20 Jan
Mixed
tennis final
The
final of the popular Friday night Mixed competition was recently held with the
Arandt team of Katie Arandt and Jensen Hargreaves winning against the High
School Green team of Delilah Crighton and Ferg Cattanach winning 9 games to
5
This
was a very pleasant competition involving 17 teams of various standards.
A
further Friday night mixed competition is planned to start in February in
conjunction with Wednesday mens and Monday womens competitions also starting after school
resumes.
Juniors
The
local Sunday morning junior fun activities will commence for 2020 towards the
end of February.
The
Riverina first junior development tourney will be held at Wagga on 1st
Feb. The Hay junior tourney is listed for the 5th April with
Deniliquin this year hosting their first tourney for many years being conducted
on the 8th March.
This
week the Hay Clubs third holiday tennis camp is being held and next week again for
the three mornings is the final camp organised by Stuart Callaghan
Weekly
Awards
The
first of the Foodworks, Crightons Rural and AgFlite awards for the year go to our Friday night mixed
finalists Katie Arandt, Jensen Hargreaves, Delilah Crighton
and Ferg Cattanach for
their great play and sportsmanship
22 Dec
Junior
Tennis camps
The
Hay Tennis Club organised by Stuart Callaghan is conducting four junior tennis camps over January.
Each
camp goes for three consecutive days on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
mornings with the first camp successfully held last week
Next
weeks bookings are currently being taken by Stuart.
Shepparton
Tourney
Well
done to Jensen and Hilton Hargreaves who played very well at the
strong Shepparton tourney held last week. The tournament was again
well run by Steve Longworth.
Country
week Victoria
Anthony
Slattery is again busily organising two teams representing Hay in the popular
Victorian Country Championships to be played 10th – 14th
February.
22 Dec
Tennis
Finals Results
A
number of night competition finals were completed last week and results were as
follows
Monday
Night Womens competition
A
grade-Lani Houston consultant (Sophie Curtis/Lani Houston) def XTRA Shot (Elle
Jamieson/Bronwyn Hicks) 9/6
A
Res – Hay Jewellers (Yvonne Mack/Sue Hanna) def Eddies Concreting ( Jan Zambon/Anne McNally/ 9/6
B res –final to be played between Pynors Accountants
and Meggs Grain Handlers
C
grade – Bidgee Bobcat and Demo (Hannah Stewart/Daniel
Green) def IGA ( Annie Summers /Sienna Lund) 8/5
Wednesday
Night mens
A
grade –final to be played between Lugsdin Toyota and XTRA Shot
A
Res - Hay Shire ( David Webb/Mark O’Brien ) def
Mystery Team ( Tom Porter/Geoff Chapman) 6/4 6/4
Friday
Mied
Final
to be played between Arandts Automotive (Katie
Arandt/Jensen Hargreaves) and HHS Green (Del Crighton/
Ferg Cattanach)
Juniors
The
last of our Sunday morning sessions was held on Sunday 22nd with the
players enjoying their xmas treat and good spirited
play.
Stuart
Callaghan will conduct four = 3 day tennis camps in
the holidays – the first one starting on 7th January
16 Dec
Hay win tennis at Deniliquin
A team of 16 players travelled to Deniliquin on Saturday morning to play
a similar Deni standard team of 16 to win a close match and bring home the
trophy to be hopefully played for twice a year.
The day was magnificently organised by Rob Wettenhall
and Hays Stuart Callaghan and played on 8 of their well carpeted like, grass
courts. In fact all their other courts were also
in use conducting their local juniors final as well as heaps of players
involved in their junior hotshots activities organised by many parents. The
complex held a top atmosphere with about 80 juniors of all ages playing. The
morning finished with a proud Hay team displaying their trophy at the
presentation and enjoying the fabulous free BBq
on offer. (note for Riverine Grazier--- the Deniliquin Paper was
forwarding photos to you)
Sunday morning activities were well attended, and this weekend – Sunday
22nd Dec. our final day for the year will have a xmas
spirit and played at the normal 9am and 10am
start times and hopefully finalise the under 11 girls final.
There will be no Wedneday night competition.
Competitions
The last of all our night competition rounds were played last week . Only two lots of four matches were played in the
mixed competition with 11 teams receiving byes, and some close and long matches
were proudly played with the bbq a sell - out.
The well - deserved finalists HHS Green(Del Crighton and Ferg Cattanach) will play a final against Arandts
Automotives (Katie Arandt and Jensen
Hargreaves)scheduled 7pm Wed Night (tonight).
Monday Night women’s this week only has the 4 finals scheduled and
already one has been postponed.
Two men’s finals have been planned for 8pm.tonight with all four matches
last week o so close. Winners were Hay Shire, Lugsdin
Toyota, Hay Newsagency and XTRA Shot.
9th
Dec
Warren Hunt Tennis
President
The Hay tennis Club
held its Annual
General Meeting on the weekend where it saw its
popular president Warren Hunt re-elected In his report
Warren mentioned the great support the club receives particularly from Hay
Shire Council as well as many others contributing to another good membership of
250 enjoying many types of tennis activities for the whole year.
Night Comps
Bad weather has
again cancelled some nights play with next week likely to be the last round
with details on the web
Juniors
After a period of 5
years a Hay junior team will travel to Deniliquin on Saturday morning to play
on their grass courts against a Deniliquin team.
