TENNIS SENIORS ACT INC SUMMER ISSUE DECEMBER 2018

PREFACE

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 2018/19 were due

on 1 July - only $20. A membership

form can be found on the website. ……………….

The 2018/19 Committee comprises:

President

Graham Smith (6161 5352)

Vice President

Pat Moloney (6262 3727)

Secretary

Warren Muller (6231 0825)

Treasurer

Peter Breugelmans (6258 4261)

Committee

John Greenup (6254 5263)

Tim Harris (6231 3642)

Gail Jones (6254 4240)

Colin Lyons (0434 531 449)

Barbara McCluskey (6241 4402)

Robert Pragt (6242 6897) Bronwyn Thomas (0410 730 808)

Website: www.tennisseniors.org.au/act

Inside Page

President’s Report 2

Christmas Dinner 2

Workshop 2

Hall of Fame Inductees 2

Shepparton 2019 3

ACT Teams for Shepparton` 3

Welcome to New Members 3

Helen Wins Gold 4

ACT Resident Championships 4

Surprises and World Titles 5

Tributes-Graham Hedgecoe, Richard

Parker 6

I wear Silver so it was Fitting 7

Wall of Fame 2018 Inductees 7

Pan Pacific Masters Games 8

Sunday Round Robinn Tournaments 9

Young and Super Senior World Titles 9

Orange 9

State and Country Results 10-11

2018-19 Calendar 12

Closing date for March Vetset

Friday 8 February 2019

jgreenup@bigpond.net.au

Congratulations to Helen Holcombe on

winning a gold medal at the Super Sen-

iors World Titles held at Umag in

Croatia. Helen and her German partner

Reinhilde Adams had never played

together before. It was a chance pair-

ing. For the full story, go to page 4.

Hall of Fame

The TSA Executive is delighted to

announce the creation of the Australia

Seniors Tennis Players Hall of Fame,

to be launched at our Presentation

Dinner to be held Friday 11th January

2019 in Shepparton. A player is

deemed eligible for induction into the

Hall of Fame based on a formula that

takes account of performance at

World and Australian Championships

in singles, doubles and mixed. While

there have been many Australians to

have won World Titles, only 12 have

made the initial entry into the Hall of

Fame. List is on page 2

Ros Balodis is one of the 12 to be

inducted. Congratulations Ros.

Success at World Titles

2008 aged 94.

He is remem-

bered as a

gentleman, a

great family

man, an ex-

ceptional ad-

min i s t ra to r ,

groundsman

and a leading

all round ten-

nis player.

An iconic

Canberran in

all facits of life. See page 7 for more on

these two icons.

Walk of Fame

Two of our past members were in-

ducted into the Tennis ACT Walk of

Fame – Bruce Larkham and Charles

Boag. The awards were presented on

15 September at the Tennis ACT

Awards Presentation.

E s t a b -

lished in

2016, the

T e n n i s

ACT Walk

of Fame

h o n o u r s

t h o s e

w h o s e

e x c e p -

tional con-

t r i b u t i o n

h a s

brought recognition and esteem to

them and to tennis in the Australian

Capital Territory.

All of Bruce’s family down to the

grand children were there to see

Bruce except the award. The grand

children sat attentively listening to all

the things their grandfather had

achieved.

Charles’son Tom and granddaughter

Maxime accepted the award. On be-

half of the family. Charles died in

TACT Annual Awards

The Tennis ACT Annual Awards were

presented on 15 September. Ros Ba-

lodis received the Award for the Most

Outstanding 35+ Tennis Senior for her

performances both in Australia and

overseas.

Page 2

President’s Report by Graham Smith

2018 is coming to a close, so welcome

to our last Vetset for 2018.

Once again John Greenup has done an

excellent publication. Thank you John.

Congratulations to all our members who

have travelled far and wide to senior

tournaments in NSW, Queensland and

Victoria to represent ACT Seniors. We

continue to see great results and many

of our players are gaining confidence

and experience as well as ACT camara-

derie.

Our local International Tennis Federa-

tion (ITF) Easter Tournament is the

highlight of the year of course attracting

players from all states of Australia and

some overseas countries and I encour-

age you all to participate and keep this

event a success for us.

Monthly social tournaments are a good

event for introducing new players to

senior’s tennis so let’s see how many

more new players we can attract.

Ros Balodis and Narelle Raftery have

achieved World Success again. Narelle

captained the Maureen Connolly Cup

(women’s 55’s) in the ITF World

Teams Championships held in Ger-

many. They lost to Germany in the

final. That’s what we call a home team

advantage so congratulations to Austra-

lia.

Ros was Captain of the Alice Marble

Cup (60’s) which took out the Gold

Medal. A great result. Helen and

Greg Holcombe travelled to Croatia to

play in the Super Senior Individual

events. Helen had success winning the

Ladies 65 doubles playing with a new

partner.

We have 4 ladies teams and 6 men’s

teams representing ACT Seniors at the

2019 Australian Tennis Seniors Carni-

val being held at Shepparton in Janu-

ary. This is one team up on last year

when we all travelled to Gold Coast.

The committee would like to wish all

teams well at Shepparton and also to

those players who will be playing in

the individuals the following week.

Take note that training is essential as

this is a five day tournament in Janu-

ary heat and humidity and we don’t

want any casualties.

Anyone still wanting to attend the

Christmas Dinner at the Yowani Golf

Club on the 8th December 2018 7pm

for 7.30pm need to let me know by

the 28th November. Tickets for com-

plimentary drinks will be available on

arrival. The Frank Thornton and

George Henshilwood awards and the

Venezuela Cups will be presented

during the evening and we have lucky

door prizes. Please come and cele-

brate with us.

This year we sadly said goodbye to

five of our former and current mem-

bers - Jack Fahy, Sue Boag, Graham

Hedgecoe, Judy Hynes and Richard

(Dick) Parker.

In concluding I would like to thank

the committee and everybody who has

helped out in some way to make our

events run smoothly during 2018. I

greatly appreciate the support I have

around me in keeping seniors tennis a

great way to maintain good health and

relationships.

On behalf of the committee I wish all

members and families a Merry Christ-

mas and a Happy New Year 2019. Workshop

Representatives from TSA and Tennis

Australia met in September to collabo-

rate playing opportunities, tournaments,

administration and future projects. Im-

portantly, discussions centred around

both senior performance players as well

as ways to grow tennis participation and

social play of adult/seniors across the

country.

To gain further insights from the field

and tap into the considerable knowledge

in each State/Territory a workshop is

planned for 10 December. With an

aging population and tennis being a

game you play for life – proactively

planning the future for Seniors Tennis

will be important for sport as a whole.

