July 6
Annual Tennis Memberships
Despite continued rising costs
, the annual Tennis Club memberships rates remain unchanged for juniors,
adults and families and have done so for many
years. The Green Pass membership however has
increased with some of the other costs regarding court hire and weekly fees etc
changed. Members can still hit for free on the back courts.
Currently the Saturday morning sessions for
juniors, to also include adults on the back courts are
going well and will continue over the school holidays.
Lachie Kerr played good in his sets play on the
weekend.
Brad Callaghan will return to Hay this week
and will be available for private and group coaching. The Rally4Ever
restarting date will be worked out.
Wednesday night Tennis will conduct its next
social weekly competition from 23rd
July for 5 weeks followed by a fresh one from 27th August also for
five weeks in various grades for mens, womens
and mixed to enter as a pair or individually . Further
information is on the website.
Jun 29
Hannah and Hilton in Riverina Tennis Teams
Congratulations to Hannah Jamieson and Hilton
Hargreaves again being selected this year in their respective Riverina High schools teams of 6 girl
players and 6 boys to contest the state
competition. They were recently selected following the trials at Wagga and now
will compete in Parramatta late August. The duo gained the Jake Murphy
Electrical and AgFlite weekly awards.
Another good roll up for social sets play,
available to adults and juniors on Saturday morning was held
to cater for those not involved in other sports .
It will continue again at 11am for one hour on Saturday .
Lachie Kerr, Cameron Green, Chris McClelland, Zoya Shahzad
and Lana Rose Jessop have won the Lani
Houston Consulting, Services Club, Crightons Rural , Foodworks and AFF weekly awards for their play.
Its that time of the year again when the
annual affiliation cost with Tennis NSW is received – this goes up annually
with all other expenses such as insurances etc. And once again the
benefits of affiliation are being questioned. Hay is a strong Club
catering for all, in its community, unlike many
other tennis centres which have faded.
Annual Memberships for the 2025/26 are due in July -
Jun 23
TTennis Tournament Organiser Steve Longworth Success
Hays Steve Longworth continues to manage and
run tournaments with his invented tennis tournament computer system known as
C.A.T., the system also used in other countries around
the world. The majority of the C.A.T.
users do their own day to day tournament running after the entries. draws and daily timetable and other aspects are conducted by
Steve. He continues to attend a number of C.A.T.
tournaments although in
recent years has not attended any overseas where he would
regularly conduct the world veterans events.
He recently ran the Annual Griffith Open
Tourney held on the June Long
Weekend which attracts 200 players with entries having to close two weeks early
due to being full. His tournament system is so popular that many players return every year. Griffith cater for all
grades and ages as well as family events making it a social as well as
competitive atmosphere. It was Steves 48th consecutive
year in managing the tourney.
This next fortnight he is enjoying the Gold
Coast, running the Queensland State Veterans
tourney in Mermaid Beach as well as the Tweed Masters at Tweed Heads.
He wins this weeks Foodworks, Hay Services
and Fitness Club and AFF weekly awards.
Saturday Morning social sets for adults and
juniors were organised on the back courts on the weekend and gained a good
number who were not involved in other Saturday morning sports. It will be
organised again this weekend at 11am
Jun 16
Krishi Patel performs well in MIA Tennis
Tournament
Krishi Patel was in good form producing top results at the
Annual Long Weekend Griffith Tourney.
In her 10s singles event she won her division to then lose in
the semi final to Alaistair Duff of Canberra.
Partnering Florence Mewett from the ACT the pair won their
doubles division but lost the final to the other division winners.
Krishi and her mum Mina made it to the final of the B grade
mother and daughter event to lose to the Reid combination from Wahgunyah.
Brother Prince with Krishi were eliminated in
their first round D grade doubles a tough 7/4 result.
The Patel family take out this weeks AgFlite, Jake Murphy
Electrical and Lani Houston Consulting awards.
Annual Memberships are now due for the new financial year and
remain unchanged from previous years however Green Pass Membership has
increased as well as a few changes to weekly court hire and competition night
fees.
Jun 9
Weekly Tennis Awards
Congratulations on the following with last
weeks 2024 Club Championship finals concluding.
Brad Callaghan and Sarah Harrison (nee
McManus) singles winners -The Jake Murphy Electrical and Hay Services and
Fitness Awards,
Geoff Chapman and Rachel Taylor runners up
singles – the AgFlite and Crightons Rural Engineering Awards.
Esther Green and Jimmy Jamieson Development
singles winners- The Foodworks and Lani Houston Consulting Awards
Jun 2
Sarah
Mc Manus takes the Women’s tennis title
Sarah
Mc Manus won the Womens Singles Club championships final last week in a good
match against the talented Rachel Taylor producing many long rallies
.
The
score being a close 6/4 6/4. The last person to take the womens singles title
was Lani Houston in 2018. There were some good
matches held on the other courts particularly noticeable by Sarah Walker, Lana
Rose Jessop, Michelle Noonan , Peter Head, Clint
Taylor and Warren Hunt.
That
concludes the 2024/25 Club Championships having started in
early March and will now have a winter break to return late July
with a teams competition -teams named after our
sponsors. The mens doubles final was delayed again to be still played when tennis resumes.
The
short 4 week juniors
development Friday night tournament was concluded last week with semi finals
and finals singles held . The tournament contained 6
boys and 6 girls over its course with the finals results being girls Esther
Green beat Scarlett Crossley 4/2 and boys Jimmy Jamieson beat Riley Garner 4/3.
Congratulations to all these players where big improvement was noticed.
May 26
Tennis Championships Conclude Tonight
The 2024/5 Club titles will conclude tonight
with a total of only 5 matches scheduled at 6pm.
and that includes the womens singles and mens
doubles finals.
Last week the mens singles final was held
with Brad Callaghan beating Geoff Chapman in a good match 6/2 6/3. They
receive this weeks Jake Murphy Electrical and AgFlite awards.
Rally4 Ever will now break for winter while the
last week of the Juniors Development Tournament will be held Friday from
6pm followed by a presentation.
The Hay Services and Fitness Club and
Foodworks weekly awards went to Krishi Patel and Xander Bienzobas for their
Griffith tourney play last week.
May 19
Tennis Club Championships to semi- finals and
finals stage
The 2024/25 mens doubles final is expected to
be completed tonight after a number of weeks delay due
to injuries and absences. The CC singles in both mens and womens are
up to semi finals with a few matches completed over the last couple of weeks.
The Rally4Ever will hold its last Friday night this week. This free and fun tennis program will
then break for two months.
The development juniors
tournament will continue this Friday from 6pm and will finish next Friday 30th
may. Play finishes between 7.15 and 7.30
Congratulations to the 5 Hay players who
played the annual Griffith Juniors on Sunday with Ben Taylor winning his group
and Krishi Patel runner up in her group. Well done to the Griffith Club
in running such an enjoyable mornings tennis to
conclude at 12.30 to form the appropriate groups on the day to suit the
standard and numbers of entries.
Players/parents are
asked to check the left behind items at the clubhouse before they are disposed
of.
May 5
New Friday Night Tennis Concept
A new 4 week
development juniors competition on Friday nights began
last week being held in conjunction with those
juniors and adults participating in the Rally4Ever. Eight boys and 8
girls will play the development competition each week ,
also commencing from 6pm with Friday night tennis now finishing at 7.15/ 7.30 (enquiries to Brad )
A weekly bbq will now be available at cost.
Well done to Ben and Bella playing in
Bathurst last week for the Riverina Public school teams. With the boys team of 5 coming in a credible
6th spot the best position for some years. These players as
well as the high school girls team win the weekly awards.
Wednesday Night play in both the Club Singles
Championships as well as organised weekly doubles
matches play commenced last week with further entries requested to fill the
draw, with play to go for another 3 weeks before the winter break. The
mens CC doubles final will be completed next week.
The popular Griffith June Long weekend tennis
tourney entries will close soon when entries are full. Events include adults
and juniors of all grades including fun family events.
May 5
High School Girls Tennis Riverina Champions
Last year in the 60 year
history of the Floris Conway Girls High School Tennis Cup, the Hay
High School won the Riverina for the first time.
They have done it again this year , when on
Friday the team of Hannah Jamieson, Tilly Weeks, Maggie Shields and Rachel
Taylor won their semi Final 7 sets to 1 against Wagga Wagga High School
led by the talented Eve Stein, then in the final they had a dominating win 6
sets 36 games to 0 sets 6 games against the Billabong (Culcairn)High
School(Albury zone winners)
The team will now head to Nelsons Bay
representing the Riverina for the state
tournament in August.
Meanwhile Wednesday night tennis in singles
and doubles begins tonight with the full details on the website.
April 28
Tennis Resumes
The Rally4 Ever resumes this Friday 2nd May
at 6 pm start for Primary, and Secondary students and adults to
utilise 5 courts . This is a free and fun sponsored
program
The Club Championships resume Wed 7th May
with the singles starting or a 4 week doubles
competition for those not wishing to play singles
April 22
Entries
Open for Annual Tennis Singles
Entries
are now being taken for the Club Championship singles competition to commence
on Wednesday May 7th. for 4 weeks. Those not wishing to play
singles can enter for a mens, womens or mixed doubles weekly competition in
various grades. Some players may wish to play both. The full details are on the website.
The
Gala day set down for the 4th
May will be rescheduled to suit availability of key personnel and not to clash
with other local events. Further
details
will follow.
Camp
One of the school holidays was successfully
completed with camp Two scheduled this week with enquiries to Brad.
Congratulations to Bella Garner and Jarvis
Stokes winners of the special tourney play in first Camp and
also winning the Foodworks and Lani Houston Consulting awards.
April 14
Sam and Andrew Davies win Mixed Tennis
Sam and Andrew Davies took out the Club
Championships mixed doubles title last week with a 6/1 6/3 finals win over Michelle Noonan and Geoff Chapman .
Despite the scoreline the match went over an hour with some top entertaining
rallies. The Davies combination had previously won this title in 2014 (Davies and Newnham )
These players win this weeks _Crightons Rural , and AgFlite awards.
Wednesday night competition play will now
resume on May 7 with the club Singles as well as a new mens, womens and mixed
new competition in various grades to go for 4 weeks = players can enter both
singles and doubles if they wish with the full details on the club website.
There will be two holiday camps held over the
holidays Tuesday to Thursday mornings each week with enquiries to Brad.
The Rally4Ever Friday nights juniors and adults play will now break for the holidays.
Lucy Davies takes out the Jake Murphy
Electrical award for being a member of the successful Caulfield Grammar tennis
team winning the prestigious Victorian Associated Public Schools Tennis Competition , this year their first since 2008
April 7
Tennis Gala Day Planned to replace Annual
Juniors Open Tourney
Hay will not host its
junior Tournament tourney this year
scheduled on the 4th May and instead will now conduct a Gala Day to suit all our juniors as well as involving adults participation. Further details of the
planned day will follow.
Congratulations to the Hay Public School team
of Bella Garner, Lana Rose Jessop, Ben Taylor and Henry Cannon who had a
magnificent strong win over the Deniliquin North Public
School team led by Charlotte Gatacre in a quarter final of the Riverina
knockout. These four players received invaluable practice at last weeks
Wednesday night competition to give them a good edge and they also take out the
weekly Lani Houston Consulting , Hay Services Club,
AgFlite and Foodworks awards.
The Club Championships mixed semi final went
down to the wire with a win to Michelle Noonan and Geoff Chapman over Sophie
Curtis and Brad Callaghan 5/6 6/4 (7/5). The mixed and mens finals as
well as organised doubles matches will conclude tonight for and then there is a
holiday break.
The Rally4 Ever Friday nights program will
have all juniors and adults starting together at 6pm this week on their
allocated courts and then break forschool holidays and Easter.
Lucy Davies takes out the Jake Murphy
Electrical award for being a member of the successful Caulfield Grammar tennis
team winning the strong Victorian
Associated Public Schools Tennis Competition
this year their first since 2008
March 31
High School Girls Tennis Team into Riverina
Finals
The Hay High School Girls tennis team of
Hannah Jamieson, Tilly Weeks, Maggie Shields and Rachel Taylor has got away to
a good start in defending their Riverina Champions tag of 2024.
Last week in the Western Riverina Zone hosted
in Hay the team had a strong win over Barham 8 sets to 0 and then won the final
against Finley 5 sets 39 games to 3 sets 22 games. The girls will now play the
winners of the Wagga, Albury and Griffith zones for the Riverina title.
The boys team of
Hilton Hargreaves, Dan Jamieson , Max Booth and Dallas
Giddins had a convincing win against the Barham Number two team but lost the
final to Deniliquin in a very close 4 sets 39 games to 4 sets 36 games
These players win this weeks Jake Murphy
Electrical and Crightons Rural award
The Club Championships Mixed commenced last
week with 9 pairs participating with a number of mens
and womens pairings also involved in arranged matches,
The Rally 4Ever session 6
resumes on Friday this week at 6pm for Primary school students and 7pm for High School students and adults.
March 24
Lani and Sophie take Womens Tennis Doubles
After an absence of six years the Tennis
Club championships has returned with the Womens Doubles the first
to be completed, the final being held last week.
The match was won in a marathon high standard encounter by Lani
Houston and Sophie Curtis over former champions Trish Jamieson and Sonia Woods
the score a brilliant 5/6 6/5 and tiebreaker decider (7/5)
It was a similar thriller in the mens
semi final which also went down to the wire to Andrew Davies and
Jock Crighton winning 6/5 3/6 (10/8) over Brad Callaghan and Alex Giddins.
The winners will now play Anthony Slattery and Peter Head in the final.
Congratulations to all the players who participated in the
various grades.
The Championships will now move into the mixed phase in
different grades for the next three weeks with mens and womens doubles matches
also being arranged weekly for those unable to play mixed. The full details
including results are on the website.
Hay will host its annual junior tournament as part of the
Riverina series on 4th May with entries now open -age groups are
10s,12s,14s, and 16s.
The weekly Hay Services Club . AgFlite,
Lani Houston Consulting and Foodworks awards this week go to the four women who
played the Womens final.
March 17
Ben and
Bella in Riverina Tennis teams
Congratulations to the Hay Public School duo
of Ben Taylor and Bella Garner each being selected in the five boys team, and the five girls team for the Riverina
Region to contest the state Public Schools Carnival
in Bathurst. Great effort as both these students are only
in Year 5 and eligible again next year. They win this weeks Jake
Murphy Electrical and Crightons Rural weekly awards.
The Club Championships mens and womens
doubles are up to the finals to be completed this week .
Womens semis Lani Houston and Sophie Curtis
defeated Leonie Laracy and Kirsten Hutchings 6/2 6/3
and Trish Jamieson and Sonya Woods beat Michelle
Noonan and Sarah Mc Manus 1/6 6/3 and tiebreaker
decider 7/3
Mens semi Anthony Slattery
and Peter Head defeated Shane Mc Gufficke and Jasen Crighton 6/4 6/0
Consolation matches will also be held tonight
with the mixed starting next week.
The Rally4Ever was cancelled on Friday due to
the heat. It will now resume with session 6 on Friday 4th April with
Primary students in the first group at 6pm (no play these next two Fridays)
March 10
Great start to Club Tennis
Championships.
It was nice to see all the courts utilised
last Wednesday in a top atmosphere for the
return of the Club Championships after an absence of
seven Years .Both the womens and mens doubles
commenced with some high standard and close results in the grades. In the
womens, former champions of 2006 Trish Jamieson and Sonia Woods had a good win
coming home strongly 6/5 6/1 against Kirsten Hutchings and Leonie Laracy. The
best of the mens opening round saw Anthony
Slattery and Peter Head eliminating Warren Hunt and Dallas Giddins 6/5 6/3
(B) grade saw a fabulous match between mother
and daughter combinations Sam and Abbie Davies 6/3 6/4 against Mina and Krishi
Patel.
