Apr 15
Nice
Finish to tennis Finals – New comps starting soon
All
finals were completed last week.
Monday
night womens competition in four grades started off in C grade with the top of
the ladder IGA team of Kirsten Hutchings playing with her youngest son Max
continuing their unbeaten run beating the Hay Newsagency team of Anna Lilburne
and Sue Parslow 6/2 6/3.
The
next final completed was the B Reserve with the Bidgee Bobcat and Demo team of
Indyanna Wilson and Lani Houston with long rallies having a 6/1 6/2 win against
the Cotton Wool Crema team of Sarah and Wendy Lindsay
In
B grade the Murphys Clothing team of Anna McNally and Jan Zambon avenged their
earlier loss this time to beat the Lugsdin Toyota team of Harriet and Annabelle
Lugsdin who was subbing for mum Stacey.
The
Closest final of the night was in A grade when after sets were tied at 6/3 3/6
the tie breaker decider was played and won by the Hay Bowling and Golf Club
side of Jess Weeks and Julie Lawrence 7 points to 5 against the Hay Jewellers
mother and son team of Trish and Dan Jamieson
The
Mens held their two grade finals with the defending champions Wyvern ( Scott
Dixon and Peter Lawrence ) too good for Hay Fish Shop (Alex Haidy and Andrew
Davies ) in the A grade final winning 6/1 6/1 while in B grade the
Anthony Hyde Plumbing team of Russell and Ryan Curtis were too good on this
occasion winning 6/2 6/4 against the X-Tra Shot team of Jacqui and Hilton
Hargreaves
Entries
are now being taken for new competitions to commence immediately after the
school holidays on 29th April and 1st May to run for 4 or
5 weeks. Entries received to date are listed on the web.
Juniors
The
2018 under 11 yrs titles were finally completed with Tilly Weeks beating Charli
Giddins 6/3 in a good girls match and Dan
Jamieson winning a brilliant final against Hilton Hargreaves 6/4 in the boys.
There
weren’t many at Sunday morning activities with Jorja Townsend best of the 9am
group and Kai Smith and Tilly Weeks playing very well in the 10am group.
There
will be no Sunday morning or Friday practice this week, resuming the following
week.
General
Deniliquin
our closest neighbours are holding their annual tourney over Easter
, while the ICPA are holding their annual day on Easter Saturday.
Anyone
requiring the new design club tennis shirts is asked to contact Sam Davies.
Our
new PA system is up and running and the new bbq shelter looks good with Anthony Slattery planning further
works.
Weekly
Awards
The
AgFlite Award goes to former Club Champion Peter Dwyer who has spent hours
above his contracted time not only on the BBq shelter but a number of other
works that needed attention.
The
Crightons Rural awards go to all the night competition winners while the
Foodworks award goes to Dan Jamieson, Tilly Weeks and Hilton Hargreaves for
their night comp teams finals play, their Under 11
tourney play and Sunday Morning juniors activities play.
Apr 8
Hay
Players dominate Griffith Junior Tourney
A
contingent of fifteen Hay junior players had its best Hay success ever at the annual
Griffith Junior Tourney on Sunday comprising 45 players. Alex Giddins was
runner up in the combined boys and girls 8yrs
orange ball mini court group to a West Wyalong youngster. Prince Patel was a runner up in a special 9yrs boys /girls group.
Dan Jamieson beat Hilton Hargreaves in the final after Hilton had
finished on top in the early rounds in the boys 10s division, while the Wagga
girls dominated the girls 10s. Jimmy Houston played his first tourney for some
years and played top tennis to be runner up in the boys 12s.
Jensen
Hargreaves played sensible good tactical tennis to come from behind to beat
Griffiths Digby Patterson in the boys 14s while Sophie Curtis won against
strong opposition in the girls 14s
Kenny
Hargreaves was in devastating form to win the 16s boys. Congratulations to all
the other players some playing their first tourney.
This
week we will finally complete our (2018) under 11s singles with matches being
played for nominated seeded players on Monday
and Wednesday nights in conjunction with night competitions. Anyone missed to
advise Tony now.
Junior
Sunday morning tennis will be back on this weekend Sunday 14, but not Easter
Sunday.
There
will be no Friday arvo practice this week 12th April.
Night
Competitions
The
Monday night womens competition has its four grades finals and play offs
scheduled this week. In A grade the Hay Jewellers made the final following its
6/4 6/4 win over the Lani Houston Consultant team. B and B Res will see the top
two ladder teams in each grade compete with no changes in the positions after
last weeks round. Hay Newsagency advanced to the C grade final with its good
6/4 6/3 win against Hay Motors
The
Wednesday night competition brought another good night of atmosphere and
competitive tennis with the Hay Fish Shop making the final with a 5/6 6/3 win
against Foodworks. Wyvern also made the final with its win over Wooloondool
Weekly
Awards
Jimmy
Houston takes out the Foodworks award playing the 12s boys in Griffith with the
biggest number of entries received in this group with Jimmy being runner up.
The
AgFlite and Crightons Rural Award go to the remaining competitors at Griffith
all playing fabulous gutsy tennis- Jonty Woods, Archie Houston, Dillon and
Daniel Green, Tilly Weeks, Charli Giddins and Hannah Jamieson.
Apr 1
Night
Tennis coming up to Finals
The
Monday and Wednesday night competitions will hold their last rounds this week
with the finals scheduled the following week. Another competition will commence
immediately following the school holidays. The competition ladders are outlined
on the Tennis Club web.
The
Hay Bowling and Golf Club has secured an A grade womens finals spot following
its win last week against the Hay Jewellers 6/3 6/3. In B grade it appears to
be a Lugsdin Toyota versus Murphys Clothing Store final regardless what happens
this week. The Bidgee Bobcat and Demo team has
definitely made the B Res final. In C grade with 8 teams competing the IGA
team has reached the final with the other finalist being contended by Tapper Ag
Landmark, Hay Newsagency , Hay Motors and Japps
Pharmacy. Entries are now being accepted for the next comp.
The
mens night successfully continues with Warren doing a great job in organising
these nights. Two of the matches in the B grade section entailed singles
as well as a doubles set. Well done to those
teams who gained points O’Briens Fertilisers, X
Tra Shot, and Anthony Hyde Plumbing. A grade winners were Foodworks, Hay Fish
Shop, Wooloondool , Wyvern, Elders and Slats
Fireworks.
Juniors
The
annual Griffith Junior Tourney is on this coming Sunday April 7 with the
following players indicating they will be playing with car transport leaving at
6.30 am for an 8.15am arrival at the Griffith courts. Events are from 8yrs
upwards. Nominations received Dillon and Daniel Green, Alex and Charli Giddins,
Tilly Weeks, Hannah and Dan Jamieson, Jonty Woods, Navieen Singh, Sophie Curtis
and Brad Callaghan. Confirmation from all other players must be received by
Wednesday morning so Tony can submit all entries together to the organiser.
Another
practice session for players playing the Griffith or the forthcoming May Hay
tourney will be held on Friday 5th April at
6pm to 7.30
There
will be no local tennis on Sunday Morning but will be held
on April 14. Jorja Townsend in the 9am session and Kai Smith
for the 10am session hit some nice shots on the weekend.
Weekly
Awards
The
AgFlite , Foodworks and Crightons awards this week all
go to the Aussie Ashley Barty for her title win at the new look Miami Open
tournament this past fortnight held at the Hardrock Miami Dolphins
football stadium converted into a magnificent tennis complex in and around the
stadium. All the worlds top players competed with Ash Barty moving into
top 10 world rankings the first Aussie for some years to do this. Her two year break from tennis to play for the Brisbane Heat
Cricket team has paid off, giving her renewable energy.
Mar 25
Griffith
Junior Tourney Preparations
The
Annual Griffith Junior Development Tourney is set down for Sunday April 7th
with preparations, practice and keenness well in hand following the Hay players
participation and success at last year’s tourney.
Events
are - 8yrs orange ball three quarter
court, 10yrs green ball, and 12s, 14s, and 16yrs normal ball. Another
practice session will be held on Friday the times now being 6pm to 7.30 pm
where entries and transport either by car or bus hopefully will be finalised.
The
Hay annual junior tourney this year is set down for Sunday May 5th.
The
unpredictable weather and shortage of
coaches saw Sunday morning activities called off. Sundays
timetable of dates are available on the web with play scheduled 31/3/19
Night
Competitions
Another
top night for both Monday and Wednesday competitions was experienced socially
and competitively in last week’s play.
The
keenness was truly evident in Wednesday night tennis when a bye team still
turned up for practice and the four matches scheduled were all one set apiece
with the winners being settled by total games won. Slats Fireworks beat
the previous unbeaten Wooloondool 6/1 5/6 . Wyvern
with Peter Head subbing for Scott Dixon won 5/6 6/1 .
The Hills Corner Store team new combination of Lani Houston and Mark O’Brien
won a 6/4 5/6 win over the Tapper Ag Landmark while the Lugsdin Toyota team had
a good win against the IGA team also a 5/6 6/1
win.
The
Monday night competition produced two draws both in C grade with the Japps
Pharmacy team of Karen Nisbet and Telesa Cooper drawing 6/3 3/6 against the Hay
Newsagency team of Anna LIlburne and Sue Parslow and the O’Briens Fertilisers
team of Issy Handford and Wil Jamieson drawing 5/6 6/5 against the Tapper Ag Landmark . A grade winners were Hay
Jewellers and Hay Bowling and Golf Club. The closest of the other matches was
the 5/6 6/2 win of Bidgee Bobcat and Demo over Pynors Accountants.
Weekly
Awards
Lani
Houston takes out the Foodworks awrd for her good play in both her Monday
matches as well as her Wednesday play and Friday juniors practice organising.
The
AgFlite and Crightons Rural awards to Peter
Lawrence and Peter Head combining very well in their good win on Wednesday.
Mar 18
Junior
Tennis Very Keen
The
Sunday Morning junior activities are getting into full
swing now into its fourth week. Twelve youngsters future tennis champs enjoyed
the red ball activities in the 9am session while the 10am session played green
ball competitive points the majority practicing for the Griffith junior
tournament for 7th April . Further practice
for this tournament will be held Friday 22nd March at 7 pm.
Night
Competitions
Wednesday
mens comp winners were Anthony Hydes plumbing,
Foodworks, Wooloondool and Wyvern . Navieen Singh made a
welcome and successful return to the courts. The Hay Fish Shop unbeaten run
came to an end when it was narrowly downed to Warren Hunts Auscott 6/5
Ten
matches were played in last weeks round of the womens competition. Two matches
were very close with a 4 points to 3 points result.
The First was the Cotton Wool Crema Sarah and Wendy Lindsay winning against IGA Kirsten and Max Hutchings and the other
was Auscotts Karen Martin and Lyla Quinn against Japps Pharmacy Karen NIsbet
and Telesa Cooper.
Grade
leaders at this stage—A grade-Hay Bowling and Golf
Club, Bgrade- Lugsdin Toyota, BRes – Bidgee Bobcat and Demolition and C grade –
Hay Motors.
Intertown
An
intertown carnival to be held in Griffith is being planned for Sunday 23rd
June with a number of towns including Hay involved. Any male or female who
wishes to play should contact Anthony Slattery.
The
ICPA day this year is planned for Easter Saturday 20th April.
Weekly
Awards
The
AgFlite award this week goes to Tilly Weeks who played top tennis in the Monday
Womens comp last week and followed up good play at Sunday morning juniors. The
Foodworks and Crightons Rural Awards go to Stacey and Harriet Lugsdin after
losing the opening set 6/2 in last weeks competition to Murphys Clothing came
home to win the second set and match 6/1
11 March Night tennis
competitions proceeding well
Night
Competitions ended up with an entry total of 36 (women 21, men 15) and continue
with good standard and good atmosphere across all grades.
The
closest of the women’s matches was the Murphy’s Clothing Store of Jan Zambon
and Anne McNally coming from behind after losing the first set 5/6 to the
Wooloondool team of Teresa Mirabelli and Karinda Deaton to come home in the
second set with a 6/1. In C grade the Hay Newsagency team of Anna
Lilburne and Sue Parslow had a close 6/4 6/3 win against the Auscott team of
Lyla Quinn and Karen Martin
Five
of the seven matches scheduled for Wednesday night men’s tennis were so close
in their results. The Hydes Plumbing team of Russell and Ryan Curtis drew
4/6 6/4 with Hilton Hargreaves X Tra Shot team. The Hills Corner Store team had
a 5/6 6/4 win against O’Brien’s Fertilisers team. The men’s competition
has the choice of changing partners after the first set if teams agree. Other
narrow results were Slats Fireworks 6/4 6/5 over Tapper Ag. Also a similar
score Wooloondool over AgFlite.