Christmas

Dinner

7.00 for 7.30pm

Saturday

8 December

YOWANI

COUNTRY CLUB

455 Northbourne

Ave, Lyneham

Pre-dinner drinks will

be available from

7.00pm

Lucky door prizes

Come and Celebrate

$45 per person

Presentation

of

Frank Thornton Player

of the Year

George Henshilwood

Award

Venezueala Cups

If you want to go

contact Graham Smith

ph 61615352 or

mobile 0407208209

or email bgsmith5352@gmail.com

by Wednesday

5 December

Door prizes donated by

Murrays Coaches;

U&Co Café,Kaleen

Supa Express, Kaleen

and the Alergy Centre,

Jamison

Hall of Fame Inductees (cont from page1)

The 12 inductees are

Elizabeth Allan,

Kerry Ballard,

Ros Balodis,

Glenn Busby,

Carol Campling,

Peter Froelich,

Bob Howes,

Robert McCarthy,

Andrew Rae,

Beverley Rae

Margaret Robinson,

Margaret Wayte

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Tennis Seniors ACT

welcomes the follow-

ing new members:

Gary Thomas

Keith Olds

Tony Reidy

William Henman

Maria Adams

Ian Bottcher

Andrea Sheather

The Niagara Therapy Australian Seniors Teams and Individual

Championships - Shepparton 2019

Niagara Therapy are again sponsoring

the Australian Seniors Teams Carnival

and Individual Championships hosted

by Tennis Seniors NSW on the grass

courts of Shepparton in Victoria. The

Teams Carnival will run from 7-11

January 2019 with the Opening Cere-

mony and practice on 6 January. The

Individual Championships will run

from 13-18 January 2019.

The ACT has nominated 10 teams - 4

ladies and 6 mens. Overall 88 teams

have been nominated, - 37 ladies and 51

mens. Included are 5 teams from New

Zealand and one from Malaysia

Each team is normally allocated a court

and a one hour time slot for practice on

Sunday 6 January. Further information

will be passed to team members when

the allocations are available.

Opening Ceremony

The Teams Carnival starts with the

Opening Ceremony at 5.00pm on Sun-

day 6 January at the Shepparton Show-

ground, cnr Thompson Street and Mid-

land Highway. State uniforms should

be worn. If you wish to go to the drinks

and nibbles after the Ceremony you will

need to get your tickets beforehand

from www.92computing.

com.au/socialevents. The cost is

$15.00. A courtesy bus will be avail-

able from the Shepparton Tennis Club.

to the Opening Ceremony if needed.

All ACT team members must play in

the ACT uniform. If you do not have

the uniform, please contact Peter

Breugelmans (ph 6258 4261) for the

men’s shirts or Betty Smith {ph 6161

5352) for the ladies uniform urgently.

Courts and facilities

For the Teams Carnival, the 22 grass

courts at the Shepparton Lawn Tennis

Club, along with some grass courts at

Mooroopna will be used

A draw for the week and court loca-

tions will be in the Carnival booklet in

your Carnival bag which you collect at

your practice session on the Sunday.

The draw is also likely to be available

on the 92computing website prior to the

Carnival.

ACT Teams Dinner

The ACT State Dinner will be on Mon-

day 7 January at 7.30pm at the Cellar

47, 170 High Street, Shepparton. The

cost will be $50 person payable on the

night. Drinks are not included but

will be available at bar prices.

Presentation Dinner Dance

The Teams Carnival Dinner will be

held at 7.00pm on Friday 11 January

at the Riverlinks Function Centre, 70

Welsford Street, Shepparton. The

cost is $65 per person for a 3 course

meal, and a live band. Bookings

s h o u l d b e m a d e o n

www.92computing.com.au. Lets see a

few tables from the ACT.

Happy Hours

Tennis Seniors Australia are offering

free drinks on the Wednesday nights

of both weeks from 6.30-8.30pm.on

Wednesday 9 January and 5.00-

7.00pm on Wednesday 16 January.

Beer, wine, bubbly and soft drinks are

included.

Night at the Races

On the Saturday night between the

Teams’ week and the Championships,

12 August, Shepparton Harness Rac-

ing Club have offered Tennis Seniors

and Officials a night at the Shepparton

Gold Cup Racing Event. Cost will be

just $30 per head which includes a meal

and guest speaker, admission, race

book, live music and courtesy bus pick-

ing up from hotel accommodation.

In order to book this Event we need to

let them know in advance how many

people will be attending so that they can

erect a marquee for us at their expense.

The marquee would be erected along

the front straight. If you are interested,

contact Robyn Castle, Secretary

TSNSW on 0400 389 234 or Mick

B r u t o n o r E l a i n e o n

m.bruton@bigpond.com.

Individual Championships

The Individual Championships will be

played at the Shepparton Lawn Tennis

Club during the second week (Sunday

13 January to Friday 18 January). En-

tries close on 31 December.

Mens 60(1)

Tim Harris ©

Greg Hunt

Greg Gorge

Dale Brooker

Graeme Ainsworth

Mens 60(2)

Warren Muller

Bill Henman

Doug Williamson

Ross Finlay ©

Costa Kounnas

Mens 65(1)

Greg Holcombe

Graeme Rossiter

Graham Smith ©

Neil Lynch

Alan Wilmshurst

Mens 65(2)

Don Masters ©

Bill Scott

Nic Kuring (Qld)

Malcolm Starr (NSW)

Ian Chappel (NSW)

Womens 50

Peta Hoff

Thelma Winroe

Lynette Sebbens©

Karen McLennan

Karen Jamison

Margaret Sellwood

Womens 60

Ros Balodis

Helen Holcombe ©

Leonie Ainsworth

Linda Valente

Christine Jarrett

Sue Willis

Womens 65

Betty Smith ©

Leonie Southwell

Janet Bruce

Valerie Gavin

Marilyn Walter

Daphne Kennedy

Womens 65(1)

Helen Greenup

Julie Howe ©

Merle Coutes

Sue Cowie

Helen MacDuff

Rosa Cotta - Malaysia

ACT Teams

Mens 70

John Greenup

Pat Moloney ©

Frank Marris

Terry Walker

Kerry Scarlett

Mens 75

David Sprott ©

David Coutts

Peter Breugelmans

Keith Olds

Robert Read

David Burke

Norm Clements with

NSW 80(2)

Page 4

No pain no gain is a phrase we've all

heard as the pathway for champions.

Well in Helen Holcombe's case it was

receiving a Greg Holcombe propelled

volley (he claims unintentional) from

point blank range into the nose the day

before they left Australia for the World

Super Seniors Championships in Croa-

tia.

This was after Helen had put in a hard 6

months preparation of hitting and play-

ing singles events. The nose was not

broken but certainly battered to such an

extent that it bled copiously in airport

lounges and in hotel rooms en route.

Luckily Greg and Helen had planned a

week's sightseeing in Italy and Slovenia

beforehand and the nose bleeds had

stopped by the time the tournament

began.

Helen and Greg enroute to Umag

Another setback occurred when Helen's

pocket (or handbag) was picked in Slo-

venia, losing all her cards and a large

amount of cash. This shouldn't deter

anyone from visiting Slovenia - it's a

marvellous country but after the initial

letdown of losing all her possessions,

this incident may have helped to fuel

her hunger for a win on the tennis court.