This promises to be
a great opportunity for most Hay players playing their first competition
against a similar opposition
2Dec
Tennis
results
Monday night produced another draw 4/6 6/4 the same scores as IGAs Annie
Summers and Sienna Lunds last week’s result this time
against the Bidgee Motor Inns team of Telesa Cooper and Georgia Booth in the B Res/ C grade
Closest in the A/B grade was Elle Jamiesons
XTRA Shot teams 6/2 4/6 against Immy Molloy and Terese Mirabelli Japps team 6/2 4/6
In Wednesday night play an adjustment was necessary to the draw with
Radio 2 Hay FM receiving a bye with Lugsdin Toyota of Steve Longworth and
Warren Hunt having the closest win 5/7 7/2 against the Mystery team with Brett
Hargreaves going well. Other winners were Hay Shire, Slats Fireworks with Tim Zambon playing nice tennis and Auscott.
Friday mixed was played in terrible windy conditions with Mick Cattanachs Rokeby having the closest match with the Mystery
team . The other close match
was the Di Crightons , Crightons
Cranes team against the O’Briens Fertilisers team
this week comprising Hannah and Daniel Stewart. There will be a general
bye for all teams this Friday.
Full details of all competitions are available on the Clubs Website.
Juniors
Junior Wednesday afternoon play saw some nice tennis with good shots
noticed by Max Hutchings and good to see high schoolers involved.
The Under 11s annual club championships will be finalised at Sunday
morning activities with full results advised next week
25 November
Night
tennis Competitions past halfway mark
Tennis
competitions are now on the home track before coming to a close with Christmas
around the corner.
Monday
nights womens best match was in the B Res/C grade
group with The Services Club and Fitness Centre team of Tania and Matilda
Nisbet having a draw 6/4 4/6 one set each way to the IGA team of Annie Summers
and Sienna Lund. Best in the A/B grade group was the Lani Houston
Consulting team 6/3 6/3 win against Eddies Concreting.
The
Wednesday night has another three teams now comprising 12 teams in the A/B
grade, following year 12 exams finishing. The Bidgee
Motor Inn team with Immy Molloy returning lost a
brilliant match 7/6 7/3 to the XTra Shot team. The
other new team of Hannah Stewart and Jock Crighton
for Slats Fireworks narrowly lost 7/3 7/5 to Massey Ferguson.The
closest match was the draw 7/4 4/7 to the Hay Shire and Lugsdin Toyota
teams. The other new team with Lani Houston at the helm just lost 6/7 7/3 to
Radio 2HayFM
The
Friday social mixed competition again had all the courts utilised with a
total 14 matches. The Hay High green team of Delilah Crighton
and Ferg
Cattanach lead the competition. Points and
full details of all the night competitions are on the club’s website.
Juniors
The
annual under 11s club Championships commenced last week with play advancing to
the finals stage to be held this coming Sunday 1st Dec at 9.30 girls
and 10 am boys in conjunction with Sunday morning activities. Great effort with
the 10 players competing. The following Sunday on the 8th Dec the
AGM will be held straight after junior tennis at 11am.
Saturday
Morning 14th Dec will be a juniors match in
Deniliquin.
Wednesday
juniors competition organised by Stuart, displayed
some good rallies.
Weekly
awards
The
weekly Foodworks, Crightons Rural and Agflite awards go to new Friday night players who have
played little tennis if any at all and have
improved in a few weeks play these being Daisy Barnes, Asha Watkin , Charly
Sloan and Angus Gardiner
18 November
Night
tennis competitions proceeding well
A competitive yet
pleasant atmosphere is evident in all the current night competitions being played
at the moment particularly last week with nice weather.
Friday night mixed
competition again utilised all the courts despite 5 teams getting byes and
further teams entering. The singles competition has now been abandoned with
last weeks scheduled match won by Warren Hunt. Two mixed teams remain
unbeaten after 4 matches (2 matches per night)- these being the HHS Green team
of Ferg Cattanach and
Delilah Crighton and Arandts
Automotive comprising Katie Arandt and Jensen Hargreaves.
The match of the round
was the Jake Murphy Electrical team of Laura and Tim Zambon
winning 7/5 against the Rokeby team of Thomas Mc Gufficke
and Anna Cattanach with great play by all players
despite not having played for some years.
The womens competition now has an additional three teams. The
match of the round was in the combined A and B grade which saw Eddies
Concreting team of Anne McNally and Jan Zambon
winning 6/4 6/5 against Elders. Other wins in this grade went to
XTRA Shot and Hay Jewellers. The closest in the B Res C grade group was
the Bidgee Bobcat and Demo team of Hannah Stewart and
Daniel Green winning 6/5 6/3 against the IGA team with other wins to Slats
Fireworks, Riverine Grazier, Les’Mobile Repairs and
Pynors Accountants.
The mens results this week saw the Mystery team of Geoff
Chapman and Tom Porter narrowly beating Hay Shire 6/7 7/3 with Massey Ferguson
and XTRA Shot winning the other two matches.