Juniors
A
slight increase in attendance at Sunday morning activities kept the coaches on
their toes. Pypa Foggo, Hannah Jamieson and Dillon Green were hitting
some nice shots in the 9am session with a good group of 4 playing with normal ball in the 10am group with
others involved with orange and green ball
Sunday
Morning will continue each week at the current times. On Sunday April 7th
there will be no tennis due to the Griffith junior tourney with any player
interested in playing to contact Tony ( a bus may be
organised if entries are sufficient) Events commence from 8yrs orange ball 10
yrs green ball 12s ,14s, and 16s with normal balls. Practice squads will be
formed for those who will play Griffith. Hays junior tourney is the 5th
May
Weekly
Awards
The
Crighton’s Rural Award goes to President Warren
Hunt who performs so much behind the scenes work as well as playing both Monday
and Wednesday night competitions supporting the juniors.
The
Foodworks award goes to Dan Jamieson who played very well at the Monday Night
competition as well at Sunday morning junior activities. The AgFlite award goes
to Mark O’Brien making a welcome return back to Hay and still playing good
tennis.
Mar 4
Jensen
Hargreaves and Sophie Curtis both to play the State 12s teams
event in Bathurst
Hay
again this year has gained two of its juniors selected
to play for the 12s years South West NSW team to
compete at the State Titles involving all NSW Country and City Regions.
For
Jensen this is his third consecutive year being selected in the 4 boy team playing for the Tony Roche Cup and again this
year he is the number one boy. This state carnival certainly is great
experience and mature building for the players. For Sophie she has been
selected as the number two player behind Emily Saeki of Wagga.
Night
Comps
An
excellent start was made to the Monday night women’s
competition in the four grades with all seven courts in use and starting play
on time. Most matches were close and competitive with maybe a few teams grading
to be checked. Three matches were one set each with the winners on games being Lani Houston Consultant with Kate Murphy going
well, Cotton Wool Crema with mum and daughter Wendy and Sarah Lindsay
prevailing over the Riverine Grazier and Tapper Ag Landmark narrowly winning
against newcomers Talisa Cooper and Karen Nisbet for Japps Pharmacy.
Four
matches were contested on Wednesday night with all close results
winners being Foodworks, Auscott, Lugsdin Toyota and Wooloondool.
Juniors
Another
good roll up on Sunday morning activities with over 20 playing in the two
sessions. Thanks to the fill-in coaches who put the players through their
paces. Dallas Giddins was hitting some nice shots in the first session.,
while Makenzie Weeks and Cree Harris were producing good rallies in the second
session.
Weekly
Awards
The
Crightons Rural Award and Foodworks Awards this week go to Jensen Hargreaves
and Sophie Curtis for their Regional Selections to compete in the state teams carnival. The AgFlite award goes to Makenzie Weeks who
performed well at both Monday night Tennis and Sunday Morning junior
activities.
Feb 25
Hay
Tennis 2019 Begins
Tennis
2019 commenced in Hay with the start of the Wednesday Night men’s
competition and Sunday morning junior activities
Thirteen
teams have entered the Wednesday night men’s competition with three matches
played last week. The Hay Fish Shop team with Alex Haidy partnering Andrew
Davies had a very good win over the experienced TapperAg Landmark combination
of Shane Mc Gufficke and Darren Tapper the score being 6/3 6/5. The Wooloondool
team comprising Nick Maynard and Geoff Chapman made a welcome return to the
courts with a top win over the Lugsdin Toyota team of Tom Lugsdin and Stephen
Sharp 6/4 6/4. The third match scheduled on the night
saw Peter Heads Elders team winning 6/5 against AgFlite with the
second set played with partners swapping.
Twenty
teams in 4 grades will play the Monday night womens competition commencing this
week. Last week was called off due to the unpleasant weather conditions.
Juniors
Just
on 20 players commenced our Sunday morning activities in two sessions. The 9am
session entailed youngsters from kindergarten upwards some playing their first
tennis and were well handled by the three coaches Lani Houston, Immy Molloy and
Kenny Hargreaves who were organising red ball activities on the mini courts as
well as fun games. Brothers Billy and Harry Houston were nicely contacting the
ball while sisters Gemma and Jorja Townsend were enjoying their first tennis.
The second session enthusiastic group was split
into green and orange ball competition. Well done to Jonty Woods, Ashton
Green and Charli Giddins good results while the orange ball competition
produced some brilliant rallies with Prince Patel prevailing.
Griffith
will hold its Junior Development tourney on 7th April and Hay 5th
May
Weekly
Awards
The
Foodworks award this week goes to Alex Haidy for his great play in Wednesday
night tennis, The AgFlite award to Samantha Davies organising the new Club
shirts and to Anthony Slattery the Crightons Rural Award for commencing
early negotiations for annual sponsorships.
Feb 18
Monday women’s tennis delay one week
With
another scorcher predicted on the Monday , the women’s
tennis night competition has been delayed one week to commence now on Monday 25th
Feb.
Country
Week
Juniors
Congratulations
to the seven players who played the annual Wagga Junior Development Tourney on
Sunday with five of
them playing their first Orange, green
or normal balls tournament. Well done to Sophie Curtis and Brad Callaghan
taking out the 14s
Hays
Sunday morning 2019 activities commences this Sunday 24th at 9am with mini nets
and red ball and 10am for the older advanced players.
Kenny
Hargreaves will now join the other current coaches who do private junior and
senior lessons. All details including phone nos. are on the clubs
website junior section advising coaching fees plus court hire fees
Night
Tennis Commences from Feb 18th
Entries
for the forthcoming night competitions for both the Monday night womens and
Wednesday night mens will close shortly with all details on the clubs website. Women will commence on Feb 18 and men start
on Feb 20. Players should check the names received and advise Tony if you have
been missed.
Good
luck to the two mens teams competing in the Victorian Country Titles this week.
Juniors
Our
Junior weekend activities will be now played on Sundays for 2019 with our first
morning being Feb 24th Feb.
For
the time being our first session will be held from 9am to 10am and this will be
for youngsters from Kindergarten (at least 5 years of age)up to school year 3 or yr 4 using red ball , mini
nets and being taught basic skills. The second session is for the more advanced
usually from Year 3 or 4 up to High School to play orange ball or green ball.
Competitions will also be held in this session.
Wagga
will host its junior development tourney this coming Sunday 17th Feb
with a number of Hay players keen to play. Events are from 8yrs orange ball up
to 16yrs. Entries have to be in by Tuesday so transport and accommodation will
need to be sorted out immediately so any further entries, interest or
clarification need to be to Tony now.
Feb 4
Hay
defends its title at Country Tennis
The
2019 Victorian Country Tennis carnival will be hosted at Shepparton and
Mooroopna this year hosting 1500 players playing on 100 permanent grass courts
and neighbouring football ovals and played over 5 days from 11-15th
Feb.
Hay
will again field two mens teams – Hay Wanderers defending their grade C1 title
winning this division last year for the first
time. The other team Hay Barbarians will again play the C3 group where they
were runners up last year.
Players
competing this year include our recent club champions
in Scott Dixon and Anthony Slattery as well as Greg Stewart, Shane
McGufficke and Damon Slattery with Zac Slattery playing his first carnival.
Former Hay club champion Andrew Cronin as well
as Mark Hutchings will join the team. The Hay teams will also add Wagga players
Matt Hort, Chris Kendall and Brad Davis to the squad.
Anthony
Slattery will be doing a fireworks display on the opening night
, shooting over Lake Victoria in the centre of Shepparton.
Night
competitions
The
night competitions will commence from Monday 18Feb for women and 20th
Feb for men . Entries received to date will be
detailed on the web this week
Lismore
trip
Good
luck to Ryan Curtis selected in the Wilcannia Forbes Dio. team competing
in the Polding championships in Lismore this
week.
28 Jan
Night
tennis competition entries open
Entries
either individually or with a partner are now being taken for the forthcoming
night competitions.
Women
will continue to be played Monday nights and Men Wednesday nights in various
grades.
Juniors
of a sufficient standard are encouraged to play especially partnering an adult
male or female making the rules very flexible.
At
this stage the competition is expected to commence in a few weeks when the
weather is more pleasant.
21 Jan
Tennis
Coaching Clinic-Open Day
The
rescheduled Junior Coaching Clinic will be held Thursday Morning this week the
24th January with registrations needing to be in by noon 22nd
June to Lani or Immy . The full details are
advised on the website – “juniors –other activitie’s” section. Up to date
info will be advised by facebook.
In
the afternoon/ evening the Hay Club will hold its free Open Day depending on
weather temperatures commencing at 5pm and finishing around 8pm. To capitalise
on the world’s best playing in Melbourne, Tennis NSW has over 50 centres
conducting an open season day this forthnight during the period of the
Australian Open. It’s a family fun byo picnic and set up in lovely grounds with
a canteen having snacks and refreshments to purchase. Matches and Hot Shots
Activities for kids with Lani Houston coordinating the evening. The air conditioned clubhouse will have the AO tennis on tv
Night
Comp
Entries
for the forthcoming men’s and women’s competitions to commence in February in
various grades are now being taken.
14 Jan
Tennis
Open Day
Hay
plans to have an Open Day on Thursday 24th January with a junior
clinic in the morning followed by tennis activities in the late
afternoon/evening. This will be dependent on weather temperatures.
Hay
will be part of the Tennis NSW Open Season when all venues across the state
will open their facilities free on their selected day in January. All are
welcome with BYO picnic with the canteen operating. Activities for juniors will
be organised. Lani Houston is co- ordinating the event in conjunction with
Tennis NSW rep Brendan Lee.
In
the meantime the world’s best will battle it out in Melbourne with Lani and
Immy Molloy also attending the Australian Tennis
coaches conference there. They will learn all the latest coaching developments
and techniques.
7 Jan
Mixed
Doubles and AGM wind up 2018 tennis activities
2018
finished on a good note with a wonderful mixed doubles tournament following a
successful Annual General Meeting which saw Warren Hunt return as President.
Warren
then teamed up to win the mixed 2018 club doubles partnering Lani Houston
to beat Tom Lugsdin and Immy Molloy in the final 7/3. Earlier Lugsdin and
Molloy had a tough 7/5 win against Heidi Stephens and Dylan Lund. The main
consolation final was won by Paula Comb and Peter Davies 7/6 against Jacqui and
Jensen Hargreaves. The B grade consolation final was by Lucinda Williamson and
Russel Curtis 7/4 over Stephen Sharp and Liam Woods.
The
AGM gained two new committee members for this year with Anthony Slattery
returning and new member Jensen Hargreaves. The meeting heard there were 249
members for the last financial year a decrease of 20 from the previous year
with good number participation in night tennis competitions. The Club has
nearly paid off its loan to Hay Shire Council with only a $3000 balance
remaining.
Juniors
Last
weeks two day clinic was cancelled due to the current
heatwave.
Tennis
NSW hopes to hold a clinic in conjunction with local coaches for the 24th
January in the morning followed by an opening day function in the afternoon.
This could be dependent on weather temperatures with Lani Houston currently
co-ordinating with Wagga Tennis NSW Rep Brendan Lee
The
first junior Development tourney for the year is being held at Henty on 3rd
February with 12 tourneys listed for 2019. Hay is scheduled for the 5th
May and Griffith the 7th April .
Deniliquin
Leeton and Narrandera are again not listed for 2019 with all other tourney venues requiring an overnighter for
preparation and safe travel.
Tennis
Calendar
Some
copies are still available for the 2019 Tennis Club Community Calendar. The
binding on this year’s design looks very good.
31 Dec
Junior
Tennis Clinic Postponed
The
junior tennis clinic scheduled this week for Thurs
3rd and Friday 4th has been cancelled due to the
current heatwave.
Depending
on the weather Lani will look at another date later in January.
In
the meantime keep watching the tennis with the Hopman Cup and Brisbane International currently being played. The Sydney
International will commence next week followed by the Australian Open Grand
Slam the following two weeks.
Good
luck to Jensen Hargreaves playing the very strong Shepparton tourney again this
year being expertly managed by Hays Steve Longworth.
17 Dec
Annual Tennis Mixed and AGM Thursday
This
year the annual mixed competition in various grades which includes the club
championship grade will be held on a Thursday the 20th December. The
Annual General Meeting will also be held on the same night commencing at 5.45pm
followed by the tennis at 6.45pm.
Mixed
matches will be one set matches,first to six or seven
games depending if you will play two or three matches in the group. Entries
received as of last week are detailed on the web (go to the competitions –mixed
section) Entries close with Tony on Wednesday with the draw being made.
Men’s
Comp
A
marvellous finale night of tennis was held with two high standard finals a top bbq provided thanks to Peter Head and Elders
with play on all seven courts necessary before the rain came.
The
A/B grade final saw Glen Claridge ( subbing for Scott
Dixon) to partner Peter Lawrence for the Hay Bowling and Golf Club team
to defeat the NRMA team of Warren Hunt partnering Immy Molloy (subbing for Brad
Callaghan) the score being 7/5. The B Res also played a high standard match
with the Crighton’s Engineering team of Russell and Ryan Curtis beating
AgFlites Jacqui and Hilton Hargreaves 7/4. There were a number of playoff matches with wins to Wooloondool, Bidgee Bobcat and
Demo, TapperAg Landmark, Bindari and Benduck.
Congratulations
again to the Riverine Grazier for good and fair coverage to all
despite difficulties each week in producing its newspaper with Hay
lucky to have its own paper.