After an eventful build-up Greg and

Helen finally reached their destination -

Umag, Croatia - a beautiful town set on

the Adriatic coast. It is a town of two

parts - the old medieval town dating

from 10th century and the resort section

of hotels and sporting facilities (mainly

tennis courts), scattered along the coast-

line. The main tennis venue hosts sev-

eral ITF tournaments during the year -

Croatia's answer to Melbourne Park.

The other big centre was a new training

facility for Croatian tennis stars - 12

outdoor courts and 6 indoor courts.

Helen Wins Gold by Greg and Helen Holcombe

Some small local tennis clubs were

also used for matches. And of course

every match was on red European

clay - a baseliner's paradise.

Another factor feeding Helen's hunger

was an unlucky loss in a first round

mixed doubles with Greg. They were

one set and 5/3 up in the second and

somehow found themselves in a 10

point tie breaker dog fight. Unfortu-

nately Greg received an unplayable

bad bounce on match point after an

enthralling 2 3/4 hour match. That

pair made it to the final, saying that

Greg and Helen were the toughest

pair they played all week.

Helen's frustrating loss in the singles

to a dropshot expert, Rosemary Wil-

son (UK) merely fanned the flame for

a more determined effort in the dou-

bles.

Greg, on the other hand, by winning a

singles match in 65 Men's singles,

kept his World singles ranking of 555

intact. In ITF parlance this is called

"defending your points."

The chance pairing of Helen with an

affable German Reinhilde Adams in

65 Women's doubles proved a god-

send. A first up walkover against a

lowly ranked pair was a nuisance as

Helen and Reinhilde had never played

together before.

They were thrown into the deep end

in the next round against the No 2

seeds, the top ranked German who

teamed with America's No 1 player.

Somehow Helen and Reinhilde

clicked. Helen's active net play was

complimented by Reinhilde's steady

groundshots. No dropshot or lob was

irretrievable for the fleet of foot pair.

The necessity of getting their noses

(one slightly battered) in front and

keeping it there for the entire two set

match was a winning strategny.

The semifinal was against British

pair, Pauline Fisher and Shirley Fox -

a very good doubles combination who

had won World titles before. Some-

how the scratch pair turned a first set

loss and 2/4 deficit into a 3rd set tie-

breaker triumph through plenty of

guts and determination. Their British

opponents were shaking their heads

afterwards, saying "how did that hap-

pen?"

The final was against another UK

pairing of Rosemary Wilson who had

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beaten Helen in the singles and the top

ranked British player, Marjorie Love.

Played in the Centre court stadium, with

names up in lights and the scores being

posted on screen by a central umpire, it

was hard not to be overcome by the

occasion. A few unlucky errors and

missed opportunities saw the first set

slip by but decisive volleying and a

determined strategy brought about a

second set win and then a runaway 3rd

set tie break victory.

Well all that hunger deserved a good

drink! The irony was that there were no

alcohol outlets at the courts to celebrate

the World title win. And Helen and

Greg had to leave promptly to catch a

plane to China to see their son and

granddaughter. But fortunately there

have been plenty of celebrations since

back in Canberra.

Helen and Reinhildeon on the left of

their opposition

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Surprises and World Titles by Ros and Juris Balodis

There were quite a few surprises in our

trip to the ITF World Seniors this year,

but some things remained the same.

We arrived in Frankfurt, Germany on 7

August to a heatwave. Our hotel room

was stifling, the hotel restaurant and

lobby were not much better. We had

previously travelled to Germany for the

ITF World Seniors in 2003. The hotel

breakfasts this time were just as fabu-

lous as in 2003.

We stayed 2 nights in Frankfurt before

taking the train to Ulm. Ulm is a town

on the Danube River and is about 120

km north west of Munich.

The first surprise was that the German

train system wasn’t as meticulously

organised as we remembered. Our train

wasn’t waiting at the designated plat-

form, but the train on the next platform

appeared to be identified as our train

number. When we got on this train and

found our seats, they were already oc-

cupied by a family of 5. After much

effort, Juris found a staff member and

although the family appeared to have

valid tickets, they should have been

sitting in Coach 12 but Coach 12 had

unfortunately not been added to the

train.

On reaching Ulm, the next surprise was

that it was summer holidays and many

residents had left town, including the

restauranteurs. Most of Juris’s care-

fully chosen restaurants were closed for

the next few weeks.

As usual our competition, the Alice

Marble Cup (Women’s 60s), was rele-

gated to the secondary venue. Fortu-

nately, that suited us just fine. Our

hosts at Tennisklub Ulm and SSV Ulm

1846 were very welcoming, served

great food and drinks, and the courts

were good. Our hotel, the Maritim Ho-

tel Ulm, was an easy 450 metres walk

from the venue, so we didn’t have to

rely on the tennis transport system. The

main venue was in Neu-Ulm at the TSV

Pfuhl Tennis and NTK Blau-Weiss

clubs about a 2km walk away.

Ros did not have much experience of

being in a team with the other Aussie

Alice Marble team members: Lyn

Mortimer, Suzy Ellis, and Judy Buzza.

Judy and Ros had never been in the

same Aussie team. In 2006, Suzy and

Ros had been in the same Aussie team

and finished second to the USA. In

2008, Lyn and Ros had been in the

same Aussie team and finished second

to the USA.

Our team played well to defeat

Finland, Austria, Germany, and Great

Britain and made the final against

USA. We split the singles and it

came to a deciding doubles, Ros and

Lyn versus Carolyn Nichols and

Susan Wright.

We took a 3/1 lead in the first set, but

they fought back to lead 5/3. The

clouds started to come over and rain

was threatening. Our shots started

dropping in and we won 7/5. In the

second set we led 3/1 again, only to

see it go to 3 all. USA had a game

point for 4/3, a backhand drive from

Susan Wright teetered on the top of

the net before falling back. We

pushed for home with some aggres-

sive play and took the set 6/3.

So at last Lyn, Suzy, Judy and Ros

had combined to win a Teams event

over USA. The rain cascaded down

10 minutes after the finish of our

match, so we raced inside to a won-

derful celebration along with our main

supporters Juris and Ray Bray.

Another surprise was that the ITF had

purchased new silver platters to be the

trophy for each Seniors Cup. Hence

we were the inaugural winners of the

silver platter for the Alice Marble

Cup.

We were also surprised in the Teams

week by the fun to be had in a Ger-

man beer hall. The Official Dinner

for the Teams week was held in a

marquee at the main tennis venue and

was set up as a German beer hall with

pilsener, pork knuckle, German sau-

sage and a band encouraging loud

singing.

The Individuals competition started

on Saturday 18 August and matches

were played at both the Neu-Ulm and

Ulm venues. It was pleasant walk

from the Maritim Hotel to Neu-Ulm

beside the Danube but hard work

when carrying a large racquet bag.

The weather turned cold and drizzling

for the last 2 days of the Individuals.

