May 23
Historic
School Tennis Performance
History
was made at the Hay Tennis courts during the week when the Hay High School boys
team beat the Albury High School team to win the Riverina section, to now
play the state finals.
Never
before had Hay advanced beyond the Riverina semi finals
in either boys or girls teams yet last week both Hay
teams won their semi finals.
Hay
for the first time hosted the semis and finals, having earlier this year beaten
Finley in both boys and girls Western Zone finals, with the Western Zones turn
to host this years Riverina carnival.
The
Hay girls team of Sophie Curtis , Ruby Cattanach, Katie Howard and Indyanna
Wilson who came into the team after a layout through injury replacing Tilly
Weeks who was unavailable, had a gutsy win over their more fancied opponents
from the Wagga Wagga High School in their semi final
clash. The well drilled Albury girls had a convincing win over Griffith
in their semi and ultimately were too strong for the Hay girls in the final.
The
Hay boys team of Jensen and Kenny Hargreaves, Brad Callaghan and Alex Haidy had a good solid win over Kooringal High School in
their semi before winning a tough 5 sets to 2
victory over Albury to take the title.
Congratulations
to Lou Gardam on her running the successful days matches and creating a nice
atmosphere. A big thank you goes to the night competition Monday and Wednesday
players who played competition matches against the students these past few
weeks giving them strong practice and tips which in turn gave them confidence
and perhaps a good reason for their success.
All
the above take out this weeks AgFlite,
Foodworks, Lani Houston Consultant and Crightons
Rural awards
Meanwhile
Monday and Wednesday night competitions as well as Sunday juniors
tennis continues with the full details on the web.
May 16
New
Tennis Competitions Underway
The
new night tennis competitions for both Monday and Wednesday are well underway
and will run for five weeks.
The
Monday night saw a big upset when the defending champions Hay Public
School lost to Les’s Small Business team of
Stephen Sharp and Sarah Lugsdin 6/3 4/6 with the winners getting the Foodworks
weekly award. The Murphy’s Clothing Store team of Kate Murphy and Jan Zambon gave the Hay services and Fitness Centre of Katie
Howard and Ruby Cattanach a good practice match for
their upcoming school tennis match the score being 6/1 6/4 These four players
win the AgFlite and Crighton’s
Rural weekly awards. Other Monday night wins went to IGA, HWMHS, Slats
Fireworks and Hay Newsagency.
Three
Mad Max Production team pairs joined the regular Hay entries to make it an
entertaining first round doubles and singles night in the Wednesday competition
with Jensen Hargreaves and Brad Callaghan getting some some
good practice for their forthcoming High School clash. Alex Haidy
had a good single’s win over Tim Walsh. Good wins went to Wyvern, Auscott, Elders and Hay Shire
The
Lani Houston Consulting awards at Sunday Morning tennis went to Rachel Taylor
and Ollie Meads with a good number participating.
The
Riverina High Schools semi final’s
and finals will now be held in Hay this week
May 9
Riverina
High School Finals in Hay
For
the very first time Hay will host the semi finals and
finals of the Riverina High Schools knockout for both boys and girls competitions. Team winners of the three other zones
from Albury, Wagga and Griffith as well for the very first time both the Hay
boys and girls teams in the same year winning the West
zone will meet this week (pending rain). Hosting is rotated amongst the
zones with the West zone previously being held
in Deniliquin or Barham every four years. The Hay Tennis club now has 8
synthetic grass courts to cater for this event.
The
last time the Hay War Memorial High School team made a semi
final was a girls team in 2015 comprising
Maggie Biggs, Hannah Stewart, Sophie and Heidi Stephens.
New
Monday and Wednesday night competitions to run for six weeks commenced last
week
Also
played were 5 finals from the previous Monday night womens/mixed
competition . Results were as follows
A
grade HPS Ellie
Jamieson/Bronwyn Hicks def Hay
Newsagency Kirsten Hutchings/ Dan for Trish Jamieson 6/5 6/1
A
Res Hills Corner Store
Sarah Lugsdin/Matt Christensen def Hay Services Club
Katie Howard/ Brad Callaghan 6/4 6/3
B
grade St Marys Vince Campbell/
Prince Patel def Pynors Accountants Kim Curtis /
Emma Curtis for Ben Walker 6/5 6/5
B
Res Riverine Grazier Tertia Butcher/
Margie McClelland drew Willshear Kayla Garner/ Jarrod
Walton 5/6 6/5 (prize shared)
C
grade Lani Houston Consultant Lani and
Billy Houston def Radio 2 Hay Fm Max Hutchings/ Jagger Shields 6/5
6/4
( note for grazier photos to follow – some photos
taken by chris/Margie McClelland)
Wednesday
night has a good entry which includes six A graders from the Mad Max production
unit participating.
May 2
Late
Autumn Tennis Program Commences
The
Hay tennis Club commenced their late Autumn night competitions and Junior
Sunday Morning Tennis activities this week to finish before the
winter season when a break will be taken. Day tennis court hire hitting
has been very popular lately with all bookings essential.
Perfect
weather saw the start of a six week block for Sunday
morning junior activities in two sessions.
The
first session with 10 keen participants from Kindergarten to School Year 3
enjoyed some fun activities and hitting under Stuarts
guidance got their money worth after their 45 mins non- stop action. The second
session being assisted by Warren and Amanda had a good workout in their 75 mins
duration.
The
Riverina Public Schools Tennis knockout competition for 2022 received 14
entries with Hay and Balranald Schools receiving byes to move into the quarter
finals. This week these schools met in Balranald with Hay having a strong win
to now advance to the semi-finals. Congratulations to Skye Cannon despite
having had good coaching lessons was playing her first competitive tennis with
success. Well done also to Max Hutchings and Alex Giddins
as well as Hannah Jamieson. Hannah playing top tennis has been selected
in the Riverina team to play this week at the famous Rockdale tennis centre
home to the Sydney Illawarra Association.
These
four players along with Ashton and Daniel Green and Lana Rose Jessop who
performed well at Sunday juniors receive this weeks
Foodworks, Crightons Rural and AgFlite
weekly awards
Apr 25
Tennis
Resumes
Tennis
activities resume this week with the start of a new Wednesday night mens (A and B grade) teams and singles competition ( tonight 28th April) to be played for 5 weeks.
On
Monday the 2nd May the new combined womens
and mixed competition will begin in conjunction with the six finals being
played, held over from the last competition.
These finals are as follows –
(A)
HPS
Bronny Hicks v Hay
Newsagency Kirsten Hutchings
(A Combined men/women) Foodworks Lani Houston v Walgrove
Sam Davies
(A Res) Serv and Fitness Club Katie Howard v
Hill Corner Store Sarah Lugsdin
(B)
StMarys Vince Campbell v Pynors Accounts Kim
Curtis
(B Res) Riv Grazier
Tertia Butcher v Willshear Kayla Garner
(C)
Radio
2 Hay FM Max Hutchings v Lani Houston Consulting Harry Houston
Sunday
Morning junior fun activities commence this weekend the 1st May
9am
group is for Kindergarten (5 years of age) up to year
3 students for 45 mins
9.45
group is for Year 3 students to High School to finish at 11am
Apr 19
Record
Tennis membership
The
Hay Tennis Club this financial year has recorded its biggest membership ever
with a total 344 names. It has surpassed the previous highest of 343 in
the 2014/15 year as well as the 2099/100 figure which also recorded over the
300 mark.
The
recent March memberships of 16 new players from various groups of the Mad Max
production teams bolstered the figure. It was cheaper for these people to join
the Club on a half year membership at this time of the year for their
limited time in Hay and as members being offered free hitting on the back three
courts rather than pay court hire each time they were hitting. The free
hitting on the back courts for members has proved popular. And all
hitting is being monitored.
Names
are now being taken for the next Monday and Wednesday night competitions to
commence from 2nd May to run for 5 weeks. Six finals from the summer
Monday competition will also be played on the 2nd May. The full
details are on the Clubs Website.
Currently
this week there is a junior tennis camp being held.
Apr 11
Slats Fireworks
take Men’s Tennis
The Summer Wednesday
night combined A and B grade men’s competition was completed last week .
The high standard
final went down to the wire with a tie breaker decider required after sets were
one set apiece. The winning team was the Slats Fireworks team comprising Shane McGufficke and Peter Head who was substituting for Anthony Slattery .The team won 3/6 6/2 and 7/5 tiebreaker against
the Japp’s Pharmacy team of Mick Tippet and Geoff
Chapman
Scott Dixon just
edged out Alex Haidy to take the singles title.
Meanwhile the last
round of the Monday combined women’s, Men’s and Mixed competition was played
with the finalists now determined following those results. The six finals
in various grades will be played on Mon 2nd May in conjunction with
the start of a new competition to finish 30th May.
The best of
last weeks matches were the 6/4
4/6 draws . The A grade Elders team of Peter Davies and Paula Comb was a
top match against the Bishops Lodge Motor Inn team of Sue Hanna and Peter Head.
The other draw in B grade saw Murphy’s Clothing Maddie Lugsdin and Ellie
Jamieson against the HWMHS team of Georgie Bowden and Andrew Crawford.
The full details
are available on the Clubs website for both Monday and Wednesday nights.
Another junior
tennis camp will be conducted in the second week of the school holidays for
three mornings activities with enquiries to Stuart Callaghan
Apr 4
Tennis
Break for Easter after busy Term1
The
last round of the Monday and Wednesday night competitions is scheduled this week . Mondays finals in 6
grades will be held after the school holidays in conjunction with the start of
a Five week new competition.
The
closest match in the top grade in Mondays competition was the 6/2 2/6 draw
between the HPS former champions Bronny Hicks and
Ellie Jamieson against the promising Hay Services and Fitness team of Katie
Howard and Brad Callaghan . Two other very close matches were conducted in the B Res and C
grade division where the IGA team of Delesa and Kobe
Payne had a battle 5/6 6/4 win over Lucinda and Ned Williamsons Slats Painters
team. Also the newcomers Centrespot Flowers
team of Lucy Shea and Lane Griffiths had a win over Hay Motors led by the
master Warren Hunt partnering young Daniel Green 6/4 4/5 .
The Pynors Accountants team of Kim Curtis and Ben Walker continue to lead the B
grade
In
Wednesday nights play the best singles win went to
Scott Dixon over Alex Haidy who had recently performed very well at the South Wagga
Juniors tourney. In team doubles play the Slats Painters team of Shayne
Mc Gufficke and Anthony Slattery narrowly lead the
group following their 6/3 6/3 against the Murphys Clothing team of Liam Whitbourne and Tim Zambon.
Term
1 Junior Sunday activities were concluded on the weekend with special prizes as
well as a sausage sandwich giveaway.
Major
Prizes in the early session one, went to Bella Garner
while in session two, boys to Max Hutchings and girls to Elsbeth
Kerr. A big thank you goes to Amanda Kelton for her assistance including
the bbq cooking.
Weekly
Awards
The
AgFlite ,
Lani Houston, Foodworks and Crightons Rural awards
this week go to the Sunday junior awards recipients as well as good
performances to Dillon Green and Charli Giddins
Mar 28
Hay’s success in Zone
Tennis competition.
Hay War Memorial
High School hosted the zone tennis competition on Tuesday 15th of
March at the Hay Tennis Club courts.
Hay’s girls’ team
of Sophie Curtis, Ruby Cattanach, Tilly Weeks and
Katie Howard played a massive ten sets against Finley High School girls and won
nine of those sets very convincingly. The consistently strong play from all our
girls through both their singles and doubles matches was wonderful to see.
Congratulations to Sophie, Ruby, Tilly and Katie on becoming Zone winners.
Hay entered a very
strong boys’ team of Jensen Hargreaves, Brad Callaghan, Alex Haidy and Kenny Hargreaves. The Hay boys were easy victors against Barham High school in the first round,
winning in eight straight sets and only conceding three games in the
match. This put our boys into the final
against Finley and the standard of tennis was excellent. Again
our team won in eight straight sets, or 48 games to Finley’s 7 games. Barham
defeated Deniliquin in the boys’ consolation match. The zone champions, Jensen,
Brad, Alex and Kenny, will now go through, with our zone champion girls to the
Riverina competition.
The school is very
grateful to Tony Callaghan and the Hay Tennis Club for their help and support
in running team trials, organising the play during the competition and for the
excellent facilities which we are able to use. Their provision of a barbecue
lunch for all players was also really appreciated. Teams travelling from
Barham, Deniliquin and Finley also expressed their appreciation of the facilities and
competition.
ML Gardam,
Team manager.
Mar 21
Lack of Court
Lighting Hinders Night Tennis
Organisers of the
Hay Tennis Club Competitions are unable to accept any further late
entries to its Monday night Tennis Competition due to lack of court
Lighting.
The Club last
year installed a new synthetic grass court bringing this type
of surface to total eight courts making it ideal to run
daytime tournaments or Gala days – perfect for Hay to host last week’s
High School Western Zone Tournament Day, previously held in Barham and
Deniliquin for a good number of years.
However the
installation of this new synthetic court has come at a cost – the court
construction contractor removing the two light towers due to the modern occupational , health and safety laws. Court
nos. 5 and 4 now have no lighting or limited lighting.
Half the lights on
the back three courts were urgently recently replaced by LED lights at Club
cost, as two globes had blown making this area rather bleak and difficult to
sight tennis balls properly, but now looking good. In effect the Club has now
six lit courts.
The new format for
the Monday night which has replaced a women’s only night, now including men’s
and mixed pairings as well as women’s pairs together including a good number of
juniors playing in six grades/ categories making a nice popular atmosphere . Entries were stopped after 34 teams were
accepted with at least 4 teams receiving weekly byes at present enabling to
squeeze all matches with staggered start times from
6pm ( still uncomfortable hot temperatures at this time) up
to last matches starting at 8.15 pm. These times suit
the majority of players needs. And of course matches are time limited.
Currently the Wednesday
night A and B grade men’s doubles as well a singles competition with its
number of participants together with evening coaching is sufficient with the
six lit courts, although daylight saving ending may make it
difficult.
Last week’s nights
play in both Monday and Wednesday witnessed some exciting rallies over all
grades. Pointscores are now updated on the web.
