August 26

Hay High School Tennis Girls at State Finals

Well done to the Hay War Memorial High School girls tennis team representing the Riverina  in Nelson Bay last week in the Floris Conway Cup State Finals .

The team of Tilly Weeks, Hannah Jamieson , Indyanna Wilson and Rachel Taylor lost its first round clash with some good tennis to the Blacktown Girls High School team (representing Sydney West). The team then was eliminated in the consolation round to Bathurst High School , but returned with a vengeance on the second days play when having got used to the AO balls and local courts to give the Coonabarabran High School team (North West NSW) a strong  beating in a good atmosphere in a play off position match. Congratulations to the High School support and to Kylie Kerr for her management of the team with special mention to Leonie Booth who guided the team in their earlier rounds in winning the Riverina. Thank you to the Hay Tennis players who gave the team practice sessions before the tournament.

Good luck to Hilton Hargreaves who has been selected in the Riverina tennis high school combined team to play the state competition next week in Bathurst.

Our 4 week junior Monday afternoon competition for singles and doubles will commence this Monday 2^nd Sept with matches at this stage held at 4.15 or 5.15 for one hour duration. Entries to Tony.

The Wednesday night competition in various sections and grades commences Wed 4^th Sept with full details available on the website.

Our Foodworks, AgFlite, Lani Houston Consulting, Jake Murphy Electrical and Services Club weekly awards go to our High Schoolers mentioned above.

August 19

Night Tennis Commences September

The Wednesday Night competition in Mens, Womens and Mixed Doubles types in various grades will commence on the 4^th Sept. while the Juniors Monday afternoon competition for High School and Primary school sections in singles and doubles will start on the 2^nd Sept. Entries are currently being taken with further details on the clubs website.

Good luck to all our juniors currently participating in junior singles tourneys at St Pats Albury, Young and Temora as well as the Hay High School girls at Nelson Bay. Entries for the forthcoming Albury number 2 tourney close Monday.

A good number of Juniors participated at a junior social practice session last Monday with the following awards given Esther Green _AgFlite, Dan Green Jake Murphy Electrical , Xander Bienkobolas Lani Houston Consulting, and Dallas Giddins - Foodworks

Sam Davies and Kate Murphy received the Hay Services Award for their invaluable assistance towards the girls high school practice session.

July 29

Tennis Competitions dates Set

The new night tennis competitions for Monday Juniors will begin on Sept 2^nd and for the Wednesday night competition on Sept 4^th to go for 4 weeks.

Following the school holidays then a further fresh longer competitions will be played.

Junior Tennis Sunday morning tennis activities will now break for four weeks.  Riley Garner, Jimmy Jamieson, Harry Foggo and Brian Gash received this weeks, Crightons Rural , Hay Services Club. AgFlite and Jake Murphy Electrical awards for their play last week.

July 22

Sunday Juniors Activities  

This Sunday will be the last Sunday morning fun activities day before a four week break with our coaches away.

Bede Schiller receives the weekly AgFlite award for his organisation and management of the wood raffle with the winners results in the Grazier Advert Section.

Congratulations to all those who participated in the two camps during the school holidays, with coaches Stuart Callaghan ( Jake Murphy Electrical Award), Indyanna Wilson (Lani Houston Cosulting Award) and Brad Callaghan receiving the Hay Services Club weekly awards for their organisation and enthusiasm.

The Club is pleased to report it had a successful financial year on and off the courts in tennis results and finances. New Memberships renewals are due now with rates the same as previous years.                              

July 15

School holiday tennis Camp

The second of our school holiday tennis camps is being conducted this week with details and enquiries to coach Stuart .

There will be no Saturday Morning organised hitting on the back courts this weekend and there will be no Sunday juniors as well. Sunday juniors will be held 28/7/24.

Court hire continues to be popular with the Monday Juniors and Wednesday night competitions in recess at the moment.

July 7

School holiday Tennis Camps

Two School holiday tennis camps are being conducted over the holidays on the mornings of Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of each week with registrations and enquiries to coach Stuart.

Sunday morning community juniors activities continues each week with all groups starting at 9.30

Congratulation to Hilton Hargreaves selected in the Riverina combined boys/ girls team to contest the state tiles in Bathurst this year. Hilton was in the Riverina team last year which played in Gosford.

Its that time of the year again when the club is seeking sponsorships from any  Business or individual for the 2024/25 year.

Thank you to Bede Schiller in organising the annual club wood raffle to be drawn 20^th July.

July 1

Bella and Ben win at Wagga Tennis juniors        

Congratulations to both Bella Garner and Ben Taylor who won the under 10s girls and boys titles in the strong Wagga tourney on Sunday.  The Wagga Tournament is part of the Riverina series junior’s development tournaments where points are accumulated to gain entry into the finals held later in the year in Albury, The next series tourney is in West Wyalong in August.

Bella and Ben win this week’s Lani Houston Consulting and Jake Murphy Electrical awards.

Meanwhile the Community Sunday Morning junior’s fun activities and match play continues each week with last week’s AgFlite and Foodworks awards going to Brian Gash and Uzair Shahzad

(note for Grazier -photo of Bella and Ben to follow for publication if quality and space is ok)

June 24

Night Tennis completed

Both the Wednesday night competition as well as the Juniors Monday arvo/night competition were completed last week .

Winners of the A men’s went to top of the ladder Hay Shire Geoff Chapman, David Webb and Ian Lilburne – second place went to the Lugsdin Toyota team of Liam Whitbourne and Tom Lugsdin . The A grade mixed /womens will contest a final to be played between Hydes Plumbing Kirsten Hutchings and Trish Jamieson against Murphys Clothing Sophie and Heidi Stephens.

The B grade mixed /womens final was won by the Pynors Accountants team of Stacey Lugsdin and Sally Ware 6/1 4/6 against the Hay Jewellers team of Sue and Tyler Clancy

Junior winners were -School class years 9 and above Jonty Woods, year 8 Hannah Jamieson and Uzair Shahzad, year 7 Maggie Shields and Alex Giddins , years 4,5,6 Bella Garner and Ben Taylor, years 1,2,3 Abbie Davies and Beau Garner . Congratulations to all those involved with over 30 participants and to the parents support and assisting with umpiring.

These players receive the weekly awards, AgFlite, Foodworks, Lani Houston Consulting and Jake Murphy Electrical Award.

The full results for both Monday and Wednesday night competitions are shown on the club’s website.  

Sunday Morning juniors fun play activities and match play continues each week from 9.30 am with some nice play noted on the weekend by Zoya Shahzad and Jackson Thompson.

Annual Tennis Club Memberships are required by the 31^st July with prompt payment discounts offered up to 30 June. Rates are the same as previous years.  

June 17

Winter Tennis Break

Monday and Wednesday night competitions will finish this week to resume with fresh competitions after the winter break. Sunday morning Juniors fun activities and match play will continue.

Last Wednesday nights play entailed 6 matches with a good win by the AFF team comprising Andrew Davies and Alex Giddins ( both winning the Jake Murphy Electrical Award) by winning  6/1 6/5 over top of the ladder Lugsdin Toyota.  Hay Shire continue their consistency to jump to the ladder lead with a 6/2 6/3 win over Hay Services Club. Pynors Accountants containing Stacey Lugsdin and substitute Katie Howard win the Agflite award with their win over Morrrison Shearing 6/2 6/2 . The Riverine Grazier team of Sharon Bunyan and Chris McClelland  gained the Foodworks weekly award following their good win over the Murphys Clothing Store 6/2 6/5 with Kelcey Anderson making a welcome return. The Hydes plumbing team of Kirsten Hutchings and Trish Jamieson had a strong 6/0 6/3 win over Wooloondool to jump into finals contention. The match of the night was the draw between Hay Jewellers and Bidgee Earthmoving with Sue and Tyler Clancy, Indyanna Wilson and Jonty Woods all receiving the Lani Houston Consulting award.

Tonights  round will be the last of this  lengthy competition which began in March.

The annual membership renewals are now being welcome with early payment discounts offered if paid by the 30 th June

June 11

Night Tennis Continues

Another two Wednesday Night tennis rounds are planned due to a number of teams interested, commencing from tonight. Only 8 teams played last week with heaps getting byes.

The Monday Afternoon /Evening Juniors singles and doubles competition round played last week used all courts with a great atmosphere present and improvement noted in all players. Well done to all the players and to those parents umpiring.

 Good luck to the High School students going for Riverina selection trials in Griffith today.

 The Sunday Morning Juniors fun activities resumes on the weekend at the new starting time of 9.30 for all groups.

Saturday Morning social play on the back courts now commences at 9.30 with registrations taken at the courts each week.

Annual Memberships renewals for the 24/25 are now being accepted with discounts offered for those paying before 30^th June

The Annual wood raffle tickets are now on sale and are also available at the clubhouse.  

June 03

Monday  and Wednesday night tennis competitions continue this week , however there will be no Monday junior play on the 10^th June due to the Long weekend holiday. Interest and the cooler weather will determine the durations of the competitions.

Saturday Morning Tennis organised social play for all grades free on the back courts will now commence at the new time each week at 9.30 am to finish 10.45.

A number of Hay juniors attended the Annual Griffith juniors tournament on the weekend with success again going to Ben Taylor to take out the 10s boys title. He wins this weeks Foodworks and Jake Murphy Electrical awards. Dallas Giddins 12s boys, Bella Garner 10s girls came third position in their divisions with Uzair Shahzad reaching the semi finals and Alex Giddins  the quarter finals of the 14s boys  with these players winning the Lani Houston Consulting , and AgFlyte awards.

Good luck to Steve Longworth conducting the Annual Open Griffith tournament this weekend with well over 200 players involved making it necessary for steve to close entries well before the official closing date. Events are Open events , all grades , veterans, juniors and family events as well as half court events

Sunday morning Juniors fun activities will recommence on 16^th June at a new start time of 9.30 am

May 27

Junior Tennis Tourney Success

Hay hosted a Regional Series Junior Development Tourney on Sunday with great success, last holding one here in 2019.

Congratulations to our local winners- Indyanna Wilson (Open Group) Ben Taylor (10s boys) and runners up Lana Rose Jessup(12s girls) and Bella Garner( 10s girls) and good to see ex Hayite Sam Patel back in action on the Hay courts and still playing well.

The tournament attracted 41 players well supported by their families and friends.  Thank you to Tara Mina and the Hay Youth Taskforce with all your work with the visitors compliments as the best tourney kiosk and supplemented by Tylers Coffee Van.

Most events were completed by the expected 2 pm finish time except the 14s boys special format group which continued to produce some long exciting rallies with the final won by Nirvair Singh (Griffith) against Jack Mcgrillen (Deniliquin). Thank you to Tournament Manager Stuart in bringing the tourney to Hay this year and being assisted in scoring by Hay President Warren and Denilquins Regional Rep Jon Gatacre.