Ros lost in the Women’s 60 singles to

ex highly ranked tour player Regina

Marsikova. On the last day, Ros and

Leanne Swaysland waited all day in

the cold for their court to be available

for the Women's 55 Doubles final. It

rained on and off throughout the day

and their match was finally moved to

another court around 3pm and they

started in the drizzle. Leanne’s shoul-

der gave way at 1 all in the first set,

which was an agonising way to end our

campaign.

Ros appreciated the assistance of Ten-

nis Seniors ACT. Thank you to the

members for your continued support.

We really enjoyed our trip to Germany.

The main thing that hadn’t changed

since our last trip was that the organis-

ers put a lot of effort into making sure

the event was about the players and

ensuring the tennis and functions were

enjoyed by all.

Ulm Cathedral above and new and old

art in Old Ulmy below

Page 6

1970. He came to Canberra in 1972

with wife Wendy and two of his three

children.

They joined the Reid Tennis Club and

Dick soon became the Vice President, a

position he was to hold for 15 years.

Reid had few members in those days

and Flora; the Parker’s dog had to make

a quorum at some meetings.

Dick played 1B pennant in Canberra for

many years. The Parkers were inaugu-

ral members at Kippax Tennis Club.

On retirement Dick organised a happy

group of gents who have played there

ever since during the week.

Richard joined the Vets (or Seniors as

they are called today) in the late seven-

ties. He played his first Australian

Teams Championships in Melbourne in

1981 in the mens 40’s team with Peter

Purdy, Kurt Masur and George Scott.

He then played in the Australian Teams

Championships regularly until 2010. In

1997 in a division two 60’s team at the

Gold Coast he was devastated when his

team lost the final by one game. Espe-

cially as his wife, Wendy was in the

Magical Champagne Kids team which

won their section. All was forgotten in

2010 again at the Gold Coast when his

70’s division two team won.

He served on the Seniors Committee

from 1991 to 1994. He was Director of

Transport in 1995 when Canberra

hosted the Australian Teams Champi-

onships. He was a consultant for Trans-

port when we hosted the Champion-

ships again 2002. - cont on page 7

Tributes - Graham Hedgecoe and Richard Parker

Graham Robert Hedgecoe

22 January1939 to 22 June 2018

This tribute has drawn on past editions

of Vetset

Graham died on 22 June, aged 78. He

had been a member of TSACT for over

20 years first joining in 1996. He was

survived by his wife of 51 years, Betty

and their children. "One of nature's true

gentlemen".

Graham was a regular supporter of the

Thursday tournaments and over the

years took home a number of bottles of

wine. He was often reported in Vetset

by Ken Sharp as winning multiple bot-

tles of wine over a three month period.

He got close to winning the Ken Sharp

Cup in 2003 finishing 6th.

Graham only played in two Australian

Teams Carnivals. He played in a 65's

team in 2005 in Newcastle with David

Burke, Richard Parker, Ralph Peters,

Robert Read and Keith Simm. Then in

2010 on the Gold Coast he was in a

winning 70's team again with

Ralph, Robert, Colin Power, Rich-

ard and David – left to right in pic-

ture.

He also supported the Twilight Pen-

nant and along with Betty was often

winner 70 +men seen at the Christ-

mas and 80th Birthday Dinners

Richard Stanley Gilchrist Parker

27 November 1935 to 8 October

2018

. This tribute has drawn on Anne Hay-

cock’s eulogy from the Celebration of

Richard’s life and the summary of his

life from the 80th Birthday celebration

in 2015.

Richard also known as Dick by many

of his tennis friends, died peacefully

overnight on Monday 8 October 2018,

aged 82. Dick was a long-time mem-

ber having joined the Vets in the late

seventies.

As Dick said at the senior’s recogni-

tion of his 80th birthday “it’s not about

what I’ve done for tennis, but rather

what tennis has done for me!” But he

spent a lifetime at it.

Dick started playing tennis in Syd-

ney’s Eastern Suburbs when he was

14. He was captain of the Randwick

Boys High School 1st Grade team. He

played Badge in Sydney from 1960 to

left to right - the win-

ning ACT 70 mens team

on the Gold Coast in

2010 -

Ralph Peters, Robert

Read, Graham Hedgecoe,

Col Power, Richard

Parker and David Burke

Page 7

Bruce Larkham held an outstanding

playing history, becoming the first

Canberran to travel to Europe to play

competitively. Successful in tourna-

ments in England, Holland, Switzer-

land, Austria and Germany, Bruce

also played in the Wimbledon qualify-

ing singles and mixed doubles main

draw.

In addition to his playing credentials

Bruce had a highly successful coach-

ing career for 32 years in Canberra.

He coached his two sons, Brent and

Todd, along with Alun Jones and

Amanda Grahame with all four hav-

ing tennis careers reaching the

world’s top 160.

Bruce had an imposing record in the

Seniors at home and overseas repre-

senting Australia. Bruce was very

competitive but enjoyed his tennis.

Just pop into the Narooma Tennis

Club on a Thursday evening - that big

forehand is still around.

I wear silver, so it was fitting! By Narelle Raftery

lucky and got one of the byes so we

were in the Semis’ against Italy.

Brenda played a great but tough 3

setter and put us 1 rubber up. I was so

conscious of the captaincy things I

had to do instead of the actual tennis,

that just before I was due to go on, I

realised I didn’t bring my skirt. Yay

me! Some running around found me

wearing (but fitting into) Brenda’s

spare skirt. I lost a tough 3 setter as

well so we were one all. Brenda and

Leanne closed it out with a solid win

in the doubles. We were through to

the Gold medal round.

We were into the final against the

home team Germany. Fantastic team

of women and hell-bent on taking

their revenge on us in front of the home

crowd. That they did. They deserved

the gold, no question. Both Brenda and

I lost the singles to give them the title.

Ahh, sweet revenge as we had beaten

them the year before and got the gold.

Lesson learnt, don’t be captain, practice

and play on clay more and have a sup-

port crew. Maybe next time that will all

come together.

However, the Championships was cer-

tainly one of the best run and the cere-

monies both opening and closing were

just right.

The only thing left was the long haul

h o m e . M a d e i t . U n t i l n e x t

time…………………

Fred Perry Cup team l-r Dereck Ar-

thurs, Fred Perry, Bruce Burns and

Bruce Larkham

Dick and Wendy went on tennis tours to

New Zealand and supported John Casey

safaris.

He was a regular Thursday Tournament

and Twilight player. He went to coun-

try tournaments such as Mildura,

Merimbula, Grenfell and Cowra just to

name a few. He always played the

Easter Tournament back in the day.

Anne fondly remembered in about 1996

when Pauline Honeyman, Fay Richard-

son and Anne went to Mildura with

Dick and Chris Hall and some others.

We were there for tennis! It was de-

cided we must try this famous Italian

Restaurant at the Grand Hotel. Being

the athletes we were it was decided we

should walk home afterwards. It was

quite a distance. Dick and Anne being

the athletes they got a cab. Others got

blisters which hampered their perform-

ance

Anne always thought of Dick as a fine

gentleman with an interesting unusual

sense of humour. Richard Stanley Gil-

christ Parker, you’ve fought a torrid

battle over recent years. You can rest in

peace knowing you’ve had a good life

and an impact on many.