Mar 14
Big Tennis Entry
The Monday Night
Social Competition being played in 5 grades has so far attracted a good entry
of 35 teams. The first round had only nine contested matches with all
other teams receiving a bye.
Four matches across
the grades were split at one set apiece.
In A grade the
former champions HPS team of Elie Jamieson and Bronwyn Hicks have teamed up
again and had a 6/2 2/6 draw against the improved Hills Corner Store team of
Matt Christensen and Sarah Lugsdin. There was also a good standard
match draw 6/3 3/6 in the B Res grade when the consistent Riverine
Grazier team of Margie McClelland and Tertia Butcher played the Slats Fireworks
team of Lucinda and Ned Williamson. A number of new players made a fine start Other winning
teams were Foodworks, Meggs Transport, Wooloondool, Crightons Engineering , Elders, Bidgee
Bobcat and Demo and Bishops Lodge Motor Inn. Full competition details are
displayed on the Clubs Website.
The Wednesday night
competition with eleven teams participating produced a very social and
enjoyable atmosphere. Despite the majority of matches not starting on
time all finished just inside the time deadline of 80 mins maximum play from
the scheduled start time. The centre court produced a marvellous 6/5 5/6 draw
with new player Mick Tippet going from strength to strength. Other new players
making good debuts were Liam Whitbourne, Tim Zambon ,Richard Cannon and
Tom Schiller. Alex Haidy had a strong singles
win.
Other team winners
were Walgrove, Murphys
Clothing and Slats Fireworks.
Mar 7
Good Start to Junior Sunday Tennis Activities
The
2022 Sunday juniors program commenced on the weekend with a good number
participating in the two sessions.
The
program will be a block of five weeks leading up to a prize and a bbq morning before an easter break. New players are invited
to commence this coming Sunday. Good performances in the first session
went to Grant Dwyer and Beau Garner and with a big number participating in the
second session splitting into three groups maximum points as well as
coaches awards went to Alex Giddins, Lana Rose
Jessop, Ewan Kerr, Charli Giddins, Maggie Shields and
Uzair Shazad (Note for Grazier—photos to follow)
Congratulations
to the Hay War Memorial High School in securing Hay to host this years annual Western Riverina Tennis carnival between
the six schools boys and girls teams,
having been hosted at Barham on their grass courts for many years. Hay did host
this carnival once many years ago on one of Hays
hottest days.
Our
Lani Houston Consultant award this week goes to Hannah Jamieson who was
selected in the Riverina girls tennis team to play the
states best later on in Sydney. Hannah was also
runner up in her girls age group in the Deniliquin Juniors tourney played
recently. Our AgFlite, Crightons and
Foodworks awards go to Sam and Prince Patel, Giselle Gill and Emma Curtis who
recently travelled to Tamworth to represent the Wilcania
Forbes Diocesan team and performed well against experienced tough
opposition.
The
night competitions for both Monday and Wednesday commence this week with
reports available next week . Additional
entries are still being welcomed.
Feb 28
Tennis
Commences from Sunday
Junior
Sunday morning activities commence this weekend
the first session starting at 9.15am for Kindergarten (must be 5 years of age)
up to school Year 3 to run for about 45 minutes or maybe longer.
The
second session for school year 3 students to High School students will run from
10am to 11.15 am in orange, green and normal
ball competition play as well as some fun activities. Parents are also welcomed
to be in the competition teams. Weekly fees remain at $3 with Activ Kids vouchers welcomed to pay for memberships as well
towards weekly fees.
Night
competitions commence as from Monday night with the website details updated
listing all names received. Wednesday night play will commence on 9th
March and also includes a singles competition for those interested.
Feb 21
Hay
Juniors Play Deniliquin Tennis Tournament
Twenty five aspiring junior tennis players travelled to
Deniliquin on Sunday to play their tourney.
Hay
winners were Ben Taylor 8 yrs group, Hilton
Hargreaves 14s, Alex Haidy 18s, Sophie Curtis 18s
girls with runners up Esther Green 8s and Brad Callaghan 18s
. These players receive the weekly AgFlyte,
Foodworks, Crightons Rural Engineeering
and Lani Houston Consultant awards. Stuart Callaghan also receives an award for
his part in gathering 25 Hay players to prevent the tourney being cancelled due
to lack of numbers. A total of 48 players eventually participated, however it
was the Hay Club with its bulk entry system contrary to the requirements of
tennis nsw for individual computer entries, to save
the day as has happened on a number of occasions over the years.
Due
to the lack of coaches for Sunday morning activities it will now start on
Sunday 6th March as per the full details on the web. Anyone
interested in joining the coaching group can contact Tony.
Congratulations
to Anthony Slattery who competed in his 10th successive year in the
Victorian Country Championships carnival. With the Hay Club not entering a team
this year Slats played for the Culcairn team.
Night
competitions will now commence from the 7th March with entries
received to date listed on the web
Feb 14
Entries
open for Night Tennis
Night
Tennis competitions entries for both Monday and Wednesday nights are now open.
Monday the 28th Feb pending weather conditions is expected to
be the starting date.
Monday
nights play will again entail a combination of womens,
mixed and mens pairs to include juniors of a
sufficient standard and tennis maturity. Wednesdays
nights play is likely to be mens A and B grades with
women also invited to play, a singles competition will also be included for
those players wishing to play both doubles and singles.
Deniliquin
will host a junior tournament on Sunday 20th Feb with about 20 Hay
players participating in various age groups with orange, green and normal balls
being used.
Local
Sunday morning junior activities will begin on the 27th Feb
All
tennis details relating to the night competitions and junior activities are
expected to be updated on the web this week
Feb 7
Night
Tennis to Commence 28th February
Entries
are now being taken for the Monday and Wednesday night tennis competitions to
commence from 28th February. Further details will follow.
The
early morning competition has now concluded proving a popular activity for this
time of year. Best female performance over the seven sessions with a random
draw for each match went to Jan Zambon while it was a
three way tie in the mens
with Geoff Chapman, Stephen Sharp and Tony Callaghan. These four players
receive the AgFlite, Lani Houton
Consultant, Crightons Cranes and Foodworks weekly
awards
In
Junior news – congratulations go to Hay St.Marys
students Giselle Gill, Emma Curtis, Prince Patel and Sam Patel who travelled to
Dubbo last week for the Wilcannia-Forbes Diocesan team trials and were all
selected for the boys and girls teams. The girls will now play at
Tamworth, boys at Gunnedah later this month against the other Diocesan teams
from the Polding area which covers approximately half the state.
Hay
junior Sunday morning activities will commence on the 27th February
with Deniliquin holding its Junior tourney Sunday 20th Feb.
Some
2022 Tennis Community Calendars are still available at the clubhouse if anyone
requires one.
Jan 31
Morning
Tennis Competition concludes this
week
The
early morning social competition finishes on Thursday 3rd Feb with
just under 30 players participating in the seven sessions held. Following
this early morning social hitting groups will continue.
Good
numbers participating were inspired by the play of Ash Barty,
who won the AO singles title and being the first Aussie to win in 44
years. Chris O’Neill from Newcastle was the last to succeed in 1978 with
her nephew Evan O’Neill winning the Hay Open tourney some 20 years later.
The Hay Tennis Club Champions of 1978 were Wendy Heerey
and David Davies both legends of the Hay Club having won their titles here on
many occasions over the years.
The
last of the school holiday camps number 5 is being conducted this week.
Deniliquin
will host a junior singles tourney on Sunday 20th Feb for 8 yrs, 10, 12 , 14, 18 yrs age groups. Sunday Morning junior activities
including juniors competition will commence in
February with a date to be determined.
Jan 24
Early
morning tennis Success
Up
to 22players have so far participated in the early morning social competition
with new players entering weekly especially with a good number away this week.
Full details are on the website with two sessions planned each week in January
possibly going into February.
The
final school holiday camp number 5 will be held next week Tues, Wed and Thurs
with entries to Stuart and full details on the web.
The
Crighton’s Rural and Foodworks weekly awards go
to the early morning social competition leaders Steve Sharpe and Geoff Chapman
with Max Hutchings winning the AgFlite and Lani
Houston Consultant award for his good play in last week’s tennis camp
Jan 17
Early
Morning Social Competition Tennis for three weeks
Six
or maybe more early morning sessions in January or even into February are
currently being organised for Monday and Thursdays 7.30 am hitting starts to
finish about 8.45am. It is doubles play for a combined mens, womens and mixed where
players can enter with or without a partner and
may change partners after the first set. Players may only be available to play
one match but are still encouraged to enter. Six pairs started last week
in a combined (A B)grade group with Craig Anderson and
Andrew Davies getting the best results. If enough entries are
received a ( C) grade group can be added. The full
details are outlined in the competition section on the clubs
website.
Tennis
School Holiday Camp number 4 is being held this
week with last weeks camp attracting well over 20
players.
Deniliquin
will hold its junior tournament on 20th
Feb. with the first tourney of the year at Henty on 6th Feb
Lucy
Davies takes out the AgFlite
weekly award for her play in the newly formed early morning social/ competition
as well as assisting at the tennis camp.
Emerson
Wilson wins the Foodworks award for her
continual improvement at the camps with the Crightons
Rural and Lani Houston Consultant awards going to Delilah Crighton
and Sienna Lund who were also assisting at the Camp
Jan 10
Early
Morning Social/ Competition tennis for three weeks
Six
early morning sessions in January on Thursdays and Monday mornings is being
planned to begin this week from Thursday 13th
Doubles
play for one hour to finish before the heat and for those players needing to get to their workplace will be organised in
a combined mens, womens
and mixed competition in two divisions.
Players
may only be available for the one session / match and still may enter
individually or with a partner. The full details are outlined in the
competition section on the Clubs website.
Entries
to Tony 0419571292
Tennis
Camp number three is being conducted this week with 25 juniors enrolled . There are 5 camps being organised over the school
holidays with each camp being held Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Further
details can be found on the clubs website.
Lucy
Davies takes out this weeks AgFlite and Lani Houston
Consultant awards for her excellent coaching in last weeks
camp while Amanda Kelton takes the Foodworks and Crightons
awards for her assistance including the bbq at the
camp.
Jan 3
Tennis
Camps in Full Swing
Tennis
Camp number two is being conducted this week. There are 5 camps being
organised over the school holidays with each camp being held on Tuesdays,
Wednesdays and Thursdays for two hours each day. Camp number one held before
Christmas attracted just over 20 juniors enjoying the coaching and fun
activities. Further details can be found on the club’s website.
The
Tennis Clubs weekly AgFlite and Lani Houston
Consultant awards go to the camp coaches and assistants- Stuart Callaghan, Immy Molloy , Kenny Hargreaves as
well as Brad Callaghan
The
Crighton’s Rural Award goes to Tracy Newnham for her
fabulous effort in organising the 2022 tennis calendar wonderfully produced by
the Riverine Grazier
The
Foodworks Award goes to Craig Anderson for his Involvement in Bede
Schillers absence maintaining the courts to perfection.
Dec 20
Monday
Tennis Finals Results
A
grade Women
Lani
Houston Consultant team ( Lani Houston Sophie Curtis)
won against Hay Newsagency (Trish Jamieson Kirsten Hutchings) 4/6 6/1
A
grade Combined Male/Female Walgrove (Sam and
Andrew Davies ) drew Les’s Small Engines (Steve
Sharp Geoff Chapman 5/6 6/5
B
grade
Combined
Rokeby ( Steph and Mick Cattanach
) won IGA (Daniel Stewart Ruby Cattanach
) 6/2 3/6
B
Res Women
Meggs Transport (Immy
Molloy Hannah Jamieson) won against Murphys Clothing
(Maddie Lugsdin Ellie Jamieson)6/4 5/6
C
grade Women Auscott ( Jess Pearce Talitha
Brown ) won against Elders ( Kim and Emma Curtis) 5/6 6/3
C
grade Combined – to be played February.
Wednesday
Tennis Finals
A/B
Grade Slats
Fireworks (Anthony Slattery Shane Mc Gufficke ) won against Lani Houston Consultant ( Immy Molloy with Alex Haidy for
Lani Houston 4/6 6/4 (11/9)
Singles
-
to be played February
Tennis
Camps
The
first of the school holidays camps is being held this week
Camp
number 2 will be held 4th 5th
6th January with enquiries to Stuart Callaghan with full details on
the clubs website.
The
Foodworks, Lani Houston Consultant , AgFlite and Crightons Rural
weekly awards go to all the night comp finalists.
Merry
Christmas from Hay Tennis & 92 Computing
Dec 13
Tennis Competitions
finals this week
The Monday Night
and Wednesday night tennis competition finals and playoffs are scheduled this
week.
Last week’s Monday
play was washed out with only three matches and one singles played in the
Wednesday night competition. The closest match of the night was the Pynors team
of Geoff Chapman and Rohan M Cormick coming from
behind to win 5/6 6/3 against the combined Hay Services and Eddies Concreting
teams. The IGA team of Dean Aylett and Daniel Stewart suffered their first
defeat to the Slats Fireworks team this week comprising Darren Tapper and
Anthony Slattery 6/4 6/0 while the other match was won by Crighton’s
Rural Engineering team . Alex Haidy
had a good singles win.
The weekly
Foodworks, Crighton’s and AgFlite
awards go to the Cattanach family in Ruby Steph and
Mick all enjoying and having great success in their respective competition tennis teams.
Dec 6
Night Tennis Finals
and Playoffs 13/12/21
Due to the current
interest, both the Monday and Wednesday night tennis competition’s have been extended to now play finals
and playoffs involving all teams on the nights of 13th and 15th
December.
Any team unable to
play is to advise Warren or Tony.
Some brilliant
matches were contested last week in both nights play with some notable
improvements to some teams. For Mondays play Adam Barlow receives the Crighton’s Rural award when he partnered the young Mason
Pearce in a high standard match against Hannah Jamieson who partnered the very
young Dallas Giddins. Dallas was called upon to
replace the injured Immy Molloy the score a draw 6/5
4/5 when the time limit finished play. Adam controlled the match
perfectly. Ruby Cattanach and Daniel Stewart
continue their winning streak this time with a 6/4 5/6 against the talented
Bishops Lodge team comprising this week Peter Head and Sue Hanna.