It was good to see an entry of 17 players in the 10s group (boys10 girls7) nearly all playing their first tourney. Well done to Sam Davies with the production of a fabulous video capturing the day’s proceedings.

The Griffith tourney is on Sunday.

In last week’s local Monday Afternoon junior’s singles and doubles competition some good wins were noted by Rachel Taylor, Hannah Jamieson, Alex Giddins, Zander Hird and Maggie Shields for secondary students and for primary Eli Crossley, Ollie Meads, Beau Garner and Esther Green

There will be no Wednesday night Competition play held tonight with a general bye , with another round scheduled next week.  In last week’s play the defending champions Crightons Rural Service comprising Anthony Slattery and Shane McGufficke won with an unusual scoreline 6/0 1/6 against the AFF team of Andrew Davies and Uzair Shahzad.  The Hay Shire has jumped to outright ladder leader with David Webb again partnering Ian Lilburne inflicting a good win over the top Murphys Clothing team of Sophie and Heidi Stephens.  The Morrisons Shearing team of Anna Lilbune and Sue Parslow had a narrow 6/3 5/6 win over the Public School combination this time comprising Nina Schiller and Bella Garner. Anthony Hyde Plumbing with Emma Laracy back in action and playing very well had a 6/2 6/1 win over the Grazier. Other winners were Lugsdin Toyota, Bidgee Earthmoving, Rosevale and Wooloondool.

May 20

Historic Tennis Win for High School

The Hay War Memorial High School girls Tennis team for the first time won the Riverina section of the prestigious Floris Conway Cup a competition believed to be have been going for 60+ years. 

The team had qualified to play last week’s finals series  having won the West Zone earlier this year in beating Deniliquin 7 sets to 1.

Congratulations to Tilly Weeks, Hannah Jamieson , Indyanna Wilson and Rachel Taylor and a special thank you to teachers Leonie Booth and Anthony Stokes for their support and encouragement.

 The team travelled to the  Albury grass courts to firstly win a semi final against the Wagga high School a slender 5 sets 36 games to 3 sets 28 games. The other semi final saw the defending champions Albury beat Yanco Ag  5/3

The final was a tense situation with Hay coming from behind to win a close contest 5 sets 38 games to 3 sets 29 games against the Albury High School.

The team will now travel to Bathurst to contest the state finals.

Congratulations to Stuart Callaghan who coaches all of these girls.

This Sunday the Hay club will host a junior singles Regional Tourney for boys and girls in 5 age groups. This is the first tournament conducted here since 2019 when 35 played which only included 7 visiting players . Hopefully visiting numbers will be better this time. Play starts at 8.30 with the days plans well in hand. Depending on entries received will depend on finish time,

Our junior Monday arvo/night competition continues to grow with all courts now necessary for play. Some good singles and doubles were noted last week. There will be a general bye this coming Monday 27^th May.

Another round of the Wednesday night comp with seven matches played .Centre court witnessed a good standard battle with the Rosevale team of Richard Cannon partnering substitute Dan Green beating the Bidgee Earthmoving team of Indyanna Wilson and Jonty Woods 6/4 6/4 Other winners were Hay Jewellers, Hay Shire, Pynors Accountants, AFF, Lugsdin Toyota and Wooloondool

May 6

Night Tennis competition underway

The Wednesday night competition resumed last week in a good atmosphere and included a big number of nine substitutes in the matches played.  Well done to all those involved. Tom Lugsdin and Liam Whitbourne for the Lugsdin Toyota team win the Foodworks weekly award for their victory over the Crightons Substitutes Peter Head and Ian Lilburne  6/2 6/5

This weeks Hay Public School team containing Ryan Clark and Dallas Giddins had a very close tiebreaker win over the Rosevale team Richard and Henry Cannon all receiving the AgFlyte and  Lani Houston  Consulting awards

Hay Shire this week comprising David Webb and Sam Davies take out the Jake Murphy Electrical award for their good 6/3 6/3 win against the AFF team. Other wins went to Hay Services and Fitness Club with Michelle Noonan striking the ball well , as well as the Murphys Clothing team comprising Sophie and Heidi Stephens, Pynors Accountants with Stacey Lugsduin leading the charge  and Wooloondool with Daniel Green striking the ball well           

The Juniors Sunday morning fun activities recommenced on the weekend in pleasant conditions and will continue this weekend. The Monday juniors afternoon singles and doubles competition resumed this week and will likely run for another  4 weeks.

Entries will close soon for the Griffith Open Long Weekend June Tourney catering for all ages and grades

Good health was the beneficial  winner in  Sundays - Deniliquin versus Hay Veterans challenge played in Hay. Congratulations to all involved in the spirited match.

April 29

Wednesday Tennis Competition resumes tonight

The Wednesday Night tennis competition comprising mens, women’s and mixed doubles sets resumes tonight for another 4 or 5 weeks with the same teams competing with further entries welcomed.  Matches now will see earlier starting times.

Junior activities will now step up a gear with the Sunday Morning community fun play recommencing this week 5^th May at the regular time of 9am for all groups. Also on this day is the Young Junior tourney.  The following Sunday there will be no Sunday morning activities as a number are competing at Henty.  The Hay Junior Tourney (we have not hosted one for four years) will be held on Sunday 26 May. 

Our Monday afternoon Juniors singles and doubles competition with 30 participants now competing will recommence Mon 6^th May with further entries still being accepted.

Deniliquin are keen to send a mens team here for a challenge match with Bede Schiller organising and further details to follow.

April 22

Night Tennis Resumes After School holidays

The Wednesday night mens, womens and mixed competitions will resume on 1^st May, while the Monday night juniors will recommence on the 6^th May.

Sunday morning community  fun activities will restart on 5^th May . All details are outlined on the clubs website. A tennis camp is being conducted this week on the Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday mornings.

Congratulations to Lucy Davies who wins this weeks Foodworks award for being part of The Caulfield Grammar school teams success in their interschool competition.

Members are currently being offered free hitting on the back courts – with all court hire to be monitored.

April 15

Holiday Tennis Activities

School holiday camps are being conducted – this week on Wednesday to Friday and next week also for three mornings Monday to Wednesday before Anzac Day. Enquiries and Registrations to coach organiser Stuart.

Also being held during the holidays will be the Saturday Morning organised sets on the back courts for all grades and ages from 9am

Monday Juniors competition , as well as the Wednesday night mens, womens and mixed competition will resume after the school holidays. The Sunday Morning fun activities will also  restart in three weeks. 

A red hot  Griffith East Public School team containing a number of top Riverina players in their two boys, two girls team were too strong for the Hay Public School team last week, winning all sets, in their quarter final Riverina clash. The Griffith team like the Deniliquin North team last year has the potential to  go all the way to the state final.

April 8

Night Tennis break for school Holidays  

Both the Wednesday night competition as well as the Juniors Monday competition will break for the school holidays  and will continue with the same players and teams in a few weeks.  . Any new players are welcome to join . Sunday morning juniors will be held this weekend and then have a break.

In last weeks Wednesday results Crightons Rural Engineering team suffered their first loss 6/5 4/3 to the Services Club team of Warren Hunt partnering the very talented substitute Michelle Noonan who win the AgFlyte award. The Morrisons Shearing team of  Anna Lilburne and Sue Parslow win the Foodworks award for their come from behind victory over the Hay Public School team 4/6 6/3. Mother and daughter Carol and Issy Huggins (Japps Pharmacy) win the AgFlyte award for their good win 6/0 4/6 win against the Hay Jewellers team.  Other winners were Lugsdin Toyota, Wooloondool, Murphys Clothing, Pynors , Hay Shire, and Hydes Plumbing with Sonya Woods making a great comeback to win the Jake Murphy Electrical award.

Steve Longworth Tournament Director for the Griffith June Long Weekend Tennis Tournament has advised the entries will close when they have reached capacity and this has occurred in recent years.

Players wishing to play should enter through the CAT system and do so early so as not to miss out.  The tournament caters for all ages and grades.

Forthcoming Sunday  junior tourneys are on 5^th May at Young, 12^th May at  Henty , with the Hay Tourney to be held on the 26^th May

April 2

 Night Tennis Resumes after Easter Break

Two further rounds remain for the Monday Night Juniors and Wednesday night Competition before breaking for the Easter school holidays. Wednesday night play recommences this week with the draw on the web.  

Sunday Morning community junior’s fun activities are back this weekend still at 9am for all the groups.

Well done to Bede Schiller partnering his former St Josephs College classmate Clive Gow at the Deniliquin Easter Tourney in the Veterans doubles just missing out for the finals.

Steve Longworth successfully ran the Shepparton their 100^th Easter tournament over the weekend entailing 650 players with his invented Computer Assisted Tennis Program a system he developed decades ago and still largely used around the world.

March 25

Night Tennis Results

Over twenty teams are now competing in the Wednesday night mens ,womens and mixed competitions with further entries most welcome . There is a general bye this week.

The Morrisons Shearing team of Anna Lilburne and Sue Parslow commenced their season last week going down to the Rosevale team of Richard and Henry Cannon 6/1 6/5. Former champions Hydes Plumbing – Trish Jamieson and Kirsten Hutchings commenced their journey with a great match 5/6 6/2 win over Sophie and Heidi Stephens Murphys Clothing team . A top match was witnessed by Lugsdin Toyota Tom Lugsdin and Liam Whitbourne 6/2 5/6 win  over the Services Club team. Hay Jewellers Sue and Tyler Clancy had a marathon 6/5 3/4  over Japps . Other winners were Harrisons IGA, AFF, Les’ Small Engines, Crightons, and Bidgee Earthmoving . Full details are on the website.

Well done to all those participating in the Monday night juniors primary and secondary singles and doubles competition with no play scheduled on Easter Monday.

The Hay High Girls team of Tilly Weeks, Hannah Jamieson, Rachel Taylor and Indyanna Wilson last week won the Riverina West Gala Day tournament against a strong Deniliquin girls team with a top scoreline of 7 sets to 1. This is the third year in a row the team has qualified for the Riverina semi finals, the West Zone in previous years dominated by Finley. The Boys team were not so lucky in narrowly finishing third behind Deniliquin and Barham schools. The team was Hilton Hargreaves, Uzair Shahzad, Dan Jamieson and Jaylen Dixon. The standard of tennis was high with the atmosphere and tournament discipline excellent with special thanks to Leonie Booth for her involvement and organisation.

There will be no Saturday organised tennis on the back courts or Sunday morning juniors activities this Easter weekend.

Good luck to those players playing the Deniliquin Easter Tourney.

March 18

Tennis Busy Program

Annual International Tennis Tournaments are currently being held in Mildura last week and Swan Hill this week with a number of Hay people attending to watch world class players.