The full results are given on the website , with semi finals in the
grades scheduled tonight.
The Services Club and Foodworks awards go to
Sarah Mc Manus and Hugh Crighton new faces to Wednesday play.
The Rally4Ever Friday free and fun tennis
program continues on Friday nights for all grades.
This week will see the last for March and then resume in April. The Lani
Houston Consulting weekly award goes to first timer Xavier and Crightons Rural
to Geoff Chapman for his invaluable assistance in the Second session High
school and adults group.
March 3
Tennis Club Championships returns after seven
Years
The 2025 womens and mens doubles Club Championships in various grades returns to the courts
tonight. The last doubles winners recorded in 2018 were Scott Dixon and Peter
Lawrence as well as Immy Molloy and Teresa Mirabelli. The doubles
are expected to run for three weeks followed by the mixed and then singles as
well as further doubles matches for those not wanting to play singles. Full
details of the timetable are on the Clubs
website.
The ”Rally 4 Ever “ sponsored free and fun program
continues into March, this Friday our 6pm session will
be broken into two groups for all Primary school students
, while the 7pm session now is for high
school students and adults.
Good luck to those juniors competing in the
annual Deniliquin Juniors Tourney on Sunday . The Hay
tourney is listed for May 4th and Griffith 18th May
The AgFlite and Jake Murphy Electrical awards
go to those 2018 winners above
February 24
Night Tennis Commences Wednesday
The night tennis mens and womens doubles will
now start on Wednesday 5th March. The format will be the
return of the Club Championships played in various grades. The timetable is now
listed on the website., with entries closing the 3rd
for the doubles.
Good numbers continue to participate in our
Friday evenings “Rally 4 Ever” tennis sponsored free and fun tennis
program. All participants received the Jake Murphy Electrical, Lani
Houston Consulting and Hay Services Club weekly awards.
Well done to Ben Taylor second in his group
at the recent Wagga juniors
tourney in his new age group 12yrs singles and then on Sunday he won his group
in Albury but lost in the finals
group.
Congratulations to Hay Public Schools Bella Garner , Lana Rose Jessop, Henry Cannon as well as Ben who
have reached the finals stage in selecting the Riverina team. These players win
the Foodworks award.
And the Crightons Rural weekly award goes to
the other Hay Public school participants in the trials Nina Schiller, Maeve
Harrison, Esther Green, Ollie Meads amd Eli Crossley.
The Deniliquin Juniors is on Sunday March 9th
February 17
Night Tennis commences Wednesday 26th
The night tennis will commence with mens and
womens doubles from Wednesday 26th Feb .
The format will be the return of the Club Championship doubles in various
grades to suit all standards and then will move to mixed doubles after a number of weeks. The full timetable is being drafted
to appear on the website to show all details. Doubles entries will close by
text to Tony by Monday night 24th Feb.
A big number with much better weather this time attended our second session of our Eight week -
Rally 4 Ever Program being held on Friday nights at 6pm and 7pm
groups according to school class year and beyond. Good to see the many
who are playing tennis for the first time enjoying the fun activities. These
players receive the Jake Murphy Electrical, Lani Houston Consulting and Hay
Services Club weekly awards
Well done to Ben Taylor who came second in
his group in his first tourney competing in the
12s moving up from 10s. The tourney was the first for the year in Wagga, with
Albury to be held on 23rd Feb and Deniliquin on the 9th March with Brad available to give assistance
to those entering.
Congratulations to the Hay Public School
participants competing in the pre selection trials for
the Riverina team with players from seven other Western schools, being held in Hay Monday of
this week. These players Ben Taylor Henry Cannon, Ollie Meads, Eli Crossley,
Bella Garner, LanaRose Jessop, Nina Schiller, Esther Green and Maeve Harrison all gained the weekly AgFlite, Crightons
Rural and Foodworks awards
February 10
Good Start to “Rally4Ever”
In very hot conditions last Friday night , a good number commenced the free and fun sponsored 8 weeks program. Thanks to Brad who
organised two separate groups. Meanwhile
Sunday Morning activities commencement will be delayed with these players able
to join the Friday night sessions.
On this coming Monday Hay will host the
Western Public Schools Riverina pre-selection trials. Hay hosted the day for
the first time last year involving just over 30 youngsters from 8 schools.
Wednesday night tennis will commence on the 26th Feb – hopefully with cooler weather. Entries
are now being taken.
February 2 2025
Free and Fun Tennis
Well done to Brad who has successfully
obtained the “RALLY4EVER “ free and fun
tennis program for Hay, to be held on Friday
nights commencing this week. This organisation commenced a few years ago
to assist all, in communities to make tennis accessible creating free programs
for the good of people. Hay joins South Wagga the only other
Riverina Club to conduct the program at this stage.
The Hay schedule is Kindergarten Students to
Year 4 from 6pm to 7pm , and School Years 5 to 8 ( and adults are also invited) from 7pm to 8pm . All levels are welcome and
racquets are supplied.
School Holiday Camp number two is being
conducted this week on the Tuesday Wednesday and
Thursday with enquiries to Brad.
Our Wednesday Night competition for both men
and women will commence in February the date to be determined.
The popular Victorian Country Week Tourney
this year is being conducted in Swan Hill next week with a
number of Hay players
participating
January 20 2025
Tennis Practice and Social
The AO has inspired a
number of members both adults and juniors to have some social and
practice hits. All court hire continues to be monitored.
The first of the Regional Junior Tourneys
will be South Wagga on Sunday 9th Feb, followed by Albury on 23rd
Feb – Hay will conduct one on 4th May. There will be a practice
session with singles and doubles sets for those juniors who could be playing some Regional
Tourneys this year. Adults are also invited to play at our session
organised at 9am Thursday 23rd January.
A juniors fun
day against Deniliquin is expected to be played there in February.
Night tennis for men and women will commence
in February to again be played on Wednesday nights .
It is also hoped the Club Championships will
return this year for singles and doubles.
December 16
Juniors Tennis Club Championships Finalised
The remaining 2024 juniors club championships
were completed on Friday night with the winners as follows for girls and boys-
18s Rachel Taylor and Uzair Shahzad, 15s
Rachel Taylor and Dan Jamieson, 12s Bella Garner and Dallas Giddins
, 10s Bella Garner and Ben Taylor
Earlier the 8s were decided with Abbie Davies
and Beau Garner and orange ball Scarlett Crossley and Caleb Hudson the winners.
Well done to all the participants with
38 in total. The full results will appear on the website .
Congratulations goes to Ben Taylor in winning
the Juniors player of the year Award for all his success in 2024.
The Tennis Club Community Calendars are
available free for collection in the Supermarkets or at the Grazier Office from this
week.
Many thanks to the Riverine Grazier for its
wonderful coverage of sport again this year , with the
Tennis Club wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
December 9
Juniors
Tennis Club Championships
The
juniors club championships will be completed
this week on Friday with an early starting time of 6pm necessary for a few
players with most others starting from 7 pm.
Last
weeks play was cancelled due to the weather. This weeks
final night is expected to draw 25 players
followed by a presentation with a bbq again available.
A number of Hay juniors were part of a
combined Griffith Hay Deniliquin team for the annual John Ferguson Cup this
year containing 4 teams -the other three being Albury, Wagga and now
Wodonga. The competition is a magnificent concept focusing on team spirit
containing singles, doubles and mixed from 10 yrs division up to an adults division played on the Albury grass courts in a
magnificent atmosphere and won by the Albury team of 20 player. It was
well managed by various experts from around the area.
December 2
Dan
Jamieson on Top at Juniors Tennis Club Championships
The
15s boys titles persisted through the
doubtful weather conditions on Friday to finish with Dan Jamieson
on fire , to take the title. This group had to be completed last week
, whereas the 15s girls and the 10s boys and girls semi finals and finals main draw players was
postponed to conclude this week, to play in
conjunction with the first of two weeks for the 12s (born 2012 or later ) and 18s (born 2006 or later
) starting. Entries to Tony by Thursday lunch time.
Dan
played quality tennis to firstly eliminate Dallas Giddins and Dan Green in close results played the previous week , then in tricky weather conditions on Friday beat Uzair Shahzad in a semi 6/4 and then the
Final against Alex Giddins 6/1. Alex had earlier beaten Ben Taylor in the other
Semi final. Well done to Uzair and Ben
who both played the State finals in their
respective age groups held in Penrith last week.
All
these players win the weekly awards for the Lani Houston Consulting
, Foodworks , and Crightons awards.
November 25
The Wednesday Night social Tennis competition
was successfully completed last week the winning team being the Hydes Plumbing
Team of Warren Hunt and Dallas Giddins. They won their all
important encounter against the Pynors Accountants team 6/5 6/3. These
players received The Jake Murphy Electrical and AgFlite awards
. Congratulations to the 20 teams participating with the next comp
planned for February.
The Friday nights juniors club championships continues with the start of the 10s and 15s last week to
finish this week with 25 players entered. The final two weeks will entail the
12s and 18s age groups. Social tennis is also available from 7.30 with a bbq
available.
Congratulations to Warren Hunt again elected
as President for another year. The meeting was advised of a successful year on
and off the court despite its lowest membership in 10 years .
Membership and green pass fees remain unchanged despite ongoing expenses
continual rises. Well done to Brad Callaghan who was elected as
junior vice president. A number of matters were raised
to be brought to the first committee meeting.
Junior Sunday fun
activities concluded on the weekend followed by Christmas cheer.
November 18
Juniors Tennis Club Championships
Reintroduced
The juniors club championships have returned
to the courts after a number of years absence. It is
being played Friday nights and for the first time ever an 8s age division was held (born 2016 or later)
An entry of 13 players was received with
four players on full court green balls with an
excellent standard with Abbie Davies and Beau Garner the winning girl and boy. Nine other
juniors played orange ball short court most players for the first time
doing some amazing rallies. The winning girl Scarlett Crossley and boy Caleb
Hudson.
This Friday and next both the 10s (born 2014
or later and 15s (born 2009 or later) will be
held between 7pm and 9pm with entries to Tony by Thursday lunchtime so the draw
and court allocation can be planned. BBQ is again available.
Wed night comp results with the closest being
the Lugsdin Toyota ( Stacey Lugsdin and Sally Ware ) 3/6 6/3 draw against the Foodworks team of Richard
and Henry Cannon . Eddies Concreting (Bentley Murphy
and Sophie Stephens ) had a narrow 6/3 4/6 win over
the Hay Shire (David Webb and Geoff Chapman). Hay Jewellers (Sue and Tyler
Clancy) won a tough 3/6 6/1 over Willshear containing Dan Green and Beau
Garner. The full results are on the clubs website with
the final round being played tonight.
This weekend will see the final Sunday
Morning activities for the year followed by the AGM at 11am
November 11
Tennis Juniors Competitions move to Friday
nights
The annual juniors club championships has returned this year and will commence this Friday night
the 15th with a new age group. This group the 8s
those born 2016 or later, will be split into two groups -green ball and
orange ball three quarters court-. Play will be held between 6.30 and 8.30
with adults organised social play (to include older juniors of
sufficient standard) to be held between 7pm and 9pm. A bbq is available.
Age divisions 10s and 15s are
scheduled for the following two Fridays and then 12s and 18s following
that.
Our Monday afternoon juniors match play
series was concluded this week.
Our juniors Sunday Morning fun activities
program continues and will finish November 24 followed by the AGM that morning.
Nine matches were held in round three of our
Wednesday evening night competition last week in
hot conditions with the weekly awards as follows
– Jake Murphy Electrical – Clint Taylor, AgFlite- Michelle Noonan, Foodworks
-Sally Ware and Stacey Lugsdin, Services Club- David Webb and Geoff Chapman,
Lani Houston Consulting – Bronwyn Hicks and Ellie Jamieson, Crightons Engineering
– Lana Rose Jessop and Ashton Green. Full results are on the website.
November 4
Good Start to Night Tennis
A pleasant start with good weather has been
made to the first two rounds of Monday (juniors) and Wednesday night tennis.
Twenty teams are now competing in the five week Wednesday night competition. The closest match has
been the 6/2 2/6 draw between Hay Shire (David Webb and Ian Lilburne) and
Riverine Grazier (Chris McClelland and Uzair Shahzad).
Welcome back former junior champion Bentley
Murphy partnering his mum Sue for the Murphys Clothing team to narrowly lose to
the Hydes Plumbing team of Warren Hunt and Dallas Giddins .
Also former womens champions Bronny Hicks and Ellie
Jamieson have reformed to have a first up win for their team Bidgee Earthmoving
to beat Woolooondool . Round three will be held
tonight with draw times later than normal due to the heat prediction.
Mondays match play series will have its last
round this coming Monday night 11th November -with full results on
the club website . The AgFlite award to Ashton Green,
the Foodworks award to Dillon Green, and the Services Club award to Rhyla
Bunyan and Lana Rose Jessop. Junior tennis will then move to Friday
nights with details to follow.
Well done to the Hay Public School – Todd
Woodbridge Cup team for class years 3 and 4) modified courts, equipment and
scoring rules who competed in Wagga last week with 11 other schools both
private and state to contest the Riverina finals. The Hay team finished in
third spot to narrowly miss the Sydney finals.
October 28
Good Start to Night Tennis
A pleasant start aided by good weather was
made to the Monday (juniors) and Wednesday night tennis groups.
Nineteen Teams with further teams welcome have entered the five week
Wed night comp with the closest match of the night being the 6/2 2/6 draw
between Hay Shire (David Webb and Ian Lilburne ) and
Riverine Grazier ( Chris McClelland and Uzair Shahzad ). Good to see former junior champion Bentley
Murphy partnering his mum Sue for the Murphys Clothing Store to narrowly go
down to the Hydes Plumbing team of Warren Hunt and Dallas Giddins. Other
winning teams were Willshear (Kylie Mc Currie and Bella Garner), Lugsdin Toyota
(Stacey Lugsdin and Sally Ware) , Crightons
Engineering (Andrew Davies with Tom Lugsdin for Jock Crighton
) and Pynors Accountants (Brad Callaghan
and Alex Giddins)
Mondays juniors play produced many good
rallies, with results on the Website –the AgFlite award to Ashton Green, the
Foodworks award to Dillon Green and the Services Club award to Rhyla Bunyan and
Lana Rose Jessop
Well done to the Hay Public School – Todd
Woodbridge Cup team for class years 3 and 4 (modified courts, equipment and
scoring rules) who competed in Wagga last week with 11 other schools both
private and state to contest the finals. The Hay team finished in 3rd
spot with the Griffith East Public School the winners to now move onto the
finals in Sydney.
Birthday entries close this week for the 2025
Calendar a major fund raiser for the Tennis Club.
October 21
Tennis
Resumes this week
Tennis
Sunday Morning Juniors Fun Activities, Monday night Juniors
competition and the Wednesday night competition for mens, womens and mixed all
resume this week.
At
Sunday Morning play Maeve Harrison and Xander Bienzobas took out the Lani
Houston Consulting and Jake Murphy Electrical Awards.
The
Todd Woodbridge Riverina finals were cancelled last week in Wagga due to the
weather and rescheduled for this week.
Well
done to the South West NSW boys and girls teams which included Hays Ben and Bella whose teams
did not make the finals but had some valuable experience against the states
best in the weekend carnival held in Bathurst.