The
2019 Calendars should be available this week and can be collected free of
charge from its advertisers.
Lani
will run a tennis camp on 3rd and 4th January with
details appearing on the web this week. In the meantime private coaching is
available for members with coaches , phone numbers and
fees also outlined on the clubs website
Weekly
Awards
The
AgFlite award goes to Glen Claridge coming into Hay Tennis for the first time
to sub in the A grade final and having a win. The Foodworks award goes to Jimmy
Houston coming in as a sub replacing an injured player and also having a win
for Benduck. The Crighton’s award goes again this year to the The Riverine
Grazier for its wonderful coverage of sport.
Night Tennis Competitions
10 Dec
The
Monday Night Women’s competition was completed with the four grades finals held
as well as play-off matches. The Men’s competition will conclude this week,
while the annual mixed competition in various grades is scheduled for Thurs 20th
Dec the same night as the AGM.
Women’s
Four
well contested women’s tennis finals with 5 playoff matches were played to mark
the end of a successful womens competition 2018 year. It went down to a
tiebreaker decider in A grade when the Murphys Clothing Store team of Kate
Murphy and Harriet Lugsdin came from behind to beat the Lani Houston
Consulting team of Lani Houston and Sophie Curtis 2/6 6/3 and tiebreaker (7/4).
(B)
grade also went to a tiebreaker when the TapperAg Landmark team of Cas Tidey
partnering Karinda Deaton who was substituting for Ruby Barnes beat the
Woodpark Poll team of Lisa Headon and Carol Huggins in a great match the score
being 6/3 4/6 and tiebreaker 8/6. The (B) Res final saw the Riverine Grazier
team of Margie McClelland and Tertia Butcher reverse their first round loss
this time to beat the Hay Newsagency team of Anna Lilburne and Sue Parslow 6/1
6/2 .
The
(C) grade final was also closely contested with the Hay Bowling and Golf Club
team of Tilly and Jess Weeks beating the Crighton’s team of Kim and Ryan Curtis
6/3 6/5.
Winners
of the playoff matches were O’Briens Fertilisers, Wooloondool
, All Travel Solutions and Harrisons IGA while the match between Cotton
Wool Crema and Hills Corner Store was a 3/6 6/3 draw.
Mens
The
closest match in last weeks play was the Anthony Slattery Fireworks team of
Peter Head and Anthony Slattery winning 7/5 against the combined Hay Shire and
92 Computing team of Greg Stewart and Anthony Slattery. All B Res grade teams received a bye last week with this
week finals and playoffs scheduled.
Juniors
There
will be no Saturday junior tennis this weekend as our coaches are away playing
the strong Bronze level Open and Junior Tourney at Bendigo. Our final Saturday
juniors for the year will be held the following Saturday.
Lani
will conduct a coaching school over the holidays on the mornings of 3rd
and 4th January
Weekly
Awards
Congratulations
to all the women’s competition winners who this week get the Foodworks,
Crightons Engineering and AgFlite Awards.
26 November
Change
of Tennis Dates
Whilst
the Womens Monday nights and Mens finals nights will proceed as scheduled,
there will be a change to the planned timetable of the Annual Mixed, the Annual
General Meeting and junior singles championships.
Womens
There
were some fabulous matches played in the final round of matches last week. In A
grade the Lani Houston Consulting team edged out the Hay Jewellers Trish and
Dan Jamieson for a finals spot with a 6/4 5/6 win. In B grade Tapper
Ag snuck into the final with its 6/4 6/4 win against the Japps Pharmacy
team of Jacqui and Hilton Hargreaves. Meggs Grain Fertilisers and O,
Briens Fertilisers narrowly missed a finals berth. The B Res and C grade finals
are also scheduled this week with the full draw and results on the web. There
are 4 finals together with some play off matches listed.
Mens
Nine
competitive and enjoyable matches were played last week with the final round of
Wednesday play still scheduled for the 12th December. The closest
match last week was in the top grade when the Wyvern team of Rob Lindon and
Alex Downs beat the Benduck team of Rowan Houston and Simon Booth 7/6 6/5
Mixed
The
annual mixed competition will now be held on the night of the Thursday 20th
December when the Annual General Meeting will also now be held. Already
three entries have been received where two grades will be formed.
Juniors
Due
to our busy program the annual 10s, 12s, 15s, and 18s singles matches will now
be played at the start of tennis activities in February 2019.
Saturday
morning participation awards went to Wil Sloan, Cree Harris and Henry Porter
while the comp winner was Ollie Liddington-Dennehy. There will be no
Saturday morning tennis for the next two weeks resuming on 22nd Dec
which will entail our Christmas break up party.
Well
done to Kenny and Jensen Hargreaves who participated in the NSW state junior
development series finals in Sydney on the weekend. The boys qualified by
finishing in their age groups top three positions in the South West NSW region
of Junior Development tourneys held throughout the year. They both had some
great singles and doubles matches.
General
Team
Entries close soon for The 2019 Victorian Country
Championships the venue to be Shepparton / Mooroopna in February. Hay hopes to
again field two mens teams as well as a womens team this time.
The
Foodworks, AgFlite and Crightons Rural awards this week go to some nice shots
at Saturday morning tennis by Kodi Scott, Abbey Liddington-Dennehy, Skye Cannon
and Jessica Tapper.
26 November
Annual Tennis Mixed
date set
The
annual mixed night has been set down in conjunction with the AGM as well as the
10s annual singles junior competition for Friday Dec 7th
. The mixed will be played in various grades including the club
championship grade and could include two shortened matches on the
night. This has been necessary due to our cramped timetable before
Christmas.
The
10s (players born 2008 or later will play either orange or green ball) with
entries to Tony. The juniors 12s, 15s, and 18s are scheduled for Dec
14.
Meanwhile
the Women’s and Men’s night teams doubles competition’s continue
with some good and enjoyable matches.
This
week the women’s will play their final round before the finals and playoffs
scheduled on 3rd December. Points are very close across the four
grades and are listed on the website and depending on this week’s results will
determine finalists.
The
mens competition involving 19 teams in two grades continues with a good
atmosphere with play extending to 12th December. The format of swapping partners after the first set being played in
this competition is good for a change. NRMA and Hay Bowling and Golf Club are
leading the combined A and B grade while Crighton’s Engineering lead the B Res
grade just ahead of Hills Corner Store
Best
results in last week’s play went to Russell Curtis ,
Dylan Ilic and Hilton Hargreaves in the B Res grade while in the top grade best
scores went to Shane McGufficke, Tom Lugsdin, Warren Hunt, Darren Turner and
Peter Lawrence.
Juniors
There
was another good roll up on Saturday morning at both the 10am and
11am sessions. Rory Burns- Jarratt and Genevieve Williamson were hitting
some nice shots in the first session while competition winners in the second
session were Max Booth, Kodi Scott, Max Booth and Dillon Green
Weekly
Awards
The
AgFlite award goes to Darren Turner who not only had a doubles
win but also a singles win at Wednesday tennis. The Crightons award goes to St,
Marys Hay school Ryan Curtis being selected in
the Diocesan tennis team to play in Lismore. The Foodworks award goes to former
Hayite Gav Mather who put in a great effort in the Gala Day tourney narrowly
missing being the winner on percentages.
19 November
Successful Tennis Gala Day
Forty
players enjoyed and played the casual tennis tournament
Gala day on Saturday with perfect weather.
The
tournament was planned due to the Hay Club for the first time in over 50
years not holding its annual October Open Tennis Tourney this
year and also to present an Hon. Life
membership to Allen Dwyer.
Allen
a good solid A grade player was a tireless supporter of the Club whilst he was
in Hay. In fact he was the instigator and push
behind the only previous gala day held in 2013 attracting 45 players. He was a
good supporter in encouraging players of all ages to participate in night
competitions in which he adores the Hay format. Allen was always on the scene
volunteering tasks at Club functions and he played a major role in the
synthetic grass resurfacing of its four main courts and today these courts are
still a major showpiece.
Play
winners on the day were Green ball champions Jimmy and Archie Houston and
runners up Makenzie and Tilly Weeks. Mens winners Josh Silo (Albury) and Kenny
Hargreaves, Womens were Lani Houston and Alice Laracy, and mixed were
Peter Lawrence and Jess Weeks. Thank you to Sophie Curtis in her
assistance to the green ball group.
A
big thank you to Hay Shire, Foodworks and Anthony Slattery Fireworks for
their assistance as well as the food donations and helpers to make the
day enjoyable and possible.
Night
comps
Womens
have a general bye this week with the mens draw outlined on the web. Last
week’s marathon match was an exciting 7/6 to Wyverns Rob Lindon and Alex Downs
against The Hay Fish Shop Zanda Haidy and Ryan Morrison
with the second set also a close 6/5. Other wins went to Hay
Bowling and Golf Club, 92 Computing, NRMA, Hay Shire, and Bindari.
Monday
night winners across all grades went to Riverine Grazier, Hills Corner Store,
Crightons Engineering, Hay Jewellers, All Travel Solutions, Meggs Grain
Handling and Woodpark Poll.
Our
annual mixed has been set down in our busy schedule for Friday night 7th
December also on this night will be our juniors 10 yrs titles.
Juniors
Saturday
morning resumes this weekend at our regular times of 10 am and 11am .
Our
2018 juniors singles are scheduled on Dec 7th
and 14th hopefully we can finalise. To ensure if the tournament
proceeds players must register with tony beforehand.
Calendar
All
calendar sheets entries must be finalised by Nov 24 to be included on the 2019
calendar
12 November
Tennis Gala day Saturday
Entries
for the Tennis Gala Day close Wednesday 14th
November . Players can enter with a partner male or female or request a partner
with the grades and divisions worked out on the Thursday.
There
will be number of grades catering for all standards including a green ball competition group for younger players , the criteria
for this group is that players must be able to serve. There will be spare room
at the tennis complex for orange ball and red ball standard to have a hit.
Players
need to confirm their entry at the courts on the Saturday by 9.30 for play to
commence at 10am. It is expected the presentation of winners will be held at
3pm and will have an early bird finish for those wishing to stop playing while
the keen ones will continue until 5pm.
The
Clubs previous Gala Day was held in 2013 and was a wonderful successful and
enjoyable day with 45 players involved. Lets hope we
get more than this figure with 24 local and visitors entries received as at
Sunday. The Hay Club is hoping for good local support requiring more entries.
The
committee has been busy with the planning and preparations and would love to
hear from anyone who can assist in any way.
Night
Comps
Very
good numbers are currently playing the Monday womens and Wednesday mens
competitions. The draw and results are detailed on the clubs
website. With only two players per team there is no need for forfeits and we
will continue our good record.
Calender
Lets
all support our main fundraiser for the year with Wendy Heerey doing a great
job in organising the 2019 calender.
Birthday entries can be purchased at the Clubhouse for a gold coin . All calender sheets need to be to Wendy by the 24th
November.
Juniors
Congratulations
to Hilton Hargreaves who was selected in the
Super 10s competition in Canberra played on the weekend and next weekend
with some of the best country NSW including ACT 10s players.
Junior
tourneys from around the region coming up are at Henty, Young and Wagga.
There
was another good attendance at Saturday Morning activities for both sessions
with Ollie Liddington –Dennehy and Sophie Curtis winning the green ball doubles
competition. Cree Harris was best performed in the orange ball grade. There
will be no weekly tennis this Saturday with the Gala Day being held.
Weekly
Awards
The
Foodworks, AgFlite and Crightons Rural awards this week go to Hilton
Hargreaves, Wendy Heerey, Ollie Liddington, Sophie Curtis and Cree Harris.
5 November
Night
tennis Results
Womens
night competition results in A grade the lone winner was IGA with Murphy’s
Clothing co and Lani Houston Consulting declared a draw with special thanks to
Kenny Hargreaves substituting.
B
grade winners were Pynors Accountants, Tapper Ag Landmark and Woodpark Poll.
Dylan Ilic subbed up and did a good job.
The
match of the night was the 6/3 3/6 draw between Meg’s Grain -Katie and Karinda
Deaton against the O’ Briens Fertilisers team of Annie Summers snd Lisa Lund
The B Res / C grade winners were Elders, Riverine Grazier and Crighton’s
Engineering
In
A and B grade men’s results winners were Anthony Slattery Fireworks, 92
Computing, Hay Bowling and Golf Club, Hay Shire and Tapper Ag Landmark All B
Res teams had byes
Juniors
A
good number participated at Saturday morning tennis with the coaches getting
some expert assistance from Sam Davies.
20
played the first session with the second session comp winners being Dan
Jamiesen, Max Booth snd Emma Curtis.
Gala
Day
Preparations
for the 17th November Gala Day are well in hand with the working bee and
meeting held on the weekend.
Another
meeting will be held again on Saturday following junior tennis.
29 October
Night
competitions Good Entries and Men’s club Doubles finished
Good
numbers for both the new night competitions have been received. Both
competitions started last week with 24 womens teams in 4 grades and 19 men’s
teams in three grades. The womens draw has been made up to 5/11 and the men’s
31/10.
For
the benefit of all players the competitions should continue with the good
record for two years now of not having forfeits with substitutes listed or bye
players to fill in if needed.
