yrs and under tournament was played with the boys final going to Rupert Lilburne 4/2 over Charlie Cronin and the girls Isabella Tumolero 4/0 over Grace Weymouth playing her first tennis and earlier beating Kate Pingaro 3/2. There were agood number of doubles played by other players due to the clay courts unplayable with puddles still remaining. Some good play was noted by Will Barnes, Jayden Wall, Kynan Headon, Sophie Cox, Keiran Pingaro, Zac and Chloe Slattery. Jayden Davies playing his first tennis went well.There is no tennis on Friday due to St. Marys fete with the under 19 yrs in two grades to be played for two weeks commencing the 9th Dec and finishing on the 16th when a breakup christmas party and fun activities is planned for all.    

Nov 21

Mens Tennis Mystery Round week

 At the half way mark in mens tennis and depending where the team is on the ladder will determine who you play this week with the grades intermingling.

In last weeks (A)grade the Twynam team favorites for the grade finally got off the bottom of the ladder with a win over the Hay Services combination of three players Anthony Slattery, Hugh Burnham and Warren Hunt with Glen Sorenson going well for the victors. The other match was brilliant with Nicolas Royal narrowly winning with big improvement from Nicolas Hurle. In the (B/C)grade the O'Briens Fertilisers had their first loss to Dwyers Bus Services team of Will Armstrong and Peter Dwyer with the best match of the night going to the Pynors Accountants team of Lloyd Jones and Steve Sharp 7/5 7/5 over Phillip Hydes Carpentry team of Adam Davidson and Noel Corliss. In the (C/D) grade the Hay Motors team had a good win over the Bowling and Golf Club 's international players, with the Lugsdin Toyota team of Steve Bate and Matt Leahy having a good 6/1 6/5 win against Japps Pharmacy. For his play Steve Bate wins the Foodworks award.

In the womens competition the last round of the draw is scheduled this week before the finals and playoffs with matches very important for ladder points.The pick of last weeks matches in (A)grade went to the 2Hay FM team of Sue Hanna and Trish McGufficke drawing with Meggs Grain and Fertilisers 6/4 4/6 in (B/C) The Riverine Grazier team of Tertia Butcher and Margie MccClelland winning 6/4 6/3 against the Hills Corner Store and in the (C/D) grade the drawn game between the leaders Hay Services Club and DY's Bus after points were adjusted due to the substitute rule.

 Juniors

Tim Zambon is the 2011 boys under 13 yrs champion following his 4/1 win against Digby Lilburne last week in the final. Tim wins this weeks Crightons Rural Engineering award and will now play Bentleigh Murphy for the delayed 2010 title while Alice Laracy will oppose Heidi Stephens for the 2010 girls title.The under 16 yrs championships commenced last week with the round robin groups completed to now advance to the knockout finals stage as well as a consolation group to be completed on Friday before the under 19yrs commence.For the first time a 10yrs section was held last week also to be finalised on Friday with finals and playoffs scheduled.The updated draw will appear on the web this week. Many thanks to those parents assisting with the kiosk and bbq.

 Calendar

Birthday entries must be with Wendy Heerey this week or with Warren at the clubhouse by friday to be included on the 2012 tennis clendar.

 AGM

The annual general meeting is set down for the 9th December

Nov 14

Murphys Clothing Store, Japps and Dwyers lead tennis

 At the halfway mark in womens tennis (A) grade has a changed leader in the new Murphys Clothing Store combination of Jasmine Gregory and Kate Stephens following its 6/2 6/1 win over the 2 Hay FM team. Murphys jumped to the lead following a loss by the premiers Nicolas Royal to the Meggs Grain and Fertilisers team last week consisting of Belinda Headon and Leanne Comb tne score being 6/2 6/3. For her part Leanne wins the Crightons Rural Engineering award.The other match in the grade saw Riv. Hotel beat the Hay Bowling and Golf Club 4/6 6/2. Japps Pharmacy narrowly lead the (B/C)grade from Centrespot/Sportfirst who had a big 6/1 6/2 win against the Hay Newsagency. Japps in brilliant form beat the Riverine grazier 6/1 6/1. The Dwyers Bus service team of Tamara Wade and Abby Martin continue as leaders in the (C/D) grade following its 6/1 6/2 win against Harrisons IGA. The other match was the Hay Services team of Sam Sorenson and Serena Wall winning 6/5 6/0 

Mens

The mens competition was washed out with a draw adjustment now made with mens tennis now scheduled to finish on 7 Dec.

 Juniors

Alice Laracy is the 2011 girls under 13 yrs champion following her win over Chloe Slattery in the final. Alice was in brilliant form in not losing a game in the finals series and should be proud to see her name go on the winners board. For her part in playing in her first tourney and reaching the final after beating Kelcey Anderson in the semis Chloe Slattery wins the Foodworks award.Time was too short to play the boys final which will be played on Friday between Tim Zambon and Digby Lilburne. Tim had long matches to defeat Charlie Cronin in the quarters and then Zac Slattery in the semi 4/3 while Digby had  4/2 wins against Will Barnes and Dylan Lund in his advancement. Earlier Dylan Lund eliminated the number one seed Rupert Lilburne 4/2

Also the born 1998 group started last week and is proceeding very well with some top tennis. This group will finish their round robin matches on Friday to play their final on the 25th.

Commencing this week will be the under 16 yrs tourney(born 1996 or later) as well as a 10yrs and under tourney with registrations to be made at the courts by 6.30pm. All players who have been playing these past three weeks should register for the new age groups this week. The 10yrs entries will be split into two groups an advanced group and a beginners group who will have three chances at serving with their third chance being a donkey drop at the service line with their matches requiring parents umpiring.Last week the wrong "head" racquet cover was taken home.Play is now finishing at 8.15pm

Night Tennis competitions proceeding well

 Night teams competitions for both men and women each consisting of three grades are proceeding in the right spirit with some good competitive and enjoyable tennis being witnessed.Congratulations to the organisers Marg Myers and Warren Hunt in getting players back to the courts and to the teams and players with no forfeits. Non members are now being charged the weekly non members fee with memberships still being welcomed.The Nicolas Royal Motel lead both the mens and womens (A) grades with the Elders team also equal on top of the mens but not without a fright in thier first set last week 7/6 over The Services Club team of Anthony Slattery and Hugh Burnham but won the second set 6/0. The Murphys Clothing Store are only one behind the leaders in the womens when they dropped a point in losing their first set to the Meggs grain and Fertiliser team of Leanne and Paula Comb 4/6 but won the second 6/2 to take the match.In womens (B/C)grade there were two marathon 6/5 5/6 draw results with one team involving the young Cetrespot/Sportfirst team of Kate and Jodie Hicks making their debut against the Riverine Grazier team and the other Hills Corner Store team of Belinda KIng and Katie Deaton  against the Hay Newsagency.In the (C/D)grade the Dwyers Bus sService team of Tamara Wade and Abby  Martin have gone to the lead by half a point following their maximum points win .In the mens (B/C)grade the O'Briens Fertilisers team has gone to outright leader however it was the Pynors Accountants team having a great 6/1 6/5 win over DYs and for his play Lloyd Jones gets the Foodworks weekly award.There are two teams sharing the lead in the (C/D) grade with a good strong win by thre Japps Pharmacy team with Clint Miller going well against the Hay Bowling and Golf Club team comprising overseas players who are working in Hay.The Lugsdin Toyota team are the co leaders.

 Juniors - The under 13yrs tourney has now split into the finals as well as consolation sections following the completiton of the four divisions.Zac Slattery was the best performed of the 28 players in only losing one game in his 6 matches to win the Crightons Rural Engineering award for the week.The following players are required to play a playoff match for finals positions as they were equal in their divisions-these players are required at 6.00pm Josh Hill, Tom Schiller, Dylan Lund, Scout Wall, Will Barnes and Ben Arandt. All other players are required to play at 6.30pm. Also at this time on Friday a special tourney will be held for those players born 1998, for missing out on the 2010 under 13 yrs tourney which was not held but these players must register with Tony Callaghan by9th Nov to enable a draw to be made.Due to the number of participants and the keenness, play is finishing at 8.15pm. Full details will appear on the website this week.

 Calendar-  The club is busy finalising its birthday entries for the 2012 community calendar which will close in two weeks and can be left at the clubhouse or tourist office

Nov 7

Night Tennis competitions proceeding well

 Night teams competitions for both men and women each consisting of three grades are proceeding in the right spirit with some good competitive and enjoyable tennis being witnessed.Congratulations to the organisers Marg Myers and Warren Hunt in getting players back to the courts and to the teams and players with no forfeits. Non members are now being charged the weekly non members fee with memberships still being welcomed.The Nicolas Royal Motel lead both the mens and womens (A) grades with the Elders team also equal on top of the mens but not without a fright in thier first set last week 7/6 over The Services Club team of Anthony Slattery and Hugh Burnham but won the second set 6/0. The Murphys Clothing Store are only one behind the leaders in the womens when they dropped a point in losing their first set to the Meggs grain and Fertiliser team of Leanne and Paula Comb 4/6 but won the second 6/2 to take the match.In womens (B/C)grade there were two marathon 6/5 5/6 draw results with one team involving the young Cetrespot/Sportfirst team of Kate and Jodie Hicks making their debut against the Riverine Grazier team and the other Hills Corner Store team of Belinda KIng and Katie Deaton  against the Hay Newsagency.In the (C/D)grade the Dwyers Bus sService team of Tamara Wade and Abby  Martin have gone to the lead by half a point following their maximum points win .In the mens (B/C)grade the O'Briens Fertilisers team has gone to outright leader however it was the Pynors Accountants team having a great 6/1 6/5 win over DYs and for his play Lloyd Jones gets the Foodworks weekly award.There are two teams sharing the lead in the (C/D) grade with a good strong win by thre Japps Pharmacy team with Clint Miller going well against the Hay Bowling and Golf Club team comprising overseas players who are working in Hay.The Lugsdin Toyota team are the co leaders.

 Juniors - The under 13yrs tourney has now split into the finals as well as consolation sections following the completiton of the four divisions.Zac Slattery was the best performed of the 28 players in only losing one game in his 6 matches to win the Crightons Rural Engineering award for the week.The following players are required to play a playoff match for finals positions as they were equal in their divisions-these players are required at 6.00pm Josh Hill, Tom Schiller, Dylan Lund, Scout Wall, Will Barnes and Ben Arandt. All other players are required to play at 6.30pm. Also at this time on Friday a special tourney will be held for those players born 1998, for missing out on the 2010 under 13 yrs tourney which was not held but these players must register with Tony Callaghan by9th Nov to enable a draw to be made.Due to the number of participants and the keenness, play is finishing at 8.15pm. Full details will appear on the website this week.

 Calendar-  The club is busy finalising its birthday entries for the 2012 community calendar which will close in two weeks and can be left at the clubhouse or tourist office

Oct 31

Junior Competition Tennis Returns

 Local competitive tennis for juniors recommenced last Friday evening with the start of the under 13 yrs annual club championships with a great entry of 24 players.Due to all courts including the clay being used the older players and adults had to wait until 7.30 for a game. The large entry has meant the friday junior programe has changed its timetable with the update and results to appear on the clubs website this week. The under 13 yrs tourney has four round robin groups with players advancing to finals or consolation after the two weeks. Also on the 11th November there will be a special tourney for those players born in 1998 who missed the under 13 yrs titles last year when they were not held so hopefully it will be up to those players and parents to promote it to get numbers. The under 16 yrs (born 1996 or later) will commence on the 18th November.The bbq was very successful and will be provided each week. Sophie Cox won the Foodworks award for her good sport attitude as well as good play.

