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 - May 15, 2019 ABN 50 206 056 964 Newsletter of Tennis Seniors New South Wales. March 2019 Country Circuit - 2019 Dates Event / Venue Contact Phone Mar 1-3 Walcha Seniors R/Robin Betty Sweeney (02) 6777 2120 Mar 8-10 Narooma Round Robin Brian Carmichael 0499 736 669 Mar 9-10 Tennis Macarthur R/Robin NRT 6 Michael Jackson 0413 632 632 ear Members, Mar 16-17 Central Coast, Wyong R/R Katrina O'Callaghan 0414 973 751 Mar 29-31 Goulburn Tennis Club Dave Ridley 0418 162 252 Happy New Year to Apr 5-7 Howe Park Grasscourt, Singleton Craig Miles 0417 265 066 everyone, I trust 2019 Apr 19-22 Next Gen @ Lyneham ACT ITF Gde2 Pat Moloney 0499 218 821 will bring good health to Apr 26-28 Gloucester Seniors NRT 6 Ruth Johnson 0418 763 041 Apr 26-28 Jim Elphick TC, Wagga Wagga NRT 6 Tom Denahy 0422 632 026 Dall and I look forward to seeing May 17-19 Picton Seniors R/Robin NRT 5 Alison Radford 0412 308 381 many of you on the Court this year. May 17-19 West Port Macquarie Carol Daniel 0413 481 942 We began the year in great style at May 25-26 West Tamworth Seniors Mitch Power 6765 8214 June 8-10 Newcastle Mixed Teams Robyn Castle 0400 389 234 Shepparton with NSW having 23 June 15-16 Lake Macquarie Seniors NRT 6 Keith Williams 0412 157 757 teams who all seemed to enjoy the June 28,29,30 Tweed Heads, Pro-One Tennis ITF Gde 4 Natasha Kersten (07) 5524 3541 Teams' Carnival experience. The July 5-7 Batemans Bay R/Robin Garry McNally 0407 845 581 July 19-21 East Port Macquarie Peter Coe 0400 998 917 weather was kind to us the first Aug 2-5 Forster Seniors R/R NRT 5 Brian Adams 0404 955 599 week, but the heat arrived the 2nd Aug 16-18 Muswellbrook Park Seniors Val Angel 0408 436 443 week making it hard for Robyn, Aug 23-25 Moruya Country Markets Brian Carmichael 0499 736 669 Sep 6-8 Cessnock Seniors' R/Robin Justin James 0418 222 508 Arthur and Steve to manage the Sep 7-8 Love'n Deuce Northern Subs, Naremburn NRT 6 Brad Melville 0425 247 424 draw. They did a remarkable job to Sep 14-15 Manning River Taree Seniors Kris Renneberg 0423 062 845 have all Events completed and on Sep 21-22 Orange Ex-Services R/Robin Chrissie Kjoller 0403 845 945 time. Sep 28-29 Gunnedah Seniors Ben Robertson 0411 020 519 Oct 4-7 State Championships ITF Gde 1, Both Shepparton Council and Eastwood Thornleigh DTA, Pennant Hills Park Robyn Castle (02) 9624 7075 Shepparton Lawn Tennis Club were Oct 7 R/Robin Doubles - Pennant Hills Park Fay Yiannakopoulos 0414 597 863 a huge help to us in running a very Oct 11- 13 Kiama Seniors (Vets & Legends) David Lehmann 0481 155 200 Oct 18-21 Merimbula Annual Seniors NRT 6 John Rheinberger 0438 928 516 successful Event. We are indebted to Oct 18-20 Gosford Tennis Club R/Robin Chris Lees 0411 154 327 Ian Grose for many late hours Oct 26-27 Dubbo Paramount Seniors Glenn Armstrong 0428 536 336 keeping the courts in top condition. Nov 8-10 Hawks Nest *NEW* Myall Park Lisa Dale 0412 500 055 Nov 16-17 Bathurst Carillon City NRT 6 Andrew Mitton 0419 499 467 NSW had many winners in both the Nov 24 Springwood Challenge Robyn Castle (02) 9624 7075 Teams and the Championship Nov 29 - Dec 1 "Dave Matthews" Nelson Bay NRT 5 Steve Taylor 0466 154 580 Events. Winners are shown Dec 8 TBC AGM and Social Day Robyn Castle 9624 7075 elsewhere in Vetscore. Our Representative players did a Tournaments in BOLD are for Ranking points fantastic job overseas last year with NOTE: NEW ITF Gde 4 at Tweed Heads winning World Titles and showing State Champs - ITF Gde 1 they can match it with any Country An IPIN is necessary to play in these ITF tournaments in the World. I take this opportunity to wish this year's Representative players the best of luck and a safe The Ulladulla Tournament was once and enjoyable trip. again a huge success, we had perfect All State bodies are in negotiations weather all weekend. Thanks to Mary with TSA and TA at the moment to Lou and her many volunteers. consider having closer ties with TA. I look forward to catching up with new You can be assured that your and old members at Tournaments Committee will not be approving throughout the year. any changes unless they benefit our members. MICK BRUTON PRESIDENT t’s done and dusted, as they say! Wow, what a fortnight. Week One – 87 teams were battling for supremacy within nine age groups for Men and seven for Women, on the impeccable lawn courts in Shepparton and Mooroopna. A tricky surface for some players – someone said “grass is for cows”- but realistically – these courts, so well prepared and tended with love and hard toil, were sensational for the Ifull two weeks. The Teams’ Trophy was defended by Queensland with 12 teams. NSW , with 23 teams was well down the ladder. 