Tennis Seniors New South Wales P.O. Box 4803, North Rocks, NSW, 2151 Phone: 61 2 9624 7075 Website: www.tennisseniors.org.au/nsw Email: [email protected] Print Post Approved PP229550 / 00003 President: Mick Bruton Secretary: Robyn Castle Treasurer: Arthur Olsen Editor: Robyn Castle - Email: [email protected] Deadline for next Vetscore - February 10th, 2014 ABN 50 206 056 964 Newsletter of Tennis Seniors New South Wales. November 2013

Tournament Dates - Tennis Seniors NSW - 2013/14

Dates R/R or Tournament Contact Phone Dec 6-8 Nelson Bay “Dave Matthews” Seniors Greg Scott 0416 246 111

2014 Jan 13-17 Tennis Seniors Australia TEAMS’ carnival, HOBART Entries closed i Members! Jan 19-24 TSA Individual Championships - Go on-line to register by January 1, 2014 2013 began with the www.92computing.com.au to ENTER and PAY Australian Teams and www.itftennis.com/seniors/ipin to register for points Individual Event in Perth in Feb 7-9 Ulladulla Summer Games Val Crook 44 544 160 HJanuary with TSNSW being fortunate Feb 15-16 Newcastle Topspin Tennis Richard Nicholls 0412 189 777 in winning the Teams trophy once Feb 21-22 Southern Districts, Leumeah Craig Barrett 0410 635 811 again. In the Championships our Mar 7-9 Walcha Seniors R/Robin Betty Sweeney 6777 2120 Mar 29-30 Gosford Seniors March Tournament Hadrian Cullum 0459 485 564 players again excelled in winning Apr 12-13 Narooma Combined Age R/R Brian Carmichael 0499 736 669 many events. Apr 25 - 27 Gloucester Seniors Nat 7 Ruth Johnson 0418 763 041 We have embarked on a membership May 16-18 Picton Seniors R/Robin Nat 7 Alison Radford 4677 2072 drive, which has been hailed as a May 16-18 Ts Resort Port Macquarie R/R Te Truong 6584 0144 huge success. We have May 24-25 West Tamworth Seniors Bruce Murden 6765 5575 approximately 450 new members and June 7-9 Newcastle Mixed Teams Robyn Castle 9624 7075 we welcome them into our June 21-22 Lake Macquarie Seniors Nat 7 Keith Williams 0412 157 757 association. We are working on ways July 4-6 Cessnock Seniors Nat 7 Irene Crowley 4938 3190 July 12-13 Manning River, Taree Chris Johnson 0432 788 901 to involve them in new events, and July 26-27 Werris Creek Seniors R/Robin Gary Cohen 0427 177 025 with tournaments being scheduled in Aug 1-4 Forster Seniors R/R Nat 6 Judy Halpin 6554 9120 the metropolitan area, we invite Aug Muswellbrook Park Seniors Val Angel 0408 436 443 everyone to participate. Aug Eurobodalla R/R Scott Colbourne 4473 6180 Our many country members include a Sep 12-14 West Port Macquarie Nat 7 Jo Clarke 0427 922 075 huge number from the Ballina area, Sep 20-21 Gunnedah Seniors Duncan McGregor 0439 722 005 thanks to recruiting by Lyn Wayte, Oct 2-5 State Championships ITF #2 Secretary 9624 7075 Port Macquarie, thanks to Jo Clarke Eastwood Thornleigh District Courts, Pennant Hills Oct 11-12 Kiama Inaugural Seniors R/R Dave Graham 0413 546 339 and Tooraweena, thanks to the Oct 13-16 Merimbula Nat 6 John Rheinberger 0438 928 516 Dubbo boys, Glenn and Wayne. Oct 19-20 Dubbo Paramount Seniors Glenn Armstrong 0428 536 336 There is also a happy bunch from Nov 1-2 Raworth, Hunter Tennis Resort Linda Bullent 0447 800 206 Eglinton, near Bathurst who have Nov 15-16 Bathurst Carillon City Senior TEAMS Andrew Mitton 0419 499 467 recently joined. Dec 5-7 Nelson Bay Seniors’ R/Robin Greg Scott 4981 4090 Fine weather , the first time in years, assured that the State NOTE: Our Social Tennis Day and AGM at Marrickville will start at the championships were a huge success, revised time of 12noon! Tennis for everybody, NEW members with 250 entries. Thanks also to especially welcome. Play on REAL grass! Join in the Xmas festivities Steve Longworth this year as the after the meeting! Location: Marrickville Park, Cnr Fraser Street and Tournament Manager, which gave Livingstone Road, Marrickville our committee a break from the stresses of past years, and play in all events was exceptional. Tennis Welcome to the many new players for COME TO MARRICKVILLE! NSW have again been very the teams in Hobart, we hope the week It’s an opportunity for social tennis, not just supportive of Tennis Seniors and our is a great experience. Best wishes to all thanks go to Jackson Hills for an for those going to Hobart, but for everyone! our state players in the Individuals as This will be followed by our Annual General excellent working relationship. well. Our representatives in both Seniors Meeting, at 5pm, where we will vote on our I wish all our members a safe and happy NEW constitution. A copy is on our website, and Super Seniors performed Christmas and and hard copies will be available on the day. admirably overseas in both Teams hope to see Please come along , and enjoy Xmas drinks and Individual Events, and once everyone on the again showed that they can match it court in 2014. and nibblies after the meeting, so why not with players of any country in the come to our last get-together of the year? world, especially Doug Corbett who Yours in tennis, The day has been extended – so come as proved he is the best 85+ man in the Mick Bruton, early as 12 noon, to enjoy a game, on their world with wins in both Singles and President beautiful real grass courts. Synthetic grass is Doubles. there as well. Results - Tennis Seniors NSW State Championships, 2013

