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, 2015 ABN 50 206 056 964 Newsletter of Tennis Seniors New South Wales. May 2015 Programme of Events - 2015 Dates R/R or Tournament Contact Phone May 15-17 Picton Seniors R/Robin Nat 7 Alison Radford 4677 2072 May 16-17 T’s Resort Port Macquarie R/R Te Truong 6584 0144 May 22-24 West Tamworth Seniors Bruce Murden 6765 5575 ear Members, the June 6-8 Newcastle Mixed Teams Robyn Castle 9624 7075 June 20-21 Lake Macquarie Seniors Nat 7 Keith Williams 0412 157 757 Gloucester Tournament July 3-5 Cessnock Seniors Nat 6 Irene Crowley 4938 3190 was held on the Anzac July 11-12 Manning River, Taree Chris Johnson 0432 788 901 weekend and I had the July 19 Bowral Social Day Robyn Castle 9624 7075 Dpleasure of attending it. Weatherwise Jul 31-Aug 3 Forster Seniors R/R Nat 6 Judy Halpin 6554 9120 Aug 14-16 Muswellbrook Park Seniors Val Angel 0408 436 443 the days were perfect as they were Aug 21-23 Eurobodalla, Moruya R/R Scott Colbourne 4473 6180 lucky to avoid the devastating rains Aug 29-30 Orange Ex-Services Club R/R Chrissie Kjoller 6362 8020 that occurred during that week in the Sep 11-13 West Port Macquarie Nat 7 Cec Newey 0405 726 629 Hunter area. Ruth Johnson and her Sep 19-20 Gunnedah Seniors Laurie Boag 0407 899 536 Oct 2-5 State Championships ITF Cat 2 Robyn Castle 9624 7075 band of volunteers did a fantastic job Eastwood Thornleigh District Courts, Pennant Hills in running this event. Oct 12-15 Merimbula Annual Seniors Nat 6 James Poso 0409 315 542 As half the year has almost already Oct 17-18 Dubbo Paramount Seniors Glenn Armstrong 0428 536 336 gone, time is moving on very quickly Oct 31-Nov 1 Raworth, Hunter Tennis Resort Linda Bullent 0447 800 206 Nov 8 Springwood Challenge Robyn Castle 9624 7075 to the end of the year, so all members Nov 14-15 Bathurst Carillon City TEAMS Andrew Mitton 0419 499 467 should be thinking of forming their Nov 21-22 Metro Days – Collaroy TC Roslyn Ode 0423 662 352 teams for Shepparton in January. If it Dec 4-6 Nelson Bay Seniors Steve Taylor 0466 154 580 is impossible for you to form your own team, just give your details to Robyn Tournaments in BOLD are for AUSTRALIAN RANKING points - NRT and she will organise a team for you. All events will be played on natural grass which should be excellent for all players. VICTORIAN SENIORS Tennis Seniors Australia will be CLAYCOURT CHAMPIONSHIPS running this event in Shepparton and have the scope to place teams according to standard, as well as Age Players are reminded that the Tennis Seniors Claycourt Championships are to be groups. This should avoid instances of held at the Dingley Tennis Club ( a south-east suburb of greater Melbourne) from some Teams being placed in Divisions Friday, June 5 to Monday, June 8 (the Queen’s Birthday week-end) This is a which are out of their depth. GRADE 2, ITF event and grade 2 points are awarded. Our Membership numbers are very pleasing, but if you have a friend who Online IPIN EVENT entries close at www.itftennis.com/ipin on May 20 may be interested in joining, please contact our Secretary Robyn. Entry forms, conditions of the tournament and payment of fees details are Remember there is no joining fee for displayed on the TSV website (enter through www.tennisseniors.org.au and select new members and they are the TSV link) The Fact Sheet for the tournament can be found on the ITF website automatically covered by Insurance. (given above) by selecting tournaments and calendar and the tournament listing) Our Seniors Teams leave shortly for For those wanting to play lots of tennis, it is possible to play 3 IPIN events and an La Baule in France and NSW will be additional combined doubles event. The represented by Di Cassel, Sara combined doubles events are entered by Goddard and Wayne Pascoe. We wish completing the entry form. all players the best of luck. Players wishing to play two IPIN doubles MICK BRUTON (within their 3 IPIN events) may do so but will need to contact Graeme Heath. PRESIDENT ([email protected]) 2015 ITF World Championships, Young Seniors, Antalya On days off, most ventured within 30 minutes away to taste the hustle and bustle of the local markets. On offer were items of local Turkish homewares to well- known clothing brands and unique delicacies. The camaraderie and experiences carried into the individuals events the following week. The venue catered extremely well, including the great