 Night teams competitions for both men and women each consisting of three grades commenced last week with the opening round being very successful bar one match which has been delayed.

In womens (A)Grade the Murphys Clothing Store with Kate Stephens gaining the Crightons Rural Engineering award upset her mums team the Hay Bowling and Golf Club.Nicolas Royal had a strong win while the Meggs Grain and Fertiliser girls narrowly beat the Riv Hotel team 6/4 5/6. In (B/C)Grade Japps Pharmacy made a strong start with the other match going to the Hay Newsagency team of Nicole Wade and Julie Clark 6/4 6/0 against the Riverine Grazier.Both the (C/D)grade matches were close with Anna LIlburne and Sue Parslow for IGA winning 6/4 6/2 over Bidgee Tyre Service and the Hay Services Club team of Sam Sorenson and Serena Wall winning a marathon 5/6 6/4.

The mens teams competition had Noel Corliss, Chris McClelland, Warren Hunt and Glen Sorenson all playing as substitutes in teams which was a great effort and getting into the spirit of the teams competition of no forfeits or delaying matches. Peter Lawrence has returned to the courts without losing any of his talent for Elders to have a good win in (A) grade, while in (B/C)Grade Dwyers Bus Service won and the O'Briens Fertilisers team of Bede Schiller and Tom Porter were in brilliant form to win 6/1 6/2. In the (C/D)Grade Steve Bate has returned in good shape to partner Matt Leahy for a 6/1 6/1 win for Lugsdin Toyota however the other match was so close with the Japps Pharmacy team of John Hang and Tex Davies winning 6/3 4/6 against Hay Motors.

Oct 24

Night teams tennis and junior competition returns to courts this week

 After a period of absence of over 12 months. the night tennis teams competitions in various grades as well as junior competition tennis returns to the courts this week.Both the mens and womens night competitions entail three grades to run for six weeks with the draw sheet available for the full term.Suggested substitutes are listed with the onus on the team (not the organiser) to find a replacement if needed.Fees will still be collected on a weekly basis which will include a non members rate with financial memberships well overdue.The womens had a late entry received in Radio 2Hay Fm headed by Susan Hanna a former under 13 and under 16 club champion with this team eliminating a bye from the original draw in (A) grade with the Nicolas Royal heading a strong entry of six teams. A combined (B & C Grade) comprising five teams necessatating a bye comprises the middle grade with the young teams of Japps Pharmacy and Centrespot/Sportsfirst mixing it with experienced teams Hay Newsagency and Riverine Grazier with the Hills Corner store the darkhorse of the grade. The combined (C&DGrade) has four teams headed by the young team of Dwyers Bus Service. Both womens and mens are scheduled to finish the end of November and will only go into December if their are washout nights.The mens competition has three grades each of four teams with a mystery draw to be made in round four before semi finals and finals.The draw had not been finalised at the time of going to press.

 Juniors - The exciting news is that junior tennis competition recommences with play being held on Friday nights and with no Friday night mixed competition proceeding all courts will be available for all junior ages as well as adult social and challenges. This week Fri 28th the under 13 yr club champs(born 1999 or later) will commence at 6pm with entries to Tony Callaghan or Andrew Cronin or online by Wed 26th so a draw will be done for the night.Players 13 yrs and older must register at the clubhouse by 6.30 with a draw for this age group to be organised.The under 13 yrs entries received to date means this tournament will run for two weeks.The full junior program catering for all ages each week will run for six or seven weeks. A 10yrs and under tourney will run on 11th Nov and if a player can serve a ball can enter the tourney.. Tennis fees each week will be $3 with members no cost. A bbq will be available.Play will go for one and a half hours.

 Weekly Awards

The Crightons Rural Engineering weekly award goes to President Warren Hunt for his many hours of persistance in getting team tennis back to the courts. The Foodworks award went to Alice Laracy for her good play in last Sunday morning junior tennis.

Published from the ITF Office, Club Ali Bey Manavgat, Turkey at the conclusion of the ITF World Super-Seniors Individual Championships :)

Oct 17

Night Tennis comps and juniors start next week

The mens and womens night tennis competitions have been delayed one week to commence from 24th October. The new starting date has allowed the organisers to do a proper draw with the womens expected to be on the computer at the end of this week and drawsheets available on the opening night The friday mixed competition has been abandoned due to insufficient interest.Congratulations to Deb and Andrew Cronin winning the club mixed 2011 against Allen Dwyer and Jasmine Gregory 6/4 6/2. For their efforts in both winning trebles they have won the Crighton Rural Engineering and Foodworks awards.

Juniors

As previously advised the under 13 club championships will be played at 6pm on the Friday the 28th october and will finish at 7.30pm. With entries received so far indicates this group(born 1999 or later)will play for two weeks.Following this on the 11th Nov.the under 16 yrs as well as a 10 yrs will be held. The under 19 yrs will follow.

Due to no friday mixed competition all courts will be available for juniors, so players older than 12yrs can also  play on the 28th where organised tennis will be on.Anthony Slattery and Andrew Schipp will be organising a weekly bbq. Parents are invited to play social.Entries for the under 13 can be given to Tony Callaghan, Andrew Cronin or online.Older players  and adults can register at the clubhouse on the night with play to start for this group at 6.30pm with Tony working out a draw. Fees for the juniors will be $3 for tennis(junior Members no cost). Annual junior memberships are $35 and expires july 2012. There will be a small bbq cost.

Calendar

The tennis club will again produce its annual tennis club community calendar for 2012 with plans underway for advertising. Birthday purchases can be made with Marg Myers or Wendy Heerey.

 Oct 10   Tennis Teams entries close

 Entries for the forthcoming team competitions for womens, mens and mixed all competition teams to be of two players close Wednesday 12th October  with Warren Hunt, Tony Callaghan or online.The draw for the womens will be made the following night with first round matches to be shown on the web Friday for the start on Monday 17th. On this night a full draw will be available for the six or seven weeks.Four grades are expected. Three grades are anticipated for the mens to start on Wednesday the 19th and the mixed in two or more grades to start on Fri. 21st.

 Juniors

The junior club championships were not held in 2010 but all age groups will be played this year on Friday nights in conjunction with the running of the Friday night teams competition. The under 13 yrs (born 1999 or later) will be held at 6pm on 28th Oct.Following this age group on another Friday the Under 16 yrs(born 1996 or later) played in conjunction with a special 10 yrs (born2001 or later) will be held.Finally on another night the under 19 yrs titles will be played. As an enticement to get some good numbers of entries there will be no junior fee, however all players must be current members of the club either a junior or family membership with the members list displayed at the window notice board. Junior entries are to be given to Andrew Cronin , Tony callaghan or online. The early rain drizzle and cold weather last sunday morning prompted the organisers to call off tennis however is scheduled this Sunday.

 Weekly Awards

The Crightons Rural Engineering and Foodworks awards last week went to Andrew Davies and Allen Dwyer for their performances at the Hay Services Open Tourney.

Oct 3

Busy times ahead for Teams Tennis

Entries for the teams competitions for men, womens and mixed types to be played on Monday, Wednesday and Friday nights will close next week to start from the 17th October. The competitions durations are likely to be about 7 weeks to finish early to mid December. Teams are to consist of at least two players and are responsible to organise replacements/substitutes if required.Teams will be graded with a number of grades likely.Match times for Monday and Wednesday nights will be about an hour with the Friday night about two hours with a bbq available.Team nominations of two or more players can begiven to Warren Hunt, Tony Callaghan or online.

 JuniorsThe annual under 13 yrs(born 1999 or later) club championships will be held Friday night the 28th October at 6pm and depending on entries will go for one to two hours.The under 16 yrs, 19 yrs as well as a 10 yrs event will follow on Friday nights. Entries can be given to Andrew Cronin, Tony Callaghan or online.

Sunday morning junior activities resumes this Sunday the 9th  at 11am with new players most welcome to commence, with a financial year registration fee of $35 required plus $5 fees when attending.The tennis goes for about an hour.

 Weekly Awards

The past two Crightons Rural Engineering awards went to Jasmine Gregory for her play in Womens and Mixed Club Titles and Rupert Lilburne in winning the open tournament 10 yrs boys singles beating some good players from Griffith.The past two Foodworks award winners went to Steve Sharp and Lani Houston for their great success in the open tournament.

 Deniliquin Social and Clinic

This event which includes former Australian champion now politician John Alexander  is on Saturday 8th October with music and drinks following.

Sep 26

The Hay Services Club Hay Open tournament held last weekend was a magnificent success. The weather was very kind providing cool but fine and sunny conditions for the entire 3 days of the tournament. The much improved entry of 96 players, compared to last year’s entry, enabled most events to run catering for all ages and all grades. A huge contingent of players came from Griffith with over 50 players while the Hay entry was the best for several years with over 20 from Hay participating. The whole atmosphere of the event was fantastic and a number of visiting players commented on the relaxed and professional way the whole event is presented to them and have promised to return.

 In the Open Singles, which now attract Tennis Australia ranking points the Mens Singles champion was 17 year old Nick Fenaughty from Finley. Nick seeded 3 surprised the No2 seed Andrew Zelea from Melbourne in the semi final then continued his excellent form to defeat the No4 seed also from Melbourne Justin Levin in the Final. Another outstanding result in this event was the performance of Joel Gordon from Griffith who managed to beat the No1 seed Ethan Tulliani from Sydney in the Quarter finals 13-11 in the final set tiebreaker. In the Womens singles Brenda Foster returned to defend her title and met last years runner up again in the final Maddison Gregor from Griffith. Brenda once again showed the experience of her many years playing Tennis winning also the Womens Doubles and two different Mixed doubles  . This is also reflected in her strength in the ITF International Tennis Seniors events. Brenda will be travelling to San Diego next February to represent Australia in the 45 and over age groups.

 The junior events were well supported especially with the large contingent of Griffith players. A special thank you is extended to the Griffith Coach Cheryl Rawle who organised the majority of the attending juniors, organising their bus transport, warm ups before the start of play and generally helping these juniors with their skills on the Tennis Court. She also played in a number of events and  won some of the prizes. Once again it highlights how coaches that are prepared to organise trips away and participate in Open tournaments foster the development of our future Tennis players.

 Hay players featured quite well in the winners list with Steve Sharp showing that Hay players can enter the tournament and have a thoroughly good time. Steve won the C Grade doubles with a Pster Tyson from Griffith and also partnered Lani Houston to take out the C Grade mixed. Also of particular note was Rupert Lilburnes performance in the under 10 Boys Singles where he made the final and defeated Ryan Salvestro from Griffith. The under 14 Boys singles had one of the largest fields of any event with 20 Boys playing in the round robin event. Alan Dwyer and Andrew Davies took out two titles , the B Grade Mens Doubles as well as the over 90s combined doubles event.

