August 24

Night Tennis Start

The Wednesday Night tennis sponsored by the Hay Services Club and Fitness Centre is scheduled to commence this week after a two month winter break.  The social competition will go for five weeks up to the school holidays, with a weekly draw being made so players need only be available one or two nights to gain a match. Entries -text Tony to be included- enter with a partner or request one for Womens, mens or mixed doubles in various grades with further details on the clubs website.

The Friday Night Juniors program entailing the Rally4Ever , juniors fun activities including match play will now start after the school holidays. Juniors of competition standard in different grades  are invited to register for Wednesday night  play.

Sam Davies is back in Hay and will be continuing her professional development in conjunction with Tennis Australia with individual and group coaching. Daniel Green will be absent for a number of weeks to return close to mid-September to continue his private and group coaching . Dallas Giddins with limited body movement continues and Tony Callaghan is now coaching on Thursdays and Fridays .

Griffith Juniors tournament is scheduled for Sunday 20^th Sept if anyone requires entry assistance  or transport please reach out. Other tourneys are Thurgoona 6^th Sept and two Wagga tourneys on the Sat and Sun 17/18 October

August 17

Dates set for night tennis

Entries are now being taken for the next Wednesday night Social Tennis Competition to be played in womens, mens, and mixed doubles sections in various grades.

This will run for 5 weeks - to start from 26th August - entries can now be accepted even if only available one or two nights. Weekly fees apply for members or non members rates.

If sufficient interest, a wed night singles comp can also be run in conjunction with the doubles. Depending on entries will depend on weeks for the singles

The juniors Friday afternoon activities will commence a five week program on 28 th August with further details to follow. - likely to be for Rally4 Ever group as well as competition groups

August 03

Krishi Patel in NSW country Tennis squad

Congratulations to Krishi Patel who was selected and  attended a special NSW camp for the 10s age group  green ball Country squad of 24 players in Bathurst over the weekend. Krishi was selected on her performances at tournaments in the last 12 months. She receives this weeks AgFlite and Jake Murphy Electrical Awards.

Good luck to the High School girls team who are competing in the State finals series in Forster this week.

Good luck to those players competing in the St Patricks Albury juniors tourney on Sunday.

Griffith will hold its  annual juniors tournament on 20^th Sept -transport can be organised if required  for those interested.

Thank you to all those players who renewed their memberships for the 2026/27 financial year with free hitting being offered still on the back courts for members. All court hire continues to be monitored.

JULY 27

Night Tennis to resume in August

Both the Wednesday night competition and the Friday nights junior activities are likely to start in late August when the weather is better.  In the meantime day time court hire is popular with both members and non members hitting. Members currently can hit on the back courts free of charge. Green passes are also being offered with all court hire monitored.   

Dan Greens- “Daniels Dash” group coaching continues each Tuesday at 4pm with Daniel also doing private coaching if anyone is interested.

Memberships for the 2026/27 year are now due with prices the same as last year. Full details are on the clubs website.

JULY 20

Financial Year Tennis Success

Despite the Tennis membership of 2025/26 being down to just over 200 total juniors and seniors in numbers, the Club managed to break even in finances and continues to be affiliated with Tennis NSW. Many thanks to the committee as well as others for the wonderful work and assistance in the Clubs running.

Annual memberships are now due to be payable this month, with fees remaining the same.

Annual sponsorships are now being sought for the 2026/27 year with bronze sponsors to again  have Wednesday night team naming rights.

Wednesday night competition play as well as Friday night juniors are enjoying a winter break but day court hire continues to be popular.

JULY 13

NSW State Quarter Final Narrow Loss

The Riverina Hay Public School Champions team of Ben Taylor, Xander Bienzobas, Bella Garner and Abbie Davies had the narrowest of losses to the South Coast Champions Kangaroo Valley Public School in a state quarter final.   The end result was  4 sets 38 games to 4 sets 36 games played in Yass.  Kangaroo Valley had previously lost only one set in their four matches to win South Coast and now will play a state semi final of The Victor Kelly Trophy.

Wagga Wagga this year hosted the NSW Country Championships with Krishi Patel, Abbie Davies, Riley Garner all going so well in the 10s and Lexi Garner participating in her first tourney in the 8s red ball group. Krishi was forced to retire with an injury after some good wins while Abbie narrowly missed out of finals contention in both singles and doubles. Riley went from strength to strength.

These players win this weeks AgFlite and Jake Murphy Electrical Awards.

JULY 6

Social tennis popular

The Wednesday night competition and Friday nights juniors programs are now on a five week winter break, with daytime court hire now  becoming popular.

All court hire needs to be monitored including members free hitting on the back courts.  Thank you to those players who have renewed their memberships, the income being of assistance towards the annual Tennis  NSW  affiliations.

Wagga this year is hosting the NSW country Championships this week. Good luck to Abbie Davies and Krishi Patel contesting the 10s girls event

JUNE 29

Tennis of a High Standard

The last round  of the Wednesday Night Competition and Friday Afternoon juniors play were both of a high standard and improvement noticed.

There will be a winter break now of five weeks for these programs however Saturday morning will continue on the back courts (check with organisers each week),  as well as monitored court hire at any time.

The Jake Murphy Electrical award for last weeks play went to the top doubles match of Sue Clancy Kirsten Hutchings, Julie Lawrence and Mina Patel while tha AgFlite award went to Riley and Beau Garner for their improvement.

JUNE 22

Last week of Tennis then Winter Break

This week will see the last of the organised Wednesday Night Challenge matches as well as the super juniors Friday afternoon competition, then a winter break of about 4 or 5 weeks.

Organised free members Saturday Morning sets will still continue on the back courts from 9.30/10am each week for one hour.

The 5 main courts were utilised in last weeks Wednesday play with the new scratch pair of Sharon Bunyan and Julie Lawrence going well.  The Argentinian men showed some Messi style in their doubles.

Annual memberships are now being accepted for the 26/27 year  while the Annual singles titles will likely commence late July.

JUNE 15

Hay Public School Riverina Tennis Champs

The Hay Public School  Team of Bella Garner, Abbie Davies Ben Taylor and Xander Bienzobas crushed the South Wagga Public School  team last week to be claimed  Riverina Champions.

The team expertly led  by teacher Sarah Houston with strong  coaching guidance from Sam Davies played extremely well to win 8 sets to 0 to now play a state quarter final match against the winners of the South Coast Final to be contested between Kangaroo Valley and Milton schools.

The Tennis Clubs new three weeks super juniors  Friday afternoon competition at the new time   from 4pm to 5pm commenced last week with a good number  and included two new players in Paddy Shields and Harry Foggo who both performed well in this grade. These boys together with the Hay Public School take out this week’s AgFlite and Jake Murphy Electrical Awards.

There was no play in last weeks Wednesday night but challenge matches will be organised for tonight’s play as well as next week for those who have nominated (check with Tony). A winter break will then follow.

Its that time of the year when annual memberships are now being welcomed for the 2026/27 financial year.  

JUNE 8

Riverina Tennis Champions again

The High School Girls team led by Riverina rep Hannah Jamieson with Tilly weeks, Maggie Shields and Rachel Taylor continue to break records with Hay being crowned Riverina champions for the third consecutive year. Earlier the team had eliminated Barham and Deniliquin High Schools and last week won their semi final against the combined Hillston/Ardlethan RAP Central Schools

6 sets to 0 and in the final blitzed the Albury High School also without losing a set. The team has been well managed and supported by former Hay Tennis Club junior and  now teacher Georgia Booth and will travel the long distance  this year to Forster to contest the State Finals in August.  

Not to be outdone by the High School the Hay Public school after earlier having wins over Deni. Nth and  Ariah Park , then in a semi final defeated Young Public School 6 sets to 2 . The team will contest the Riverina final this week in Hay against South Wagga Primary school.  

Krishi Patel continues to excel in Riverina tournaments with a great win last week at the annual Young tourney in the 10s girls group.  Henty is the next Tourney.

Congratulations to the Wednesday night winners-Mens- Crightons Rural -Dan Stewart and Andrew Davies, Womens -Murphys Clothing- Sam and Abbie Davies while in the B/C group equal winners -Foodworks-Lana Rose Jessop and Ashton Green, with Services Club-Nadia and Zoya Shahzad

Congratulations to our Friday Juniors winners-boys -Xander Bienzobas and girls equal Maeve Harrison and Krishi Patel

A short three weeks competitions for both Wed and Friday nights in June will proceed if sufficient entries.