516 players thoroughly enjoyed the competition, and there were even 4 Men’s teams of Over 80s. Women Over 75 also participated - from New Zealand and Victoria. Our Women’s 70-2 side had Peg Hoysted competing at the tender age of 85. A total of five teams from New Zealand and one from Malaysia enjoyed the Carnival. Week Two – hot summer days of over 35 degrees! Oh my! How would we cope? Steve and Arthur hatched a plan....start at 7.30 – use 20 courts at Mooroopna on Monday and Tuesday, and see how we go! OK, a request was made to the Greater Shepparton City Council to extend our time using Mooroopna – after a day and a half of waiting on tenterhooks, we were given permission – on condition that we paid for security. Done! Taking one day at a time, we scheduled matches for mornings only, in anticipation that the heat would beat us after midday, and we were spot-on. To schedule evening matches was also out of the question since it was still 38 degrees at 8pm! We could all go off to cool down every afternoon, and return to the bar at our leisure – enjoying some Happy Hours with free drinks – courtesy of TSA. SLTC volunteers catered for dinner as well, with Barbecue meals available each night. Finals in all events were completed by the end of the week, and Presentations were made on Friday - only our Tournament Director (Arthur) was missing - in hospital for the day, suffering from painful Cellulitis! SNIPPETS: 1. Who left his tennis shirts in the wardrobe at home in Sydney? Lucky he has a good friend who could go fetch them and bring them to Shepparton! (MB) Also, he was seen buying toothbrushes at Aldi! 2. Two Presentation Dinner Tickets were handed in at the bar at the Opening Ceremony.....anonymous! 3. A racquet was found on the median strip on Wyndham Street, and claimed before the match the next day! (Roger B) 4. One busy female person was seen walking into the Mens’ Change rooms - ?? (thinking she was going into Steve’s office!) 5. Some people remember cyclones, some people remember bushfires, others perhaps earthquakes ! During a match played at Mooroopna a stray ball bounced well off one of the courts onto the adjacent playing field. A Kiwi player from an adjoining court generously sprints out , intercepts the ball, stops and looks up to see what end he should send it back to. 'Throw it here mate' said the South Australian server, the Kiwi paused, knelt down on one knee and bowled the ball back.......under arm.......hahaha. Niagara Therapy Championships Results – 2019 EVENT WINNER/S FINALIST/S 35MS Matthew Hicks [VIC] David Vukasinec [VIC] 40MS Naoki Arimoto [JPN] Doug Skipper [NSW] 45MS Martin Richards [SA] Alfonso Sammassimo [VIC] 50MS David Starling [VIC] Garry Nadebaum [SA] 55MS Simon Arms [VIC] Greg Westwood [NSW] 60MS Glenn Busby [VIC] Stephen Myers [VIC] 65MS Andrew Rae [VIC] Howard Nielsen [QLD] 70MS Terry Smith [VIC] Roger Davey [SA] 75MS Terry McLellan [QLD] Alan Walsh [NSW] 80MS Bob Howes [VIC] Don Biddle [NSW] 85MS Norm Richardson [NSW] Robert Finn [SA] 35-40WS Mel Legend [NSW] Daniela Mijic [VIC] 45WS Monika Biernat [POL] Sharon Werka [VIC] 50WS Kerryn Cyprien [QLD] Karen Pearce [QLD] 55WS Brenda Foster [NSW] Ricki Deutsche-Watson [QLD] 60WS Leanne Scott [VIC] Rosemary Everett [VIC] 65WS Adrienne Avis [NSW] Sue Walter [VIC] 70WS Kerry Ballard [NSW] Gail Benedetti [FRA] 75WS Judy Hancy [VIC] Susy Burggraf [SUI] 80WS Mary Gordon [NSW] June Simpson [VIC] 35/40MD David Kos [VIC] Matthew Hicks [VIC] Luke Dixon [VIC] Ben Longridge [VIC] 45MD Garry Nadebaum [SA] Martin Richards [SA] Alfonso Sammassimo [VIC] Morgan Young [VIC] 50MD Darren Blade [QLD] Matt Ilott [VIC] David Evans [QLD] Paul Macknamara [QLD] 55MD Simon Arms [VIC] Eddie Myers [VIC] Michael Vickery [NSW] Greg Westwood [NSW] 60MD Mike Ford [QLD] Peter Hampton [NZL] Stephen Myers [VIC] Nick Fok [HKG] 65MD Andrew Rae [VIC] Peter Keller [VIC] Peter Jenkins [VIC] Ian Thomas [VIC] 70MD Rob Bickmore [SA] Ramon Funtera [VIC] Hayden Rees [VIC] Terry Smith [VIC] 75MD Terry McLellan [QLD] Alan Walsh [NSW] Dennis Bindon [NSW] Ian Davis [NSW] 80MD Don Biddle [NSW] John Mansfield [VIC] Kevin Crump [QLD] Bruce Rehn [SA] 85MD Bert Rosenberg [NSW] John O’Brien [NSW] Adrian Alle [QLD] Bert Barwick [NSW] 35WD Monika Biernat [POL] Danijela Mijic [VIC] Vanessa Kovac [NSW] Mel Legend [NSW] 45WD Kerryn Cyprien [QLD] Karen Pearce [QLD] Ricki Deutsche-Watson [QLD] Wanda Howes [VIC] 55WD Brenda Foster [NSW] Jill Meggs [VIC] Michelle Hill [VIC] Judy Kozac [WA] 60WD Rosemary Everett [VIC] Fiona Walker [VIC] Judy Buzza [VIC]