September
21
Tennis Competition to final
The
Monday night short competition involving 15 teams in a weekly random draw will
host three finals for the top six teams on the ladder. This will be held on the
28th Sept being the first Monday of the school holidays with only
the three matches scheduled. Entries for a new competition to commence after
the holidays are now being taken. Last week seven good matches were played with
the Japps Pharmacy team of Lucy Pless and Laura Zambon having a 6/2 2/6 draw against the Hydes Plumbing team.
The
continual improvement paid off for the Hay Jewellers team of Tiff Marsden and
Therese Murphy having their first win 6/5 6/3 against Foodworks. Well done to
the Bishops Lodge Motor Inn team of Cherokee Dixon and Tilly Weeks for their
close win against Lugsdin Toyota. The Gravina
team of Teresa Mirabelli and Immy
Molloy came from behind to beat the Wooloondool girls 4/6 5/0
.
Other
good wins went to Bidgee Bobcat and Demo, Murphys Clothing (who has now bounced back to top of
ladder) and Elders.
It
was a good atmosphere at Wednesday night tennis when all the courts were being
utilised from 4.30 pm onwards with coaching, social play, the singles
competition as well as the doubles.
Singles
winners were Indyanna Wilson and Immy
Molloy.
The
doubles match of the night comprising the brilliant long and tactical rallies
to match the US Open, was the Hay Newsagency team of Paula Comb and Peter
Davies 6/5 2/4 result against the mystery team this week comprising top play
from Jan Zambon. The Lani Houston Consulting
team of Alex Haidy and Sophie Curtis again had
another draw the score 6/4 4/6 against the Eli Elwah
team of Bede Schiller and Ralph Robson. The Amaroo team of Geoff Chapman and
Tom Porter continue to head the ladder following its 6/2 4/6 win against the Les,s Mobile Repairs with Pacey
Marks again playing well.
The
Meggs Grain team of Dean Aylett and Daniel Stewart
opened their winning account with a 6/1 2/6 win against Pynors while
Wooloondool had a tough 6/3 6/5 win over Hay Shire. The centre court stage saw
the Slats Fireworks team of Anthony Slattery and Shane McGufficke
having a narrow win against 92 Computing 6/2 4/5
Juniors
Two
new players were welcomed to Sunday morning activities with a
good allocated number participating with four coaches organised under covid conditions. Another session will be held this
week again at 11am with advance registrations required.
Weekly
Award
The
AgFlite, Foodworks and Crightons
awards go to Peter Davies and Paula Comb for their well-earned marathon result
last Wednesday.
September 14
Extra
tennis teams
Night
tennis competitions have increased teams now with 15 womens
and 12 mens teams competing. Matches will be from 50
mins to 75 mins duration.
Last
weeks reports are as follows- for Monday womens matches the Japps Pharmacy
team of Lucy Pless and Laura Zambon have gone to
equal co leaders on the ladder following its 6/2 3/6 win against the Lugsdin
Toyota team. The other co leader is the Hydes
Plumbing team of Kirsten and Max Hutchings who had a 6/2 5/6 win over Woodpark
Poll. Another good match was the Gravina team of Immy Molloy and Sophie Curtis coming from behind to beat
the strong Murphys Clothing team 4/6 6/0
Other
winners were IGA, Bidgee Bobcat and Demo, Elders and Auscott.
Teams
doubles as well as the start of the singles were played on Wednesday. In
singles Mark O’Brien had a 4/1 3/4 0/2 narrow edge over Immy
Molloy. These two players then combined for the Hay Shire to beat 92
Computing 6/1 4/6. The match of the night saw the Wooloondool team of Nick and
Herbie Maynard team beat Slats Fireworks 6/3 6/4 . the
Amaroo team of Geoff Chapman and Tom Porter remain on top of the ladder with a
6/3 6/5 win against Meggs Grain. The Lani Houston
Consulting team of Alex Haidy and Sophie Curtis had a
top 6/3 3/6 draw against the Mystery team while the out
of retirement Les’s Mobile Repairs team combination
of Tony Callaghan and Pacey Marks had many long rallies win 6/2 6/2 against Hay
Newsagency. The Eli Elwah team of Bede Schiller and
Ralph Robson broke through with a 6/5 6/3 win against the Pynors Accountants.
Juniors
Some
nice tennis in good weather was conducted on Sunday with the 11am start time
continuing next week.
