Milton-Ulladulla District Tennis Association Inc. P O Box 193 Ulladulla NSW 2539 Clubhouse Phone: 4455 4593

Editor: Val Crook. Phone: 4454 4160 “Level 3 Good Sports Volume 7, Email: [email protected] Accredited Club” Issue 150 Website: www.mudta.com.au Club Email: [email protected] May 2019

Club President: Pauline McIlveen 0439 919 393 Club Secretary Lynne Hill 4455 3369 Deadline for next Tattler 26 June 2019

123 NSW 2539 Tel: 02 4455 1621 Fax: 02 4454 4197 Email: [email protected]

ULLADULLA VERSUS CHALLENGE RETURN MATCH AT ULLADULLA BIRTHDAY ROLL CALL The second round of the monthly interclub challenges between Milton Ulladulla District Best wishes to all June Birthday Tennis Association and Batemans Bay was held on Saturday May 11. Celebrators and Special wishes to all Big “O” days. Fourteen members travelled from Bateman’s Bay to play against an equal number of Ulladulla contenders. June 1 Michael Wakely After three hours of great tennis the scores were added with MUDTA retaining the trophy, 2 Dave Rutherford winning 12 sets to 9 and 95 games to 85.

The standout players for Ulladulla were Geoff Cook, Norm Holcroft, Phil Bryant and Paul 3 Melissa Blondinau Woodcock who won all of their sets and the stars from Bateman’s Bay were Lorna and Adam Meades Anne winning 3 sets. 4 Julie Hoskin After the tennis a delicious barbecue was enjoyed by all. Thanks again to Presidents Garry and Pauline and Coach Kev for organising a fabulous event. The return match at Batemans Jennie Rutherford Bay will be held on Saturday 22nd June. 5 Penelope Blunden

Tired but happy players from MUDTA & Batemans Bay Janelle May 6 Adrian Le 7 Belinda Ireland 8 Lucas McDonald 10 Ruth Van Lierop 11 Tom Malligan 12 Sharyn Sheehy 14 Melanie Doyle 16 Mark Pullinger 18 Shane Roche 19 Jean Davies 22 Andrew Campbell Pauline Proctor 23 Cindy McKenzie A BIG SHOUT OUT AND 24 Roger Nee THANK YOU TO; 25 Paul Beer

M & C GIULIANO 27 Geoff Metzler (70) TREE & STUMP REMOVAL To cure your tyre’s SERVICES Baldness 28 Helen Hardisty LYRA DRIVE, TABOURIE LAKE. Contact Manny Kneeshaw Luke & The Crew NSW 2539 29 Judith Cook (70) Phone: (02) 4457 3087 74 Princes Highway Ulladulla. NSW 2539 Penny Fletcher for their donation of wood chip for Tel: (02) 4455 4435 the gardens behind courts 1, 2 & 3.

Any members who have unused tip vouchers (which expire on July 31) and don’t intend to use them perhaps you would TIP FEES like to donate them to the tennis club. Contact Jan at [email protected] to donate. MONDAY LADIES COMPETITION SPONSORED BY MONDAY NIGHT MEN’S TIMED TENNIS COMPETITION POINT SCORES AT 20 MAY 2019

Team Metzler 139 pts Team Meyers 146 pts POINT SCORES AT 27 MAY 2019 Team Smith, 130 pts Team Pleasance 96 pts Team Marsh 103 pts Team Pycroft, 111 pts DIVISION 1 DIVISION 2 If you would like to reserve for this competition contact Kevin Team 1 - Cassidy, 44 pts Team 1 - Clough, 20 pts on 0417 359 721 Team 2 - Crook, 21 pts Team 2 - Donohue, 43 pts Team 3 - Stiller, 48 pts Team 3 - Dunn, 48 pts Team 4 - Loves, 45 pts Team 4 - Hargreaves, 62 pts Thank you to Burrill Lake Cellars for their Team 5 - Mennie, 54 pts Team 5 - Pascoe, 40 pts sponsorship of the Team 6 - Rejc, 32 pts Team 6 - Potts, 44 pts Monday Night Men’s Team 7 - Rutherford, 55 pts Competition

THURSDAY NIGHT LADIES COMPETITION FINAL POINT SCORES AT 23 MAY 2019 DO YOU WANT TO PLAY MORE TENNIS?

