TENNIS SENIORS ACT INC WINTER ISSUE JUNE 2016 PREFACE Twilight Doubles Pennant Winners VETSET is the newsletter of Tennis Sen- iors ACT Incorporated. However the views expressed in the newsletter are not necessarily those of the committee. Membership fees for 2016/17 are due on 1 July - only $20. A membership form can be found on page 12 or on the web- site. The 2015/16 Committee comprises: President Pat Moloney (6262 3727) Vice President Graham Smith (6161 5352) Secretary Gail Jones (6254 4240) Treasurer Peter Breugelmans (6258 4261) Asst Secretary Kerry Scarlett (6291 5233) Committee John Greenup (6254 5263) The winners - Kerry Scarlett, Graeme Ainsworth, Leonie Ainsworth, Cameron Colin Lyons (0434 531 449) Steele with Vice President Graham Smith and their winnings. Full story page 8. Barbara McCluskey (6241 4402) Warren Muller (6231 0825) Annual General Meeting Website: www.tennisseniors.org.au/act The Tennis Seniors AGM will be held on Wednesday 7 September at 6.00pm, venue to be advised. Mark this date in your diary. Inside Page President’s Report 2 Vacancy for President and Secretary Charity Day 2 Alzheimer’s Australia ACT 2 Pat Moloney and Gail Jones are not standing for re-election as President and Secre- Adelaide 2017 (SA17) 3 tary at the AGM. They consider they have been there long enough and it is time 2016 World Young Seniors 3 for someone else to take over the positions and bring in some new thoughts and Tributes 4,5 ideas into the Committee. Further information can be obtained from Gail. Pat is Visitors from NZ 5 currently away on holidays and returning mid-August. How Embarrassing 5 Easter Tournament 6 Easter Tournament Results 7 Sunday Round Robin Tournaments 8 Membership fees due Twilight Pennant 8 Welcome to New Members 8 A friendly reminder that your Senior Tennis Tournaments 9,10,11 membership fees for TSACT 2016/17 ACT Calendar 11 for 2016/17 are due on 1 July. Country/Interstate Calendar 11 Still only $20. Membership Form 12 A membership form can be Closing date for September Vetset found on page 12. Monday 15 August 2016 Why’s Barb still slaving over a [email protected] hot barbeque - see page 5 and our NZ visitors PRESIDENT’S REPORT by Pat Moloney At the time of writing this report the pleasant social day and I would like to way to supporting and helping Tennis weather has been perfect for playing thank Barbara McCluskey and Gail Seniors ACT. One I would like to ac- tennis. Anzac Day has come and gone Jones for organising the day. Also the knowledge is Mick Doyle for the con- and it has not turned cold. Maybe there players who came along and played. tributions he made to TSACT and the is climate change! Hopefully we should That night was a dinner at the South- assistance in the re-establishment of the be taking advantage of the fine weather ern Cross Club Jamison and the fol- Easter Championships. Tributes to to continue our enjoyment of tennis. lowing day a tour of Canberra. All in these members can be found on pages 4 all a successful tennis relations gath- and 5. In the last three months our main com- ering. petition has been the Easter Tourna- Finally I would also like to remind ment, the completion of the popular From 19-24 June TSACT will have members our AGM will be held on Twilight competition and the monthly two players competing in the World Wednesday 7 September at 6:00pm at a Sunday Round Robins. The results and Seniors Teams Championships in venue to be decided. All positions are reports for these competitions are de- Helsinki in Australian teams. TSACT declared vacant so if anyone is inter- tailed elsewhere in this edition of Vet- congratulates Narelle Raftery (W50 ested in coming onto the committee fur- set. Maria Bueno Cup) and Ros Balodis ther information can be obtained from (W55 Maureen Connelly Cup) on se- Gail Jones (I will be on holidays). Even On 15 April we hosted a group of 13 lection in those teams. We wish them if you don’t want to be on the commit- New Zealand tennis players. These both good luck. tee come along and get a first hand ac- were part of a tennis group who tour count of the year and ask questions of and play tennis in different parts of Sadly over the last three months we the committee. Australia each year. This year one of have lost five members. All of these their stopovers was Canberra. It was a members contributed in their own Happy tennising. Charity Day Tournament Alzheimer’s Australia Each year the Tennis ACT Mid Week Australia ACT (a patchwork quilt), ACT and Dementia Ladies hold a Charity Day Tournament Hesta (a coffee maker), Thelma Win- Alzheimer’s Australia ACT provides to raise funds for a nominated charity. roe (a silk scarf), Janet