TSACT CHRISTMAS DINNER 2020 QUIZ

(All questions relate in some way to the decade 2011-2020 and come directly or indirectly from VETSET – thanks John) NO USE OF I-PHONES!

Q1. What seniors ‘era’ sadly came to an end in 2012?

Thursday Tournaments

Q2. Which family has been the stalwart of tennis on the far south coast of NSW for over sixty years?

Rheinberger

Q3. What is the real christian name of Bitsy Grant and how is he recognised in world seniors tennis?

Bryan Grant, 5ft. 4in., American tennis player inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1972. The Mens 75+ World Seniors Championship Cup is named in his honour

Q4. I am an OBE, a noted ladies man and a former Volunteer of the Year. Who am I?

Gordon Robson, now 87, still dapper and still playing at Reid

Q5. Which tennis player did the Bulletin choose in 2006 as one of the 100 most influential Australians and why? (Hint: I passed away in 2013 at the age of 85) Alan Kendall (1928 – 2013), nephew of and the first Producer of Playschool. Alan was a stalwart of veterans tennis, playing in tournaments worldwide and regularly in Canberra

Q6. Name three of the five ‘young guns’ who won the 35/40/45 team title at the Australian Seniors Tennis Championships in Canberra in 2015?

David Horsfall (c), Nathan Price, Damian Ward, Michael Taisz and Paul Rutledge

Q7. Who won the Ken Sharp Cup for the second year running in 2014?

Anthony Connell

Q8. Which team scored an ‘upset’ win in the Twilight Pennant in 2015/16? (List the four team members)

Team Ainsworth:

Leonie Ainsworth, Graeme Ainsworth, Kerry Scarlett and Cameron Steele

Q9. How many years did Pat Moloney serve as President of TSACT and how many years as Secretary of TSA? (Pat’s table gets zero for this question!)

President of TSACT for 8 years and Secretary of TSA also for 8 years

Q10. At which ITF World Seniors Championships was Norman May’s ‘Gold, Gold, Gold for Australia’, particularly applicable?

The 2016 ITF Senior World Teams and Individual Championships in Helsinki, Finland with Australia winning two team titles and 6 individual gold medals

Q11. Who wrote these words in 2017 and what was the international occasion? (“For me the greatest moment and reflection of what we just did is hiding in the picture. Thanks team it was awesome.”)

Narelle Raftery, captured emotionally embracing a team mate on winning the Cup

Q12. What shot did a ‘legend’ of the game add to their repertoire at the Busselton Australian Nationals in January 2020?

A Canberra specialty “tweener” by Ros Balodis, (eat your heart out Nick)