Event Winners Finalists Results

35MS Greg Evans Scott Utley (WA) 6/4 6/3 40MS Michael Evans Igor Jovanovic 6/2 1/6 7/6 (2) 45MS Chris O’Mara (QLD) Chris Gillis 6/4 6/3 50MS Neil Smith Simon Arms (VIC) 6/3 6/1 55MS Wayne Pascoe Frank Sebaratnam 6/0 6/1 60MS Geoff Walsh Justin Wood 6/3 6/3 65MS Lee Taylor (QLD) John Cameron 6/0 6/1 70MS Dennis Bindon Alan Walsh 7/5 6.3 75MS Peter Froelich (QLD) Barrie Arnold 4 wins / 3 wins

35/40WS Karen Pearce (QLD) Stephanie Asprey 6/1 4/1 ret. 50WS Brenda Foster Narelle Raftery (ACT) 3 wins / 2 wins 55/60WS Ros Balodis (ACT) Helen Worland 6/0 6/1 60/65WS Margaret Harris (VIC) Bev Eddington 3wins / 2 wins

35MD G Evans M Evans B Hanson J Woodward 4/24 3/22 40MD S Arms B Ferguson (VIC) R Kilborn N Smith 6/4 45MD C O’Mara G Shouteten (QLD) A Kew M Vickery 6/2 50MD G Armstrong C Edwards B Middleton M Pearson (VIC) 6/3 55MD J Coulson C Holgate (ACT) N Birks M Heath 6/2 60MD G Scott G Walsh D Murray G Winston 6/5 65MD L Taylor (QLD) H Rees (VIC) J McCullah M Pyne 7/6 70MD D Bindon A Walsh M Bruton D Biddle 6/1 75MD P Froelich (QLD) T Harkin D Munday B Ware 3 wins 2 wins

40WD K Thompson Y Stanton D Cassel G Los Santos (MAS) 6/1 45WD J Golightly (VIC) N Raftery(ACT) S Bowler B Foster 6/5 50WD B Foster H Shea R Balodis (ACT) K Nealon 6/4 55/60WD R Balodis (ACT) K Nealon W Harrison (VIC) H Shea 4/24 3/19 65WD C Campling M Harris (VIC) M Gordon D Martin 5/30 4/29

35/45XD C O’Mara (QLD)N Raftery (ACT) G Shouteten K Pearce (QLD) 6/3 50XD C Arms W Harrison (VIC) R Matas F Yiannakopoulos 2/18 1/10 55XD R Balodis C Holgate (ACT) N McDonald M Bartels 3/21 2/16 60/65XD L Taylor (QLD) B Eddington R Waugh B Waugh 3/21 2/16