The
Annual General meeting this year will be held after juniors
activities on Sunday morning 24th November.
October 14
Youngsters competing in State Teams Tennis
Good Luck to Bella Garner selected in the South West NSW -4 girls team and Ben Taylor -4 boys
team competing in the State 10 years carnival in Bathurst this weekend.
These players win the Lani Houston Consulting and Jake Murphy Electrical weekly
awards.
Best of luck also to the Hay Public School
combined team of 4 boys and 4 girls competing in the Riverina finals of the
Todd Woodbridge Cup ( class years 3/4
modified rules ) being played in Wagga on
Friday. The players win this weeks Foodworks and Services Club awards. Brad
Callaghan Indyanna Wilson and Hannah Jamieson win
the AgFlite award for successfully running the holiday tennis camps.
Fresh local competitions to run for 4/5 weeks
for Wednesday Night as well as Monday Juniors will commence from 21st
October and Sunday morning juniors fun activities in the
three groups will recommence on the weekend at 9.30. The juniors club
championship will return this year to be again played in four age groups, -10s,
12s, 15s 18yrs hopefully to commence in November on Friday nights. Full details
are on the clubs website.
Birthday entries for the 2025 Calendar will
close on the 31st October. Many thanks to
Sam gathering advertisers information / updates etc for the 25’ edition.
October 07
New Tennis Season Starts
Tennis will restart for juniors and adults
from the week of the 20th October for
Sunday, Monday and Wednesday play and competitions with further details on the
Clubs website.
In the meantime
school holiday camp number two for Primary school students is being held this
week. Last week camp number one was held with 20 participating with good
improvement and fun being noted.
Arrangements have commenced for the 2025
Tennis Club calendar with birthday entries being taken at the regular spots of
Centrespot Flowers, Hay Visitor Information Centre, The Riverine Grazier and
the Tennis Clubhouse or contact Tony with the closing date being the 31st October.
September 30
Holiday Tennis Camps
The Tennis Club will be holding two camps
over the holiday break for two hours on the Tuesdays Wednesdays and Thursdays
of each week. Enquiries can be made to Brad Callaghan.
Both the Sunday Morning Juniors Tennis fun
activities as well as the Monday night Juniors competition will recommence from
the 20th and 21st October
The Wednesday night competition for both
women and men of all grades will commence from the 23rd
October with entries now being taken.
September 23
Tennis Competitions Holiday Break
The Wednesday Night short competition as well
as Monday afternoon and Sunday Morning juniors Activites will finish this week
and break for three weeks.
In last weeks Wednesday night round the IGA
team of Trish Jamieson and Kirsten Hutchings took out the Jake Murphy
Electrical and AgFlite awards for their strong win over Japps Pharmacy.
The AFF team of Richard and Henry Cannon also
a strong win against the Bidgee Earthmoving team won the Foodworks and Services
Club awards. The Lani Houston Consulting award went to the Hay Jewellers
team of Tyler Clancy and Ryan Clark for their come from behind win against
Willshear.
The full details are advised on the clubs website.
A school holiday camp is planned with further
details to follow.
Calendar entries for the 2025 calendar are
now being accepted
September 16
Ben Taylor Riverina Tennis
Champion
A huge congratulations goes to Ben Taylor who
played the South Western NSW
Champion of Champions series tournament finals to win the 10s years boys
singles held in Young over the weekend.
Bella Garner came
third in her age group in the 10s girls . Both Ben and Bella will now play the state titles in
Bathurst representing this region.
Other Hay players who had qualified to
contest the tournament in Young due to their success throughout the year and played were Uzair Shahzad 14s boys ,
Beau Garner, Krishi Patel and Jimmy Jamieson 10s who all performed strongly . Well done to all the players with coach Stuart
very proud all these players receiving the Crightons weekly award.
Congratulations also to Sarah Houston and the Hay Public School who participated for the
first time in the Todd Woodbridge Cup – class years 3 and 4
format modified rules , mini nets and red
balls. The team travelled to Deniliquin to have a strong win over the
Deniliquin North Public School team to qualify and now
contest the Riverina Series finals in Wagga. Well done to Ben Taylor, Jimmy
Jamieson, Eli Crossley, Xander Bienzobas, Bella Garner, Ariana Meads, Esther
Green and Isabella Martin.
Monday match play made a start last week with
Riley Garner receiving the Jake Murphy Electrical Award. Maggie Shields and
Rachel Taylor gained the Lani Houston Consulting award with the Hay Public
School red ball team winning the AgFlite, Hay
Services Club and Foodworks awards.
Round three of our Wednesday night
competition which now has 18 teams competing with further entries welcomed will
be played tonight.
September 09
Night Tennis Commences
A pleasant start to the short four weeks
Wednesday night competition was made with 5 matches held in various grades.
Match of the night saw the Crightons Rural
team of Chris McClelland and Uzair Shahzad came
from behind losing the first set to win the second strongly to take the match
on points over the IGA team of Trish Jamieson and Sonia Woods
. They receive this weeks Jake Murphy Electrical and AgFlite
awards. The Elders team of Liam Whitbourne and Tom Lugsdin were in top
form against Wooloondool to win the Servies Club award. Other winners were AFF-
Richard and Henry Cannon, Murphys Clothing- Rachel and Ben Taylor, and Bidgee
Earthmoving- Jonty Woods and Indyanna Wilson who all receive the Lani Houston
Consulting and Foodworks awards.
The Monday afternoon juniors
competition were called off due to the atrocious
winds on the day.
Sunday morning junior tennis activities
resumes this weekend at 9.30 for all groups.
Good luck to the Hay Public School team who
for the first time are competing in the Todd
Woodbridge Cup competition in the Years 3-4 grade being held in Deniliquin.
September 02
Good response to Mondays Juniors Tennis
The Monday Afternoons Juniors match play
series has received a good entry for the first week. Matches will go for four
weeks up to the holidays. Sunday morning junior activities are likely to start
on 15th Sept at this stage but will be confirmed.
The Wednesday night competition in various
grades will commence this week with a number requesting byes
.
Full details are shown on the clubs website
August 26
Hay
High School Tennis Girls at State Finals
Well
done to the Hay War Memorial High School girls tennis team representing the Riverina in Nelson Bay last week in the Floris Conway
Cup State Finals .
The
team of Tilly Weeks, Hannah Jamieson , Indyanna Wilson
and Rachel Taylor lost its first round clash with some
good tennis to the Blacktown Girls High School team (representing Sydney West).
The team then was eliminated in the consolation round to Bathurst High School , but returned with a vengeance on the second days
play when having got used to the AO balls and local courts to give the
Coonabarabran High School team (North West NSW) a strong beating in a good atmosphere in a play off
position match. Congratulations to the
High School support and to Kylie Kerr for her management of the team with
special mention to Leonie Booth who guided the team in their earlier rounds in
winning the Riverina. Thank you to the Hay Tennis players who gave the team practice
sessions before the tournament.
Good
luck to Hilton Hargreaves who has been selected in the Riverina tennis high
school combined team to play the state competition next week in Bathurst.
Our
4 week junior Monday afternoon competition for singles
and doubles will commence this Monday 2nd Sept with
matches at this stage held at 4.15 or 5.15 for one hour duration. Entries to
Tony.
The
Wednesday night competition in various sections and grades commences Wed 4th
Sept with full details available on the website.
Our
Foodworks, AgFlite, Lani Houston Consulting, Jake Murphy Electrical and
Services Club weekly awards go to our High Schoolers mentioned above.
August 19
Night Tennis Commences September
The Wednesday Night competition in Mens,
Womens and Mixed Doubles types in various grades will
commence on the 4th Sept. while the Juniors
Monday afternoon competition for High School and Primary school sections in
singles and doubles will start on the 2nd
Sept. Entries are currently being taken with further details on the clubs website.
Good luck to all our juniors currently
participating in junior singles tourneys at St Pats Albury, Young and Temora as
well as the Hay High School girls at Nelson Bay. Entries for the forthcoming
Albury number 2 tourney close Monday.
A good number of Juniors participated at a
junior social practice session last Monday with the following awards given
Esther Green _AgFlite, Dan Green Jake Murphy Electrical ,
Xander Bienkobolas Lani Houston Consulting, and Dallas Giddins - Foodworks
Sam Davies and Kate Murphy received the Hay
Services Award for their invaluable assistance towards the girls
high school practice session.
July 29
Tennis Competitions dates Set
The new night tennis competitions for Monday
Juniors will begin on Sept 2nd and for the Wednesday night
competition on Sept 4th to go for 4 weeks.
Following the school holidays then a further fresh longer competitions will be played.
Junior Tennis Sunday morning tennis
activities will now break for four weeks. Riley Garner, Jimmy Jamieson,
Harry Foggo and Brian Gash received this weeks, Crightons Rural
, Hay Services Club. AgFlite and Jake Murphy Electrical awards for their
play last week.
July 22
Sunday
Juniors Activities
This
Sunday will be the last Sunday morning fun activities day before a four
week break with our coaches away.
Bede
Schiller receives the weekly AgFlite award for his organisation and management
of the wood raffle with the winners results in the Grazier Advert Section.
Congratulations
to all those who participated in the two camps during the school holidays, with
coaches Stuart Callaghan ( Jake Murphy Electrical
Award), Indyanna Wilson (Lani Houston Cosulting Award) and Brad Callaghan
receiving the Hay Services Club weekly awards for their organisation and
enthusiasm.
The
Club is pleased to report it had a successful financial year on and off the
courts in tennis results and finances. New Memberships renewals are due now
with rates the same as previous years.
July 15
School
holiday tennis Camp
The
second of our school holiday tennis camps is being conducted this week with
details and enquiries to coach Stuart .
There
will be no Saturday Morning organised hitting on the back courts this weekend
and there will be no Sunday juniors as well. Sunday juniors will be held
28/7/24.
Court
hire continues to be popular with the Monday Juniors and Wednesday night
competitions in recess at the moment.
July 7
School
holiday Tennis Camps
Two
School holiday tennis camps are being conducted over the holidays on the
mornings of Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of each week with registrations and
enquiries to coach Stuart.
Sunday
morning community juniors activities continues each week with all groups starting at 9.30
Congratulation
to Hilton Hargreaves selected in the Riverina combined boys/ girls
team to contest the state tiles in Bathurst this year. Hilton was in the
Riverina team last year which played in Gosford.
Its
that time of the year again when the club is seeking sponsorships from any Business or individual for the 2024/25 year.
Thank
you to Bede Schiller in organising the annual club wood raffle to be drawn 20th
July.
July 1
Bella and Ben win at Wagga Tennis
juniors
Congratulations to both Bella Garner and Ben Taylor who won the under
10s girls and boys titles in the strong Wagga tourney on Sunday. The
Wagga Tournament is part of the Riverina series junior’s development
tournaments where points are accumulated to gain entry into
the finals held later in the year in Albury, The next
series tourney is in West Wyalong in August.
Bella and Ben win this week’s Lani Houston Consulting and Jake Murphy
Electrical awards.
Meanwhile the Community Sunday Morning junior’s fun activities and match
play continues each week with last week’s AgFlite and Foodworks awards going to
Brian Gash and Uzair Shahzad
(note for Grazier -photo of Bella and Ben to follow for publication if
quality and space is ok)
June 24
Night Tennis completed
Both the Wednesday night competition as well as the Juniors Monday
arvo/night competition were completed last week .
Winners of the A men’s went to top of the
ladder Hay Shire Geoff Chapman, David Webb and Ian Lilburne – second place went
to the Lugsdin Toyota team of Liam Whitbourne and Tom Lugsdin
. The A grade mixed /womens will contest a final to be played between
Hydes Plumbing Kirsten Hutchings and Trish Jamieson against Murphys
Clothing Sophie and Heidi Stephens.
The B grade mixed /womens final was won by the Pynors Accountants team
of Stacey Lugsdin and Sally Ware 6/1 4/6 against the Hay Jewellers team of Sue
and Tyler Clancy
Junior winners were -School class years 9 and above Jonty Woods, year 8
Hannah Jamieson and Uzair Shahzad, year 7 Maggie Shields and Alex Giddins , years 4,5,6 Bella Garner and Ben Taylor, years
1,2,3 Abbie Davies and Beau Garner . Congratulations
to all those involved with over 30 participants and to the parents
support and assisting with umpiring.
These players receive the weekly awards, AgFlite, Foodworks, Lani
Houston Consulting and Jake Murphy Electrical Award.
The full results for both Monday and Wednesday night competitions are
shown on the club’s website.
Sunday Morning juniors fun play activities
and match play continues each week from 9.30 am with some nice play noted on
the weekend by Zoya Shahzad and Jackson Thompson.
Annual Tennis Club Memberships are required by the 31st
July with prompt payment discounts offered up to 30 June. Rates are the same as
previous years.
June 17
Winter
Tennis Break
Monday
and Wednesday night competitions will finish this week to resume with fresh
competitions after the winter break. Sunday morning Juniors
fun activities and match play will continue.
Last
Wednesday nights play entailed 6 matches with a good
win by the AFF team comprising Andrew Davies and Alex Giddins ( both winning the Jake Murphy Electrical Award) by winning 6/1 6/5 over top of the ladder Lugsdin
Toyota. Hay Shire continue their consistency to jump to the ladder lead
with a 6/2 6/3 win over Hay Services Club. Pynors Accountants containing Stacey
Lugsdin and substitute Katie Howard win the Agflite award with their win over
Morrrison Shearing 6/2 6/2 . The Riverine Grazier team
of Sharon Bunyan and Chris McClelland gained the
Foodworks weekly award following their good win over the Murphys Clothing Store
6/2 6/5 with Kelcey Anderson making a welcome return. The Hydes plumbing team
of Kirsten Hutchings and Trish Jamieson had a strong 6/0 6/3 win over
Wooloondool to jump into finals contention. The match of the night was the draw
between Hay Jewellers and Bidgee Earthmoving with Sue and Tyler Clancy,
Indyanna Wilson and Jonty Woods all receiving the Lani Houston Consulting
award.
Tonights round will be the last of this
lengthy competition which began in March.
The
annual membership renewals are now being welcome with early payment discounts
offered if paid by the 30 th June
June 11
Night Tennis Continues
Another two Wednesday Night tennis rounds are planned due to a number of teams interested, commencing from tonight.
Only 8 teams played last week with heaps getting byes.
The Monday Afternoon /Evening Juniors singles and doubles competition
round played last week used all courts with a great atmosphere present and
improvement noted in all players. Well done to all the players and to those
parents umpiring.
Good luck to the High School students going for Riverina selection
trials in Griffith today.
The Sunday Morning Juniors fun activities resumes on the weekend
at the new starting time of 9.30 for all groups.
Saturday Morning social play on the back courts now commences at 9.30
with registrations taken at the courts each week.
Annual Memberships renewals for the 24/25 are now being accepted with
discounts offered for those paying before 30th June
The Annual wood raffle tickets are now on sale and are also available at
the clubhouse.
June 03
Monday and Wednesday night tennis competitions continue
this week , however there will be no Monday junior
play on the 10th June due to the Long
weekend holiday. Interest and the cooler weather will determine the durations
of the competitions.
Saturday
Morning Tennis organised social play for all grades free on the back courts
will now commence at the new time each week at 9.30 am to finish 10.45.