Juniors
A good roll up
competed in four matches over three grades in the Wed night competition. The
Lani Houston Consulting team of Navieen Singh and
Sophie Curtis won 7/6 against Japps . The Woodpark Poll team with Siena Lund going well
won 10-5 against Slats Fireworks, North East Insurance of Max Booth and Daniel
Green won 11-9 against Wooloondool and Eddies Concreting consisting of Charli Giddins and Emma Curtis beat the Hay Services Club 13-7
Well done to Ryan
Curtis and Tilly Weeks trying out for the Wilcannia Forbes Diocesan team played
in Dubbo last week . Tilly made the team with
Ryan likely to be standby reserve to make the long trek to Lismore for the
Polding Area championship.
This Sunday
depending on numbers available is a reminder we will hold our
under 11s club championships at 11am. Entries to Stuart or Tony. Well done to
Bailey Neill, Abbey Liddington-Denehey and Katie
Black for some good hitting on the weekend.
Stuart has
organised a junior match on the Deniliquin lawn courts on Saturday 14th
December – those interested to let Stu know.
11
November
Bad
Weather cancels two tennis nights play
Only
the mens competition on Wednesday night was held
during the week with the Monday womens (rain) and
Friday mixed (miserably cold and windy)both called
off.
The
mens competition saw another three great matches with
some new players taking to the courts. The Hay Shire with David Webb
playing his first Hay game and partnering Mark O’Brien after taking the first
set with a comfortable 7/1 just hung on to win the second 7/6 when Andrew Low
(a welcome return to the courts) got his partnership together with Alex
Downes. Jock Crighton played a magnificent game
as substitute for the Massey Ferguson team narrowly losing to XTRA Shot 7/5
7/3. The other match was of high quality with Lugsdin Toyota winning 7/4 7/6
against O’Briens Fertillisers.
Juniors
The
Wednesday night juniors competition continues with
wins this week to Anthony Slattery Fireworks, Woodpark Poll and Japps pharmacy. Some nice play to Sienna Lund, Ryan Curtis,
Dillon Green and Max Booth, with Sophie Curtis dominating the top grade. Play
continues each week with team selections made at 6.30.
With
time running out in the Clubs busy schedule and if there is sufficient
interest, the annual juniors club championships is
listed for Sunday 24th Nov. Entries to Tony or Stu in advance to gauge
numbers. Last year only the under 11s age group was contested due to the
difficult planning to everyones availability to play
on the same day .
2020
Calendar
The
Hay Tennis Clubs major fund raiser, the Community Calendar will close the
birthday entries this Friday before going to the Printers – refer the
advertisement in this week’s Riverine Grazier.
4
November
Great start to Mixed tennis
The Friday night mixed
tennis competition commenced last week with an entry of 16 teams. The annual
singles also commenced on the same night with four players involved in a round
robin.
Fourteen teams
played two rounds on the 7 courts (two teams received byes) with one single’s
contested. The bbq, kiosk and atmosphere were very
pleasant with nice weather conditions.
Sixteen years old
Delilah Crighton has put in an absolute brilliant
effort in organising 13 of the sixteen teams entered (with all teams players in attendance). Teams to win both their
matches on the first night were Jake Murphys
Electrical Laura and Tim Zambon, Rokebys Mick
and Ruby Cattanach, Hay High school green team Ferg Cattanach and Delilah Crighton and Arandts Automotive
Katie Arandt and Jensen Hargreaves.
Monday night
women’s tennis also commenced with 18 teams playing. The closest match
went to the Bidgee Motor Inn team of Georgia Booth
and Max booth narrowly winning 6/3 4/6 against the Services club team of
Matilda and Tania Nisbet
Wednesday night saw
three injuries in the three matches contested with players placing their bodies
on the line for victory. All matches resulted in 7/4 first set victories to
XTRA Shot, Hay Newsagency and O’Briens Fertilisers,
before second sets were abandoned due to injuries.
The full
competition results are displayed on the website.
Juniors
Eight teams in two
grades commenced with the new format juniors
competition on Wednesday nights starting at 6.30 and finishing 7.45 and
nice to see all courts utilised. Teams are selected each week with last weeks results as follows- A div. Wooloondool ( Dan
Jamieson, Max Booth, and Navieen Singh) defeated
Eddies Concreting 10 games to 9 and in B div Lani Houston
Consulting ( Tilly Weeks and Emma Curtis) beat Japps
Pharmacy 11-10 and Woodpark Poll (Alex Giddins
and Daniel Green ) beat Slats Fireworks 15 -12 while best in the singles
went to Sophie Curtis.
Weekly Awards
The AgFlite award goes to Delilah Crighton
as mentioned above with her fabulous organising skills. The Foodworks award
goes to Sam Davies for her magnificent effort in updating our website which
covers all the details on the tennis club. The Crightons
Rural award goes to Jack Booth who put in a top effort at Monday night tennis
playing in two matches.
28 October
Good start to Night tennis
Competition
tennis commenced last week with the Wednesday
night mens A and B grade as well as the juniors grade
making a very pleasant night of activities.
The
Monday night womens competition involving 16 teams
across three grades and the Friday night mixed
competition as well as a separate singles competition commences this week.
These competitions will incorporate the club championships. All details of
teams and draws are displayed on the clubs web.
The
delayed Juniors final saw Eddies Concreting ( Navieen Singh and Jimmy Houston ) beat Wooloondool (
Hilton Hargreaves and Dan Jamieson) 13 games to 9. In playoff
matches the North East Insurance team of Jack Booth and Jonty Woods beat the
Hay Servies team 12 -9 while the scratch team of
Hannah Jamieson and Daniel Green won 12-8. All juniors including new players
who can serve are asked to be at the courts at 6.30 for teams to be organised
in two grades with play finishing at 7.45.