100CMD S Arms B Ferguson (VIC) P Macho M Pearson (VIC) 7/5 120CMD G Winston D Murray I Fisher G Scott 5/30 4/29 140CMD J Davis J Wakefield M Bruton J Whittaker 5/30 4/27 100CWD D Cassel W Harrison S Bowler M Gordon 4/27 4/26 120CWD M Bartels L Pascoe S Johnston D Martin 2/22 2/19

TOORAWEENAH & EGLINTON TENNIS CLUBS

We welcome new members from the Tooraweenah Tennis Club into our Seniors Group. A very keen group of players travel from Quambone, Gilgandra, Coonabarabran, Coonamble and surrounding districts to play at Tooraweenah Tennis Complex which is comprised of 3 courts and a comfortable Clubhouse. These new members always attend the Dubbo Tournament as well as many Team Events in Western NSW.

At the Bathurst Teams’ tournament we also claimed a handful of members from Eglinton, near Bathurst. We are hoping that all these new members will be able to participate in new initiatives we are planning to involve more of our members in various playing opportunities around the state.

M Bruton 2 Tennis Seniors NSW State Championships Report

2013 State Championships were blessed players not needing an IPIN to enter. to work with you. with fine weather ALL weekend! Play in Singles was scheduled for 8 or We are not sure if Eastwood Thornleigh Amazing, and how good it was, with no 9 am, from Friday to Sunday and Finals District Tennis Association will agree to rescheduling of matches. They all ran to were scheduled on Monday from 9am. staging it at Pennant Hills Park again in time, and with Steve Longworth Monday afternoon saw many keen 2014, but we are all crossing our managing the draws , results and players competing in Round Robin fingers! Our sincere thanks and best schedules with such expertise, Mixed, all played in great spirit. Qld’s wishes to Dave Cochrane (who is now everything ran like clockwork. Chris O’Mara lost his partner through employed by the Association), also to 250 entries were received, with many injury, but managed to talk Narelle Wayne and Steve, without whose help new members having to get IPINs at the Raftery into it, and they came out it would not have gone so smoothly. To “last minute” - we had to use some ITF winners! Chris was a triple winner, the Fantastic Kitchen and Barbecue wild cards to accept them into the draw. Narelle managed 2 from 3, going down workers, led this year by Barb Schultz, Hayley Iveson (in London) was most to a focused Brenda Foster in a high (the scone queen), we offer a huge helpful, and we were able to accept all quality Singles Round. Another triple vote of appreciation, have a good rest the entries . The highest entry numbers winner was Queenslander, Lee Taylor until October next year! We need you! were in the MS45, with a draw of 28 who won the MS65, MD65 with Hayden Robyn Castle players. Most of the Men’s Singles were Rees and the XD60/65 with Bev well patronized, all having double Eddington. What’s with Queensland – Late news: ETDTA have approved figures, not so the Women’s. There is there something in the water? ACT’s staging it there in 2014! were not enough for 35’s, but 13 in the Ros Balodis also won three events. 45’s, with lower numbers in each of the Singles winners were from NSW, QLD, 50’s, 55/60 and 65/70. Some players VIC and ACT. were disappointed that the events were 35MS went to Greg Evans (NSW), Tennis Seniors NSW combined ages, but “what can we do?” 40MS to Michael Evans, 45MS to Player of the Year! We have no answer to the riddle. Why Chris O’Mara (QLD), 50MS Neil Smith, don’t women play singles? 55MS Wayne Pascoe, 60MS Geoff Nominations for NSW Tennis The staff at Eastwood Thornleigh were Walsh, 65MS Lee Taylor (QLD), 70MS Senior of the Year are being fantastic, as usual, making morning teas, Dennis Bindon, 75/80 Peter Froelich Cappucinos, Lunches and barbecued (QLD). 65/70WS Margaret Harris sorted out. If you have meals as well. Then with the “bar tent” (VIC), 55/60WS Ros Balodis (ACT), someone in mind please we were able to imbibe and relax at the 35/45 Karen Pearce (QLD). contact our Secretary Robyn. end of the day, (or earlier). Thanks to Steve Longworth, President They do not have to be a The standard of Singles play was high, Mick Bruton, Treasurer and TD Arthur fantastic player, as anyone is (IPIN events) and Doubles were played Olsen for the smooth running of this to completion each afternoon, with year’s tournament – it was a pleasure eligible providing they have contributed significantly to RAFFLE - Major Prizewinners Tennis Seniors.