Weekly
Award
The
AgFlite Foodworks and Crightons
awards go to Lucy Pless and Laura Zambon for their
good victory against the master Warren Hunt in last Mondays play
September 7
Good
start to tennis competitions
Eleven
matches were held on Monday and Wednesday nights for the start of the Spring womens and mens competitions
Mondays
closest match was the Woodpark Poll team of Lisa and Emily Headon winning 6/5
6/4 against the IGA team of Kirsten and Jack Hutchings. Another top match saw Murphys Clothing of Kate Murphy and Ellen Zambon beating the top Elders team of Bronny Hicks and Elle Jamieson 6/5 6/2 .
Other wins went to Bishops Lodge Motor Inn, Hydes Plumbing , Japps pharmacy and Hay
Service and Fitness.
Three
good matches were contested for the teams doubles (no
singles were played) to start the mens competition.
Slats Fireworks the favourites had some good rallies in their win against the
Pynors Accoutants team of Kenny Hargreaves partnering
younger brother Hilton who has replaced the injured Jensen- the score 6/3 6/1.
The grudge match saw the Amaroo team of Geoff Chapman and Tom Porter win 6/2
5/4 against the Eli Elwah team of Ralph Robson and
Bede Schiller. The other match was 92Computing comprising Steve Longworth and
Lani Houston winning 6/3 6/4 against the Meggs Grain
fit and fast team of Danny Stewart and Dean Aylett
Juniors
Sunday
morning fun activities will resume this weekend to start at 11am with any
new registrations required by Saturday to organise the number of coaches
required.
Weekly
awards
Emily
and Lisa Headon as well as Kirsten and Jack Hutchings get this weeks Foodworks, Crightons Rural
and AgFlite awards for their top doubles match
August 31
New
Spring Tennis Competitions
New
Spring competitions to run for four weeks commences this week for Monday Womens and Wednesday mens doubles
with all matches scheduled to run for 50 mins up to 75 mins maximum.
Singles
may also run on Wednesday if there is sufficient interest. The full details
including teams are listed on the web.
As
at Sunday, 13 womens teams and 9 mens had entered.
Meanwhile
major works have been held at the club in preparation hopefully to lay a
synthetic grass court over clay court number 5 bringing the total courts playable
to eight and all lit.
Juniors
Another
good number under Covid Conditions enjoyed the Sunday
morning junior activities with Ashton Green playing some nice shots. The juniors winners were Erika Guan, and Sally Dwyer. This
Sunday 6th Sept will be a rest day and then play will be held on the
following three Sundays up to the school holidays. At this stage the start time
will remain at 11am
Weekly
Awards
Bede
Schiller again scores the Foodworks, Agflite and crightons Rural awards for his hard work and leadership in
the current works at the club.
August 24
Tennis
Club Clean Up Day
The
Tennis club held a major clean up on the weekend with a view of discarding all
the claycourt equipment and prepare for a further
synthetic court. The green shed , clay court equipment
as well as the pump located in the green shed will be offered for tender sale.
The
clay courts have been unused now for three years but
with a new synthetic court will bring the total number of courts
playable to 8 all synthetic grass and all under lights. This number
is currently sufficient and affordable to run
all Hay tennis activities.
Meanwhile
this week will see rest days on Monday and Wednesday night tennis with a Spring
competition commencing next week from Monday 31/8 .
The competition will revert back to Monday womens
doubles and mens Wednesday doubles
. Wednesday will also hold a singles comp
so players can play both singles and doubles if they wish. Full details are on
the web. Last weeks singles was
called off due to the bad weather.
Seven
doubles matches were completed with an exciting
draw in the womens group between the Lugsdin Toyota
4/3 3/4 and Les,s Mobiles repairs with Dylan
Ilic going well. Another close one was the 4/2 3/4 win by Anna Lilburne and Sue Parslow for
Woodpark Poll against the Hay Jewellers team of Tiff Marsden and Therese
Murphy. Other wins went to Murphys Clothing, IGA, Meggs Grain Transport,
The
mens winners were Bullants
Motors and Bidgee Bobcat and Demo
Juniors
Another
enjoyable morning took place on Sunday at the junior activities with 5 coaches helping and despite a bit of a nuisance wind all
players hit some good shots
Weekly
Award
Bede
Schiller gets the Foodworks AgFlite and Crightons Rural awards this week for his top organising of
the current works being undertaken at the
courts.
August 17
Last
Round of winter tennis
This
week will see the last of our weekly organised singles and doubles matches
before we start a Spring competition in various grades for doubles reverting
back to our normal Monday and Wednesday mens and womens nights.