 At the presentation held at 3.30 Sunday the Hay Club president, Warren Hunt thanked all sponsors and the small teams of volunteers that made the event possible – It was a great team effort by those of the Hay tennis committee and others that assisted. Before the presentation of the prizes in a surprise move it was announced that special signage had been organised to rename Court 1 – Tony Callaghan court, Court 3- Steve Longworth court and Court 4- Wendy Heerey court. This was a real surprise for both Steve and Wendy to be awarded this honour. Unfortunately Tony was away for the weekend.

 Steve Longworth when closing indicated that the tournament would be held next year again but will be two weeks later and held the weekend immediately after the Long weekend in October. The Hay tournament will conclude a Spring Riverina Tennis circuit which is planned to commence in Wagga the previous week , then move to Griffith and conclude with the Hay Open on October 5- 7^th 2012. Steve also managed to play in one event during the tournament and was runner up in the A Grade Mens doubles with 16 yr old Tavis Bergamin from Griffith. Steve next weekend will be managing the Riverina Open in Wagga then immediately after will be heading to manage the ITF World Seniors Individual Championships in Antalya , Turkey where over 500 players from around the world have entered. This event features the best players from around the world 60 years and over up to 85 and over.

 A full list of the final results is shown below and also full draw and results of every match can be found at www.92computing.com.au

 Club Championships => The mixed titles are now up to the final with Andrew and Deb Cronin to play Allen Dwyer and Jasmine Gregory when school resumes. There will also be a number of consolation matches played on this night monday the 10th Oct

 Teams Competitions =>Teams cmpetitions for women,men and mixed are planned to commence from the week of the 17th on monday,wednesday and friday nights in various grades. Players can enter their own team of two or more players but only two are required per match or players can enter indivually to be found a partner to form a team.The womens and mens matches will comprise two sets whereas the Friday mixed will be two sets with your mixed partner plus one other set comprising a mens or womens doubles your partners being from another team. The Friday night will also comprise a bbq tea with match duration of two hours having a break between sets. Kiosk facilities will be available all nights.Fees will be weekly at members or non members rates.

 Juniors =>The annual under 13 yrs  Club Championships (born 1999 or later)will be played on Friday nights 28thOct and depending on numbers 4th November in a round robin format and played in conjunction with the mixed competition. Entries can be given to Tony Callaghan or online. The under 16 yrs ,19yrs as well as a 10 yrs event will also follow on Friday nights. 

Hay Open 2011  FINAL RESULTS

 Event 1. AMT WHITE MENS SINGLES

Nicholas Fenaughty [FINL]  def. Justyn Levin [VIC]    6/3 6/2

Event 2. AMT WHITE WOMENS SINGLES

Brenda Foster [WGGA]  def. Maddison Gregor [GFTH]  6/2 6/1

Event 3. AMT WHITE MENS DOUBLES

Nicholas Fenaughty [FINL]  & Ethan Tulliani [SYD]  def. Tavis Bergamin [GFTH]  & Harrison Pascoe [WGGA]    3wins/2wins

Event 4. AMT WHITE WOMENS DOUBLES

Brenda Foster [WGGA]  & Maddison Gregor [GFTH]  def. Hope Curtis-Mcdonald [SHEP]  & Megan Polkinghorne [GFTH]    2wins/1win

Event 5. OPEN MIXED DOUBLES

Brenda Foster [WGGA]  & Hugh O'Brien [WGGA]  def. Megan Polkinghorne [GFTH]  & Ethan Tulliani [SYD]    2wins/1win

Event 6. AMT CONSOLATION MENS SINGLES

Ethan Tulliani [SYD]  def. Harrison Pascoe [WGGA]    9/5

Event 7. AMT CONSOLATION  WOMENS SINGLES

Hope Curtis-Mcdonald [SHEP]  def. Kate Dreyer [GFTH]    9/4

Event 8. A GRADE MENS DOUBLES

Nicholas Fenaughty [FINL]  & Harrison Pascoe [WGGA]  def. Tavis Bergamin [GFTH]  & Steve Longworth [HAY]    6/5

Event 9. A GRADE WOMENS DOUBLES

Chloe Oates [GFTH]  & Kate Dreyer [GFTH]  def. Jessica Bergamin [GFTH]  & Cheryl Rawle [GFTH]    2wins/1win

Event 10. A GRADE MIXED DOUBLES

Brenda Foster [WGGA]  & Sebastian Wrobel [WGGA]  def. Hugh O'Brien [WGGA]  & Cheryl Rawle [GFTH]    3wins/1win

Event 11. B GRADE MENS SINGLES

Matthew Hort [WGGA]  def. Andrew Davies [HAY]    8/6

Event 12. B GRADE WOMENS SINGLES

Grace Burge [GFTH]  def. Sophie Tyson [GFTH]    8/7<5.

Event 13. B GRADE MENS DOUBLES

Andrew Davies [HAY]  & Allen Dwyer [HAY]  def. Derek McFarland [HAY]  & Anthony Slattery [HAY]    3wins/1win-100%

Event 14. B GRADE WOMENS DOUBLES

Grace Burge [GFTH]  & Kate Dreyer [GFTH]  def. Bethany Tyson [GFTH]  & Sophie Tyson [GFTH]    3wins/2wins

Event 15. B GRADE MIXED DOUBLES

Ian Gregor [GFTH]  & Maddison Gregor [GFTH]  def. Donna Dossetor [GFTH]  & Derek McFarland [HAY]    w/o

Event 16. C GRADE MENS SINGLES

Josh Nosworthy [WGGA]  def. Ian Gregor [GFTH]    8/3

Event 18. C GRADE MENS DOUBLES

Stephen Sharp [HAY]  & Peter Tyson [GFTH]  def. Mark Gibbs [GFTH]  & Tristan Gibbs [GFTH]    8/4

Event 19. C GRADE WOMENS DOUBLES

Jessica Bergamin [GFTH]  & Victoria Toole [GFTH]  def. Alison Triggs [GFTH]  & Elise Townsend [GFTH]    8/1

Event 20. C GRADE MIXED DOUBLES

Stephen Sharp [HAY]  & Lani Houston [HAY]  def. Donna Dossetor [GFTH]  & Jack Marcus [GFTH]    8/7

Event 23. 18 & UNDER BOYS SINGLES

James Curtis-Mcdonald [SHEP]  def. Joel Gordon [GFTH]    8/5

Event 24. 16 & UNDER GIRLS SINGLES

Hope Curtis-Mcdonald [SHEP]  def. Kate Dreyer [GFTH]    6/1

Event 27. 14 & UNDER BOYS SINGLES

Matthew Hort [WGGA]  def. Josh Nosworthy [WGGA]    6/4

Event 28. 14 & UNDER GIRLS SINGLES

Sophie Tyson [GFTH]  def. Amelia Maynard [HAY]    4wins/2wins

Event 29. 14 & UNDER BOYS DOUBLES

Jack Johnstone [GFTH]  & Srishail Maskey [GFTH]  def. Mitchell Foster [WGGA]  & Jakub Wrobel [WGGA]    6/4

Event 30. 14 & UNDER GIRLS DOUBLES

Bethany Tyson [GFTH]  & Sophie Tyson [GFTH]  def. Melissa Fattore [HAY]  & Emma Laracy [HAY]    2wins/1win

Event 31. 12 & UNDER BOYS SINGLES

Binit Shrestha [GFTH]  def. Angus Kennedy [GFTH]    6/4

Event 32. 12 & UNDER GIRLS SINGLES

Alison Triggs [GFTH]  def. Emma Toole [GFTH]    4wins/3wins

Event 33. 12 & UNDER BOYS DOUBLES

Riley Townsend [GFTH]  & Will Townsend [GFTH]  def. Tristan Gibbs [GFTH]  & Jake Pleming [GCRK]    6/2

Event 35. 10 & UNDER BOYS SINGLES

Rupert Lilburne [HAY]  def. Ryan Salvestro [GFTH]    6/3

Event 36. OVER 90 MENS DOUBLES

Andrew Davies [HAY]  & Allen Dwyer [HAY]  def. Derek McFarland [HAY]  & Andrew Schipp [HAY]    8/3

Event 37. 10 & UNDER GIRLS SINGLES

Alison Triggs [GFTH]  def. Cassie Pleming [GCRK]    3wins/2wins

Event 38. PARENT CHILD B DOUBLES

Amelia Maynard [HAY]  & Nick Maynard [HAY]  def. Edward Toole [GFTH]  & Janelle Toole [GFTH]    8/0

Event 39. PARENT CHILD A/ B DOUBLES

Graham Gordon [GFTH]  & Joel Gordon [GFTH]  def. David Foster [WGGA]  & Mitchell Foster [WGGA]    w/o

Sep19

Good tennis entry for Services Club Open Tournament

After receiving the lowest entry on record at last years annual open tournament the Club has bounced back with 90 players registered as at Sunday for the coming weekends play. Congratulations go to the organisers for the persistance in maintaining this important event for the Hay community with strong support from Griffith with 46 players.Hay has 20 players but Tournament director Steve Longworth would love a few more entries in the (C) grade events with players nominating their time availability over the three days. The open events look to be the strongest on record due to the tournament carrying Australian ranking points for the first time. Of the total 19 players received for the major mens and womens singles all but two have australian rankings. The highest ranked Ethan Tulliani from Sydney is 220  who has just returned from overseas world ranked tournaments and not far behind his ranking is Melbournes Andrew Zelea and former player of this tourney Nick Fenaughty.Three former winners are competing with Waggas Brenda Foster and Griffiths Tavis Bergamin as well Maddison Gregor who is the highest ranked of the six women competitors. Griffiths state school champions Megan Polkinghorne and Chloe Oates are also competing with strong players also from Shepparton; Junior events have huge entries and those players from Hay playing their first tourney are to learn and not be discouraged if they lose. The courts and surrounds are starting to look good thanks to those carrying out the maintenance on the weekend and because of the numbers of players, families and spectators this weekend Marg Myers is hoping to get volunteers even only for an hour of their time over the three days.Full kiosk facilities will operate including breakfast.

 Club Championships

Congratulations to Liz Hicks with Deb Cronin as well as Anthony Slattery and Andrew Cronin for winning the 2011 womens and mens doubles titles with both finals very entertaining.The mixed titles are being played on Monday nights and are expected to reach the finals this week. The finals in three grades will be played after the school holidays.Full results are on the web. Last weeks awards went to Matt Leahy (Foodworks) and Paula Comb (Crightons Rural Engineering) for their doubles as well as mixed play.

 Teams Competitions

Teams competitions comprising two players per team will be reintroduced after the school holidays in various grades for women .men and mixed to play on Mon. Wed. and Friday nights respectively. PLayers can enter their own team of two or more players or individually to Warren Hunt, Tony Callaghan or online. It is hoped all the mixed pairs on Mon nights will enter the Fri comp to play a novelty mixed competition.

Juniors

Bailey Caughey won the Foodworks award this week for his play on Sunday morning which will resume on 9th Oct.

The under 13 yrs club champs(born 1999 or later) will be played on  two Fri.nights in conjunction with the Fri mixed comp. Entries are to be made online.  