M Bruton. 1st Wilson Racquet and Back Pack Wayne Pascoe 2nd $200 Athlete’s Foot Voucher Enid Besant-Ryan 3rd Dinner for Four at Major Oak Dino Davanza 4th Six bottles French Wine John Colley 5th Espresso Coffee Machine Graeme Sticka New Grandparents’ 6th Wilson Tennis Racquet Reg Trevaskis 7th $100 Voucher at ‘Merchant of Tennis’ Mick Parslow Honour Roll 8th Babolat Tennis Racquet Gaby Los Santos Carol Campling is the proud 9th $100 Voucher at the ‘Tennis Ranch’ Yvonne Stanton grandmother of a dear little 10th ‘Cookwell’ Juicer Bev Eddington girl, Ava, 3.4Kg, who arrived 11th $50 Bunnings’ gift voucher John Morgan on Sunday November 17, in 12th “Aussie Open” back pack Andrew Schuelke Dubai. Ava is a little sister to 2 1/2 yr-old Aden, and a much-loved daughter to Heath and Abegail.

3 November 2013

ITF World Doug Corbett - Championships - Austria World Champion he Super Senior events were held in Austria and the Czech Republic in September. Australia did really well with 5 teams 85+ Singles winning their group playoffs, but not quite managing to secure the Cup. The Women’s 80+ team under the captaincy of and Doubles TMargaret Robinson (WA) battled valiantly, with NSW rep Peg Hoysted as

#2 Singles player but they lost the Final to the Canadians. The Men’s 75+ Doug, along with Carol (with NSW Ian King as #2) and the 80+ (Bert Barwick #1) both finished Campling, was nominated for 3rd. The Americans led the way, winning six Cups. the Newcombe Medal for In the Individuals, the names of the Australians appeared late in almost 2013. Doug’s successes this every draw. Our proud winners were: year have gained him 2 GOLD Carol Campling (who has represented Australia in Seniors’ Cups more than medals for Singles and any other player) WD65+. Doubles and a Bronze in the Max Byrne and Margaret Robinson XD80+ Mixed. The Championships Peter Froelich MD75+ were played in Austria and the Doug Corbett MS85+ and MD85+ Czech Republic in 2013, with Dennis Bindon and Alan Walsh MD70+ Doug’s events being contested Ian King and Kevin Crump MD75+ in Villach. (He’s the only Nola Collins and Joy Rigter WD75+ Australian to win an ITF

World Singles this year!) Margaret Robinson and Peg Hoysted WS80+ and WD80+ and

Bert Barwick XD 80+ all flew the flag in Finals’ play. Carol meanwhile, was

competing in Poertschach With the advent of three groupings for the World titles from 2015, the where she achieved a Executive of TSA has been keen on Australia considering a bid for one of resounding win in the 65+ the groups in 2016 and beyond, possibly the Young Seniors (35-49) in Women’s Doubles, her 17th Melbourne, after a full cost/benefit analysis has been done. victory in World Doubles.