Five Hay players played the Thurgoona tourney on Sunday with runner up success to Ben Taylor and semi finalist to Hannah Jamieson. Congratulations also to Uzair Shahzad, Rachel Taylor and Jimmy Jamieson in going well in their groups.  Also on local Sunday morning a good roll up attended with just fun games and activities being   held on the morning – no sets this week.

Preparations also began on Sunday for the Hay Junior Open to be held in May with a good meeting held.

Night competitions continue to grow with additional entries welcome

Monday night juniors competition saw some good singles with Ryan Clark against Zander Hird as well as Rhyla Bunyan against Bella Garner. Thank you to Sharon Bunyan who filled in for the injured Maggie Shields. In Wednesday Night play now comprising 20 teams nice to see Carol Huggins back and still playing well this time partnering daughter Lily.  

March 11

Night Tennis Commences

The Monday juniors as well as the Wednesday night men’s, women’s and mixed commenced last week with a good atmosphere.

Six matches were completed on the Wednesday night with a number receiving byes and further entries are still welcome to be included.

Results were Comfort Inn Bishops Lodge Jenny Bunyan and Darren Tapper beat Riverine Grazier 5/6 6/4.  Pynors accountants Lucy Koster with sub Daniel Green for Stacey Lugsdin beat Hay Jewellers 6/2 6/3, Les’ Small Engines Clint Miller and Peter Davies beat Willshear 3/6 6/2 , Hay Shire Geoff Chapman and David Webb beat AFF 4/6 6/0 and Harrisons IGA Dean Aylett and Lane Griffiths  beat St. Marys 6/1 6/2

In Junior Tennis 14 players competed in the Deniliquin tourney with some tremendous play noted by everyone in the extreme heat. Hay had 3 winners and 3 runners up with special mention to young Xander Bienzobas making his debut. Junior fun activities will continue on Sunday at 9am for all groups.  Congratulations to all the participants who this week take out the Jake Murphy Electrical, AgFlite, Foodworks and Lani Houston Consulting weekly awards

The weekly junior’s singles and doubles competition is being played on Monday nights and further entries are welcomed with details on the website.

Good luck to the Hay Public School team who will play Balranald in its first round knockout match. Last year’s team was unlucky to meet and lose to the Deniliquin North in the first round with that team eventually winning the Riverina and going all the way to lose the state final by one game to Tamworth.

March 4

 Wednesday Night Tennis

The Wednesday night tennis competition in Mens Doubles, Womens doubles and Mixed doubles in various grades will commence this week to go for 5 or 6 weeks up to the school holidays. The draw will appear on the clubs website and entries can still increase each week if persons wish to join.

Meanwhile free hitting is available to members on the back courts (memberships are welcome). Saturday morning organised social play continues each week on the back courts commencing between 8.30 am to 9am to play for an hour or so for persons of all ages and grades.

Junior Sunday morning activities received another good attendance on the weekend with Abbie Davies, Norah green, Ollie Meads and Maggie Shields receiving the weekly Jake Murphy Electrical, Lani Houston Consulting, AgFlyte, and Foodworks awards.  There will be no Sunday Morning this week as a number of players and coaches will be away in Deniliquin for the juniors tourney.

The Monday night Junior singles and doubles competition is scheduled to start this week with the draw on the web.

Congratulations to Dallas Giddins in being named as second reserve for the 5 Boys Riverina Public School team.

Meanwhile Hay High School will host again the Riverina Western Zone comprising the early rounds of the 2024 High Schools state knockout for boys and girls to be held on the 21^st March with the Hay School possibly entering two teams of each.  

February 26

Sunday Juniors Tennis Commences

The Tennis Clubs first Sunday Morning juniors group activities was held for 2024 on the weekend with a good attendance full of enthusiasm.  The weekly program dates are listed on the Clubs website, with play scheduled again on Sunday but not on the 10^th March due to the Deniliquin Regional Series Tourney. Also on Sunday three Hay players competed very well at the Albury Regional Tourney and although not making the finals group gained good experience on the grass courts. Well done to Abbie Davies, Ben and Rachel Taylor.

Good luck to the 6 Hay Public school students who are attending the final Riverina school trials this week.

The Clubs juniors singles and doubles competition will now be played on Monday afternoons / evenings, commencing 4th March.  This competition has shifted from Wednesday to Monday to allow our girls to compete who are away or unavailable on Wednesdays.

The Wednesday night competitions in various grades for Mens Doubles, Womens Doubles and Mixed doubles has been delayed another week due to the predicted heat this week and also hoping for some more entries- these are listed on the web.

Well done to Anthony Slattery who organised another team to represent Hay at the Victorian Country Week Carnival this year played at Albury/Wodonga. This was the 11^th straight year for Hays representation with a record 1320 players competing for the week. Other Hay players included Shane McGufficke, Damon and Zac Slattery and exHayites Mark Hutchings and Brad Davis as well as Nicolas Catharay. These players get the AgFlite award this week.

Amanda Kelton who was in Hay for the weekend was a big help at Sunday Morning Tennis putting her tennis coaching training into practice by running a young boys  junior singles tourney,  gained the Foodworks award.  Young players attending their first session at Sunday tennis Isla Andrews/ Walker, Jarvis Stokes,  and Brian Gash win this weeks Lani Houston Consulting award.

Stu Callaghan gets the Jake Murphy Electrical award for now travelling weekly to Conargo to do coaching activities at that school. He was previously doing weekly coaching at Carrathool and Booligal schools before their closures,

February 19

 Hay Students perform well in Tennis

Congratulations to the Hay Public School in bringing the West Zone pre-selection trials for the Riverina to Hay for the first time an annual event having been held in Deniliquin for many years .

Eight schools had nominated 39 boys and girls to trial in Hay last Wednesday, the number included 14 from Hay.

The 5 boys and 5  girls who won selection to now attend the final Riverina trials next week are as follows –Boys from Hay Dallas Giddins, Ben Taylor, Billy Houston (Archie Auldist – reserve) Rocky Sztejman (Deni North) and Alby Brooks (Barooga)—girls from Hay Bella Garner and Rhyla Bunyan, Charlotte Gatacre (Deni North) Audrey Laffen (Bunnaloo) Mila Gray (Moulamein) and Eliza McDonald (Barham) reserve.

These players win this weeks awards the Jake Murphy Electrical and Lani Houston Consulting.

Congratulations to HPS teacher Sarah Houston for the AgFlyte award in bringing the event to Hay . Ellie Jamieson(HPS) Foodworks award in running the day and Jon Gatacre and Stu Callaghan for court supervisors.

The clubs website has been updated to advise the night competitions in various sections and grades will now start Wed 28^th  showing current names received . The juniors wed arvo singles and doubles competition will also commence on the 28^th  while the Community Sunday morning juniors will commence 3^rd March the full program also displayed.

Good luck to the players who are competing in the Albury juniors on Sunday.

Free Saturday morning social on the back courts for young and old of all grades continues each week  starting from 8.30 (must register by 9am at the courts) play for an hour or so.

February 12

Night tennis to Start

Depending on the temperature,  the  Wednesday Afternoon and Evening of the 21^st Feb is the date set to commence our first night of the  2024 Tennis Competition in various grades and formats., including the juniors singles and doubles competition.  Players can enter online or contact Tony with entries being taken for mens doubles, womens doubles or mixed either entering with your partner or entering individually requesting a partner.  All juniors will be contacted to confirm their play to follow on from the last  successful competition that involved 30 juniors, High school and primary school students in two grades. 

The first of the Regional Juniors singles Series tournaments was held in Wagga on Sunday with 12 youngsters from Hay participating in a big field of 75 players. Congratulations to all those participants and to the encouragement, and support of parents , players and  coaches. Hay received a winner in the 10s boys with Ben Taylor winning the event, as well as taking out this weeks AgFlyte and Foodworks  awards.  Hays Alex Giddins was forced to withdraw and didn’t make the trip due to an accident requiring stiches to his chest  and sadly a replacement who had missed the entry deadline in the same age group and of the same standard was not allowed, despite the withdrawal making an unbalanced number.

The next tournament will be held in Albury on Sunday 25^th Feb ----also on this day will be the start of the Sunday mornings  Hay junior  community tennis.

The Hay Public School  with the Hay Tennis Club  will host for the first time the Western Zone  pre-selection trials for the Riverina Public School team, to be held this week.

February 5

Night Tennis  Competition

The Tennis clubs night tennis competitions will commence on WEDNESDAY 21^ST Feb with entries now being taken online or contact Tony .  Entries can be made for mens, doubles ,womens doubles or mixed either entering with a partner or requesting a partner for different grades.  A Monday night womens doubles competition will also be held if sufficient entries are received.

A junior singles and doubles competition will also be held again, also commencing on the 21^st

Good luck to the five juniors who have entered for the first Regional juniors tourney at Wagga to be played this coming Sunday.  To date the tournament has attracted 47 players. Albury will hold their tourney on 25^th Feb.  

January 29

Summer Tennis

The first of the 2024 Regional Series, Junior singles tennis tournaments will be held in Wagga on Sunday 11^th Feb. The tournament caters for all ages with entries closing 5^th Feb.

The local social night tennis competition is likely to start mid February and again be played on Wednesday nights in mens doubles, womens doubles and mixed doubles of all standards. This worked well last year and also included a junior singles and doubles competition in two grades. If sufficient interest and entries are received a separate Monday night womens comp will also be held

The last of the school holiday tennis camps is being conducted  this week.

January 22

 Summer Tennis    

 Saturday Morning Social Tennis for an hour or so has recommenced on the back courts for young and old of all grades.  Play is for fun and good for our health and mental wellbeing with no consecutive weekly commitment required. Generaly the starting time is 8.30am depending on the temperature.       

School holiday camp number 5 is being held this week. Last week’s number 4 camp did not get underway until the Thursday with the first two scheduled days washed out, making it necessary to increase the daily hours of play to three each day. The last School holiday camp number 6 will be held next week Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 30^th, 31^st Jan and 1^st Feb with enquiries and bookings to Stuart on Ph 0413083386   

Well done to Steve Longworth who has spent a lot of time working with the Clubs Web Provider to sort out our website, which should be now obtained by all. The web details all information on the Hay Tennis Club.

Our weekly AgFlyte, Foodworks, Jake Murphy Electrical and Lani Houston Consulting awards go to the social players who were having a go at Saturday Morning tennis.   

January 15

Summer Tennis

School Holiday Tennis Camp Number 4 is being held this week, with number 5 planned next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 23^rd , 24^th. and 25^th January from 9am to 11am . Enquiries and bookings to coach Stuart Ph 0413 083 386

Court hire has been popular on the more pleasant weather days with members having free use of the back courts during the holidays. All court hire is monitored.

A number of Hay people attended the Adelaide International last week, with young Dallas Giddins hitting with a World number one ranked Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic .

Many locals are attending the Australian Open this week with Immy Molloy continuing her role as a practice hitting partner to the Australian and world ranked Olivia Tjandramulia . Congratulations to Immy getting to this level.