Bruce (a bottle information, advice, support, advocacy This year it was held on Thursday 5 of wine and a voucher from Ricardos and education for the thousands of Can- May for Alzheimer’s Australia ACT. in Jamieson), Lambert’s Vineyards (2 berrans, their families and carers living Barbara McCluskey and Anne Haycock dozen bottles of wine), Merrin Hunter with dementia. Their vision is commit- had finally handed over the reins to (framed calligraphy), Ainslie Football ted to the prevention of dementia while Helen Greenup and her team although Club ($100 dollars in meal vouchers) valuing and supporting people living both were there to assist and make sure and Lyn Robbins (a bottle of wine). with dementia. things ran smoothly. The winner on the day was Alz- Dementia is the term used to describe More on Alzheimer’s Australia ACT heimer’s Australia ACT with $1670 the symptoms of a large group of ill- and dementia can be found on page 2 . being handed over to them. This was nesses which cause a progressive de- the second year in a row that the la- The ladies appear to be able to pick cline in a person’s functioning. It is a dies have raised at least $1600 for a their days. It was another perfect au- broad term used to describe a loss of charity. Well done ladies. A late tumn’s day – sunny and little wind. 53 memory, intellect, rationality, social donation from Weston Creek Tennis players, a little lower than previous skills and physical functioning. There Club has brought the total to $1935. years, supported the tournament playing are many types of dementia including either ladies, mens or mixed doubles in Back to the tennis, the winners were Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia, a round robin format at Belconnen and fronto temporal dementia and dementia Mixed Doubles Group A (Belc) – Melba Tennis Clubs. These clubs do- with Lewy Bodies. Dementia can hap- Linda Valente/Neville Rodwell nated their courts for the morning. pen to anybody but is more common Mixed Doubles Group B (Belc) – TSACT donated the balls. after the age of 65. Lynette Sebbens/Don Masters Afterwards all the players gathered at Ladies Doubles (Melba) – Maureen There are more than 353,800 Austra- Belconnen Tennis Club for a sausage Lancaster/Robyn Bailey lians living with dementia. Without a sizzle accompanied by a variety of sal- Ladies Doubles Group A (Belc) – medical breakthrough, the number of ads provided by the ladies and washed Merrin Hunter/Sandra Roughton people with dementia is expected to down with a glass of wine donated by Ladies Doubles Group B (Belc) – increase to 400,000 in less than 5 years Lamberts Vineyards in Wamboin. Hilary Harris/Wendy Whitten-Trunz and to be almost 900,000 by 2050. De- Thanks go to the Hawker Butchery for a Mens Doubles (Melba) – Anthony mentia is the second leading cause of very good rate on the sausages and to Connell/Bill Scott. death in Australia and there is no cure. Michael Wootton, the Office Manager On average symptoms of dementia are The major prize winners in the raffle at Alzheimer’s Australia ACT for vol- noticed by families three years before a were Karenn Layne (the patchwork unteering to cook 140 sausages. firm diagnosis is made. quilt) and Di Alford (coffee maker). Money was also raised through a raffle Researchers are currently investigating with prizes donated by Alzheimer’s a number of aspects of (cont on page 5) Page 2 Adelaide 2017 (SA17) Australian Teams Carnival January 8-13, 2017 Australian Individual Championships January 15-20, 2017 A new and dedicated website on Adelaide, accommodation and play- now gives you all the informa- ing locations. Further news items will tion and updates you need , be added. Take time to have a look! The Organising Committee of http://www.tsac2017.org.au/ SA17 under the Chairmanship of Ron Russo has been hard at Nominations for ACT teams will be work to ensure that they de- called for later in the year. However if liver another great event in you are interested you should be plan- January. This includes devel- ning your holiday and accommodation oping a dedicated website that now. If you didn’t take up the good gives you the opportunity to rates offered to Graham Smith at the direct queries to them, and also Chifley on South Terrace, check out the provides updated information new website. It has some suggestions. 2016 World Young Seniors Teams and Individual Championships, The 2016 World Young Seniors Teams Young Seniors show’ written by Clive a moment regretted the loss of revenue. and Individual Championships were White Videc apparently took the inspiration held in Umag in Croatia from 1-14 for his 3500-seater design from the old May.