A/B
grade results saw Lugsdin Toyota beat Hay Shire 7/4 7/5 ,
O’Briens Fertilisers drew with Auscott
in a brilliant match 6/7 7/6 , and Massey Ferguson having a massive 7/4 7/1 win
against Radio 2 Hay FM. Players to shine were Steve Longworth, Alex Haidy, Andrew Davies and Daniel Stewart.
Juniors
Former
Hay Open Winner in 2000, Costa Yiannakopoulos was on
hand to assist at Sunday morning activities with players enjoying their
sessions.
Congratulations
to Hilton and Jensen Hargreaves as well as Tilly Weeks who qualified in their
age groups and competed at the State junior development series finals held in
Penrith and Springwood on the weekend. This was a great experience with Jensen
managing a few wins against top opposition. These players receive this weeks Crightons Rural , AgFlite
and foodworks awards.
21 October
Night
Tennis Competitions Start Dates
The
Monday Night womens competition will now start on the
28th October to allow for more entries to be received.
The
Friday night competition where players can enter to play either singles or
mixed or both will commence on 1st November
The
Wednesday night mens and junior boys
competition will commence this week the23rd with all matches listed for 7.30
for A and B grade and 6.30 for the juniors. The juniors will include the
delayed final from last competition where Wooloondool (Hilton Hargreaves and
Dan Jamieson ) will play Eddies Concreting (Jimmy
Houston and Navieen Singh)- all other juniors
including new players will have matches organised.
Juniors
Just
under 20 players participated in the Sunday morning activities which entailed
coaching and fun games. Some nice play was noted by new attendees Bailey Neill,
Chayse Mitchell and Sally Dwyer with Jonty Woods
placing some good balls. These players gained the Foodworks, Crightons Rural and AgFlite
awards this week. This coming Sunday the juniors will be treated to a
surprise coach who won the Hay Open about 15 years ago. Activ
Kids vouchers can be used for tennis fees or private coaching.
It’s fabulous
to see all the Hay and District Primary Schools all using the courts
facilities, particularly now with the current good weather temperatures.
Fingers crossed the Club will be successful in gaining another court
replacing the unused old court 5 under lights.
Community
Calendar
It’s
that time of year again when preparations have commenced in organising the 2020
Tennis community calendar. Birthday entries are now being taken at the Tennis
Courts and will be accepted up to November 17
14 October
Open Tennis Tournament Family Atmosphere
Success
Just under 70 players which included the best
ever local entry of 51 adults and juniors participated in the annual tennis
tournament this year with three gold sponsors North East Insurance, Wooloondool
Farms and Hay Services and Fitness centre. For the first time in many
years no Australian Ranking Events were held however visitors
still came from Ballarat, Albury Wodonga area, Melbourne as well as
Griffith.
Steve Longworth with his computer system
finished the event at Sunday lunch time. He had just returned from Sydney
running the NSW Vets tourney last week and was about to start preparations for
his next tourney being held in Miami USA.
Thanks to the Hargreaves family who spent two
solid days on the back three courts, to bring these courts up to a rejuvenated
standard so that all seven courts were of top quality. The Club is hoping by
way of a grant, to convert the unused clay court number 5 to
utilise the existing wasted lighting on this court to lay a synthetic grass
surface. Eight courts would be ideal for night competitions and tournaments and
coaching.
Visiting players were totally impressed with
the facilities and atmosphere and what stood out was the number of workers,
helpers, and food and raffle donations. The round robin system assured players
more matches.
Danny Dossetor-Griffiths
champion player, and Natalie Rose of Melbourne dominated the main events, with
former Hay junior Charlie Cronin displaying his magnificent talents.
Locals players who took out A grade major events were Trish Mc Gufficke
and Jan Zambon in the womens
doubles, while in the juniors –singles as well as doubles wins went to Jensen
Hargreaves, Brad Callaghan, Daniel Stewart, Skye Lilburne,
Dan Jamieson, Hilton Hargreaves and Tilly Weeks. A complete list of all
results is detailed on the clubs web- tournament
section.
Night competitions
Entries for the forthcoming singles doubles
and mixed competitions are currently being taken with details on the web
Juniors
Sunday morning resumes this week at the 9am
and 10 am sessions
6 October
Sixty Five Players for tennis
The
Annual open Tennis tournament to be played on the weekend,
likely to commence for some at 6pm Friday has attracted 65
players which includes a big number of 50 locals.
This
is wonderful local support for the Clubs major fund raiser with
the majority of players playing just one or two events. This entry
is a good number considering there are no Australian Ranking Points events and
the tournament will be played on just its seven synthetic courts
(the four clay courts are not being used)
Most
events are likely to be round robins with a few starting with
a knockout round to determine correct grading.
Any
donations of slices, cakes, fruit, salad, meat would be welcome- please contact
Samantha Davies or Jessica Weeks
Night
comps
Congratulations
to the Mens A grade team Les’Mobile Repairs comprising Stu Callaghan
and Daniel Stewart winning the final 6/4 6/5 against the Lugsdin Toyota team of
Mark O’Brien and Warren Hunt. The B grade junior final is still to be played
between Wooloondool and Eddies Concreting.