Last
weeks doubles matches again
were close with good quality play with winners being Foodworks, Bidgee Motor Inn, Bidgee Bobcat
and Demo, and Crightons Rural while the closest match
was the Murphys Clothing Store team of Jan Zambon and Kate Murphy winning 4/2 3/4 against the Les.s Small Business Repairs team of Jacqui and Hilton
Hargreaves.
In
singles matches the closest match was the mark O.Brien win over Lani Houston 4/3 2/4 2/1 with other
wins to Geoff Chapman, Anthony Slattery and Marcus Dhu
Junior
activities with four coaches involved went well on Sunday with Charli Giddins, Marco Tumolero and Ollie Liddington
hitting some nice shots in the older group while Grant and Sally Dwyer did well
in the younger group. Weekly registrations under Covid
conditions must be made in advance.
The
AgFlite,
Foodworks and Crightons awards this week
go to players who have played very little tennis and all had wins at their
doubles last week these being Daisy Barnes, Katie Howard and Sila Vula
South
Wagga will host a special UTR tournament event on 29th /30th
August.
August 10
Night
Tennis results
Four
of the Monday teams doubles matches were closely
contested.
In
the womens group the Bishops lodge Motor Inn of
Cherokee Dixon and Tilly Weeks had a 4/1 2/4 win against the IGA team. The Bidgee Motor Inn team of Kirsten and Jack Hutchings had a
come from behind win to beat the Hay Jewellers 3/4 4/1
In
the mens the Bidgee Bobcat
and Demo team of Alex Haidy and Immy
Molloy had an exciting draw 4/3 2/3 against
Slats fireworks comprising Shane McGufficke and
Anthony Slattery while the O’Briens Fertilisers
team of Mark O’Brien and Sophie Stephens had a 4/3 2/2 win against AgFlite. Other winners on the night went to Meggs Grain with Ollie Liddington
playing well as well as the Murphys Clothing team of Ellen Zambon
and Kate Murphy.
Singles
winners Wednesday night saw Mark O’Brien having a good win against Daniel Zambon .
Kenny Hargreaves giving Slats a lesson and Xavier molloy
coming back to narrowly beat lani Houston
however it was the great mature match of Hilton Hargreaves
and Tilly Weeks with Hilton prevailing.
Junior
Sunday morning continues at 11am with limited numbers with registrations
required in advance. Private coaching also continues with three coaches
currently operating. Coaching information is detailed on the web and those
being coached must be members.
Weekly
Awards
The
Crightons Rural award goes to Cherokee Dixon who
returned to competition tennis still displaying her talents she had in her
junior days. The Foodworks award goes to Sophie Stephens who has returned to
Hay and played so well substituting in a mens doubles match which she won. The AgFlite
award goes to Alex Haidy who played with great
maturity having a good drawn result against experienced opposition
August 3
Tennis
Competition underway
The
short duration tennis competitions for both Monday and Wednesday nights
commenced this week in cool conditions.
Best
of the mens Monday doubles was the Bullant Motors of Bede Schiller and Geoff Chapman beating
the Bidgee Bobcat and Demo team the score being 3/4
4/3 2/0 while the closest womens result was Les’s Mobile Repairs team of Jacqui and Hilton Hargreaves
coming from behind 3/4 4/1 to defeat the Crightons Rural team of Katie Arandt and Delilah Crighton. Best of the Wednesday singles opening round was
the draw between Xavier Molloy and Daniel Zambon 4/3 2/4.
There
are still a few membership renewals outstanding.Thank
you to all the green pass memberships this year ( more than last year) with the
green pass letter to be issued this week.
juniors
A
good roll up on Sunday morning activities meant we needed to use the full
complex of courts with the maximum 21 students allowed
plus coaches necessary under the covid
conditions.Players need to register each week by
Friday night to monitor the juniors and coaches number.
Weekly
Awards
The
Agflite award this week goes to Mark O.Brien for his performances at
both Monday and Wednesday competition. The Foodworks award goes to Kirsten
Hutchings in her encouragement participating with the
juniors at Monday night play while the Crightons
Rural award goes to Marco Tumolerlo for his top play
and attitude at Sunday juniors.
July 27
Junior
Tennis success
Sunday
morning saw the restart of group junior activities which included games and
coaching under the covid conditions. This will
continue each week with players needing to register by every Friday, to monitor
the numbers allowed and to work out the number of coaches required.
Meanwhile
private coaching continues with Stuart, or Immy or
Kenny with details on the web.
Night
tennis is back on for five weeks with hourly matches and early times to suit
for this time of year. Monday doubles and Wednesday singles starts this week
and late entries are welcome.