JUNE 1

Night Tennis Competitions Successfully Finalised

The Crightons team of Daniel Stewart and Andrew Davies took out the Mens section of the Wednesday night 5 week competition,  completed last week.  In equal second spot were the Wooloondool team of Nick Maynard and Ian Lilburne with the Shire team of David Webb and Geoff Chapman. A good entry of nine teams participated.

In the womens group containing six teams the Murphys team of Sam and Abbie Davies were the strong winners with the High School girls team of Rachel Taylor and Hannah Jamieson second and the Pynors Accountants team of Sue Clancy and Kirsten Huchings third.

In the B/C grade division equal winners were the Foodworks team of Lana Rose Jessop and Ashton Green with the Hay Services team of Nadia and Zoya Shahzad with four teams competing in this group.

Due to the current interest another three weeks competition is planned for 10^th, 17^th, and 24^th June with entries currently being taken. Match start times will be 5.30 or earlier, 6pm and 6.30 pm with entries to advise your earliest available starting time that you can play.  

The four weeks Juniors super competition was a huge success with great improvement noted by all the players -8 boys and 8 girls with a number of adults also playing. Points were determined each week in the players group results regardless of grade. The winning boy was Xander Bienzobas and a three way for second Riley Garner, Dallas Giddins and Ben Taylortie. The winning girl was a tie with Maeve Harrison and Krishi Patel. The current success has prompted organisers to hold another three weeks play commencing 12^th June and finishing 26^th June but at a new timeslot 4pm to 5pm  

The full results for the Monday and Wednesday night competitions are on the Tennis Clubs website.  

MAY 25

Last Week of Autumn Night Tennis

The current night competition will conclude this week after a successful 5 weeks play in mens and womens doubles group, including a B/C group. Congratulations for all those involved.

The super Friday juniors singles  and doubles competition will also conclude this week. Again a very high standard was witnessed across the divisions. The young girls group proved to be well competitive.   The keenness has prompted organisers to run another super junior competition  4 week block in June following the long weekend but time suggested be 4pm to 5pm Winter time.

The full details of results for both Wednesday and Fridays play are displayed on the website.

MAY 18

Abbie Davies takes East Albury Tennis Title

Our young Hay Juniors Krishi Patel and Abbie Davies played a Riverina Series Tennis  Tournament on Sunday hosted by  the East Albury Tennis club.   In an historic day for Hay the girls finished first and second positions in a strong round robin group of five players in the girls 10s division, with matches  played at times  in drizzling rain on synthetic grass courts. Well done girls with all your training paying off  and who both take out this weeks AgFlite and Jake Murphy Electrical awards.

The next Riverina series tourney is at Young on 31^st May or a Central West series tourney is being held in Forbes also on the 31^st May.

Both the Wednesday night competition entailing a  mens, womens and a B/C grade, groups, as well as the Friday night super juniors competition are half way through their May program with two rounds to go .  

The Murphys Clothing team of Sam and Abbie Davies have opened up their lead in the women’s group following a strong 6/1 6/3 win over Foodworks.

Crightons containing Daniel Stewart and Andrew  Davies are still narrowly leading the mens group with their come from behind 5/6 6/0 win against the combined teams of Lugsdin Toyota and Les’s Small Engines.  In the B/C group the Agflite team of Lana Rose Jessop and Ashton Green have gone to outright leadership following its win over IGA.

The Friday Night  Super juniors competition continued with some magnificent play and atmosphere involving 16 players again in four groups which included some adults to balance numbers and give invaluable advice.

Full details of night results are available on the Clubs website.

MAY 11

Tennis Competition Results

The co defending  mens champions the  Crightons Rural Team containing Andrew Davies and Daniel Stewart has now  jumped to  outright leader when it beat the Wooloondool team last week. Six other teams in the mens section remain in equal second spot with three rounds to play.  The Murphys Clothing Company team  of Sam and Abbie Davies, is at the top of the ladder in the womens division following its great win over the High School champions Hannah Jamieson and Rachel Taylor 6/3 6/3.

Four teams are now contesting the B/C group with the two new teams of AgFlite and Jake Murphy Electrical  having wins over the Lani Houston Consulting and IGA teams. Some good shots were noted by Ashton Green  and Doctor Nadia

The Super Juniors Friday night commenced last week for four weeks with a fabulous start of 16 players.  The improvement was noted in the four groups with the best scores going to Lana Rose Jessop and Maeve Harrison. This competition will conclude at the end of May.

Saturday Morning organised sets continues each week free to members adults and juniors on the back courts,  from 9am to 10.30am to register at the courts. 

MAY 4

Friday Night Juniors starts this week

The Friday night juniors competition for primary and high school sudents will start this week 6.15 pm to 7.15 pm and will run for 4 weeks during the month of May followed by a winter break.

Players will play one singles and one doubles separated into two grades with 8 names received already and looking for another 8 to play the competition to contact Tony. The draw will be made Thursday night.

Good luck to Bella Garner and Ben Taylor in the five boys/five girls Riverina team contesting the state titles in Parramatta this week. These players take out this weeks Jake Murphy Electrical and AgFlite weekly awards.  

Congratulations to Sam Davies completing her first stage of professional coaching development recently held in Traralgon run by Tennis Australia and to her  also organising the new club tennis shirts now on sale for $25

Daniels Dash juniors group activities continues each Tuesday arvo on the back courts 4pm to 5pm.

The first round of the 5 week Wednesday night competition got underway last week with a mens section, womens section and a B/C Grade group with a good number of 19 teams participating and looking for another three to balance the draw across the grades.

Both the defending mens  co champions , Crightons and  Hay Shire suffered opening round defeats to Hydes Plumbing – Ben Taylor and Shane Mc Gufficke 6/4 6/4 and to the combined Elders/ Les’Small Engines – Wazza Hunt and Daniel Green 4/6 6/3. The defending womens champions Murphys Clothing - Sam and Abbie Davies won 6/2 6/5 against Pynors while in the B/C grade section the Lani Houston Consulting team of Anna Lilburne and Sue Parslow had a marathon 6/5 6/4 win over IGA.

APRIL 27

Wednesday Night Tennis Starts this week

The five week Wednesday night tennis competition commences this week with weekly draws being made Monday nights to suit players availability.

Competition START  times will be either 6pm, 6.30 pm or 7.15 pm with maximum match time 80 mins duration.

A special Friday night juniors competition for four weeks will be held in May.  Match play will be from 6.15pm to 7.15pm to entail a singles and doubles sets in two grades.

This will commence on Friday 8^th May with entries to Tony.

Entries will close when full for the Griffith June Long Weekend tourney conducted by Steve Longworth. Events cater for all grades and ages including parent /child events.

Steve takes out this weeks AgFlite and Jake Murphy Electrical awards for his invented tournament program enjoyed around the world.

Saturday Morning organised sets resumes this weekend on the back courts. Register there between 9am and 9.30

APRIL 20

Wednesday Tennis to commence April 29

A five week Wed. night competition for mens, womens and mixed will commence 29^th April  with entries now being taken. A weekly draw will be made on Monday nights so entries can be accepted anytime even from those who may only be available for one or two nights. Play commencement times will be from 6pm to 7.15 pm.

Friday nights Juniors tennis will commence in May with further details to follow.

Saturday Morning tennis continues each week on the back courts to register between 9am and 9,30 am with last weeks AgFlite award to Dr Shaz and the Jake Murphy Electrical award to Uzair Shahzad

APRIL 13

Weekly tennis awards

The organised Saturday morning sets on the back courts on the weekend  had another good roll up with the three courts being in use.

Surprise visitor passing through town -Griffith coach Cheryl Rawle still volleying with perfection took out the AgFlite award while Geoff Chapman and Mina Patel win the Jake Murphy Electrical Award for their consistent rallies play. Cameron Green played some wonderful shots with fast movement around the court.   The members free hitting continues each week for adults and juniors who are of sufficient standard.

 APRIL 6

 Saturday Morning Tennis

There was a good roll up at the adults and juniors members free hitting with organised sets on the back courts last Saturday Morning .  Mina Patel and Esther Green took out this weeks AgFlite and Jake Murphy Electrical awards for their strong improvement in last weeks play. Play will continue each week by registering at the back courts between 9am to 9.30 am to finish at 10.30. This is expected to run for three months.

Brad Callaghan is conducting a tennis camp this week on the Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday mornings.