Well done to Uzair Shahzad who has been competing at the strong grass court tourneys in Albury and Wodonga last week competing against the best youngsters from the Eastern states as well as Pacific Nations.  He continues his ventures this week in a squad of players with the Alcarez Academy in Melbourne.

 The free Tennis community calendars can still be collected from the clubhouse.

January 8

School holidays Tennis camps

School holiday Tennis Camp number Four will be held next week Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 16^th,17^th,18^th from 9am t0 11am each day with enquiries and enrolments to coach Stuart

Last weeks number Three Camp attracted 20 participants

In the meantime court hire has been popular with the back courts now currently free to members over the holiday period. All court hire needs to be monitored.

December 18

School Holiday tennis Camps

The first of six school holidays tennis camps has begun this week to be played three mornings a week for two hours each day.  Camp number two will be conducted next week after Christmas on the Wed. Thur. Fri . 27^th to 29^th December with registrations to coach Stuart.  Camp number three will be held on 3^rd, 4^th , 5^th January.

For the first time,Hay will host the Primary Schools western Riverina selection trials to select  a squad  then to later trial for the Riverina team.  Congratulations to Sarah Houston and the Hay Public School in their ambition in bringing this day to Hay to be held in February having been conducted in Deniliquin for many years.  The Hay Tennis Club will also again host the Western Riverina zone of the 2024 NSW knockout competition early rounds for boys Stan Jones Trophy   and girls Floris Conway Cup to be held in March.

Meanwhile social tennis remains popular and is currently being enjoyed day and night.  

December 11

Tennis Competitions Finalised

Both the Wednesday night teams competition as well as the junior afternoon singles and doubles competition were finalised last week. The team winners in the various grades were determined by the highest on the points ladder.

Mungadal undefeated in all its matches, comprising Thommas Wynne and Kate Murphy won the A grade with the Wooloondool team of Nick and Herbert Maynard and also including Ian Lilburne came in second spot. Thommas hails from the village of Seal Chart an hour from London and is in Hay for four months. Thommas is a talented player and a professional coach with the Club looking forward to his further play here before returning to England.

The IGA team of Trish Jamieson and Chris McClelland won the B section with the Hydes plumbing team of Richard Cannon and Tom Porter runner up.

In Division two, the Bidgee Earthmoving and Plant Hire team of Indyanna and Craig Wilson finished on top with the Murphys Clothing Company comprising Lucy Koster and Mina Patel in second spot.

Full details are on the web.

The junior afternoon competition was called off due to the heat rule with the eight weeks play winners determined by the number of singles wins. In grade one high school winners were Max Hutchings and Hannah Jamieson while primary school winner was Alex Giddins. In Grade two winners were Henry Cannon and Bella Garner.

All these players win this week Foodworks, AgFlyte, Jake Murphy Electrical and Lani Houston Consulting awards

Sunday morning junior activities were completed on the weekend for this year and likely to restart in February. Players friends and family enjoyed the breakup snacks at the conclusion of the tennis. The first of six holiday camps will commence next week December 19 with enquiries to Stuart 

The free 2024 Community Calendar is now available in the supermarkets as well as at the Grazier Office and Tennis Clubhouse with many thanks to those involved.

December 4

Last night of tennis for 2023

Wednesday play last week was cancelled due to the weather,now with the final round  for both the junior competition as well as the teams doubles competition to be held  tonight (Wednesday) for 2023. 

The last of the Sunday morning sessions for the three groups all commencing at 9am will be held on the weekend. 

The Annual General meeting was held on Sunday with President Warren Hunt again re-elected . The Club had another successful year on and off the court.

The biannual John Ferguson Cup was this year held at Albury a competition played amongst the three area teams that comprise the South West/Riverina Tennis region. This year the Albury District entered two teams.with Wagga and a combined Deniliquin, Griffith Hay area as the fourth team. Congratulations to the Hay players in being selected for the Combined team –Rachel and Ben Taylor, Hannah Jamieson, Bella garner, Uzair Shahzad and Sam Patel. Albury won this year’s cup.

Thank you to those involved in getting the 2024 Community Calendar organised. It should be available this week.

November 27

Tennis Activities Winding Down

The Tennis activities for juniors, Saturday social, as well as the Wednesday night Competition have finished or are getting close to finishing for 2023.

Saturday morning organised social tennis on the back courts catering for all grades had its final session on the weekend, having been running now  for five months with registrations simply being taken weekly at the courts,  will restart in 2024.

Twenty youngsters attended Sunday morning activities, with another two Sunday sessions still to go  before breaking for Christmas holidays. Private coaching is continuing as well as court hire.

A good number of matches were played in last Wednesday nights competition. Some notable matches saw Indyanna Wilsons Bidgee Earthmoving team having a 6/0 5/6 win against Comfort Inn Bishops Lodge and a similar scoreline in the other B womens saw Stacey Lugsdins - Lugsdin Toyota win 6/0 3/6 over Murphys Clothing.

Some close matches were recorded in the A/B Mens/Mixed – Tom Porters Anthony Hyde Plumbing had a 5/6 6/2 win against The Hay Services Club and Anthony Slatterys Crightons Rural Engineering team won 6/3 5/6 over Morrisons Shearing.

The weekly awards for AgFlyte, Foodworks, Jake Murphy Electrical and Lani Houston Consulting  go to Craig Wilson, Ellie Lugsdin, Richard Cannon , Shane McGufficke and Kate Murphy.

All tennis details are outlined on the Clubs website. The site has a new provider and it may be necessary to reset your mobile app.     -use www.haytennis.org.au

November 20

 Hay tennis Club connections on the world stage

Steve Longworth and Tom Mabon have both recently been involved in world tennis tournaments.

Steve continues to run the annual world veteran’s men’s and women’s tournament, this year recently conducted in Mallorca in Spain. Whilst not travelling to the venue these days the annual tourney still uses his invented computer system in conducting draws, schedules and statistics liaising online, daily between himself and the officials in Spain.

Tom the son of local identities Jenny and Vince Mabon and attended Hay War memorial High School from 2001 to 2006 was last week seen on tv for a number of days spearheading the barracking and support for the Australian Women’s team playing Slovenia and Kazakhstan in Seville also in Spain. Tom had been appointed the physio for the Australian team and was looking very fit.

Meanwhile congratulations also to Ben Taylor, Sam Patel and Lucy Davies who gained selection to play the state finals in Penrith on the weekend.

Sunday Morning juniors resume at 9am for all groups.

This Saturday Morning will see the last of our Saturday morning socials on the back courts for this year. 

Wednesday afternoon and Evening competition play for juniors and adults is working well with all courts being utilised with all details on the clubs website. Monday nights competition has now been abandoned due to insufficient entries (a number were transferred to Wednesday night play

November 13

 Hay Tennis Juniors qualify for State Tournament

A number of Hay Tennis Club players made the Regional finals played in Albury on the weekend.  The Top Two positions in each age group following this tourney then qualified for state finals to play in Sydney with Hannah Jamieson 14s girls, Bella Knox ( Conargo) 12s girls and James Gatacre (Wanganella) 12s boys gaining selection. Three other Hay players came third position in their groups and are waiting confirmation that they also qualify for the state finals- these being Lucy Davies 16s girls, Sam Patel 12s boys and Ben Taylor 10s boys . Congratulations to these players and also to coach Stuart and the families who were there watching and supporting. 

 Eight high school and primary school players of sufficient standard have made themselves available for this weekend’s Sunday morning annual social challenge match against Deniliquin on their grass courts with about another six required to finalise before Friday with names to Tony or Stuart. Details and format will then be available.  

Sunday morning juniors in Hay on the weekend received a good number and with Stuart away, lessons were conducted by Brad and Warren with great success .No Sunday morning activities this weekend.

Well done to Wednesday afternoon junior singles and doubles with two set wins to Archie Auldist, Alex Giddins ,Maggie Shields, Euen Kerr and in the grade two group to Henry Cannon and Beau Garner.

Wednesday Night competition wins went to Crightons Rural Engineering, A.F.F, Murphys Clothing, Hay Services Club and Mungadal  with some exciting draws also played.  Best on the night was the new look womens team of Mina Patel and Lucy Koster.

Saturday Morning social play on the back courts catering for all grades – registrations now taken by 8.45 with play starting from 8.30

Congratulations to Amanda Kelton who has successfully competed her community coaching tennis course and hoping to do some coaching when back in town. Simon Longworth has attained a full certificate and going well in Coolamon Tennis coaching.  Immy Molloy and Kenny Hargreaves are likely to be available when back in town.    In the meantime Brad Callaghan has commenced private lesson coaching taking a bit of pressure off full time coach

November 6

Hay juniors qualified for Albury Regional Tennis Finals

Six Hay Tennis Club players have qualified/ accepting invitations to play the  Regional  finals in their respective age groups at the Albury grass courts on Sunday. The players gained  qualification as a result of their  performances played at various tournaments throughout the year.  The players are Lucy Davies 16s girls, Uzair Shahzad 14s boys, Hannah Jamieson 14s girls, Sam Patel 12s boys,  Ben Taylor 10s boys, and Bella Garner 10s girls.  These players win our weekly awards- Foodworks, Lani Houston Consulting, AgFlyte and Jake Murphy Electrical.

Meanwhile the First of our short  Wednesday Night competitions with a total of 18 teams, comprising  men ,women and juniors competing in three divisions/ groups was completed last week.

Winners were Crightons Rural Engineering – Anthony Slattery and Shane Mc Gufficke, 

 Japps Pharmacy- Michelle Noonan, Lou Gardam , Bede Schiller and Tom Porter,

 Lugsdin Toyota- Stacey Lugsdin and Harriet Murphy.

 Another short four weeks competition starts tonight 8^th November with 16 team entries received and further entries as a team or individually are still welcome.

A womens Monday night competition will now commence on 13^th Nov if sufficient entries are received.

Saturday morning organised social continues on the back courts each week for all grades from 8.30 am (register at the courts by 9am)

The junior singles and doubles Wednesday afternoon/evening has reached the half way mark with full results on the web.

The Tennis Club 2024 community  calendar  birthday entries close today.  Thank you to all those supporting the Clubs major fundraiser. 

October 30

Tennis Competition - one Finishers another  Starts

The short Wednesday Night Tennis competition in mens, mixed and womens groups will conclude tonight with another four week competition to commence next Wednesday 8^th November with fresh entries required. A Monday night competition will also commence on the 6^th November if there are sufficient entries.

In last weeks results for the mens group the closest match of the night was Pynors Accountants team of Tom Lugsdin and Ben Taylor winning 6/4 5/6 a marathon against Les,s Small Engine Repairs.  Welcome to Tom Wynne a Londoner with nice stroke making having a win for the Bidgee Earthmoving partnering Uzair Shahzad. Wolloondool continue their unbeaten run this time with a win over Anthony Hyde Plumbing.  Two good Mixed matches were played with the Hay Services Club team of Darren Tapper and Jan Zambon winning 6/4 6/4 over the Hay Shire  and the other Japps Pharmacy Michelle Noonan and Tom Porter beating Murphys Clothing.