November 2013 4 November 2013 Understanding Your Body – the Basics

inety percent of the cells Each cell in the human body As you work out on the court and in your body are actually contains about 25,000 to 35,000 exercise at home or in the gym, you bacterial. That's 100 genes, which carry information that are building up the effectiveness of N trillion microbes living on go toward determining your traits your cells and to replace them with your skin, in your gut, up your for example your degree of identical copies using the DNA nostril, in your mouth. Any body athleticism, or say hand-eye co- requires they be fed properly. surface you can think of has ordination. Genes hang out all lined John Marler and many others have microbes. up on thread-like things called shown that the foods we eat today So on the flip side, you could say it chromosomes. The chromosomes do not contain the range of vitamins takes ten microbes to sustain every and genes are made of DNA. and minerals that food grown human cell in the human body. Just Your DNA is the blueprint your naturally in the past had. A smart to dispel any unappealing mental body uses to renew itself. farmer went to Ireland and found out images you might have of humans Imagine as a kid you saw a they fed their champion racehorses as giant walking bacteria, microbes monster oarfish 18 ft long washed on paddocks containing 67 plant only make up between one and up on the beach. The scary thing is varieties. He did the same in three percent of the body's total that only your brain cells and some Australia and his horse won the mass. eyes cells remain in your body from Melbourne Cup! So the choice for us These microbes living in our bodies that time. The rest have been would-be champions is either to eat aren't just there for the ride — they're renewed. For example the transport a wider variety of food (and as much actively contributing to the normal system for the movement of non-fertilized as possible) or physiology of the human body. The nutrients in the body – the red cells supplement our diets with bought trillions of microbes that live in our - are renewed totally every four vitamins and minerals. Most of our gut, do everything from encoding months. Bone cells in contrast take grains and salad vegetables are enzymes to serving as pathways for up to ten years and gut lining cells grown using a minimal number of vitamin production to digesting the every four days. minerals provided by fertilizers as parts of food we can't digest on our Your body is like a factory. To opposed to say a Mediterranean Diet own. renew itself it uses the plans which is largely fresh fruit in season. These microbes play an important outlined in your DNA to rebuild your So what are the top lady tennis role in supporting and maintaining cells using the inputs from your players who travel a lot using? vital functions such as our immune mouth or breathe in through your The WTA have aligned themselves and digestive systems. We can't nose. If you interfere with the with USANA, an American vitamin process our food without protein-, bacteria doing their job, you can company. For example Liezel lipid- and carbohydrate-breaking damage that renewal and even the Huber's daily mix is (1) Multi vitamins microbes present, and other DNA. One good way to damage and Multi minerals, (2) An anti- microbes produce necessary bacteria is to use an anti-bacterial immune booster high in Vitamin C vitamins and anti-inflammatories. mouth wash to kill off the pre- and (3) A pro-biotic. It makes sense What is the implication for us senior digesting bacteria in your mouth. if you think about it. She lives in tennis players? Another way is to have lots of hotels most of the time and doesn’t The first implication is we should do antibiotics which kill off the good know the food she’s eating, she is no harm to our bacteria because bacteria in your gut and colon. In constantly exposed to new germs we feed them food and in turn they this case, you are lucky that there and she needs to be sure that her convert that food into proteins, are numerous pro-biotic products bacteria are processing what she sugars and vitamins that our bodies on the market. An example is does eat and drink. can use. It has only been in recent Yakult which claims to contain 6.5 We senior players are all older than years that John Marler has shown billion friendly bacteria. Liezel, but our requirements as that soils comprise trillions of Here’s the serious part. Your DNA, tennis athletes are no different. If our microbes too small for the eye to as part of your cells, is continually food is inadequate in its range of see and that soil microbes work being replicated to create a new vitamins and minerals, we need exactly the same way in soils as blueprint. If all of the nutrients are supplements. Lots of us have fresh they do in our bodies. These not there at the time you have a fruit to get our share of Vitamin C, microbes do the early digestion in faulty blueprint. Imagine if all of our but if not they we too need an the soils and pass their products up new trucks on our road transport immune booster and lastly if our food a food chain and eventually to system were built with faults. As a isn’t feeding our bacteria well and we above-the-ground plants. But wait, tennis player you want a super lack energy, then an occasional there’s more. In our bodies highway and the best vehicles to Yakult or equivalent will not go microbes provide more genes for transport the nutrients to your astray. human survival than human cells, muscles, sinews, heart, lungs and Tony Robinson with the human microbiome other organs. To do this you need contributing 8,000,000 unique to present to your bodies the whole In the next article Tony will look at protein-coding genes, versus the range of nutrients for the bacteria to some of the chemicals in our body human genome's 22,000. digest and pass on to your blood. that influence our behaviour on the court. 5 Welcome to these NEW members!