MARCH 30

Crightons, Hay Shire, Pynors Accountants and Murphys Clothing Take out Tennis

The Hay Shire won the all-important match in their round  5 clash last week against Crightons  Rural 6/4 6/4 to finish the competition equal leaders with that team. Both these teams took out  the mens competition honours edging out early favourites Wooloondool and Riverine Grazier.   Lugsdin Toyota and Hydes Plumbing were also not far behind on the points table.

Congratulations to the Crighton team members Andrew Davies, Daniel Stewart, Jock Crighton and Ritchie Weymouth and to the Hay Shire members Geoff Chapman , David Webb and Shane McGufficke

Congratulations to the Womens team Pynors Accountants Kirsten Hutchings, Sue Clancy and Sonia Woods and to the Mixed/Womens teams section Winners -Murphys Clothing Sam and Abbie Davies

Individual points and prizes were on offer with a total of 17 males and 10 females gaining a weekly point for each match participation plus bonus point for each match won.

Male winner was Geoff Chapman and Female winner was Sam and Abbie Davies share.

Our last night of our 5 week Friday night Juniors program was abandoned due to the atrocious winds. Our 3,2,1, weekly points were tallied to show highest boys total over all grades was Dallas Giddins with second highest to Harry Foggo. Highest girls total went to Bella Garner with second equal highest Zoey Hurle, Zoya Shahzad, Krishi Patel, Norah Green and Kendall Harding.

Our members free hitting Saturday Mornings on the back courts continues on Easter Saturday - register at the courts between 9am and 9.30 am for organised sets for adults and juniors to finish 10.30

Congratulations to Krishi Patel winning the Albury Grass Courts 10s singles event Regional Series tourney defeating her opponent Maria who she lost to  at South Wagga a month ago.

Krishi takes out the weekly Jake Murphy Electrical and AgFlite awards.  Her next Regional series tourney is on  the new hardcourts surface at the redeveloped Wagga Complex to play on May 3^rd.

MARCH 23

Night Tennis Concludes this week for April Break

Both the five week Wednesday night Competition as well as the Friday night Juniors program will conclude this week, with both likely to do another block for five weeks in May.

Richard Weymouth and Daniel Stewart take out this week’s AgFlite award for their performances in the unbeaten Crighton’s team in Wednesday night play, while the legendary David Davies takes out the Jake Murphy Electrical award giving good advice and encouragement to the Hay Juniors in their recent match at Deniliquin.

Deniliquin will hold its annual easter tourney with the popular timetable of having different events on different days.  

MARCH 16

Deniliquin take back Juniors Trophy from Hay

The Deniliquin Juniors team has regained the annual  challenge trophy following its strong win over Hay on Sunday morning.

It was a fabulous mornings tennis and experience at the Deniliquin complex, where two doubles as well as two singles sets were organised for each player.  Final games score was 145 to 79 with Hay borrowing two extra Deniliquin players to make a total team of 6 pairs against the Deniliquin 6 pairs. Hay had a number of boys unavailable due to the district cricket final. Many thanks to the Deniliquin Tennis Clubs organisation and hospitality.  Both teams had a number of players experiencing their first match play against out of towners and many players as well as parents happy with the good old fashioned  enjoyment of the social yet competitive aspect,  with no stress for singles  ranking tournament points and requirements. 

Another top 5 night tennis matches were played in round three of  Wednesday Night Tennis with a number of returned players in Sue Clancy, Richard Weymouth, Dan Jamieson and Lana Rose Jessop going well to win the AgFlite and Jake Murphy Electrical awards

A good roll up again at Friday Juniors Program with 3 points gained in their groups to Ryan Clark, Dallas Giddins, Beau Garner, Krishi Patel, Zoya Shahzad and Brian Gash. Progressive points on website.

Members Saturday Morning free hitting on the back courts recommences this weekend with registrations taken at the courts at 8.30 /9 am

MARCH 9

Annual Deniliquin tennis clash this weekend

A  Hay Juniors team will travel and play a Deniliquin juniors team this Sunday morning in the annual tennis challenge.

Meanwhile another successful round with a nice atmosphere,  was held on Friday night , with five juniors groups again selected which included  the Rally4Ever.  Maximum points went to Caleb Hudson, Harry Foggo, Bella Garner and Ben Taylor with the progressive point score to be updated on the website.

Wednesday  night competition matches had some tight marathons. The Pynors Accountants team of Sonia Woods and Kirsten Hutchings had a 6/3 6/2 win with long rallies against the IGA team.

Wooloondool maintain the mens group lead with Ian Lilburne starring this week to win 6/5 6/4 over the Hay Shire. The Riverine Grazier team has jumped into second spot with Daniel Green and Chris McClelland taking out a 4/6 6/5 win over the Lugsdin Toyota team.  Hydes Plumbing and the Japps/ Willshear team played an exciting draw.  

The free members Saturday morning organised social tennis on the back courts for 2026  will begin Saturday morning March 21^st with further details to follow.

The AgFlite and Jake Murphy Electrical weekly awards this week go to Bella Garner and Ben Taylor  for their selections in the Public Schools  Riverina team.

MARCH 2

Good Start to Night Tennis – Further Entries welcome

The Five week Wednesday Night Competition and Fridays Juniors program got away to a great start last week.

In Wednesday Night play the defending champions Crightons  Engineering-Andrew Davies and Jock Crighton narrowly went down to the Wooloondool team (Nick and Herbie Maynard), the score 6/3 4/6. The Hay Shire team came from behind to beat Lugsdin Toyota 5/6 6/2. Hay Jewellers beat Pynors Accountants 6/4 4/4 while Murphys Clothing and IGA played an exciting draw. Hydes Plumbing beat Foodworks while The Riverine Grazier and Japps Pharmacy had byes.

The Fridays Juniors program was split into 5 groups with varied starting times from 6pm – Thank you to all the helpers with on court assistance, kiosk and bbq. Detailed results will be updated to the website. The AgFlite and Jake Murphy Electrical weekly awards go to the most improved players this week to  Jacob Hudson, Taylor Hicks and Cameron Green.

Best results in groups were Rally4Ever- Lexi Garner, Orange ball Norah green, Division 3- Harry Foggo, Division 2 – Xander Bienzobas, Division 1 Dallas and Ben tied.

The Deniliquin Sunday morning singes and doubles play will be March 15 with entries to Tony. We have a few names but need more to enable the day to proceed.

February 23

Tennis competition Starts Wednesday

The Wednesday Night Tennis competition commences tonight to run for five weeks up to Easter. Matches are expected to be played around 7pm to run between 45 mins to 75 mins. Mens and womens groups as well as a B/C group will play.

The Juniors Friday night program will now commence this week with lasts weeks play cancelled due to the heat.

Congratulations to Hannah Jamieson in again being selected in the Riverina High Schools tennis team this year to compete in Wollongong this week.

Well done to the Public and High School in their tennis activites last week.  The Public School hosted 29 players from the western zone for the pre selection Riverina trials, while the High School teams travelled to Barham this year for the Western early knockout rounds. The defending girls champions won the day to proceed to the Riverina semi finals while the boys team of Dallas Giddins, Max Hutchings, Jagger Shields and Billy Houston beat Barham 5 sets to 1 but then lost to the Jack McGrillen led Deniliquin team 5 sets to 1 .All these players receive this weeks Jake Murphy Electrical and AgFlite weekly awards  

February 16

Juniors Tennis Program starts Friday

The 2026 Junior Friday night tennis program commences this week as follows—

All three groups start at 6pm –Rally 4 Ever free and fun tennis for those from 5 yrs of age to run for 45 mins

                                                           --Orange ball three quarter court competition for 60 mins

                                                           --Normal ball and court, singles and doubles competition in various grades for 75 mins

A committee meeting will follow at 7.15 to plan our season and discuss other important matters.

About 10 juniors will travel to Deniliquin on Sunday to participate in their annual tourney.

Wednesday night play commences next week with details on the website.

February 9

Night Tennis to Commence

The Juniors Friday Night program will commence on  February 20 with the session times and conditions to be sorted.

The Wednesday night, women’s doubles, men’s doubles and mixed where players can enter with or without a partner will commence on February 25 to run for about 5 weeks where a weekly draw will be made to suit players availability and to encourage all to participate and support Wednesday night tennis.  All night tennis details are shown on the clubs website.

All court hire is monitored at the Hay Tennis Club with members still allowed free hitting on back courts.

February 2

Opening Wednesday Night

Wednesday Night Tennis will start with an opening night in womens, mens or mixed doubles sets, set down for Feb 25^th

Weekly organised matches will then run for 5 weeks up to Easter.  More details will follow with information also on the website.