The
closest womens match last week was a 5/6 6/5 draw in B grade between Tapper Ag
Landmark and Hills Corner Store with both Connie Andrews and Lucinda Williamson
playing their first comp game.
The
men’s format this competition will change partners after the first set and like
the womens matches no match will exceed beyond the one and a
half hour limit.
Congratulations
to Scotty Dixon and Peter Lawrence regaining their doubles title in winning the
2018 final against Kenny and Jensen Hargreaves in a very tight match 4/6 6/2
and tiebreaker (7/5)
Juniors
A
good number attended Saturday morning tennis.
Participation
and sportsmanship awards went to Sophie Gee Corliss, Evelyn Creighton, Archer
Gill, Emma Curtis,Genevieve Williamson, Caitlin Lund,
Jonty Woods, Ollie Liddington- Dennehy and Jack Booth Session times will
continue at 10 am and 11am however this may change and further advice will
follow.
Gala
Day
In
conjunction with junior tennis a working bee will be held on Saturday
commencing at 9 am to conclude at 12 followed by a meeting to finalise the gala
day preparations.
Weekly
Awards
The
AgFlite, and
Foodworks and Crightons awards this week went to Connie Andrews Lucinda
Williamson Scotty Dixon and peter Lawrence
22 October
Night
competitions begin this week
Good
entries have been received for both the Monday Women’s and Wednesday men’s teams competitions commencing this week.
Just
over 20 teams had been received at the entry deadline to compete in the womens
in four grades and so far 11 men’s teams have been
received to start on Wednesday night.
All
details are on the clubs website.
The
men’s club doubles final will also be held this week
Gala
Day
Entries
are now being taken for the Clubs Gala Day to be held on Saturday 17th
November. Entries for the American Round Robin doubles tourney in various
grades can enter with a partner male or female or request a partner. A number
of visitors have shown interest in attending.
Play
will start at 10am and conclude at 3 pm for some and 5 pm for others depending
on entries and heat conditions.
Juniors
There
was a good attendance at both the 10 am and 11 am sessions on Saturday despite
the weather with coaching continuing at these times this coming weekend.
Weekly
Awards’s
The
Foodworks award went to Max Booth for dominating his group at Saturday morning
juniors Cree Harris gets the AgFlite award for giving 100%effort and Jessica
Tapper - the Crighton’s
Rural Award for going so well at her first attendance
15 October
Night
tennis entries close this week
The
forthcoming night tennis team’s competitions for Monday Women and Wednesday men’s will commence next week from the 22nd October Players
can enter with a partner or request one and various grades will be formed.
Entries
received to date will be shown on the web this week for players to check if
they have been missed.
Also next week the men’s 2018 club doubles final
will be played between Kenny and Jensen Hargreaves against Scott Dixon and
Peter Lawrence
Juniors
A
very successful tennis camp was held by Lani Houston last week with assistance
from Immy Molloy and Kenny Hargreaves and delicious fruit platter from Kate
Smith
(-
note for Grazier - see photo )
Saturday
morning junior activities resumes this weekend at the normal 10 am and 11 am
sessions
8 October
Holiday
Tennis Clinic Thursday
Lani
Houston will conduct a tennis clinic on Thursday 11th from 9am to noon for
players aged 5 yrs to 12 Bookings are essential with enquiries to Lani.
Meanwhile
entries are now being taken for the forthcoming night tennis men’s and women’s
competitions and for the Gala Day planned for November.
2 October
Women’s
tennis club doubles finalised
The
2018 women’s tennis club championships doubles were completed and will go down
in history with the old saying “ tennis a game for all
ages”
The
final saw Immy Molloy partnering her nan Teresa Mirabelli beat Lani Houston
with her partner the young 12 yr old Sophie Curtis in a great result
the
score being 6/2 6/5 This was a fantastic good spirited and standard match with
all players being congratulated.
Consolation
finals in the other grades were held as follows
A-
Trish and Dan Jamieson beat Casey and Tamara Wade 6/5 6/3
B-
Annie Summers and Lisa Lund beat Wendy and Sarah Lindsay 6/5 6/2 B Res- Russell
and Ryan Curtis beat Cas Tidey and Ruby Barnes 6/4 6/2
The
men’s had a top close semi final result with Kenny and
Jensen Hargreaves prevailing over Anthony Slattery and Shane Mc Gufficke 1/6
6/3 (9/7) and will now play Scott Dixon and Peter Lawrence in the 2018 final
Meanwhile
entries are now being taken for the normal teams
competitions in various grades for men and women to start after the school
holidays.
Players
can enter with a partner or request a partner.
Juniors
Saturday
morning junior tennis will resume after the school holidays Meanwhile Lani will
conduct a morning mini coaching school on Thurs Oct 11 from 9am to 12noon with
bookings essential to Lani Ph 0408932161
24 September
Tennis
2018 club doubles to finals
In
an exciting finish to the men’s doubles,three pairs
finished equal on top of the men’s ladder following the round robin matches.
The
second pair on games averages Kenny and Jensen Hargreaves will play a semi
final against the third pair on averages Anthony Slattery and Shane McGufficke The winner of this match will then play the top average pair
in Scott Dixon and Peter Lawrence after the school holidays.
The
womens club championships doubles final as well as the best performed ( four matches) will be contested this week.
Last
weeks closest match was Chelsea Cox and Indyanna Wilson going down to Warren
Hunt and Dylan Ilic 6/3 6/5
The
teams competition will commence from 22nd October for women (
men 24th ) Players can enter with a partner or request one with entries
closing 18th October
Juniors
Saturday
morning weather brought out our best attendance for the year The 10am session
kept all the coaches busy - with mini nets and red ball play while a good
number contested the 11am competition group Kenny Hargreaves green ball group
saw Dylan Ilic narrowly winning ahead of Ollie Liddington with Tilly Weeks best
of the girls Immy Molloy orange ball group saw Kai Smith winner just ahead of
Dillon Green while Lani Houston orange ball group had Charli Giddins undefeated
and Abbey Liddington winning two matches for second spot.
There
will be no tennis this week due to the long weekend and start of the school
holidays Sent from my iPhone
17 September
Hargreaves
Boys top performances at Regional Tennis Finals
Wagga
hosted the Champion of Champions Junior Development Series(JDS)
finals for the South Western NSW Region on Sunday.
A
number of tournaments held at 11 centres (stretching from Hay to Tumut and
Albury to Goulburn)were held throughout the region for
2018 with players gaining points, the number of points depending on their
results.
The
top 8 positions boys
and girls in each age group qualify for the Wagga finals. However
players must have played 4 tourneys to qualify with Hilton Kenny and Jensen the
only Hay players to qualify this year. It would appear Hays Sophie and Emma
Curtis were also top 8 positions for their age groups but failed the finals due
to not competing 4 tourneys. Hay players are penalised due to its location with
only Griffith as well as the Hay tourney being day travel tourneys. For safe
travel and good preparation all other tourneys require overnight accommodation
which is costly. Unfortunately Leeton, Narrandera and
Deniliquin are currently not hosting these types of tourneys.
Jensen
Hargreaves continues to dominate the JDS 12s boys beating all the other 7
finalists and then winning the final 6/0 against Matthew Ferguson of Tumut
Kenny Hargreaves came 3rd in his group of the 14s boys to Jarrod Ward (
Goulburn) and William Male from Henty Both Jensen and Kenny by finishing top 3
now qualify for the NSW closed titles in Sydney in November Young Hilton
Hargreaves finished in 6th spot in his group 10s boys having won 2 matches
Wagga will hold its annual open and junior tourney on the Oct long weekend
Club
Doubles
The
2018 men’s and women’s club doubles will finish before the school holidays with
new teams competitions in various grades to commence
after the holidays.
The
womens semi final of the championships saw Immy Molloy and Teresa Mirabelli
have a good win 6/3 6/2 against Jess and Chloe Weeks In the other grades
section Lisa Lund and Annie Summers continue their unbeaten run this time with
a 4/6 6/3 win against Ruby Barnes and Cas Tidey Isabella Handford and Will
Jamieson had a win also a 4/6 6/3 scoreline against Warren Hunt and Tilly Weeks
The closest in the men’s was the Bede Schiller and Tom Porter 3/6 6/3 draw
against Ritchie Weymouth and Nick Robertson
Juniors
Saturday
morning tennis will resume this weekend still at the 10am and 11am starting
times
Weekly
Awards
The
Foodworks AgFlite and Crighton’s Rural Awards this week go to Hilton Jensen and
Kenny Hargreaves for their performances at the Wagga Regional Finals and also following the
hectic schedule of the 3 boys playing their AFL grand final the previous day.
10
September
Club Tennis Doubles in full swing
The men’s and women’s 2018 club
doubles championships have started well with some enjoyable matches witnessed.
The women’s main group comprises 4 pairs contesting a round robin
while 14 other pairs are also competing in the other grades section with a
number of male players also involved.
Lani Houston partnering young Sophie Curtis in the championship
division notched up a good win 6/2 6/3 over Casey and Tamara Wade.
Trish and her son Dan Jamieson continue their good form this time
with a 6/2 6/5 over Jacqui and Hilton Hargreaves.
The men’s group has 7 pairs contesting the club championship group
with now another 5 pairs contesting the other grades group. The main group saw
Zander Haidy and Nick Robertson winning 6/4 6/3 against the defending champion
Warren Hunt this year partnering Brad Callaghan. The other grade match of
the night was Craig and Joseph Wilson having a 3/6 6/2 win .
Juniors
There will be no Saturday Morning tennis again this weekend with
most of the coaches away however it will definitely resume 22nd Sept.
3 September
Tennis Gala Day Planned
A Tennis Gala Day has been planned for Saturday 17th
November to replace the Annual October Tourney which is not being held
this year.
A successful Gala –fun day was held in 2013 to mark the opening of
the new courts surfacing.
The November day will again be an American Round Robin Tourney in
various grades down to green ball players, where you enter with a partner male
or female or request a partner.Each set you will play
half with your partner then the other half against your partner. This format
will conclude about 3 pm with a doubles tourney then planned to continue for
the keen ones to finish about 5pm.
More details will follow.
Night Doubles Competition
Both the 2018 Club Championships in various grades for women and
men commenced last week with some good matches played. Further entries are
still welcome with play to continue up to the school holidays.
Closest matches last week were Annie Summers and Lisa Lund beating
Anna Lilburne and Sue Parslow 6/5 6/1 and in the mens Craig and Joseph Wilson
drew 6/4 4/6 against Dan Stewart and Navieen Singh.
Juniors
On Saturday only the 11am competition session was held with a
number of coaches away. Doubles green and orange ball groups were formed as
well as team games with some good rallies noted .There
will be no tennis this weekend due to the show.
Weekly Awards
The Foodworks and Crighton’s Rural awards this week go to Bede
Schiller and Tom Porter who had a good win following their tennis break. The
AgFlite award goes to Charli Giddins who followed up her good form at Griffith
last week to serve nicely at Saturday morning junior tennis.
27 August
Top 2018 Tennis Singles Finals
Both the 2018 Mens and Womens singles finals went down to the wire . Both produced some fabulous tennis with Lani Houston
winning her first singles title defeating the defending champion Immy Molloy
3/6 6/3 and tiebreaker decider (7/5). Earlier Lani had some tough matches
against Trish Jamieson and Jess Weeks in reaching the final.
Scotty Dixon was equal to the task beating the defending champion Anthony
Slattery 6/5 5/6 (7/4), exactly the same scoreline in beating Warren Hunt in
the 2016 final. This is Scots third singles title also having beaten Andrew
Davies in three sets in the 2014 final.
(note for Grazier –photos will come next week)
The doubles competition gets underway this week.
Gala Day
It is planned to hold a Tennis Gala
Day in November to replace the Annual Open tournament that is not being held
this year. It will also honor our tourney sponsors Wooloondool
, Hay Bowling and Golf Club and Auscott. The last Gala Day was held in
2013 was very successful and full of enjoyment catering for all grades and
attracting nearly 50 players. The committee will meet on Sunday at 5pm to work
out the format , date and many other issues. Out of towners have indicated their availability for Saturday
Nov 17.
Juniors
Hay had a good contingent of 12 players after two withdrawing
through injury and sickness, playing the Griffith junior tourney on Sunday.
Five Hay players were playing their first tournament
and you could see the improvement at the end of the day. Congratulations
to all with further details to follow.
(note for Grazier-see group photo)
Good weather helped attract a good number of participants at
Saturday tennis. In the 10am red ball/ fun
games, coaching session Abbey Liddington/Denehey went well and visitor Jaycee
O.Brien
The 11am comp groups were split into 4 groups and after some
serving practice, play was of a high standard and the
groups were well organised by the coaches
Kenny Hargreaves did a great job with the normal ball group with
Navieen Singh and Sophie Curtis having a good tussle. Immy Molloy advised
her group of 5 playing green ball full court were so fair and had a good
attitude. The highest number of points won went to Ryan Curtis however the
highest number of matches won was tied by Jack booth and Dan Jamieson.