Game, set and match.

Tributes (cont from page 6).

I was fortunate to be selected for the

2018 Maureen Connolly Cup Australian

Team, to play in the World Champion-

ships in Ulm, Germany.

I spent a few days in Hong Kong on the

way over. The walking, the heat and the

love was hopefully a good prelude to

Germany.

It is a long haul and I caught buses,

planes and trains and then car but ar-

rived at the Orange Hotel in Ulm. And

Yes, it was orange!

Germany and most of Europe had been

experiencing heat wave conditions and

it didn’t let me down. So much for the

nice mild conditions I was hoping for!

The orange Hotel doesn’t have air con-

ditioning or fans but do have underfloor

heating.

Anyway, onto the tennis. We got a

good draw. Our round matches were

against Sweden and Denmark. All the

team got to play as we completed our

pool in 1st position. The quarter finals

were done by lucky draw and we were

Charles Boag, who was better known as

Charles or Charlie, established himself

as one of the best players in the ACT

during the 1930’s.

Charles played a pivotal role in the de-

velopment of Reid Tennis Club, manag-

ing the refurbishment and maintenance

along with establishing and upkeeping

the gardens. Charles was the Secretary

for several years, becoming President

for 12 years and being made a Life

Member.

Charles also served as President and

Vice-President of the ACT Lawn Ten-

nis Association from 1952 – 1963 and

was made an honorary life member. As

a senior player, he had a proud and suc-

cessful history of representing the ACT.

At the Senior level he did a lot of work

at Lyneham keeping the grounds and

gardens. He also found time to repre-

sent Australia at the World Titles.

The pair join previous inductees, Wally

M a s u r , K e i t h C a r n a l l , K e n

Willis, Alison Ide, and Ros Balodis.

Walk of Fame 2018 Inductees

1982 Britannia Cup team l-r Arthur

Matthews Bert Butler, Charles Boag

and John Prior

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Pan Pacific Masters Games by Sue Willis

These games were held on the Gold

Coast from 2-11 November.

The slogan was to ‘Play it, live it, love

it!’ And indeed we all did! A number

of players travelled to the Gold Coast to

participate along with fifteen thousand

others. There were representatives

from over 40 countries

and every state and ter-

ritory of Australia in

over 40 sports. Both

beginners and/or elite

athletes are encouraged

to participate. Feedback

from other players, sug-

gested that this year had

a higher standard of

competition than previ-

ous years. There was

also an increase of an

extra 30 per cent partici-

pation rate across all

sports.

The atmosphere at the

Gold Coast was positive

and full of energy!

Masters (both young

and old) were keen to

do battle and share their

love of their respective

sports. Some people

even participated in a

couple of sports!!!

The tennis venue at the

Miami Seniors Tennis

Club at Pizzey Park was

excellent with warm

and friendly volunteers.

The courts were in tip

top condition and the

bar and cafeteria well-stocked!! All

stock was well-tested by Canberra play-

ers!

Queensland was kind to us weather-

wise. We only had some drizzle on

one of the days, it was reliably beauti-

ful one day, perfect the next. The sea

breeze was often welcome!

Official events were held at the Enter-

tainment Centre. People from differ-

ent states enjoyed get togethers for

dinner at downtown Broadbeach.

Melbourne Cup Day was a well-

earned rest day to allow the aches and

pains to subside. Parties were also

held at players’ apartments as well as

a luncheon held at Pizzey Park.

Highlights of the results:

Our region scored well in the medal

tally. Please note our youngest repre-

sentative won Gold!

Dave Pruckner - GOLD in 50+ mens

doubles teams and bronze in 50+

mixed doubles teams;

Don Masters - silver in 65+ mens

doubles; and teams

Gloria Carr - silver in 65-69 ladies

singles and doubles;

Christine Jarrett - silver in the 50+ la-

dies double teams and bronze in the 50-

64 ladies singles and 60-64 ladies dou-

bles; and

Sue Willis - silver in the 55-64 ladies

singles and the 50+ ladies doubles

teams and bronze in the 100+ combined

ladies doubles and the 60-64 ladies dou-

bles.

The last day was the highlight with the

50+ Mixed teams events. Many a laugh

was had with the names of the teams eg

‘M&Ms’, ‘True Believers’, ‘Stilla

Boveground’, ‘Grass Masters’, the

‘Mixtures’ and’ the Old and the Beauti-

ful!’ M&Ms and the Grass Masters

fought it out to the bitter end with a

draw!. Unfortunately our Canberra

teams (True Believers and Stilla Bove-

ground) did not quite bring out enough

top drawer shots to edge them out.

However, next year will be a different

story!

I encourage all players who have the

opportunity to participate in this event..

Adelaide is the venue for 2019 followed

by the Gold Coast again in 2020. Great

friendships, great tennis and great exer-

cise! Thank you Queensland!

From left to right Peter French

(Adelaide), Dave Pruckner, Murray

Fitzclarence (Sale ), Mick Luke ( Long-

ford)

True Believers from left to right Ar-

lene Diaz (Guam), Christine Jarrett,

Sue Willlis and Brenda Simoenson

(NZ)

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Sunday Round Robins by Colin Lyons and Warren Muller

In perfect weather, we had 16 players

entered for our tournament on 28 Octo-

ber, chasing the big money on offer and

seeking a move up the ATP and WTP

rankings. Our numbers were boosted

by the fact that one of the Williams Cup

matches was cancelled.

In addition we had some new faces

which was welcome. Keith Olds, Ian

Boettcher and Amal Beeharry met our

very strict character reference require-

ments for entry and all played well.

Warren Muller was a late scratching on

doctor’s orders with a leg injury, ac-

quired from running up and down some

very steep sandhills at Merimbula.

We split the numbers into two groups of

eight each. Given that there were 10

men and 6 women, this necessitated two

‘honorary’ women being appointed for

the day.

Competition for the precious silverware

on offer was fierce. In Group A,

Amal and Don Masters were victori-

ous with 20 games from their 4 sets,

closely followed by Rochelle Hogan,

fresh from starring at Kiama with 19

games.

In Group B, Keith Olds was trium-

phant and has reputedly engaged a

merchant banker to invest his win-

nings. Tui Allison added to her tro-

phy cabinet and bank account in Swit-

zerland as runner-up on 19 games.

We had hoped to see the new faces

back in their sponsor’s colours at our

November tournament. This was not

to be as the November tournament

was cancelled due to insufficient en-

tries. This is a worrying trend as this

was the third tournament in 2018 can-

celled for this reason. The May and

September suffered the same fate.

Mens B grade - Colin Elliot

(Kenthurst), Greg Hunt, 27 Arthur Ol-

sen, Mick Bruton (Sydney) 27games.