Team 1 - Simon, Jo, Kristy & Julie. 49½ pts You can do so by contacting any of the following: Team 2 - Blondinau, Melissa, Sue & Elanna. 35 pts Team 3 - Donohue, Jenny, Mary Lou & Susie 48 pts Monday Ladies Comp. Mary-Lou 0426 828 341 Team 4 - Shalhoub, Jan, Naomi & Sonya. 57½ pts or 4454 2620 Monday Night Men’s Time Tennis Kevin 0417 359 721 Semi-finals will be played on 30 May with Shalhoub versus Blondinau and Tuesday Morning Mixed Social Lynne 4455 3369 Simon versus Donohue and a warning to all players – wear your cold- or turn up at 8.30am weather gear! Wednesday Morning Men’s Club Social Doug 0418 448 789 New players are needed for the next comp beginning on July 25 so Wednesday Night Mixed Time Tennis Ross 0490 001 543 anyone wanting to play should contact Sue 0448 738 245. Thursday Night Ladies Comp Sue 4455 3189 Friday Morning Mixed Social - 8am Shane 4454 1759 Starting at 7pm we are usually finished by 9pm. If you are considering Saturday Morning Junior Comp Kevin 0417 359 721 playing but not sure about committing every week you could become a Saturday Morning Beginners Kevin 0417 359 721 reserve to help out when players are unavailable. Saturday Afternoon Club Social Div. 1 Doug 0418 448 789 Saturday Afternoon Club Social Div. 2 Lynne 4455 3369 Contact the competition co-ordinator for all information Sue Pascoe on 0448 738 245 Anyone with enquiries should phone the relevant person. For general court hire come on up to the pro shop area at the courts and follow the instructions for court hire. CALENDAR OF EVENTS Contact names, telephone numbers, etc. for these events ring Val Crook on 4454 4160 NOAH - ON THE ROAD TO BEING A TENNIS CHAMPION MUDTA Sun June 2 Ulladulla JDS No. 2 Noah Craft is the recipient of the Golf Club spon- Thurs June 6 Ladies Night Comp finals. sorship for Term 2 of 2019. He is receiving one-on-one coach- Sat June 22 Batemans Bay Challenge @ Batemans Bay ing from Club Coach, Kevin Murphy. Mon June 24 Ladies Comp. finals Sat June 29 2019/2020 Fees Registration Day Noah attends Ulladulla Primary School and is 7 years of age. His Mon July 1 Men’s Night Comp. Finals potential was recognised by Kevin through his attendance at the Sat July 6 School Holidays commence Hot Shots programme on Saturday mornings and this personal

SENIORS coaching is due to his desire to improve. Noah makes a point of Sat-Mon June 8-10 Newcastle Mixed Teams playing tennis 3 times a week, he just loves the game.

Sat-Sun June 15-16 Lake Macquarie Seniors NRT 6 His favourite player is Raphael Nadal. Good luck Noah, stay Fri-Sun June 28-30 Tweed Heads Pro-One ITF GRADE 4 dedicated to improving from week to week and soon you Fri-Sun July 5-7 Batemans Bay Seniors Tournament should be able to play at competition level. Fri-Sun July 19-21 East Port Macquarie Seniors

CLUB CLOTHING Needing some new tennis attire? Don’t forget that we have club branded clothing for sale to fit children and adults, men and ladies.

Marg Rasmussen & With winter coming on we Jennie Rutherford & Cindy McKenzie have tracksuit jackets for $46 Mary Lou Barclay and trousers for $30. Both are fully lined with zippered pockets and lower legs. Polo shirts are $35, T-Shirts are $30 and sleeveless collared tops are $32. The shirts are good quality AirX fabric which is durable, breathable, sun-safe and sweat - resistant and all garments are being sold at cost price to the club. Call Jennie on 0421 915 034. Noah with Coach Kevin CANCER COUNCIL FUNDRAISER CLUB VOLUNTEER S OF THE MONTH 23 MAY 2019 According to many visiting tournament players and supporters The Milton Ulladul- Our annual fundraiser, the Biggest Morning la District Tennis Association canteen is the best they have ever been to!! This is Munch (combining Morning Tea and Lunch) in no small measure due to the fantastic and generous helpers and cooks we have and despite the smaller than usual numbers almost $1500 was raised thanks to the gener- who provide baked goodies, serve behind the counter or help to clean and wash osity of sponsors and all those who bought up. tickets in our raffles and competitions. Committee members Pauline Proctor and Jennie Rutherford are the main reason the canteen operates so well with a huge variety of fresh and tasty food available The major raffle prize winners were: 1st Lynne Hill - Super Cooker, 2nd Linda King - especially whenever we have tournaments when they are there every day from saucepan set, 3rd Tammy Jensen - Toaster, all dawn until dusk serving and preparing food as well as planning and shopping be- donated by Harris Scarfe, 4th Jill Gumley - forehand. Of course they can’t do it alone, other committee members help where Bunnings store voucher and 5th Janelle May – they can but it’s the everyday members who volunteer on a regular basis which Target store voucher. really helps ease the load on the committee and we are so grateful for their time

Jenny Richards won the trivia quiz, a fruit & and efforts. Thanks to everyone for your help, but especially those who are long- vegie box from IGA Milton and Judy Cook standing stalwarts. won the coin toss competition, taking home a bottle of Jim Beam donated by Burrill Lake Cellars.. Coles Ulladulla donated a store voucher so we could purchase ingredients for our munch and Bakers Delight supplied the dinner rolls.

Beautiful prizes for the Wheel Spin raffles were donated by Furniture 4U, along with donations from club members, and cash do- nations by those who could not attend.