A number of Hay juniors attended the Annual Griffith juniors tournament on the weekend with success again going
to Ben Taylor to take out the 10s boys title. He wins
this weeks Foodworks and Jake Murphy Electrical awards. Dallas Giddins 12s
boys, Bella Garner 10s girls came third position in their divisions with Uzair
Shahzad reaching the semi finals and Alex Giddins the
quarter finals of the 14s boys with these
players winning the Lani Houston Consulting , and
AgFlyte awards.
Good
luck to Steve Longworth conducting the Annual Open Griffith tournament this
weekend with well over 200 players involved making it necessary for steve to
close entries well before the official closing date. Events are Open events , all grades , veterans,
juniors and family events as well as half court events
Sunday
morning Juniors fun activities will recommence on 16th
June at a new start time of 9.30 am
May 27
Junior Tennis Tourney Success
Hay hosted a Regional Series Junior Development Tourney on Sunday with
great success, last holding one here in 2019.
Congratulations to our local winners- Indyanna Wilson (Open Group) Ben
Taylor (10s boys) and runners up Lana Rose Jessup(12s
girls) and Bella Garner( 10s girls) and good to see ex
Hayite Sam Patel back in action on the Hay courts and still playing well.
The tournament attracted 41 players well supported by their families and
friends. Thank you to Tara Mina and the Hay Youth Taskforce with all your
work with the visitors compliments as the best tourney kiosk and supplemented
by Tylers Coffee Van.
Most events were completed by the expected 2 pm finish time except
the 14s boys special format group which continued to produce some long exciting rallies with the final won by Nirvair Singh
(Griffith) against Jack Mcgrillen (Deniliquin). Thank you to Tournament Manager
Stuart in bringing the tourney to Hay this year and being assisted in scoring
by Hay President Warren and Denilquins Regional Rep Jon Gatacre.
It was good to see an entry of 17 players in the 10s group (boys10
girls7) nearly all playing their first tourney. Well done to Sam Davies with
the production of a fabulous video capturing the day’s proceedings.
The Griffith tourney is on Sunday.
In last week’s local Monday Afternoon junior’s singles and doubles
competition some good wins were noted by Rachel Taylor, Hannah Jamieson, Alex
Giddins, Zander Hird and Maggie Shields for secondary students and for primary
Eli Crossley, Ollie Meads, Beau Garner and Esther Green
There will be no Wednesday night Competition play held tonight with a
general bye , with another round scheduled next week.
In last week’s play the defending champions Crightons Rural Service
comprising Anthony Slattery and Shane McGufficke won with an unusual scoreline
6/0 1/6 against the AFF team of Andrew Davies and Uzair Shahzad. The Hay
Shire has jumped to outright ladder leader with David Webb again partnering Ian
Lilburne inflicting a good win over the top Murphys Clothing team of Sophie and
Heidi Stephens. The Morrisons Shearing team of Anna Lilbune and Sue
Parslow had a narrow 6/3 5/6 win over the Public School
combination this time comprising Nina Schiller and Bella Garner. Anthony Hyde
Plumbing with Emma Laracy back in action and playing very well had a 6/2
6/1 win over the Grazier. Other winners were Lugsdin Toyota, Bidgee
Earthmoving, Rosevale and Wooloondool.
May 20
Historic Tennis Win for High School
The Hay War Memorial High School girls Tennis team for the first time
won the Riverina section of the prestigious Floris Conway Cup a competition
believed to be have been going for 60+ years.
The team had qualified to play last week’s finals series
having won the West Zone earlier this year in beating Deniliquin 7 sets
to 1.
Congratulations to Tilly Weeks, Hannah Jamieson ,
Indyanna Wilson and Rachel Taylor and a special thank you to teachers Leonie
Booth and Anthony Stokes for their support and encouragement.
The team travelled to the Albury
grass courts to firstly win a semi final against the Wagga high School a
slender 5 sets 36 games to 3 sets 28 games. The other semi final saw the
defending champions Albury beat Yanco Ag 5/3
The final was a tense situation with Hay coming from behind to win a
close contest 5 sets 38 games to 3 sets 29 games against the Albury High
School.
The team will now travel to Bathurst to contest the state finals.
Congratulations to Stuart Callaghan who coaches all of
these girls.
This Sunday the Hay club will host a junior singles Regional Tourney for
boys and girls in 5 age groups. This is the first tournament conducted here
since 2019 when 35 played which only included 7 visiting players
. Hopefully visiting numbers will be better this time. Play starts at
8.30 with the days plans well in hand. Depending on entries received will
depend on finish time,
Our junior Monday arvo/night competition continues to grow with all
courts now necessary for play. Some good singles and doubles were noted last
week. There will be a general bye this coming Monday 27th May.
Another round of the Wednesday night comp with seven matches played .Centre court witnessed a good standard battle with
the Rosevale team of Richard Cannon partnering substitute Dan Green beating the
Bidgee Earthmoving team of Indyanna Wilson and Jonty Woods 6/4 6/4 Other
winners were Hay Jewellers, Hay Shire, Pynors Accountants, AFF, Lugsdin Toyota
and Wooloondool
May 6
Night
Tennis competition underway
The
Wednesday night competition resumed last week in a good atmosphere and included
a big number of nine substitutes in the matches played. Well done to all
those involved. Tom Lugsdin and Liam Whitbourne for the Lugsdin Toyota team win
the Foodworks weekly award for their victory over the Crightons Substitutes
Peter Head and Ian Lilburne 6/2 6/5
The
Juniors Sunday morning fun activities recommenced on the weekend in pleasant
conditions and will continue this weekend. The Monday juniors
afternoon singles and doubles competition resumed this week and will likely run
for another 4 weeks.
Entries
will close soon for the Griffith Open Long Weekend June Tourney catering for
all ages and grades
Good
health was the beneficial winner in Sundays - Deniliquin versus Hay Veterans challenge
played in Hay. Congratulations to all involved in the spirited match.
Wednesday
Tennis Competition resumes tonight
The
Wednesday Night tennis competition comprising mens, women’s and mixed doubles
sets resumes tonight for another 4 or 5 weeks with the same teams competing
with further entries welcomed. Matches now will see earlier starting
times.
Junior
activities will now step up a gear with the Sunday Morning community fun play
recommencing this week 5th May at the regular time of 9am for all
groups. Also on this day is the Young Junior tourney. The following
Sunday there will be no Sunday morning activities as a number are competing at
Henty. The Hay Junior Tourney (we have not hosted one for four years)
will be held on Sunday 26 May.
Our
Monday afternoon Juniors singles and doubles competition with 30 participants
now competing will recommence Mon 6th May with further entries still
being accepted.
Deniliquin
are keen to send a mens team here for a challenge match with Bede Schiller
organising and further details to follow.
April 22
Night
Tennis Resumes After School holidays
The
Wednesday night mens, womens and mixed competitions will resume on 1st
May, while the Monday night juniors will recommence on the 6th
May.
Sunday
morning community fun activities will restart on
5th May . All details are outlined on the clubs website. A
tennis camp is being conducted this week on the Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
mornings.
Congratulations
to Lucy Davies who wins this weeks Foodworks award for being part of The
Caulfield Grammar school teams success in their
interschool competition.
Members
are currently being offered free hitting on the back courts – with all court
hire to be monitored.
April 15
Holiday
Tennis Activities
School
holiday camps are being conducted – this week on Wednesday to Friday and next week
also for three mornings Monday to Wednesday before Anzac Day. Enquiries and
Registrations to coach organiser Stuart.
Also
being held during the holidays will be the Saturday Morning organised sets on
the back courts for all grades and ages from 9am
Monday
Juniors competition , as well as the Wednesday night
mens, womens and mixed competition will resume after the school holidays. The
Sunday Morning fun activities will also restart
in three weeks.
A
red hot Griffith East Public
School team containing a number of top Riverina
players in their two boys, two girls team were too
strong for the Hay Public School team last week, winning all sets, in their
quarter final Riverina clash. The Griffith team like the Deniliquin North team
last year has the potential to go all the way to
the state final.
April 8
Night
Tennis break for school Holidays
Both
the Wednesday night competition as well as the Juniors Monday competition will
break for the school holidays and will continue
with the same players and teams in a few weeks. .
Any new players are welcome to join . Sunday morning
juniors will be held this weekend and then have a break.
In
last weeks Wednesday results Crightons Rural Engineering team suffered their
first loss 6/5 4/3 to the Services Club team of Warren Hunt partnering the very
talented substitute Michelle Noonan who win the AgFlyte award. The Morrisons
Shearing team of Anna Lilburne and Sue Parslow
win the Foodworks award for their come from behind victory over the Hay Public
School team 4/6 6/3. Mother and daughter Carol and Issy Huggins (Japps
Pharmacy) win the AgFlyte award for their good win 6/0 4/6 win against the Hay
Jewellers team. Other winners were Lugsdin Toyota, Wooloondool, Murphys
Clothing, Pynors , Hay Shire, and Hydes Plumbing with
Sonya Woods making a great comeback to win the Jake Murphy Electrical award.
Steve
Longworth Tournament Director for the Griffith June Long Weekend Tennis
Tournament has advised the entries will close when they have reached capacity
and this has occurred in recent years.
Players
wishing to play should enter through the CAT system and do so early so as not
to miss out. The tournament caters for all ages and grades.
Forthcoming
Sunday junior tourneys are on 5th May
at Young, 12th May at Henty , with
the Hay Tourney to be held on the 26th May
April 2
Night Tennis Resumes after Easter Break
Two further rounds remain for the Monday Night Juniors and Wednesday night
Competition before breaking for the Easter school holidays. Wednesday night
play recommences this week with the draw on the web.
Sunday Morning community junior’s fun activities are back this weekend
still at 9am for all the groups.
Well done to Bede Schiller partnering his former St Josephs College
classmate Clive Gow at the Deniliquin Easter Tourney in the Veterans doubles
just missing out for the finals.
Steve Longworth successfully ran the Shepparton their 100th
Easter tournament over the weekend entailing 650 players with his invented
Computer Assisted Tennis Program a system he developed decades ago and
still largely used around the world.
March 25
Night
Tennis Results
Over
twenty teams are now competing in the Wednesday night mens
,womens and mixed competitions with further entries most welcome . There is a general bye this week.
The
Morrisons Shearing team of Anna Lilburne and Sue Parslow commenced their season
last week going down to the Rosevale team of Richard and Henry Cannon 6/1 6/5.
Former champions Hydes Plumbing – Trish Jamieson and Kirsten Hutchings
commenced their journey with a great match 5/6 6/2 win over Sophie and Heidi
Stephens Murphys Clothing team . A top match was
witnessed by Lugsdin Toyota Tom Lugsdin and Liam Whitbourne 6/2 5/6 win over the Services Club team. Hay Jewellers Sue and
Tyler Clancy had a marathon 6/5 3/4 over Japps . Other winners were Harrisons IGA, AFF, Les’ Small
Engines, Crightons, and Bidgee Earthmoving . Full
details are on the website.
Well
done to all those participating in the Monday night juniors primary and
secondary singles and doubles competition with no play scheduled on Easter
Monday.
The
Hay High Girls team of Tilly Weeks, Hannah Jamieson, Rachel Taylor and Indyanna
Wilson last week won the Riverina West Gala Day tournament against a strong
Deniliquin girls team with a top scoreline of 7 sets
to 1. This is the third year in a row the team has qualified for the Riverina
semi finals, the West Zone in previous years dominated by Finley. The Boys team
were not so lucky in narrowly finishing third behind Deniliquin and Barham
schools. The team was Hilton Hargreaves, Uzair Shahzad, Dan Jamieson and Jaylen
Dixon. The standard of tennis was high with the atmosphere and tournament
discipline excellent with special thanks to Leonie Booth for her involvement
and organisation.
There
will be no Saturday organised tennis on the back courts or Sunday morning juniors activities this Easter weekend.
Good
luck to those players playing the Deniliquin Easter Tourney.
March 18
Tennis
Busy Program
Annual
International Tennis Tournaments are currently being held in Mildura last week
and Swan Hill this week with a number of Hay people attending
to watch world class players.
Five
Hay players played the Thurgoona tourney on Sunday with runner up success to
Ben Taylor and semi finalist to Hannah Jamieson. Congratulations also to Uzair
Shahzad, Rachel Taylor and Jimmy Jamieson in going well in their groups. Also on local Sunday morning a good roll up attended with
just fun games and activities being held on the morning – no sets
this week.
Preparations
also began on Sunday for the Hay Junior Open to be held in May with a good
meeting held.
Night
competitions continue to grow with additional entries welcome
Monday
night juniors competition saw some good singles with
Ryan Clark against Zander Hird as well as Rhyla Bunyan against Bella Garner.
Thank you to Sharon Bunyan who filled in for the injured Maggie Shields. In
Wednesday Night play now comprising 20 teams nice to see Carol Huggins back and
still playing well this time partnering daughter Lily.
March 11
Night Tennis Commences
The Monday juniors as well as the Wednesday night men’s, women’s and
mixed commenced last week with a good atmosphere.
Six matches were completed on the Wednesday night with a number
receiving byes and further entries are still welcome to be included.
Results were Comfort Inn Bishops Lodge Jenny Bunyan and Darren Tapper
beat Riverine Grazier 5/6 6/4. Pynors accountants Lucy Koster with sub Daniel Green for Stacey Lugsdin beat Hay Jewellers 6/2
6/3, Les’ Small Engines Clint Miller and Peter Davies beat Willshear 3/6 6/2 , Hay Shire Geoff Chapman and David Webb beat AFF 4/6 6/0 and Harrisons IGA Dean Aylett and Lane Griffiths beat St. Marys 6/1 6/2
In Junior Tennis 14 players competed in the Deniliquin tourney with some
tremendous play noted by everyone in the extreme heat. Hay had 3 winners and 3
runners up with special mention to young Xander Bienzobas making his debut.
Junior fun activities will continue on Sunday at 9am
for all groups. Congratulations to all the participants who this week
take out the Jake Murphy Electrical, AgFlite, Foodworks and Lani Houston
Consulting weekly awards
The weekly junior’s singles and doubles competition is being played on
Monday nights and further entries are welcomed with details on the website.
Good luck to the Hay Public School team who will play Balranald in
its first round knockout match. Last year’s team
was unlucky to meet and lose to the Deniliquin North in the first round
with that team eventually winning the Riverina and going all the way to lose
the state final by one game to Tamworth.
March 4
Wednesday
Night Tennis
The
Wednesday night tennis competition in Mens Doubles, Womens doubles and Mixed
doubles in various grades will commence this week to go for 5 or 6 weeks up to
the school holidays. The draw will appear on the clubs
website and entries can still increase each week if persons wish to join.
Meanwhile
free hitting is available to members on the back courts (memberships are
welcome). Saturday morning organised social play continues each week on the
back courts commencing between 8.30 am to 9am to play for an hour or so for
persons of all ages and grades.
Junior
Sunday morning activities received another good attendance on the weekend with
Abbie Davies, Norah green, Ollie Meads and Maggie Shields receiving the weekly
Jake Murphy Electrical, Lani Houston Consulting, AgFlyte, and Foodworks
awards. There will be no Sunday Morning this week as a
number of players and coaches will be away in Deniliquin for the juniors tourney.
The
Monday night Junior singles and doubles competition is scheduled to start this
week with the draw on the web.
Congratulations to
Dallas Giddins in being named as second reserve for the 5 Boys Riverina Public
School team.
Meanwhile
Hay High School will host again the Riverina Western Zone comprising the
early rounds of the 2024 High Schools state knockout for boys and girls to be
held on the 21st March with the Hay School
possibly entering two teams of each.