Sep 12

Open Tennis Tournament Entries Close Saturday

 Entries for the Hay Services Club open tennis tournament close online with tournament director Steve Longworth this coming Saturday Sept. 17th. with already  30 players names received up till the weekend. Entries have been received from Victoria, Albury, Wagga, Griffith as well as Hay and also includes Sydneys Ethan Tulliani who has recently returned from overseas tournaments mainly playing the world ranked Italian circuit. This year the Hay tourney as well as the Wagga tourney the following week carry Australian ranking points. The Hay club is hoping for a late surge of entries this week. Anyone who can assist with chores over the weekends play commencing on the 23rd Fri afternoon can advise committee members. The tournament caters for all grades including junior events as well as the popular parent /child doubles with a few local families already entered. 

Club Doubles titles - Both the mens and womens finals will now be contested this week scheduled for monday night as well as the start of the mixed titles. Last weeks womens were washed out.  The Mixed will be played in two groups- the championship section as well as a (B) section with the draw also on the clubs website.

Teams Competitions - There will be mens, womens and mixed teams competitions played weekly on three separate nights commencing after the school holidays. The competitions are open to members /non members (who pay a non members weekly fee) and teams will consist of two players. 

Juniors - Junior Sunday morning activities were called off last weekend due to the Hay Show but there will tennis this week.

 Deniliquin Social Tourney and Junior Clinic - Former Australian tennis  champion and now politician John Alexander will be special guest for a social round robin and will conduct two juniors clinics on Saturday 8th October with music and drinks following. Details are at the clubs noticeboard

Sep 5

Tennis doubles titles to Finals

 Both the 2011 mens and womens doubles titles have reached the finals with a semi final of the womens still to be played.One womens doubles semi was completed during the week and what an unusual scoreline with Paula and Leanne Comb after winning the first set against Chris Huntly and Gaylene Stephens 6/3 but then lost the second set 0/6 however won the tiebreaker decider ( 7points to 4). The Comb girls will play the winner of the early match between the defending champions Liz Hicks and Deb Cronin who play against Donna Wade and Therese Mirabelli. The best of the consolation matches saw Yvonne Mack and Katie Deaton beating Nicole Wade and Julie Clark 6/1 6/4 with Katie Deaton getting the crightons Rural Services weekly award.The mens semi final doubles saw Anthony Slattery and Andrew Cronin too strong for Simon Kermode and Adam Davidson while Allen Dwyer and Andrew Davies were too consistent for Derek McFarland and Warren Hunt in winning 6/2 6/2. There were a number of consolation matches played the closest being Jason Wall and Glen Sorenson beating Tex Davies and John Hang 6/4 7/6. For his good play and improvement Glen Sorenson wins the Foodworks weekly award.

 Mixed Titles -The 2011mixed Club.Champs will commence Mon 12th Sept to go for two weeks plus one week for those contesting the main and consolation final.There will be a Friday night mixed teams competition starting after the school holidays with details of this to be advised next week.

 Juniors -There were a few juniors attending the Sunday morning coaching program on fathers day with a bigger attendance expected this weekend with the kiosk/canteen now operating.

 Court Hire -The better weather together with a number of other sports finishing for the year is making court hire popular with enquiries to Tony Callaghan

Open Tournament -The Hay Services Open Tournament is only a few weeks away and caters for players of all grades. When entering  the tourney online remember to go to open tourney section not the local competitions section.

 Night comps -New night teams competitions in various grades will commence after the school holidays when the club championships are completed with further infofmation to follow.

Aug 29

Hay Services Club major tennis sponsor

The Hay Services Club this financial year will be a major tennis club sponsor starting off with the open tournament to be played in a months time.The Services Club in conjunction with another main sponsor heads a good local list of business houses who are supporting Hay tennis for the next 12 months.The Tennis Club has also gained the support of two businesses giving  weekly awards.The Open Tournament will be held commencing Fri. evening 23rd to 25th Sept. The main events are expected to attract a high standard of entries due to this year being the first time Hay has beeen given ranking points status.Of course there are many other events catering for local (A &B) grade standard as well as juniors ,veterans and family events.Players need not have to play all days and can indicate this on their entry which is to be made online. Players can contact Steve Longworth for enquiries on this issue. Those who can assist any time over the three days can contact Marg Myers.

 Club Championships

Both the mens and womens doubles are up to the semi finals.Anthony Slattery and Andrew Cronin had a good win over Tom Porter and Bede Schiller as did Derek Mc Farland and Warren Hunt against LLoyd Jones and Steve Sharpe 6/1 6/3. There were also consolation matches played with Nick Hurle's improvement giving him the "Crightons Rural Engineering" weekly award.In the womens, the defending champions Liz Hicks and Deb Cronin had a strong win over Sam Sorenson and Serena Wall and so too Paula and Leanne Comb against Sophie and Heidi Stephens. Consolation wins went to Nicole Wade and Julie Clark as well as Yvonne Mack and Katie Deaton.The delayed 2010 mixed titles have been abandoned and instead the 2011 titles will be played on monday nights commencing in two weeks time with entries to Warren or online.

 Juniors

It was very pleasant on Sunday morning at junior tennis activities with Will Barnes winning the "Foodworks" weekly award.Weekly awards can be collected at the club kiosk at the following weeks activities.

Aug 22 Womens Doubles titles commence

 The 2011 womens club championship doubles commenced last week with four matches completed. The closest match of the night saw Sam Sorenson pairing with Serena Wall  beating Sue Parslow and Carol Huggins 6/5 6/3.Donna Wade with Terese Mirabelli had a good match win over Katie Deaton and Yvonne Mack 6/4 6/3. The strong combination of Gaylene Stephens and Christine Huntly beat Nicole Wade and Julie Clark 6/3 6/1 while the young sisters combination of Heidi and Sophie Stephens had a brilliant win against Jodie and Kelcey Anderson 6/1 6/2. Other pairs had first round byes with all players scheduled for 22nd August.

Last weeks mens was washed out with the draw updated on the web.

Sunday morning junior activities will resume this weekend.

Aug 15

Deb Cronin retains tennis title     

 Deb Cronin came home strongly to win a good battle against Belinda Headon 7/5 6/0 in an entertaining match lasting more than an hour.The match was played on wed.night in conjunction with the start of the mens doubles championships when play was cancelled on monday due to rain with the other womens singles matches abandoned. Deb has now won the womens singles title five consecutive times commencing in 2007. 

The womens doubles titles commence Monday 15th with the draw now available.     

The mens doubles had three early round matches completed with the well experienced Tom Porter and Bede Schiller narrowly prevailing over the up and coming combination of Gardean Ellis and Glen Sorenson 7/6  6/3 while Adam Davidson and Simon Kermode upset the seeded combination of Andrew Schipp and Geoff Chapman 6/1 6/4 . The other seeded pair of Allen Dwyer and Andrew Davies beat Nick Hurle and Hugh Burnham.6/3 6/2 

Sponsorship deals for the financial year are expected to be finalised this week

Aug 8

Tennis Open Tournament Proceeding

 The annual Hay Open and Junior tennis tournament will be held from Friday afternoon 23rd to 25th Sept. the start of the school holidays.The tournament is without a major sponsor with annual sponsorship requests and approaches being made this week.The tournament having been held for many decades and being a big part of the Hay community calendar received a poor entry and held little interest amongst Hay players last year. However new strategies have taken place with the tournament gaining Australian Rankings points which means a higher level and increased numbers in the main events.Riverina and district as well as local players will set their sights on the minor events and leave the open events for the professionals.The program will still maintain the popular parent and child doubles to keep the social atmosphere of the tournament.The committee is anxious to receive assistance over the three days  to spread the workload around  and of course the club is hoping all current players will play at least one event of their standard.

 Club Championships

Andrew Cronin won the mens singles for the fourth time again beating Andrew Davies in three sets this time the score being 6/2 5/7 6/3.Other good mens matches were the brilliant play of Nick Hurle over John Hang, with Andrew Schipp winning in a tie breaker over Steve Sharpe.The mens doubles commences August 10th with the defending champions Steve Longworth and Peter Lawrence unable to play however 9 pairs will fight it out.In the womens semi played Belinda Headon had a great 7/5 6/0 win over the talented Jasmine Gregory with the final scheduled Aug 8th. Pending rain the womens doubles will start on Aug 15th.The delayed 2010 mixed will be played on Monday nights following the completion of the womens doubles

 Juniors

After two weeks break junior Sunday morning activities will resume this weekend at 11am

Jul 31

Tennis singles to semi finals- closing doubles date extended one week

 For the second consecutive week the womens singles titles were cancelled due to the weather conditions.Singles semi-finals that have been completed saw Andrew Cronin have a great match against Anthony Slattery 7/6 6/0 with Deb Cronin despite the scoreline havihg a tough 6/1 6/0 win against Sarah Lobbe.There were a number of mens consolation matches played with three being decided in tie breakers these being Steve Sharpe over Gardean Ellis, Tex Davies over Simon Kermode and Nick Hurle over Geoff Chapman. The best win went to Matt Leahy. 

Doubles

Entries for the mens and womens doubles have now been extended to 3rd August to now commence from 10th August.Entries to Warren Hunt, online or to Tony Callaghan. Players who dont have partners can still enter.

 Memberships

The period of grace for memberships has now elapsed with Marg Myers now required to collect a non membership weekly fee from both junior and senior players who are not financial members.

 Rugby Union Tennis Day

The Cutters Rugby club held a pleasant social day last Saturday with the singles winner being Lloyd Schultz and mixed winners being Hugh Burnham and Sarah Lobbe

 Open Tournament

The annual open tournament will be hed shortly at the start of the school holidays but is without a major sponsor.The committee will meet this week to discuss this important event as well as other matters.

 Juniors

Sunday morning junior tennis will resume this weekend at 11am with all annual junior memberships to be finalised

Jul 20

 Tennis Singles to Semis - Doubles Entries close this week

The club championship doubles entries close this week Wed 27th with the men to start as planned on the 3rd August and the women now starting 8th August due to last weeks washout singles.Mens quarter finals were played last week with all interest in the win of Anthony Slattery 6/4 6/2  over Derek McFarland.All losers of the main draw have been placed into their respective groups with all players being scheduled to play this week. Players are reminded that out of courtesy to Warren Hunt to check if they can reschedule their match and if he has early notification may reschedule the whole nights play to consider all players. Match times are on the clubs web or at the window notice board.The delayed 2010 club mixed doubles titles will be played on monday nights following the completion of the womens doubles in Sept.

 Open Tourney

The Hay Open Tourney is set down for the 23rd to 25th Sept and has been given a higher status by tennis NSW in allocating Aust computer points for Aust rankings. Annual sponsorships will be sought in the next two weeks to assist financially in the running of the tourney as well as sponsors getting teaming rights to night tennis competitions planned to start in October. Sponsorship was very minimal last year and without it the committee may have to rethink in holding the open tournament.

 New Zealand tennis trip

Following the success of the visit by the New Zealand social tennis group in Hay last month arrangements are detailed at the clubs noticeboard of a tennis trip to NZ in April 2012 if any one is interested.

 Court Hire 

The hiring of tennis courts will now be made to Tony Callaghan 0419571292 with costs detailed at the courts. Members who may play one hour a fortnight other than night competitions should consider purchasing a green pass.