Entries
for the next Monday night
womens, Wednesday night mens, Friday nights singles and or mixed are now being
taken with details on the web.
Juniors
Congratulations
to Tilly Weeks who now joins Hilton Jensen and Kenny Hargreaves as well as
Sophie Curtis to contest the state junior development series finals in
Springwood (Blue Mountains) following their performances in Wagga last month.
Sixteen
players under the guidance of four coaches enjoyed the three day tennis camp
last week . Another one is being held this week on the
Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday with registrations to Stuart(
see camp photos)
3 October
Entries
for the Hay Open and junior tennis tournament to be played on Friday afternoon
11th through to Sunday 13th October will close Sunday of
this weekend.
A
good entry of 53 players which includes 35 from Hay has now been received. Most
players have entered just the one or two events with many opting to play from
Saturday morning.
With
the Clubs 4 clay courts no longer in operation, the tournament will be
conducted on its 7 synthetic grass courts and with this number of courts a
successful program could be difficult if player numbers exceed 70, so the entry
date deadline is important. Wagga this long weekend has attracted 170 players
but has 21 synthetic grass courts (three times more courts than Hay.)
The
tournament this year promises to be very social and enjoyable without having
Australian Ranking events which brings some over competitive players as well as
strict tennis Australia rules and regulations.
In
order not to have a late ending on the Sunday, play will commence on Friday for
some players who are available on this day. For small event entries,
round robins will operate to ensure players get a few matches. Some players
will be regraded, and events will be combined so that all players should enjoy
a fair standard game in the appropriate grade.
Tournament
director Steve Longworth is in Sydney this week conducting the NSW Veterans
titles
Players
can enter via the website or contact Tony by Sunday.
A
meeting will be held at 11am Sunday
30 September
Entries for
Open tennis tournament close Sunday
Entries
for the annual Open/junior tennis tournament this year with major sponsors
being North East Insurance , Wooloondool
Farms, and Hay Services Club and Fitness Centre close this weekend.
Forty nine players as at Sunday night had entered which
includes 32 Hay players – a great effort with the majority playing just one or
two events and supporting the annual event.
A
meeting will be held at 11am Sunday to gather information with the expected
final number participating to work out a start time and catering
requirements. Draws in draft will commence Sunday night to determine events
format, seeding and general enquiries on entries of unknown grading.
Tournament
director Steve Longworth will be in Sydney this weekend conducting the NSW veterans
tournament.
Night
Competitions
The
Monday night womens competition was finalised in
three grades last week.
In
A grade the Murphys Clothing Company team of Kate
Murphy and Ellen Zambon beat the Hay Jewellers team of Trish and Dan Jamieson
6/2 0/6 and tiebreaker decider 7 points to 4
B
grade saw Yvonne Mack and Kirsten Hutchings win 6/5 6/4 against Stacey and
Harriet Lugsdin of Lugsdin Toyota and in C grade the XTra
Shot team of Max Booth and Kirsten Hutchings won 6/2 6/2 against the Auscott team of Warren Hunt and Tilly Weeks.
In
this week’s mens play only three matches have been
scheduled, the A grade final and the B grade juniors final and playoff.
The full draw inviting all players for a practice hit for the open
tourney will be displayed Tuesday.
Juniors
Congratulations
to Hilton Hargreaves selected in the South West NSW 10s yrs
team to play the state championships at Cessnock in October.
Well
done to all the players who had an enjoyable time at Sunday morning tennis with
no play for the next two weeks.
This
week will see the first of two tennis camps being run by Stuart Callaghan.
Weekly
Awards
This
week’s Crightons Rural Award, AgFlite
award and Foodworks awards go to our Monday night women’s teams winners as well as
Hilton Hargreaves for his Regional selection.
23
September
Night Tennis to Finals
Both the Women’s
and Men’s competitions finals in all grades are scheduled this week.
Last week’s
miserable wet conditions forced the cancellation of the womens
night with no changes to the points table in determining the three grades
finalists. Also one play-off match is listed.
Last week’s men’s round
saw a number of byes with only four matches listed in the A-B grade.
Results were XTRA-
Shot beat Auscott 6/5 6/4, Les,s Mobile Repairs beat Lani Houston Consulting 6/2
6/1, Bidgee Motor Inn lost to Slats
Fireworks 6/5 3/4 the second set not finished due to the maximum time
limit and Radio 2 HayFM beat O’Briens
Fertilisers 6/3 5/6 . Singles only was played in the junior’s section with 7
players competing with Ryan Curtis having his first game after a break and
getting a 4/2 win first up. This week’s finals will see Les,s Mobile Repairs take on
Lugsdin Toyota while Wooloondool will play Eddies Concreting in the B grade and
there will be play-off matches for other teams.
Further Monday and
Wednesday night team’s doubles competitions will be run after the school
holidays while a men’s and women’s singles as well as mixed doubles will be
held on Friday nights with players having the choice of playing singles or
mixed or both. Entries are now being taken.
Juniors
Congratulations to
Sophie Curtis a member of the 9 players Riverina High School girl’s tennis team
who came runner up in the state championships in Inverell last week. We cannot
recall if a Riverina girl’s team has ever
performed so well only losing to the strong North Coast region
team after beating every other NSW region including the strong Sydney Metrop teams. Sophie takes out this week’s weekly awards.