February 26
Sunday Juniors Tennis Commences
The
Tennis Clubs first Sunday Morning juniors group activities was held for 2024 on
the weekend with a good attendance full of enthusiasm. The weekly program
dates are listed on the Clubs website, with play scheduled again on Sunday but
not on the 10th March due to the Deniliquin
Regional Series Tourney. Also on Sunday three Hay
players competed very well at the Albury Regional Tourney and although not
making the finals group gained good experience on the grass courts. Well done
to Abbie Davies, Ben and Rachel Taylor.
Good
luck to the 6 Hay Public school students who are attending the final Riverina
school trials this week.
The
Clubs juniors singles and doubles competition
will now be played on Monday afternoons / evenings, commencing 4th March.
This competition has shifted from Wednesday to Monday to allow our girls to
compete who are away or unavailable on Wednesdays.
The
Wednesday night competitions in various grades for Mens Doubles, Womens Doubles
and Mixed doubles has been delayed another week due to the predicted heat this
week and also hoping for some more entries- these are
listed on the web.
Well
done to Anthony Slattery who organised another team to represent Hay at the
Victorian Country Week Carnival this year played at Albury/Wodonga. This was
the 11th straight year for Hays representation with a record 1320
players competing for the week. Other Hay players included Shane McGufficke,
Damon and Zac Slattery and exHayites Mark Hutchings and Brad Davis as well as
Nicolas Catharay. These players get the AgFlite award this week.
Amanda
Kelton who was in Hay for the weekend was a big help at Sunday Morning Tennis
putting her tennis coaching training into practice by running a young boys junior singles tourney,
gained the Foodworks award. Young players attending their first
session at Sunday tennis Isla Andrews/ Walker, Jarvis Stokes,
and Brian Gash win this weeks Lani Houston Consulting award.
Stu
Callaghan gets the Jake Murphy Electrical award for now travelling weekly to
Conargo to do coaching activities at that school. He was previously doing
weekly coaching at Carrathool and Booligal schools before their closures,
February 19
Hay
Students perform well in Tennis
Congratulations
to the Hay Public School in bringing the West Zone pre-selection trials for the
Riverina to Hay for the first time an annual event having been held in
Deniliquin for many years .
Eight
schools had nominated 39 boys and girls to trial in Hay last Wednesday, the
number included 14 from Hay.
The
5 boys and 5 girls who won selection to now attend the final Riverina
trials next week are as follows –Boys from Hay Dallas Giddins, Ben Taylor,
Billy Houston (Archie Auldist – reserve) Rocky Sztejman (Deni North) and Alby
Brooks (Barooga)—girls from Hay Bella Garner and Rhyla Bunyan, Charlotte
Gatacre (Deni North) Audrey Laffen (Bunnaloo) Mila Gray (Moulamein) and Eliza
McDonald (Barham) reserve.
These
players win this weeks awards the Jake Murphy
Electrical and Lani Houston Consulting.
Congratulations
to HPS teacher Sarah Houston for the AgFlyte award in bringing the event to Hay . Ellie Jamieson(HPS) Foodworks
award in running the day and Jon Gatacre and Stu Callaghan for court
supervisors.
The
clubs website has been updated to advise the night
competitions in various sections and grades will now start Wed 28th showing current names received
. The juniors wed arvo singles and doubles competition will also
commence on the 28th while the
Community Sunday morning juniors will commence 3rd March the full
program also displayed.
Good
luck to the players who are competing in the Albury juniors on Sunday.
Free
Saturday morning social on the back courts for young and old of all grades
continues each week starting from 8.30 (must
register by 9am at the courts) play for an hour or so.
February 12
Night
tennis to Start
Depending
on the temperature, the Wednesday
Afternoon and Evening of the 21st Feb is
the date set to commence our first night of the 2024
Tennis Competition in various grades and formats., including the juniors singles and doubles competition. Players can
enter online or contact Tony with entries being taken for mens doubles, womens
doubles or mixed either entering with your partner or entering individually
requesting a partner. All juniors will be contacted to confirm their play
to follow on from the last successful
competition that involved 30 juniors, High school and primary school students
in two grades.
The
first of the Regional Juniors singles Series tournaments was held in Wagga on
Sunday with 12 youngsters from Hay participating in a big field of 75 players.
Congratulations to all those participants and to the encouragement, and support
of parents , players and
coaches. Hay received a winner in the 10s boys with Ben Taylor
winning the event, as well as taking out this weeks AgFlyte and Foodworks awards. Hays Alex Giddins was forced
to withdraw and didn’t make the trip due to an accident requiring stiches to
his chest and sadly a replacement who had missed
the entry deadline in the same age group and of the same standard was not
allowed, despite the withdrawal making an unbalanced number.
The
next tournament will be held in Albury on Sunday 25th Feb ----also
on this day will be the start of the Sunday mornings
Hay junior community tennis.
The
Hay Public School with the Hay Tennis Club will host for the first time the Western Zone pre-selection trials for the Riverina Public
School team, to be held this week.
February 5
Night
Tennis Competition
The
Tennis clubs night tennis competitions will commence
on WEDNESDAY 21ST Feb with entries now being taken online or contact
Tony . Entries can be made for mens, doubles ,womens doubles or mixed either entering with a
partner or requesting a partner for different grades. A Monday night
womens doubles competition will also be held if sufficient entries are
received.
A
junior singles and doubles competition will also be held again, also commencing
on the 21st
Good
luck to the five juniors who have entered for the first Regional
juniors tourney at Wagga to be played this coming
Sunday. To date the tournament has attracted 47 players. Albury will hold
their tourney on 25th Feb.
January 29
Summer
Tennis
The
first of the 2024 Regional Series, Junior singles tennis tournaments will be
held in Wagga on Sunday 11th Feb. The tournament caters for all ages
with entries closing 5th Feb.
The
local social night tennis competition is likely to start mid February and again
be played on Wednesday nights in mens doubles, womens doubles and mixed doubles
of all standards. This worked well last year and also
included a junior singles and doubles competition in two grades. If sufficient
interest and entries are received a separate Monday night womens comp will also
be held
The
last of the school holiday tennis camps is being conducted
this week.
January 22
Summer Tennis
Saturday Morning Social Tennis for an hour or so has
recommenced on the back courts for young and old of all grades. Play is
for fun and good for our health and mental wellbeing with no
consecutive weekly commitment required. Generaly the starting time is
8.30am depending on the temperature.
School holiday camp number 5 is being held this week. Last week’s number
4 camp did not get underway until the Thursday with the first two scheduled
days washed out, making it necessary to increase the daily hours of play to
three each day. The last School holiday camp number 6 will be held next week
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 30th, 31st Jan and 1st
Feb with enquiries and bookings to Stuart on Ph 0413083386
Well done to Steve Longworth who has spent a lot of time working with
the Clubs Web Provider to sort out our website, which should be now obtained by
all. The web details all information on the Hay Tennis Club.
Our weekly AgFlyte, Foodworks, Jake Murphy Electrical and Lani Houston
Consulting awards go to the social players who were having a go at
Saturday Morning tennis.
January 15
Summer
Tennis
School
Holiday Tennis Camp Number 4 is being held this week, with number 5 planned
next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 23rd ,
24th. and 25th January from 9am to 11am
. Enquiries and bookings to coach Stuart Ph 0413 083 386
Court
hire has been popular on the more pleasant weather days with members having
free use of the back courts during the holidays. All court hire is monitored.
A number of Hay people attended the Adelaide International
last week, with young Dallas Giddins hitting with a World number one ranked
Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic .
Many
locals are attending the Australian Open this week with Immy Molloy continuing
her role as a practice hitting partner to the Australian and world
ranked Olivia Tjandramulia . Congratulations to
Immy getting to this level.
Well
done to Uzair Shahzad who has been competing at the strong grass court tourneys
in Albury and Wodonga last week competing against the best youngsters from the
Eastern states as well as Pacific Nations. He continues his ventures this
week in a squad of players with the Alcarez Academy in Melbourne.
The
free Tennis community calendars can still be collected from the clubhouse.
January 8
School
holidays Tennis camps
School
holiday Tennis Camp number Four will be held next week Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday 16th,17th,18th from 9am t0 11am each
day with enquiries and enrolments to coach Stuart
Last
weeks number Three Camp attracted 20 participants
In
the meantime court hire has been popular with the back
courts now currently free to members over the holiday period. All court hire
needs to be monitored.
December 18
School Holiday tennis Camps
The
first of six school holidays tennis camps has begun this week to be played
three mornings a week for two hours each day. Camp number two will be
conducted next week after Christmas on the Wed. Thur. Fri .
27th to 29th December with registrations to coach
Stuart. Camp number three will be held on 3rd, 4th , 5th January.
For
the first time,Hay will host the Primary Schools
western Riverina selection trials to select a squad then to later trial for the Riverina team.
Congratulations to Sarah Houston and the Hay Public School in their
ambition in bringing this day to Hay to be held in February having been
conducted in Deniliquin for many years. The Hay Tennis Club will also
again host the Western Riverina zone of the 2024 NSW knockout competition early
rounds for boys Stan Jones Trophy and girls Floris Conway Cup
to be held in March.
Meanwhile
social tennis remains popular and is currently being enjoyed day and night.
December 11
Tennis
Competitions Finalised
Both
the Wednesday night teams competition as well as the junior afternoon singles
and doubles competition were finalised last week. The team winners in the
various grades were determined by the highest on the points ladder.
Mungadal
undefeated in all its matches, comprising Thommas Wynne and Kate Murphy won the
A grade with the Wooloondool team of Nick and Herbert Maynard and also including Ian Lilburne came in second spot. Thommas
hails from the village of Seal Chart an hour from London and is in Hay for four
months. Thommas is a talented player and a professional coach with the Club
looking forward to his further play here before returning to England.
The
IGA team of Trish Jamieson and Chris McClelland won the B section with the
Hydes plumbing team of Richard Cannon and Tom Porter runner up.
In
Division two, the Bidgee Earthmoving and Plant Hire team of Indyanna and Craig
Wilson finished on top with the Murphys Clothing Company comprising Lucy Koster
and Mina Patel in second spot.
Full
details are on the web.
The
junior afternoon competition was called off due to the heat rule with the eight
weeks play winners determined by the number of singles wins. In grade one
high school winners were Max Hutchings and Hannah Jamieson while primary school
winner was Alex Giddins. In Grade two winners were Henry Cannon and Bella
Garner.
All
these players win this week Foodworks, AgFlyte, Jake Murphy Electrical and Lani
Houston Consulting awards
Sunday
morning junior activities were completed on the weekend for this year and
likely to restart in February. Players friends and family enjoyed the breakup
snacks at the conclusion of the tennis. The first of six holiday camps will
commence next week December 19 with enquiries to Stuart
The
free 2024 Community Calendar is now available in the supermarkets as well as at
the Grazier Office and Tennis Clubhouse with many thanks to those
involved.
December 4
Last night of tennis for 2023
Wednesday play last week was cancelled due to the weather,now
with the final round for both the junior
competition as well as the teams doubles competition
to be held tonight (Wednesday) for 2023.
The last of the Sunday morning sessions for the three groups all
commencing at 9am will be held on the weekend.
The Annual General meeting was held on Sunday with President Warren Hunt
again re-elected . The Club had another successful
year on and off the court.
The biannual John Ferguson Cup was this year held at Albury a competition played amongst the three
area teams that comprise the South West/Riverina
Tennis region. This year the Albury District entered two teams.with
Wagga and a combined Deniliquin, Griffith Hay area as the fourth team.
Congratulations to the Hay players in being selected for the Combined team
–Rachel and Ben Taylor, Hannah Jamieson, Bella garner, Uzair Shahzad and Sam
Patel. Albury won this year’s cup.
Thank you to those involved in getting the 2024 Community Calendar
organised. It should be available this week.
November 27
Tennis
Activities Winding Down
The
Tennis activities for juniors, Saturday social, as well as the Wednesday
night Competition have finished or are getting close to finishing for 2023.
Saturday
morning organised social tennis on the back courts catering for all grades had its
final session on the weekend, having been running now
for five months with registrations simply being taken weekly at the courts, will restart in 2024.
Twenty
youngsters attended Sunday morning activities, with another two Sunday sessions
still to go before breaking for Christmas
holidays. Private coaching is continuing as well as court hire.
A
good number of matches were played in last Wednesday nights competition. Some
notable matches saw Indyanna Wilsons Bidgee Earthmoving team having a 6/0 5/6
win against Comfort Inn Bishops Lodge and a similar scoreline in the other B
womens saw Stacey Lugsdins - Lugsdin Toyota win 6/0 3/6 over Murphys
Clothing.
Some
close matches were recorded in the A/B Mens/Mixed – Tom Porters Anthony Hyde
Plumbing had a 5/6 6/2 win against The Hay Services Club and Anthony Slatterys
Crightons Rural Engineering team won 6/3 5/6 over Morrisons Shearing.
The
weekly awards for AgFlyte, Foodworks, Jake Murphy Electrical and Lani Houston Consulting go to Craig Wilson, Ellie Lugsdin, Richard Cannon , Shane McGufficke and Kate Murphy.
All
tennis details are outlined on the Clubs website. The site has a new provider and it may be necessary to reset your mobile
app. -use www.haytennis.org.au
November 20
Hay tennis Club connections on the world stage
Steve Longworth and Tom Mabon have both recently been involved in world
tennis tournaments.
Steve continues to run the annual world veteran’s men’s and women’s
tournament, this year recently conducted in Mallorca in Spain. Whilst not
travelling to the venue these days the annual tourney still uses his invented
computer system in conducting draws, schedules and statistics liaising
online, daily between himself and the officials in Spain.
Tom the son of local identities Jenny and Vince Mabon and attended Hay
War memorial High School from 2001 to 2006 was last week seen on tv for a number of days spearheading the barracking and support for
the Australian Women’s team playing Slovenia and Kazakhstan in Seville also in
Spain. Tom had been appointed the physio for the Australian team and was
looking very fit.
Meanwhile congratulations also to Ben Taylor, Sam Patel and Lucy Davies
who gained selection to play the state finals in Penrith on the weekend.
Sunday Morning juniors resume at 9am for all groups.
This Saturday Morning will see the last of our Saturday morning socials
on the back courts for this year.
Wednesday afternoon and Evening competition play for juniors and adults
is working well with all courts being utilised with all details on the clubs website. Monday nights competition has now been
abandoned due to insufficient entries (a number were transferred to Wednesday
night play
November 13
Hay Tennis Juniors qualify for State Tournament
A number of Hay Tennis Club
players made the Regional finals played in Albury on
the weekend. The Top Two positions in each age group following this
tourney then qualified for state finals to play in Sydney with Hannah
Jamieson 14s girls, Bella Knox ( Conargo) 12s girls
and James Gatacre (Wanganella) 12s boys gaining selection. Three other Hay
players came third position in their groups and are waiting confirmation that
they also qualify for the state finals- these being Lucy Davies 16s girls, Sam
Patel 12s boys and Ben Taylor 10s boys .
Congratulations to these players and also to coach
Stuart and the families who were there watching and supporting.
Eight high school and primary school players of sufficient
standard have made themselves available for this weekend’s Sunday morning
annual social challenge match against Deniliquin on their grass courts with
about another six required to finalise before Friday with names to Tony or
Stuart. Details and format will then be available.
Sunday morning juniors in Hay on the weekend received a good number and
with Stuart away, lessons were conducted by Brad and Warren with great success .No Sunday morning activities this weekend.
Well done to Wednesday afternoon junior singles and doubles with two set
wins to Archie Auldist, Alex Giddins ,Maggie
Shields, Euen Kerr and in the grade two group to Henry Cannon and Beau Garner.