Jul 13 -Good Tennis Singles start a few upsets

 The 2011 mens and womens club championships began last week with most matches proceeding as planned although there were a few upsets.Nick Hurle the club under 19yrs champion in 2003 and not having played for many years was in great form to beat John Hang 6/1 6/1 however went down in the second round to the maestro Warren Hunt. A new look and fit Gardean Ellis beat the very experienced Geoff Chapman 7/6 6/3 but only to lose to the much improved and former club doubles champion Derek McFarland in the next round. Glen Sorenson knocked off the number (7)seed Hugh Burnham 6/3 7/5 and will now face Andrew Davies while the match of the night in the mens was Lloyd Jones beating Matt Leahy 6/4 6/4 to now play Adam Davidson. Andrew Cronin, Anthony Slattery and Allen Dwyer were other players to advance to the Quarter finals.In the womens most players received byes with top wins going to Sarah Lobbe and Jasmine Gregory to bring the main draw up to the semi-finals. All eight women are drawn to play matches on the 18th with all men on the 20th.The full draw and timetable is on the clubs web or at the window notice board. 

Doubles

The 2011 club doubles will now start for the women on the 1st August and the men on the 3rd in conjunction with the mens singles final.Entries for the doubles will close next week wed 27th online or with Warren Hunt or Tony Callaghan.

 Memberships

Marg Myers has had a good responce to memberships and advises that anyone who was missed in receiving an account to contact her. The deadline is 31st July with players to be financial members to play Club Championships Hopefully players will receive their Tennis NSW cards this year..

 Medibank Junior singles Tourney

Despite sufficient entries being received in the 10 yrs and 12 yrs events for Sundays Hay Riverina tournament there were very few entries received for the 14s, 16s and 18yrs events with only a total of 25 players, making the day not viable. Sadly there were only 5 Hay players with the tournament not likely to be approved for Hay next year. 

Junior Club Champs.

Plans are underway to conduct the annual under 13 ,under 16 and under 19 yrs club titles soon having not been held last year. These titles are for hay players only. 

Coaching

Sunday morning junior coaching resumes this weekend at 11am with junior annual  memberships also due

Good  Tennis Singles Entry

 Just under 30 players have entered the 2011 mens and womens club championship singles titles.Both the defending champions for the past three years Deb and Andrew Cronin are the number one seeds. Jasmine Gregory and Belinda Headon are expected to meet in a semi final in the other half of the womens draw. There are eight seeds in the mens with last years runner up Andrew Davies the number two.The full draw is available at the clubhouse window notice board and on the clubs web site.

The club doubles titles are expected to commence from the 8th August in conjunction with the singles finals with entries now being taken by Warren Hunt or Tony Callaghan.

 Medibank Junior Tourney

Hay will host its Medibank Riverina Tourney this coming Sunday 17th July with only 15 player entries received to date. Tournament Director Steve Longworth is hoping to get 50 players to participate in the days activities with fears if there are insufficient nominations, the tourney will be cancelled.

Tennis Doubles Finalised . Singles starts next week 

The tennis winter doubles competition was successfully completed last week and congratulations go to the organisers Marg Myers and Warren Hunt for their organisation.Paula and Leanne Comb won the womens final from Chris Huntly and Gaylene Stephens 6/4 6/1, with Allen Dwyer and Andrew Davies taking the mens prize from Geoff Chapman and Steve Longworth 6/3 6/4. Winners prizes were from The Australian Open merchandise shop.

Singles - Mens and womens club championship singles commence next week catering for all grades in a knockout formula with winners and losers playing for four weeks.Already there has been a good entries responce with further names to be taken up to Wed. 6th July to Warren Hunt or Tony Callaghan or enter online through the clubs website www.haytennis.92computing.com  The draw should be available Fri 8th July with women starting Monday 11th and men on the 13th. The 2011 Club Championship doubles will follow the completion of the singles in four weeks time. Players need to be financial members to be eligible to participate in the Championships.

Juniors - The Medibank Junior Tourney to be held on Sunday 17th July has only attracted to date 10 players from various towns around the Riverina but hopefully following Australia,s great junior boys and girls success at Wimbledon there might be some keen enthusiasts entering. Tournament director Steve Longworth is taking entries online through the clubs website.The committee always appreciates anyone who can assist in the running of the tourney.

Also during the holidays Andrew Cronin will run a tennis clinic on Thurs 7th. July with details and registration to Andrew 6993 1603               

July 1 2011 Tennis Singles starts July 11

 The 2011 Club Championship singles will commence in the second week of the school holidays with the women starting on the 11th July and the men on the 13th July. the competition is expected to run for 4 weeks with the winners advancing to the second round and the losers contesting consolation groups from the 18th july.

Former Club Administrative Officer Tony Callaghan will be assisting and will be taking names for singles  (phone 6993 1362) or advise Warren Hunt at the courts or players can enter online.

Meanwhile Marg Myers is collecting annual memberships for the 2011/2012 financial year for players to be eligible to play the singles as well to booster funds to help pay for insurance and other costs which have well risen.

COMPETITIONS This week is the finals and playoffs of the current night doubles competition.In the womens Leanne and Paula Comb will contest the final against Gaylene Stephens and Chris Huntly at 6.15pm with all other pairs playing at this time or 7.30pm (check time with Warren Hunt) The best match last week was Sarah Lobbe and Therese Mirabelli beating Casey and Nicole Wade 6/3 6/4

In the mens final this week Allen Dwyer and Andrew Davies meet Geoff Chapman and Steve Longworth with this match at 6pm while all other matches involving all players to be played at 7pm.The best of last weeks matches saw Steve Bate and Tex Davies(playing like Bernard Tomic) beating Bede Schiller and Tom Porter(a new restring for Tom) the score being 5/6 6/3

JUNIORS Hay will host a junior Medibank tourney on Sunday 17th July with events being from about ages 8yrs upwards.Entries can be taken online.

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Juniors -

A small but enthusiastic group of children enjoyed perfect weather for sunday junior coaching with a fun time had by all.  There will be a juniors mini tournament next sunday 18th of July commencing at 11am with all children welcome to attend.  Prizes will be awarded and the cost is $5 per child to be paid on the day.  Parents are encouraged to stay and assist with scoring.

The Hay Tennis Club 2010-2011 memberships are now being accepted with mens, womens and juniors competitions commencing soon.  Details are available on the Hay Tennis Club website.

There will be a committee meeting at 7pm on Tuesday 13th July at 92 Computing on the Sidonia Road.

July 3

Junior Tennis Comp. Finished 

The Wednesday junior tennis competition was finalised last week with the completion of divisions (3) and (4). The other divisions had been completed the previous week with the winners being Amelia Maynard (1) Amelia and Lisa Cai doubles winners (1), River Anderson (2) and Sophie Cox (5).Last week saw a top division (3) final with Alice Laracy prevailing over Tim Zambon 6/5 while division (4) saw the ever improving Jock Crighton winning  6/1 against the talented all round sportsman Kynan Headon.For their runner-up efforts Tim and Kynan win the O'Briens Fertilisers and Foodworks Junior awards. In weekend junior Sunday Morning tennis will resume this coming sunday 11th at 11am and the following Sunday 18th also at 11am with a mini tourney. 

Court hire enquiries can now be made to Kim Curtis.

June 27

Tennis Tournament Cancelled

 The Hay Medibank Junior tennis Tournament to be held last Sunday was cancelled due to insufficient numbers.Tournament organiser Steve Longworth advised surprisingly only 30 players nominations for the singles tourney had been received at the closing time on the Friday of which 15 were locals. Also at this stage the courts were flooded. Last year a good entry of 60 players participated in good weather.

Meanwhile the Wednesday afternoon junior competition was finalised in three divisions last week having not been held for a number of weeks. Amelia Maynard won the division (1) singles as well as her and Lisa Cai winning the doubles in this division just edging out Toby Crighton in points. River Anderson won division (2) while Sophie Cox took out division (5).The division (3) and (4) finals will be played this wed.30th.between Tim Zambon and Alice Laracy as well as Jock Crighton and Kynan Headon. Last week Toby Crighton and Rupert Lilburne took out the Foodworks Junior and O'Briens fertilisers awards.

Sunday morning junior tennis resumes this weekend at 11 o'clock.

Annual memberships as well as sponsorship letters have recently been issued and anyone missed can contact Tony Callaghan  by 7th.July who will finish as Tennis Administrator with Kim Curtis  beginning to take over many of Tonys roles.

June 20

Open Junior Tournament on Sunday

The Medibank Junior Tournament will be held in Hay this Sunday 27th June commencing at 9am.Entries have already been received from Griffith  and Wagga together with a few locals. Entries are expected to be high as a number of other town tournaments in the area have been washed out  and players are still chasing points to qualify for regional finals. Events range from 10yrs up to 21yrs events with play expected to finish around 4pm. Events are round robin and entries must be made online The committee is wishing for kiosk assistance or donations for the day with contact to be made to Gaylene Stephens or Wendy Heerey.

The wednesday afternoon junior competition hopefully will be held this week for those players who are available with all matches set down for 4pm.

The Club Championship titles are still continuing with matches expected this week.

Annual membership accounts are being issued this week with discounts being offered for payments received by the 30th June.

The annual sponsorship letter will also be issued shortly.

June 13

Tennis Titles Delay

Both the womens singles final as well as the start of the mens doubles were postponed from last week.

The womens final between Deb Cronin and Belinda Headon was postponed with Deb having wrist problems and will be played soon.All other sections of the singles were completed with Jasmine Gregory prevailing over Leonie Booth to finish in 3rd. position and Amelia Maynard winning section (2) with a 9/7 tiebreaker win over Sarah Lobbe.Sue Clancy wins the Hay Furniture award following her win over Tertia Butcher.

The mens doubles championships opening matches were washed out last week.

The wednesday afternoon junior singles competition was also called off last week due to the weather and will not be held again this week as Tony is away. Finals will be held on wed. 23rd June and it is hoped to finalise all the local entries for the Medibank open Hay junior tourney for the sunday the 27th.June. In the meantime players can enter online Events are from 10yrs upwards.

Jun 7

Mens Club Championship Doubles starts this week

The 2010 mens doubles titles hits off this week with a round robin format involving four strong pairs with a winner difficult to predict.The defending champions Anthony Slattery and Andrew Cronin will face tough opponents in former champions for a record number of times in Peter Dwyer and Peter Marks, teams competition winners Andrew Davies and Allen Dwyer as well as the scratch pair of Steve Longworth and Peter Lawrence.The first round commences this Wednesday 9th June at 7pm. The (B) and (C) grade mens group has been abandoned and instead special matches are being organised also at 7pm.

 Womens  The womens doubles titles will be held after the school holidays. Meanwhile the womens singles has reached the final stage and will be played this week between Deb Cronin and Belinda Headon. Both these players met in last years final.Semi finals played last week saw Deb beat Jasmine Gregory 6/2 6/3 and Belinda beat Leonie Booth 6/0 6/1.For their efforts in reaching the semi finals Leonie Booth and Jasmine Gregory take out the Hay Furniture and Foodworks awards while in play-off matches held  Tertia Butcher wins the Hay Sevices award. The top play-off match saw Amelia Maynard beat Sam Oliver 8/6 in a tie breaker decider for these girls to win the Foodworks and O,Briens Fertilisers  junior awards.

Juniors  The wed. afternoon junior competition was not held last week but will resume this week.Matches will only be held at 4pm and due to a number of players unavailable the draw will be made at the courts.  Players are reminded of the junior tournament being held in Hay on Sunday June 27th with entries to be made online.