Mixed A grade - Raelene Rudd, Ha-

drium Cullum 26, Katrina O’Callaghan,

Andrew Bartlett 25.

Mixed B grade - Chrissie Kjoller, Alan

Hubbard 38 Gordon Dunlop, Lindy

Crossley 33,; Sue Vaughan, Andrew

Lockwood 30, all from Orange.

The Orange Ex-Services Tennis Club

held its fourth Seniors Tennis Tourna-

ment from 15-16 September. There

were 47 entries with players coming

from all parts of NSW, Canberra and

included one entry from Melbourne,

who really looks forward in travelling

to Orange to play. Numbers were down

from previous years (75 in 2017) but

that didn’t ruin what turned out to be a

fantastic tournament.

The organizing match committee were

overwhelmed with the never-ending

compliments during the speeches, com-

menting about our club’s friendliness,

neat grounds with the brilliant display

of jonquils which are at their peak at

this time of year and also being a very

well run tournament.

One A grade player even went as far as

to say that she participates in many

tournaments and ours is her favourite.

Local Brangayne and Angullong wines

were presented as prizes at the conclu-

sion of each event. On Saturday night

we dined at the Ex- Services Club’s

Brasserie.

Many, many thanks to everyone who

helped out either with the organizing of

the tournament, doing the draws and

canteen and barbeque duties. This all

contributed to a very successful tourna-

ment.

The results were

Saturday American Doubles Ladies’ A grade- Joanne Adams, 32

games; Sue Willis 28 Cathie Long

(Sydney) 27.

Men’s A grade - Tim Harris 31;

Stuart Palmer (Bathurst) 30 Andrew

Bartlett (West Wyalong) 27

Ladies’ B grade - Stacey Markwick

Peel, 33; Janet Davenport (Orange),

30; Judy Hipsley (Lane Cove) 28.

Men’s B grade pool 1 - Greg Hunt,

30 Gary Potter (Sydney) Mick

Bruton (Sydney) 25

pool 2 - Colin Elliot

(Sydney) 29, Arthur Olsen (Sydney)

28 David Herring (Sandringham) 27

Sunday Ladies, Mens and Mixed

Doubles Ladies A grade - Betty Smith,

Joanne Adams, 24 Robyn Castle

(Sydney) Sue Willis, 16 Janet Dav-

enport and Lindy Crossley (Orange),

15.

Mens A grade - Hadrian Cullum

(Long Jetty), Long Jetty,Glen Arm-

strong (Bomaderry) 25, Andrew

Boneham, Andrew Bartlett (West

Wyalong) on a countback with Gra-

ham Smith, Tim Harris 20.

Ladies’ B grade - Stacey and Sue

Markwick, Peel 16 Chrissie Kjoller,

Elizabeth Grady (Orange) 14

Orange from Chrissie Kjoller

Orange cont

Super Seniors World Titles

The 38th Super Senior World Champi-

onships were held in Umag, Croatia

from 16-29 September. Australia had

teams in all the age groups with the

exception of the Gardnar Mulloy Cup

(M80. No Gold but the Kitty Godfree

Cup team (W65) and the M85 team

made the finals only to lose to USA

teams. The Britannia Cup team (M65)

finished third losing to the USA team in

the semi final.

In the individual events Australians

won three gold medals all in doubles –

Andrew Rae (Vic) in the M65 doubles,

Helen Holcombe (ACT) in the W65

doubles and Joy Rigter (Qld) in the 80

mixed doubles. Ramon Funtera (Vic)

won the . M70 consolation singles and

Margaret Fisher won the W85 consola-

tion singles.

A number of other Australians won

silver medals by making the finals of

their event:

Andrew Rae (Vic) M65 singles,

Kerry Ballard (NSW) W65 singles,

Shirley Whitaker (Vic) W85 singles,

Robert Barwick (NSW) M85 doubles,

Carol Campling (NSW) W70 doubles,

Helen Muir(WA)/June Simpson (Vic)

W75 doubles,

Nola Collins(Qld) 80 mixed doubles,

Jill Taylor (Qld) 75 mixed doubles.

Young Senior World Titles

The Young Seniors World Champion-

ships were held in Miami, USA from 21

October to 3 November. Australia had

teams in all the age groups with the

exception of the Young Cup (W40) and

the Tony Trabert Cup (M40). The Aus-

tralian teams found it tough going with

the teams finishing no better than 9th.

In the individual events the Australian

pair of Matthew Breen and David

McNamara won gold in the M40 dou-

bles. This was Australia’s only medals.

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Sunday Round Robin

Tournament 9.15am Sunday 16 December

Belconnen Tennis Club

Entry fee is $10.00

Entries to Colin Lyons on 0434 531 449 or seejayly-

ons@gmail.com or Warren Muller on

6231 0825 or

warren.muller@internode.on.net

Senior Tennis Tournament Results

Steve Vogt and Paul Gilles were also

sighted around the courts.

The full list of players from the Can-

berra Region winning or runner up

follows

Winners

Mens 70/75 singles – Phil Higgs

Mens 45/55 doubles – Mark Jorgen-

sen/Dennis Love

Mens 65/75 doubles – Phil Higgs/Pat

Moloney

Mens 70 doubles – Graham Wurtz/

John Greenup

Mens 120 combined age doubles –

Mark Jorgensen/Dennis Love

Mens 140 combined age doubles –

Phil Higgs/Pat Moloney

Ladies 45/55 doubles – Leonie Ains-

worth/May Howard

Ladies 50/60 doubles – Heather

McKay/Sue Willis

Ladies 100/110 combined age doubles

– Kim Cahill/Pauline Downes

Ladies 120 combined age doubles –

May Howard/Leonie Southwell

Mixed 140 combined age – Don Mas-

ters/Rosa Cotta

Runner up

Mens 50/55 singles – Steve Vogt

Mens 70/75 singles - Pat Moloney

Ladies40/45 singles – Leonie Ains-

worth

Mens 40/50 doubles – Steve Vogt/

Paul Gilles

Mens 70 doubles – Phil Higgs/Pat

Moloney

Mens 130 combined age doubles –

John Coleman/Mark Koehler

Mens 140 combined age doubles –

Graham Wurtz/John Greenup

Ladies 45/55 doubles – Kim Cahill/

Pauline Downes

Ladies 65/75 doubles – Nancy Lane/

Heather McKay

Ladies 50/60 doubles – May Howard/

Dot Green

Ladies 70 doubles – Daphne Ken-

nedy/Marilyn Walter

Ladies 100/110 combined age doubles

– Bev Roberts/Sue Willis

Ladies 120 combined age doubles –

Helen Coleman/Lillian Britt

Ladies 130 combined age – Daphne

Kennedy/Betty Smith

Mixed 80 combined age doubles –

Daphne Kennedy/Phil Bryant

Merimbula held its 37th Seniors Tennis

Tournament from 19-22 October. John

Rheinberger was not in a position to

manage tournament. So Robyn Castle

and Arthur Olsen stepped into the

breach to run the tournament. They had

the events running smoothly even with

the rain and storm late on Saturday.