In the womens division the Lugsdin Toyota team of Stacey Lugsdin and Harriet Murphy has gone to outright leader following its win against Hay Newsagency. The other winners in this group was the Comfort Inn Bishops Lodge team of Sue and Tyler Clancy against the NRMA team

All these players win the weekly Jake Murphy Electrical, AgFlyte, Foodworks and Lani Houston Consulting Awards

Interested players who wish to be included in the Hay team for the  Deniliquin juniors match on Sunday Morning  the 19^th November can advise Stuart or Tony . At this stage we are planning on a match containing 8 to 14 primary school  players and 4 to 6 secondary school players depending on the Deniliquin Club requirements.  

The Wednesday afternoon/ evening  juniors singles and doubles competition will be at the halfway point today with double set wins last week to Henry Cannon, Hannah Jamieson, Archie Auldist, Brad Callaghan, Dallas Giddins and Abbie Mae Davies.

October 23

Annual Junior Deniliquin Tennis Challenge

A primary and secondary Junior team will travel to Deniliquin for the annual challenge . Hay are holders of the trophy with the match scheduled on Sunday morning 19^th November.  Interested players can give their names to Stuart or tony.

In the meantime congratulations to the Hay players who have qualified in their respective age divisions for the Riverina and South West NSW series finals to be played in Albury on Sunday 12^th November. These players finished top eight positions from points gained from  the series tournaments they participated in throughout the year.  The players  are Lucy Davies, Sam Patel,  Hannah Jamieson, Bella Garner and  Lana Rose Jessop.  Amazingly Ben Taylor despite finishing in the top eight of the 10s boys group did not qualify as he had not played sufficient  tournaments to be eligible. This rule clearly penalises Hay players who have to spend many more dollars for accommodation and long distance travel compared to most other participants.  

Congratulations to the 30 juniors who entered and are playing the annual Wednesday arvo/ evening singles competition in two grades. Double winners last week were  Dillon Green, Harry Houston, Hannah Jamieson and Henry Cannon

Well done to the Sunday morning juniors community group play to Gisselle Gill, Zander Hird and Zoya Shahzad.   

Final teams numbers for the short 4 week Wednesday evening competition are 8 teams mens division, 4 teams mixed/womens division and a 4 teams womens division with most matches played last week all very close with good rallies. Entries are now being taken for a fresh 4 week competition to commence the following week when the current one finishes . Entries are also being taken for a Monday night competition to commence in November if sufficient teams are received.

The Annual General Meeting will be held at the clubhouse after Sunday morning junior activities on 3^rd December.             

October 16

Wednesday Tennis Activities

The Wednesday afternoon and evening has a busy program with early matches commencing from 4.30 with a big number of juniors playing the annual weekly singles competition with two grades necessary.

This then follows the teams doubles competition finishing under lights with mens doubles, combined mixed and womens as well as a separate womens divisions.

The top teams match of the evening was a womens doubles encounter with the Hay Newsagency team of Mina Patel and Teresa Mirabelli beating the Comfort Inn Bishops Lodge team of Sue and Tyler Clancy the score 6/5 6/2

Twenty juniors are contesting the grade 1 singles playing two different  matches each week with best results in the opening night to Archie Houston, Daniel Green , Sam Patel and Ben Taylor. Ten juniors are playing the grade 2 and all received a bye last week.

Sunday morning juniors community fun activities recommenced on the weekend also with a good number of participants with Elsbeth Kerr, Pypa Foggo and Rhyla Bunyan all going very well in their respective groups. The Deniliquin  Juniors match is scheduled for Sunday morning 19^th November.

Saturday Morning social play for all grades on the back courts now commences at 8.30 with weekly  registrations at the courts by 9am.

The Foodworks, AgFlite. Jake Murphy Electrical and Lani Houston Consulting weekly awards go to all the winners mentioned above. 

October 9

Tennis Starts Monday/Wednesday

The  Wednesday afternoon  juniors weekly singles competition commences today at 5pm with a good number of entries received so far.  The two sets first to 4 games format against different opponents each week proved very successful last year with 18 players participating. The inaugural winners were Alex Haidy, Dan Jamieson Max Hutchings  Hannah Jamieson and Maggie Shields.

A four week night competition also starts tonight in various divisions in Womens doubles and Mens doubles with mixed pairings also included.  Entries are detailed on the clubs web with not many received as at the weekend, with a number of  players preferring their current mornings tennis play during the week.  Players will be notified for tonights matches.

Saturday morning social play for all grades continues on the back courts starting now from 8.30 – with weekly registrations taken at the courts up to 9am. 

The Sunday Morning Community junior activities recommences this weekend with the three  session groups  starting at 9am

Birthday entries for the 2024 Calendar will close on the 7^th November and can be made at the Tourist Centre, Centrespot Flowers, The Grazier Office  or at The Tennis Clubhouse for a gold coin cost 

October 2

Night Tennis Starts

The night tennis competition will commence on Wednesday October 11 and will comprise various divisions for women’s doubles and men’s doubles with mixed pairings to be included.

Full details are outlined on the club’s website.

Saturday morning social tennis for all grades continues with a new starting time of 8.30am on the back courts with registrations taken at the courts each week up to 9am with tennis to conclude at 10am

The juniors Sunday Morning Community activities sessions will recommence on October 15 with all groups starting at 9am

A junior’s social match to Deniliquin is being organised this term with Hay the current trophy holders of the annual clash.  

The annual junior Wednesday afternoon singles competition will commence on October 11 with matches at 5pm

Congratulations to Sophie Curtis, Tilly Weeks and Hannah Jamieson the three Hay High School girls in the Riverina team who competed in the recent state championships at Rockdale in Sydney. These girls

Win the AgFlyte, Lani Houston Consultant , Foodworks and Jake Murphy Electrical awards

September 25

Night Tennis

The Wednesday Night Tennis Competition will commence straight after the school holidays on October 11 with entries now being taken online or contact Tony. The night will entail various divisions with entries taken as womens pairs, mens pairs, mixed pairs or individually requesting a partner. Players may wish to play two different divisions with different partners on the night with match times likely to be 6pm and 7.15 pm . Full details are outlined on the website with this competition likely to run for four weeks immediately followed by a fresh one.

The Monday Night Womens competition night will not commence until November 6^th and in the meantime separate graded womens sets will be catered for on Wednesday nights.

The Club would like to welcome and thank Wilshear for its wonderful bronze sponsorship this financial year.

Birthday entries for the  2024 Community Tennis Calendar are now being taken at Centrespot Flowers, the Tourist Office, the Riverine Grazier or at the tennis Clubhouse.(note for grazier -- magic advert to follow)

Juniors

Two holiday  camps are currently being held on Tues, Wed and Thurs mornings each week with enquiries and bookings to Stuart.

A junior singles competition will commence on Wednesday afternoons at 5pm from oct 11

September 18

Night Tennis Competition

The Wednesday night Tennis competition will start immediately after the school holidays on October 11 with entries now being taken online or contacting Tony.  The night will entail various divisions with entries being taken as women’s pairs, men’s pairs, mixed pairs or from those requesting a partner.  The Monday night women’s competition will not commence until November 6^th and in the meantime separate graded women’s sets will be catered for on Wednesday nights.   Players may wish to play two different divisions with two different partners on the night with match times likely at 6pm and 7.15.  Further details will be outlined on the Clubs website, with the first competition to run for four weeks immediately likely followed by another one. 

The Club would like to welcome and thank Wilshear for its wonderful bronze sponsorship for the financial year.

Juniors

The weekly Sunday morning fun activities concluded on the weekend and will recommence on Sunday 15^th October. Some fabulous games were played with the AgFlyte award to Uzair Shahzad, Foodworks award to Zander Hird, Jake Murphy Electrical to Bella Garner and the Lani Houston Consulting award to Ben Taylor.

Two camps are currently being conducted on Tues, Wed and Thurs mornings this week and next week with enquiries and bookings to Stuart.

A junior singles competition will commence on Wednesday afternoons at 5pm from October 11

September 11

Night Tennis to Commence after the holidays

The Night tennis competitions will now start after the school holidays. A special short three week competition was to be played prior to the holidays for those seeking a hit but only attracted 4 teams with some of these players unavailable for some nights, so these entries will now carry over, to after the holidays when hopefully also better weather to play our normal seven weeks competition.   Meanwhile day tennis hitting remains popular with a number of groups including the Saturday Morning session for all grades continuing each week on the back courts with weekly registrations taken at the courts by 9.30am.

Work has begun on the Clubs new street fencing with thanks to those involved.

Over 50 players from around the Region including fourteen Hay juniors participated in the last of this years tournaments held at Griffith on Sunday. Hannah Jamieson and Sam Patel followed up their West Wyalong good form with each being runner up at this tourney. Hannah to Sophia Romeo from Griffith in  16s girls and Sam to James Gatacre from Deniliquin in 12s boys. These players together with Lucy Davies, Bella Garner and Ben Taylor have all qualified for their age groups for  the  Regional finals, by accumulating enough tourney points throughout the year. 

Good luck to the three Hay girls Sophie Curtis, Hannah Jamieson and Tilly Weeks all members of the nine players Riverina team to contest the State High Schools Carnival to be played at Rockdale in Sydney.

Two school holiday camps will be held over the holidays with enquiries to coach Stuart.

September 04

Juniors Tennis in Full Swing

Coach Stuart is hoping to encourage at least 20 juniors to play the Griffith Round Robin singles tournament on Sunday. This will be the last of this years series with events ranging from 10yrs to 16yrs as well as open.

Local community Sunday morning junior activities will therefore not be held and instead will be on the following week the 17^th Sept before breaking for the school holidays. Two camps are planned for the holiday break.  Last Sunday awards went to Benji Lugsdin for a good first attendance to receive the Lani Houston Consulting award, Ryan Clark for his singles play to gain the Foodworks award, and Krishi Patel for doubles play The AgFlyte award.

Congratulations to the Deniliquin North Public School and its team of four players  ( two of the team are Hay Members who receive coaching here- Bella Knox and James Gatacre) who reached  the state final played  at the Sydney International Tennis Complex, against  Tamworth Public school the match decided on the last set tiebreaker,  with the final score 37 to 36 games to Tamworth.

Saturday Morning social play was held in perfect weather with The Jake Murphy Electrical award to Geoff Chapman.

Meanwhile entries are still being taken for  the short 3 weeks Wednesday night social competition to run  up to the school holidays with all matches at 6pm. Insufficient entries were received for a short Monday night competition which will now start in the normal manner after the school holidays. All details are on the Clubs web.