Juniors

All juniors will  play in various groups and grades to  commence on Friday night  Feb 20^th and will continue each Friday.  Saturday morning private coaching will soon be available.

‘’Daniels Dash’’ weekly Tuesday group tennis continues at 4pm each week.

The first of the Regional Matchplay series for 10yrs  and upwards groups starts at South Wagga on Sunday 15 Feb

Deniliquin will hold its tourney on Sunday Feb 22  - and for those interested in attending the Deni event contact Tony if you wish transport or entry assistance. Entries generally close a week in advance.

Hay Public School will conduct a pre selection Riverina trials day for the Deniliquin zone on Monday 16^th Feb.  

The AgFlite and Jake Murphy Electrical Awards this week go the Camp coaches successfully conducting three holiday camps- Stuart Callaghan, Lucy Davies , Daniel Green and Rachel Taylor.

January 26

Tennis Camp Change Of Dates

Due to the extreme temperatures this week, the three day school holiday camp has been cancelled.

Instead a two day camp for Mon and Tue 2^nd  and 3^rd February has been planned for 8am to 11am . Players from 6 yrs to 15 yrs can participate in coaching, fun activities games and a medallion presentation at the conclusion . Enrolments are now being taken to Tony Callaghan.  

Wednesday Night Competition and Friday Night Juniors activities are likely to commence mid-February with dates to be advised.

January 19

Another Tennis Camp  Planned

The Hay Tennis Club  will conduct a school holiday Camp Number Three after the Australia Day , on the mornings of Tues Wed Thurs 27^th to 29^th January.

A third Camp was  decided  due to the success of the first Two Camps. Players can be 6yrs to 15 yrs with sessions up to  three hours per day depending on temperatures.  All bookings and enquiries can be made to the club Secretary Tony Callaghan.

The Clubs juniors program will commence on Friday nights to entail separate  groups for coaching as well as grades for singles and doubles competitions with the start date to be determined. Some players will also be involved in Saturday morning play.

The Wednesday Night competitions for men, women’s and mixed will commence mid February to run for 6 to 7 weeks up  to Easter.  The draw will be made weekly again which proved popular last competition to suit players weekly availability.

Good luck to all the locals who are attending the AO and other tourneys at this time of year.  Bella Garner receives this weeks Jake Murphy Electrical award, in Nick Kygios handing her his racquet.

January 11

School Holiday Tennis Camps Success

The Hay Tennis Club successfully conducted its first Tennis Camp despite the heatwave with a good number participating.

Camp number two is being held this week with a further one being planned in January , with enquiries to Tony Callaghan.  

Congratulations to Dan Green in gaining free tickets to attend the United Cup Tennis Competition in Sydney. These tickets were all part of his involvement in the Tennis NSW Future Leaders Program.

January 04

Tennis Opens with a Holiday Camp

The Hay Tennis Club will conduct a three day tennis camp commencing tomorrow Thursday 8^th. It will be an early start to beat the extreme heat with play expected to finish well within the scheduled daily  3 hours.  Further details /enquiries can be directed to Tony Callaghan.

Hay coach Stuart is home for a month and can also conduct private lessons.

Meanwhile court hire under lights or early morning hire has been popular.

Some calendars are still available for free collection from the supermarkets.

December 15

Perfect Finish to Tennis Year  

The last of the Juniors Club Championships, these being the 12s and 18s events were  completed with some extremely close matches (6/5 sets) in both semi finals and finals.

Congratulations to Ben Taylor taking out the 18s final against Uzair Shahzad as well as the 12s final against Xander Bienzobas. Bella Garner won the 12s Girls final against Krishi Patel. Well done to all the competitors girls and boys who competed in a great atmosphere and thank you to the parents for their encouragement.

Krishi Patel was crowned the Champion junior of the year ( the inaugural award last year to Ben Taylor ) Krishi won the South West NSW  Champion of Champions for 10s held  in Wagga to then  qualify for  state, to  then win her “feed-In “group held in Nepean. 

Christmas treats followed the tournament with the holding of the AGM attracting its biggest attendance for many years .  The same executive and committee were elected following a very successful tennis year. 

December 08

Last week of tennis

The last  of the Hay Tennis Clubs organised 2025  activities  are being conducted this week

The. Wednesday night social competition has proved very popular and has extended beyond the original planned  finish date with the final round tonight  involving women and men in various grades

The remaining groups of the juniors club championships will conclude on Friday night with the 12s and 18s being held. However first rounds of these age groups will be held now tonight following last Fridays scorcher cancellation
Congratulations to the 8s 9s 10s and 15s winners
The AGM on Friday  will follow the juniors Club Championships

Rally4Ever will also finish this week

The Annual Community Calendar has now been printed and first copies are available from the Supermarkets the Grazier Office or at the Tennis Club  
Further deliveries to other advertisers are expected this week

December 01

Tennis 2025 juniors club championships in full swing

The Friday nights juniors tennis program is at the halfway mark with the 8s to 10s age groups finalised.

Congratulations to Abbie Davies 8s winner, Norah Green 9s orange ball three quarter court winner and to Krishi Patel 10s girls winner beating Abbie 6/3 in the final.  

Congratulations in the boys to Xander Bienzobas winning the 10s boys, Beau Garner runner up, Riley Garner third and Jimmy Jamieson in 4^th spot. And well done to the others who missed the finals groups.

The 12s (born 2013 or later) and 18s (born 2007 or later) commences this Friday with players needing to register at the courts by 7pm with play to  finish 8.30

Rally 4Ever will commence at 7pm this week.(hot day predicted)

Great matches were also contested in the 15s group with the boys final between Dallas and Ben to be played Wednesday night also with Rachel and Hannah contesting the girls.

Dan Green came in third position missing out on averages for a final, with Alex Giddins 4^th., while Bella Garner came third in girls and Leah Curtis 4^th.

Only 5 matches were played in last weeks Wednesday night competition with many byes given. Winners were Foodworks, Lugsdin Toyota, Walgrove, Murphys Clothing and Hay Shire/Grazier combination.  This weeks AgFlite and Jake Murphy Electrical awards go to Sophie Curtis and Hannah Stewart

November 24

 Good Start to Friday night Juniors 2025 Club Championships

Nine good singles matches as well as practice sets were contested last week to bring the 10s and 15s groups up to the finals stage, to be completed on Friday. Some players received byes and the Rally4Ever ran smoothly and will continue and all players will get a game.  Congratulations to all the participants and well-done to the bbq and canteen  organisers.

The 12s and 18s will commence the following week.

Our Wednesday night competition play continues while there is a high interest with the weekly draw made Monday nights if anyone with or without partner wishes a game. Seven matches were contested last week with the AgFlite and Jake Murphy Electrical awards to  Michelle Noonan and Lani Houston for their top win.

The AGM -Annual general meeting will be held on Friday night  12^th December following the tennis.

 November 17

Juniors Tennis -  Club Championships Start

The 2024 Juniors Club titles commences on Friday this week in conjunction with the Rally4Ever Tennis

The program this week  will be 6pm to 7pm Rally4 Ever for everyone. The juniors titles will commence at  6.30 to conclude at 8pm. Age groups starting this week  will be 8s born 2017 or later – this group will be a one day event. Age groups 10s (born 2015 or later)  and 15s (born 2010 or later) – these groups will run for two Fridays  with players able to enter more than one event. Players must register by 6.30 when the draw is made. .An event cost will be $5 with canteen and bbq available.

The Wednesday night competition continues to produce some top results with three matches drawn last week. Jock Crighton Andrew Davies David Webb and Geoff Chapman receive the AgFlite and Jake Murphy Electrical awards

November 10

Wednesday  and Friday Nights Tennis

Wednesday night tennis social competition matches will continue with eight matches contested last week in various grades. The weekly draw is made Monday nights if anyone still wishes to be included.

The 2025/6 which was scheduled to start next week will likely now be played in March/April

Meanwhile the 2024/5 championships  have finally been completed with the mens doubles title decided after delaying the final for months to suit the players availability due to sickness, injury recovery, overseas etc the title finally  awarded to Jock Crighton and Andrew Davies over Peter Head (now transferred from Hay due to work) and partner Anthony Slattery.  

The Friday Night Rally4 Ever continues at 6pm while  the juniors club Championships will now commence 14^th November with the 8s, 10s and !5s age groups

Daniel Green following his Future Leaders course in Sydney will now operate group activities as well as One on one coaching on Tuesdays .

The weekly AgFlite and Jake Murphy Electrical awards go to Geoff Chapman and Ian Bunyan in sorting out and fixing the water leak under the clubhouse- a major necessary job.  