Sunday morning will
continue this Sunday 29th Sept at the 9am and 10am sessions and then
will have a two week break as per the listed timetable.
Meanwhile
registrations are now being taken for the two coaching camps each being
held on the Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday mornings for a number of hours with
details on the web this week.- Phone Stuart 0413083386
Open Tourney
A well attended meeting on the weekend saw preparations
in hand for the tourney to be played Oct 11=13 with 25 player entries
now received. A number of important issues were resolved, one being that maybe
no play will be scheduled on the Friday depending
on entries received.
16
September
Night Tennis Competitions close to Finals
This
will be the last week of competition for both the women’s and men’s
competitions before the scheduled finals next week prior to the school
holidays.
This
week in the men’s B grade division there will be no doubles instead three tie
breaker singles matches for good tourney practice. Men’s A grade team doubles
will continue with the closest last week going to Lugsdin Toyota 6/3 4/6
against Slats Fireworks containing Nick Robertson and Anthony Slattery.
Another close one was Radio 2 HayFm winning 5/6 6/3 against
Lani Houston Consulting of Geoff Chapman and Lani Houston
Closest
in the Women’s round was the Bidgee Bobcat and Demo
teams 6/2 3/6 against Japp’s Pharmacy comprising Anne
McNally and Jan Zambon
Juniors
Jenson
Hargreaves had a good tennis week playing for the Riverina High School boys
team in the state competition at Wollongong with Sophie Curtis travelling to
Inverell this week as a member of the girls team.
Stu
Callaghan will organise two coaching schools over the school holidays with
details to follow.
Sunday
morning junior activities continues this week (Sunday 22nd) at the
9am and 10am sessions
Open
Tourney
This
week’s report advises we are up to 20 player entries (14 locals) for the
tourney to be played Oct 11-13 and will close in three week’s
time. Local players are encouraged to
enter now and this shows visitors that we have in fact good numbers
playing and this in turn attracts more players. Even if locals only wish to
enter one event on one day, this will be good support for our tournament and
town as we need about 55 players to make it viable and continue with the
tournament next year. Seventy players will be a good number for our seven
courts as we will not be using the four clay courts.
Thanks
to Warren Hunt for shifting the excess sand off the back three courts making
them more playable and profits from our tourney will go towards eventually
resurfacing these.
A
meeting will be held at 11am on Sunday after junior tennis.
September 9
Hay
Jewellers, Lugsdin Toyota and Meggs Transport leaders
in Womens
Night tennis
The
Womens night tennis competition after five rounds has
now clear leaders in each grade.
Trish
Jamiesons Hay Jewellers has become outright leader in
A grade after its 6/4 6/5 win against Murphys
Clothing last week. Despite losing a 6/3 5/6 match to Japps
pharmacy the Lugsdin Toyota team of Harriet and Stacey Lugsdin lead B grade
while Meggs Transport with young Dillon Green in
the team is well ahead in the C grade.
The
mens competition in two grades involving 18 teams is
proceeding well with some great play seen last week.
The
B grade juniors division involving 5 teams continues with great enthusiasm
by the youngsters. This group plays one doubles set as well as a singles set with good practice for the annual open
tournament with wins last week to Wooloondool and Eddies Concreting.
Jimmy Houston and Dan Jamieson continue their unbeaten run. Only
three matches were played in the A grade with wins to Les’’ Mobile Repairs who
are well ahead in the competition, Anthony Hydes Plumbing and Xtra Shot.
Juniors
There
will be no play in this weeks Sunday morning junior
activities with the Hay Show on.
Open
Tourney
This
weeks report advises there
are now 15 entries for the tourney to be held on Oct 11-13.
Despite
Tennis NSW approval, sadly the Hay tourney is not listed on the NSW tennis
calendar as it doesn’t offer Australian ranking points so good advertising by
all involved around the region is necessary. Further details regarding
entries received and grades are detailed on the Clubs web- tournament section.
A meeting must be held soon with anyone interested invited to attend.
September 2
New
Major Sponsors for Tennis
The
Annual Hay Open and Junior Tennis Tournament this year has a new major Sponsor
in North East Insurance Brokers who joins Wooloondool Farms as a major sponsor
for the 2019/20 year. The Tournament this year will be held Friday arvo/evening
Oct 11 (optional) and Saturday and Sunday 12th and 13th
The
Hay Services Club and Fitness centre also joins this year as a main sponsor,
with Silver sponsors being Auscott, Lugsdin Toyota
and Anthony Slattery Fireworks with the Club very appreciative to these
businesses. The Bidgee Motor Inn is the accommodation
sponsor with the full list displayed at the clubhouse.
Entries
close in four weeks on October 6, by going to the tournament section on the Hay
tennis Website or grab an entry form at the club.
The
entry form details all the events offered from A grade to C grade, juniors,
veterans as well as parent/child
The
tournament returns this year after not being played last year due to key
personnel away, when instead a gala day was held. However, this year
despite the tournament still a NSW Sanctioned
Tourney, will not hold the Australian Ranking Points events but still hoping to
get more local and regional players participating.
An
entry of 70 players would be a good target to be played on the 7 synthetic
courts with the 4 clay courts not being used. Already 10 players entries
have been received as per the web details.
