Aug 24 

It has been a very quiet week for Hay Tennis Club.  Monday night ladies tennis was cancelled due to lack of players and rain on Wednesday saw the mens competition cancelled yet again.  Sunday junior coaching was also off this week.

Names are being taken now for the womens and mens club championships commencing Monday 30^th August for women and Wednesday 1^st September for men.  There is only one more week to come and have a hit before the championships with the Roll Up Tune Up concluding this week.  So pick up your coat and your racquet and come along for a run and log onto the tennis club website to nominate for the championships.

Junior coaching will also resume this week.  Looking forward to seeing all the youngsters having a go at tennis and loving it.

Hopefully we will have more to report in coming weeks with the commencement of the Club Championships.  We are also taking nominations for the Junior and Open Tournament on September 24, 25 and 26, more information and on-line entries are available on the club website.

 

Aug 17

t has been a wet week for tennis with both the men’s Wednesday night and Sunday junior coaching cancelled due to rain.

The women’s Monday night tennis saw eight players roll up.  The four teams of two players competed in two games each with the winners of the first games battling it out to be crowned the winners for the night.  Grandmother / Granddaughter team of Cheryl Hurst and Isabella Tumolero were the eventual winners and were awarded vouchers for their efforts.

We will continue to take nominations for the women’s and men’s doubles club championships with the Roll Up, Tune Up nights extended for a further two weeks to due to poor weather.  Women’s play Monday nights and men on Wednesday nights commencing at 6.30pm.

There will be no junior coaching this Sunday, but will resume the following Sunday at 11am weather permitting.

Marg Myers will be taking over as Club Administrator and I wish Marg and the club every success for your tennis endeavors.

Aug 9

We have had a quiet week of tennis with only a handful of very keen members playing in both the mens and womens Roll Up, Tune Up nights.  The weather has been extremely cold but the players tell me they warm up very quickly.

Fifteen juniors participated in coaching on Sunday.  Sundays have been producing the best weather for tennis providing great opportunities for the children to learn the game of tennis in a fun and exciting way.  The children have lots of fun in a friendly and safe environment, encouraging the children to stay healthy and develop skills, while meeting new friends and building social skills.  The MLC Hot Shots program is aimed at children aged 5-12 years, with players as young as 4, and uses modified courts, racquets and balls designed especially for kids designed to let children develop technically and tactically in a fun and exciting atmosphere.  There are also opportunities to play in challenge events for the easy progress to full-court tennis.

Coaching is conducted by an accredited MLC Hot Shots deliverer commencing at 11.00am Sundays and costs $5 per child per session of one hours duration.  Children are encouraged to obtain and complete the registration form from the Tennis Club Administrator, once enrolled for a term each child will receive a free MLC Tennis Hot Shots T-shirt (one T-shirt per participant each year).  Children are able to attend two sessions at a cost of $5 each before having to become a junior member of the Hay Tennis Club for $30 for the 2010/11 financial year.  This gives the children an opportunity to see if they like the game before committing to becoming a financial member of the club which covers Tennis NSW Registration and includes personal injury insurance.   

Stay tuned to 2HAYFM weekdays for updates regarding competitions and the weather.

The Club is now calling for nominations for upcoming doubles mens and womens club championships with the competitions to commence in the coming weeks.  Nominations are available on the club website.

   

Aug 2

It has been a very cold and wet week for tennis.  Nine very enthusiastic ladies and girls competed in the roll up, tune up on Monday night.  The night was bitterly cold, with a slight dew but this didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of the players on the night.  Thank you to those who rolled up to tune up, every night is a learning curve for me with a lot of tuning required on  my part.    

Unfortunately the mens Wednesday night tennis was cancelled due to much needed rain.  There was no junior coaching on Sunday.

Ladies and girls Monday night roll up, tune up commencing at 6.30pm, and mens and boys on Wednesday night – weather permitting.  Stay tuned to 2HAYFM for announcements if tennis is cancelled due to poor weather.  Sunday coaching will resume as normal on Sunday at 11.00am.       

July 25

Roll up, roll up - just a reminder of the Roll Up, Tune Up competition nights commencing this week.  Women and girls on Monday night and men and boys wednesday night starting at 6.30pm for the following three weeks.  The cost is $5.50 for members and $9.00 for non-members who may like to give tennis a try.  There is no obligation to play all three nights, with winners on the nights being awarded a voucher to be spent at one of our sponsors.

 

Memberships are coming in thick and fast.  Fees are $30 for juniors (under 18), $55 for adults, $45 for pensioners and seniors or family rates as calculated on the website.  Green passes are also available for regular court users.

 

We had a large turn up for the sunday tennis coaching with 19 juniors participating.  The weather couldn't have been better and the kids all had a great time supported by parents and grandparents on the sidelines.  The junior tennis coaching will not be on next sunday (1st August) but will resume the following week at 11.00 with all junior welcome to attend.

 

****NOTE TO COMMITTEE MEMBERS - Brett, the Tennis NSW Facilities Manager will be in Hay on Tuesday, he will be at the club house at 5pm with members requested to attend to meet him and discuss any issues. 

July 18

The Hay Tennis Club will be conducting Roll Up Tune Up night competitions for the following weeks three weeks in the lead up to the regular competitions.  The one night competitions will commence at 6.30pm on monday nights for girls and women and wednesday nights for boys and men, play one night, two nights or be brave and play all three .  The winner on the night will receive a voucher for a local business of their choice.  This will be a good opportunity to come along and have a hit before the new competitions or give tennis a go for the first time - try before you buy.  The cost per night is $5.50 for members and $9.00 for non members.  For more details see the club website.

 

In junior tennis news, a mini tournament was held on sunday 18 July 2010 with 13 children competing in the enjoyable, friendly atmosphere in terrific weather.  The group was split into senior and juniors with the winner of the juniors being Ben Caughey and the winner of the seniors River Anderson who narrowly edged sister Kelcey out out of the winning spot.  Prizes were awarded to all on the day and a big thanks to the parents who assisted with scoring and providing great encourage for the kids who attended.   A great time was had by all.  Sunday coaching will resume as normal at 11am next sunday.

 

ROLL UP TUNE UP Night Competition

For 3 weeks starting SOON

WOMEN and GIRLS - 26th July and then August 2 & 9

MEN and BOYS - 28th July and then August 4 and 11

Play 1 week, 2 weeks or all three, Just enter on the night - starts at 6.30pm each week -

Please let our new Administrator, Kim Curtis know in advance (if possible) that you will be playing on a particular night via the website online entry system - enter the rolluptune up competition indicating which nights you will be there or email Kim at haytennis@92computing.com.au or phone or text 0428 226 722

* To be followed by the Club Championships Doubles and Mixed

Entries have re-opened for the doubles and are now open for the mixed doubles. The Mens and Womens, Doubles Championships and consolations will start after the Rolluptuneup competition. Womens Doubles August 16 , Men Doubles August 18 And following these events dont forget the Annual Hay Open and Junior Tennis Tournament on 24th - 26th September.

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.