November 03

Krishi Patel Wins Riverina Tennis

Hays Krishi Patel won the Champion of Champions South Western NSW Tennis Region in the 10years girls section played at the new Tennis Wagga complex over the weekend. She follows in the footsteps to  Hays Ben Taylor who last year won the 10s boys title.  Krishi and some other Hay players  will now represent the Griffith, Deniliquin Hay team in the popular Annual John Ferguson Cup social/ competitive singles/ doubles match in Albury against the other regions teams to be played on Sunday 18^th November.

Congratulations to Hays Daniel Green who successfully completed a days training in a “Future Leaders Course “ for Years 9/10 students at the Sydney Tennis headquarters in Homebush. Dan is currently assisting with private and group coaching and is planning his own  “”hot shots” program with details to follow. 

Krishi and Dan win this weeks AgFlite and Jake Murphy Electrical Awards.

There were some fabulous matches last Wednesday night . Tonight round 3 will have some 6pm as well as 7.15 pm matches Juniors still register at the courts by 6pm.  

The Friday juniors program for November and December is now available on the website.

Birthday entries  for the 2026 calendar close this week  

October 27

Tennis Restart Tonight

The Wednesday Night tennis competition will now get underway tonight following last weeks  abandoned play due to the unpleasant high winds with all matches again listed at 7.15pm, Entries are still open with weekly draws being made.

The juniors group will commence at 6pm with registrations taken at the courts by this time.  

Rally4Ever free and fun tennis and games  resumes this Friday at 6pm with all ages  welcome to join in. It concludes at 7pm.

Members free hitting of organised sets on the back courts is back on from 9am to 10 am on Saturday mornings.

This weekend in Wagga the Juniors Riverina finals will be played by those players who performed best in Junior tourneys held throughout the region this year.   

The John Ferguson Cup annual social tourney matches will be held in Albury Sunday November17, with 3 players so far looking to compete in the western team.

October 20

Tennis Tonight

The first of a four week Wednesday night social comp in womens, mens, and mixed commences tonight at 7.15, following the Juniors match play series which commences at 6pm. At the completion of these rounds in four weeks time  the 2025/ 6 Club Championships will be played.

Last weeks Juniors play round 1 saw Dans team win 10- 8

The Friday Rally4Ever as well as the Saturday morning social sets play will not be held this week but will be back  on next week. The AgFlite and Jake Murphy Electrical awards went to Sam Martin and Taylor Hicks for Friday night play.

The  Annual John Ferguson Cup is again being held this year in Albury , on Sunday 16^th November. The competition is 4 teams representing  Wagga , Albury, Wodonga, and a combined Griffith Deniliquin and Hay team . About 24 players males and females from all age groups including adults form each team. Last year 5 Hay players were included in the western team and enjoyed the very nice atmosphere – competitive but social tennis. Anyone keen to join the team this year should advise Tony soon with further details to be given.

Birthday entries for the 2026 calendar are now being taken at the Clubhouse, The Visitors Centre, the Library and the Grazier office or online / text .

October 13

Organised Tennis Resumes after holiday break

The juniors competition  will commence tonight (Wednesday) at 6pm for an hour or so, while entries for the Wednesday night social competition in womens, mens and mixed groups in various grades to  commence next Wednesday the 22^nd October –are now being taken, with  play to  run for four weeks and then the 2025/6 Club Championships will commence. 

The Friday Night Rally4Ever free and fun activities  will now commence at 6 pm each week. This program will conclude on the 7^th November, then the juniors club championships will commence on Friday 14^th November.   

Birthday entries for the 2026 Tennis Club Community Calendar are now being taken at the Visitors Centre, Library, The Grazier Office,  the Tennis Club or online (form and details are on the clubs website)  to close 7^th November

The AGM will be held Friday the 5^th December – all welcome.

This weeks AgFlite award goes to Sam Davies for all her great work in getting the 2026 calendar work  information  together, and the Jake Murphy Electrical award to Dan Green in being selected to attend a youth forum -future leaders program at Tennis Headquarters in Sydney.

October 6

 New Night Competition Entries

Entries are now being taken for a short 4 weeks competition to be played , in various grades and groups of womens, mens and mixed. The competition will commence on Wednesday night the 22^nd October.

There will be a special boys and girls juniors of sufficient standard groups  also being held at 6pm Wednesdays  for an hour or so to start a week earlier on the 15^th October.

There will be no Rally for Ever, or Saturday Morning play this week . Rally4 Ever will resume on 17^th October at the new time of 6pm

Birthday Entries are now being taken and will close early November for the 2026 Hay Tennis Club Community Calendar . Entries and payment can be made at the following locations- Hay Tourist Centre, Riverine Grazier or at the Tennis Club. Entries and payments  can also be made online by email or text.

Dan Jamieson took out both the AgFlite and Jake Murphy Electrical weekly awards for his great assistance at last week’s school holiday camp.

Brad is conducting two daily clinics this week Tuesday and Friday   

September 29

Wednesday Night Tennis Results 

After an 8 week late winter program of matches - the following were judged best performances - 

Women’s Team St. Mary’s -Michelle Noonan /Sarah Harrison 

Mens - Hay Shire -Geoff Chapman / David Webb 

Mixed- Lugsdin Toyota - Tania Stephenson / Warren Hunt 

Other Sections best 

Walgrove Sam and Abbie Davies 

High School team - Rachel Taylor/ Hannah Jamieson 

5pm Juniors group -Lana Rose Jessop/ Dallas Giddins / Dan Green 

A short 4 week Spring competition will commence after the holidays with full details on the web 

A school holiday program is on this week with two day clinics next week. Enquiries to Brad 

 September 22

Wednesday Night Tennis Concludes Tonight

The winter competition finishes tonight with fresh entries now  being taken for the five weeks play Spring competition to commence after the school holidays break.  

Four matches plus two 5pm juniors age groups were held last week. Charles Anderson , Liam Whitbourne and Lane Griffiths received the AgFlite and Jake Murphy Electical weekly awards for a great start and play in their Wooloondool / Elders clash.  The 5pm juniors groups best went to  Maeve Harrison.

The Rally4Ever was cancelled last week due to the inclement weather  but will continue each Friday night at 5pm

There will be no Saturday Morning organised sets this weekend but will resume over the holidays

Two school holiday camps will be conducted by Brad over the next two weeks.

September 15

Tennis Updates

The Wednesday night tennis competition in various grades and groups continues tonight following last week’s cancelled weather round.

Saturday Morning members organised sets on the back courts will now commence at 10 am each week with play for an hour.

Rally4Ever continues each Friday from 5 pm

Congratulations to the Griffith East Public School team which went all the way to win the state title - the Victor Kelly Trophy having earlier this year eliminated the Hay Public School team in a high standard match

September 08

Great Start to Night Tennis

The Wednesday night opening tennis competition round and Friday night Rally4Ever free and fun Tennis activities were both successfully started last week.

All the seven matches held on Wednesday night  in their various groups of women’s, men’s, mixed  and juniors  grades were all closely contested in a good atmosphere. The full details and results are on the clubs website, with the competition to  continue up to the school holidays with further entries welcome. 

 The Rally4Ever Friday night activities attracted an excellent number of just  under 30 juniors some playing for their first time. A great effort to Brad and Dan for their organisation who receive this weeks Jake Murphy Electrical and AgFlite weekly awards.   

Wagga maybe for the first time are hosting an International women’s tennis tournament on its new multi-million dollar tennis courts facility. It will contain a number of international players with the number one seed being  the  Australian Lizette Cabrera (highest world ranking 119) her likely semi-final clash will be Britain’s Katie Swan (highest ranking118). This week the qualifying rounds are being played with the main draw rounds next week.

There will be no Saturday Morning social sets on the back courts this weekend due to the show.

September 01

Rally4Ever Tennis

The free and fun Rally4Ever tennis activities will recommence this Friday 5th Sept with a start time of 5 pm with play for an hour or so. The program is expected to run for 10 weeks.

The final trial round for Wednesday night play was called off last week due to the miserable weather conditions.

The competition proper commences this week to run for 4 weeks up to the school holidays. Groups will be separately played in womens, mixed , mens and juniors in various grades with further entries welcomed.