The rain cleared overnight and with

some wonderful help with the "super

sopper" play got underway by 9am on

Sunday.

Singles was followed by Women's Dou-

bles, and with spare courts the men

were able to complete unfinished

"business" from Saturday. What a day -

all seven courts were FULL! Sunday

Men's cards were all done by around

6.30, what an effort! Thanks to one and

all for their fantastic attitude. Other-

wise the weather generally good for

tennis.

Unfortunately the number of players

entering continues to drop. This year

saw 117 players competing compared

with 125 in 2017 and 159 in 2016. Even

the Trivia Night was down on numbers.

Some the players who normally come

had just arrived back from the Super

Senior World Titles.

The entries were down across the board.

Players from Victoria, Canberra and

Sydney were all down. But this didn’t

stop people enjoying their tennis and

the company. And all the matches were

at Merimbula.

It takes a lot of work from volunteers to

make a tournament successful Our

thanks go to the local members working

in the kitchen, on the drinks and the

courts as well as Dot behind the cam-

era.

It was good to see a few new players

having a run as well as others who have

moved down the coast. Mark Jorgensen

played some doubles with Dennis Love.

Phil Higgs teamed up with Pat Moloney

and Heather McKay with some success.

WA State Championships

Narelle Raftery and Mark Hardy de-

cided it was time to get away from Can-

berra's weather and headed to Perth to

play in TSWA State Championships

held 11-13 October. Matches were

played on the grass courts at Robertson

Park

It was a successful venture west for

Narelle. She won the 45 womens sin-

gles defeating Kerryn Cyprien (Qld)

6-2, 6-0 in the final. She played with

Monika Biiernat from Poland in the 35

womens doubles only to lose the final

to Nicole Sewell and Kerryn Cyprien.

She also played in the 50 mixed doubles

with Martin Warwick (Vic) reaching

the final again but losing to Patrick and

Kerryn Cyprien.

Mark Hardy played in the 55 singles

winning his first round in 3 sets before

striking the top seed Eddie Myers. He

played with Stephen Lewis-Driver (NT)

in the 50 mens doubles winning one

round. He played with Susan Tay

(WA) in the 50 mixed doubles but

struck Narelle and Martin in their first

match.

SA State Championships

Pat Moloney made the trip to Ade-

laide for the 2018 West Beach and

Districts Community Bank Tennis

Seniors SA State Championships

(ITF3) held from 11-13 November.

Entries keep dropping with only 66

players entering.. This meant that

most events were round robin.

Pat finished third in the mens 70 sin-

gles losing to Roger Davey (SA) and

John Aufder-Heidi (Tas) in the round

robin. He also played in the mens 70

doubles with Ernest Stevenson. This

was again round robin. Pat and

Ernest won one and lost one match to

finish second

Merimbula

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Senior Tennis Tournament Results

Six players from the ACT made the trip

to Sydney over the October long week-

end to play in the NSW State Champi-

onships held at Pennant Hills. There

were 162 players in total, compared

with 217 in 2017, 245 in 2016 and the

high of 272 in 2015. There were 136

players from NSW followed by Victoria

with 13.

A number of players who would nor-

mally play in this tournament were

overseas or just back after playing in

the World Titles. The weather was

good for the 4 days.+

Narelle Raftery was our most successful

player winning the 50/55 womens sin-

gles from Wanda Howes (Vic) and

combining with with Fiona Walker

from Victoria to win the 55 womens

doubles. +

Neville Rodwell repeated his effort in

last year's tournament by making the

final in the 70 mens singles only to

lose to Michael Pyne and winning the

65 mens double with Graeme Sticka

from NSW.

John Stark had a couple of wins in the

65 mens singles before losing to the

eventual winner, Howard Nielson

(Qld) in the semi-final.

Sue Willis, Mark Hardy and Graeme

Rossiter all had plenty of tennis pick-

ing up a few wins along the way.

NSW State Championships

Canberra tennis player, Bruce Lark-

ham, as well as Ken Rosewall and

John Newcombe! How did Mark

manage to beat Bruce with his big

forehand?

The highlight was in the women

95/110/120 combined age doubles

where three pairs finished even on

sets, games won and games lost.

Joanne Adams and Helen Nealer,

Robyn Castle and Donna Davis and

Sue Willis and Bev Roberts could not

be separated. Rather than a play-off

it was decided to split the prize

money! Joanne and Helen managed

to win their pool of the 40/45/50

womens doubles from Sue and Bev.

Sue also later combined with John

Coleman to win their pool of the

55/60 mixed doubles and to be runner

up in the 130/140 mixed doubles.

Joanne Adams and Adrian Blackeby

were runner up to Helen Nealer and

Darryl Orr. Adrian paired with Dave

Pruckner to be runners up in the 110

combined age mens doubles

Errol Neish had a good tournament

pairing with Rochelle Hogan to win

their pool of the55/60 mixed doubles.

He backed that up with a runner up

with Shane Holt in the 60/65 mens

doubles. Rob Spry and Simon Gra-

ham were runner up in their pool of

35/40/45 mens doubles/

Congratulations to Kiama for a job

well done and a most successful tour-

nament. The tournament is a must for

the Seniors circuit calendar!

Kiama - Sue Willis

Bathurst

The Bathurst Seniors Tournament held

on 10-11 provided lots of tennis but it

lacked the usual large number of Can-

berra players so was only a small tour-

nament. However there was A and B

grade for the doubles and mixed which

provided close matches.

Only 5 Canberra players travelled to

Bathurst Joanne Adams, Pauline Dow-

nes, Kim Cahill and Betty and Graham

Smith. . Kim’s husband Wayne was

again a great cheer squad. Pauline and

Kim played together but the rest had to

team up with NSW players.

Graham played with Stuart Palmer from

Bathurst to be runner up in the 50 mens

doubles, Joanne played with Rebekah

Fisher from Bathurst and Betty played

with Cathy Long from Sydney in the

ladies doubles and David Ridley from

Goulburn in the mixed. The others did-

n’t play in the mixed.

We had perfect sunny days with clear

blue sky but Sunday the players felt the

heat so there were a few withdrawals

from the mixed.

Victorian Seniors

Championships

Neville Rodwell travelled to Kooyong

Tennis Club, Melbourne to play in the

Victorian Seniors State Championship

held 3-5 November. Neville was de-

fending his 70 singles title he won last

year. Neville had made the final and

was to play Rob Haines. Unfortunately

the weather prevented the final being

Sunshine Coast

Neville Rodwell was again the only

Canberra player to decide to get away

from Canberra's weather and head up to

Tewantin for the Tennis Seniors Queen-

sland Tournament held on 21-24 Sep-

tember He joined 134 players - 96 from

Queensland with the next largest group

20 from Victoria.

Neville won the 70 mens singles with

good wins over Serge Vatovey, Ray

West and Murray Irvine, all from

Queensland. Neville played with Serge

in the 70 mens doubles. Serge and

Neville had worn themselves out play-

ing each other, Neville winning 6-7, 6-

4, 6-4. They then lost to Ray West and

Ralph Amitrano also from Queensland.