Lani supervised the orange ball three quarter court split into (a)
and (b). Top of the (a) was Max Booth and runner up Hannah
Jamieson while top of the (b) was Cree Harris narrowly from Kai Smith
Saturday juniors continues on the weekend
Weekly Awards
The Agflite award goes to Lani Houston winning her first singles title . The foodworks award goes to Scott Dixon taking out
the mens singles title and the Crightons Rural
award goes to Jacqui Hargreaves having the difficult task at Griffith on Sunday
in organising the good number of the 10 years boys group with limited courts.
20 August
Tennis Singles to Finals
The annual tennis singles played across a number of grades in
great spirit will conclude this week. The doubles competition will commence
next week. The womens Club Championship grade saw a tough semi final win to
Lani Houston over Jess Weeks 6/3 5/6 and will now play Immy Molloy for the 2018
title.
The battle of the sisters saw Casey Wade prevail over Tamara in a
tiebreaker decider 7 points to 3 after sets were
level at 6/3 each. Casey will now play Harriet Lugsdin in the A Reserve grade
final. In B grade Cas Tidey won 6/2 6/2 against Katie Deaton and will play the
undefeated Sara Lindsay in the final. The two best performed C graders in Dan
Jamieson and Hilton Hargreaves will play the C grade final .
A number of play off singles will be contested this
week and again there will be organised doubles involving adults and juniors
together creating a good atmosphere.
The mens night saw two great semi final matches with the former
champion Scott Dixon bringing back his old form to defeat Jensen Hargreaves 6/2
4/6 and tie breaker decider (7/4) and the defending champion Anthony Slattery
beating Nick Robertson 6/3 6/1. Other matches organised were doubles and well
done to all those involved.
Juniors
Saturday morning tennis was called off due to manpower shortage
and the cool windy unpleasant conditions. Hopefully all will be good this
week with sessions continuing at 10am and 11am.
Dont forget the annual Griffith Juniors on Sunday to advise Tony
if you are interested.
Weekly Award
The Crightons Rural Award goes to Stephen Sharp returning to
tennis and going well following the knees operation. Joseph Wilson gets the
Foodworks award also going well after a layoff.
The AgFlite award goes to Tilly and Makenzie Weeks making a fine
introduction to night tennis competition.
13 August
No Open Tennis Tourney This Year
With a number of key personnel unavailable this year, the Annual
Open tourney will not be held. Instead a Gala Day similar to the
successful one held 5 years ago for the Opening of the new courts is being
planned for November. The Gala Day will be known as the Wooloondool, Hay
Bowling and Golf Club and Auscott tournament to honour our gold and silver
sponsors.
The annual open Tourney for October 2019 will comprise all the usual
events without the Australian Ranking computer events which are costly to run.
Annual Singles
The Womens and Mens Singles competitions continue with a good
spirit.
The Womens saw the closest match of the week with Lani Houston and
Trish Jamieson playing an exciting draw 2/6 6/2. In the A Res grade Harriet
Lugsdin continues her good form this time having a very good win against Tamara
Wade 6/0 6/3. In B grade Sarah Lindsay remains unbeaten following her win
against Katie Deaton 4/6 6/3. In C grade two youngsters put in a brilliant and
fair play performance with Dan Jamieson winning the first set 6/5 and his
opponent Hilton Hargreaves taking the second 6/5
The mens night again produced top tennis. Jensen Hargreaves won
his quarter final match against Tom Lugsdin 6/1 6/2. Nick Robertson won a
marathon against Kenny Hargreaves 6/3 5/6 and tiebreaker decider 7/1 while the
defending champion Anthony Slattery had to fight all the way with a 6/5 6/5 win
against Brad Callaghan. In Consolation Alexander Haidy was in devastating form
to beat Gardean Ellis 6/3 6/4 while a doubles consolation match was held
(instead of another two singles) with the defending champions Steve Longworth
and Warren Hunt going down to Tim Hubbard and Geoff Chapman 6/4 6/4
Juniors
There was no play on Saturday, however play will be held this
coming weekend and the next one.
Griffith will be running its annual Junior Development tourney on
26th August . Anyone who is interested playing on this
day and needs transport please let Tony know by the weekend.
Weekly Awards
Dan Jamieson and Hilton Hargreaves win the Crightons Rural Award
for their 6/5 5/6 great and fair play result. Tim Hubbard a regular visitor to
Hay takes the Agflite award for his performance last week and former Club Champion
Trish Jamieson wins the Foodworks award following her play against Lani
Houston.
6 August
Pleasant start to annual tennis singles
A nice start was made to the 2018 singles competition to both the
Monday women and Wednesday mens nights.
Monday results saw some top matches with Jess Weeks battling all
the way to defeat a former club champion in Trish Jamieson 6/4 6/4, Lani
Houston beat the ever improving Tamara Wade 6/1 6/2,
Harriet Lugsdin put in a gutsy effort in winning 6/3 6/4 over Casey Wade. The
closest match of the night was the very good contest of Sarah Lindsay beating
Cas Tidey 4/6 6/3 while young Dan Jamieson was in good form to defeat Navieen
Singh 6/1 6/1
Wednesday play saw the defending champion Anthony Slattery too
strong for a previous champion Steve Longworth 6/1 6/3 and Brad Callaghan
winning a similar scoreline over the out of retirement Gardean Ellis who hit
the ball well. A number of others received byes with late entries still being
accepted.
The
annual Hay Open tourney scheduled for the 5th, 6th, and 7thOctober
may not be held this year. With key personnel either away, or maybe away
or unavailable together with continued rising costs, rules and demands by
tennis NSW for running our type of tourney which includes Australian Ranking
computer events, some serious thoughts and changes are to be examined.
Should the event not be held this year a one day
tourney (similar to the very successful Clubs new courts surfacing
Opening Day tourney held some years ago) could be planned later on in the year
and a complete new format maybe a two days annual open tourney with events to
entice more local participation as well as retaining our regular tennis
visitors be organised to start next year. Despite the club having 249
members for its 2017/18 financial year there is not enough strong support and
help for this type of three day tourney. The committee
will meet again this week to make a final decision.
Juniors
Junior Saturday morning tennis made a welcome return on the
weekend with Cree Harris going well in the 10am group. A big thankyou to coaches Kenny, Immy and Lani who put in some new
tennis moves recently learnt at Wagga. The orange ball 11am
competition was great with Jack Booth winning the A grade from Dylan
Ilic and Hannah Jamieson taking out the B section
There will be no Saturday morning this week with a number of
organisers away but will continue the following week.
Weekly Awards
The Foodworks award went to Jack Booth winning the orange ball
competition with some good serving. The AgFlite award went to Cree Harris
putting in a 100 per cent effort at the Saturday activities. The Crightons
Rural award goes to Cas Tidey narrowly going down in her singles match to Sarah
Lindsay a recipiant to a previous weekly award.
30 July
Tennis Singles commences this week
The Annual tennis singles competition which includes the club
championship grade commences this week for women and men with a total entry
received to date 23 players.
The competition is expected to run for 4 or 5 weeks then followed
by doubles. Play is Monday nights women and Wednesday night mens with the draw
appearing on the web this week.
Defending club champions are Immy Molloy and Anthony Slattery.
Annual Memberships and green pass payments are due this week and
many thanks to all those that have paid which certainly helps towards payment
to the ever increasing insurance costs and Tennis NSW
affiliations which are now due.
Juniors
Saturday morning junior activities will now restart this coming
weekend following last weekends call off due to the weather.
Well done to Hilton and Jensen Hargreaves to their success at the
recent West Wyalong Development tourney. Young and Griffith Tourneys will be
held in August.
23 July
Tennis Activities restarts on the weekend
After a break of four weeks the new season of Junior tennis
activities recommences this coming Saturday 28th July. Sessions will continue
at 10am and 11am with orange and green ball competition included in the 11am
group.
Night Competitions
Entries for the forthcoming night single’s
competition’s in various grades will close this coming Friday with the
women’s draw available on Monday 30th July for commencement that night.
The men’s will commence Wed 1st August. Entries
received to date are listed on the web so players should check in case they
have been missed. It is noted the defending club champions are putting in some
good practice. Various grades catering for all standards will be held.
General
Thanks for all those players who have so far renewed memberships
and green pass memberships. Memberships and green pass renewals should finalise
their payments by 31/7/18.
An urgent committee meeting needs be held and will follow junior
tennis on saturday morning at 12.15.
A number of concerns need to be addressed and this includes
the annual Tennis NSW affiliation requirements, the interest and support
of the running of the Annual Open Tourney, this year being held in the middle
of the school holidays as well as other matters for discussion.
16 July
Annual Tennis Singles Entries now open
Entries for the annual tennis singles in various grades for both
men and women are now open with names received to date listed on the hay Tennis
Club web.
Monday women’s will start on the 30th
July and Wednesday men’s to commence on the 1st August.
Weekly Awards
The Agflite Award goes to Kenny Hargreaves who despite being in
school year 8 has been selected for the second consecutive year in the Riverina
High Schools Tennis team to contest the State titles.
The Foodworks award goes to Steve Longworth who has just run the
successful Queensland Veterans Tourney on the Gold Coast and also expertly
completing the recent annual Griffith tourney despite the wet weather
preventing play on the clay courts on day one of the tourney and convincing
players and officials that the tourney will finish on time.
The Crighton’s Rural Award goes to those Wimbledon players who
battled through those 5 and 6 hour matches.
9 July
Kenny Hargreaves in High School Riverina Tennis Team
For the second year in succession Hay High School student Kenny Hargreaves
has been selected in the 9 boys Riverina Tennis Team to compete in the State
Titles this year being held at Armidale /Inverell. Kenny was also part of
the team that played the titles in Bathurst last year. He attended the trials
in Wagga last week with the state titles scheduled for September.
This is a great achievement at selection for a second time and
only at Year 8 with hopefully more years to follow.
The West Wyalong Junior tourney will be held on Sunday July 22,
with the Young and Griffith tourneys in August.
Meanwhile night competitions and junior Saturday morning
activities will resume later in the month with court hire enquiries to Tony
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2 July
Tennis
Activities in winter break
Night
tennis competitions will resume later in July following the winter break. Similarly junior Saturday morning activities will also
resume at that time.
As
expected the annual Hay junior tournament on Sunday was cancelled with only 8 online
entries and a similar number of locals who were to enter manually. In total
there were only 6 visitors coming from Griffith Deniliquin Wagga and
Yass.Tennis NSW are likely now to allow Hay to revert back to its normal April
month for 2019 - a much better and more suitable tennis weather month.
Meanwhile
courts are open for hire and private coaching remains available.
25 June
Jensen
Hargreaves
selected for the Ken Rosewall Cup State Tennis Competition
Following his good form for the South West NSW team in the recent
state 12yrs competition in Bathurst, Jensen was selected with Wagga’s Leon
Hemmings and Maxwell Prest in the three boys South West 14yrs team up against
11 other country and city NSW teams including the ACT played in Gosford on the
weekend. Ella Brown daughter of Warwick Brown who worked as an Engineer
at the former Public Works office in Hay, together with Chelsea McGrath both of
Albury and Jane Hausler of Barellan made up the three girls team competing for
the Leslie Bowrey Cup. The formats of the competition were the same as the
world renowned Davis and Federation Cups
emphasising a team environment.
It is such an honour for Jensen to play this prestigious
competition amongst the states best and deservedly gained the selection with
all his hard training. Although not winners of their pools groups
the teams did manage a couple of victories but more importantly enjoyed the
experience and comradeship.
The Clubs Annual Junior Tournament still only has attracted 5
players up to the weekend with entries closing Tuesday 26th June so sadly would
appear to be cancelled. This year Tennis NSW became more involved in the
running so we are awaiting their formal decision. Tennis NSW should consider reverting
the Hay tourney back to its previous annual April date which has more pleasant
weather and player involvement. Currently we
have stopped night competitions and Saturday juniors for our winter break.
Saturday morning was held on the weekend mainly to get tourney
practice however only 10 players participated with Clementine Fauche best in the 10am group and Dillon Green won the
orange ball group narrowly from Charli Giddins. Saturday activities will
break for winter and resume on July 28 as per the web’s juniors timetable
program. In the meantime those requiring private
coaching can contact Jess Weeks or Immy Molloy with Lani away at present.
Many thanks to the Clubs Sponsors who have responded to date for
the 2018/19 year in assisting financially towards the running of the Hay Tennis
Club.
18 June
Annual Junior Tennis Tourney
The 2018 Juniors Development tennis Riverina tourney for Hay
is to be held on Sunday 1st July with entries closing next week. The day offers
5 boys and 5 girls events from as young as 8yrs and
under, up to 16 yrs and under. This covers orange, green and normal tennis
balls.
Normally the tourney is held in April in warmer weather conditions
with good entry participation so the Hay Club is crossing its fingers for a
viable entry this year. Entries received to date obtained from The Tennis
Australia tourney web site shows a total of 5 players across all ages have
entered up to Sunday night- these from Deniliquin, Griffith, Wagga and Temora.
Local players are asked to enter this week either online to Tennis
Australia or manually to Tony Callaghan ( he will
forward entries onto Brendan Lee ) so that further players entries can be
added to the tourney participation list hopefully then to entice more players
from out of town. Players will come to Hay if they are assured of plenty of
matches.