August 25

Wednesday Night Tennis in Full Swing

Another trial round was held last week with eight matches played.  There were mens, womens, mixed and juniors matches making a good atmosphere with matches scheduled at 5pm and 6pm start times with play concluding by 7.30. Play continues tonight with weekly match fees  collected and further entries welcomed.  Samantha and Abbie Davies received the Jake Murphy Electrical and AgFlite awrds for their play in their match, with Jan Zambon receiving the Crightons Rural Engineering award for her play as a handy substitute.  Ian Lilburne receives the WillShear award for his doubling up and good play.

Congratulations to Daniel Green participating in the Tennis NSW – Young Achievers  Development course  representing the Hay Club.

August 18

High School Girls Tennis with the States best

The Club is very proud of the girls High School team for the second year running representing the Riverina in the Floris Conway State Tennis Finals recently played at Nelson Bay. Match results v Toormina (Coffs Harbour) 4-4 sets each but down in games 32-26, v Bathurst down 8-0 sets, v Gunnedah High School won 6-2 sets. Congratulations to the High School punching above its weight, Hay by far with the smallest enrolment number of the 10 participating schools, and the furthest distance to travel to the venue.

A great performance by these girls with little practice these past few months due to them being champions currently participating in winter and other sports. These girls receive our Jake Murphy Electrical and AgFlite weekly awards

Wednesday night tennis is on tonight for all grades for 6 weeks up to the school holidays with further entries welcomed even if only available for one week with full details on the web

The Rally4 Ever free social tennis will recommence on Friday nights for 10 weeks from 5^th Sept.

 August 11

Wednesday Tennis Trials Begin

The Clubs Wednesday night play commenced last week with a trial round involving 5 matches which also included a group of juniors.

Well done to Julie Lawrence, Belinda Headon and Tania Stephenson receiving the Jake Murphy Electrical and AgFlyte weekly awards. Lachie Kerr and Ryan Clark won the Hay Services Club award.

The next trial night is scheduled for the 20th August in conjunction with the delayed final of the 2024/5 men’s club doubles. Wednesday night play is accepting more entries even if only able to play the odd night.

Juniors

Hay will send a team to play away against Deniliquin on Sunday morning 21st Sept

The Rally4Ever free tennis will resume on Friday nights from 5 th Sept

 August 4

Tennis Begins Tonight

After a two month  winter break , tennis returns to the courts tonight with organised social trial matches . There will be no play next week the 13^th August.  The full program is listed on the clubs website, with entries still being welcome.      

There will be no Saturday Morning organised tennis this weekend and will resume the following week at 11am on the 16^th August.  Lana Rose Jessop and Ryan Clark receive this  weeks AgFlyte and Jake Murphy Electrical awards for their play.  

                                                                                                                                          July 27

Night Tennis Commences Wednesday

The first four weekly night competition gets underway this coming Wednesday the 6^th August with only four matches likely to be drawn at 6pm or earlier, as well as 6.15 for this week.   Matches will conclude after 80 minutes, even despite the sets score so very important matches begin on time making it necessary to arrive before the start time  to allow a warm up hit. Matches that are completed in a short time span  will start a third set.

Full details are on the clubs website

Saturday members free, organised  sets on the back courts will continue at 11am having been cancelled last weekend.

July 21

Weekly Tennis Awards

Congratulations to Riley Garner for winning the Jake Murphy Electrical  weekly award for his performance at last weeks Tennis Camp tournament. Lenny Bunyan won the Footwork’s award for being runner up with Harry Foggo the AgFlite award for his performance.

Mina Patel , Zoya Shahzad and Tony Callaghan took out the Services Club, Lani Houston Consulting and Crighton’s weekly awards for their play at Saturday morning organised sets.

Memberships for the 25/26 are due this month thanking those renewals so far received.  Members can enjoy free hitting on the back courts.

July 14

Night Tennis New Dates

A short 4 week night competition will now commence on the  Wednesday 6^th August , with another fresh one to start from 3^rd September also to run  for 4 weeks.  Entries can be womens , mens  or mixed pairs or as an individual requesting a partner. Full details are on the clubs website.

A school holiday tennis camp is on this week Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday mornings being conducted by Brad Callaghan.

Members Saturday morning social sets for both adults and juniors continues at 11am each week for about one hour.

July 6

Annual Tennis Memberships

Despite continued rising costs , the annual Tennis Club memberships rates remain unchanged for juniors, adults and families  and have done so for many years.  The Green Pass membership however  has increased with some of the other costs regarding court hire and weekly fees etc changed.  Members can still hit for free on the back courts.

Currently the Saturday morning sessions for juniors, to also include adults on the back courts are  going well and will continue over the school holidays.   Lachie Kerr played good in  his sets play on the weekend.

Brad Callaghan will return to Hay this week and will be available for private and group coaching.  The Rally4Ever restarting date will be worked out.

Wednesday night Tennis will conduct its next social weekly  competition from 23^rd July for 5 weeks followed by a fresh one from 27^th August also for five weeks in various grades for mens,  womens and mixed to enter as a pair or individually . Further information is on the website.

Jun 29

Hannah and Hilton in Riverina Tennis Teams

Congratulations to Hannah Jamieson and Hilton Hargreaves again being selected this year in their respective Riverina High schools teams of  6 girl players and 6 boys  to contest the state competition. They were recently selected following the trials at Wagga and now will compete in Parramatta late August. The duo gained the Jake Murphy Electrical and AgFlite weekly awards.

Another good roll up for social sets play, available to adults and juniors on Saturday morning was held  to cater for those not involved in other sports .  It will continue again at 11am for one hour on Saturday . Lachie Kerr, Cameron Green, Chris McClelland, Zoya Shahzad  and Lana Rose Jessop have won the  Lani Houston Consulting, Services Club, Crightons Rural , Foodworks  and AFF weekly awards for their play. 

Its that time of the year again when the annual affiliation cost with Tennis NSW is received – this goes up annually with all other expenses such as insurances etc.  And once again the benefits of affiliation are being questioned.  Hay is a strong Club catering for all, in its community,  unlike many other tennis centres which have faded.

Annual Memberships for the 2025/26  are due in July -    

Jun 23

TTennis Tournament Organiser Steve Longworth Success

Hays Steve Longworth continues to manage and run tournaments with his invented tennis tournament computer system known as C.A.T., the system also used in other countries around  the world. The majority of the  C.A.T. users do their own day to day tournament running after the entries. draws and daily  timetable and other aspects are conducted by Steve.  He continues to attend a number of C.A.T. tournaments  although in  recent years has not attended any overseas where he would regularly conduct the world veterans events.

He recently ran the Annual Griffith Open Tourney held on the June  Long Weekend which attracts 200 players with entries having to close two weeks early due to being full.  His tournament system is so popular that many  players return every year. Griffith cater for all grades and ages as well as family events making it a social as well as competitive atmosphere.   It was Steves 48^th consecutive year in managing the tourney.

This next fortnight he is enjoying the Gold Coast, running the Queensland  State Veterans tourney in Mermaid Beach as well as the Tweed Masters at Tweed Heads.

He wins this weeks Foodworks, Hay Services and Fitness Club and AFF weekly awards.

Saturday Morning social sets for adults and juniors were organised on the back courts on the weekend and gained a good number who were not involved in other Saturday morning sports. It will be organised again this weekend  at 11am

Jun 16

Krishi Patel performs well in MIA  Tennis Tournament

Krishi Patel was in good form producing top results at the Annual Long Weekend Griffith Tourney.

In her 10s singles event she won her division to then lose in the semi final to  Alaistair Duff of Canberra.

Partnering Florence Mewett from the ACT the pair won their doubles division but lost the final to the other division winners.

Krishi and her mum Mina made it to the final of the B grade mother and daughter event to lose to the Reid combination from Wahgunyah.

Brother Prince with Krishi were eliminated in  their first round D grade doubles a tough 7/4 result.

 The Patel family take out this weeks AgFlite, Jake Murphy Electrical and Lani Houston Consulting awards.  

Annual Memberships are now due for the new financial year and remain unchanged from previous years however Green Pass Membership has increased as well as a few changes to weekly court hire and competition night fees.

Jun 9

Weekly Tennis Awards

Congratulations on the following with last weeks 2024 Club Championship finals concluding.

Brad Callaghan and Sarah Harrison (nee McManus) singles winners -The Jake Murphy Electrical and Hay Services and Fitness Awards,

Geoff Chapman and Rachel Taylor runners up singles – the AgFlite and Crightons Rural Engineering Awards.

Esther Green and Jimmy Jamieson Development singles winners- The Foodworks and Lani Houston Consulting Awards

Jun 2

Sarah Mc Manus takes the Women’s tennis title

Sarah Mc Manus won the Womens Singles Club championships final last week in a good match against the talented Rachel Taylor producing many long rallies  .