Wednesday Night competition wins went to Crightons Rural
Engineering, A.F.F, Murphys Clothing, Hay Services Club and Mungadal
with some exciting draws also played. Best on the night was the
new look womens team of Mina Patel and Lucy Koster.
Saturday Morning social play on the back courts catering for all grades
– registrations now taken by 8.45 with play starting from 8.30
Congratulations to Amanda Kelton who has successfully competed her
community coaching tennis course and hoping to do some coaching when back in
town. Simon Longworth has attained a full certificate and going well in
Coolamon Tennis coaching. Immy Molloy and Kenny Hargreaves are likely to
be available when back in town. In the meantime
Brad Callaghan has commenced private lesson coaching taking a bit of pressure
off full time coach
November 6
Hay
juniors qualified for Albury Regional Tennis Finals
Six
Hay Tennis Club players have qualified/ accepting invitations to play the Regional finals in their respective age
groups at the Albury grass courts on Sunday. The players gained
qualification as a result of their
performances played at various tournaments throughout the year.
The players are Lucy Davies 16s girls, Uzair Shahzad 14s boys, Hannah Jamieson
14s girls, Sam Patel 12s boys, Ben Taylor 10s
boys, and Bella Garner 10s girls. These players win our weekly awards-
Foodworks, Lani Houston Consulting, AgFlyte and Jake Murphy Electrical.
Meanwhile
the First of our short Wednesday Night
competitions with a total of 18 teams, comprising men
,women and juniors competing in three divisions/ groups was completed
last week.
Winners
were Crightons Rural Engineering – Anthony Slattery and Shane Mc
Gufficke,
Japps
Pharmacy- Michelle Noonan, Lou Gardam , Bede Schiller
and Tom Porter,
Lugsdin
Toyota- Stacey Lugsdin and Harriet Murphy.
Another
short four weeks competition starts tonight 8th November with 16
team entries received and further entries as a team or individually are still
welcome.
A
womens Monday night competition will now commence on 13th Nov if
sufficient entries are received.
Saturday
morning organised social continues on the back courts
each week for all grades from 8.30 am (register at the courts by 9am)
The
junior singles and doubles Wednesday afternoon/evening has reached the half way mark with full results on the web.
The
Tennis Club 2024 community calendar
birthday entries close today. Thank you to all those supporting the Clubs
major fundraiser.
October 30
Tennis
Competition - one Finishers another Starts
The
short Wednesday Night Tennis competition in mens, mixed and womens groups will
conclude tonight with another four week competition to
commence next Wednesday 8th November with fresh entries required. A
Monday night competition will also commence on the 6th
November if there are sufficient entries.
In
last weeks results for the mens group the closest match of the night was Pynors
Accountants team of Tom Lugsdin and Ben Taylor winning 6/4 5/6 a marathon
against Les,s Small Engine Repairs. Welcome to
Tom Wynne a Londoner with nice stroke making having a win for the Bidgee
Earthmoving partnering Uzair Shahzad. Wolloondool continue their unbeaten run
this time with a win over Anthony Hyde Plumbing. Two good Mixed matches
were played with the Hay Services Club team of Darren Tapper and Jan Zambon
winning 6/4 6/4 over the Hay Shire and the other
Japps Pharmacy Michelle Noonan and Tom Porter beating Murphys Clothing.
In
the womens division the Lugsdin Toyota team of Stacey Lugsdin and Harriet
Murphy has gone to outright leader following its win against Hay Newsagency.
The other winners in this group was the Comfort Inn
Bishops Lodge team of Sue and Tyler Clancy against the NRMA team
All
these players win the weekly Jake Murphy Electrical, AgFlyte, Foodworks and
Lani Houston Consulting Awards
Interested
players who wish to be included in the Hay team for the
Deniliquin juniors match on Sunday Morning
the 19th November can advise
Stuart or Tony . At this stage we are planning on a
match containing 8 to 14 primary school players
and 4 to 6 secondary school players depending on the Deniliquin Club
requirements.
The
Wednesday afternoon/ evening juniors singles and
doubles competition will be at the halfway point today with double set wins
last week to Henry Cannon, Hannah Jamieson, Archie Auldist, Brad Callaghan,
Dallas Giddins and Abbie Mae Davies.
October
23
Annual
Junior Deniliquin Tennis Challenge
A
primary and secondary Junior team will travel to Deniliquin for the annual challenge . Hay are holders of the trophy with the match
scheduled on Sunday morning 19th November. Interested players
can give their names to Stuart or tony.
In
the meantime congratulations to the Hay players who
have qualified in their respective age divisions for the Riverina and South West NSW series finals to be played in Albury on
Sunday 12th November. These players finished top eight positions
from points gained from the series tournaments
they participated in throughout the year. The players
are Lucy Davies, Sam Patel, Hannah
Jamieson, Bella Garner and Lana Rose
Jessop. Amazingly Ben Taylor despite finishing in the top eight of the
10s boys group did not qualify as he had not played sufficient tournaments to be eligible. This rule
clearly penalises Hay players who have to spend many
more dollars for accommodation and long distance
travel compared to most other participants.
Congratulations
to the 30 juniors who entered and are playing the annual Wednesday arvo/
evening singles competition in two grades. Double winners last week were Dillon Green, Harry Houston, Hannah Jamieson and
Henry Cannon
Well
done to the Sunday morning juniors community group play to Gisselle Gill,
Zander Hird and Zoya Shahzad.
Final
teams numbers for the short 4 week
Wednesday evening competition are 8 teams mens division, 4 teams mixed/womens
division and a 4 teams womens division with most matches played last week all
very close with good rallies. Entries are now being taken for a fresh 4 week competition to commence the following week when the
current one finishes . Entries are also being taken
for a Monday night competition to commence in November if sufficient teams are
received.
The
Annual General Meeting will be held at the clubhouse after Sunday morning
junior activities on 3rd December.
October 16
Wednesday
Tennis Activities
The
Wednesday afternoon and evening has a busy program with early matches commencing
from 4.30 with a big number of juniors playing the annual weekly singles
competition with two grades necessary.
This
then follows the teams doubles competition finishing
under lights with mens doubles, combined mixed and womens as well as a separate
womens divisions.
The
top teams match of the evening was a womens doubles encounter with the Hay
Newsagency team of Mina Patel and Teresa Mirabelli beating the Comfort Inn
Bishops Lodge team of Sue and Tyler Clancy the score 6/5 6/2
Twenty
juniors are contesting the grade 1 singles playing two different
matches each week with best results in the opening night to Archie
Houston, Daniel Green , Sam Patel and Ben Taylor. Ten
juniors are playing the grade 2 and all received a bye last week.
Sunday
morning juniors community fun activities recommenced
on the weekend also with a good number of participants with Elsbeth Kerr, Pypa
Foggo and Rhyla Bunyan all going very well in their respective groups. The Deniliquin Juniors match is scheduled for Sunday
morning 19th November.
Saturday
Morning social play for all grades on the back courts now commences at 8.30
with weekly registrations at the courts by 9am.
The
Foodworks, AgFlite. Jake Murphy Electrical and Lani Houston Consulting weekly
awards go to all the winners mentioned above.
October 9
Tennis
Starts Monday/Wednesday
The Wednesday afternoon
juniors weekly singles competition commences today at 5pm with a good
number of entries received so far. The two sets first to 4 games format
against different opponents each week proved very successful last year with 18
players participating. The inaugural winners were Alex Haidy, Dan Jamieson Max Hutchings Hannah Jamieson and Maggie Shields.
A
four week night competition also starts tonight in
various divisions in Womens doubles and Mens doubles with mixed pairings also
included. Entries are detailed on the clubs web
with not many received as at the weekend, with a number of
players preferring their current mornings tennis play during the
week. Players will be notified for tonights matches.
Saturday
morning social play for all grades continues on the
back courts starting now from 8.30 – with weekly registrations taken at the
courts up to 9am.
The
Sunday Morning Community junior activities recommences this weekend with the three session groups starting
at 9am
Birthday
entries for the 2024 Calendar will close on the 7th
November and can be made at the Tourist Centre, Centrespot Flowers, The Grazier
Office or at The Tennis Clubhouse for a gold
coin cost
October 2
Night Tennis Starts
The night tennis competition will commence on Wednesday October 11 and will
comprise various divisions for women’s doubles and men’s doubles with mixed
pairings to be included.
Full details are outlined on the club’s website.
Saturday morning social tennis for all grades continues with a new
starting time of 8.30am on the back courts with registrations taken at the
courts each week up to 9am with tennis to conclude at 10am
The juniors Sunday Morning Community activities sessions will recommence
on October 15 with all groups starting at 9am
A junior’s social match to Deniliquin is being organised this
term with Hay the current trophy holders of the annual clash.
The annual junior Wednesday afternoon singles competition will commence
on October 11 with matches at 5pm
Congratulations to Sophie Curtis, Tilly Weeks and Hannah Jamieson the
three Hay High School girls in the Riverina team who competed in the recent
state championships at Rockdale in Sydney. These girls
Win the AgFlyte, Lani Houston Consultant ,
Foodworks and Jake Murphy Electrical awards
September 25
Night
Tennis
The
Wednesday Night Tennis Competition will commence straight after the school
holidays on October 11 with entries now being taken online or contact Tony. The
night will entail various divisions with entries taken as womens pairs,
mens pairs, mixed pairs or individually requesting a partner. Players may wish
to play two different divisions with different partners on the night with match
times likely to be 6pm and 7.15 pm . Full details are
outlined on the website with this competition likely to run for four weeks
immediately followed by a fresh one.
The
Monday Night Womens competition night will not commence until November 6th
and in the meantime separate graded womens sets will be catered for on
Wednesday nights.
The
Club would like to welcome and thank Wilshear for its wonderful bronze
sponsorship this financial year.
Birthday
entries for the 2024 Community Tennis Calendar
are now being taken at Centrespot Flowers, the Tourist Office, the Riverine
Grazier or at the tennis Clubhouse.(note for grazier
-- magic advert to follow)
Juniors
Two
holiday camps are currently being held on Tues,
Wed and Thurs mornings each week with enquiries and bookings to Stuart.
A
junior singles competition will commence on Wednesday afternoons at 5pm from
oct 11
September 18
Night Tennis Competition
The Wednesday night Tennis competition will start immediately after the
school holidays on October 11 with entries now being taken online or contacting
Tony. The night will entail various divisions with entries being taken as
women’s pairs, men’s pairs, mixed pairs or from those requesting a
partner. The Monday night women’s competition will not commence until
November 6th and in the meantime separate graded women’s sets
will be catered for on Wednesday nights. Players may wish to play
two different divisions with two different partners on the night with match
times likely at 6pm and 7.15. Further details will be outlined on the
Clubs website, with the first competition to run for four weeks immediately
likely followed by another one.
The Club would like to welcome and thank Wilshear for its wonderful
bronze sponsorship for the financial year.
Juniors
The weekly Sunday morning fun activities concluded on the weekend and
will recommence on Sunday 15th October. Some fabulous games were
played with the AgFlyte award to Uzair Shahzad, Foodworks award to Zander Hird,
Jake Murphy Electrical to Bella Garner and the Lani Houston Consulting award to
Ben Taylor.
Two camps are currently being conducted on Tues, Wed and Thurs mornings
this week and next week with enquiries and bookings to Stuart.
A junior singles competition will commence on Wednesday afternoons at
5pm from October 11
September 11
Night
Tennis to Commence after the holidays
The
Night tennis competitions will now start after the school holidays. A special
short three week competition was to be played prior to
the holidays for those seeking a hit but only attracted 4 teams with some of
these players unavailable for some nights, so these entries will now carry
over, to after the holidays when hopefully also better weather to play our
normal seven weeks competition. Meanwhile day tennis hitting
remains popular with a number of groups including the
Saturday Morning session for all grades continuing each week on the back courts
with weekly registrations taken at the courts by 9.30am.
Work
has begun on the Clubs new street fencing with thanks to those involved.
Over
50 players from around the Region including fourteen Hay juniors participated
in the last of this years tournaments held at Griffith
on Sunday. Hannah Jamieson and Sam Patel followed up their West Wyalong good
form with each being runner up at this tourney. Hannah to Sophia Romeo from
Griffith in 16s girls and Sam to James Gatacre
from Deniliquin in 12s boys. These players together with Lucy Davies, Bella
Garner and Ben Taylor have all qualified for their age groups for the Regional
finals, by accumulating enough tourney points throughout the year.
Good
luck to the three Hay girls Sophie Curtis, Hannah Jamieson and Tilly Weeks all
members of the nine players Riverina team to contest the State High Schools
Carnival to be played at Rockdale in Sydney.
Two
school holiday camps will be held over the holidays with enquiries to coach
Stuart.
September 04
Juniors
Tennis in Full Swing
Coach
Stuart is hoping to encourage at least 20 juniors to play the Griffith Round
Robin singles tournament on Sunday. This will be the last of this years series with events ranging from 10yrs to 16yrs as well
as open.
Local
community Sunday morning junior activities will therefore not be held and
instead will be on the following week the 17th
Sept before breaking for the school holidays. Two camps are planned for the
holiday break. Last Sunday awards went to Benji Lugsdin for a good first
attendance to receive the Lani Houston Consulting award, Ryan Clark for his
singles play to gain the Foodworks award, and Krishi Patel for doubles play The
AgFlyte award.
Congratulations
to the Deniliquin North Public School and its team of four players ( two
of the team are Hay Members who receive coaching here- Bella Knox and James
Gatacre) who reached the state final played at the Sydney
International Tennis Complex, against Tamworth Public school the match
decided on the last set tiebreaker, with the final score 37 to 36 games
to Tamworth.
Saturday
Morning social play was held in perfect weather with The Jake Murphy Electrical
award to Geoff Chapman.
Meanwhile
entries are still being taken for the short 3
weeks Wednesday night social competition to run up
to the school holidays with all matches at 6pm. Insufficient entries were
received for a short Monday night competition which will now start in the
normal manner after the school holidays. All details are on the Clubs web.
The
Club is deeply appreciative that Wooloondool Farms is again a major sponsor for
this financial year and welcomes AFF ( Australian Food
and Fibre) for its great support as a Bronze sponsor.
August 28
West
Wyalong Juniors tennis success
A
contingent of 12 players played the West Wyalong Juniors on Sunday with Hannah
Jamieson winning her group the 14s girls in a comfortable fashion and Sam Patel
the 12s boys with a close tiebreaker in the final. Bella Garner was runner up
in the 10s girls. These players win the Jake Murphy Electrical and
Foodworks awards
The
Riverina boys high school tennis team came in 9th position this year
in the state championships held in Gosford with the four Sydney area teams
dominating. The Riverina team had a nerve battling win over North
West NSW thanks to the two Hay boys who under considerable pressure won
the last two singles to win the match 7 sets to 5. Firstly
Hilton Hargreaves won his set in a gutsy effort contentious long
tiebreaker against his opponent from Narrabri High School then with all
responsibility on rookie Dan Jamieson who beat the lad from Inverell in
the last set 6/3 for the Riverina win. These players with other Hay
member Brad Callaghan win the Lani Houston Consulting award.
Congratulations
to Lucy Davies who was selected in the South West NSW
mixed junior team to play the Tennis NSW State Regional teams in Newcastle last
week. She wins the AgFlyte award
A
three week short competition to commence from Monday 4th
Sept entries are now being taken. Hopefully the weather will be kind with
players looking for some physical and mental well being.