Wednesday night had
a 15 mins rain break with some very enjoyable matches witnessed. Substitutes
Herbert Maynard and Hannah Stewart for the Lugsdin Toyota team and partnering
for the first time came from behind to have a top exciting draw 1/6 6/1 against
the Crighton’s Engineering team. Other wins went to
IGA, Slats Fireworks, Hay Services Club, Te Aro as well as the Lani
Houston Consultant team ( with substitutes Hilton and Jensen Hargreaves playing
very good)
The first batch of
the 2022 Calendars have been received and have been delivered to the IGA and
Foodworks Supermarkets. The calendars are free with the main profit proceeds
coming from the advertisers which the Club appreciates as it is the Clubs major
fundraiser . Thanks to the support of those who placed
their birthday entries and well done again to Tracy Newnham for her
involvement.
Some
calendars are also available at the tennis clubhouse.
Nov 29
Junior
Tennis Windup and prizes
After
a long and interrupted year, the Sunday morning junior activities were
concluded on the weekend followed by some prizes and Christmas cheer before
conducting the Annual General meeting.
Max
Hutchings gained the major award for his all year
performances, Ashton Green – the most improved, Charli Giddins
and Dillon Green the most consistent.
Awards
to the youngsters in the early group session went to Esther Green and Zoya Shazad
girls and Cameron Green boys. (pictures
to follow) these players receive the weekly Foodworks, AgFlite
and Crightons awards
Warren
Hunt again will lead the Tennis Club as President for another year being
re-elected unopposed. In his report he paid tribute to the successful projects
and fundraisers to those responsible and despite the Covid year good numbers
are participating in competition and court hire.
Monday
night tennis last week produced the closest result in A grade with the Pynors
Accountants team of Archie Houston and Dan Jamieson winning 6/5 6/5 against
Jacqui and Hilton Hargreaves Bidgee
Motor Inn team. In B grade Katie Deatons Hydes Plumbing team came from behind to win 4/6 6/2 against
the High School team. In the B Res /C grade Russell Curtis playing for
Kim for Elders won 6/3 5/5 against Meggs, while it
was a 6/2 2/6 draw between the Hay Jewellers Sue Parslow
and Anna LIlburne against the Pevensey team of Mason
Pearce and Adam Barlow.
Six
grade finals as well as playoffs are scheduled to
be played on 13th Dec the last round before the finals scheduled on
the 6th.
Wednesday
night round was cancelled due to the rain forecast.
Wagga
will be holding an open tournament which includes junior events on the weekend
of 10th Dec if any Hay players are interested.
Nov
22
Junior
Tennis Windup and AGM Sunday
Another
enjoyable Sunday Morning juniors fun activities was
held on the weekend with the second session group also having both a doubles
and singles tournament. This Sunday 28th will see our final Sunday
Morning junior activities for the year followed by the Annual General meeting.
The junior sessions will still be held at the normal times starting at 9.30 and
10.15 for the second session. The Agflyte weekly
award goes to Uzair Shazad for his performance.
Wednesday
night competition play produced some great matches with Herbert Maynard making
a welcoming return and playing fabulous tennis. In the singles he defeated
leader Alex Haidy and then these two players teamed
together to beat the previously undefeated Slats Fireworks this time comprising
Peter Head and Anthony Slattery the score 6/3 6/2 .
Shaun Tempi made a good debut to Hay Tennis in his singles match while the
other doubles winners were Wooloondool, 92 Computing, IGA and Lani Houston
Consulting. Herbert Maynard and Alex Haidy receive
this weeks
Foodworks and Crightons Rural awards.
The
Monday night competition was cancelled due to
the miserable weather.
Nov
15
Tight
Schedule For Monday Tennis
Thirty
teams are now competing in the Monday night tennis competition catering for
both men and women including juniors
across all grades. It makes a tight timeframe fitting all the matches in on the
available courts with lights before it gets too late. Currently play is
held at various start times from 5.30 and
finishing up the later matches at 9.15 pm
The
closest match last week was in the middle grade with a 6/5 5/6 drawn result
with the match just finishing in the maximum 85 mins allowed. These teams were
the HWMHS team of Andrew Crawford and Georgie Bowden against the Foodworks team
of Brett Boulton and Graham Miller. These four players get the Foodworks, Crightons and AgFlite awards this
week.
The
other match was the close 6/2 3/6 match win in the C grade to the Wilshear team of Kayla Garner and Hunter Meads against the
Slats Fireworks team of Bianca and Taylor Goulding
A
grade saw the Walgrove
team of Sam and Andrew Davies open their account with a 6/3 5/5 win against Les’s Mobiles
Wednesdays
night matches continues at a high standard with
the Lani Houston Consulting team of Lani Houston and Immy
Molloy beating the unbeaten Wooloondool team of Nick Maynard and Ian Lilburne . Other winners were Te Aro, Bindari, and Crightons Rural Engineering. In the singles
competition Alex Haidy again had another good win.
Full result details are advised on the website.
Junior
Tennis will resume this weekend with no play last weekend. Sunday 28th
November will be the last day for the year with further details to follow.
Nov
8
Monday
Tennis Results Wednesday Washout
The
Monday combined Women’s Mixed and Men’s
competition report is as follows –
The
Match of the round in the combined A/A Res
grade saw Steve Sharps Les Mobiles team have a narrow win against former
champions Lani Houston and Sophie Curtis losing the first set 6/3 but winning
the second 6/2 . Other winners were the HPS team as well as Hay Newsagency
team with Dimity Comb out of retirement and playing very well. Walgrove and Bidgee Motor Inn
have joined this grade
B
grade has increased to Eight teams( maybe 9) with the
Harrisons IGA team of Daniel Stewart and Ruby Cattanach
having the closest win against the Bidgee Bobcat and
Demo team. Other wins went to
Wooloondool,
Japp’s and Rokeby
In
the combined B Res/C grade the closest match again was made by the Elders team
of Kim and Emma Curtis 4/6 6/2 against the Hay Services and Fitness team with
young Daniel Green playing well.
Other
winners were Auscott, Megg’s
Transport, Murphy’s Clothing, and Foodworks making their debut.
Wednesday’s
night play was cancelled due to the rain with a fresh draw to be made this
week.
Juniors
Great
play and improvement was noticed by all the players
participating in their session times on Sunday morning Ariana Meads, Alex Giddins and Ariana Meads were doing some nice strokes.
Calendar
Last
chance to get your birthday entries in for the 2022 Community tennis calendar.
This is the Clubs major fundraiser with entries still being taken at the
clubhouse this week.
Nov 1
Good
Entries for Tennis competitions
The
Monday night social competition in three grades has now attracted 26
teams with increased numbers now also allowing for mixed and even
some mens pairs catering for all standards.
The
Wednesday night has 9 solid A/B grade doubles teams as well as 6 singles
entries.
The
matches of the week were the Elders team of Kim and Emma Curtis having a
6/5 5/6 brilliant match draw against the Hay Motors team of Warren Hunt and
Alex Giddins in Mondays B Res grade, while n the
Wednesday night play the Lani Houston Consultant team of Immy
Molloy and Lani Houston had a 6/3 3/6 draw against the Slats Fireworks team of
Anthony Slattery and Shane Mc Gufficke. The closest
singles play was Alex Haidy beating Geoff Chapman 4/1
4/3
Other
matches with close results were the Wooloondool team of Katie Howard and Brad
Callaghan having a 4/6 6/2 win over the St Marys team of Vince Campbell and
Prince Patel in B grade while the mens night saw the
Harrisons IGA team of Dean Aylett and Daniel Stewart winning in a tie breaker
decider over the Hay Services and Fitness team of Damon and Zac Slattery. Full
details can be found on the club’s website.
The
Foodworks. Crightons Rural and AgFlite
weekly awards went to juniors George Schiller, Max Hutchings and Prince Patel
with their good form at Sunday fun activities as well as the latter two for
night competition play.
The
Annual General Meeting this year is scheduled on November 28 after Sunday
junior activities.
Oct 25
First
Stage New Court Lighting
After
years of lengthy discussions and court lighting becoming poorer, the Tennis
Club has completed stage one of the installation of LED lighting. The new
lighting has been replaced on two towers to its back courts where globes had
blown. The new LED lighting is a big improvement to those courts.
In
the meantime, there are ongoing discussions with the new court 5 contractor
regarding the lighting in this area. The Club will need Grant monies to
continue into the next stage of LED replacement.
After
many months, junior tennis fun activities returned to the courts on Sunday. The
first session group for Kindergarten to Year 2 students had too many for Immy Molloy to do on her own that she needed to recruit an
apprentice President Warren Hunt to assist with the youngsters having an
enjoyable session. (see Photo for Riverine Grazier to
be forwarded) The second session also a success (Year 3 students to High
school) had Stuart Callaghan included in the activities.
The
Foodworks, Agflite and Crightons
Rural awards for the first group went to Nina Schiller, Esther Green and Ben
Taylor with the second group awards to Ashton Green, Charli Giddins
and Zoe Handford.
Night
competitions with good entries under covid conditions start this week with
all details on the website.
Oct 18
Social Competition Tennis
Resumes
The
Hay Tennis Clubs social competition catering for all grades finally gets
underway commencing from Monday night 25th October. The
time draw will be available on the weekend on the club’s website which has
all the information including Covid conditions regarding the various nights competitions. The kiosk will reopen.
At
the moment members are currently enjoying free hitting on the back courts with
many green pass members also hitting on the other courts as well as
the three coaches in operation.
Juniors
Sunday Morning fun activities also recommence on this weekend October 24 for
Kindergarten students to up to year 2 students at 9.30 am while at 10.15 am to
11.30am will be for year 2 students up to high school students in three groups ( note year 2 students have the session option )
11 Oct
Night
Tennis Competitions commencing from 25th October
Night
competitions for tennis will commence on Monday night 25th October
for a combined womens doubles and mixed
doubles. Wednesday nights from 27th October will see the
commencement of the mens and mixed doubles as well as
a singles for those interested.
Numbers
will be limited and those competing in doubles need double vaccination for
those aged from16yrs. Further details can be found on the club’s website
including names received to date.
All
court hitting still needs to be monitored.
Sunday
juniors will commence on 24th October.
The
2022 Calendar entries are now being taken closing Nov 13
4 Oct
Tennis
Community Calendar birthday entries now open
The
hay tennis Club has commenced preparations for its 2022 Community Calendar and
is now accepting birthday entries .
Names
can now be accepted up to November 13 at the Riverine Grazier Office, The
Tourist information Centre , Centrespot
Flowers and of course at the tennis Clubhouse. However
entries can only be accepted at the tennis clubhouse when night competitions
and Sunday morning junior activities begin which will not be until October 24th.
Birthday
entries cost a gold coin . Further calendar enquiries can
be made to Tracy Newnham.
Meanwhile
entries are now being accepted with Covid conditions for the forthcoming night
competitions.
27
Sep
Night Tennis Competitions
Hopefully both
Monday and Wednesday night tennis competitions will commence from October 25 to
run for about five weeks.
Monday will entail
women’s and mixed doubles and Wednesday will entail men’s and mixed doubles as
well as a singles for both sexes. Competitions will be run in accordance with
the Tennis NSW covid conditions in force at that time. Entries will now be
taken online or contact secretary Tony .
Currently social
singles, tennis coaching as well as doubles play is allowed for the Hay area.
However at present doubles play is only allowed for those double vaccinated . All play needs to be monitored.
Sunday morning
junior activities is planned to start 24th October.
Sep 20
Night
Tennis Competitions
Hopefully
Night Tennis competitions on Monday and Wednesday nights will be able to start
in October – pending further Covid advice from Tennis NSW.
In
the meantime the courts are being fully utilised by one on one hitting and
coaching as well as for those fully vaccinated
to play doubles. All play on the courts needs to be
monitored.
The
weekly Foodworks, Lani Houston Consultant, Agflite
and Crightons Rural Awards go to our coaches who have
been busy and doing a good job – Stuart
Callaghan, Immy Molloy and Kenny Hargreaves.
Sep 13
Tennis
Doubles now allowed with conditions
Tennis
NSW in conjunction with Government regulations has now allowed tennis doubles
to be played. However, under the current regulations pending further
advice all doubles players must be fully vaccinated.
The
tennis courts have been fully utilised these past weeks with one
on one hitting allowed for exercising and coaching. Recent new
memberships have been well received particularly now with free membership
hitting on the back courts.
Currently
the Club has three coaches operating with one on one
private coaching for members. These being Stuart Callaghan, Immy
Molloy and Kenny Hargreaves with phone contact numbers and their coaching fees
detailed on the club’s website.
It
is still unclear when night competitions and Sunday morning junior activities
will be allowed to recommence.
Sep 06
Members
free tennis hitting back courts
Free
tennis hitting is now available to members on the back three courts numbers 6 7 and 8. Of course under current lockdown rules this
can only be one on one hitting for the purpose of exercise.
Night
competitions will commence when Covid rules will allow. Names received to date
are listed on the web.
Aug 30
New
Tennis Court Hitting Well
The
new tennis court synthetic grass court 5 surface has been broken in and playing
well with a lot of recent one on one hitting and coaching. Final costing
with the extra work involved is still being finalised with the contractor.
Works off this court at the southern end area hopefully will be finished when
lockdown ends.
Competitions
and junior Sunday activities are still on hold with details on the clubs web.
One
on one hitting and coaching is still allowed on every second court ( no other persons are allowed on court ) being strictly
monitored with the courts being fully utilised this past week for the purpose
of exercising.
Aug 23
One
on one tennis hitting and coaching currently allowed for Hay
Tennis
NSW in conjunction with Government Covid rules has advised that one on one
hitting and coaching is allowed for people to leave home for the purpose
of exercising in this area.
This
is the current situation which could change. Hitting is being strictly
monitored with members allowed free hitting and using the brick practice wall
on the back courts at the Hay Club.
Entries
are still being received for the forthcoming night tennis competitions. Players
and pairs received to date are listed on the website. Starting dates for both
Monday and Wednesday nights will depend on the Lockdown lifting. Sunday morning
junior activities are still on hold.