The score being a close 6/4 6/4. The last person to take the womens singles title was Lani Houston in 2018. There were some  good matches held on the other courts particularly noticeable by Sarah Walker, Lana Rose Jessop, Michelle Noonan , Peter Head, Clint Taylor and Warren Hunt.

That concludes the 2024/25 Club Championships having started in  early March and will now have a winter break to return late July with a teams competition -teams named after our sponsors.  The mens doubles final was delayed again to be still played  when tennis resumes.

The short 4 week juniors development Friday night tournament was concluded last week with semi finals and finals singles held . The tournament contained 6 boys and 6 girls over its course with the finals results being girls Esther Green beat Scarlett Crossley 4/2 and boys Jimmy Jamieson beat Riley Garner 4/3. Congratulations to all these players where big improvement was noticed.

May 26

Tennis Championships Conclude Tonight

The 2024/5 Club titles will conclude tonight with a total of only  5 matches scheduled at 6pm. and that includes  the womens singles and mens doubles finals.

Last week the mens singles final was held with Brad Callaghan beating Geoff Chapman in a good match 6/2 6/3. They receive this weeks Jake Murphy Electrical and AgFlite awards.

Rally4 Ever will now break for winter while the last week of the Juniors Development Tournament will be held Friday from 6pm followed by a presentation.

The Hay Services and Fitness Club and Foodworks weekly awards went to Krishi Patel and Xander Bienzobas for their Griffith tourney play last week.

May 19

Tennis Club Championships to semi- finals and finals stage

The 2024/25 mens doubles final is expected to be completed tonight after a number of weeks delay due to injuries and absences.  The CC singles in both mens and womens are up to semi finals with a few matches completed over the last couple of weeks.

The Rally4Ever will hold its last Friday night  this week. This free and fun tennis program will then break for two months.

The development juniors tournament will continue this Friday from 6pm and will finish next Friday 30^th may. Play finishes between  7.15 and 7.30

Congratulations to the 5 Hay players who played the annual Griffith Juniors on Sunday with Ben Taylor winning his group and Krishi Patel runner up in her group.  Well done to the Griffith Club in running such an enjoyable mornings tennis to conclude at 12.30 to form the appropriate groups on the day to suit the standard and numbers of entries.    

Players/parents  are asked to check the left behind items at the clubhouse before they are disposed of.       

May 5

New Friday Night Tennis Concept

A new 4 week development juniors competition on Friday nights began last week being held  in conjunction with those juniors and adults participating in the Rally4Ever.  Eight boys and 8 girls will play the development competition each week , also commencing from 6pm with Friday night tennis now finishing at 7.15/ 7.30  (enquiries to Brad )  A weekly bbq will now  be available at cost.

Well done to Ben and Bella playing in Bathurst last week for the Riverina Public school teams. With the boys team of 5 coming in a credible  6^th spot the best position for some years. These players as well as the high school girls team win the weekly awards. 

Wednesday Night play in both the Club Singles Championships as well as organised weekly  doubles matches play commenced last week with further entries requested to fill the draw, with play to go for another 3 weeks before the winter break.  The mens CC doubles final will be completed next week.

The popular Griffith June Long weekend tennis tourney entries will close soon when entries are full. Events include adults and juniors of all grades including fun family events. 

May 5

High School Girls Tennis Riverina Champions

Last year in the 60 year  history of the Floris Conway Girls High School Tennis Cup, the Hay High School won the Riverina for the first time.

They have done it again this year , when on Friday the team of Hannah Jamieson, Tilly Weeks, Maggie Shields and Rachel Taylor won their semi Final 7 sets to 1 against Wagga Wagga  High School led by the talented Eve Stein, then in the final they had a dominating win 6 sets 36 games to 0 sets 6 games against the Billabong (Culcairn)High School(Albury zone winners)  

 The team will now head to Nelsons Bay representing the Riverina for  the state tournament in August.

Meanwhile Wednesday night tennis in singles and doubles begins tonight with the full details on the website.

April 28

Tennis Resumes

The Rally4 Ever resumes this Friday 2nd May at 6 pm start for Primary, and Secondary students and adults to utilise 5 courts . This is a free and fun sponsored program

The Club Championships resume Wed 7th May with the singles starting or a 4 week doubles competition for those not wishing to play singles

April 22

Entries Open for Annual  Tennis Singles

Entries are now being taken for the Club Championship singles competition to commence on Wednesday May 7^th. for 4 weeks.  Those not wishing to play singles can enter for a mens, womens or mixed doubles weekly competition in various grades. Some players may wish to play both.  The full details  are on the website.

The Gala day set down for the 4^th May will be rescheduled to suit availability of key personnel and not to clash with other local events. Further

details will follow.

Camp One of the school holidays  was successfully completed with camp Two scheduled this week with enquiries to Brad. Congratulations to Bella  Garner and Jarvis Stokes winners of the special tourney play in first Camp and also winning the Foodworks and Lani Houston Consulting awards.

April 14

Sam and Andrew Davies win Mixed Tennis

Sam and Andrew Davies took out the Club Championships mixed doubles title last week with a 6/1 6/3 finals win over Michelle  Noonan and Geoff Chapman . Despite the scoreline the match went over an hour with some top entertaining rallies.  The Davies combination had previously won this title in 2014  (Davies and Newnham ) These players win this weeks _Crightons Rural , and AgFlite awards.

Wednesday night competition play will now resume on May 7 with the club Singles as well as a new mens, womens and mixed new competition in various grades to go for 4 weeks = players can enter both singles and doubles if they wish with the full details on the club website.

There will be two holiday camps held over the holidays Tuesday to Thursday mornings each week with enquiries to Brad.

The Rally4Ever Friday nights juniors and adults  play will now break for the holidays.

Lucy Davies takes out the Jake Murphy Electrical award for being a member of the successful Caulfield Grammar tennis team winning the prestigious Victorian Associated Public Schools Tennis Competition , this year their first since 2008

April 7

Tennis Gala Day Planned to replace Annual Juniors Open Tourney     

Hay will not host its  junior Tournament tourney  this year scheduled on the 4^th May and instead will now conduct a  Gala Day to suit all our juniors as well as involving  adults participation. Further details of the planned day will follow.

Congratulations to the Hay Public School team of Bella Garner, Lana Rose Jessop, Ben Taylor and Henry Cannon who had a magnificent strong win over the Deniliquin North Public School team led by Charlotte Gatacre in a quarter final of the Riverina knockout.  These four players received invaluable practice at last weeks Wednesday night competition to give them a good edge and they also take out the weekly Lani Houston Consulting , Hay Services Club, AgFlite and Foodworks awards.

The Club Championships mixed semi final went down to the wire with a win to Michelle Noonan and Geoff Chapman over Sophie Curtis and Brad Callaghan 5/6 6/4 (7/5).  The mixed and mens finals as well as organised doubles matches will conclude tonight for and then there is a holiday break.

The Rally4 Ever Friday nights program will have all juniors and adults starting together at 6pm this week on their allocated courts and then break forschool holidays and Easter.

Lucy Davies takes out the Jake Murphy Electrical award for being a member of  the successful  Caulfield Grammar tennis  team  winning the strong Victorian  Associated Public Schools Tennis Competition  this year their first since 2008

 March 31

High School Girls Tennis Team into Riverina Finals

The Hay High School Girls tennis team of Hannah Jamieson, Tilly Weeks, Maggie Shields and Rachel Taylor has got away to a good start in defending their Riverina Champions tag of 2024.

Last week in the Western Riverina Zone hosted in Hay the team had a strong win over Barham 8 sets to 0 and then won the final against Finley 5 sets 39 games to 3 sets 22 games. The girls will now play the winners of the Wagga, Albury and Griffith zones for the Riverina title.

The boys team of Hilton Hargreaves, Dan Jamieson , Max Booth and Dallas Giddins had a convincing win against the Barham Number two team but lost the final to Deniliquin in a very close 4 sets 39 games to 4 sets 36 games

These players win this weeks Jake Murphy Electrical and Crightons Rural award

The Club Championships Mixed commenced last week with 9 pairs participating with a number of mens and womens pairings also involved in arranged matches,

The Rally 4Ever session 6  resumes on Friday this week at 6pm for Primary school students and  7pm for High School students and adults.

 March 24

  Lani and Sophie take Womens Tennis Doubles

After an absence of six years the Tennis  Club championships has returned with the Womens Doubles the first to be completed, the final being held last week.