incere apologies to the first seven Wil Jauco 0419 440 440 people on this list for omitting to Ingrid Burgess 0408 428 124 include them in the AUGUST Alison Stewart 0414 826 652 S issue of Vetscore! All are from Lloyd Stewart 0422 980 294 the Ballina area, introduced by Lyn Wayte. Donna Westlake 0422 379 566

Beth Evans 0438 815 821 John Brondum 0403 852 355 Barry Fleming 0468 478 941 Bob Luckman 0413 788 729 Robyn’s Moat Rod Gilmour 0411 630 640 Tony Natoli 0435 069 592 Jeff Kennedy 6628 5679 Linda Meakins 0419 279 849 heerio to those who have Bruce Mathieson 0408 242 305 Peter Gummer 0487 516 568 not been so well or who Geoff Trimble 0411 145 224 Manuel Giron 0408 310 546 have been caring for loved- Lisa Zoric 0423 902 488 David Whittaker 0439 198 348 ones. Denise Leavens has Tim Foran 0438 479 137 Fiona Woolley 0419 427 944 C Wayne Henry 0416 983 596 been looking after her husband Bob, as Romeo Sy 0412 509 300 Tom McInness 0402 808 977 he has been treated for Leukemia Sarah Downes 0439 452 022 Ashley Fretwell 0429 438 232 again. She had to forego the trip to Kerry Baxter 0411 150 333 Peter Moppett 0428 242 035 Julie King 0404 816 113 the ITF World titles in September. He Adrian Betts 6842 2716 is recovering , which is good news. Margaret Guider 6555 4992 Don Mortimer 0408 886 933 David Bourke 0416 153 040 Bruce Burns and Bob McWhinnie are Roger Smith 0422 732 177 Sergio Carpio-Parquet 0422 458 572 still battling , and having ongoing Jonathon Kelso 0400 992 373 Louis Miller 0414 865 188 Chemo treatment, blood tests, stents Melinda Callaghan 0422 955 727 Carol Drucza 0418 586 186 etc – hanging in there! We are Terry Rogerson 0418 246 016 Mike Lynn 0415 672 925 thinking of you, and wishing you more Stephen Bullivant 0418 246 016 Sue Byrne 0438 266 382 good days than bad. Karen Bullivant 0416 078 081 Colleen Garvey 0407 642 828 Jo Walter took herself to Nor West Paula Gibson Roy 0478 352 221 Jason Honeyman 0420 946 366 Peter Binstead 0416 244 230 hospital one Saturday, and was kept in James Lister 0419 622 408 Paul Van Der Maas 0416 088 01? until Monday when they operated to Peter Willard 0437 271 939 Glenda Learmonth 0411 806 465 Pablo Giancarli 0423 267 878 remove her gall bladder. She says she Charlie (Carl) Nielsen 0425 263 288 didn’t eat for 3 days, had a body part Peter Harding 0419 020 502 removed and can’t believe she “gained th weight”! (Don’t worry Jo. It was the AFL Grand Final on Sunday Ray Reay will be celebrating his 80 probably just fluid!) September 28. The day went very birthday on New Year’s Eve with a Wedding bells have rung for John well, in spite of the muddy conditions flight to Antarctica - and taking Anderson and Carole Mortimer! These at the Village. June’s ashes along for the ride! two are staunch Bombers supporters, (June sadly, lost her battle with and planned the day to coincide with cancer in February this year). From the Secretary’s Desk...

Thanks to all for their kind thoughts and messages while I was in hospital (again!) Three weeks on a drip with anti -virals to kill off the Chicken pox, Shingles and Encephalitis. It wasn’t much fun being in isolation for most of it either. My use of the mobile phone gave me a huge phone bill, but it was worth it! John Rudd celebrated joining the Arthur was my rock, once again, and “Swinging 70s” with his friends from the we turned the ward into a Tennis group of Tennis Seniors called the Seniors office one weekend to enter all the teams into a spreadsheet to “Kincumber Crocs”. They had a lovely day submit to TSA for Hobart! Now that was fun and games! Trying to re-sort at the estate of Ross and Robin Nable at them into “merit” order instead of alphabetical threw the formulas out, and their Erina property. they had to be re-typed!!! (I must now thank Max Ward for being on deck at John is 2nd from left in front with Mike 11.30 Sunday night, to help me figure out the errors in the spreadsheet). Hook, (RHS) Ian Brown (LHS) and others. 6 MERIMBULA - October 14 - 17