Aug 16
Night
Tennis competitions delayed /Limited numbers for hitting is allowed for
exercise
The
Monday and Wednesday night competitions start dates have been delayed until
further advised. Entries received to date as well as other information are
advised on the website. Names are still being taken.
Similarly
junior Sunday morning activities are on hold at the moment.
Tennis
NSW in conjunction with Government Health authorities has advised that one on
one hitting or coaching up to two members of the one family is allowed for
people to leave home for the purpose of exercise. This is the
current situation as of Monday but could change. All court hitting must be
advised to Tony Callaghan.
Aug 9
Night Tennis
Entries Now Open
The Monday Night
combined women’s and mixed tennis competition will commence on 16th
August with the Wednesday night combined men’s and mixed starting 23rd
August. Entries and further information can be made or found on the web or by
contacting Tony.
Due to the current
uncertain Covid conditions, the Club will not be holding its planned Gala
Weekend for 2021.
Free court hire
will now apply to members playing on the back three courts.Charges still apply for the other five courts.
Some memberships mainly to out of town players have extended into this
financial year mainly as a result of not playing due to Covid.
Juniors
Junior Sunday
morning activities recommenced on Sunday after the winter break. The weather
was perfect and there was great enthusiasm with the players in the two groups.
The Lani Houston
Award went to Charli Giddins, The Agflite
award to Max Hutchings, the Crightons Rural award to Ollie
Meads and the Foodworks weekly award to Bella Garner.
Program details are
outlined on the web.
Aug 2
Tennis
activities resume for juniors
Sunday
morning junior fun activities will recommence this coming weekend 7th
August. Kindergarten class to school year 2 will be held from 9.30am to 10.15
am (45 mins) with school class year 2 to High School students in three groups
will run from 10.15 to 11.30 (75 mins). Year 2 students have the choice of
sessions depending on their ability.
Annual
tennis membership renewals were due on 31/7. Thank you to all those that have
renewed, assisting in the ever increasing annual costs
of Tennis NSW registration and affiliation as well as annual insurances and
other costs.
Last
week Andrew Davies received the AgFlite and Crightons Rural awards for his ongoing work at the Club
with Tom Davies receiving the Foodworks and Lani Houston Consultant awards for
his and Andrew work in laying metal surface boundaries to some courts to assist
in retrieving balls.
Jul 24
Successful
Tennis Financial Year
Despite
the challenges of Covid the tennis club managed a good 2020/21 year due to its
great support of members, friends and sponsors including the Hay Shire Council.
It had good numbers participating in night competitions particularly the
popular Monday night catering for all grades. Sunday morning junior
fun activities in different age groups were enjoyable and private coaching by a
number of coaches, has been busily run all year.
New
night tennis competitions as well as Sunday juniors will commence soon in
the warmer weather. In the meantime there are
many enjoying social day tennis hitting and plenty are being coached
(pending Covid Updates by Tennis NSW)
New
Tennis Memberships are now due for the 21/22 year. Green pass
memberships fees are also due. Green pass members have unlimited use of
courts for the year for court hire.
Those
wishing to continue at members rates should finalise fees this month. Thanks to
those who have renewed thus assisting the Club towards its annual
affiliation, registration and insurances and other payments.
Weekly
Awards
Andrew
Davies this week receives the AgFlyte and Crightons Rural awards for his regular grading and
maintenance of the clay court area usually done a few times each year. Tom
Davies receives the Foodworks and Lani Houston awards for his good assistance
in helping Andrew lay and secure well trimmed metal
boundaries to the ground around some courts to prevent balls getting stuck
between the surface and fence.
Jul 17
Hay
Services Club and Fitness Centre Major Tennis
Sponsor
The
Tennis Club is very grateful to again secure the Hay Services Club as its major
gold sponsor for this financial year. Although no Open Tourney is planned for
2021 year the Club hopes to hold a Gala Weekend
catering for all grades and ages on October 9th and 10th
. Other sponsorships have been promised for this
weekend.
Wooloondool
is again a silver sponsor and has been a wonderful supporter of the club
particularly during the hitting on court under the early Covid conditions of
play.
Auscott who has been a consistent sponsor of the Club
for many years will again be a bronze sponsor . Thank
you to the many local Businesses who continue as minor
sponsors with night tennis teams being named.
All
players and visitors now,upon
entering the Tennis Club area must register under the Covid Safe check in QR
code. Those hitting still need to advise Tony for court monitoring.
The
Young junior tourney that was to held on Sunday was cancelled due to the
weather. Hays Tilly Weeks was to play, having
had good matches at earlier tourneys this year in Parkes and Wagga. Tilly
receives this weeks Foodworks award
Craig
Anderson and Bede Schiller receive this weeks AgFlite and Lani Houston Consultant
awards for their great effort in cleaning up around the clay court
area. Geoff Chapman receives the Crightons Rural
award for his many trips to the tip discarding old materials and rubbish
cleaned out from the demolition of the old shed.
New
night competitions will commence after this cold weather probably in August.
Jul 12
Weekly
Tennis Awards
This
weeks Foodworks and AgFlite
Awards go to Ash Barty winning Wimbledon this week.
She is the first Aussie in 40 years to win the prestigious trophy since the Riverinas Evonne Goolagong.
Evonne
from Barellan and her sister Barb played
intertown tennis in Hay many years ago. Evonne who is a wonderful ambassador
for Australia takes out the Crightons
Rural and Lani Houstion Consultant awards.
Jul 5
Good
Enjoyable Tennis Camp
Tennis
Camp number 1 was a success with number 2 camp being held this week expecting
another 25 attending. Parents, guardians and visitors are again asked to drop
and collect the juniors attending at the courts
gates at the street entrances. Those entering onto the premises must sign in
under Covid conditions . The junior participants have
already been registered.
All
others hitters on any day need to be recorded under current arrangements by
text to Tony.
President
Warren Hunt receives this week’s AgFlite, Crightons Rural and Foodworks weekly awards- Warren has his
finger on the pulse being up to date with all tennis activities at the moment
including Covid Conditions, the court 5 project, and many other current and
future matters.
Chayse
Mitchell receives the Lani Houston Consultant award winning a tennis racquet at
camp number one for being the most improved and good sportsmanship.
Some
off cuts at various lengths leftover synthetic grass
carpet to our new court are being offered for sale –refer the classifieds in
this edition of the Grazier
Jun 28
School
Tennis Camps
The two school tennis
camps being played on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings are being held
under Covid conditions for tennis coaching.
There will be
limited clubhouse opening, limited numbers per court and no camp bbq will be held and a number of other conditions are
imposed.
Tennis Camp
enquiries can be made to Stuart Callaghan.
All court hire
including green pass members play, names must be recorded especially now under
the Covid rules. Competition play has been temporarily suspended.
Jun 21
New
Tennis Carpet Laid
The
old clay court number 5 has been carpeted and fenced and has had its first
hitters. The project still needs to address the lighting for this court
with the old towers removed for safety reasons. The landscaping at the south
end also needs to be sorted.
Congratulations
to Bede Schiller who has managed this project very well
working with the court contractor on a daily basis and also
organising a successful wood raffle with some wonderful helpers assisting with
proceeds to go towards some necessary over expenditure on the project.
Bede
gains this weeks Crightons Rural, Foodworks and AgFlite
weekly awards for his enormous contribution to the Club.
There
will be two tennis camps held in the school holidays with
limited numbers---with play on Tues, Wed, Thurs mornings of each
week---- enquiries to coach Stuart
Jun 15
Tennis
Gala Weekend Planned
An
Open Gala Weekend has been scheduled this year for the 9th and 10th
October to replace our Annual Open Tournament not held last year and not
applied for this year due to Covid. The Clubs last Gala Day was a successful one day event in 2018.
Whilst
the format hasn’t been finalised yet it has been suggested there likely be three
sessions involved over the two days with players having the option to in one or
more sessions which are likely to have all types of events to cater for all
grades and ages. Caz Barnett will lead a special enthusiastic committee
with fresh ideas based on similar gala days held in other centres.
Annual
Sponsorships are now being sought if any new Businesse’s
are interested in contacting the Club to be included for this financial year.
Jun 7
Exciting
Night Tennis Finals
The
Monday night tennis finals produced three very close matches
In
A grade The Hay Services team of Trish Jamieson and Kirsten Hutchings came from
behind after losing the first set 3/6 came home strongly to win the second set
6/1 to win the total match on games 9-7 against Bronny
Hicks and Ellie Jamieson.
In B grade it couldn’t have been any close when the Hay Newsagency team of Max
and Kirsten Hutchings drew 6/5 5/6 with the Elders Dan Jamieson and Archie
Houston in a brilliant match with the match going to a tiebreaker and won 7-5
by the Hutchings
In C grade another exciting final was won by the Foodworks team of Katie Howard
and Ruby Cattanach after losing the first set 5/6 won
the second 6/2 to take the match on games 11-8 against the well
played Radio 2Hay FM team of Jess Pearce and Talitha Brown
The
Wednesday night final was cancelled due to the rain with the Bishops Lodge team
of Geoff Chapman, Ian Lilburne, Craig Anderson and
Nick Maynard top of the ladder team declared the winners.
Juniors
There
was some great fun activities and games organised at the last Sunday Morning
activities before our winter break. Ben Taylor stood out in the early session
with Charli Giddins performing well in the second.
May 31
Tennis
Court Resurfacing has commenced
Work
on the long awaited conversion of court number 5 from claycourt to synthetic grass commenced during the week. The
contractors quotation for the full project consisting of earthworks, fencing
and carpet has been financed by the Governments Stronger Community Grant . However extra works mainly for safety reasons will
increase the cost with extra funding to be investigated.
Once
completed the Hay Tennis Club will then have a total of
8 synthetic grass courts all with lights.
Night
Tennis competitions for both Monday and Wednesday will finish up this week with
finals and play-off matches scheduled. Night tennis will then have a winter
break with new competitions to commence after the school holidays. The draw and
points ladders are displayed on the clubs website and
finals details will be advised in next weeks Grazier.
The
annual Griffith Open tourney will be held over the Long Weekend with enquiries
to Steve Longworth who is managing the event. Family, juniors and graded events
are on offer.
Annual
memberships are becoming due with early payment discounts being offered.
Junior
Sunday Morning activities will hold its last day on the weekend for this term.
Two sessions will be held at 9.30am and 10.15am
May 24
Tennis
Leaders
The
Monday night tennis leading teams across all grades are for A grade –The Hay
Public School team of Ellie Jamieson and Bronwyn Hicks one point ahead of the
next team of HWMHS. In B grade Kirsten and Max Hutchings for the Hay Newsagency
are well ahead of equal second spots in Elders and Les’s
Mobile Repairs. In the B Res grade the Lugsdin Toyota team of Warren Hunt pairing with youngsters Dylan Ilic and Daniel Green
lead by 2 points while C grade the Foodworks team of Ruby Cattanach
and Katie Howard are in the lead. Team numbers have increased to 25 across all
grades with one round playable after this week to finals.
The
Wednesday night leader with two rounds to go is the Bishops Lodge Motel team of
Geoff Chapman , Ian Lilburne
and Craig Anderson, two points ahead of Wyvern while the singles leader is
Scott Dixon
Juniors
Well
done to Tilly Weeks who competed in the Wagga junior tourney last week. The
regional tourney was the first junior one completed for the year with
sufficient numbers.
There
will be no Sunday activities this week the 30th May with Dillon
Green performing very well on the weekend. Sunday activities will resume in the
two sessions on 6th June.
The
Foodworks, AgFlite and Crightons
Rural awards this week go to our current Facebook and Web scribes doing a great
job -Bronny Hicks, Sam Davies and Steve Longworth
May 17
Tennis
Competitions to half way Mark
Round
three of the six week competition was completed last
week. In Mondays play the night was cancelled due to the horrible weather together
with sickness and local tragic circumstances.
Wednesdays
play only entailed three doubles matches but the match of the night was the 5/6
6/5 draw between Damon and Zac Slatterys’ Lani
Houston Consultant team against the Crightons
Engineering team of Jock Crighton and Andrew Davies.
Other wins went to Bishops Lodge motor Inn and Wyvern. No singles were held.
Juniors
Congratulations
to the Hay Public School team winning their Riverina quarter final against a
former state champion school – Griffith East public School- the score being 5
sets 32 games to 3 sets 22 games.
The
team comprised Dan and Hannah Jamieson, Matilda Nisbet and Hilton Hargreaves –
these 4 players win this weeks Foodworks award.
The team is scheduled to play their semi final in Hay
against the Young Public School team. Young have
eliminated Murrumburrah and Cootamundra schools
Sunday
morning junior activities received a good number in the cool weather with Kodi
Scott winning the weekly AgFlite award
Lani
Houston receives the Crightons Rural weekly award for
not only her great effort organising the early Sunday morning session 5yrs to 7
yrs group but for her ongoing expertise in grant
applications one successfully resulting in work commencing on our
court 5 resurfacing likely to start this week.
May 10
Top
Tennis Round
Last
week saw some top matches across all grades in both Monday and Wednesday play.
In
Monday nights play the pick of the round was in A grade with the Japps
Pharmacy new team comprising former Hay Junior champion Sarah Lugsdin
partnering Ash Wacher narrowly losing to the Lani
Houston /Steve Sharp team 6/5 6/2
For
Wednesday night play Peter Davies and Dean Aylett for team doubles fill-ins as
substitutes and Dan Jamieson a singles fill in
all received the Crighton Cranes weekly award for
their assistance and good performances.
The
full results points table for both nights are listed on the clubs
website.
Juniors
Hilton
Hargreaves has just competed in the 5 boys 5 girls Riverina Public School team
in the state competition in Newcastle with some very good results. He started
as number 4 ranked player in the team and ended up number two and received a
Riverina medal runner up in his performances. An
amazing experience. Hilton Receives this weeks AgFlite award.
Junior
Sunday morning activities only comprised a second session Mothers
Day special and congratulations to all participants with Tilly Weeks,
Sam Patel and Uzair Shazad gaining this weeks Foodworks award
May 3
Night
Tennis Competitions off to good start
Both
the Monday and Wednesday night Competitions are off to a good start to run for
six weeks.