Saturday morning junior activities will be held this coming
weekend at the 10am and 11am Saturday timeslots. Lani Houston is overseas at
present but Immy Molloy with asssistance from parents will organise the
sessions with some players to get valuable practice for the tourney.
Immy with Kenny Hargreaves attended the Riverina coaching clinic
in Wagga on the weekend gaining some top experience from Tennis NSW coaches.
Jensen Hargreaves received a special invitation for a training
session with head coach Jaslyn Hewitt (Lleytons sister) while Hilton Hargreaves
gained an invitation to be part of the top 8 boys and girls Regional players to
form a super 10s competition with Hilton being a
member of the winning team.
The wagga experience was a great success despite the miserable
weather conditions.
Weekly Awards
The AgFlite, Foodworks and Crightons Rural Awards go to Hilton, Jensen
and Kenny Hargreaves and Immy Molloy for their Wagga success
11 June
Junior tennis tourney entries close soon
Entries are now open for the Annual Hay Junior Development series
tourney to be held on Sunday July 1st this year.
There will be no Saturday morning junior activities on the weekend
with the coaches attending a course in Wagga.
The last round of the Monday night women’s competition was played
with only four matches scheduled. Results were Hay Jewellers beat Murphy’s
Clothing 6/1 5/6, Megg’s Transport beat Hills Corner Store 2/6 6/0, Cotton Wool
Crema beat japp’s pharmacy 6/3 6/0 and Hay
Newsagency beat the Mystery team 6/4 6/4 . All other teams had byes for the
night with this Autumn competition now concluded.
Night competitions will now have a 5 week
winter break before the annual singles commences in various grades.
THe AgFlite, Foodworks, and Crighton’s Rural award this week goes
to Kate Murphy and Harriet Lugsdin the most consistent performers in the
women’s night competition just finished.
3 June
Night Tennis Winds Down
Night tennis competitions for both mens and womens will break for
the cold weather and resume later in July with the annual singles competition.
Weekend day tennis, including social court hire and coaching
is popular at present with no chilly night air.
Last Wednesday night the men played their final round due to state
of origin this week. The match of the night saw the Elders team of Peter Head
and Nick Robertson win against the combined Slattery Fireworks and 92 Computing
teams 6/5 6/5, with the other match going to Auscott 6/3 6/1 against the Hay
Bowling and Golf club team.
The Monday night womens competition will conclude this week with
only 4 matches scheduled and all other teams receiving byes. Results last week
saw Hay Jewellers beat Harrisons IGA 6/4 5/6, Hills Corner Store beat
Cotton Wool Crema 6/1 6/2, Woodpark Poll beat Hay Newsagency 6/2 6/3, Murphys
Clothing beat O’Briens Fertilisers 6/2 6/5 and Tapper Ag Landmark beat Japps
Pharmacy 6/3 6/0
Juniors
Good weather on Saturday morning brought an attendance of 17
players to the court. The 10am hot shots session saw some good red ball hitting
and orange ball serving practice and in the 11am competition group the green
ball group played a doubles competition with Immy Molloy included to give
players tremendous experience the winner being Dylan Ilic. Orange ball was
again split into two grades under the direction of Jess Weeks with Charli
Giddins winning A and first timer Jessie Learmonth winning B.
There will be no Saturday tennis for two weeks – this weekend the
long weekend has the Griffith Tourney and court
supervisor course and the following weekend the coaches will be doing a course
at Wagga. Players and parents are asked to follow the tennis web- juniors program for Saturday resumption.
Private coaching continues with details and costs also shown on
the web.
Weekly Awards
The Agflite and Crightons Rural Awards go to Peter Head and Nick
Robertsons win in Wednesday night tennis with Nicks last four sets in the past
two weeks all being 6/5. The Foodworks award goes to Jessie Learmonth winning
her orange ball group at Saturday tennis playing her first tennis.
28 May
Tennis Club Membership slightly down
The Hay Tennis Club finished its 2017/18
year with a membership of 249 down 20 members from last year losing a
number of families who have left Hay
and only gaining a few new people to town. New financial year
memberships renewals are welcome.
Annual sponsorships are currently being sought with generous
support currently enjoyed from a good number of business houses their names
listed at the clubhouse with major sponsors being Hay Bowling and Golf Club,
Auscott and Wooloondool.
Despite the cooler weather players are keen to keep the Monday
night womens and Wednesday night Mens short duration competitions going with
further rounds scheduled this week.
Last weeks womens results were Harrisons IGA def Meggs Transport
6/5 6/5, Murphys Clothing def Hills Corner Store
6/1 6/2, Cotton Wool Crema def Woodpark Poll 6/1 6/0, Japps Pharmacy def Hay
Newsagency 2/6 6/1, O’Briens Fertilisers def Tapper Ag Landmark 6/1 6/0 – Hay
Jewellers and Bidgee Bobcat and Demo received byes.
The mens results were 92 Computing def Hay Fish Shop 6/1 4/6,
Auscott def A.Slattery Fireworks 6/0 6/4 and Lugsdin
Toyota drew with Elders 6/5 5/6. Wooloondool and Hay Bowling and Golf
Club byes
Juniors
Perfect weather on Saturday morning attracted over 30 players to
the two sessions of Junior activities. A number of players also participated in
both the 10am coaching and fun activities and then played the 11am orange ball
or green ball competition. In the green ball full court competition six players
competed at this level for the first time and well done to all. The orange ball
was split into two grades an A grade group of four and a B grade group of 4 who
were allowed three serve chances per point and this proved beneficial on a lot
of points to get movement and rallies.
All players qualified for orange ball competition by being able to
serve at least 4 balls in the square out of 10
attempts from three quarter court. A great effort by all.
The annual Hay (JDS)Junior Development Series tourney will be held
on 1st July this year with the Hay leg previously held in April normally
getting 50+ players. Last year 20 hay players played and 30 visitors. The
Thurgoona JDS and Albury JDS held on the weekend on the Sat and Sun attracted
37 and 50 players, numbers down to those tourneys held earlier in the year with
warmer weather. The three Hargreaves boys flew the flag for Hay and had great
success at Thurgoona and Albury.
With a month to go to the Hay Tourney there is concern that we
attract a viable number . The tourneys do have an
orange ball grade this year and we have a number of players in this category
however very few of our other juniors are
competing in our popular night competitions or junior comp. so an early indication
if players are competing will assist planning but of course visitors likely
playing is difficult to gauge at this stage. Hay has a history of organising
great tourneys so our reputation may influence visitors.
Weekly Awards
The Agflite award goes to the six green ball players playing this
grade for the first time _Kodi Scott, Mackenzie Weeks, Ollie Liddington-Denehy,
Pierre Terblanche, Jonty Woods and Ashton Green. The Crightons Rural Award goes
to the three orange ball players playing for the first time – Dillon Green,Emily Taylor and Kai Smith who also won his group. The
Foodworks award goes to Tilly Weeks who won her orange ball group.
21 May
Junior Tennis Competition commences Saturdays
The short duration Saturday Morning Tennis competition for orange
ball, green ball and normal ball grades commenced on the weekend transferring
from Friday nights. The Saturday program commences with the normal 10am
session for coaching and fun activities for players in school years from
Kindergarten up to school year 3 or 4. The competitions session commences at
11am and generally finishes around 12. Four players played a green/ normal ball
round robin singles –great practice for our forthcoming open junior tourney.
The other 7 players played the orange ball three quarter court round robin in
two groups. Hannah Jamieson playing her first competition won her group with
some very quick movement around the court and nice serving. To qualify for the
orange group players must be able to serve from three quarter court at least 4
or 5 balls in out of ten. This is necessary so that the players can enjoy some
movement of rallies. Some students from school year 2 have qualified. Students
not sure should check with their coaches.
It is uncertain at this stage if an orange ball event will be held
at our open junior tourney on 1st July as it could depend on the number of
entries received for the other events from under 10yrs to 16 yrs. The clubs
clay courts are a concern at the moment. To gauge numbers, local players competing
in 10 yrs to 16 yrs events are asked to advise Tony. Normally our Junior
tourney is held in April so we are not sure of visitor numbers for this July
tourney.
The days of play for the next three months of Saturdays is
outlined on the clubs web juniors section. Handouts
are available at the clubhouse.
Night competitions
Both the mens and womens scheduled short duration competitions are
still running while the keenness and enjoyment
is there.
Womens results were Hills Corner Store def Hay Jewellers
6/4 6/5, Meggs Transport def Murphys Clothing 6/5 6/2, Japps Pharmacy
def Bidgee Bobcat and Demo 6/2 6/2, IGA def O’Briens Fertilisers 6/3 6/2 and
Cotton Wool Crema def Tapper Ag Landmark 6/4 6/4
Mens results were Hay Bowling and Golf Club def Hay Fish Shop 6/2
6/2 Golf Club , Auscott def 92 Computing 6/2 6/1 and
A. Slattery Fireworks def Elders 6/2 4/4( time limit reached) with Lugsdin
Toyota the bye.
Weekly Awards
The Foodworks award goes to Hannah Jamieson playing her first
tourney and winning her orange ball section.
The Crightons Rural award goes to Warren Hunt who as well as the mens competition is also currently playing the
Monday womens comp giving so much experience and encouragement to players in
his matches especially to the juniors who get tremendous benefit.
The AgFlite award goes to Peter Lawrence and Scott Dixon who are
going well and undefeated for the Auscott team in Wednesday tennis
14 May
Womens opening tennis round matches so close
The five scheduled matches in the Opening tennis round of the
Womens night tennis competition all produced very close results. There was a
5/6 6/5 draw between Japps Pharmacy and Cotton Wool Crema. Other results were
Murphys Clothing beat IGA 5/6 6/4, Hay Jewellers beat Meggs Transport 6/4 6/3,
Hills Corner Store beat Tapper Ag 6/2 6/3 and Hay Newsagency beat Bidgee Bobcat
and Demo 6/4 6/2. The Hay Newsagency team pairing of Will Jamieson and
Issy Handford were the nights pick.
Mens winners were 92 Computing, Auscott and Woolooondool with
Anthony Slattery Fireworks and Hay Bowling and Golf Club teams receiving byes.
These short competitions may now extend an extra week or two and
then will be a month’s break for winter with tennis to resume in July after the
school holidays with the annual singles.
Annual memberships will be issued soon with early settlement
discounts being offered. It’s that time of the year when the club is hit with
big bills for insurances, affiliation etc.
Juniors
The cool and windy conditions kept numbers down on Saturday
Morning with Cree Harris showing ood
improvement.
The annual Hay Junior tourney (as part of the south west NSW
development series) has been set down for Sunday July 1st. Tumut held its
tourney on the weekend, with both Thurgoona and Albury each holding their days
on 26th and 27th May.
A number of players have been representing the town in school
sports with high distinction and wonderful sportsmanship.
Jensen Hargreaves for St Marys led the Polding Catholic schools team in the state primary schools teams competition
played last week in Albury won by the Combined Independent Schools with the
Sydney East Public schools team winning the girls. Following his good form
Jensen was further selected for play-offs for the state team but narrowly
missed selection for the NSW team of seven boys.
The Hay Public School continued the tradition of getting top
results in the state wide Public Schools knockout competition in just losing to
a former State winner to the strong Griffith East Public School, after the Hay
team of Jimmy Houston, Indyanna Wilson, Ben Clark and Chelsea Cox had won their
first round encounter against Lake Wyangan.
The Hay War Memorial boys and girls teams
again put in a good performance last week at the annual Western Riverina zone
competition played in Barham at their magnificent grass court complex. The
girls team led by the experienced Hannah Stewart and containing Delilah
Crighton, Olivia Joyce and Grace Weymouth beat Tooleybuc before going down to
Deniliquin and Barham Schools while the boys team led by Riverina Rep Kenny
Hargreaves with Ferg Cattanach, Brad Callaghan and Daniel Stewart, lost to the
strong Finley team but had wins over Deniliquin and Barham.
All these players deserve this weeks
AgFlite, Foodworks and Crightons Rural awards for their good play and
sportsmanship.
7 May
Night Tennis Underway
The Mens night tennis competition has commenced with an
entry of 8 teams received for the 4 week duration
teams doubles. The annual singles then is planned to
start.
The first weeks results saw Anthony
Slattery Fireworks beat Hay Bowling and Golf Club 6/3 6/5. Auscott beat Elders
6/3 6/0 and Lugsdin Toyota beat 92 Computing 4/6 6/2. Wooloondool and hay Fish
Shop had byes. The best of the nights play with some
great shots went to Scott Dixon and Peter Lawrence.
The Womens Monday night is scheduled to start this week with an
entry of 10 teams with further entries welcome.
Juniors
A total of 25 keen junior players participated in the Friday night
competition and Saturday Morning activities. The Friday green ball winner was
Dan Jamieson on a countback from his brother Will, with Navieen Singh in third
spot. Best of the girls was Indyanna Wilson ahead of Chelsea Cox. The Orange
ball competition saw Max Booth a worthy winner. Friday night tennis will now
conclude with winter coming and will now transfer to the Saturday
Mornings 11am session. Some players on the Saturday mornings may choose to
play both sessions.