May 30

Weather stops tennis

All tennis was washed out last week with the womens singles semi-finals and playoffs (the same draw ) being scheduled this week..The mens doubles commences this week (wed.2nd June) with only one match scheduled with the other pairs receiving byes.Former champions Peter Dwyer and Peter Marks have regrouped for this year to make the tournament a very strong standard.Last year the title was won by Anthony Slattery and Andrew Cronin who beat Marks and Warren Hunt in the final. 

The wednesday junior draw will be the same as last weeks washout however some matches may change due to a number being away with school activities..

Sunday morning junior activities continues this weekend at 11am

Entries are now being taken for the junior tourney being played on Sunday 27th June

General

The new work on the clubhouse toilets looks very good with many thanks going to Anthony Slatterys organising.

Tony Callaghan after many years as the Clubs Administrator will retire shortly.The committee is interested to hear of anyone who may be interested in carrying out administration duties for the club.

May 23

Andrew Cronin wins Mens Tennis 

In one of the best finals for many years Andrew Cronin won the 2010 mens title with a nail biting three sets over Andrew Davies.This has been the third consecutive year these two have fought out the final however this year went to the third set. Cronin won the match 6/7 6/2 7/5 after trailing 5/4 in the third.Paul Pless took out the consolation section with a 6/3 6/2 win over Kane Malone.Entries for the mens club championship doubles close this week to commence wed. 2nd June. The womens club championship doubles will be played in conjunction with a normal teams dopubles competition after the school holidays.For their efforts last week Andrew Cronin and Paul Pless won the Hay Furniture and Foodworks awards.

 Womens singles -The womens singles competition has reached the semi final stage following the completion of the pool groups. Leonie Booth won the Hay Services  Club award following her good win over Sam Oliver  to reach the semis and now plays Belinda Headon this week. Deb Cronin the defending champion will play Jasmine Gregory in the other semi. All players including division (2) play this week. Lisa Cai won the O'Briens Fertilisers award.

Juniors Well done to those players who played the Leeton tourney on sunday with the Griffith and Narrandera  tourneys being played on the next two Sundays . The Hay tourney will be held on the 27th June.There was a general bye in last weeks wed. afternoon junior comp. with the draw already displayed on the web for this weeks matches. There will be draw alterations made at the courts due to a number of St. Marys  students unable to attend. The finals and play offs will then be held on the 2nd June with special challenge matches and prizes being organised for the 9th and 16th June.Sunday Morning junior activities continued on the weekend with Kynan Hill winning the Foodworks junior award.

May 16

Mens Tennis singles to Final

The Annual Club Championship Mens singles has reached the final in the knockout format with the womens still progressing through the pools stage.In last weeks mens semis the defending champion Andrew Cronin had an early scare losing the first set 7/6 to Peter Lawrence before coming home very strongly to take the next sets without conceding as game. As expected the other singles between Warren Hunt and Andrew Davies was of the highest standard. Earlier Hunt had eliminated Allen Dwyer in a 7/6 6/1 battle but found Andrew Davies too strong and with both players nursing injuries Davies won 7/5 6/2. Cronin will now face Davies again in this years final on.Wednesday night. Meanwhile the feed-in and consolation sections continue with good wins to Paul Pless and Anthony Slattery.The division (2) was completed last week with Peter Macey winning this section.For their efforts Warren Hunt and Anthony Slattery win the weekly Hay Furniture and Foodworks awards.The Mens Doubles Club Championships will commence on June 2nd.

 Womens- Deb Cronin continues her good form with another strong win in her pool group. Sarah Lobbe wins the Hay Services Club award for her great play against Belinda Headon in narrowly losing 6/4 6/2.. Jasmine Gregory had a good win .Division (2) winners were Tertia Butcher and Amelia Maynard.The Womens Doubles Club Championships will commence after the school holidays and will be part of the normal doubles competition played in four grades.

 Juniors The wednesday afternoon junior competition players should congratulate themselves on their great enthusiam and improvement .These have been the comments by all the parents.Last weeks O,Briens Fertilisers award went to Toby Crighton  and the Foodworks junior award to Ebony Howard. The junior leaders at this stage are division (1) Amelia Maynard, div(2) River Anderson, division (3) Alice Laracy, division (4) Jock Crighton and division (5) Kelcey Anderson.The draw is available on the website and players are reminded there is a general bye this week.Saturday Morning activities are now being held on Sunday mornings at 11am with enquiries to Andrew cronin..

May 9 High standard tennis singles     

The annual tennis singles competition which incorporates the club championship singles in the top section of both the mens and womens last week saw some high standard and exciting matches.The womens main group is being held in two main pool groups with Belinda Headon winning the Hay Furniture award for a top 6/3 6/2 win over Jasmine Gregory/ while Julie Lawrence won the Foodworks award for her comeback win 3/6 6/0 tie-breaker 7/4 win against Sarah Lobbe. In the other pool the defending champion Deb Cronin had a strong win against Sam Oliver and Leonie Booth also a good win over Sue Clancy.In the division two section which now has 5 players competing Amelia Maynard had a very good win over Tertia Butcher.

Mens -  The mens quarter finals were played last week with the number 4 seed Anthony Slattery going down to the inform Peter Lawrence 6/3 3/6 6/1 who will now oppose Andrew Cronin in the semi,s who had a good standard win against Peter Dwyer. Andrew Davies had a marathon 4/6 6/0 6/2 win over Tony Callaghan and will take on the winner of the Warren Hunt and Allen Dwyer clash.   Damien Crocker wins the Hay Services Club award for his big 9/1 win in the division two section.In the feed-in round robin section Paul Pless and Kane Malone had good wins over Peter Davies and Trent Wall

Juniors - Luke and Ben Arandt made very promising starts to their competition play in  wednesday afternoon last week Luke drew with the grade leader Liam Headon 5 games each in division two , while Ben in division four snuck in against Isabella Tumolero4/3. Division (1) continues with a doubles and singles while all other divisions are mainly singles. After two rounds a number of players lead div.1 howeverthere are individual leaders for the others as follows div.2 River Anderson,(3) Tim Zambon, (4) Jock Crighton and (5) Kelcey Anderson.

Saturday morning junior activities has now been transferred to Sunday mornings at 11am. Last weeks awards  went to Lucy Tripney ( O,Briens Fertilisers ) and Eliza Maynard(Foodworks Junior).

The Hay open junior Medibank tourney will be held on Sunday 27th June. The Leeton junior will be played on Sunday 23rd.may and those interested in playing should advise Andrew Cronin by this weekend and if sufficient numbers bus transport will be organised.       

May 2

 Good Start to Tennis Singles

The Annual  singles competition started last week with the mens commencing their knockout as well as round- robin formats.Four comfortable wins went to Peter Dwyer, Peter Lawrence, Allen Dwyer and Tony Callaghan against Paul Pless, Kane Malone, Tex Davies and Trent Wall in the Club Championship section in the first round.These four winners with their current form should give their four seeded opponents a good run or upset win in their quarter final clsshes this week The above losers will now contest the feed-in round robin group. Four players are also contesting the (B) grade section with Peter Macey winning the "Foodworks" award for his gutsy 7/6 win.The "Hay Furniture" award went to Peter Lawrence for his brilliant play.The womens singles commences this week with two strong pool groups contesting round robins. A division (2) group is also being held but still requires an additional two players to bring the total to six.players for this divisiion.

Once again the annual ICPA day was a great success being well organised by Julie Lawrence and her team.

 Juniors The wednesday afternoon junior competition recommenced last week in five divisions as well as the delayed division (5) final from the last competition.In this match a very improved Will Barnes beat Isabella Tumolero 6/1 and wins the Foodworks junior award. In last weeks matches, division (1) plays a singles and doubles sets with Hayden Deaton winning the Hay Services Club award and Amelia Maynard the O,Briens Fertilisers award.Melissa Fattore now joins this group.In div. (2) River Anderson and Liam Headon won their respective singles against last comps winner and runner up Karinda Deaton and Joanne Canning. Alice Laracy joins div. (3) and beat Charlie Cronin 6/3 in a very high standard match. Tim Zambon had a win. Division (4) saw Kynan Headon winning 4/3 against Jim Ware. Division (5) saw Kelcey Anderson score a close 6/5 against Sophie Cox. The Saturday Morning coaching and games activities will now transfer to Sunday mornings however will not be held this Sunday due to Mothers day and will start on16th May at this stage the time is set for 11am.

Apr 25

Annual tennis singles starts

 The annual singles competition incorporating the club championships commences this week with the men starting Wed night 28th April.Sixteen players in two divisions will play over four weeks with play commencing at 7pm. Andrew Cronin the defending champion for the past two years is the number(1) seed with seedings 2 to 4 going to Warren Hunt, Andrew Davies and Anthony Slattery making it a tough tournament.The womens singles will commence the following Monday 3rd. May with a very poor entry of only 10 players received at the weekend.However entries will still be accepted up to Thurs night 29th.The Wed. afternoon junior competition resumes this week in 5 divisions with matches scheduled at 4pm or 5pm. The delayed div.5 final from the last competition between Isabella Tumolero and Will Barnes will also be played at 4pm.Details of all the above competitions will appear on the website this week.

The Saturday morning activities were called off last week due to the inclement weather(parents should if not already done, register their email address- follow the prompts on the web to be informed of such cancellations)

Medibank Junior Tourneys are coming up shortly starting with Leeton on the 23rd May followed by Griffith, Narrandera and then Hay on the 27th June.

The annual ICPA tennis day will be held this coming Sunday 2nd. May.

Apr 17

Tennis Singles Entries close this week

Entries for the forthcoming singles competitions in men,women, and juniors close this week Thurs. 22nd April with Tony Callagahn or online. The mens will commence Wed. night 28th. April and the womens commence Mon 3rd. May while the Wed. afternoon Junior singles commences also on the 28th April. The singles competitions incorporates the club championships and will be held in various grades.  Saturday morning junior activities recommences this week 24th April 

The committee meeting to be held this week has been postponed.

Apr 12

Tennis Singles Competition Next

The annual singles competitions for both men and women will commence after the anzac weekend with the men starting 28th April and women commencing the 3rd May. The competitions will be held in various grades and will incorporate the club championshiops.  

Mens  - The mens teams competition was completed  last week in three grades with finals and playoffs held. In (A) grade playing for individual honors Andrew Cronin took out the title ahead of Andrew Davies with Allen Dwyer in 3rd. spot. In the combined (B&C)grade the DY,s team kept their unbeaten run intact by winning their second consecutive title. The team of Peter Dwyer and Paul Pless had a hard fought first set win 6/4 against the Hydes Carpentry combination of Paul McInnes and Lloyd Jones but came home strongly to win the second set 6/0. For their great effort Peter and Paul win the Foodworks and Hay Services Club weekly awards. In the (D) grade final the AndEarth team of Damien Croker and Matt Leahy were too good for the Foodworks team of Peter Macey and Ron Bradbury the score being 6/3 6/2. Winning teams of play-off matches were Thompsons Smash Repairs, Country Energy and Crighton Cranes. 