medical staff (from Wimbledon) that worked overtime Men’s 45+ Team: L to R: G Nadebaum, in repairing or patching up many of I Jovanovic, C O’Mara, D Blade us to continue to compete. Apart from small rain patches, the weather was approximately 18 or the first time, three Over the course of the next two degrees Celsius each day, with sun age groups of 35’s, 40’s days, all Australian teams were shining and not a lot of wind on and 45’s (Young either kicking off or in the thick most days. Great venue for tennis Seniors) competed of action within their respective F and a great group of Aussies to without the wider group of 50’s pools. All Aussies supported all set-up the ‘family’ atmosphere for and above at the ITF World Australian teams wherever a couple of weeks! Teams Championships. Over possible, and this camaraderie twenty-two nations were was shown everyday during By Iggy Jovanovic represented at Club Ali Bey matches and in the evenings for Manavgat, Antalya, Turkey. dinner and breakfasts. Fabulous See below: decorative Teapot and Situated at a seaside resort, atmosphere! tea cup in the picturesque grounds sixty European claycourts adjoin The food was outstanding: three of Club Ali Bey the hotel, which is only open meals everyday, of glorious, between March and October fresh food, creations and mouth- each year. The Young Seniors explosions. The restaurant which were lucky enough to start the comfortably seated up to 400 year as the first official event people per any one dining period, at the venue, for 2015. catered for all palates with After the traditional Captains’ nightly surprises to experience. Meetings concluded on Sunday A pub and outdoor bar (onsite) before the Monday were open nightly, as well as a commencement of play, all dessert café teasing those nations participated in the wanting a sweet fix anytime Opening Ceremony. The between 10am and 10pm. Australian Team was second to Entertainment was prompt on enter the stadium and naturally the seaside stage every night at met with great applause and 9pm, with productions such as cheers. This was followed by our Phantom Of the Opera to own group session of photos and Westside Story to The Madonna wishes of good luck to each Show. other for the week ahead. 2 May 2015 Australian National Teams’ Carnival - Shepparton, 2016 Please be assured that Shepparton CAN ACCOMMODATE all of the Senior tennis players in January 2016. Some operators have only opened their bookings in April. You may go to: www.discovershepparton.com.au or call the Tourism Office on 1800 808839 Good Bye, Nev Langford - rest in peace... ev’s early primary education was completed at the Wilston State School where he excelled at both tennis and cricket. Representing his school in the Metropolitan Tennis Finals in both 1945 & 1946 and winning both. Nev was also the school’s N opening batsman and a recognised slow bowler. In his last game for the school he scored 79 in the first innings, 76 in the second and took 6/29 with the ball. However, after being hit in the face and having his glasses broken, his cricket playing days came to an end. An early turning point in his tennis playing career came in 1945 when the Army which had occupied Milton during the war returned the area to QLTA. To re-open the tennis centre, the QLTA organised a series of exhibition matches between the leading Davis Cup players of the day, and Queensland’s top amateur and junior players – this included one Neville Langford. In 1950 Neville was employed by Slazenger’s as an ‘Inwards Clerk’ and at night he did promotional film shows for both tennis and his other passion, golf. Being the first to use the 16mm Bell Howell projector, he later used it to show such events as the 1953 Davis Cup at the Brisbane City Hall. In that same year he partnered Neale Fraser to win the Australian Hardcourt Doubles Championships against Mal Anderson and Roy Emerson. In the singles of the Championships he had a four set victory over Adrian Quist who at that time was the number one ranked player. By 1953 he was ranked the number one tennis player in Queensland. Throughout the 60’s and 70s he worked for Slazenger’s, improving his game and in 1980, he left Slazengers and bought the Northgate Tennis Centre. He started one of his great loves again coaching, at both the centre and also at St. Margaret’s, Nev continued his coaching at the centre which was sold in 1996 and at St Margaret’s until 1997.