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 - August 11th, 2016 ABN 50 206 056 964 Newsletter of Tennis Seniors New South Wales. May 2016 Programme of Events - 2016 Dates R/R or Tournament Contact Phone May 28-29 West Tamworth Seniors John Ball 6765 8072 June 11-13 Newcastle Mixed Teams Robyn Castle 9624 7075 June 18-19 Lake Macquarie Seniors NRT 7 Keith Williams 0412 157 757 July 1-3 Cessnock Seniors NRT 6 Irene Crowley 4938 3190 ear Members, July 16-17 Manning River, Taree Chris Johnson 0432 788 901 I was fortunate to attend Jul 29-Aug 1 Forster Seniors R/R NRT 6 Judy Halpin 6554 9120 the Gloucester Aug 12-14 Muswellbrook Park Seniors Val Angel 0408 436 443 Tournament on Anzac Aug 19-21 Eurobodalla, Moruya R/R Scott Colbourne 4473 6180 Dweekend, and despite some delays due Sep 9-11 West Port Macquarie Cec Newey 0405 726 629 to rain it was a great weekend. Ruth Sep 17-18 Orange Ex-Services R/Robin Chrissie Kjoller 0403 845 945 Johnson and her many volunteers did a Sep 24-25 Gunnedah Seniors Laurie Boag 0407 899 536 fantastic job once again and entries Sep30-Oct3 State Championships ITF Cat 2 Robyn Castle 9624 7075 Eastwood Thornleigh DTA, Pennant Hills Park were up by 25 from last year. Oct 14 - 17 Merimbula Annual Seniors NRT 6 John Rheinberger 0438 928 516 As half the year has almost gone, time Oct 22-23 Dubbo Paramount Seniors Glenn Armstrong 0428 536 336 is moving on very quickly to the end Nov 5-6 Raworth, Hunter Tennis Resort Linda Bullent 0447 800 206 of the year, so all members should be Nov 12-13 Bathurst Carillon City TEAMS Andrew Mitton 0419 499 467 thinking of forming their teams for Nov 20 Springwood Challenge Robyn Castle 9624 7075 Adelaide in January. If it is Nov 27 AGM and Social Day – Cintra Park CONCORD impossible for you to form your own Robyn Castle 9624 7075 team, just give your details to Robyn Dec 2-4 “Dave Matthews” - Nelson Bay NRT 6 Steve Taylor 0466 154 580 and she will try to place you in a team. Some Events will be played on natural Tournaments in BOLD are for AUSTRALIAN RANKING points - NRT grass which should be excellent for all players. Social Days and Sydney Metro days will be added to this calendar as they are confirmed. Thanks to our hardworking committee our membership numbers are still Australian Teams’ Carnival 9 -13, and Individual Championships increasing and most tournaments have 15 - 20 January, 2017. Opening Ceremony Sun Jan 8. increased their number of entries. So if you have a friend who may be Start planning your team NOW, if you haven’t already! Accommodation will interested in joining our Association be at a premium, as always…..see the article on the TSA website. Click on please contact our Secretary Robyn. “Adelaide 2017” for lots of information including accommodation and Remember there is no joining fee for restaurants. new members and they are automatically covered by Insurance. Remember that 6 is the maximum number of team players allowed in each Our Young Seniors have just match. If you have more than six, they may not all take part in a match. completed their Events at Umag and all acquitted themselves well. The Seniors’ team will leave in June and are excited to have the Event played in MIXED TEAMS Helsinki which should be a fantastic At District Park, Broadmeadow venue. We wish all players have a safe, enjoyable and successful trip. Don’t forget the deadline is May 30! Forms MICK BRUTON are in “Tournament Entries” or call Robyn PRESIDENT 9624 7075 2016 Howe Park Singleton April 16 & 17 good turn-out of 79 players enjoyed the warm weather. It was unfortunate that heavy rain washed out the Sunday afternoon Mixed, however there was excellent tennis in the other three sessions. A Most convivial party was held at one of the local hotels on the ASaturday night with President Craig promising a bigger and better social event in 2017. Many thanks to Steve Harris and Jim Coutlis for coralling all of the players for a group photo on the Saturday before play commenced for the afternoon session – there must be some military cordial in the water out western Sydney way! Event Winners Runners-Up Sat a.m. 35-50MS Gary Brenton Charl Botes 50MS Owan Ratsoongnoen David Tennent 60MS Barry Wilson Robert Hanbury-Brown 70MS Yannick Aubree Peter Musgrove 35XD J Andrews S Harris R Fisher A Boneham Sat p.m. 85CMD G Brenton C Botes S Palmer A Boneham 