The
Griffith tournament as well as all tournaments in the south west have been
cancelled for the next month.
The
AgFlyte, Foodworks and Crightons
Rural Awards go this week to those players who played some nice shots at Sunday
morning activities these being the brother and sister Ollie and Abbey Liddington and Katie Black.
July 20
Junior
Tennis with conditions resumes on Sunday
Sunday
morning group activities will resume after a
break of four months. Under strict Covid conditions a
maximum 12 juniors with 4 coaches/ hitters will play on the front 4 courts. The
players group eligible will be for the beginners red ball or orange ball
players and need to be at least 7 years old. Green and normal ball players are
encouraged to play night competitions. Registrations must be made to Tony in
advance to monitor the number allowed. The Sunday session will be
from 11am to noon. The kiosk remains closed also the clubhouse is only open for
toilet need.
Night
tennis competitions for both men and women and juniors of a sufficient
standard for Monday doubles and Wednesday singles for all grades commences
from Monday 27h July with matches scheduled for the time being at 5pm and 6pm
slots for one hour duration –full details will be
listed on the web
Griffith
will hold its special tourney Sunday 26th July open to all ages and
levels.
Memberships
for 2020/2021 are due by 31/7 – and thank you to all those who have paid,
supporting the Club financially in these difficult
times. Those receiving private coaching must renew to continue.
The
Foodworks, AgFlite and Crightons
Rural Awards this week went to Archer and Gisselle Gill who joined in our
Thursday School holiday juniors session to play some
top points in their matches.
July 13
New
Night Tennis competitions
New
night competitions for Monday doubles and Wednesday singles for both men and
women to include junior players of sufficient standard will commence from July
27th with entries now being taken. Due to the current
circumstances, matches will be held at 5pm or 6pm for maximum duration of one
hour.
The
Tennis Club annual financial report is now available at the clubhouse. Tennis
NSW has given an exemption of 3 months due to the Covid
conditions to pay annual registrations / affiliations to help Clubs financially.
Our
Thursday Juniors session was successful with three groups of players each for
normal, green and orange ball groups and many thanks to the supervisors who
were rotating between groups. The top group contained our Public
School Riverina and Wilcania Forbes Diocesan
reps. Green ball saw Prince Patel play consistently. Daniel Green
and Abbey Liddington played good rallies in the
orange ball group. Play will be held again this Thursday 16th 11am
to 12.30 pm with all invited to play sets and needing to register for maximum
number allowable Dillon Green had a very good
singles.
Weekly
Awards
The
AgFlite Foodworks and Crightons
Rural awards this week go to the outstanding Thursday morning juniors
sets play to Lucy Davies, Hilton Hargreaves Tilly Weeks with Immy Molloy.
Wood
raffle won by Lou Gardam drawn by Abbie Davies and big thank you to Bede
Schiller and wonderful helpers
July 6
Tennis
competition break of three weeks
After
successfully holding a singles competition night for 10 weeks and a doubles
night for 6 weeks, the club will have a three week break to start afresh from
26th Jul.
The
singles had a total of 28 players participating on Wednesday nights with 20
regulars, with most keen to continue on Wednesday nights. The Monday
night doubles attracted 10 womens teams and 5 mens teams. Closest singles matches
last week saw Kate Murphy high standard win 4/3 4/2 win against Sophie Curtis
and Lani Houston beating Marcus Dhu 4/2 4/3. Best of
the doubles matches was the Lugsdin Toyota team of Trish and Dan Jamieson
winning 4/3 2/4 4/3 against the Hay Newsagency team of Jan Zambon
and Lou Gardam as well as the Foodworks combination of Ellie and Jodie Hicks
beating the Murphys Clothing team of Therese Murphy
and Tiff Marsden. The Slats Fireworks team had a good win over 92 Computing.
All
competition entries men women or juniors are now being taken for Monday doubles
and Wednesday singles to be made online or contact Tony. Players who have been
participating must re-enter for the new competitions to confirm they still wish
to continue- matches will continue at 5pm or 6pm in this cold weather.
Details will appear on the web.
A
school holiday junior session match play for orange, green and normal balls
will be held this coming Thurs and Friday the 9th and 10th
July with participants to contact Tony for registration. Under the Covid regulations we can only accept up to 20 players which
includes the 4 adult players on the 6 courts
available. Session times will be 11am to 12.30 pm
All
court hire hitting still has to be monitored.
Our
wood raffle will be drawn on Saturday this weekend with the winning ticket
person sure to enjoy in this cold weather and many thanks to those involved
with the organising.
News Before June 30 2020
News Before June 30 2019