It was with great trepidation many Can-

berra tennis players headed off to

Kiama to play in Kiama’s inaugural

Seniors Tennis Tournament, held 12-14

October. With a forecast of rain, rain

and more rain for the whole weekend

we were all relieved when the clouds

decided to burst on either side of the

venues within the Kiama region.

Kiama ran an outstanding tournament!

Kiama has the benefit of being a pretty

town and the setting for the main courts

is a picture. The courts are set in a

horseshoe shape surrounded by foliage.

Not only does the horseshoe setting

keep the rain away but also the wind! It

is a great advantage for those who like

to lob!

The tournament was well-organised

with plenty of tennis, excellent catering

and entertainment. The prize money

was also excellent which I am sure will

be a drawcard for players to enter next

year!

The highlight was the Saturday night

dinner where former prominent Austra-

lian Davis Cup player Mark Edmonson

spoke at the dinner. Over 100 people

attended. Mark spoke of his tennis ex-

perience. He explained how he learnt

his tennis in Gosford by a man by the

name of Charlie Hollis who later ac-

cepted a better offer coaching in Can-

berra!

Mark was also asked what were three of

his best matches. In his response, he

included beating a former well-known

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Tennis Seniors ACT Calendar 2018/19

DINNERS AND

SPECIAL FUNCTIONS

Christmas Dinner - Saturday 8 De-

cember - see page 2

Members booking for the dinners

should be aware that if they cancel

after the closing date they may be

required to pay the cost if the caterer

charges Tennis Seniors ACT.

Contact Graham Smith (6161 5352)

SUNDAY ROUND

ROBIN

TOURNAMENTS

Tournaments are scheduled for a

9.15am start on 16 December 2018, 10

February, 17 March, 14 April, 19 May,

16 June, 28 July, 8 September, 27 Oc-

tober, 24 November 2019.

These dates are provisional so keep an

eye on the website for any changes.

If you put your name down and find

you cannot play on the day, please no-

tify one of the organisers so that the

other players are not inconvenienced.

Contact: Colin Lyons (0434 531 449)

or Warren Muller (0407 916 868)

TOURNAMENTS

AND PENNANTS

14-16 December 2018 ACT Resident

Championships

6-18 January 2019 Australian Tennis

Seniors Championships, Shepparton

Australian Seniors Championships:

Contact Pat Moloney (6262 3727)

ACT Open Seniors Tournament:

Contact Pat Moloney (6262 3727)

Country and Interstate Tournament Calendar 2018/19

Some of the dates are yet to be con-

firmed. You should check the relevant

State’s website for any changes.

2018

30 Nov-2 Dec Nelson Bay Seniors

2019

6-11 Jan Australian Teams Carnival,

Shepparton

13-18 Jan Australian Individual

Champs (ITFA), Shepparton

15-17 Feb Ulladulla Summer Games

1-3 Mar Walcha Seniors R/Robin

8-10 Mar Narooma Round Robin

7-11 Mar Oceania Regional Champs,

Kooyong (ITFRC1)

9-10 Mar Tennis Macarthur, Lumeah

16-17 Mar Central Coast Wyong R/R

29-31 Mar Goulburn Seniors

5-7 Apr Howe Park Grasscourt

Singleton

5-8 Apr Tennis Seniors Qld

Claycourt Champ(ITF3)

26-28 Apr Sunshine Coast Vets,

Nambour

26-28 Apr Gloucester Seniors

26-28 Apr Wagga Wagga

4-6 May Gold Coast Seniors

17-19 May Picton Seniors R/Robin

17-19 May West Port Macquarie R/R

18-20 May Berri Seniors Teams

Carnival (SA)

25-26 May West Tamworth Seniors

25-26 May Cowra Open Teams (tbc)

7-10 Jun Victorian Seniors Claycourt

Champs (ITF5) (tbc)

8-10 Jun Newcastle Mixed Teams

15-16 Jun Lake Macquarie Seniors )

22-23 Jun Cowra Seniors R/R (tbc)

28-30 Jun Tweed Heads Pro-one

Tennis

5-8 Jul Tennis Seniors Qld

State Champs (ITF1)

5-7 Jul Batemans Bay R/R -

18-20 Jul East Port Macquarie

2-5 Aug Forster Seniors R/R

10-11 Aug Forbes Open Teams (tbc)

16-18 Aug Muswellbrook Park

23-25 Aug Eurobodalla (Moruya)

6-8 Sep- Cessnock Seniors R/R

7-8 Sep Northern Suburbs R/R

14-15 Sep Manning River, Taree

20-23 Sep Tennis Seniors Qld

Sunshine Coast (ITF3),

Tewantin

21-22 Sep Orange Ex-Services R/R

28-29 Sep Gunnedah Seniors

4-7 Oct Tennis Seniors NSW

State Championships (ITF2)

11-13 Oct Kiama R/R

18-20 Oct Gosford Tennis Club R/R

18-21 Oct Merimbula Seniors

26-27 Oct Dubbo Paramount

Seniors

3-4 Nov Raworth, Hunter Tennis

Resort

2-5 Nov Victorian Seniors Champs

(ITF2), Kooyong (tbc)

8-10 Nov Hawks Nest, Myall Park

10-12 Nov Tennis Seniors SA

State Championships

(ITF3) (tbc)

16-17 Nov Bathurst Carillion

City R/R

21-24 Nov Victoria Senior Grass

court Champs (ITF2),

Yarrawonga (tbc)

24 Nov Springwood Challenge

29 Nov-1 Dec Nelson Bay Seniors

2019

5-10 Jan Australian Teams Carnival,

Busselton WA

12-17 Jan Australian Individual

Champs (ITFA), Busselton

Answers to Editor’s

Challenge r

In the September 2018 edition of Vetset

readers were asked to identify a number

of photos taken at the various country

tournaments reported on in that edition

of Vetset.

Only one person emailed their answers

to the editor. One other person ask for

the answers. Does this mean no one

reads the results from the interstate and

country tournaments???

The answers were:

1. Hilary Brigden, Womens Singles,

Moruya

2. Phil Hiiggs, runner up Mens Singles,

Moruya

3. Julie Howe and Sue Cowie, John

Allard Perpetual Shield for the oldest

womens doubles winner

4.Pauline Downes and Scott Wood-

bridge, winners Mixed Doubles (Evert),

Batesman Bay

5.Greg Hunt and Graeme Rossiter, run-

ners up mens doubles (Borg), Batesman

Bay

6.Christine Jarrett and Hilary Brigden,

runners up Combined Age Womens

Doubles (Kerber), Batesman Bay

7. Greg Hunt, Wendy Whitten-Tranz,

Don Masters, Diana Iolovska, runners

up and winners Combined Age Mixed

Doubles (Shriver), Moruya

8.Sue Willis and John Coleman with

their poker winnings at Forster.