The Club is deeply appreciative that Wooloondool Farms is again a major sponsor for this financial year and welcomes AFF ( Australian Food and Fibre) for its great support as a Bronze sponsor.

August 28

West Wyalong Juniors tennis success

A contingent of 12 players played the West Wyalong Juniors on Sunday with Hannah Jamieson winning her group the 14s girls in a comfortable fashion and Sam Patel the 12s boys with a close tiebreaker in the final. Bella Garner was runner up in the 10s girls. These players win the Jake Murphy Electrical and Foodworks awards

The Riverina boys high school tennis team came in 9^th position this year in the state championships held in Gosford with the four Sydney area teams dominating. The Riverina team had a nerve battling win over North West NSW thanks to the two Hay boys who under considerable pressure won the last two singles to win the match 7 sets to 5. Firstly Hilton Hargreaves won his set in a gutsy effort contentious long tiebreaker against his opponent from Narrabri High School then with all responsibility on rookie Dan Jamieson who beat the lad from Inverell in the last set 6/3 for the Riverina win.  These players with other Hay member Brad Callaghan win the Lani Houston Consulting award.

Congratulations to Lucy Davies who was selected in the South West NSW mixed junior team to play the Tennis NSW State Regional teams in Newcastle last week. She wins the AgFlyte award

A three week short competition to commence from Monday 4^th Sept entries are now being taken. Hopefully the weather will be kind with players looking for some physical and mental well being. 

Meanwhile social tennis continues each week on the back courts at 9.30 for all grades with registrations taken at the courts.

August 21

Junior Tennis players to West Wyalong and Griffith Tournaments

A contingent of Hay juniors are preparing themselves for the forthcoming West Wyalong and Griffith tournaments to be held on Sundays the 27^th Aug and 10^th Sept. Events held will be round robin singles for 10 yrs to 16yrs boys and girls with enquiries to Stuart. 

There will be no local Sunday Morning community junior activities on these days.

Night competitions are now likely to commence from September 4 to run for just three weeks.  Further details will follow.

August 14

Weekly Tennis Awards

The following awards for our juniors Sunday Morning Community activities were as follows – AgFlyte award to Pypa Foggo for her good play, and the Foodworks award to Peter Davies and Paula Comb for assisting with match play.

The Saturday morning social play awards went to Amanda Kelton (Jake Murphy Electrical) and to Uzair Shahzad (Lani Houston Consulting). Play will continue this weekend at 9.30 on both days.

The Deniliquin North Public School team containing two of our Hay Tennis Members who receive regular coaching from Stuart (Bella Knox and James Gatacre) continue their onslaught thrashing the Orchard Hills school (Western Sydney) in the state quarter final. The team will now move into the semi-finals likely to be played at the Sydney Olympic Centre. 

Good luck to our three High School students Brad, Hilton and Danny who are part of the nine players Riverina Schools team to play the state titles in Gosford.

August 7

Social Day Tennis Popular at Present

With the cooler nights still upon us, day tennis especially when the sun is out is being enjoyed by a number of players.  A womens group, the majority consisting of green pass members enjoy a few sessions each week generally organised by Lou Gardam or Beth Schiller.  A Saturday Morning social on the back courts catering for all grades and includes juniors of sufficient standard is currently being organised each week to start at 9.30 for an hour or so organised by Tony with registrations taken at the courts on the day. Some nice play by newcomers was noted with these players Nima Shariati, Lucy Koster and Mina Patel gaining the IGA and AgFlyte weekly awards.

Sunday Morning Juniors Fun activities was missing coach Stuart and a few players who were playing the Albury tourney. However a good number still participated with coaches Lani and Warren called to the rescue. The Lani Houston Consulting and Jake Murphy Electrical awards went to Beau and Riley Garner. The Foodworks award went to Esther Green. 

Discussions have started for the 2024 Tennis Club Community Calendar-the Clubs major fundraiser. The calendar has been produced now for many decades thanks to the fantastic efforts of Wendy Heerey and in recent years Tracy Newnham.

July 31

Hay Services Club and Fitness Centre Tennis Club Major Sponsor

The Hay Tennis Club has again secured the Hay Services Club as its Gold sponsor for the 2023/24 financial year. Many thanks to the Servies management team for this generous sponsorship.

Thank you so far to all those other Businesses for their contributions for team naming rights etc with a number of others still to be worked out.

Night competitions are likely to start in August and in the meantime day time social tennis is proving popular.

Members, adults of all standards and includes juniors of sufficient standard are invited to social tennis on Saturday morning at 9.30 for an hour or so.  The weather was perfect for this activity on the weekend.

Junior Sunday morning activities 9.30 to 10.45 will continue each week

The weekly awards for Saturday social and Sunday juniors went as follows Lani Houston Consultant -Charli Giddins, Jake Murphy Electrical- Zoya Shahzad, AgFlite-Zander Hird ,  Foodworks- Uzair Shahzad and IGA-Dallas Giddins

July 24

Six Hay Tennis Juniors playing for Riverina

Six Hay High School students last week attended trials for the Riverina High School Boys and Girls tennis teams with all playing very well to be selected. Sophie Curtis retains her position in the girls team with Tilly Weeks and Hannah Jamieson also gaining selection in the team of nine players to contest the state carnival in Rockdale in September. Brad Callaghan also retained his position in the boys team with Hilton Hargreaves and Dan Jamieson being selected this year for the nine boys team to play in Gosford next month. Jensen Hargreaves number one boy in the Riverina and Indyanna Wilson who played in last years carnival did not trial both being unavailable this year.  Congratulations to the Hay Club and School gaining one third of the total players from the Riverina, the other players from Albury Wagga Tumut Coolamon and Yanco.

These players gain this weeks awards-Lani Houston Consulting, AgFlyte and Jake Murphy Electrical.  

A good number attended our Sunday morning Community fun activities which recommenced  on the weekend . It will continue at a 9.30 start again this Sunday.

Annual memberships should be finalised this week to maintain club privileges. Court hire on the back courts will revert back to members and non members rates the same conditions  as the other courts from August 1^st.  Regular hitters might like to take out a green pass membership.

July 17

Junior Tennis Back in Action

Sunday Morning community junior tennis activities recommences on the weekend with all groups participating from 9.30am. The weekly awards for the successful holiday camps over the school holidays were as follows -Foodworks Bella Garner and Krishi Patel, AgFlyte Jimmy Jamieson and Isabella Martin, Jake Murphy Electrical Lincoln Wilson Deaton, Lani Houston Consulting Sophie Cannon, IGA Ollie Meads and Crightons Engineeering to Alex Giddins.

The next intertown tournaments will be ST Pats Albury August 6 and West Wyalong August 27

Thanks to all those who have renewed their annual memberships and green passes. Fees have remained the same for a good number of years despite the ever rising costs. Fees are asked to be finalised before 31/7 to continue tennis at members rates. Annual Sponsorships are also currently being called for.

Night competitions will commence after the cold nights when the weather is warmer and in the meantime daytime court hire has been popular.

July 10

Tennis Club Shirts now available

The new look club tennis shirts are now available with a big thank you to the sponsors Morrisons Shearing as well as the Hay Services Club and Fitness Centre, and Wooloondool Farms.  Congratulations to Sam and Andrew Davies for the effort they have put into the attractive merchandise including the production of stickers. They receive this week’s Foodworks award. Shirts will be available for purchase at the coaching camp this week.

School holiday camp number two is being held this week on Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday with camp number one last week very successful with a good number participating. Assistant coaches to Stuart were Indyanna Wilson, Lucy Davies and Millie Esposito who all received the AgFlyte. Crightons Rural and Lani Houston Consulting award.

Annual 2023/24 Sponsorships are currently being called for

July 2

Tennis School Holiday camps

Two Tennis Camps are being held over the school holidays.  They are being held on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays of each week for two hours each morning. Enquiries can be made to coach Stuart.

The Agflite and Crighton’s awards this week go to Hay Tennis Club Members Bella Knox from Conargo and James Gatacre from Wanganella who make regular trips here for coaching and who are members of the Deniliquin North Public School tennis team who last week won the Riverina final against Henty. The team has won an amazing 32 sets to 0 record from their four knockout matches their hardest match in round one against Hay.  The team will play the Milton Public School (South Coast champions) in the state quarter final.

The Foodworks and Lani Houston awards went to Alex Giddins for his good attitude and assistance at Sunday Morning junior’s activities on the weekend. There will be no play this Sunday.

June 26

Good Tennis Membership

The Tennis Club had a membership of 271 for its financial year 22/23. This was well short of its figure last year of over 300 however last years included many players from the Mad Max Production team .

Memberships for the new year 2023/4 are currently being sought with fees still the same rate for a number of years now despite costs ever increasing each year particularly insurances, electricity etc. Tennis NSW registration and affiliation fees have risen again.

There was a big number at junior community Sunday morning fun activities on the weekend , well handled by Stuart who was without his regular assistants. It will continue this Sunday despite the start of the school holidays. The Lani Houston Consultant award went to Norah Green, the AgFlyte award to Jimmy Jamieson, the Crighton’s Rural award to Ryan Clarke and the Foodworks award to Hannah Jamieson   

June 19

Community Junior Tennis Continues

Sunday morning Junior tennis fun activities continues this week. All three groups are being held at the same time between 9.45 and 10.45.  Last weeks play was cancelled due to the weather.

Annual Tennis Club Memberships are now being sought with early payment discounts offered for payments received by the 30^th June. Activ Kids Sports Vouchers are accepted by the Tennis Club and can go towards memberships or coaching or weekly comp fees.

June 12

Autumn Night Tennis Finalised

Last week’s final round of matches in both the Monday and Wednesday night competitions were washed out with the winners being declared to those teams who finished on top of the ladder after the seven rounds results.

Mondays declared winners were Murphy’s Clothing Store-comprising Kate Murphy and Sam Davies for the main women’s grade. The Special grade winner was the Lugsdin Toyota team of Warren Hunt and Dallas Giddins.

In B grade the winning team was the Hay Services Club  and Fitness side  comprising Katie Deaton and Alex Giddins while C grade was the Elders team of Hannah Jamieson and Ned Williamson.

In Wednesday night’s play containing 10 teams in a combined grade and producing some good close results each week, the winning team on points was the Wooloondool team of Shane McGufficke and Anthony Slattery. Full details are on the clubs website.  

 There was talk of squeezing in another short comp but due to some other function clashes and players responses this will not proceed instead will recommence after the school holidays.

Winners of the Wednesday arvo junior  competition were Ben Taylor, Hannah Jamieson and Alex Giddins.

The Sunday Morning community juniors fun activities  recommenced on the weekend with 11 players participating and will continue each week. The AgFlyte and Crightons Rural awards went to Rachel Taylor and Bella Garner.  Harley Atkinson took out the Lani Houston Consultant award.