Four days of clear sunshine enabled all events to be concluded in this year’s Merimbula Seniors’ Tournament after rain marred last year’s final day. Entries were down a little on last year’s event, however a change in format meant that all players could compete on all four days. Day one as usual was the Mixed events with two cards in the 65 and 70 year old sections. On Tuesday, regular Pam Crawford from Tumut paired with former world champion Helen Worland from Orange to win their card in the 45/55 Ladies Doubles but they lost the final to the Victorian pair of Sue Walter and Judy Buzza. NSW Tennis Seniors Secretary Robyn Castle from Sydney played with former world champion squash player Heather McKay of Canberra to win their card in the 65 Ladies Doubles before going down to Jenny Grose from Shepparton and Denise Martin from Sydney. Arthur Olsen and Daphne On Wednesday the 10 year events were played with locals Dennis Love and Kennedy winners 70XD John Rheinberger taking out the two-card 40/60 Men’s Doubles from Frank Marris and Terry Walker of Canberra. The 70 Men’s doubles had six pairs playing, and the strong Canberra pair of David Coutts and David Sprott dominated the event with the maximum 30 games. Arthur Olsen and Ken Smith were only three games behind the winners but lost their match to the two Davids 3-6. In the 40/50 Ladies doubles two pairs ended on 29 games. Susan Roche and Kaye Savory won the event on a count back after they had beaten Judy Buzza and Denise Martin in their round 6-5. A close one! Jenny Grose and Sue Walter beat Pam Crawford and Helen Worland in the two- card 60 Ladies’ Doubles played at the Bega courts. Two cards were also necessary for the 70 Ladies’ doubles with Heather McKay and Judy Logan from Wagga defeating Joyce Rogers and June Simpson from Melbourne 6-5 in an exciting playoff. Foster Ofati and This year the combined age doubles were played on the Thursday which Carol Drucza provided the largest number of matches for the week. Bob Warren and John Rheinberger won the 100/110 doubles followed by James Poso the youngest and Bob Meek the oldest competitors from the Merimbula club in second spot. The 120/130 Men’s Combined doubles was played in very windy conditions on five courts at Bega in the afternoon with David Herring and John Mansfield being too strong for Rob Hughes and Len Little in the two-card event. Former Bega resident of 50 years ago Peter Kilborn teamed with Peter Musgrove to win the 140 Men’s Combined without dropping a set. The gentlemen of tennis played the 150 Men’s Combined with Barrie Arnold from Sydney and Roy Scholz of Albury defeating former greats Bob McWhinnie of Wollongong and double knee replacement Garry Potter 8-6 in their round to win the event. Pam Crawford and Helen Worland had revenge over Jenny Grose and Sue Walter when they met in the final of the 100/120 Ladies’ Combined winning the playoff six games to five, in what can only be described as a “nail biter” – and very challenging in the wind!. The final event of the doubles saw Judy Buzza and June Simpson defeat Sue Johnston and Joyce Rogers to win the 130 Ladies’ Combined. All singles events were played at Merimbula each morning in brilliant sunshine at 8am and 9am. Merimbula’s coach, James Poso defeated Bob Warren 6-2 6-2 to win the 35-45 Men’s Singles - he says he’ll be back to do it again next year! Len Little defeated Terry McLean 7-6 6-2 in the 55-65 event while John Mansfield won the 70/75 Singles from David Herring. Helen Worland was too strong for Sue Walter in the 35/65 Ladies’ singles while June Simpson won the 70/75 event. Merimbula Club wishes to thank the Seniors for their great support of the Sunday afternoon function, Trivia Night at the Club and for patronising the Kitchen for lunch and teas.

Myrtle is 95, and still drives to tennis, playing twice a week! She and Roy were chosen to cut the Anniversay cake for Country Week. She came to Roy Scholz (Albury) and Merimbula every Heather McKay (ACT) Myrtle Boate (Merimbula) day to watch. and Robyn Castle Tennis Seniors NSW Tracksuits Dec 2012 - Dec 2013 Made especially for Executive:

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