The
Monday combined Mixed/Womens competition has
attracted 22 team entries (6- A Grade, 6 –B Grade and 10 – combined B Res/ C
Grade)
The
Wednesday Combined Mixed/Mens
night has 9 teams playing the A/B Grade- 4 players are also competing singles.
Absolutely
no forfeits are allowed as there are heaps of substitutes for the both nights.
Further entries are still welcome with the full details on the club’s website.
The
match of the night in Monday’s play was the 5/6 6/5 draw between Hay Jewellers
Cherokee and Jaylen Dixon against Pynors Accountants Hannah and Trish Jamieson
while in Wednesday night play the Elders team of Peter Head and Immy Molloy beat the Slats Painters team of Shane McGufficke and Anthony Slattery 5/6 6/4 both matches
finishing on the maximum time limit. Very Very
important that matches start by the scheduled start time.
Juniors
Junior
Sunday morning activities returned to the courts on Sunday in very pleasant conditions
with some good improvement and good hitting to the following players who
received this week’s weekly awards-Foodworks Emilie Quinn, AgFlite
Prince Patel, Crightons Rural Benji Pearce
April 26
Tennis
Recommences this week
New
night tennis competitions commence this week on Monday (combined womens/mixed) and Wednesday (combined mens
/mixed ) as well as a separate singles comp for those
interested.
A
good entry of 21 teams in 4 grades commenced the Monday competition with
numbers still being finalised for the Wednesday night. Complete details are
available on the tennis web site. Late entries are most welcome for the
competitions to run for a further 5 weeks . Matches
are commencing between 5pm and 7pm
Junior
Sunday morning activities recommence this weekend for the two age groups . The first session for 5yrs to 7yrs group runs from
9.30 to 10.15am with the second group 8yrs to high school students running from
10.15am to 11.30 am . Thank you to the junior soccer
organisers who have arranged their weekly sessions to start at 11.30 following
the conclusion of tennis.
The
annual wood raffle tickets are now available with full details in this weeks advertising section of the
Riverine Grazier
April 19
New
Tennis Competitions
Monday
and Wednesday night tennis competitions catering for all grades will commence
from Monday 26th April with full details outlined on the web.
Competitions will run for about 6 weeks and finish before the cool weather
settles in. Matches will be scheduled to start from 5pm to 7pm
Junior
Sunday morning activities will recommence on 2nd May with the
timetable also displayed on the tennis website.
A
successful 3 day camp was held last week with a good
number attending supervised by 4 coaches.
April 12
Tennis
Competition Results
Monday
Night Womens /Mixed competition finals results are as
follows
A
grade Hay Serv and Fitness (Trish Jamieson/Kirsten Hutchings)
def HWMHS (Jan Zambon/Lou Gardam) 6/1 6/5
B
grade Wooloondool (Jacqui and Hilton
Hargreaves) def Hay Newsagency (Kirsten and Max Hutchings) 6/0 5/6
B
Res Les’s Small Business (Tania Stephenson/Alex
and Charli Giddins) def Pynors Accountants (Hannah
and Ellie Jamieson 6/5 6/5
B
Special Riverine Grazier (Tertia Butcher/ Margie Mc Clelland)
def Slats Fireworks (Jess Pearce/ Talitha Brown) 6/3 5/6
C
grade IGA (Sharon Bunyan/ Jagger Shields) def Lugdin
Toyota (Warren Hunt/ Daniel Green) 6/5 5/4
Junior
Sunday morning activities will resume in May after the Anzac weekend with the
timetable available on the web
April 6
No weekly tennis
news for this week
Finals results in
night comp and photos will be forwarded next week News.
March 29
Night
tennis finals
Both
the Monday and Wednesday night competitions finals are scheduled this week with
result details to follow in next weeks Grazier.
Last
weeks Monday nights womens/mixed
round was cancelled due to the weather. With a good entry of 25 teams competing
there will be 5 grades finals played, with the
points ladders shown on the web.
In
the Wednesday night mens/mixed
competition there will be two grade finals played between the top 4 teams on
the ladder.
Juniors
Probably
for the first time the Hay High School did not supply a boys team to contest
the prestigious Stan Jones Trophy( boys high school tennis
competition) an event old timers say they think has been running for 60 years
or longer.
A
number of Hay players were either injured or
participating in other sports or unavailable or like previous years unaware the
event was on. Disappointing to the Barham club and School organisers in their
effort and time in getting the magnificent grass courts prepared. And a
huge disappointment to the Hay Tennis Club who provides a good workable court
hire system and cost for use of its facilities for school sport and offers assistance and coaching for the High School
teams.
The
High School girls however did play at Barham for the Floris Conway Cup –
however were eliminated in their first match against a brilliant Finley High School . Larissa Sorenson at number 3 had a tough loss
to well known
Mia Cameron who has competed in Hay tourneys. Hays Riverina rep Sophie
Curtis in the number one spot lost her singles and so too Indyanna
Wilson losing in the number 2 spot. Sila Vula at number 4 narrowly lost
6/5 in her singles a great effort – really hard with limited grass court
experience with two never playing on grass. The girls also lost their doubles.
At
local junior tennis on Sunday a total of 26 players participated in the two- time groups . There will be now no tennis for the next
two weeks with players asked to follow the web timetable.
Weekly
Award
The
AgFlite and Foodworks awards go to Sophie Curtis, Indyanna Wilson Larissa Sorenson and Sila
Vula for their play at Barham
The
Crightons awards go to Max Hutchings, Rachel Taylor
and Rhyla Bunyan with their efforts at Sunday tennis
March 22
Tennis
Competitions to finals
This
week will see the last round of play in the night competitions. The
following week the finals will be held before the Easter break.
Monday
finals will be A grade and B grade and due to the situation of 13 teams
competing in the other grade it could be
that three finals will be contested in this group.
Wednesdays
play with 11 teams as well as singles being held will contest two teams finals. Last weeks play on
this night produced some high standard matches across the complex. The
improvement in the new players was noticeable. The match of the night was the
Wyvern team of Scott and Jack winning 6/3 4/5 against the Lani Houston
Consulting team of Lani and Immy Molloy. Earlier
Scotty Dixon had a good 4/2 4/2 win against Alex Haidy
and Lani had a 4/2 3/4 win against Geoff
Chapman. Other results were The Convent beat AgFlite
6/3 5/6 , Crightons Rural
beat Slats boys 6/4 6/4 , Slats Fireworks beat Bunyans
Plumbing 6/2 6/4 and Bluebush Merino beat Bishops Lodge 6/4 6/3. The points
ladders are displayed on the website.
The
Griffith Club are keen to hold a tennis day on Sunday 27th June if
any Hay players are interested to contact tony.
Juniors
Sundays
match in Deniliquin with a team of 16 Hay players competing
was cancelled due to the weather. Deniliquin will hold its annual Easter
tourney which includes juniors events .
It
will also conduct special juniors tournaments on
17th and 18th April . There are only a handful of junior
tourneys scheduled this year with Hay likely to play more team matches.
Sundays
local activities will be held this weekend 5 yrs ( school ) to 7yrs- 9.30 am to 10.15 am ,and 10.15 to
11.30am for 8yrs to High School students
It
is that time of the year again for the schools knockout competition with no
play last year due to Covid. Good luck to
the High Schools boys and girls teams who travel to
Barham this week to play their annual western riverina
cluster matches.
March 15
Summer
Tennis Competitions nearing completion
Night
tennis competitions are well past the halfway mark and continue to produce
close results.
Slats
Fireworks still are on top of the ladder in the
Wednesday Night mens and mixed competition following
its good win with an interesting result 6/0 3/6 against Scott Dixons Wyvern
team. Earlier Scott had a win over undefeated singles
leader Immy Molloy. Alex Haidy
also had a good singles win. Well done to the new players for the night in
Chris McClelland, Dan Jamieson Marcus Dhu and
George from Wyvern.
In
the Monday night womens and mixed competition two
very close matches with near identical scores were won by Ellie Jamieson and Bronny Hicks for the HPS 5/6 6/4 against the Woodpark Poll
team of Caz Barnett and Julie Lawrence as well as the other A grade match with
the HWMHS team of Jan Zambon and Lou Gardam 6/4 5/6
against the Hay Services and Fitness team. A 6/1 1/6 draw resulted in B
grade between Hay Newsagency and Auscott.
The
Griffith Club are keen to hold a tennis day on Sunday 27th june if any Hay players are interested.
Juniors
There
will be no Sunday Morning junior activities this
weekend Sunday 14th as a junior Hay contingent of 20 players will
travel to play green ball sets against Deniliquin and Griffith teams to
be held in Deniliquin.
Last
Sunday there was a good roll up and thanks to the
experience of Warren Hunt running and participating in a
three quarters court orange ball competition. Well done to this group a
number playing this type of tennis for the first time – these players being
Noah Witherby, Mason Pearce, Sam Partel,
Ryan Clark, Ashton Green and Archie Auldist.
Many
thanks to Immy Molloy for all
her coaching and we wish her all the best returning to University.
Immy will continue to coach in holiday periods.
March 8
Hay Tennis Juniors play Deniliquin and Griffith
A
three way match amongst Hay Deniliquin and Griffith is
scheduled to be played at Deniliquin on Sunday 21st March.
The
team will be finalised at Sunday morning activities this coming weekend. At
this stage it is envisaged green ball standard with a possibility of orange
three quarter court for some players with the Hay team comprising up to 12 to
16 players in total. Last week an early 9.30am session
start began for the 5 yrs to 7 yrs group. This was followed by the normal group 8yrs to
high schoolers at 10.15am.
Night
competition teams numbers for both Monday and Wed competitions continue to
increase so players need to check the updated draw on the web.
The
A grade women’s on Monday night is so close on the
points table that any one of the six competing teams is worthy of the
premiership. In B Grade the Wooloondool team of Jacqui and Hilton
Hargreaves remain unbeaten following their 6/1 5/6 win against the Hay
Newsagency team of Kirsten and Max Hutchings. In B Res /C grade the Les,s Small Engines team of Charli
Giddins and Tania Stephenson has gone to outright
leader following its 6/4 4/4 win against AgFlite
headed by Amanda Kelton.
The
men’s saw competition leaders Slats Fireworks have a 6/3 3/6 draw against Jock Crighton’s Rural team. While the Blubush
Merino team of Geoff Chapman and Ian Lilburne had a
brilliant 6/3 5/5 win over the Lani Houston Cosultant
team. In the singles competition Immy Molloy
has gone to outright leader but she will be tested this week opposing former
club champion Scott Dixon.
Weekly
awards
The
AgFlite award goes to Simon Bunyan stepping back onto
the tennis court since his junior days to assist at Sunday junior’s activities.
The Crighton’s Rural award to Max Hutchings for his
Sunday play and the Foodworks award to Ben Taylor for his play at our new youngsters session on Sunday
March 1
Sunday
Tennis Juniors in Full Swing
A
good participation number played Sunday morning activities well managed by the
coaches. Competition doubles winners were Dan Jamieson and Dillon Green as well
as Kodi Scott and Tilly weeks. This coming Sunday Mar 7th will
see the start of the younger age group 5 yrs to 7yrs commencing with their times from 9.30 am to 10.15
am The normal group 8 yrs to High schoolers continues
at 10.15 to 11.30
Congratulations
to Hay Public School student Hilton Hargreaves in being selected in the
Riverina team comprising 4 boys and 4 girls. Hilton was selected in this team
last year but the competition was cancelled due to Covid.
Night
Comps
The
night competitions round two were completed with an additional three extra
teams joining Monday night. The closest match of the night was in A grade with
the Elders team of Kate and Sophie Stephens winning 5/6 6/4 against the HWMHS
team of Jan Zambon partnering Tracy Newnham who was
playing her first Hay competition game with good form. The other closest match
was in B Res/ C grade which saw Bidgee Bobcat and
Demo (Sila Vula and Indyanna Wilson) winning 6/2 4/6 against the Japps team of Lyla Quinn and Karen Martin
Two
very close 6/5 6/4 identical score wins were recorded by Woolooondool
and Lugsdin Toyota over Hay Jewellers and Riv
Grazier.
The
Wednesday night saw some turnabout results this time with AgFlite
and Te Aro beating round
one winners Bluebush Merino and Bunyans Plumbing . The match of the night saw
the lani Houston Consulting team ( Lani
Houston and Immy Molloy) win 6/5 6/3 against the Crightons Rural Engineering team of Jock Crighton and Andrew Davies
Information
is now available for the Deniliquin Easter tourney which comprises a fantastic atmosphere catering for all ages and grades
with separate events held on separate days.
Weekly
Awards
The
Agflyte award with good shots on Sunday at group 2
were Rachel Taylor and Noah Witherby
The
Crightons Rural award group1 and 3 went to Hannah Jamieson
and Ryla Bunyan
The
Foodworks award to Hilton Hargreaves –Riverina team
February 22
Tennis
underway
Both
Monday and Wednesday Night Tennis competitions as well as Sunday Morning junior
activities all started last week.
The
Monday womens and mixed doubles has attracted 22
teams over 4 grades with the closest match in B grade with a drawn result 6/3
3/6 between Hay Newsagency( Kirsten and Max Hutchings)
and Hay Jewellers (Cherokee and Jaylen Dixon). The closest A grade match was
the split sets win by HPS(Elle Jamieson and Bronny Hicks ) 6/2 3/6 against Elders. The best of the
combined B Res and C grade matches were the Bidgee
Bobcat and Demo team Indyanna Wilson and Sila Vula win against Hydes Plumbing as well as the IGA first time appearance
Jagger Shields with nan Sharon Bunyan win 6/3 5/5 against the Japps team of Lyla Quinn and Karen Martin. ( Note for Grazier – a couple of photos to come-- if space
and quality ok )
The
Wednesday mens and mixed has an entry of 9 teams in a
combined A and B Grade as well as 3 at the moment competing singles. Ian Lilburne made a fine debut to competition when his Bluebush
Merino team with Geoff Chapman won their grudge match against Te Aro 6/3 6/2. Jock Crighton made
a welcome return for Crightons Rural when he and
Andrew Davies had a good win against Bishops Lodge Motor Inn. Other winners
were Bunyans Plumbing coming from behind for a 5/6
6/2 win and Slats Fireworks a top 6/3 6/5 win.