June 5

Night Tennis Competitions will finish this week

Both the Monday and Wednesday night competitions are expected to be finished this week with either top of the ladder teams declared winners or in some divisions a final will be held.

 A break of a few weeks is likely to be held with a possibility of a winter competition being held solely on Monday nights for men women and juniors of sufficient standard. Further details on this proposal will follow.

It is that time of the year when Annual memberships are now open with discounts offered if renewed by 30^th June.  Members can still hit on the back courts free of charge up until the end of July, thereafter the court hire on these courts will be the same as the other courts.

Junior singles on Wednesday afternoon will conclude this week

The Sunday Morning juniors Community Tennis will restart on the Sunday of the Long Weekend with the three groups all starting at 9.45

The AgFlyte and Crightons Rural Awards this week go to Steve Longworth continuing his expertly run computer tournaments with his system being a big factor in breaking all records this long weekend for the Griffith Annual Tourney. Good luck to the six Hay players competing in a field of over 220 players.

May 29

Walgrove Upset tennis leaders

The Walgrove team of Andrew and Sam Davies inflicted the first defeat on the competition leaders Wooloondool in last week’s Wednesday night tennis competition.   Walgrove ran away with the first set 6/0 before their opponents took the second set 6/4 . Despite the loss the team containing Anthony Slattery and Shane McGufficke still are leading the points ladder with Lugsdin Toyota and Hay Shire also not far behind.   The Hay Services and Fitness Centre team of Trish McGufficke and Michelle Noonan had a good win 6/2 6/3 against the Hay Pizza Shop team of Zanda Haidy and Max Hutchings.   

There were eight matches played across all grades in the Monday night competition with a good win in A grade again going to Kate Murphy, Murphys Clothing team winning 6/1 6/3 against Japps Pharmay . In the B/C grade the Hay Medical team led by doctor Shaz narrowly went down in their match 6/2 6/4 to Lugsdin Toyota in a good standard match.

Alex Giddins won the Wednesday arvo juniors tourney last week now making it three different winners so far.

Congratulations to Lucy Davies in being selected for The South Western NSW juniors team currently playing the state titles in Ulladulla . She wins this week’s Lani Houston Consultant award.

The AgFlyte award goes to Sam Patel who continuously goes well in junior tourneys last week being runner up in the 12s event in Temora.

The Deniliquin North Public School continue their knockout blitz in the Riverina section of the state knockout again for the third time with another 8/0 win – the team wins the Foodworks award with two of the team coached by Stuart

The Crightons Rural Award goes to Mark Shields who does a great job in supervising the juniors

May 22.

Night Tennis results

The night tennis competitions are winding down getting closer to colder  weather and finals.

Only four matches were drawn last Monday night due to the number of players away for school sport, excursions and courses.  The two A grade matches were played with Sam Davies, Murphys Clothing Store winning 6/1 6/4 against the Lani Houston Consultant team and the Japps Pharmacy team of Kirsten Hutchings and Trish Jamieson also winning 6/1 6/4 against Pynors.  In C grade the Hay Jewellers team of Anna Lilburne and Sue Parslow had a 6/4 2/3 win over Wooloondool . The remaining match contested was in B grade resulted in a draw with Bishops Lodge Motor Inn and Les,s Small Engines.

A full contingent of matches was played in the Wednesday night competition with wins going to Hay Shire (Geoff Chapman),  Lugsdin Toyota (Tom Lugsdin), Walgrove (Andrew Davies) Wooloondool (Anthony Slattery) and Hay Services and Fitness (Trish Mc Gufficke)

In the Wednesday Arvo weekly junior singles competition Hannah Jamieson won the AgFlyte weekly award and Uzair Shazad won the Crightons rural award for their performances.

Congratulations to the High School boys and girls team each getting to the Riverina final to both lose to the strong Albury High School both resulting in 5 sets to 1.  The Hay teams earlier had brilliant semi final wins over the Kooringal and Wagga High Schools.

May 15 .

Night Tennis Results

The Wooloondool team of Shane McGufficke and Slats has jumped well ahead on top the ladder following the teams win against the Hay Services and Fitness team 6/2 6/5.  The Walgrove team of Andrew and Sam Davies has snuck into second spot after losing the first set 4/6 to Hay Shire before coming home strongly to win the second set 6/0. The 92 Computing team of Steve Longworth and Ian Lilburne continue their good form this time over Richard Cannons Bidgee Bobcat and Demo team – close result 6/4 6/5. Defending champions Lugsdin Toyota had an entertaining win 6/2 6/1 against the Hay Pizza Shop team of Zanda Haidy and Max Hutchings

In Monday Night’s play the Hay Newsagency team of Teresa Mirabelli and Mina Patel made a strong start with a 6/1 6/2 win against the Hay Jewellers team. The Lani Houston team of Sarah Lugsdin and substitute Tilly Weeks had a good comeback from losing the first set 4/6 to win the second 6/1 against the IGA team. Other winners were Elders, Murphys Clothing and Pynors Accountants.

Wednesday afternoon junior singles commenced last week with a weekly draw being made at the courts. Best performance went to Ben Taylor with Ashton Green showing good improvement. These players win the weekly Lani Houston Consultant and AgFlyte awards.

Congratulations to Maggie Shields on winning a number of sets for the Riverina Primary school team last week competing in the state titles with twelve other teams. She wins the Crightons Rural and Foodworks weekly awards.   

May 08

Monday Night Tennis Competition Starts

Eighteen teams have entered the five week Monday night social competition in three grades.  The match of the night was the 4/6  6/4 high standard draw between the Hay Jewellers team of Anna Lilburne and Indyanna Wilson against the Auscott team of Maggie Shields and Hannah Jamieson – these four players share the AgFlyte and Crightons Rural weekly awards.  The other top match involving long rallies was in  (A) grade with the Murphys Clothing Store team of Kate Murphy and Sam Davies winning 6/5 6/1 against the Japps Pharmacy team of Kirsten Hutchings and Trish Jamieson- these players won the Lani Houston Consultant and  Foodworks awards. All details for the Monday and Wednesday night competitions are on the Clubs website.

The High School boys and girls tennis teams have created further history by each winning the Western Riverina zone section again this year having done it last year together for the first time. The boys team of Brad Callaghan , Hilton Hargreaves, Dan Jamieson and Archie Houston won their first match against Deniliquin  a top win 8 sets to 0, the Deni team containing Angus and Toby Rae sons of former Hay girl Rebecca Jenkins. The Hay boys won the final then against Barham who had surprisingly trounced the Finley team.  Hay won the final on games 38 to 29 after sets were tied 4 each. The boys team were missing number one player for the Riverina for the past three years in Jensen Hargreaves as well as Danny Stewart who played for the Hay mens team in this years Country Championships. Both these boys were displaying their talents for the Hay school  bowls match which they won against Barham, held on the same day.

The High School girls team was  scheduled to play the strong Finley girls team who forfeited due to sick players . No other girls school teams were nominated reflecting the  situation to girls tennis in some areas. It is hard to see the Tooleybuc school entering tennis teams in the future, when their tennis club has gone to ruins with weeds taken over their complex.

The boys and girls teams now head into the high standard  business end of the competition for the  Riverina semi finals and finals , surprisingly being held in Leeton next week.  Depending on who is fit and available both teams have excellent chances of beating the strong Albury and Wagga zone winners.  The girls team would be our strongest ever with four players having represented Riverina in High school or primary school or Diocesan teams. The Tennis Club and coach Stuart wish the teams the best of luck.

May 01

Autumn Tennis Competitions Underway

The Wednesday Night Tennis Competition commenced last week with ten teams now entered and further entries welcomed.

Four matches were scheduled and all were lengthy ones, producing very good and numerous rallies.  The first completed match was won by the Walgrove team of Andrew and Sam Davies who after going down in the first set 2/6 to the 92Computing team of Steve Longworth and Ian Lilburne bounced back to win the second set 6/0 to win the match. Despite another long match it turned out to be a strong scoreline win to the Shire team of David Webb and Geoff Chapman against the previous competition runners up The Services and Fitness Club team of Michelle Noonan and Trish McGufficke.

The defending champions Lugsdin Toyota led by Tommy Lugsdin narrowly went down to the Wooloondool team of Shane McGufficke partnering Peter Head for Anthony Slattery . Another marathon match was a draw between The Bidgee Bobcat and Demo team against the Nilu and Sam Patel Auscott team.

The Monday Night Competition is scheduled to start this week with further entries to be accepted with full details on the clubs website.

April 24

Night Tennis starts this week

Night tennis will commence this week for the Wednesday Competition for the combined  Mens and mixed format to run for about 5 or 6 weeks. The defending champions Lugsdin Toyota comprising Warren Hunt and Tom Lugsdin who finished on top of the ladder by one point in the last competition have teamed up again to defend their title. The team had narrowly won from the Hay Services Club and Fitness Centre combination of Michelle Noonan and Trish Mc Gufficke. The Monday Night competition likely to be three grades again for the combined womens and mixed will commence on 1^st May with further entries welcome for both Mondays and Wednesdays play.

The junior Sunday Morning activities will hold its last session on Sunday before breaking with Stuart away and will recommence in June.  

All details including programs, draws, juniors activities etc are outlined on the Clubs Website

April 17

Night tennis new comps start dates

Entries are being taken for the Wednesday night competition to start 26th April and for the Monday Night to commence on 1st May The competition duration will be about 5 or 6 weeks and will then break for winter

Junior Sunday Morning activities for the three groups will all start at the same time - now 9 am this coming Sunday the 23rd April and will run for two weeks before breaking while Stuart our coach is away. This week school holiday camp number Two is currently being held

April 9

Night Tennis Success

The Monday and Wednesday nights summer tennis competitions finished on a high with a good atmosphere and numbers in all grades catering for all standards and ages.

The Autumn competitions will get underway from the 1^st of May for about 5/6 weeks followed by a winter break.  Entries are being taken with details on the web.

In Monday night’s results a final was played in the A grade with the Bishops Lodge Motor Inn team of Sarah Lugsdin and Lani Houston winning 6/4 6/2 against the Japp’s Pharmacy team of Trish Jamieson and Kirsten Hutchings.

The Special Grade was won by Lugsdin Toyota -top of the ladder points – Warren Hunt and Dallas Giddins

The combined B/C grade – top of the ladder team -Hay Services consisting of Katie Deaton and Alex Giddins and in second spot was the Auscott team of Maggie Shields and Hannah Jamieson who actually played and beat the Servies team on the last night 6/3 4/6—

School holiday camps are being conducted over the holidays with enquiries to Stuart

April 3

Tennis Finals Scheduled this week

The last round of the summer competitions for both Monday and Wednesday night will be completed this week. Division winners will either be top of the ladder or in some cases a final will be held.

Entries are currently being taken for the Autumn competitions to commence after the Easter school holidays.

