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
Club Community Calendars are still available at the Clubhouse
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