Bev, Val and Maureen did a wonderful job as usual sourcing prizes, cooking delicious soups and desserts, setting the scene and planning activities for the day. Mary Lou, Robyn and Jan also assisted on the day as well as several ladies who helped clean up afterwards.

Many thanks to all who supported this wor- thy cause by helping, donating or attending.

MUDTA JUNIOR BRANCH NEWS Contact Sponsored by Baker’s Delight Kevin Start time 8.15am for an 8.30 start. Cost $5 per week. All players must be 0417 359 721 registered members of MUDTA, for insurance reasons and to take advantage of for all Junior benefits for Junior members. Annual fee $35.00 competition information

BAKERS DELIGHT SATURDAY MORNING JUNIOR COMP ULLADULLA TENNIS ACADEMY & KEVIN MURPHY’S TENNIS SCHOOL Division One Team 1- Sean Donald, Andrew Gunn, Kietara Matthews Saturday morning Hot Shots. Team 2 - Tyrone Matthews, Rowan Ogilvy, Byron Powell Junior group 8.30-9.30am, Team 3 - Gabe Anderson, Reece Mannesah, Tom Malligan Team 4 - Ewan Ogilvy, William Hatcher-Nee, Marcus Pepperell Senior group 9.30-10.30am. Team 5 - Thomas Hatcher-Nee, Patrick Armstrong, Elijah Pryde New players welcome anytime. Division Two Kevin is always available for bookings for group and private Team 1 - Adrian Le, Lucas McDonald, James Horvat, Thomas Tudor Jones lessons

Team 2 - Tiahna Pinches, Harry Walsh, Anto Newton, Jye McCarron KEVIN MURPHY 0417 359 721 Team 3 - Poppy Gillespie, Ashton Gumley, Indy Malligan, Anne Malligan Tennis Qualified Team 4 - Emily Upsall, Kolt Pinches, Charlie Stanton, Tayla Makarenko Team 5 - Taj Thelander, Zac Wells, Christian Norman, Mitchell Rejc SUCCESS AT SOUTHEAST REGION JDS EVENT Unfortunately Progressive Point scores are not available at time of print. There were two Junior Development Series events on JDS THIS WEEKEND – SUNDAY 2 JUNE the weekend of 4 & 5 May – Moruya on Saturday and Bateman’s Bay on Sunday.

MUDTA will host its second Junior Development Series event in Ulladulla Brothers Thomas and William Hatcher-Nee travelled to starting at 8am. Moruya and Thomas won the 12 year Combined Boys & Girls event without Entries are to be completed online and close at midnight on Wednesday dropping a set all day. May 29, but contact Kevin and you may be able to put in a late entry. William also played

well and finished 3rd. Local players as well as visitors are invited to prepare by participating in a training/hitting session on Saturday afternoon run by Kevin and his coach- On Sunday three MUDTA members es from 3pm – 5pm at a cost of $20. Please contact Kev on 0417 359 721 played at the Bate- to book a spot. man’s Bay JDS with Keitara Matthews taking out the 12 year NSW COMBINED PRIMARY SCHOOLS COMPETITION girls event for the first time, only losing one Thomas and William Hatcher-Nee travelled recently to the beautiful town of set throughout the Keitara Matthews (l) with Inverell to participate in the State schools competition. This involved 13 regions event. Congratula- Runner up Isobella Lopresti. representing NSW with teams of 5 boys and 5 girls meaning 130 kids took part. tions Keitara. This included 2 teams from the Catholic sector, the Combined Independent schools (CIS) along with 10 public school regions such as Riverina and of course Sean Donald and Tyrone Matthews also gained valuable the South Coast. experience at the Bay.

Thomas and William were ranked number 1 and 2 in the boys South Coast team Quote from Raphael Nadal’s biography: “Always and they combined well with their respect the skill of your opponents. Accept losing team mates. points against them. Don’t rage and despair when you

are aced or when you are the victim of a magnificent Despite finding themselves in the passing shot. That is the path to self-destruction”. Stay stronger part of the draw they focused on your own game plan and concentrate on performed well with the South every point. Coast finishing 7th overall.

Their team coach Joel Irwin who PARENTS PLEASE TAKE NOTE has co-incidentally joined Milton school (adding to the abundance of Any parents of junior players who wish to have their tennis talent on the staff) explained results from tournaments and other events outside to the team that you learn more Ulladulla publicised in the local paper, Local Express, on from losses than wins. This was the website, MUDTA Facebook page or in the Club’s the case with the highlight being Tattler in future, will need to personally contact our Thomas’s narrow loss to a top 10 publicity officer Jan Shalhoub and provide her with the player in Australia going down 7-5 Tom (l) & Will Hatcher-Nee with team Coach relevant details to ensure the accuracy of the infor- and William avenging a loss to Joel Irwin in Inverell. mation. Please email Jan at [email protected] . North West where he went down 6-2 only to show grit in coming back in the playoffs to beat the same player 6-4.

When asked what they enjoyed the most the boys both thought the team envi- ronment was so much fun and making new friends. Although William was quick to add the week off from school was pretty good too ! SPONSOR OF MUDTA JUNIOR TENNIS