Meanwhile
local night competitions continue with new entries joining in due to the better
weather. Monday night winners across all grades were XTra
Shot, Massey Ferguson, Hay Jewellers, Woodpark Poll, Meggs
Grain Fertilisers, and IGA with the closest match going to Auscott
comprising Warren Hunt and Tilly Weeks 4/6 6/3 win over Lani Houston
Consulting.
Mens results wins went to Eddies Concreting, Hay Services Club,
Lani Houston Consulting, Lugsdin Toyota, Slats Fireworks, and Elders with
the closest win going to Les’s Mobile repairs 6/4 6/5
against XTra Shot.
A
small number of 12 players enjoyed the Fathers Day
Sunday morning junior activities in good weather on the weekend.
Ashton
Green gets the Foodworks award for some good shots, Charli Giddins
the AgFlite Award and Dillon Green the Crightons Rural award for good play at Sunday morning
juniors as well as night competition.
August 26
Hay Juniors win Riverina tennis Finals
The
Junior Development Series South West NSW region finals were played in Wagga on
Sunday with the five Hay juniors participating all going well.
Sophie
Curtis, Jensen and Kenny Hargreaves all won their age groups along with Hilton
Hargreaves 3rd in his group all qualified to
play in the NSW State closed titles in Sydney later on this year. Tilly
Weeks just missed out and possibly will get a
wildcard to Sydney.
Another
Sunday morning junior tennis day was successfully held on Sunday with some nice
shots and good fun games held.
The
annual Hay Open and Junior tennis tourney this year will be held 11th
(optional) 12th and 13th October with full details of the
tournament to be advised next week.
The
annual singles competition will now commence after the school holidays.
A
top round of both mens and womens
competition matches was held last week
The
closest of the mens matches was the Xtra Shot team winning 6/5 6/4 against Slats Fireworks
–Anthony Slattery and Nick Robertson. Two tough B grade matches saw Eddies
Concreting just beating North East Insurance and Wooloondool beating Hay
Services Club with best results to Jonty Woods and Kirsten Hutchings. Other
winners were Les Mobile Repairs, Auscott, O’Briens Fertilisers, 92Computing and Radio 2HayFM
Two
identical 2/6 6/1 scores were won by Bidgee Bobcat
and Demo and Murphys Clothing Co. Other winners were
Pynors Accountants, Meggs Transport, Massey Ferguson,
Lani Houston Consulting and IGA. Best play went to Yvonne Mack and Teresa Mirabelli.
The
Foodworks, AgFlite and Crightons
awards this week go to the juniors success in
Wagga.
August 19
Annual
Tennis Singles Play on Fridays
With
time running out, the annual singles this year will be held on Friday nights commencing
Sept 6th to run for about 4 weeks. This will allow the current
enjoyable womens and mens
competitions which have good entries to continue a bit longer.
Last
week saw the long awaited delayed autumn A grade womens
final played and this turned out to be a nail biter in a high standard
match won by the Massey Ferguson team of Julie Lawrence and Paula Comb the
score being 6/3 5/6 making a tiebreaker necessary resulting in 7 points to
5 against the AgFlite team of Trish McGufficke and Lou Gardam .
Current
competition matches were also played with wins to Auscott,
Hay Jewellers, Murphys Clothing Co, Japps Pharmacy with the closest match going to Lani Houston
Consulting team of Archie and Lani Houston 6/1 5/6 against the Hay Newsagency
team of Anna Lilburne and Sue Parslow
Another
top round of mens competition matches was held on
Wednesday night. There was a draw between the 92Computing team of Steve
Longworth and Scott Dixon 3/6 6/3 against the XTra
Shot team of Kenny and Jensen Hargreaves. Les,s Mobile Repairs team of Stu Callaghan and Daniel
Stewart continue their unbeaten run following their 4/6 6/1 win against Radio
2Hay FM. A very close match resulted in the O’Briens
fertilisers team led by Shane McGufficke winning 6/4
5/6 against Slats fireworks. Other wins went to North East Insurance Brokers,
Lugsdin Toyota and Anthony Hyde Plumbing.
Juniors
A
pleasant day at Sunday morning activities saw Jonty Woods voted the most
improved.
A
coaching school will be held in the school holidays with further details to
follow
August 12
Tennis
Competitions underway
A
great start was made to the new womens and mens competitions. Many teams
received first week byes , with new team entries still being accepted.
In
the womens competition the match of the round was the
draw 6/3 3/6 between Jan Zambons, Japps
Pharmacy team, partnering Anne Mc Nally against The Murphys
Clothing team Ellen Zambon with Kate Murphy ( the mother against daughter didnt
cause any arguments). Other winners on the night went to Auscott, Bidgee Bobcat and Demo,
Slats Fireworks as well as the Lugsdin Toyota team of Stacey and Harriet
Lugsdin having a good standard win against IGA comprising Yvonne Mack
partnering Yolanda Miller making a welcoming return to the courts
. This match a real mother daughter combinations clash with a 6/2 6/3
score.
The
mens competition wins were recorded by Eddies
Concreting, , Les’s Mobile
Repairs and lugsdin Toyota as well as Anthony Hydes Plumbing who had a marathon one and a half hour 6/3
5/6 win against Elders.
Juniors
Sunday
morning activities were called off due to the miserable weather conditions but
will continue on the weekend commencing at 9am.