Meanwhile
social tennis continues each week on the back courts at 9.30 for all grades
with registrations taken at the courts.
August 21
Junior
Tennis players to West Wyalong and Griffith Tournaments
A
contingent of Hay juniors are preparing themselves for the forthcoming West
Wyalong and Griffith tournaments to be held on Sundays the 27th
Aug and 10th Sept. Events held will be round robin singles for 10
yrs to 16yrs boys and girls with enquiries to Stuart.
There
will be no local Sunday Morning community junior activities on these days.
Night
competitions are now likely to commence from September 4 to run for just three
weeks. Further details will follow.
August 14
Weekly
Tennis Awards
The
following awards for our juniors Sunday Morning Community activities were as
follows – AgFlyte award to Pypa Foggo for her good play,
and the Foodworks award to Peter Davies and Paula Comb for assisting
with match play.
The
Saturday morning social play awards went to Amanda Kelton (Jake Murphy
Electrical) and to Uzair Shahzad (Lani Houston Consulting). Play will continue
this weekend at 9.30 on both days.
The
Deniliquin North Public School team containing two of
our Hay Tennis Members who receive regular coaching from Stuart (Bella
Knox and James Gatacre) continue their onslaught thrashing the Orchard Hills
school (Western Sydney) in the state quarter final. The team will now move into
the semi-finals likely to be played at the Sydney Olympic Centre.
Good
luck to our three High School students Brad, Hilton and Danny who are part of
the nine players Riverina Schools team to play the state titles in Gosford.
August 7
Social Day Tennis Popular at Present
With the cooler nights still upon us, day tennis especially when
the sun is out is being enjoyed by a number of
players. A womens group, the majority consisting of green pass members
enjoy a few sessions each week generally organised by Lou Gardam or Beth
Schiller. A Saturday Morning social on the back courts catering for all
grades and includes juniors of sufficient standard is currently being organised
each week to start at 9.30 for an hour or so organised by Tony with
registrations taken at the courts on the day. Some nice play by newcomers was
noted with these players Nima Shariati, Lucy Koster and Mina Patel gaining the
IGA and AgFlyte weekly awards.
Sunday Morning Juniors Fun activities was missing coach Stuart and a few
players who were playing the Albury tourney. However a
good number still participated with coaches Lani and Warren called to the
rescue. The Lani Houston Consulting and Jake Murphy Electrical awards went to
Beau and Riley Garner. The Foodworks award went to Esther Green.
Discussions have started for the 2024 Tennis Club Community Calendar-the
Clubs major fundraiser. The calendar has been produced now for many decades
thanks to the fantastic efforts of Wendy Heerey and in recent years Tracy
Newnham.
July 31
Hay
Services Club and Fitness Centre Tennis Club Major Sponsor
The
Hay Tennis Club has again secured the Hay Services Club as its Gold sponsor for
the 2023/24 financial year. Many thanks to the Servies management team for this
generous sponsorship.
Thank
you so far to all those other Businesses for
their contributions for team naming rights etc with a number
of others still to be worked out.
Night
competitions are likely to start in August and in the meantime day time social tennis is proving popular.
Members, adults
of all standards and includes juniors of sufficient standard are invited
to social tennis on Saturday morning at 9.30 for an hour or so. The
weather was perfect for this activity on the weekend.
Junior
Sunday morning activities 9.30 to 10.45 will continue each week
The
weekly awards for Saturday social and Sunday juniors went as follows Lani
Houston Consultant -Charli Giddins, Jake Murphy Electrical- Zoya Shahzad,
AgFlite-Zander Hird , Foodworks- Uzair Shahzad
and IGA-Dallas Giddins
July 24
Six
Hay Tennis Juniors playing for Riverina
Six
Hay High School students last week attended trials for the Riverina High School
Boys and Girls tennis teams with all playing very well to be selected. Sophie
Curtis retains her position in the girls team with
Tilly Weeks and Hannah Jamieson also gaining selection in the team of nine
players to contest the state carnival in Rockdale in September. Brad Callaghan
also retained his position in the boys team with
Hilton Hargreaves and Dan Jamieson being selected this year for the nine boys team to play in Gosford next month. Jensen Hargreaves
number one boy in the Riverina and Indyanna Wilson who played in last years
carnival did not trial both being unavailable this year. Congratulations
to the Hay Club and School gaining one third of the total players from the
Riverina, the other players from Albury Wagga Tumut Coolamon and Yanco.
These
players gain this weeks awards-Lani Houston
Consulting, AgFlyte and Jake Murphy Electrical.
A
good number attended our Sunday morning Community fun activities which recommenced on the weekend .
It will continue at a 9.30 start again this Sunday.
Annual
memberships should be finalised this week to maintain club privileges. Court hire on the back courts will revert back
to members and non members rates the same conditions as the other courts from August 1st.
Regular hitters might like to take out a green pass membership.
July 17
Junior
Tennis Back in Action
Sunday
Morning community junior tennis activities recommences on the weekend with
all groups participating from 9.30am. The weekly awards for the successful
holiday camps over the school holidays were as follows -Foodworks Bella Garner
and Krishi Patel, AgFlyte Jimmy Jamieson and Isabella Martin, Jake Murphy
Electrical Lincoln Wilson Deaton, Lani Houston Consulting Sophie Cannon, IGA
Ollie Meads and Crightons Engineeering to Alex Giddins.
The
next intertown tournaments will be ST Pats Albury August 6 and West Wyalong
August 27
Thanks
to all those who have renewed their annual memberships and green passes. Fees
have remained the same for a good number of years despite the ever rising costs. Fees are asked to be finalised before
31/7 to continue tennis at members rates. Annual Sponsorships are also
currently being called for.
Night
competitions will commence after the cold nights when the weather is warmer and
in the meantime daytime court hire has been popular.
July 10
Tennis
Club Shirts now available
The
new look club tennis shirts are now available with a big thank you to the
sponsors Morrisons Shearing as well as the Hay Services Club and Fitness
Centre, and Wooloondool Farms. Congratulations to Sam and Andrew Davies
for the effort they have put into the attractive merchandise including the
production of stickers. They receive this week’s Foodworks award. Shirts will
be available for purchase at the coaching camp this week.
School
holiday camp number two is being held this week on Tuesday Wednesday and
Thursday with camp number one last week very successful with a good number
participating. Assistant coaches to Stuart were Indyanna Wilson, Lucy Davies
and Millie Esposito who all received the AgFlyte. Crightons Rural and Lani
Houston Consulting award.
Annual
2023/24 Sponsorships are currently being called for
July 2
Tennis
School Holiday camps
Two
Tennis Camps are being held over the school holidays. They are being held
on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays of each week for two hours each morning.
Enquiries can be made to coach Stuart.
The
Agflite and Crighton’s awards this week go to Hay Tennis Club Members Bella
Knox from Conargo and James Gatacre from Wanganella who make regular trips here
for coaching and who are members of the Deniliquin North Public School tennis
team who last week won the Riverina final against Henty. The team has won an
amazing 32 sets to 0 record from their four knockout matches their hardest
match in round one against Hay. The team will play the Milton Public
School (South Coast champions) in the state quarter final.
The
Foodworks and Lani Houston awards went to Alex Giddins for his good attitude
and assistance at Sunday Morning junior’s activities on the weekend. There will
be no play this Sunday.
June 26
Good
Tennis Membership
The
Tennis Club had a membership of 271 for its financial year 22/23. This was well
short of its figure last year of over 300 however last years included many
players from the Mad Max Production team .
Memberships
for the new year 2023/4 are currently being sought with fees still the same
rate for a number of years now despite costs ever
increasing each year particularly insurances, electricity etc. Tennis NSW
registration and affiliation fees have risen again.
There
was a big number at junior community Sunday morning fun activities on the weekend , well handled by Stuart who was without his regular
assistants. It will continue this Sunday despite the start of the school
holidays. The Lani Houston Consultant award went to Norah Green, the AgFlyte
award to Jimmy Jamieson, the Crighton’s Rural award to Ryan Clarke and the
Foodworks award to Hannah Jamieson
June 19
Community
Junior Tennis Continues
Sunday
morning Junior tennis fun activities continues this week. All three groups are
being held at the same time between 9.45 and 10.45. Last weeks play was
cancelled due to the weather.
Annual
Tennis Club Memberships are now being sought with early payment discounts
offered for payments received by the 30th
June. Activ Kids Sports Vouchers are accepted by the Tennis Club and can go
towards memberships or coaching or weekly comp fees.
June 12
Autumn Night Tennis Finalised
Last week’s final round of matches in both the Monday and Wednesday
night competitions were washed out with the winners being declared to those
teams who finished on top of the ladder after the seven rounds results.
Mondays declared winners were Murphy’s Clothing Store-comprising Kate
Murphy and Sam Davies for the main women’s grade. The Special grade winner was
the Lugsdin Toyota team of Warren Hunt and Dallas Giddins.
In B grade the winning team was the Hay Services Club
and Fitness side comprising Katie
Deaton and Alex Giddins while C grade was the Elders team of Hannah Jamieson
and Ned Williamson.
In Wednesday night’s play containing 10 teams in a combined grade and
producing some good close results each week, the winning team on points was the
Wooloondool team of Shane McGufficke and Anthony Slattery. Full details are on
the clubs website.
There was talk of squeezing in another short comp but due to some
other function clashes and players responses this will not proceed instead
will recommence after the school holidays.
Winners of the Wednesday arvo junior competition
were Ben Taylor, Hannah Jamieson and Alex Giddins.
The Sunday Morning community juniors fun activities recommenced on the weekend with 11 players
participating and will continue each week. The AgFlyte and Crightons Rural
awards went to Rachel Taylor and Bella Garner. Harley Atkinson took out
the Lani Houston Consultant award.
June 5
Night
Tennis Competitions will finish this week
Both
the Monday and Wednesday night competitions are expected to be finished this
week with either top of the ladder teams declared winners or in some divisions
a final will be held.
A
break of a few weeks is likely to be held with a possibility of a winter
competition being held solely on Monday nights for men women and juniors of
sufficient standard. Further details on this proposal will follow.
It
is that time of the year when Annual memberships are now open with discounts
offered if renewed by 30th June. Members can still hit on the
back courts free of charge up until the end of July, thereafter the court
hire on these courts will be the same as the other courts.
Junior
singles on Wednesday afternoon will conclude this week
The
Sunday Morning juniors Community Tennis will restart on the Sunday of the Long
Weekend with the three groups all starting at 9.45
The
AgFlyte and Crightons Rural Awards this week go to Steve Longworth continuing
his expertly run computer tournaments with his system being a big factor in
breaking all records this long weekend for the Griffith Annual Tourney. Good
luck to the six Hay players competing in a field of over 220 players.
May 29
Walgrove Upset tennis leaders
The Walgrove team of Andrew and Sam Davies inflicted the
first defeat on the competition leaders Wooloondool in last week’s
Wednesday night tennis competition. Walgrove ran away with the
first set 6/0 before their opponents took the second set 6/4
. Despite the loss the team containing Anthony Slattery and Shane
McGufficke still are leading the points ladder with Lugsdin Toyota and Hay
Shire also not far behind. The Hay Services and Fitness Centre team
of Trish McGufficke and Michelle Noonan had a good win 6/2 6/3 against the Hay
Pizza Shop team of Zanda Haidy and Max Hutchings.
There were eight matches played across all grades in the Monday night
competition with a good win in A grade again going to Kate Murphy, Murphys
Clothing team winning 6/1 6/3 against Japps Pharmay .
In the B/C grade the Hay Medical team led by doctor
Shaz narrowly went down in their match 6/2 6/4 to Lugsdin Toyota in a good
standard match.
Alex Giddins won the Wednesday arvo juniors tourney last week now making
it three different winners so far.
Congratulations to Lucy Davies in being selected for The South Western NSW juniors team
currently playing the state titles in Ulladulla . She
wins this week’s Lani Houston Consultant award.
The AgFlyte award goes to Sam Patel who continuously goes well in junior
tourneys last week being runner up in the 12s event in Temora.
The Deniliquin North Public School continue their knockout blitz in the
Riverina section of the state knockout again for the third time with another
8/0 win – the team wins the Foodworks award with two of the team coached by
Stuart
The Crightons Rural Award goes to Mark Shields who does a great job in
supervising the juniors
May 22.
Night
Tennis results
The
night tennis competitions are winding down getting closer to colder weather and finals.
Only
four matches were drawn last Monday night due to the number of players away for
school sport, excursions and courses. The two A grade matches were played
with Sam Davies, Murphys Clothing Store winning 6/1 6/4 against the Lani
Houston Consultant team and the Japps Pharmacy team of Kirsten Hutchings and
Trish Jamieson also winning 6/1 6/4 against Pynors. In C grade the Hay
Jewellers team of Anna Lilburne and Sue Parslow had a 6/4 2/3 win over Wooloondool . The remaining match contested was in B grade resulted
in a draw with Bishops Lodge Motor Inn and Les,s Small
Engines.
A
full contingent of matches was played in the Wednesday night competition with
wins going to Hay Shire (Geoff Chapman), Lugsdin
Toyota (Tom Lugsdin), Walgrove (Andrew Davies) Wooloondool (Anthony Slattery)
and Hay Services and Fitness (Trish Mc Gufficke)
In
the Wednesday Arvo weekly junior singles competition Hannah Jamieson won the
AgFlyte weekly award and Uzair Shazad won the Crightons rural award for their
performances.
Congratulations
to the High School boys and girls team each getting to
the Riverina final to both lose to the strong Albury High School both resulting
in 5 sets to 1. The Hay teams earlier had brilliant semi final wins over
the Kooringal and Wagga High Schools.
May 15 .
Night
Tennis Results
The
Wooloondool team of Shane McGufficke and Slats has jumped well ahead on top the
ladder following the teams win against the Hay Services and Fitness team 6/2
6/5. The Walgrove team of Andrew and Sam Davies has snuck into second
spot after losing the first set 4/6 to Hay Shire before coming home strongly to
win the second set 6/0. The 92 Computing team of Steve Longworth and Ian
Lilburne continue their good form this time over Richard Cannons Bidgee Bobcat
and Demo team – close result 6/4 6/5. Defending champions Lugsdin Toyota had an
entertaining win 6/2 6/1 against the Hay Pizza Shop team of Zanda Haidy and Max
Hutchings
In
Monday Night’s play the Hay Newsagency team of Teresa Mirabelli and Mina Patel
made a strong start with a 6/1 6/2 win against the Hay Jewellers team. The Lani
Houston team of Sarah Lugsdin and substitute Tilly Weeks had a good comeback
from losing the first set 4/6 to win the second 6/1 against the IGA team. Other
winners were Elders, Murphys Clothing and Pynors Accountants.
Wednesday
afternoon junior singles commenced last week with a weekly draw being made at
the courts. Best performance went to Ben Taylor with Ashton Green showing good
improvement. These players win the weekly Lani Houston Consultant and
AgFlyte awards.
Congratulations
to Maggie Shields on winning a number of sets for
the Riverina Primary school team last week competing in the state titles with
twelve other teams. She wins the Crightons Rural and Foodworks weekly awards.
May 08
Monday
Night Tennis Competition Starts
Eighteen
teams have entered the five week Monday night social
competition in three grades. The match of the night was the 4/6 6/4 high standard draw between the Hay Jewellers
team of Anna Lilburne and Indyanna Wilson against the Auscott team of Maggie
Shields and Hannah Jamieson – these four players share the AgFlyte and
Crightons Rural weekly awards. The other top match involving long rallies
was in (A) grade with the Murphys Clothing Store
team of Kate Murphy and Sam Davies winning 6/5 6/1 against the Japps Pharmacy
team of Kirsten Hutchings and Trish Jamieson- these players won the Lani
Houston Consultant and Foodworks awards. All
details for the Monday and Wednesday night competitions are on the Clubs
website.