Juniors
A
very hot Sunday morning kept numbers down for our first day but it was a good
atmosphere and well organised activities. Drinks were certainly enjoyed at our
finish time.
Weekly
Awards
The
AgFlite award goes to Tilly Weeks, Kodi Scott and
Dallas Giddins – Sundays
winners
The
Foodworks award to Samarth Patel – progressed to orange ball competition
The
Crightons Rural award goes to Riley Cooke, Ryan
Clark, Grant Dwyer and Jye Scott- non competition players big improvement
February 15
Night Tennis Competitions underway
The
Monday and Wednesday night competitions commence this week. As at the
weekend the Monday night womens competition which
includes some mixed pairs had a good entry of 21 teams in 4 grades. Further
details including the draw is available on the club’s website.
Juniors
The
long awaited junior club activities recommences this
coming Sunday Feb 21st at the new time of 10.15 and finishing time 11.30. A
junior competition will also commence for players up to high school year 8
students to include a singles and doubles match in two grades. For those not
strong enough for competition play junior activities and coaching will continue
with players age 8 yrs and over (7 yrs allowed for those players already participating at 2020
Sunday morning tennis.) A special group 5 yrs to 7 yrs will soon be organised with further details to follow.
Hay
hopes to be involved in a threeway match with
Deniliquin and Griffith – the first to be played in Deniliquin in March with
selections guided by the Sunday competition.
Vic
Country Week
Sadly the weeklong event scheduled to be held this week
in Swan Hill was cancelled. Anthony Slattery had organised a mens team to represent Hay.
Weekly
Awards
The
Foodworks Crightons and Agflite
awards this week go to St Marys pupils Tilly Weeks and Jaylen Dixon who gained
selection at the Diocesan Trials in Dubbo and competed in the Polding
championships in Newcastle.
And
also goes to the Hay public School pupils Dan And Hannah Jamieson, Archie
Houston and Hilton Hargreaves who gained selection at the Sth
West Riverina trials in Deniliquin to compete for the
Riverina team in Griffith next week.
February 8
Tennis
Starts from Monday
Night
tennis competitions commence for the combined womens
and mixed doubles on Monday nights from Feb 15 (entries close this week ) and for the combined mens
and mixed doubles on Wednesday nights from Feb 17 (entries close next week).
Another singles competition will also be held Wednesday nights.
Players
can enter as a team of two or more players or individually either online or
contacting Tony or Warren. The Monday night will probably be 4 grades and the
Wednesday night 3 grades. Competitions will run for approximately 6 weeks.
Further information can be found on the Hay Tennis Club website.
Juniors
Junior
Sunday morning activities will commence on 21st feb
and will include a junior competition in various grades as well as fun
activities and coaching for the younger ones. Sunday times are a little
different with further details to follow.
Weekly
Awards
The
Foodworks, Crightons Rural and Agflite
awards go to the coaches involved in the successful running of three camps over
the holidays –these being Stu Callaghan, Immy Molloy,
Alex Haidy, Kenny Hargreaves, Lani Houston and
Delilah Crighton
January 31
Night
tennis competitions
Players
are reminded that entries are currently being taken for the forthcoming Monday
and Wednesday night tennis competitions with full details to be advised in next
week’s Grazier
Meanwhile
the Victorian Country week will hold its annual carnival shortly with limited
numbers with Hay again entering a men’s team. Further details will follow Sent
from my iPhone
January 25
Tennis
Activities Planned
Night
Tennis Competitions are set to commence from Monday 15th Feb with
entries now being taken. Monday again will entail women’s or mixed pairs with
Wednesday play being men’s or mixed pairs in various grades. Players can enter
individually or with a partner. The singles competition for both men and women
will also again be held on Wednesday nights.
Junior
Sunday morning activities will recommence on 21st Feb
In
the mean time the third school holiday camp is being
conducted this week again reaching maximum numbers. Congratulations to Stuart
and the other coaches for the success of these activities.
January 11
Tennis
Camps Success
The
first Tennis Camp held last week proved very successful with camp number two
being held this week. Both camps were booked out with maximum numbers accepted.
Camp
number three to be held Jan 26 27 28 has still a few vacancies with enquiries
to Stuart. Well done to all those involved.
The
regular Sunday morning junior fun activities will recommence in February with
full details on the web.
There
are still 2021 calendars available which can be collected from the Clubhouse or
at the business advertisers.
December 21
Tennis
finals completed
A
further three grades Monday night competition finals were completed last week
with details as follows –
A
Res grade Hay Public School (Bronny Hicks and Elle
Jamieson) beat Japps Pharmacy (Lucy Pless and Laura Zambon) 6/4 6/3
B
grade St Marys (Cherokee Dixon and Felicity Kew) beat Hay Services &
Fitness (Tania and Matilda Nisbet) 6/1 6/4
C
grade Les,s Mobile Repairs (Tania
Stephenson and Alex Giddins) defeated Bidgee Bobcat (Indyanna Wilson
and Sila Vula ) 6/1 4/6
The
B Res final between The Riverine Grazier and IGA will be played in the new year
Juniors
The
first two school holiday camps are booked out with Stuart now accepting names
for camp three to be held on 26,27,28 Jan
Calendar
The
2021 Tennis Club Community Calendar is now available and can be collected
from the calendars business advertisers or at the clubhouse. A great effort to
those involved.
The
weekly Foodworks, AgFlite and Crightons
Rural Awards go to Tracy Newnham, Sam Davies and the Riverine Grazier for
compiling and printing the 2021 calendar. The award also goes to Wendy Heerey for starting and keeping the calendar going for 45
years.
December 14
Womens Tennis Finals Delay
The
miserable weather last week for the Monday Night tennis finals caused
a postponement to be played this week with match results and details
to follow. One match however has since been played – the A grade match going
down to the wire.
Gravina
(Immy Molloy and Teresa Mirabelli
) beat Lani Houston Consulting (Lani Houston and Sophie Curtis)- the score
being 3/6 6/2 and tiebreaker decider 7/5 ( photo to follow to Grazier)
Three
junior tennis camps will be held over the school holidays organised by Stuart
Callaghan. Information will be advised on the website shortly with the
first one being held on Jan 5,6,7 from 9am to 11am each day
December 7
Organised tennis activities finished for year
The
Wednesday night tennis competition was finalised last week while the Monday
night with five grade finals is scheduled this week.
The
last round of play was held on Wednesday and following results winners were
determined by their ladder points with champions as follows A grade Pynors
Accountants- Jensen and Kenny Hargreaves, and Alex Haidy. A
Res grade Hay Newsagency-Paula Comb and Peter Davies. B grade The
Convent- Jacqui and Hilton Hargreaves. The singles winner was Immy Molloy.
Monday
nights finals report will be advised week next with full details of all
competitions listed on the clubs web.
The
last of the Sunday morning junior fun activities was held on the weekend with
those attending receiving their well
earned treat. Many thanks to the players and coaches
supporting this vital program in preparing the juniors to eventually move
through the ranks to competition play.
A
coaching camp will be held in the holidays with more details to follow.
A
good AGM meeting was held on Sunday morning following junior tennis and
congratulations goes to Warren Hunt in accepting the Presidents role again
for the next 12 months after leading the Club through a difficult and eventful
year.
The
weekly AgFlite, Foodworks and Crightons
Rural Awards this week go to our Sunday morning coaches Stuart Callaghan, Kenny
Hargreaves, Lani Houston and Immy Molloy as well as
President Warren Hunt
November 30
Tennis
competitions to Finals
A
big programme of matches with no byes this week will bring the night
competitions to finals. Some top matches were played in both Monday and
Wednesday nights.
The
pick of the Monday A/B grade was the drawn match between WoodPark
Poll comprising Zac Molloy home in town for the weekend and coming to the
rescue as a sub to partner Julie Lawrence
6/4 4/6 against the Elders team of Eleanor Miller and Sophie Stephens.
Other wins in this grade went to Hay Newsagency, Gravina,
HPS, Lani Houston Consulting and Japps Pharmacy.
In
the B Res /C Grade the Hay Services and Fitness team of Tania and Matilda
Nisbet had the closest win 6/4 5/6 against the Riverine Grazier team of Margie McCleland and Tertia Butcher with other wins going to Hydes Plumbing, St. Marys, IGA and Bidgee Bobcat and Demo. Following results this week
the top 4 teams in each grade will contest 4 finals next week.
Seven
high quality matches were completed on Wednesday night. Mark O’Brien won a 4/2
3/4 4/2 singles against Geoff Chapman. Mark then partnered Immy
Molloy for Hay Shire to have a 5/6 6/4 win over the undefeated
Pynors. The Slats Fireworks team of Peter Head and Anthony Slattery had a tough
6/3 5/6 win over 92 Computing. Tom Porter and Geoff Chapman for Amaroo had a
good battle 6/3 6/3 win against Meggs Grain while the
Hay Newsagency team of Paula Comb and Peter Davies continued the close match
trend with a 6/2 3/6 win over Hay Pizza Bar. In the B Grade section Les’s Mobile Repairs had a 6/2 6/4 win against Hay
Jewellers while the Hay Services and Fitness with Liam Woods the big improver
winning against The Convent.
Juniors
A
good number attended Sunday morning with three coaches organised. Marco
Tumolero continues good mature play. This coming Sunday will be the last for
2020.
General
The
Club is still operating under Covid conditions in accordance with Tennis NSW
regulations and guidelines and this will continue until otherwise advised.
The
AGM will be held Sunday at 1115 following junior tennis
November 23
Good
Quality Tennis Competition Matches
Eleven
matches were completed at Monday Night Tennis with some good tennis. The
closest match of the night was in the A and B grade group with the High School
team of Jan Zambon and Lou Gardam having a very close
win against the Elders team of Eleanor Miller and Sophie Stephens the score 5/6
6/4. The other close result in this grade saw the Murphys
Clothing team of Kate Murphy and Ellen Zambon win 6/2
4/6 against WoodPark Poll comprising Julie Lawrence
and Caz Barnett. Well done to the substitutes Harriet Lugsdin and Katie Arandt
in the Bishops Lodge Motor Inn win against Meggs
Grain Handlers. Other winners were Hay Newsagency, Lani Houston Consulting and
Hay Public School.
The
closest match in the B Res C grade group was the Bidgee
Bobcat and Demo team of Indyanna Wilson and Sila Vula having a 6/4 4/2
victory over The Hay Services and Fitness team comprising Alex Hussain and
Megan Caspar both playing their first tennis with honors.
The Hydes Plumbing team of Marco Tumolero and Jack
Hutchings came from behind to beat Hay Jewellers Tiff Marsden and Therese
Murphy 5/6 6/0. Other winners were Riverine Grazier, St Marys and Lugsdin
Toyota
The
mens round was of a high quality with a brilliant
match won by Kenny and Jensen Hargreaves Pynors Accountants team 6/5 3/3
against Slats Fireworks. The Meggs Grain team of Dean
Aylett and Daniel Stewart got their revenge and beat The Hay Newsagency team
this round 4/6 6/3. Amaroo were too good for Hay Pizza bar and Hay Shire had a
4/6 6/2 win over 92 Computing.
Immy Molloy and Geoff Chapman had a 4/2 2/4 drawn singles.
Juniors
Only
8 registrations had been received for Sunday fun activities and with the
weekend heat – the session was cancelled, with hopefully better weather this
weekend. Registrations are to be made by Saturday morning to enable a
program and coaches required to be worked out.
November 16
Tennis
Grant Success for New Court
The
Tennis Club has received a grant for an additional tennis court, converting the
unused lit clay court to synthetic grass. This will bring to total 8 courts
playable a better number now in conducting tournaments as well as local night
competitions. It will be separately enclosed, ideal for coaching.
The
Grant is part of the NSW Stronger Country Community Fund. Many thanks goes to Lani Houston in her time and efforts on grant
applications.
Night
Competitions
Ten
good matches some to the maximum time limit were completed across the four
grades at last weeks play. Three standout matches
were played in the combined A and B grade with the HPS team of Bronny Hicks and Elle Jamieson beating Elders 5/6 6/4 and a
near identical score saw Wooloondool Jacqui and Hilton Hargreaves beat
Bishops Lodge Motel. The other match was the Japps
Pharmacy team of Lucy Pless and Laura Zambon beating
the HWMHS team 6/4 4/5
The
closest matches in the combined B Res and C grade was
the IGA team of Sarah Bunyan and Mollie Bolitho winning 6/5 6/3 against the
Riverine Grazier as well as the St. Marys team of Felicity Kew and Cherokee
Dixon win 6/2 6/5 against the Bidgee Bobcat team
Wednesday
night competition was cancelled due to the miserable weather.
Juniors
Well
done to Prince Patel, Emma Curtis, Tilly Weeks and Jaylen Dixon who represented
St. Marys at the Diocesan trials held in Dubbo last week. Congratulations
to Tilly and Jaylen being selected with the tournament to be held in early
2021. These four players get this weeks AgFlite, foodworks and Crightons Eng weekly awards
Sunday
morning local activities were cancelled due to only 9 players available
and the predicted unpleasant weather. Sunday morning activities will continue
up to Dec 6th and on this day the AGM will follow
November 9
Tennis
Major Fundraiser
The
Tennis Clubs Community Calendar has now become its major fundraiser in recent
years with the Annual Open Tournament not being held again this
year.
Arrangements
for the 2021 Calendar sees the birthday entries close this week Friday 13th
November. Thanks to all the ongoing and new Advertisers who are
supporting the calendar which has been in production for 45 years originally
started by former committee member Phil Simpson and maintained and kept going
by the enthusiasm and hard work of Wendy Heerey.
Once
produced the calendars are free to be picked up at any of the advertisers
available before Christmas.
The
fundraiser has assisted in keeping tennis fees to a minimum for a number of
years now and hopefully this can continue. Last minute birthday entries can
go to Tracy Newnham or Sam Davies.
Competitions
The
warmer weather finally came for Monday night competition play for the 11
matches scheduled with a number receiving byes.
Winners
in the A and B grade group were Bishops Lodge Motel, Wooloondool, Hay
Newsagency, Gravina. Woodpark Poll and Hay War
Memorial High School
B
Res and C grade wins went to St. Marys, Hay Serv and Fitness, Bidgee Bobcat and Demo, and Les s Small Engine Repairs.