Weekly
Award
The
Foodworks award goes to Alice Laracy called in to play as an emergency at the
last minute and played so well in the A grade match. The AgFlite
and Crightons awards went to the four players who put
in a top performance on Wednesday night –these being Bede Schiller, Tom Porter,
Peter Davies and Paula Comb.
August 4
Tennis
recommences
Organised
local night competitions commence this week following a two
month winter break.
All
details for both the womens and mens
nights are detailed on the clubs website advising team
entries and draws. Entries are down but are sure to pick up when the
temperature gets better so late entries will still be accepted. At this
stage there are 17 womens teams and 12 mens teams.
Sunday
morning activities also returned after a lengthy break with only a handful
attending but enjoyed both the tennis and sunshine.
Congratulations
to those hay juniors who finished in the top 8 on points of their age group
following the series of Junior Development tourneys played throughout the
Riverina this year. These players will likely contest the
finals being held this year again in Wagga on Sunday 11th
August . Good luck to those players who have so far
received their invitation to participate.
July 29
Tennis
commences starting on the weekend
Night
Tennis competitions commence from Monday night 5th August Womens and 7th August Mens.
Players should check the website to see if their entry is listed with entries
closing 4th August for the womens and the
draw appearing the following day.
Annual
memberships are now due with the one month grace
period expiring on 31/7/19. The new financial year has brought in a good
membership response with non members rates now taking
effect.
Juniors
Junior
Sunday morning restarts this coming weekend on Sunday morning 4th
August at the new session times of 9am and 10am
Activ Kids vouchers can be used for tennis memberships,
weekly fees, or tennis coaching.
All
juniors receiving coaching must be club members. Membership forms and payments
can be made online or at the clubhouse.
Stuart
Callaghan also joins the Sunday morning junior activities.
A
number of Hay juniors attended the last Regional Junior Development tourney for
the year at West Wyalong on Sunday with Tilly Weeks having a successful day in
the 10yrs group and after competing in three previous tourneys has now won
her first, a great effort joining a number of other Hay players who
have won tourneys this year.
July 22
Night tennis Competitions
The
delayed Autumn Womens
finals in four grades will be played Monday 29th July with all other
team entries for the new spring competition receiving byes.
The
finals time schedule will be –
5.45pm
B Res – IGA
( K.Hutchings & M.Booth)
v Elders (T & H. Jamieson)
C Grade- Hydes Plumbing (W.Hunt & E.Curtis) v Hills
Corner Store ( R. Johnston & M.Deacon)
7.15pm A Grade HBGC (J.Weeks
& J. Lawrence) v AgFlite ( L.Gardam,T.
McGufficke, B.Schiller)
B Res - Pynors (K.Hutchings
& J.Booth ) v Bidgee
Bobcat &Demo (L.Houston & I.Wilson)
The
mens competition including the juniors competition
will now commence 7th August with
details of the competitions on the web.
Juniors
Stuart
Callaghan is back in town and will commence coaching for juniors and adults.
Full details of all our coaches are available on our web site.
July 15
Tennis
Entries now Open
Entries
are now being taken for the new womens and mens night tennis teams
competitions to commence from the week of 29th July. The four
postponed womens finals from the last competition
will also be held on this night.
Juniors
The
school holiday coaching clinic will now be held in the Sept /Oct school
holidays before The Hay Open Tournament.
Sunday
Morning junior tennis sessions will recommence on August 4
General
Early
plans are underway to convert the clay court 5 (
which has lighting) to synthetic surface. Currently this
court is not being used due to the work and cost.
July
8
Good day-tennis
courts usage
Despite no night tennis
being held in our winter break, the courts are getting a good workout during
the day.
Some days have been
very pleasant attracting court hire from both locals and visitors. Some locals
are taking advantage of their green pass court hire entitlement this year with
many participating thanks to the organisation of Lou Gardam and Beth Schiller
and other keen players. These people win the Foodworks, AgFlite
and Crighton’s Rural weekly awards.
Our coaches are
also getting plenty of business with Lani likely to be running a coaching
school in the second week of the school holidays with enquiries to lani.
Visiting player’s the majority just passing through town are
impressed with the Hay Tennis Clubs facilities. The main synthetic courts are
looking good and special thanks again goes to the Hay Shire for their
assistance particularly for the huge financial loan to the Tennis Club to
help pay the courts resurfacing. This loan has now recently been repaid and
plans are in motion to lay a synthetic court to number 5 clay court to
utilise the lighting to this existing clay court.
July 1
Jensen
Hargreaves and Sophie Curtis selected for Riverina Tennis
The
High Schools Riverina region held their selection trials in Wagga last week
with year 7 students Jensen Hargreaves and Sophie Curtis both being selected
for the boys and girls team’s . The other Hay student to attend the trials was Ind yanna Wilson who has been named as a substitute for the
girl’s team. This is a great effort for the Hay War Memorial High School in
gaining these selections. Kenny Hargreaves has played in the boy’s team for the
past two years but was unavailable this year. The state boy’s carnival will be
held in Wollongong, with the girls in Inverell both in September.
Meanwhile
Hay players had success at the Temora Development tourney on the weekend with
Hilton and Jensen Hargreaves and Tilly Weeks bringing home trophies while
Charli Giddins played well missing out on a first or
second spot.
All
these juniors win the Foodworks, Crightons Rural and AgFlite awards this week
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