Juniors - Last week the first part of the Wednesday singles was completed in most divisions. In div.(1) Hayden Deaton beat Damon Slattery 6/5 to remain unbeaten and win the division with Amelia Maynard coming second .Div (2) had already been won by Stuart McLean who was unbeaten with Toby Crighton coming second. Div.(3) saw a final between the two unbeaten players with Karinda Deaton beating Joanne Canning 5/4.Div. (4)also saw a final with Rupert Lilburne winning a high standard match 7/6 over Tim Zambon. Div.(5) with 10 players competing played semi finals with the top 4 pointscorers with Isabella Tumolero beating Jim Ware 3/2  and Will Barnes beating Jock Crighton 6/5 with the two winners to contest a final on the 28th April with a fresh start to a new competition starting on this day. Most players have indicated they will be continuing with new players invited to join.Please advise Tony Callaghan by 21st.  Andrew Cronins 2 day coaching clinic during the week was very successful although the weather was a little misty on the first morning.. Saturday morning activities will resume on the 24th April. The Leeton junior tourney this year will be held Sun. 23rd. May which was enjoyed by a Hay contingent last year.

General  - Steve Longworth sends his regards from Mexico where he is running the 2010 world vets tourney for the 35yrs to 50 yrs age group where 335 players are competing. The annual ICPA tennis tourney this year is set down for Sunday 2nd May. Thank you to those who attended the working bee at the clubhouse last week where a good job was done

Apr 5

Andrew Cronin wins Tennis Coach of the Month Award

Hay Tennis Clubs Andrew Cronin has won the Medibank Regional Tennis NSW monthly award for February. The January award was won by Kim Williams who coaches at the Yass and Murrumbateman Clubs.Andrew has won a Coles /Myer Gift voucher as well as tickets to the 2011 NSW Sydney Medibank International where the announcement of coach of the year will be made. Andrew was selected as the monthly winner for having good weekly junior attendances at Saturday morning activities and private coaching throughout the week as well as coaching students from Carrathool and Hay Public Schools.His school holiday coaching programs have also been popular.The Tennis Club has a good junior membership registered with Tennis NSW through Andrews involvement.Andrew has been coaching now  for over 12 months having taken over from Tony Callaghan who is enjoying the break after 30 years and concentrating more on competition and administrative duties. Andrew  qualified as a professional after spending many hours attending courses last year. He brings to the court modified tennis equipment as well as colourful items replacing clothes trolleys, garbage/rubbish bins and tins previously used to assist in activities The cost of many of these new items was generously met by the Riv. Hotel and 2 Hay FM as well as some hard working fund raising parents.In last Saturdays play good shots went to Jamilah Pynor, Kenny Hargraeves, Alice Laracy, and Liza Maynard.There will be a break now of three weeks to resume on 24 April.There will now be two days coaching activities organised by Andrew during the holidays with three age group sessions each day and depending on numbers will depend on how many coaches.It is therefore important to book early for $15 a session (2 hours) for the Wed. and Thur 7th and 8th April the first week of the school holidays. Players /parents should contact Andrew for further information.

Junior Comp - The current Wednesday afternoon competition will finish this week with a fresh one to commence  on 21st April.It is expected all current players will continue in the new comp with all new players now able to join in.New players entries to Tony by 13th April All current players will be automatically included. This weeks draw will be on the website shortly.

 All finals in mens and womens competitions are scheduled this week.

Womens-The pick of matches last week in (A) grade saw the defending champions Centrespot having a strong semi-final win 6/1 6/3 against the Bidgee Tyre Service. In (B) two tough semi wins resulted to saltbush over Nicolas Royal 6/4 6/3 and the Treloars narrowly winning 5/6 6/4 by one game against Bidgee Motor Inns Sarah Lobbe and Sue Clancy. In (C) it was a similar situation with Murphys Clothing winning 3/6 6/2 against Radio 2Hay FM while Foodworks had a solid 6/2 6/3. From the other results Tertia Butcher won the Hay Furniture award and Katherine Maynard the Foodworks award for good play.It couldn,t have got any closer in (D) grade when the young Lucy Pless and Kate Hicks won 5/6 6/5 (7/6 tie-breaker) over Betta Electrical to go to the final and for theie efforts won the O,Briens Fertilisers and Foodworks junior awards.

Mens -IN (A) grade Andrew Davies and Allen Dwyer moved closer to leader Andrew Cronin following the good win against Peter Marks and Warren Hunt.In the (B & C) grade semis the DY,s team had a good 6/1 6/4 over 92 Computing .However it was the Hydes Carpentry team of Ian Auldist and Lloyd Jones winning in a tie breaker decider over the Thompsons Smash team of Tony Callaghan and Ron Bradbury to qualify for the final.For his part Ian Aldist wins the Services Club award.Othjer winning teams were Elders, Crightons  and AndEarth. 

Mar 20

High School Tennis Team again Champions

The Hay War Memorial Girls High School Tennis team for the third consecutive year has progressed through the South- Western Riverina Zone to reach the 4th round of the state knockout competition. After receiving a bye in the first round the team met a strong confident Balranald team. After the Hay girls lost their first two doubles sets 2/6, 1/6 they climbed back to win three of the four singles with a cool determined No.1 Kate Stephens winning against the oppositions champion 6/4. It all came down to the last set with Bronwyn Hicks and Sophie Stephens displaying top maturity to win 6/5 and for Hay to advance to the next round. With Finley and Deniliquin eliminated the Hay girls faced Barham on their own turf . With the singles played first and Sam Oliver winning 6/0 it was the perfect start and lead for Hay to hang on and narrowly win the match by just three games after sets were even. It was a great effort by the girls playing on unaccustomed grass courts and now travelling to Albury for the next round.The Hay Tennis Club has offered practice sessions with adult opponents as well as reserve player Amelia Maynard to assist the team for their next match.

Womens -  The night competition is up to the semi-finals and playoffs in all grades with all teams playing this week. In last weeks (A) grade the top team Sportfirst had a draw with the Riv. Hotels Cheryl Hurst and Donna Wade yet despite thier draw the Riv. failed to make the semi,s by half a point to Elders who beat the defending champions Centrespot 4pts to 2. For her efforts Chris Huntly wins the Hay Services Club award. (B) grade saw the Treloars team of Leonie Booth and Sophie Stephens having a 6/2 6/0 win over the Bidgee motor Inn however both these teams clash in a semi with revenge in mind for Bidgee. In (C) grade last years runners up the Hay Jewellers lost their very important clash to the Radio 2 Hay FM team of Leonie and Alice Laracy for a semi final berth. Robos Bakery also qualified for a semi position with Georgia Booth receiving the O,Briens Fertilisers award for her play when the team beat Meggs Grain Handling 6/4 6/4. In (D) grade the Hydes Plumbing finished on equal top spot with a 6/0 3/6 win over last seasons runners up team Hay Newsagency comprising Ellie Jamieson and Daisy Pless. Other winners were Betta Electrical, Hay Services Club and the IGA team headed by Sue Parslow.

Mens  The  combined (B&C) grade as well as (D) grade (now comprising four teams) is up to the semi finals and playoffs involving all teams. In (A) grade Andrew Cronin has now moved to outright leader following Allen Dwyer and his doubles 6/3 6/4 6/5 win last week with Dwyer moving into 3rd. position one point ahead of Peter Marks and Anthony Slattery. In the(B&C)grade DY,s the defending champions finished on top of the ladder following their entertaining 6/2 6/3 (8/10) win over Country Energy whose team last week comprised handy fit players Kane Molloy and Col Fisher. The 92 computing team with Jasen Crighton filling in for Nick Maynard despite narrowly losing to Thompsons Smash still qualified for the semis to play DY,s. ShaneMcGufficke for Thompsons receives the Hay Furniture award for his role with Tex Davies  for the team to also qualify for semis to play Hydes Carpentry. The Hydes Carpentry player Paul McInnes for his continued consistency and winning 5pts to 0 with Andrew Schipp over Hay Shire receives the Foodworks award. In (D) grade the AndEarth team after losing the first set came home to win the match against the  Surprise team while the Mystery team had a strong win against Foodworks.

Juniors  - Despite the heat and mosquitos just about all the scheduled matches were played.In division (1) Amelia Maynard had a top 6/4 win over Damon Slattery while Hayden Deaton beat Lisa Cai. Division(2) matches were of a high standard with Stuart McLean beating Yolanda Miller 6/3 and Toby Crighton and Ryan Burgess playing a 6each draw. In Division (3) Joanne Canning continues her improvement this time with a victory over Tyler Clancy, while Liam headon went down to the great play of Tobye Deaton. Karinda Deaton had a 6/4 win over Chloe Deacon played in good spirit and similarly Ebony Howard over River Anderson. Brilliant tennis was again evident in division (4) with wins to Rupert Lilburne as well as Tim Zambon who won the Foodworks junior award. Good improvement is again noted in division (5) with wins to Will Barnes, Kynan Headon 3/2 over Sophie Cox, Isabella Tumol;ero 5/1 against Jock Crighton, Jim Ware 4/3 over Nathaniel Martin and Kelcey Anders

Mar 13

Womens Tennis to semi _ finals

Round 5 of the womens night tennis competition is scheduled this week with matches up to the semi-finals and play-offs involving all teams  to play monday night 22nd March. The competition is expected to be finalised before the Easter holiday period. In last weeks (A)grade play Centrespot continue their good form by gaining maximum points against the Riv. Hotel, while Bronwyn Hicks and Jasmine Gregory after losing the first set to Elders won the second set strongly as well as the match.In (B)grade a marathon match 6/5 5/6 resulted in the top of the table clash between Saltbush Motor Inn and Bidgee Motor Inn team with Jill Chapman going well.Despite losing the second set 6/4 to the Nicolas Royal team with Lyn Murphy playing good tennis the Treloars Central Servo team won the match 4pts. to 2.  In (C)grade the Foodworks team of Kellie Rutledge and Rebecca Tumolero for the fourth week gained the maximum points this time against a good Radio 2Hay FM combiation in Jan Jacka and Marylou Gardam.For their efforts Kellie and Rebecca win the Hay Furniture and Foodworks awards.There were two exciting draws in other matches in this grade while the Murphys team beat the inform Hay Jewellers. Two teams remain unbeaten in (D)grade following last weeks results. The Hydes Plumbing the youngest team in the comp comprising Jodie Hicks and Hannah McGufficke lead the ladder by one point from Betta Electrical and for their efforts these girls gained the O,Briens Fertilisers and Foodworks Junior awards. Other wins went to the Services Club and the Bowling and Golf Club.

Mens -  Following last weeks (A) grade tennis Andrew Cronin and Andrew Davies share the lead with Anthony Slattery and Peter Marks sharing the 3rd. and 4th spots. In the combined (B&C) grade the DYs Bus  team remain in the lead with a 6/3 6/3 (5/7) win over the Hydes Carpentry team while The Thompsons Smash repairs team remain in second position following its unusual scoreline 6/5 0/6 (7/4) win over the Country Energy. For his efforts in this match Clint Miller receives the Hay Services award. Other wins went to 92 Computing and Elders with Shane McGufficke and Glen Jamieson proving a good combination. In (D) grade the AndEarth team of Damien Croker and Matt Leahy had their first win and two extra teams have been added to this grade.