The
closest match of the night was the Elders team of Sophie Stephens and Elanor
Miller defeating the Japps team 3/6 6/1
Only
three Wednesday matches (1 singles and 2 doubles were contested) on the state
of origin night. Mark O”Brien
had a narrow victory over Geoff Chapman 4/2 3/4 . The doubles team of 92
Computing comprising Steve Longworth and Tommy Lugsdin won 6/2 6/2 against
Amaroo while the Hargreaves brothers Pynors team were too strong for Hay Shire.
Juniors
Well
done to the all girls
year 5 group Genevieve Williamson, Tilly Weeks, Matilda Nisbet and Charli Giddins who played some great points at Sunday morning fun
activities. Good luck to Tilly heading to Dubbo soon for the Diocese team
selections to play in 2021
Weekly
Awards
The
Foodworks award goes to Sue Hanna for her out of retirement great volleys in
last weeks tough A grade match
The
AgFlyte award goes to Tiem
Wilson returning to play after her bad leg injury last year.
The
Crightons Rural Award go to Mr and Mrs Fenton (Mischelle Schiller mum and dad) who have now returned to
Hay and were wonderfully spectating and enjoying last Mondays
competition play.
November 2
Good
play in Wednesday Tennis
Whilst
the Monday night womens/ mixed was cancelled due to
the wintery wet weather the Wednesday mens/ mixed /
singles provided plenty of good points across all grades.
Hay
Newsagency continue their good run with a 6/2 5/6 win over the weekly special
team of Jan Zambon and Bede Schiller. The
Pynors Accountants team has moved to top of the ladder with its strong win
over Zanda Haidy Hay Pizza
Shop team. Les,s
Mobile Repairs team with Tony Callaghan making a successful return had a 6/3
6/3 win against Meggs Grain. The Hay Services and
Fitness team of Liam Davies and Matt Blanchonette
also made a good return to the courts with a 6/4 6/2 win against Hay Jewellers
while the match of the night saw Slats Fireworks come from behind to win 4/6
6/2 against the Hay Shire combination of mark O”Brien and Immy Molloy.
Juniors
A
good registration of 15 juniors with three coaches participated at Sunday fun
activities. Matilda Nisbet and Charli Giddins played
a good singles and doubles match. Dillon Green won some fun activities while in
the younger group Ryan Clark, Grant Dwyer and Cameron Clark made some nice
enthusiastic shots.
Weekly
Awards
This
week Foodworks, Crightons Rural and AgFlyte awards go to Ollie and Abbey Liddington
who were missed at Sunday juniors activities following their move from Hay and
wishing them all the best at their new town.
October 26
Good
start to Tennis Competitions
A
total of 16 matches were played in good spirit and conditions on the opening round of the Monday and Wednesday night
tennis competitions. Play is scheduled between 50 to 80 mins with only one
match halted at the 80 min mark.
The
Monday competition entails 13 teams in a combined A and B grade with another 13
teams in a combined B Reserve and C grade
The
closest match was the Hydes Plumbing team of Marco
Tumolero and Jack Hutchings winning 6/3 5/6 against the Mystery team. The next
closest was the Riverine Grazier of Margie McClelland and Tertia Butcher
winning coming from behind 4/6 6/1 against the Hay Jewellers. Another good
clash was the Hay Services and Fitness team of Matilda and Tania
Nisbet winning 6/3 6/4 against Foodworks. Sarah Bunyan and Mollie McLean
for IGA and back on the courts since their junior days had a 6/5 6/2 debut
great win against Lugsdin Toyota.
In
the top grade the HPS team of Bronny Hicks and Elle
Jamieson had the closest win 6/3 6/4 against last season’s runner up Murphys Clothing. Other winners in both grades went to
Bishops Lodge Motor INN, WoodPark Poll, Wooloondool, Japps, and L. Houston Consulting.
The
Wednesday night competition comprises a combined mens
and mixed competition as well as a separate singles comp. The singles match saw
Immy Molloy beat Mark O’Brien in a top match 2/4 4/1.
These two players then combined for Hay Shire to beat the defending champions
Amaroo 6/0 5/6. Jensen Hargreaves made a welcome return to the courts for
Pynors when he and Kenny toppled Slats Fireworks 6/5 4/3 .
The Convent team of Hilton and Jacqui Hargreaves had a good 6/5 6/2 win over
hay Jewellers while the Hay Newsagency team of Peter Davies and Paula Comb also
had a good 6/3 6/5 win against Meggs Grains.
Juniors
was called off on Sunday Morning due to the weather with registrations now
being taken for this coming Sunday
Weekly
Awards
Sarah
Bunyan and Mollie McLean having their first game for many many
years and had a win both share the AgFlyte, Crightons and Foodworks awards.
October 19
Good
Entry for Monday Night Tennis
The
combined womens and mixed doubles Monday night tennis
competition commencing this week has attracted 25 teams to date. The
Wednesday night mens and mixed as well as singles had
6 team entries as at the weekend. Matches will run from 50 mins to 80 mins max
and first to 6 game sets will continue with play still being monitored under
covid conditions with the kiosk now operating. The full details are available
on the tennis website.
Juniors
Junior
fun activities resumed on Sunday at the new starting time of 10am. A good
number of near capacity participants were well supported by 5 coaches.
Registrations are needed each week in advance up to the day before. Ollie Liddington and Marco Tumolero went well with Ashton Green
having a good singles win. Tilly Weeks, Abbey Liddington
and Matilda Nisbet are ready to collect their weekly prize following their team
results.
Weekly
awards
The
AgFlite, Foodworks and Crightons
award this week goes to Andrew and Tom Davies who are currently spending many
hours of their time doing court fencing adjustments a big help for the coaches
in retrieving tennis balls at the back of the courts.
October 12
New
Tennis competitions
Entries
for the new night competitions for Monday and Wednesday are now being taken.
Monday night is generally women but in recent competitions has included a
few male contestants.
Wednesday
night is a combined men’s and mixed doubles as well as singles – players on
this night can enter and play both the doubles and singles sections if they
wish.
The
web will be updated this week to advise the full details as well as Covid
conditions in accordance with Tennis NSW.
Riverina
tennis
Congratulations
to Jacqui Hargreaves in now holding a position on the new-look
South West Tennis committee as a parent representative who attended
her first zoom meeting on the weekend. The previous paid and partly paid
positions are no longer operating or have been transferred to Sydney due to the
current available funds. Only one sanctioned Tournament has been held in
the area with no reports received and all other tournaments abandoned due
to the covid condition’s imposed. Hays
tournament director advised that the restrictions made it hard to run a Hay
Tourney this year and this included even a gala day.
Disposal
of Green Shed and Equipment
The
Tennis club is in the process of advertising for the sale and disposal of its
clay court equipment, shed etc -See full advertisement details in this weeks Grazier
Community
Tennis Calendar
Plans
are in the process for the 2021 Tennis Calendar with birthday entries now
being taken at the Tennis Club, Riverine Grazier, Centrespot
Flowers or the Hay Tourist Centre.
Juniors
Sunday
morning junior fun activities resumes this coming Sunday 18th
October at the new starting time of 10am. Registrations must be received by
Saturday morning so the amount of coaches can be
organised.
Weekly
Awards
The
AgFlite. Foodworks and Crightons
Rural Awards this week all go to Wendy Heerey who has
kept the Community Tennis Calendar going for 45 years. She has spent hours each
year contacting prospective advertisers and had a good relationship with The
Printed Post which has now closed down.
October 6
Tennis
Finals Results
Three
women’s tennis doubles were contested by the top six teams on the points ladder
following a four week random draw Monday night
competition.
The
top division graded teams saw Gravina ( Immy molloy
and Teresa Mirabelli ) beat Murphys
Clothing 6/2 6/1 . The next division final was The Japps
pharmacy team of Lucy Pless and Laura Zambon won 6/3
6/3 against Woodpark Poll with the other division being Bishops Lodge Motor Inn
( Cherokee Dixon and Tilly Weeks ) winning 6/2 6/2
against the Bidgee Bobcat and Demo team.
tennis
doubles were contested by the top six teams on the points ladder following a four week random draw Monday night competition.
The
top division graded teams saw Gravina ( Immy molloy
and Teresa Mirabelli ) beat Murphys
Clothing 6/2 6/1 . The next division final was The Japps
pharmacy team of Lucy Pless and Laura Zambon won 6/3
6/3 against Woodpark Poll with the other division being Bishops Lodge Motor Inn
( Cherokee Dixon and Tilly Weeks ) winning 6/2 6/2
against the Bidgee Bobcat and Demo team.
September
28
Tennis
Break for holidays
Night
Competitions for both Monday and Wednesday sections, Juniors, Sunday morning
activities as well as Stuart Callaghan private coaching will break for the
school holidays.
Court
hire as well as Immy Molloy
and Kenny Hargreaves private coaching will continue.
It
was top of the ladder points Amaroo (Geoff Chapman and Tom Porter) who were
declared the Wednesday night competition winners after the short 4 week competition. (photo to
grazier to follow) The team beat the Hay Newsagency in a rain interrupted last
round night 6/5 6/3 to finish 3 points ahead of Wooloondool. The Meggs Grain team of Dean Aylett and Daniel Stewart after
taking the first set 6/0 to set up an unbeatable lead but with fresh balls and
a change of court then lost the second 2/6 to the Eli Elwah
in a good contest. The Pynors team of Kenny and Hilton Hargreaves
finished the comp on a strong note with a 6/1 6/0 0/2 win against the Lani
Houston consulting team. Another top match was the Hay Shire close 6/2
6/5 win against the Slats Fireworks combination of Trish and Shayne McGufficke.
Singles
competition winners were Amelia Maynard (good win against Mark O’Brien ) as well as Ollie Liddington.
The
top six teams on the ladder in the 15 teams competing on Monday nights will
contest three finals this week. Emma Johnson made a fine
tennis debut for Auscott winning her first set
before going down to the Foodworks team of Anna Lilburne
and Sue Parslow 3/6 6/2. Hay Jewellers mother
and daughter Anne McNally and Therese Murphy combined well with a 6/3 6/3 win
against Bidgee Bobcat and Demo. The Hay services and
Fitness team of Jacqui and Hilton Hargreaves had a close 6/2 6/5 win against Hydes Plumbing. Other wins went to Wooloondool, Gravina, Woodpark Poll and Japps
Pharmacy with the full points on the website.
One
singles was completed on the night won by Jack
Hutchings.
Juniors
The
last session of Sunday morning activities was held on Sunday prior to the
break. Noah Witherby continues to improve with
Abbey Liddington putting in a good effort.
September
21
Tennis Competition to final
The
Monday night short competition involving 15 teams in a weekly random draw will host
three finals for the top six teams on the ladder. This will be held on the 28th
Sept being the first Monday of the school holidays with only the three matches
scheduled. Entries for a new competition to commence after the holidays are now
being taken. Last week seven good matches were played with the Japps Pharmacy team of Lucy Pless and Laura Zambon having a 6/2 2/6 draw against the Hydes Plumbing team.
The
continual improvement paid off for the Hay Jewellers team of Tiff Marsden and
Therese Murphy having their first win 6/5 6/3 against Foodworks. Well done to
the Bishops Lodge Motor Inn team of Cherokee Dixon and Tilly Weeks for their
close win against Lugsdin Toyota. The Gravina
team of Teresa Mirabelli and Immy
Molloy came from behind to beat the Wooloondool girls 4/6 5/0
.
Other
good wins went to Bidgee Bobcat and Demo, Murphys Clothing (who has now bounced back to top of
ladder) and Elders.
It
was a good atmosphere at Wednesday night tennis when all the courts were being
utilised from 4.30 pm onwards with coaching, social play, the singles
competition as well as the doubles.
Singles
winners were Indyanna Wilson and Immy
Molloy.
The
doubles match of the night comprising the brilliant long and tactical rallies
to match the US Open, was the Hay Newsagency team of Paula Comb and Peter
Davies 6/5 2/4 result against the mystery team this week comprising top play
from Jan Zambon. The Lani Houston Consulting
team of Alex Haidy and Sophie Curtis again had
another draw the score 6/4 4/6 against the Eli Elwah
team of Bede Schiller and Ralph Robson. The Amaroo team of Geoff Chapman and
Tom Porter continue to head the ladder following its 6/2 4/6 win against the Les,s Mobile Repairs with Pacey
Marks again playing well.
The
Meggs Grain team of Dean Aylett and Daniel Stewart
opened their winning account with a 6/1 2/6 win against Pynors while
Wooloondool had a tough 6/3 6/5 win over Hay Shire. The centre court stage saw
the Slats Fireworks team of Anthony Slattery and Shane McGufficke
having a narrow win against 92 Computing 6/2 4/5
Juniors
Two
new players were welcomed to Sunday morning activities with a
good allocated number participating with four coaches organised under
covid conditions. Another session will be held this week again at 11am
with advance registrations required.
Weekly
Award
The
AgFlite, Foodworks and Crightons
awards go to Peter Davies and Paula Comb for their well-earned marathon result
last Wednesday.
September 14
Extra
tennis teams
Night
tennis competitions have increased teams now with 15 womens
and 12 mens teams competing. Matches will be from 50
mins to 75 mins duration.
Last
weeks reports are as follows- for Monday womens matches the Japps Pharmacy
team of Lucy Pless and Laura Zambon have gone to
equal co leaders on the ladder following its 6/2 3/6 win against the Lugsdin
Toyota team. The other co leader is the Hydes
Plumbing team of Kirsten and Max Hutchings who had a 6/2 5/6 win over Woodpark
Poll. Another good match was the Gravina team of Immy Molloy and Sophie Curtis coming from behind to beat
the strong Murphys Clothing team 4/6 6/0
Other
winners were IGA, Bidgee Bobcat and Demo, Elders and Auscott.
