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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