Two groups were formed in the 10am Saturday session with Prince
Patel and Heidi Goulding playing nice shots in their group and Kodi Scott going
very well in the other group.
Congratulations to the Hay Public School team of Jimmy Houston,
Ben Clark, Indyanna Wilson and Chelsea Cox who won their first match
against Lake Wyangan and had a close loss in their second round against a
former State Champion Griffith East Public School.
These four players are our worthy AgFlite, Foodworks and Crightons
Rural weekly awards winners.
30 April
Tennis Recommences this week
Both Junior tennis activities and Night Tennis competitions resume
this week
The mens competition commences on Wednesday 2nd May (Entries close
30th April with the draw on the web on 1st May)
Womens will commence on Monday 7th May with entries closing Thursday
and draw on web Friday.
Players are asked to check their names on the web in case they
have been missed.
Juniors
The Friday juniors competition will
commence at the new time of 5pm this week with players needing to be at the
courts for weekly registration before this time. Saturday morning junior
activities resume on the weekend at the 10am and 11am sessions.
23 April
Junior
tennis holiday break
There
will be no Friday night junior’s competition or Saturday morning fun and
coaching activities this weekend in fact no Saturday activities were held on
the weekend.
There
was however the usual Friday night juniors comp in two grades held last week In
the green ball competition a young Josh from Cronulla travelling through Hay
showed us his good form in beating Navieen Singh in the final 24 points to 14 while a good number
all played well and fair in the orange ball group with Ollie Liddington-
Denehey the winner and Jonty Woods runner up.
Night
Competitions
Entries
are currently being taken for the short duration women’s and men’s
competitions- women to commence 7th May —men to commence Wednesday night 2nd
May ( next week)
Weekly
Awards
The
Crighton’s Rural award this week goes to young Josh a talented youngster
passing through town from Cronulla winning our green ball group and the
Foodworks and AgFlite awards to Oliver Liddington- Denehey and Jonty Woods
coming in first and second positions of the orange ball group.
16
April
Top Night Tennis Finals
Both the women’s and men’s finals nights held across all grades
contained a good standard and atmosphere with players already preparing for the
new competition to start immediately after the school holidays.
Women’s finals results were A grade
Hay Shire (Jasmine Gregory and Heidi Stephens) beat Wooloondool (Paula Comb ,
Jan Zambon) 6/5 6/0
B grade Hay Jewellers (Trish McGufficke , Mary Lou
Gardam ) beat Elders ( Tamara and Casey Wade ) 3/6 6/2 (7/4)
B Res grade Lani Houston Consultant (lani Houston, Isabella Handford) beat
Tapper Ag Landmark (Cas Tidey, Ruby Barnes) 6/2 6/3
C grade Hay Newsagency ( Sue Parslow, Anna Lilburne ) beat Bidgee Bobcat and Demo
(subs for Cotton Wool Crema) Indyanna Wilson and Navieen Singh) 6/3 6/0
Mens Results were A grade A Slattery Fireworks
(Anthony Slattery and Shayne Mc Gufficke )beat Hydes
Plumbing(Peter Marks and Mark Hutchings for Peter Lawrence and Scott Dixon 6/2
6/2
B grade Murphy’s Clothing ( Geoff Chapman and Tom
Porter) beat Japps Pharmacy ( Paula Comb and Peter Davies ) 6/4 6/4
( note for the Grazier –all photos
finalists are forthcoming)
New competitions will commence immediately at the conclusion of
the holidays to get the competition going before the cold weather comes with
the annual singles likely to start in June.
Juniors
A good number of participants played the Friday night competition
with Navieen Singh beating Corben Headon 5/4 in the final of the normal ball group.
There was no green ball group instead a big number of enthusiastic participants
played the orange ball group competition making it necessary for two divisions.
In Division 1 Tilly Weeks came on top with Charli Giddins second and Pierre
Terblanche third. In Division 2 Ollie Liddington- Denehey finished on top
from Dylan Ilic and third Jonty Woods.
Tilly won the final 6/5 on points against Ollie.
Due to a good number another session including a bbq will again be
held this coming Friday 20th again registering before 6pm.
Saturday Morning activities only attracted a handful of player who received excellent value for money from our
coaches. There will be no Saturday Morning activities for the next two weeks.
Weekly Awards
Mark Hutchings receives this week’s Foodworks award for coming
into the A grade mens final as a last minute replacement.Our
Agflite award goes to Navieen Singh for not only assisting out in the C grade
womens final but winning the main group in the Friday night juniors
competition. The Crightons Rural award goes to Tilly Weeks for winning the
orange ball group two weeks in a row.
10 April
Night Tennis to finals
Both the men’s and women’s night tennis competitions
have moved to the finals to be contested this week.
The last round of the men’s competition was held on Wednesday with
the Elders team of Peter Head and Tom Lugsdin winning 6/4 6/5 against the Hay
Bowling and Golf Club team. The other A grade match saw the NRMA win 6/3 6/1
against Tapper Landmark. In B grade the 92Computing team with Russell
Curtis returning after injury won 6/3 6/3 against Japp’s Pharmacy while
Murphy’s Clothing had a good 6/2 6/1 win against the Hay Fish Shop.
Juniors
Due to the good number and with plenty of enthusiasm, from those
who attended Saturday Morning activities, another session contrary to the
website program of dates will be definitely held on this Saturday morning
14/4/18 at the normal times of 10am and 11am sessions. Then for the two weeks
following there will be no Saturday tennis. Last Saturdays 10am session was
split into two groups and in Lanis group, as well as good play from the Green
boys some nice hitting on the mini courts was also noted by Hannah Jamieson,
Cree Harris and Heidi Goulding.
In Tony’s group, winner was Kodi Scott with some nice attempts by
Kai Smith.
Thanks goes to our President Warren Smith running this week’s
Friday night’s green ball competition grade, in fact these players used normal
balls this week in a round robin involving 6 players with top rallies. Winner
was Dan Jamieson on maximum points of 40, Runner up was Corben Headon and third
placed was Indyanna Wilson narrowly ahead of Navieen Singh, Chelsea Cox and
Will Jamieson. There was a good number for the orange ball three quarter court
competition with the boy’s winner going to Jack Booth who looks like he will go
now to full court green ball, while the girls winner
was Tilly Weeks displaying some great shots. Friday night again will be
held this week with all players needing to start at 6pm and a bbq will follow
concluding at 7.30
Weekly awards
The Crighton’s Rural Award goes to Russell Curtis who after a
lengthy injury layoff came back this week to play B Mens comp with a good win.
The Foodworks award goes to Phil Callaghan who volunteers his time each
week organising the Friday bbq. The Agflite award goes to our young warrior
Dylan Ilic returning home to Hay this week following another operation hoping
to get back on the courts soon.
3 April
Women’s tennis to finals
With no tennis scheduled on Easter Monday ,
the women’s tennis has advanced to the finals to be played between first and
second teams in the four grades to be played on the following Monday 11th
April.
In A grade the Wooloondool team cemented their finals position by
coming home strongly against the Pynors Accountants team of Kirsten Hutchings
and Ellie Jamieson, with other wins to Hay Shire and Hills Corner Store who
narrowly beat Auscott 5/6 6/2. In B grade the Elders team of Casey and Tamara
Wade leapfrogged the IGA team to make the final following its 6/4 6/4 victory
over Woodpark Poll and IGA gaining no points in their loss to the undefeated
Hay Jewellers. In the combined B Res and C grade with 8 teams competing the top
two teams on the ladder will contest the B Res these being Tapper Landmark and
Lani Houston Consulting teams who last week had wins over All Travel Solutions
and Hay Newsagency. The C grade final will be played between 5th and 6th spots
on the ladder between Cotton Wool Crema and Hay Newsagency.
The Men’s tennis has another round this week before the finals. In
A grade Anthony Slattery Fireworks and Hyde’s Plumbing have secured their
finals spots following their wins over NRMA and Elders while the Hay Bowling
and Golf Club beat the Tapper Landmark team. In B grade an exciting draw was
played between the Japp’s Pharmacy team of Peter Davies and Paula Comb 6/4 4/6
against the Murphy’s Clothing team this week comprising Bede Schiller and Tom
Porter with these two teams securing finals spots. In C grade the Foodworks
team with Indyanna Wilson going well had a 6/5 6/1 win against Bidgee Bobcat
and Demo.
Juniors
Juniors resume this Friday evening for the orange and green ball
competition still at the 6pm start and will finish under lights followed
by a bbq. Saturday morning also resumes for the 10am and 11am sessions
General
A number of Hay players travelled just down the road to play the
Deniliquin Easter tourney (this year involving 230 players) which holds a nice
social atmosphere played on their well manicured 18 courts.
Weekly Awards
This week’s Foodworks, Crighton’s Rural and AgFlite awards go to
the four players in Wednesday night play who fought out a great drawn match
these players being Tom Porter with Bede Schiller against Peter Davies with
Paula Comb
26 March
Hay
players compete at state titles
The
magnificent Bathurst tennis complex hosted on the weekend the 12years age state
teams championships for twelve state area teams which
also included the strong ACT team.
Teams
consisted of 4 boys and 4 girls with Hay amazingly gaining the selection of 3
players in the South West NSW team.
Unfortunately Sophie Curtis was
unable to make the trip however Jensen Hargreaves lead the boys which included
Brad Callaghan. The South West covers a huge area with the other team members
coming from Albury, Culcairn ,Wagga and Goulburn The
Sydney metrop and ACT teams were dominant
however the South West boys team playing for the Tony Roche Cup were
more successful than the girls team. In fact Jensen Hargreaves with good
support and encouragement from team manager - Waggas Brenda Foster who is a world ranked veteran
and former Hay Open winner - he had 4 wins out of 6 against the states best. The south west boys
team managed two draws with metro west (parramatta etc)and North East NSW
(Coffs Harbour to Tweed Heads etc) in their 5 group matches before winning a
playoff match against Northumberland (Newcastle).
The
tournament had a great spirit but probably could have used world tourney expert
Steve Longworth to finish the event two hours earlier.
In
other junior
news Saturday morning tennis activities saw good numbers in both sessions with
plenty of enthusiasm.
There
will be no Fri evening competition or Saturday morning activities this Easter
weekend.
Night
Comps
In
the Men’s competition the match of the round was in C grade with this weeks mystery team comprising Glen snd Dan Jamieson coming
from behind to beat the Bidgee Bobcat and Demo team 4/6 6/2 Other winners
across the grades went to Anthony Slattery Fireworks, Japps Pharmacy, Hyde’s
Plumbing and Elders.
In
the Women’s night the match of the round was the C grade win of The Saltbush
Motor Inn team of Kelcey Anderson and Katie Deaton 5/6 6/2 score against Hay
Newsagency. Other winners across all grades were Hay Jewellers, Lani Houston
Consulting, Hay Shire, O’Briens Fertilisers, IGA, Pynors Accountants and
Wooloondool
19 March
Night Tennis Passes Halfway Mark
Both the Womens and Mens night competitions continue to produce
good tennis.
Highlights in the womens saw Ellen Zambon returning to the courts
filling in as a substitute for the A grade Auscott team going down to the
Wooloondool team. B grades top match saw Elders beat the Meggs Transport team
6/3 5/6 while in the combined B Res /C grade the closest match was the Lani
Houston Consulting team with Isabella Handford playing some nice shots narrowly
beating the Tapper Ag Landmark team 6/3 6/4
Andrew Davies made a successful return to mens tennis when he
substituted in the Hydes Plumbing team to partner Scott Dixon to narrowly win a
brilliant match 2/6 6/1 against the Hay Bowling
and Golf Club team of Kenny and Jensen Hargreaves. Anthony Slattery Fireworks
had a 6/2 6/2 win. In B grade the Murphys Clothing Store team this week
comprising Geoff Chapman and Bede Schiller were too strong for the Hay Fish
Shop 6/0 6/2 while in C grade the Mystery Apple team this time comprising
Russell and Sophie Curtis had a very good win 6/2 6/1 against the Bidgee Bobcat
and Demo team.
Juniors
The Friday evening juniors orange ball
and green ball competition attracted 18 enthusiastic players having a go. The
orange ball three quarter court group was divided into two groups with Jack
Booth and Tilly Weeks the winners , runners up were
Max Booth and Ollie Liddington-Denehy while 3rd spots went to Pierre Terblanche
and Charly Giddins.
The Green ball group were all placed together with Hilton
Hargreaves the best performed closely followed by Dan Jamieson, Corben Headon
and Navieen Singh. Well done also to Chelsea Cox with her results.
There will be no Friday competition this week (HPS fete) or next
week Good Friday.
Saturday Mornings coaches awards in the 10am group went to Angel
Clarke and Ollie Liddington- Denehy while in the 11am group Jacinta Hurst and
Dylan Ilic showed good improvement.
Weekly Award
The Foodworks weekly award goes to Lani Houston who has gained her
second award for the year for not only organising and conducting the Saturday
mornings program but is currently spending many hours of her time in compiling
grant applications in researching and gathering so much information.