Teams
doubles as well as the start of the singles were played on Wednesday. In
singles Mark O’Brien had a 4/1 3/4 0/2 narrow edge over Immy
Molloy. These two players then combined for the Hay Shire to beat 92
Computing 6/1 4/6. The match of the night saw the Wooloondool team of Nick and
Herbie Maynard team beat Slats Fireworks 6/3 6/4 . the
Amaroo team of Geoff Chapman and Tom Porter remain on top of the ladder with a
6/3 6/5 win against Meggs Grain. The Lani Houston
Consulting team of Alex Haidy and Sophie Curtis had a
top 6/3 3/6 draw against the Mystery team while the out
of retirement Les’s Mobile Repairs team combination of
Tony Callaghan and Pacey Marks had many long rallies win 6/2 6/2 against Hay
Newsagency. The Eli Elwah team of Bede Schiller and
Ralph Robson broke through with a 6/5 6/3 win against the Pynors Accountants.
Juniors
Some
nice tennis in good weather was conducted on Sunday with the 11am start time
continuing next week.
Weekly
Award
The
AgFlite Foodworks and Crightons
awards go to Lucy Pless and Laura Zambon for their
good victory against the master Warren Hunt in last Mondays play
September 7
Good
start to tennis competitions
Eleven
matches were held on Monday and Wednesday nights for the start of the Spring womens and mens competitions
Mondays
closest match was the Woodpark Poll team of Lisa and Emily Headon winning 6/5
6/4 against the IGA team of Kirsten and Jack Hutchings. Another top match saw Murphys Clothing of Kate Murphy and Ellen Zambon beating the top Elders team of Bronny Hicks and Elle Jamieson 6/5 6/2 .
Other wins went to Bishops Lodge Motor Inn, Hydes Plumbing , Japps pharmacy and Hay
Service and Fitness.
Three
good matches were contested for the teams doubles (no
singles were played) to start the mens competition.
Slats Fireworks the favourites had some good rallies in their win against the
Pynors Accoutants team of Kenny Hargreaves partnering
younger brother Hilton who has replaced the injured Jensen- the score 6/3 6/1.
The grudge match saw the Amaroo team of Geoff Chapman and Tom Porter win 6/2
5/4 against the Eli Elwah team of Ralph Robson and
Bede Schiller. The other match was 92Computing comprising Steve Longworth and
Lani Houston winning 6/3 6/4 against the Meggs Grain
fit and fast team of Danny Stewart and Dean Aylett
Juniors
Sunday
morning fun activities will resume this weekend to start at 11am with any
new registrations required by Saturday to organise the number of coaches
required.
Weekly
awards
Emily
and Lisa Headon as well as Kirsten and Jack Hutchings get this weeks Foodworks, Crightons Rural
and AgFlite awards for their top doubles match
August 31
New
Spring Tennis Competitions
New
Spring competitions to run for four weeks commences this week for Monday Womens and Wednesday mens doubles
with all matches scheduled to run for 50 mins up to 75 mins maximum.
Singles
may also run on Wednesday if there is sufficient
interest. The full details including teams are listed on the web.
As
at Sunday, 13 womens teams and 9 mens had entered.
Meanwhile
major works have been held at the club in preparation hopefully to lay a
synthetic grass court over clay court number 5 bringing the total courts
playable to eight and all lit.
Juniors
Another
good number under Covid Conditions enjoyed the Sunday morning junior activities
with Ashton Green playing some nice shots. The juniors
winners were Erika Guan, and Sally Dwyer. This Sunday 6th Sept
will be a rest day and then play will be held on the following three Sundays up
to the school holidays. At this stage the start time will remain at 11am
Weekly
Awards
Bede
Schiller again scores the Foodworks, Agflite and crightons Rural awards for his hard work and leadership in
the current works at the club.
August 24
Tennis
Club Clean Up Day
The
Tennis club held a major clean up on the weekend with a view of discarding all
the claycourt equipment and prepare for a further
synthetic court. The green shed , clay court equipment
as well as the pump located in the green shed will be offered for tender sale.
The
clay courts have been unused now for three years but
with a new synthetic court will bring the total number of courts
playable to 8 all synthetic grass and all under lights. This number
is currently sufficient and affordable to run
all Hay tennis activities.
Meanwhile
this week will see rest days on Monday and Wednesday night tennis with a Spring
competition commencing next week from Monday 31/8 .
The competition will revert back to Monday womens
doubles and mens Wednesday doubles
. Wednesday will also hold a singles comp
so players can play both singles and doubles if they wish. Full details are on
the web. Last weeks singles was
called off due to the bad weather.
Seven
doubles matches were completed with an exciting
draw in the womens group between the Lugsdin Toyota
4/3 3/4 and Les,s Mobiles repairs with Dylan
Ilic going well. Another close one was the 4/2 3/4 win by Anna Lilburne and Sue Parslow for
Woodpark Poll against the Hay Jewellers team of Tiff Marsden and Therese
Murphy. Other wins went to Murphys Clothing, IGA, Meggs Grain Transport,
The
mens winners were Bullants
Motors and Bidgee Bobcat and Demo
Juniors
Another
enjoyable morning took place on Sunday at the junior activities with 5 coaches helping and despite a bit of a nuisance wind all
players hit some good shots
Weekly
Award
Bede
Schiller gets the Foodworks AgFlite and Crightons Rural awards this week for his top organising of
the current works being undertaken at the
courts.
August 17
Last
Round of winter tennis
This
week will see the last of our weekly organised singles and doubles matches
before we start a Spring competition in various grades for doubles reverting
back to our normal Monday and Wednesday mens and womens nights.
Last
weeks doubles matches again
were close with good quality play with winners being Foodworks, Bidgee Motor Inn, Bidgee Bobcat
and Demo, and Crightons Rural while the closest match
was the Murphys Clothing Store team of Jan Zambon and Kate Murphy winning 4/2 3/4 against the Les.s Small Business Repairs team of Jacqui and Hilton
Hargreaves.
In
singles matches the closest match was the mark O.Brien win over Lani Houston 4/3 2/4 2/1 with other
wins to Geoff Chapman, Anthony Slattery and Marcus Dhu
Junior
activities with four coaches involved went well on Sunday with Charli Giddins, Marco Tumolero and Ollie Liddington
hitting some nice shots in the older group while Grant and Sally Dwyer did well
in the younger group. Weekly registrations under Covid conditions must be
made in advance.
The
AgFlite,
Foodworks and Crightons awards this week
go to players who have played very little tennis and all had wins at their
doubles last week these being Daisy Barnes, Katie Howard and Sila Vula
South
Wagga will host a special UTR tournament event on 29th /30th
August.
August 10
Night
Tennis results
Four
of the Monday teams doubles matches were closely contested.
In
the womens group the Bishops
lodge Motor Inn of Cherokee Dixon and Tilly Weeks had a 4/1 2/4 win against the
IGA team. The Bidgee Motor Inn team of Kirsten and
Jack Hutchings had a come from behind win to beat the Hay Jewellers 3/4 4/1
In
the mens the Bidgee Bobcat
and Demo team of Alex Haidy and Immy
Molloy had an exciting draw 4/3 2/3 against
Slats fireworks comprising Shane McGufficke and
Anthony Slattery while the O’Briens Fertilisers
team of Mark O’Brien and Sophie Stephens had a 4/3 2/2 win against AgFlite. Other winners on the night went to Meggs Grain with Ollie Liddington
playing well as well as the Murphys Clothing team of Ellen Zambon
and Kate Murphy.
Singles
winners Wednesday night saw Mark O’Brien having a good win against Daniel Zambon .
Kenny Hargreaves giving Slats a lesson and Xavier molloy
coming back to narrowly beat lani Houston
however it was the great mature match of Hilton Hargreaves
and Tilly Weeks with Hilton prevailing.
Junior
Sunday morning continues at 11am with limited numbers with registrations
required in advance. Private coaching also continues with three coaches
currently operating. Coaching information is detailed on the web and those
being coached must be members.
Weekly
Awards
The
Crightons Rural award goes to Cherokee Dixon who
returned to competition tennis still displaying her talents she had in her
junior days. The Foodworks award goes to Sophie Stephens who has returned to
Hay and played so well substituting in a mens doubles match which she won. The AgFlite
award goes to Alex Haidy who played with great
maturity having a good drawn result against experienced opposition
August 3
Tennis
Competition underway
The
short duration tennis competitions for both Monday and Wednesday nights
commenced this week in cool conditions.
Best
of the mens Monday doubles was the Bullant Motors of Bede Schiller and Geoff Chapman beating
the Bidgee Bobcat and Demo team the score being 3/4
4/3 2/0 while the closest womens result was Les’s Mobile Repairs team of Jacqui and Hilton Hargreaves
coming from behind 3/4 4/1 to defeat the Crightons Rural team of Katie Arandt and Delilah Crighton. Best of the Wednesday singles opening round was
the draw between Xavier Molloy and Daniel Zambon 4/3 2/4.
There
are still a few membership renewals outstanding.Thank
you to all the green pass memberships this year ( more than last year) with the
green pass letter to be issued this week.
juniors
A
good roll up on Sunday morning activities meant we needed to use the full
complex of courts with the maximum 21 students allowed
plus coaches necessary under the covid conditions.Players
need to register each week by Friday night to monitor the juniors and coaches
number.
Weekly
Awards
The
Agflite award this week goes to Mark O.Brien for his performances at
both Monday and Wednesday competition. The Foodworks award goes to Kirsten
Hutchings in her encouragement participating with the
juniors at Monday night play while the Crightons
Rural award goes to Marco Tumolerlo for his top play
and attitude at Sunday juniors.
July 27
Junior
Tennis success
Sunday
morning saw the restart of group junior activities which included games and
coaching under the covid conditions. This will continue each week with players
needing to register by every Friday, to monitor the numbers allowed and to work
out the number of coaches required.
Meanwhile
private coaching continues with Stuart, or Immy or
Kenny with details on the web.
Night
tennis is back on for five weeks with hourly matches and early times to suit
for this time of year. Monday doubles and Wednesday singles starts this week
and late entries are welcome.
The
Griffith tournament as well as all tournaments in the south west have been
cancelled for the next month.
The
AgFlyte, Foodworks and Crightons
Rural Awards go this week to those players who played some nice shots at Sunday
morning activities these being the brother and sister Ollie and Abbey Liddington and Katie Black.
July 20
Junior
Tennis with conditions resumes on Sunday
Sunday
morning group activities will resume after a
break of four months. Under strict Covid conditions a maximum 12 juniors with 4
coaches/ hitters will play on the front 4 courts. The players group eligible
will be for the beginners red ball or orange ball players and need to be at
least 7 years old. Green and normal ball players are encouraged to play night
competitions. Registrations must be made to Tony in advance to monitor the
number allowed. The Sunday session will be from 11am to noon. The kiosk
remains closed also the clubhouse is only open for toilet need.
Night
tennis competitions for both men and women and juniors of a sufficient
standard for Monday doubles and Wednesday singles for all grades commences
from Monday 27h July with matches scheduled for the time being at 5pm and 6pm
slots for one hour duration –full details will be listed on the web
Griffith
will hold its special tourney Sunday 26th July open to all ages and
levels.
Memberships
for 2020/2021 are due by 31/7 – and thank you to all those who have paid,
supporting the Club financially in these difficult
times. Those receiving private coaching must renew to continue.
The
Foodworks, AgFlite and Crightons
Rural Awards this week went to Archer and Gisselle Gill who joined in our
Thursday School holiday juniors session to play some
top points in their matches.
July 13
New
Night Tennis competitions
New
night competitions for Monday doubles and Wednesday singles for both men and
women to include junior players of sufficient standard will commence from July
27th with entries now being taken. Due to the current
circumstances, matches will be held at 5pm or 6pm for maximum duration of one
hour.
The
Tennis Club annual financial report is now available at the clubhouse. Tennis
NSW has given an exemption of 3 months due to the Covid conditions to pay
annual registrations / affiliations to help Clubs financially.
Our
Thursday Juniors session was successful with three groups of players each for
normal, green and orange ball groups and many thanks to the supervisors who
were rotating between groups. The top group contained our Public School
Riverina and Wilcania Forbes Diocesan reps.
Green ball saw Prince Patel play consistently. Daniel Green and
Abbey Liddington played good rallies in the orange
ball group. Play will be held again this Thursday 16th 11am to 12.30
pm with all invited to play sets and needing to register for maximum number allowable Dillon Green had a very good singles.
Weekly
Awards
The
AgFlite Foodworks and Crightons
Rural awards this week go to the outstanding Thursday morning juniors
sets play to Lucy Davies, Hilton Hargreaves Tilly Weeks with Immy Molloy.
Wood
raffle won by Lou Gardam drawn by Abbie Davies and big thank you to Bede
Schiller and wonderful helpers
July 6
Tennis
competition break of three weeks
After
successfully holding a singles competition night for 10 weeks and a doubles
night for 6 weeks, the club will have a three week break to start afresh from
26th Jul.
The
singles had a total of 28 players participating on Wednesday nights with 20
regulars, with most keen to continue on Wednesday nights. The Monday
night doubles attracted 10 womens teams and 5 mens teams. Closest singles matches
last week saw Kate Murphy high standard win 4/3 4/2 win against Sophie Curtis
and Lani Houston beating Marcus Dhu 4/2 4/3. Best of the doubles matches was
the Lugsdin Toyota team of Trish and Dan Jamieson winning 4/3 2/4 4/3 against
the Hay Newsagency team of Jan Zambon and Lou Gardam
as well as the Foodworks combination of Ellie and Jodie Hicks beating the Murphys Clothing team of Therese Murphy and Tiff Marsden.
The Slats Fireworks team had a good win over 92 Computing.
All
competition entries men women or juniors are now being taken for Monday doubles
and Wednesday singles to be made online or contact Tony. Players who have been
participating must re-enter for the new competitions to confirm they still wish
to continue- matches will continue at 5pm or 6pm in this cold weather.
Details will appear on the web.
A
school holiday junior session match play for orange, green and normal balls
will be held this coming Thurs and Friday the 9th and 10th
July with participants to contact Tony for registration. Under the Covid
regulations we can only accept up to 20 players which includes the 4 adult
players on the 6 courts available. Session
times will be 11am to 12.30 pm
All
court hire hitting still has to be monitored.
Our
wood raffle will be drawn on Saturday this weekend with the winning ticket person
sure to enjoy in this cold weather and many thanks to those involved with the
organising.
News Before June 30 2020
News Before June 30 2019