10 February 2020
Tennis Competitions Underway
The
Night Tennis Competitions begins this week with a good entry for mens on
Wednesday night but not many for Monday Womens and Friday Night mixed with
further entries welcomed across all nights. Entry lists and draw details are
available on the website.
Juniors
For
the first time Hay players gained four selections in the Western Riverina
public school tennis squad following the annual trials at Deniliquin. These
students were Dan Jamieson, Hilton Hargreaves and Charli Giddins from the Hay
Public School and Grace McLean from the Booligal Public School. This squad will
now join the Eastern Riverina squad in Griffith next week for the Riverina team
selections. Lucy Davies who attends school in Wagga is in the Eastern squad.
Last year Jimmy Houston won selection for the Griffith tryouts.
Meanwhile
Tilly Weeks from St Marys won selection to represent the Wilcania –Forbes
Diocesan team to make the very long trek to Lismore for the Polding Area tennis
titles – pending weather conditions in Lismore.
The Wednesday junior singles and doubles competition will now commence next
week hopefully to get more entries.
Sunday Morning sessions commence on the weekend Sunday Feb 23rd the first
session at 9am. New players who attend school and have turned 5 yrs of age are
welcome to attend this group.
Deniliquin
will bring a team of 14 players to play a hay team on Saturday Morning 29th
Feb. with all finalising enquiries to Stuart Callaghan. Deniliquin also will
host its inaugural development tournament on Sun 8th March,
with Hays junior tourney this year on 5th April.
10 February 2020
Night
Tennis Entries close this week
Entries
for the Night tennis competitions will close this week .
The draw for the womens night competition commencing Monday night 17th
Feb should appear on the website on that day.
Mens
will commence Wed 19th and
mixed Fri 21st. Players are asked to check the website details of
players entry lists received to date if they are listed and not
missed.
Good
luck to Anthony Slattery and others who are flying the Hay flag at the
Victorian Country teams titles being held in Wodonga
this year. This is an extremely popular event both on and off the court for the
week with 1500 players competing on 100 courts at
the magnificent Wodonga Tennis Centres natural grass courts as well as
neighbouring footy fields converted into tennis courts.
Tennis
Australia will run a free Foundation Coaching Course in Hay Sunday 15th
March from 9am. This is a wonderful opportunity to refresh the latest
ideas and drills for tennis coaching also targeted to juniors 14yrs and upwards
as well as teachers and parents who help out with classes and holiday camps as
well as school activities. Those interested must register by Feb 24th
and further enquiries can be made with Lani
Houston.
Juniors
The
long awaited Sunday morning fun activities will get
underway this year on Feb 23rd at the session times 9am for school
students Kinder to school year 3 or 4, and 10am for school year 3 or 4 to High
School students. Players competing in the 9am group must be attending school.
Activ Kids vouchers can be used for membership and weekly fees.
Unfortunately
the Wagga Junior touney on Sunday was called off
due to the rain after receiving a good entry of 65 players. Four Hay players
had entered. The full list of the South West Development tourneys for 2020 can now be found on the clubs website.
Another
Hay plays Deniliquin junior match is planned
this time Deniliquins turn to travel to Hay on Saturday 29th . Stu
Callaghan will likely pick a team of only 14
players to accommodate our 7 courts playable (no clay court play). Hay won the
trophy at the inaugural match played last
December.
Weekly
Awards
The
Foodworks, AgFlite and Crightons Rural awards this week go to Lani Houston and
Anthony Slattery for their organisations towards A Coaching Foundation School
in Hay and Hay entering a team in the Victorian Country titles.
3 February 2020
Night
tennis competitions
All
night competitions will commence from 17th Feb - womens Mondays, Mens Wednesday
and mixed Fridays Players can enter individually requesting a partner or they
can enter with a partner as a team.
The
competitions will cater for all standards and are expected to run for 6 weeks
up to Easter.
Entries
received to date will be displayed on the clubs
website this week.
Juniors
A
junior singles and doubles in various grades will also be held on Wednesdays.
Nominations
will close next week.
Sunday
morning fun activities will commence later in the month.
The
first junior development tourney of the year for the Riverina is on this Sunday
9th feb in Wagga.
27 January 2020
New
night competitions
Entries
for all the night competitions
Womens,
Men’s and Mixed will be taken from next week for play to commence after school resumes
Competitions duration is expected to be about 5 weeks.
Meanwhile
this week is the last of the holiday camps with a special camp also to be
conducted for high school beginners with enquiries to Delilah Crighton and Stu
Callaghan
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.
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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.
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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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