The Wednesday night competition top of the ladder winners will be determined this week after some close matches last week. Hay Shire bounced back with a 4/2 points win over the Tapper Ag who were a leaders contender. Auscott had a 5/2 points win against the Crightons Engineering team and Hydes Plumbing with Chris McClelland substituting and gaining the AgFlyte weekly award for a 3/2 win against Wooloondool. The match of the night between the top two saw Lugsdin Toyota beat The Services Club team 6/2 5/6. Well done to Alex Haidy for his good singles play – He gets the Crightons weekly Award.

Juniors

Congratulations again to Lucy Davies who continues her good form by winning the tourney at Young 16s girls and also to Sam Patel who was runner up in the 12s . Both these players get the Lani Houston Consultant award.

Junior singles will continue at 5pm Wednesdays with the draw being made at the courts.  Sunday Morning activities will break now during the school holidays with all details on the Clubs Website.

March 27

Monday Night Tennis So Close

Seven out of the nine matches that were played in last weeks round of the Monday Night Tennis competition resulted in draws with teams winning one set each.

In a very strong A grade division former champions Murphys Clothing (Sam Davies and Kate Murphy) had a 2/6 6/2 draw against another former grade champions Japps Pharmacy (Kirsten Hutchings and Trish Jamieson)

The other impressive draw occurred in the (B/C) section with The Hay Newsagency team of Teresa Mirabelli and Mina Patel) 4/6 6/4 against the Auscott team of Hannah Jamieson and Maggie Shields

In the Wednesday Night competition the Hay services Club team of Trish McGufficke and Michelle Noonan jumped to equal leadership with the Lugsdin Toyota team after they defeated the Hay Shire team 6/3 6/1. Tapper AG has moved into third position following its 6/5 6/0 win over Auscott with Zac Slattery going well.

Juniors

Congratulations to Lucy Davies who continues her good form in being runner up in the 16s girls section at the SouthWagga tourney. This weeks tourney is at Young.

Sunday Morning tennis activities attracted just under 20 participants all starting at the same start time of 8.30am in their various groups with their coaches.   

Wednesday afternoon singles will have matches at 5pm this week for those who are available with a draw being made at the courts  

March 20

Competitions in Full Swing

After three rounds in the Wednesday night competition the Lugsdin Toyota team of Warren Hunt and Tom Lugsdin remain unbeaten on maximum points, closely followed by the Hay Shire of Geoff Chapman David Webb and Ian Lilburne, with the new look Hay Services Club team of Trish McGufficke and Michelle Noonan only one point away in third spot. Ten teams are contesting the Wednesday night comp with the junior singles set to commence on 29^th March.

In the Monday night competition being held in three grades with a total of 20 teams competing the Bishops Lodge Motor Inn team of Lani Houston and Sarah Lugsdin lead the A grade with Lugsdin Toyota leading the A Res grade and in the combined B and C grade the Services team of Katie Deaton and Alex Giddins are on top .

Sunday morning juniors commenced on the weekend with the three groups all being held from 8.30 and will continue at this time again on  Sunday.

March 13

 Junior Tennis in Full Swing

All sorts of Junior Tennis Activities are currently being held.

Firstly the Hay Public School team of Alex and Dallas Giddin’s, Maggie Shields and Rachel Taylor played their first round of the state knockout and despite the high standard match against the Deniliquin North Public School team were soundly beaten by a team highly regarded (with its 4 Riverina reps) to take the state title this year. Hay produced an historic mark last year in reaching the semi finals held  in Sydney.

The Hay Club will again host the Riverina High School West zone for both the boys and girls teams this week. Last year both the Hay boys and girls won the West zone.

The long awaited weekly Saturday night Advanced under 10s girls group session commenced on the weekend and was an enjoyable success by all who attended.  

The Clubs Sunday Mornings three sessions fun activities open to all players will commence this weekend the 19^th March with full details  on the web.

The Wednesday afternoon boys and girl’s singles competition will commence this week.

Hay had 11 players who travelled to Deniliquin on the weekend to contest their annual junior tourney which had 46 players competing in 4 age groups. Indyanna Wilson performed best from the Hay Contingent in winning the 16yrs girls from Elsie Barton of Griffith.  Well done to all the others a few Hay players reaching semi finals in their age groups. Congratulations to the Deniliquin organisers.

The Monday Night Competition got underway last week with 19 teams in three groups playing and further entries welcome. Full details for both the Monday and Wednesday night competition  are shown on the Clubs website

March 6

 Good Start to Night Tennis

Wednesday Night Mens and Mixed competition commenced last week with three matches contested. The new team for Wooloondool contains 4 players rotating weekly  with Ben Ryan and Tom Lilburne playing last week . They led 3/0 before narrowly losing the first set 6/5 and losing also  the second set to the Shire team of Ian Lilburne and David Webb.  The Hay Services Club also has a new team in Michelle Monaghan (who played here a number of years ago) partnering Trish McGufficke –they came from behind to win 5/6 6/3 against the Auscott team, The defending champions Lugsdin Toyota had a good win and marathon match  over Crightons Engineering.

The Lani Houston Consultant, and  AgFlyte weekly awards go to the new players at Wednesday night tennis for their success.

Spare courts on this night were filled up by junior players playing a special tourney – winners were Alex Giddins and Jagger Shields who receive the Foodworks awrd. The weekly afternoon  junior singles competition will commence in two weeks.

Monday night competition play so far has attracted 19 team entries with further entries welcome.

The Deniliquin Junior Tourney will be held this Sunday12th March.  Congratulations to Lucy Davies ( Runner up)and Sam Patel who performed very well at the Albury tourney last week both receiving the Crightons Rural award.  

February 27

Wednesday Night Tennis starts this week

Night tennis commences this week with Wednesday play while the first round of the Monday night competition will be played March 6 with further entries welcome with players asked to check the web.

Junior tennis

Congratulations to Maggie Shields of the Hay Public school who was selected in this years Riverina girls  tennis team of 5 players following last weeks final trials in Griffith. Maggie takes out the Lani Houston Consultant weekly award. James Gatacre of Wanganella and Bella Knox of Conargo who both make regular trips to Hay for coaching have also been selected (James in the 5 boys team) they take out the AgFlyte award.  Stuart Callaghan our coach takes the Crightons Rural award of having the rare honor of being coach to three players selected.

The Foodworks award goes to other Hay players who reached the final selection process which was also a good achievement these being Billy Houston, Alex and Dallas Giddins.

The Wednesday afternoon junior singles will start on 15^th March

The Advanced under 10yrs girls squad will start this Saturday night 4^th March

Our Sunday Morning fun activities program is now unable to commence until 19^th March following the Deniliquin tourney scheduled on 12^th March

February 20

Night Tennis Competition Delayed

Due to the current hot temperatures Monday and Wednesday night competitions have been delayed. More entries are still welcome with up to date information found on the Clubs website.  

The junior Sunday morning program is also shown on the web and advises an under 10 yrs girls advanced squad being held on Saturday nights.

In the mean time early morning social hitting or late night social hitting has been in play as well as coach Stuart being busy.

February 13

Night Tennis Competitions Start Next Week

The forthcoming tennis night competitions will commence on Monday night 20^th Feb  for the combined womens and mixed to cater for all grades and to commence on Wednesday night 22^nd Feb for the mens and mixed as well as a singles for those interested.  Further details are on the clubs website with entries now being taken and enquiries to Tony Callaghan

The junior singles combined boys and girls will commence on Wednesday Feb 22 while the junior Sunday Morning activities in three sessions will not commence now  until Sunday 5^th March so as not to clash with the Youth Festival scheduled for Sunday 26 Feb

February 6

Tennis NSW neglecting Grassroots tennis tournaments

Whilst the recent Australian Open held in Melbourne continues to break all records, many junior tournaments across the region received poor entries last year and may struggle  this year following a new difficult to understand computer system of entering tournaments. The cost of fees should also be examined with a number of age groups  receiving low entries with few matches still at the same entry price  and of course costly to travel.  Tennis NSW should be encouraging participation but instead it is a difficult and stressful exercise for a good number of people.

Sam Davies who is very competent with computers had all sorts of trouble with the entry system but has the Tennis NSW number to ring for assistance for those who wish to contact her. Stuart our coach also has this number.

The forthcoming junior tournaments are Wagga 12^th Feb, Albury 26^th Feb and Deniliquin 12^th March

Meanwhile the local juniors singles competition will commence on wed Feb 22  and the local junior Sunday morning activities in three sessions will commence Sunday Feb26

Night competitions will commence from Feb 20 with details on the web

January 30

Hay Mens Tennis team to play in Victorian Country Teams Championships

The 2023 titles will be held at Yarrawonga in February transferred from the original venue  Shepparton due to flood damage. Last years tournament was cancelled due to Covid.  This will be the 10^th time Hay has fielded a mens team and will contest the C grade division in what is described as one of the biggest tournaments in the world where 1200 men and women participate on so many courts that temporary courts are necessary and are laid on football fields.

NSW registered Clubs and players are allowed to participate in these championships with the Hay team having a squad of 10 players for the weeks duration of matches. The team led by skipper Anthony Slattery includes Shane McGufficke, Peter Head, Dean Aylett, Zac and Damon Slattery , Daniel Stewart as well as ex Hayite Mark Hutchings and Wagga player Chris Kendall

Night competitions will start from 20^th Feb with further details to follow.

January 23

 Improved Tennis Lighting

Thanks to a State Government Sporting Grant, the Hay Tennis Club has improved its lighting with new light poles and LED lights. The work was successfully carried out by Brian Doyle Electrical completed in November with all courts since tested with social tennis.  The lighting is a big improvement with players no longer making excuses for dull or lack of lighting when miss-striking the ball. All eight courts are now fully lit.

Names are currently being taken for the fourth and final school holiday tennis  camp to be held from  Tues 31^st Jan to Thurs 2^nd Feb

January 16

New Tennis Lights Success

The new lighting to courts numbers 1 to 5 was tested during the week with great success and enjoyed by a number of juniors and adults hitting on all courts. No excuses now for dull or lack of lighting.

Many thanks to Brian Doyle for his wonderful work and for the State Government Grant. A great effort for the amount of time Lani Houston and Bede Schiller put in for this project with Bede also spending his many hours on the new court 5 project. Court 5 is now called the Bede Schiller Court

January 9

Social Tennis popular          

Early morning hitting from 8am for an hour or so  , two or three times a week is currently being organised for interested hitters. It includes juniors and adults of all grades mixing partners with sets being played first to 4 games. The early start beats the heat and enables some to get to work.  Anyone wishing a hit can contact Tony

Meanwhile school holiday camp number three is being run this week .  The final camp number four will be held Tues, Wed, Thur  31^st Jan to 2^nd Feb with enquiries to Stuart.

Private lessons are still continuing with Immy Molloy also in town until 16^th Jan to conduct lessons.

Tennis Club Community Calendars are still available at the Clubhouse   

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