Juniors - The junior Wednesday afternoon singles competition moved into full swing last week with all players involved necessitating the use of all courts including the clay.There were two very close Div.(1) matches with Amelia Maynard beating Lisa Cai 9/8 and Hayden Deaton winning 6/5 against Katie Deaton with Damon Slattery winning the other match. In Div.(2) Toby Crighton and Yolanda Miller played a 4each draw while Stuart McLean had a good win against Ryan Burgess. Division (3) winners were Liam Headon, Tyler Clancy, Joanne Canning while Karinda Deaton and Dayon Johnson played a 5each draw.Division (4) winners were Rupert Lilburne , Tim Zambon and Charlie Cronin. There were some great matches in div.(5) with ten players competing and given great support by the parents assisting with scoring.Good wins went to Kynan Headon, Sophie Cox ,Jim Ware with Will Barnes and Isabella Tumolero playing a draw.Matches continue this week with the draw available for the next two rounds on the web soon

Saturday morning activities continue at 9am with coach Andrew Cronin keeping busy. He is also doing a good job with the Carrathool and Hay Public Schools tennis each week..

Mar 6

Junior Tennis Activities now in full swing

At this time of the year junior tennis gets into top gear with the better weather.  Just over 20 youngsters enjoyed the Saturday morning session which kept Andrew Cronin busy and the new tennis equipment was utilised and enjoyed by all. The starting time is still 9am.Last Wednesday afternoon the junior singles commenced with only six matches scheduled organised by Gaylene Stephens. The majority of players had a bye and hopefully the clay courts will be available this week and all 34 players will be drawn at either 4 or 5pm.The draw should be on the web on Tuesday. Tobye Deaton won the O'Briens Fertilisers weekly award for a good standard 5/3 win over George Ware and Rupert Lilburne wins the Foodworks Junior award for his top 5/3 win against Tim Zambon. Other good wins went to Sophie Cox and River Anderson while Jim Ware and Isabella Tumolero played an exciting 4 all draw.

Mens

Anthony Slattery has taken the individual lead in the (A) grade competition following his doubles win last week with Andrew Cronin. In (B) Grade the Dwyers Bus team with Lee Young in brilliant form had a 6/2 6/1 (7/0) win over Crightons with Lee winning the Hay Furniture award. Other winners were 92Computing,Elders  and Thompsons Smash Repairs. The Thompsons scratch pair of Tex Davies and Shane Giddens won the Foodworks and Hay services Club awards.

 Womens

The Sportfirst team of Deb Cronin and Liz Hicks has gone to outright leader in (A) grade following its 6/1 6/4 win over Elders. Premiers Centrespot had a convincing 6/0 6/3 win over the inform Bidgee Tyre Service.In (B)grade The Saltbush Motor Inn team of Kate Stephens and Janine Bryant are still on top with a 6/4 6/2 win against The Nicolas Royal team.Treloars Central Servo had a big win over Japps Pharmacy. IN (C) grade the Foodworks team of Kellie Rutledge and Rebecca Tumolero has gone to outright leader following its strong 6/1 6/3 win over Hay Jewellers.Other winners in this group were Pynors Accountants, Radio 2Hay FM, and the Riverine Grazier who bounced back after losing the first set.. Only one point seperates Hydes Plumbing and Betta Electrical in (D) grade following their successes last week.

Feb 28

Good Start to Mens tennis competition

 An enjoyable start to a new format was made to the mens night competition last week. The (A) Grade playing for individual points resulted in a 6/2 6/5 4/6  (4 points to 1) win by Peter Marks and Andrew Davies over Allen Dwyer and Andrew Cronin.Eight teams are competing in a combined (B & C) Grade  while a (D) Grade will run with late entries being received. The defending (B) champions DY's Bus Services team toughed it out to gain maximum points against Nick and Simon Maynards 92 Computing 6/4 6/1 (8/6) with other wins to Phillip Hydes Carpentry,Thompsons Smash Repairs and Country Energy.In the (D) Grade match the AndEarth  team went down to the Mystery team 6/0 6/2 (7/4). Last weeks Mystery team players Tony Callaghan and Damon Slattery received the Hay Services Club and Foodworks Junior weekly awards.All matches this week are scheduled for 7.30pm

Womens  -Round (2) of the womens competition was played with Sportfirst defeating the defending  ((A) champions Centrespot 6/2 6/5 and Bidgee Tyre Service continuing their good form with a tough 6/5 6/1 win over the Riverina Hotel.In (B) Grade the Japps Pharmacy team of Nicole and Casey Wade had a marathon win over Bidgee Motor Inn in just over one and a half hours, while the Saltbush Motor Inn team won 5-1 against Treloars Central Servo.(C) Grade wins went to Murphys Clothing Store, Pynors Accountants, Foodworks & Hay Jewellers.The (D) grade competition ladder is very close with wins to Betta Electrical, Hay Plains Holiday Park, Anthony Hydes Plumbing & Hay Bowling and Golf Club.Jasmine Gregory takes out the Hay Furniture weekly award with Carly Fattore the Foodworks and Melissa Fattore the O'Briens Fertilisers junior award.

 Juniors - The Wednesday afternoon junior singles competition for primary and High school students will commence this week with six matches only scheduled, with the majority of players receiving byes. The clay courts will not be used with only the artificial courts required. A nice little grading/practice session was held on Sunday night The draw is scheduled to be on the website on Tuesday.

Saturday morning activities continue at 9am

Feb 21

  Good start to Womens Tennis

The opening round produced a competitive but pleasant night to the womens competition.The Riv. Hotel team made an impressive start to (A) Grade following their win over Elders 4 pts. to 2 with Donna Wade and Cheryl Hurst taking out the weekly Hay Furniture and Foodworks awards. Sportfirst drew with Bidgee Tyre Service in the other match with Elita Kleinig as substitute gaining the Hay Services Club award.(B) Grade wins went to the Saltbush Motor Inn and Bidgee Motor Inn teams. In (C) Grade wins were recorded by Foodworks, Radio 2Hay FM, & Hay Jewellers. There were some great matches in (D) Grade with wins to Betta Electrical, Hay Services Club, Anthony Hydes Plumbing and Dwyers Bus Services teams. In this grade there is only a maximum of two deuces PER GAME.If a game has a second deuce then the point won after that deuce wins that game.

 Mens

There will be two mens grades commencing this Wednesday 24th with the (A) grade mens playing at 7pm and the combined (B and C) Grade playing at 7.30

 Juniors

So far 30 names have been received for the Wed. afternoon boys and girls singles competition for primary and secondary students..This is a good increase to last weeks number received which delayed the start to the 3rd. March. Entries will close on Friday 26th so a draw can be worked out.It has been suggested that a practice session for a number of new players take part this Sunday 29th at 6pm for one hour. Junior Sat. morning tennis resumes this weekend at 9am.

General 

Barellan will host a masters games which includes tennis on the 6th and 7th March. Three age groups from 35yrs plus are available with further information available from Tony Callaghan. The Hay courts are currently being used for practice by a number of visitors travelling through.last week for a major tourney at Mildura and now this week for another tourney at Berri. The committee will meet Thurs at 7.30pm.

Feb 14

Womens Tennis Starts this week

The Monday Night Womens competition gets underway this week with 26 teams competing in four grades.Only three teams from the  last (A) grade have entered which includes the premiers Centrespot and they have been joined by the (B) champs Riverina Hotel as well as former champion combination Chris Huntly and Gaylene Stephens flying the Elders flag.The (B) grade also has 5 teams competing and appears very even. The (C) grade has 8 teams which includes a number of family combinations and it is again difficult in picking a winner.The (D) grade also has 8 teams and includes a mixture of adults, high school students as well as a few good primary students.

Mens   - In contrast to the womens night the mens entry is very poor and has been delayed a week to start on the 24th February.This may assist some players who were unavailable for the first few weeks and may now enter..It appears the (A)grade will have 4 players only and they will change partners each week for individual points with play looking to be high and competive There are quite a lot of other (A) grade players who cannot commit themselves every week and have entered as reserves. The (B and C) will be combined and plans are in motion now to reorganise teams so that all will be fairly even and enjoyable. Team details will be placed on the web this week.

Mixed - Anyone who is interested in playing a Friday night competition of two players per team should contact Tony Callaghan.

Juniors -Only a dozen names(two High School students only) have been received for the Wednesday afternoon singles competition when last year at this time there were nearly sixty competing. Obviously players and parents  will have to be contacted to find reasons for the low entry so in the meantime the competition has been put on hold for two weeks. Names will appear on the web this week.This competition prizes will be the Australian Open towels.

Saturday Morning Juniors - There will be no junior activities this weekend as Andrew is away and no Friday special coaching. Last weeks junior awards were the Foodworks award to Kelcey Anderson and the O'Briens Fertilisers award to Sophie Cox.

General - Mildura is currently hosting an international mens and womens singles grass tournament with a number of Hay Open champions competing but beaten in the Qualifying rounds-these being  Justin Robinson(Geelong) and Chris Letcher (Melb). however Daniel Dossetor at the time of going to press was up to the third round of qualies. In the clubs sweep Belinda Headon and Phil Callaghan had Federer and Murray. The next committee meeting is on Thur. 25 Feb

Feb 7

Jan 31

New Night Tennis Competitions

At this stage the Monday night womens is due to commence Mon.15th Feb. and the Wednesday night mens 17th Feb.with entries being accepted up to Mon.8th. Teams consist of at least two players per week with players to form their own team or enter individually to be placed into a team. Entries can be made online by going to the clubs website www.haytennis.92computing.com or phoning Tony Callaghan(who is away at present ) but can be contacted on 0419 571292.

The junior Wed. afternoon singles competition will start in a few weeks time and details of the proposed Friday night mixed will be advised soon.

Jan 26

Jan 19 Tennis Coaching School this week

The  Tennis Club in conjunction with Andrew Cronin will hold a three day tennis clinic plus one day mini tournament this week commencing Wed.20th. January and finishing Sat. 23rd. The coaching school will be similar to the very popular one held last school holidays and will again have Jeramy Quarst of Albury assisting.Depending on numbers enrolled will depend on whether a third coach will be required.At this stage it is hoping that three age groups will be held daily. Parents /players are invited to contact Andrew now to enroll/determine group and obtain further information. Cost is $15 per session which will go for about two hours.

The draw for the Australian Open has been made and so too has the Tennis Clubs sweep been finalised. Sweep details will appear on the Clubs website as well as the clubhouse window noticeboard this week.

Entries are now being taken for the next night competitions-Monday womens, Wednesday mens. Players can enter as a team of at least two players or individually to be placed into a team.

 January 12- Tennis Coaching school in January

Andrew Cronin again with Jeramy Quarst of Albury will conduct another 3 day junior coaching clinic from Wed. 20th Jan.to Fri. 23rd and follow up with a mini-tournament on Sat. morning the 24thJan.Andrew and Jeramys  3 day coaching clinic held last school holidays proved very popular. Depending on the numbers registered for this one will determine  whether an additional coach will be required. Registations are now being taken.Prior to the coaching school Andrew will attend an Australian Coaching Seminar in Melbourne for a few days before the Australian Open tournament.

There are only 4 tickets remaining in the Australian Open sweep being held by the Hay Club. Of those who have already purchased a sweep ticket, two free ground pass tckets to the event in Melbourne are available by contacting Tony Callaghan.