The Agflite award goes to Sarah Lindsay
who also has gained her second award this time for filling in as an
emergency substitute at the monday night competition.
The Crightons Rural award goes to the current and ex Hay players
who were successful in the Vic Country teams titles-
these players being Anthony Damon and Zac Slattery, Greg Stewart, Derek
McFarland, Mark Hutchings and Andrew Cronin
11 March
Hay Men’s Tennis Teams Success after 7 years at Victorian Country
Week
Congratulations to this year’s Hay tennis and ex Hay tennis
members who were part of the very successful two Hay teams at this year’s state
titles – Anthony, Zac and Damon Slattery, Greg Stewart, Mark
Hutchings, Derek McFarland and Andrew Cronin.
A full comprehensive report is herewith.
In other tennis news – the Saturday morning coaches award went to
Grace Auldist and Kodi Scott for 100% effort and participation and in the 11am
session to Navieen Singh and Nate Clarke for some nice shots. The Friday Green
ball winner again was Corben Headon while Dylan Ilic competing in his first
tourney won the orange ball.
Well done to the Hargreaves family at the Labour weekend tourney
in Euroa and well done to all players in the current night competitions
producing good quality tennis and a wonderful spirit.
23 Feb
Good Numbers at Junior Tennis days
Despite the warm weather there was another good attendance showing
the return to Saturday mornings from Sundays has been good so far with 22 now
registered. Again well done to the coaches with some
nice play in the 10am session going to Ollie Liddington- Dennehey and Ashton
Green while the 11am session saw great shots to Indyanna Wilson and Dan
Jamieson.
Junior Tennis competition returned to the courts on Friday in two
grades with 10 players competing followed by a welcoming bbq. The orange ball
three quarter court winner was Pierre Terblanche with the green ball full court
winner Corben Headon with top marks to Chelsea Cox playing so well in her
return.
Night Comps
In A grade womens tennis the Auscott team continues its form in
winning second sets this time with a 5/6/6/1 win against the Hay Bowling and
Golf Club with new player Top Harvey going well.
In B grade the Harrisons IGA team of Kim Curtis and Sharyn Headon
opened their account well with a 6/2 6/2 win against the Meggs Transport team.
There were some great contests in the combined B Res and C grades
with the Hay Newsagency team winning against All Travel Solutions 6/1 6/2 and
well done to Jacinta Hurst playing her first comp match. The Tapper Landmark
team of Cas Tidey and Ruby Barnes came home strongly to win 4/6 6/0
against the new team of Cotton Wool Crema comprising Wendy and Sarah Lindsay.
The Saltbush Motor Inn team had a close 6/3 6/4 win over O’Briens Fertilisers
while Lani Houstons Consulting team won 6/2 6/1 against the Bidgee Bobcat and
Demo team in an enjoyable match.
The mens competition ended up gaining an entry of 15 teams which
includes two mystery teams in C grade. The A grade has received a magnificent
entry of 7 strong teams with NRMA just sneaking home 2/6 6/1 against the Hay
Bowling and Golf Club. Welcome back to competition the Hydes Plumbing team of
Peter Lawrence and Scott Dixon who toughed it out to beat Anthony Slattery
Fireworks 6/4 6/2. The other top match saw the Tapper Landmark team come back
to win 4/6 6/3 against Elders with Peter Head and Tom Lugsdin also making a
welcoming return.
One B grade match was completed with the Japps Pharmacy team
winning 6/4 6/3 over the Hay Fish Shop also a good contest.
Coaching
Private coaching is currently being carried out by Jess Weeks,
Lani Houston and Immy Molloy with Sarah Molloy now moved to Melbourne.
Our current Club Womens champion Immy Molloy still attending High
School will also perform adult womens coaching groups on Sundays. She is
looking to form two adult groups – one group a beginners
with the other group having some tennis experience and aims to rotate
these groups each week so that players play each fortnight. This is a wonderful
opportunity for Hay women to gain some valuable tennis experience and
confidence. Players interested can make the enquiries not only to Immy but her
mum Frances or to Tony Callaghan at the courts.
Easter Tourneys
There are many tourneys held over the 4 day Easter break with our nearest neighbours Deniliquin holding a
wonderful tourney with different events scheduled each day. The Tourney usually
attracts over 200 players with a good social atmosphere with no computer points
for rankings played for, instead just good old fashioned
tennis enjoyment on their magnificent grass courts.
Weekly Awards
The Agflite award goes to Derek Mc Farland who successfully
managed for Hay to play in the Victorian Country week and after a decade the
team this year finally tasted success with the full details and report
available in next week Grazier.
The Crightons Rural Award goes to Beth Schiller who has
successfully organised a good number of players playing weekly social.
The Foodworks award goes to our new competition players Ella
Steinfort, Top Harvey, Sarah and Wendy Lindsay as well as Jarrod.
16 Feb
Junior Tennis Returns to Saturday Mornings
The 2018 Junior Tennis Activities in two sessions commenced on the
weekend returning to Saturday Mornings after having been held for the past ten
years on Sunday mornings.
The weather was warm but 15 players attended the well organised
program led by Lani Houston. Tilly Weeks was hitting the ball well in the first
session with Michael Ashcroft Ferguson making some good serves in the second
group.
Our new Friday weekly program commences this week Friday 3rd March
for Orange ball three quarter court and Green ball competitions commencing at
6pm with players needing to register before this time to be included in the
weekly draw. A bbq will follow. Players unsure of their standard to participate
should check with one of the coaches or officials.
Temora held a Development tourney on Sunday and due to a huge
entry introduced staggered starting times for the age events which meant Hay
had some players late entering for a 12 oclock start to the 14s events meaning
a day trip instead of an overnighter. Jensen Hargreaves played up an age group
to be a worthy winner in a great days tennis
competition.
Night Tennis
The Monday night Womens competition ended with 20 teams competing
in three grades, with the B Res and C grades combining. Three Matches were
scheduled last week with all other teams receiving byes. Jasmine Gregory made a
fine return to tennis when she and Heidi Stephens for the Hay Shire beat last
comps runners up Wooloondool comprising Jan Zambon and Paula Comb the score
coming home strongly 6/5 6/0. Ella Steinfort made a fine debut to Hay tennis
when she and Bronny Hicks for Auscott after losing the first set to Pynors
Accountants Ellie Jamieson and Kirsten Hutchings 6/2 came home to win the
second set 6/5 to pick up a consolation point. Trish McGufficke also back on
the courts in good form had a tough win with Lou Gardam for Hay Jewellers 6/2
and coming from behind second set to take it 6/5 against the Japps team last
seasons B grade premiers Jill Chapman and Sue Clancy.
A strong entry of 11 teams has been received for the Mens night
comp with more C grade team entries welcomed and play starting this week.
19 Feb
Night Tennis Commences
The Womens night tennis competition commences this week with 4
matches scheduled on Monday night the 19th Feb. with 9 other teams receiving
byes this week to commence their matches on Mon 26th. Organisers are still
hoping for further entries particularly for the lower grades.
The mens competition will now start Wed 28th Feb with only 9 teams entries so far received. Its good to see top Club
players Scott Dixon and Peter Lawrence returning.
The web update is scheduled on the 19th. with some computers
needing to press their reset button .
Juniors
Junior Saturday morning activities commences this week Sat 24th
Feb with two sessions starting at 10am and 11am with all details including
costs for both members and non members and
grades outlined on the tennis club web - Juniors section – program page.
Saturday morning activities replaces Sunday mornings.
Those players who receive private coaching must be members of the
club.
The Temora tourney is scheduled this Sun 25th
Weekly Awards
The Crightons Rural, AgFlite and Foodworks awards this week go to
Kim, Zoe and Maggie Biggs who have departed Hay. They were great Club Members
and very supportive of Club functions including participation in the night
competitions where they will be missed. We wish Kim and the girls all the best
down in Victoria.
12 Feb
Jensen selected for Polding tennis team to contest State titles
Jensen Hargreaves continues his good tennis form in being selected
in the 5 boys Catholic Polding area team to play the state primary schools teams competition in May. The team will join
the other catholic Mc Killop team as well as all the State Schools and Private
schools district teams to play the event in Albury. Jensen and Sophie Curtis
had the honor of being selected in representing the Wilcannia –Forbes Dio. team
in Newcastle last week.
Both these players performed well at the first development tourney
for 2018 held in Wagga on the weekend attracting a big number of over 100
players. Jensen won the 12s boys and Sophie semi-finalist in the 12s
girls. Emma Curtis playing her first tourney was runner up in the 8s
girls orange ball mini court competition. Hilton Hargreaves was semi-finalist
in the 10s boys green ball. Congratulations for all
the Hay players participating.
A huge bouquet goes to the new South West Development officer
Brendan Lee who displays great enthusiasm and expertise in organising these
tourneys and he is calling for nominations now for the Temora tourney on 24th
Feb.
Brendan’s interest also took him to Canberra on the same weekend
on the Saturday organising a hot shots program during the Fed Cup match between
Australia and the Ukraine. This was a brilliant match enjoyed by a number of
Hay and ex Hay residents, narrowly won by Australia 3/2 matches who will now
play the winner of the Russia- Slovakia match for a chance to get back into the
top grade with all grades attracting a huge 95 nations competing this year.
Good luck to the Hay mens team captained by Anthony Slattery
in participating at the Victorian Country teams event this year at Swan Hill
commencing Monday 12th Feb for 5 days.
Night Tennis Comps
Entries close for the womens and mens night competitions on 14th
Feb to commence from the 19th. Players should check the web names list to see
if they have not been missed.
Juniors
The Thursday arvo orange and green ball competitions will now be
played on Friday nights at 6pm commencing March 2nd. Saturday morning
junior activities (replacing Sunday Mornings) commences 24th Feb.
Weekly Awards
The Foodworks award goes to our 2017 latest honour board updates
Anthony Slattery first time singles winner and to Immy Molloy,Lani
Houston and Jess Weeks first time on board.
The Agflite award goes to Emma Curtis first tourney and runner up
in Wagga
The Crightons Rural Award goes to Brendan Lee Tennis NSW for his
involvement on the weekend in Wagga and Canberra
5 Feb
Night Tennis Competitions
The night tennis competitions will commence on Monday night 19th
Feb for women and Wednesday 21st Feb for men. Players entries received to date
will be listed on the website this week so please check that your name is
shown. Entries close next week.
Juniors Sunday morning group activities has now transferred to
Saturdays and will commence Sat 24th Feb in two sessions. A Thursday arvo/
night competition session will be held for green ball grade and orange ball
grade for both boys and girls also starting in February. The Wagga junior
development tourney will be held this Sunday 11th Feb
22 Jan
Tennis
Competitions commence Feb
Night
tennis competitions for men and women will commence in February with entries
now being taken via the web or contact Tony 0419571292
Competition
rates have slightly increased after some years and memberships for this
financial year are still welcome with half yearly rates offered to new players.
The
Regional junior development program has been finalised with 10 Sunday tourneys
listed. These stretch from Goulburn to Albury and from Tumut to West Wyalong. A
feature this year will include an 8 yrs orange ball three quarter court group.
The
first 2018 listed is Wagga on the 11th Feb with Hays scheduled for the 1st
July.
Our
Saturday morning program has replaced the Sunday’s to commence on 24 th
Feb
Our orange ball Thursday’s competition will
also include a green ball grade to commence in Feb.
15 Jan
Summer of Tennis
The Australian season of tennis is currently in full swing around
the country with Lani Houston, Sarah and Immy Molloy currently attending The
Australian Coaches Course in Melbourne. This week and next week a number of Hay
players and families will also travel to Melbourne to watch the Aussie Open and
maybe get a glimpse of the young Australians including Alex De Minaur and
Ash Barty who performed well in Brisbane and Sydney.
Steve Longworth is currently at the Gold Coast running the
Australian Veterans titles which ranges from ages 35yrs up to 80 yrs old
divisions and includes some players who have played the Hay Open tourney over
the years.
A number of Hay people are keen to travel and support The
Australian women’s Fed. cup team play their first round 2018 match against the
Ukraine scheduled in Canberra 10th and 11th Feb.
On the local scene, tennis is generally being played in the
mornings before getting too hot. This included the popular coaching clinic last
week as well as Hays Stu Callaghan home on holidays from the Swedish snow
conducting private sessions this week before returning.
Court hire keys can be currently organised from Jo Davies for the
next two weeks.
Juniors Sunday Morning tennis activities will change back to being
played again now on Saturday mornings to start next month.
Night competitions for men and women will also commence middle
February.
7 Jan
Successful Tennis Clinic
A fabulous two mornings tennis coaching clinic comprising all
sorts of activities for three hours each day was held last week. The camp was
well planned and organised by Lani Houston and her 5 assistants and had over 30
players utilising the 11 courts. and fortunately the weather
was kind missing those extreme heat days.
See also Lani Houston’s email detailing a report on the clinic.
(Margie McClelland took some photos)- some also on facebook .
This week Stu Callaghan is back in town and conducting morning
sessions for the week before returning back to Sweden via watching a few days
tennis at the Australian Open.