The match was won in a marathon high standard encounter by Lani Houston and Sophie Curtis over former champions Trish Jamieson and Sonia Woods the score a brilliant 5/6 6/5 and tiebreaker decider (7/5)

It was a similar thriller in the mens  semi final which also went down to the wire to Andrew Davies and Jock Crighton winning 6/5 3/6 (10/8) over Brad Callaghan and Alex Giddins.  The winners will now play Anthony Slattery and Peter Head in the final.

Congratulations to all the players who participated in the various grades.

The Championships will now move into the mixed phase in different grades for the next three weeks with mens and womens doubles matches also being arranged weekly for those unable to play mixed. The full details including results are on the website.

Hay will host its annual junior tournament as part of the Riverina series on 4^th May with entries now open -age groups are 10s,12s,14s, and 16s.

The weekly Hay Services Club . AgFlite, Lani Houston Consulting and Foodworks awards this week go to the four women who played the Womens final.

March 17

 Ben  and Bella in Riverina Tennis teams

Congratulations to the Hay Public School duo of Ben Taylor and Bella Garner each being selected in the five boys team, and the  five girls team  for the Riverina Region to contest the state Public Schools  Carnival  in Bathurst. Great effort as both these students are only  in Year 5 and eligible again next year.  They win this weeks Jake Murphy Electrical and Crightons Rural weekly awards.

The Club Championships mens and womens doubles are up to the finals to be completed this week .

Womens semis Lani Houston and Sophie Curtis defeated Leonie Laracy and Kirsten Hutchings 6/2 6/3 and Trish Jamieson and Sonya Woods  beat Michelle Noonan and Sarah Mc Manus  1/6 6/3 and tiebreaker decider 7/3

Mens semi Anthony Slattery and Peter Head defeated Shane Mc Gufficke and Jasen Crighton 6/4 6/0

Consolation matches will also be held tonight with the mixed starting next week.

The Rally4Ever was cancelled on Friday due to the heat. It will now resume with session 6 on Friday 4^th April with Primary students in the first group at 6pm (no play these next two Fridays)

March 10

   Great start to Club Tennis Championships.

It was nice to see all the courts utilised last Wednesday in a top atmosphere  for the return of the Club Championships after an absence of  seven Years .Both the womens and mens doubles commenced with some high standard and close results in the grades. In the womens, former champions of 2006 Trish Jamieson and Sonia Woods had a good win coming home strongly 6/5 6/1 against Kirsten Hutchings and Leonie Laracy. The best of the  mens opening round saw Anthony Slattery and Peter Head eliminating Warren Hunt and Dallas Giddins 6/5  6/3

(B) grade saw a fabulous match between mother and daughter combinations Sam and Abbie Davies 6/3 6/4 against Mina and Krishi Patel.

The full results are given on the website , with semi finals in  the grades scheduled tonight.

The Services Club and Foodworks awards go to Sarah Mc Manus and Hugh Crighton new faces to Wednesday play.

The Rally4Ever Friday free and fun tennis program continues on Friday nights for all grades. This week will see the last for March and then resume in April. The Lani Houston Consulting weekly award goes to first timer Xavier and Crightons Rural to Geoff Chapman for his invaluable assistance in the Second session High school and adults group.

March 3

Tennis Club Championships returns after seven Years

The 2025 womens and mens doubles Club Championships  in various grades returns to the courts tonight.  The last  doubles winners  recorded in 2018 were Scott Dixon and Peter Lawrence as well as   Immy Molloy and Teresa Mirabelli. The doubles are expected to run for three weeks followed by the mixed and then singles as well as further doubles matches for those not wanting to play singles. Full details of the timetable  are on the Clubs website.

The ”Rally 4 Ever “ sponsored free and fun program continues into March, this Friday our 6pm session will  be broken into two groups for all Primary school students , while  the 7pm session now is for high school students and adults.

Good luck to those juniors competing in the annual Deniliquin Juniors Tourney on Sunday . The Hay tourney is listed for May 4^th and Griffith 18^th May

The AgFlite and Jake Murphy Electrical awards go to those 2018  winners above

February 24

Night Tennis Commences Wednesday

The night tennis mens and womens doubles will now start on Wednesday 5^th March.   The format will be the return of the Club Championships played in various grades. The timetable is now listed on the website., with entries closing the  3^rd for the doubles.

Good numbers continue to participate in our Friday evenings “Rally 4 Ever” tennis sponsored free and fun tennis program.  All participants received the Jake Murphy Electrical, Lani Houston Consulting and Hay Services Club weekly awards.

Well done to Ben Taylor second in his group at the recent  Wagga juniors tourney in his new age group 12yrs singles and then on Sunday he won his group in Albury  but lost in the finals group.  

Congratulations to Hay Public Schools Bella Garner , Lana Rose Jessop, Henry Cannon as well as Ben who have reached the finals stage in selecting the Riverina team. These players win the Foodworks award.

And the Crightons Rural weekly award goes to the other Hay Public school participants in the trials Nina Schiller, Maeve Harrison, Esther Green, Ollie Meads amd Eli Crossley.

The Deniliquin Juniors is on Sunday March 9^th

February 17

Night Tennis commences Wednesday 26^th

The night tennis will commence with mens and womens doubles from Wednesday 26^th Feb . The format will be the return of the Club Championship doubles in various grades to suit all standards and then will move to mixed doubles after a number of weeks.  The full timetable is being drafted to appear on the website to show all details. Doubles entries will close by text to Tony by Monday night 24^th Feb.

A big number with much better weather this time  attended our second session of our Eight week - Rally 4 Ever Program being held on Friday nights at 6pm and 7pm  groups according to school class year and beyond. Good to see the many who are playing tennis for the first time enjoying the fun activities. These players receive the Jake Murphy Electrical, Lani Houston Consulting and Hay Services Club weekly awards

Well done to Ben Taylor who came second in his group  in his first tourney competing in the 12s moving up from 10s. The tourney was the first for the year in Wagga, with Albury to be held on 23^rd Feb and Deniliquin on the 9^th March with Brad available to give assistance to those entering.

Congratulations to the Hay Public School participants competing in the pre selection trials for the Riverina team  with players from seven other Western  schools,  being held in Hay Monday of this week. These players Ben Taylor Henry Cannon, Ollie Meads, Eli Crossley, Bella Garner, LanaRose Jessop, Nina Schiller, Esther Green and Maeve Harrison  all gained the weekly AgFlite, Crightons Rural and Foodworks awards

February 10

Good Start to “Rally4Ever”

In very hot conditions last Friday night , a good number commenced the free and fun  sponsored 8 weeks program. Thanks to Brad who organised two separate groups. Meanwhile Sunday Morning activities commencement will be delayed with these players able to join the Friday night sessions.

On this coming Monday Hay will host the Western Public Schools Riverina pre-selection trials. Hay hosted the day for the first time last year involving just over 30 youngsters from 8 schools.  

Wednesday night tennis will commence on the 26^th Feb – hopefully with cooler weather. Entries are now being taken.

 February 2 2025

Free and Fun Tennis

Well done to Brad who has successfully obtained the “RALLY4EVER “ free and fun  tennis program  for Hay, to be held on Friday nights commencing this week.  This organisation commenced a few years ago to assist all, in communities to make tennis accessible creating free programs for the good of people.  Hay joins South Wagga the only other  Riverina Club to conduct the program at this stage. 

The Hay schedule is Kindergarten Students to Year 4 from 6pm to 7pm , and School Years 5 to 8 ( and adults are also invited) from 7pm to 8pm . All levels are welcome and racquets are supplied.

School Holiday Camp number two is being conducted this week  on the Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday with enquiries to Brad.

Our Wednesday Night competition for both men and women will commence in February the date to be determined.

The popular Victorian Country Week Tourney this year is being conducted in Swan Hill next week with a number of Hay players participating               

January 20 2025

Tennis Practice and Social

The AO has inspired a number of members both adults and juniors to have some social and practice hits. All court hire continues to be monitored.

The first of the Regional Junior Tourneys will be South Wagga on Sunday 9^th Feb, followed by Albury on 23^rd Feb – Hay will conduct one on 4^th May. There will be a practice session with singles and doubles sets for those juniors who could be  playing some Regional  Tourneys this year. Adults are also invited to play at our session organised at 9am Thursday 23^rd January.

 A juniors fun day against Deniliquin is expected to be played there in February.

Night tennis for men and women will commence in February to again be played on Wednesday nights . It is also  hoped the Club Championships will return this year for singles and doubles.

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