The
High School boys and girls tennis teams have created
further history by each winning the Western Riverina zone section again this
year having done it last year together for the first time. The boys team of Brad Callaghan ,
Hilton Hargreaves, Dan Jamieson and Archie Houston won their first match
against Deniliquin a top win 8 sets to 0, the
Deni team containing Angus and Toby Rae sons of former
Hay girl Rebecca Jenkins. The Hay boys won the final then against Barham who
had surprisingly trounced the Finley team. Hay won the final on games 38
to 29 after sets were tied 4 each. The boys team were
missing number one player for the Riverina for the past three years in Jensen
Hargreaves as well as Danny Stewart who played for the Hay mens team in this
years Country Championships. Both these boys were displaying their talents for
the Hay school bowls match which they won
against Barham, held on the same day.
The
High School girls team was
scheduled to play the strong Finley girls
team who forfeited due to sick players . No other girls
school teams were nominated reflecting the situation
to girls tennis in some areas. It is hard to see the
Tooleybuc school entering tennis teams in the future, when their tennis club
has gone to ruins with weeds taken over their complex.
The
boys and girls teams now head into the high standard business end of the competition for the Riverina semi finals and finals
, surprisingly being held in Leeton next week. Depending on who is
fit and available both teams have excellent chances of beating the strong
Albury and Wagga zone winners. The girls team
would be our strongest ever with four players having represented Riverina in
High school or primary school or Diocesan teams. The Tennis Club and coach
Stuart wish the teams the best of luck.
May 01
Autumn
Tennis Competitions Underway
The
Wednesday Night Tennis Competition commenced last week with ten teams now
entered and further entries welcomed.
The
Monday Night Competition is scheduled to start this week with further entries
to be accepted with full details on the clubs website.
Night
Tennis starts this week
Night
tennis will commence this week for the Wednesday Competition for the combined Mens and mixed format to run for about 5 or 6
weeks. The defending champions Lugsdin Toyota comprising Warren Hunt and Tom
Lugsdin who finished on top of the ladder by one point in the last competition
have teamed up again to defend their title. The team had narrowly won from the
Hay Services Club and Fitness Centre combination of Michelle Noonan and Trish
Mc Gufficke. The Monday Night competition likely to be three grades again for
the combined womens and mixed will commence on 1st May with further
entries welcome for both Mondays and Wednesdays play.
The
junior Sunday Morning activities will hold its last session on Sunday before
breaking with Stuart away and will recommence in June.
All
details including programs, draws, juniors activities
etc are outlined on the Clubs Website
April 17
Night
tennis new comps start dates
Entries
are being taken for the Wednesday night competition to start 26th April and for
the Monday Night to commence on 1st May The competition duration will be about
5 or 6 weeks
and will then break for winter
Junior
Sunday Morning activities for the three groups will all start at the same time
- now 9 am this coming Sunday the 23rd April and will
run for two weeks before breaking while Stuart our coach is away. This week
school holiday camp number Two is currently being held
April 9
Night Tennis
Success
The Monday and
Wednesday nights summer tennis competitions finished on a high with a good
atmosphere and numbers in all grades catering for all standards and ages.
The Autumn
competitions will get underway from the 1st of May for about 5/6
weeks followed by a winter break. Entries are being taken with details on
the web.
In Monday night’s
results a final was played in the A grade with the Bishops Lodge Motor Inn team
of Sarah Lugsdin and Lani Houston winning 6/4 6/2 against the Japp’s Pharmacy
team of Trish Jamieson and Kirsten Hutchings.
The Special Grade
was won by Lugsdin Toyota -top of the ladder points – Warren Hunt and Dallas
Giddins
The combined B/C
grade – top of the ladder team -Hay Services consisting of Katie Deaton and
Alex Giddins and in second spot was the Auscott team of Maggie Shields and
Hannah Jamieson who actually played and beat the
Servies team on the last night 6/3 4/6—
School holiday
camps are being conducted over the holidays with enquiries to Stuart
April 3
Tennis
Finals Scheduled this week
The
last round of the summer competitions for both Monday and Wednesday night will
be completed this week. Division winners will either be top of the ladder
or in some cases a final will be held.
Entries
are currently being taken for the Autumn competitions to commence after the
Easter school holidays.
The
Wednesday night competition top of the ladder winners will be determined this
week after some close matches last week. Hay Shire bounced back with a 4/2
points win over the Tapper Ag who were a leaders
contender. Auscott had a 5/2 points win against the Crightons Engineering team
and Hydes Plumbing with Chris McClelland substituting and gaining the AgFlyte
weekly award for a 3/2 win against Wooloondool. The match of the night between
the top two saw Lugsdin Toyota beat The Services Club team 6/2 5/6. Well done
to Alex Haidy for his good singles play – He gets the Crightons weekly Award.
Juniors
Congratulations
again to Lucy Davies who continues her good form by winning the tourney
at Young 16s girls and also to Sam Patel who was
runner up in the 12s . Both these players get the Lani
Houston Consultant award.
Junior
singles will continue at 5pm Wednesdays with the draw being made at the
courts. Sunday Morning activities will break now during the school
holidays with all details on the Clubs Website.
March 27
Monday
Night Tennis So Close
Seven
out of the nine matches that were played in last weeks round of the Monday
Night Tennis competition resulted in draws with teams winning one set each.
In
a very strong A grade division former champions Murphys Clothing (Sam Davies
and Kate Murphy) had a 2/6 6/2 draw against another former grade champions
Japps Pharmacy (Kirsten Hutchings and Trish Jamieson)
The
other impressive draw occurred in the (B/C) section with The Hay Newsagency
team of Teresa Mirabelli and Mina Patel) 4/6 6/4 against the Auscott team of
Hannah Jamieson and Maggie Shields
In
the Wednesday Night competition the Hay services Club
team of Trish McGufficke and Michelle Noonan jumped to equal leadership with
the Lugsdin Toyota team after they defeated the Hay Shire team 6/3 6/1. Tapper
AG has moved into third position following its 6/5 6/0 win over Auscott with
Zac Slattery going well.
Juniors
Congratulations
to Lucy Davies who continues her good form in being runner up in the 16s girls section at the SouthWagga tourney. This weeks tourney is at Young.
Sunday
Morning tennis activities attracted just under 20 participants all starting at
the same start time of 8.30am in their various groups with their coaches.
Wednesday
afternoon singles will have matches at 5pm this week for those who are
available with a draw being made at the courts
March 20
Competitions
in Full Swing
After
three rounds in the Wednesday night competition the Lugsdin Toyota team of
Warren Hunt and Tom Lugsdin remain unbeaten on maximum points, closely followed
by the Hay Shire of Geoff Chapman David Webb and Ian Lilburne, with the new
look Hay Services Club team of Trish McGufficke and Michelle Noonan only one
point away in third spot. Ten teams are contesting the Wednesday night comp
with the junior singles set to commence on 29th March.
In
the Monday night competition being held in three grades with a total of 20 teams
competing the Bishops Lodge Motor Inn team of Lani Houston and Sarah Lugsdin
lead the A grade with Lugsdin Toyota leading the A Res grade and in the
combined B and C grade the Services team of Katie Deaton and Alex Giddins are
on top .
Sunday
morning juniors commenced on the weekend with the three groups all being held
from 8.30 and will continue at this time again on
Sunday.
March 13
Junior Tennis
in Full Swing
All sorts of Junior
Tennis Activities are currently being held.
Firstly the Hay Public School team of Alex and Dallas
Giddin’s, Maggie Shields and Rachel Taylor played their first round of the
state knockout and despite the high standard match against the Deniliquin North
Public School team were soundly beaten by a team
highly regarded (with its 4 Riverina reps) to take the state title this year.
Hay produced an historic mark last year in reaching the semi finals held in Sydney.
The Hay Club will
again host the Riverina High School West zone for both the boys and girls
teams this week. Last year both the Hay boys and girls won the West zone.
The long awaited weekly Saturday night Advanced under 10s girls
group session commenced on the weekend and was an enjoyable success by all who
attended.
The Clubs Sunday
Mornings three sessions fun activities open to all players will commence this
weekend the 19th March with full details on the web.
The Wednesday
afternoon boys and girl’s singles competition will commence this week.
Hay had 11 players
who travelled to Deniliquin on the weekend to contest their annual junior
tourney which had 46 players competing in 4 age groups. Indyanna Wilson
performed best from the Hay Contingent in winning the 16yrs girls
from Elsie Barton of Griffith. Well done to all the others a few Hay
players reaching semi finals in their age groups.
Congratulations to the Deniliquin organisers.
The Monday Night
Competition got underway last week with 19 teams in three groups playing and
further entries welcome. Full details for both the Monday and Wednesday night competition are shown on the Clubs website
March 6
Good
Start to Night Tennis
Wednesday
Night Mens and Mixed competition commenced last week with three matches
contested. The new team for Wooloondool contains 4 players rotating weekly with Ben Ryan and Tom Lilburne playing last week . They led 3/0 before narrowly losing the first set 6/5
and losing also the second set to the Shire team
of Ian Lilburne and David Webb. The Hay Services Club also has a new team
in Michelle Monaghan (who played here a number of
years ago) partnering Trish McGufficke –they came from behind to win 5/6 6/3
against the Auscott team, The defending champions Lugsdin Toyota had a good win
and marathon match over Crightons Engineering.
The
Lani Houston Consultant, and AgFlyte weekly
awards go to the new players at Wednesday night tennis for their success.
Spare
courts on this night were filled up by junior players playing a special tourney
– winners were Alex Giddins and Jagger Shields who receive the Foodworks awrd.
The weekly afternoon junior singles competition
will commence in two weeks.
Monday
night competition play so far has attracted 19 team entries with further
entries welcome.
The
Deniliquin Junior Tourney will be held this Sunday12th March.
Congratulations to Lucy Davies ( Runner up)and Sam Patel who performed very well at the Albury
tourney last week both receiving the Crightons Rural award.
February 27
Wednesday
Night Tennis starts this week
Night
tennis commences this week with Wednesday play while the first round of the
Monday night competition will be played March 6 with further entries welcome
with players asked to check the web.
Junior
tennis
Congratulations
to Maggie Shields of the Hay Public school who was selected in this years
Riverina girls tennis team of 5 players
following last weeks final trials in Griffith. Maggie takes out the Lani
Houston Consultant weekly award. James Gatacre of Wanganella and Bella Knox of
Conargo who both make regular trips to Hay for coaching have also been selected
(James in the 5 boys team) they take out the AgFlyte
award. Stuart Callaghan our coach takes the Crightons Rural award of
having the rare honor of being coach to three players selected.
The
Foodworks award goes to other Hay players who reached the final selection
process which was also a good achievement these being Billy Houston, Alex and Dallas Giddins.
The
Wednesday afternoon junior singles will start on 15th March
The
Advanced under 10yrs girls squad will start this
Saturday night 4th March
Our
Sunday Morning fun activities program is now unable to commence until 19th
March following the Deniliquin tourney scheduled on 12th March
February
20
Night
Tennis Competition Delayed
Due
to the current hot temperatures Monday and Wednesday night competitions have
been delayed. More entries are still welcome with up to date
information found on the Clubs website.
The
junior Sunday morning program is also shown on the web and advises an under 10
yrs girls advanced squad being held on Saturday nights.
In
the mean time early morning social hitting or late night social hitting has been in play as well as coach
Stuart being busy.
February
13
Night
Tennis Competitions Start Next Week
The
forthcoming tennis night competitions will commence on Monday night 20th
Feb for the combined womens and mixed to cater
for all grades and to commence on Wednesday night 22nd Feb for the
mens and mixed as well as a singles for those interested. Further details
are on the clubs website with entries now being taken
and enquiries to Tony Callaghan
The
junior singles combined boys and girls will commence on Wednesday Feb 22 while
the junior Sunday Morning activities in three sessions will not commence now until Sunday 5th March so as not to
clash with the Youth Festival scheduled for Sunday 26 Feb
February
6
Tennis
NSW neglecting Grassroots tennis tournaments
Whilst
the recent Australian Open held in Melbourne continues to break all records,
many junior tournaments across the region received poor entries last year and
may struggle this year following a new difficult
to understand computer system of entering tournaments. The cost of fees should
also be examined with a number of age groups receiving low entries with few matches still at
the same entry price and of course costly to
travel. Tennis NSW should be encouraging participation but instead it is
a difficult and stressful exercise for a good number of people.
Sam
Davies who is very competent with computers had all sorts of trouble with the
entry system but has the Tennis NSW number to ring for assistance for those who
wish to contact her. Stuart our coach also has this number.
The
forthcoming junior tournaments are Wagga 12th Feb, Albury 26th
Feb and Deniliquin 12th March
Meanwhile
the local juniors singles competition will commence on
wed Feb 22 and the local junior Sunday morning
activities in three sessions will commence Sunday Feb26
Night
competitions will commence from Feb 20 with details on the web
January
30
Hay
Mens Tennis team to play in Victorian Country Teams Championships
The
2023 titles will be held at Yarrawonga in February transferred from
the original venue Shepparton due to flood
damage. Last years tournament was cancelled due to Covid. This will be
the 10th time Hay has fielded a mens team and will contest the C
grade division in what is described as one of the biggest tournaments in the
world where 1200 men and women participate on so many courts that temporary
courts are necessary and are laid on football fields.
NSW
registered Clubs and players are allowed to participate in these championships
with the Hay team having a squad of 10 players for the weeks
duration of matches. The team led by skipper Anthony Slattery includes Shane
McGufficke, Peter Head, Dean Aylett, Zac and Damon Slattery ,
Daniel Stewart as well as ex Hayite Mark Hutchings and Wagga player Chris
Kendall
Night
competitions will start from 20th Feb with further details to
follow.
January
23
Improved
Tennis Lighting
Thanks to a State
Government Sporting Grant, the Hay Tennis Club has improved its lighting with
new light poles and LED lights. The work was successfully carried out by Brian
Doyle Electrical completed in November with all courts since tested with social
tennis. The lighting is a big improvement with players no
longer making excuses for dull or lack of lighting when miss-striking the
ball. All eight courts are now fully lit.
Names are currently
being taken for the fourth and final school holiday tennis
camp to be held from Tues 31st
Jan to Thurs 2nd Feb
January
16
New Tennis Lights Success
The
new lighting to courts numbers 1 to 5 was tested during the week with great
success and enjoyed by a number of juniors and adults
hitting on all courts. No excuses now for dull or lack of lighting.
Many
thanks to Brian Doyle for his wonderful work and for the State Government
Grant. A great effort for the amount of time Lani
Houston and Bede Schiller put in for this project with Bede also spending his
many hours on the new court 5 project. Court 5 is now called the Bede
Schiller Court
January 9
Social
Tennis popular
Early
morning hitting from 8am for an hour or so , two
or three times a week is currently being organised for interested hitters. It
includes juniors and adults of all grades mixing partners with sets being
played first to 4 games. The early start beats the heat and enables some to get
to work. Anyone wishing a hit can contact Tony
Meanwhile
school holiday camp number three is being run this week .
The final camp number four will be held Tues, Wed, Thur
31st Jan to 2nd Feb with enquiries to Stuart.
Private
lessons are still continuing with Immy Molloy also in
town until 16th Jan to conduct lessons.
Tennis
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