100CMD B Wilson D Wade G Armstrong A Cocks 115-130CMD-1 G Winston R Inch R Hanbury-Brown J Psaltis 115-130CMD-2 M Heath T Emmett A Sacks J Zucker 85CWD J Moore R Fisher K Farley S Anderson 100CWD J Andrews H Burge K Staff J Taylor Sun a.m. 35MD A Girdler G Armstrong G Winston G Hillsley 50MD C Boyce R Kohn S Harris J Coutlis 60-70MD P Musgrove D Wade C Hoade G Manson Please Support Our Sponsors 2 May 2016 Australian National Teams’ Carnival - Adelaide, Jan 9 - 13, 2017 The Adelaide Teams’ Carnival is only 7 months away, so make sure you have accommodation booked, and perhaps drag a few friends out of retirement to play with you! The Headquarters will be at South Parklands, Greenhill Road Unley, where they have 18 synthetic grass courts, and they’ll be using other centres such as Woodville Lawn, Kensington Gardens, Reade Park and Tranmere – all of which have real grass, numbering 47 in all! Anybody requiring help with accommodation is welcome to phone me, as I have a list, and can direct you to the source. Places such as Quest, Rydges. Chelsea, RNR Apartments, Adelaide City Fringe Serviced Apartments and Stamford Grand Glenelg are all in the list. Players are reminded that the rules allow for SIX players only PER match – so if you have a large number, it may not work well for you. We have booked a venue for our State Dinner at the restaurant in “Living Choice....” Catering will be provided by “Damien on Fisher” - a very reputable company! Google them for menus etc.....Click the Adelaide link on the TSA website to go straight to the TSSA website dedicated to the event. “Be Seen in Seventeen” is the “catch-cry”!! Let’s make it great. Central Coast Seniors Tennis Tournament Wyong and Charmhaven. entral Coast Seniors Tennis held their first Wyong Tournament in March this year. There was a great response with over 125 entries and everyone welcoming the move to a bigger synthetic grass court complex. The courts were brand new but intensive work in the lead up to the tournament by Mark C and Brett made them playable...... with a few ' interesting ' bounces. The Friday singles had some close matches with Craig Edwards taking out the 35+ singles and Phillip Hazel, Mike Etherington and Al Thwaite winning the other younger groups. The 60+ men's in particular was a doozy with John Lovett, Don Mortimer and Bob Hall finishing equal on sets and only separated by one game. John Lovett was victorious on count back. Friday arvo saw the American Doubles ( modified format ). The new venue caused some confusion for ' Central Coastie ' Lisa Handley, who got lost 5 ( or was it 7 ) times on the way to the complex. Sorry Lisa, had to mention it. Wyong local Tina Lewry, won her group, with Mary and Bob also taking home a prize. A 3-way tie in the last group with Mark Starkey, Anthony Girdler and Scott Homsey resulted in some intense haggling over the chocolates and wine on offer for prizes. In the end everyone in the group got a prize....... except Hadrian who was very much ' the weakest link '. The Wyong Royal Hotel put on a Friday night “all you can eat” pizza feast which we will definitely do again next year. Their hospitality and quality of food resulted in most of us going there on Saturday night as well. Saturday and Sunday were busy which allowed us to utilise the picturesque Charmhaven complex. Local coach Brett, provided nibbles and drinks which was much appreciated. As well as the usual events there were also 4 Special Events run over the weekend with double prizemoney provided by our sponsors Killarney Vale Vet Clinic, Chavez Chiropractic, Wyong Royal Hotel and D'VINE Catering. Craig Edwards and Glenn Armstrong won the 35+ Men’s ( we may ban them from the group next year due to excessive age ). Fiona Roseby and Kelly Thomas won one of the 35+ ladies groups with Sharon Mitchell and Jo Clarke winning the other. Peter Kilborn and a very excited Dallas Wade won the 130+ men's combined with Maureen Bartels and Karen Hanratty winning the 110+ Ladies Combined. Many thanks to our sponsors for allowing us to run these Special Events. The weather gods were kind to us all weekend and it was wonderful to see a great turnout considering the fairly late change of venue. We're extremely grateful to Leoni and the helpers at Wyong for setting up their site and thanks as well to Brett at Charmhaven for providing his complex.