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THE WELLINGTON TENNIS CLUB NEWSLETTER, AUTUMN 2016
Congrats, club champs
The Wellington Tennis Club champs for 2016
were held over a weekend in mid-January,
with the winners being: Finlay Deterte
(men’s singles); Daisy Wang (women’s
singles); Isaac Patterson and Finlay Deterte
(men’s doubles); and Zak Dikvert and Neysa
Albrecht (mixed doubles).
Organisers Ben Leggett (club captain) and
Kieran Putt (club committee member) said
the weekend was a success and they would
be looking to repeat the format in a January
weekend next year.
Men’s champion Finlay Deterte
RSVP for our 26 March
fund-raiser social evening
On the evening of Saturday, 26 March, we have the
indoor courts at the Renouf Centre and the bar at
our disposal for a social, fund-raising event. (We’re
raising money for our junior tennis programmes.)
The door charge is $20 per person. This includes
finger food and fun tennis. Bring cash for the
raffles and the bar. RSVP to Angela Chan at
[email protected] by 18 March. Full details:
http://www.wellingtontennisclub.org.nz/awesomeautumn-club-fund-raiser/
Women’s champion Daisy Wang
Zak Dikvert and Neysa Albrecht
Top effort from our Premier interclub teams
Well done to our Premier 1 men’s team for coming third in their division (and winning their last three
ties); to our Premier 1 women’s team for also coming third; our Premier 2 men’s team for coming
fourth equal, our Premier 3 men’s Kilbirnie-combined team for coming fourth; and our Premier 3
women’s team for coming fourth equal.
FIRST SERVE – THE WELLINGTON TENNIS CLUB NEWSLETTER, AUTUMN 2016
Junior interclub teams performing strongly
Well done to our A1 boys (the Smart Aces – John McNaughton, Thomas Stewart, Kent Morris, Joshua
Chirayath, William Roper) who are top of their division with one round to play.
Congrats to the B girls (the Hot Shot Aces – Rebecca Stewart, Grace Kerr, Abby Stewart, Tommy Davies,
Ruby Barton) who sit second in their division with one round to play.
Congrats to the C2 boys (the Ace Kickers – Marlon Chung, Sam Gates, Thomas Christie, Josh Gates,
Harry Young) who have already won their division with a round still to go.
Well played, the D2 boys (the Ace Breakers – Will Gabara, Michael Alreed, Jonty Harland, Lewie Harland,
Theo Gabara, Campbell Kidd) who are top of their division with one round to go.
Discount physiotherapy
All Wellington Tennis Club members receive a 30%
discount on initial assessments, and a 15% discount
on follow up appointments at TBI Health at
Wakefield Hospital, Newtown.
Simply book an assessment and mention Wellington
Tennis Club affiliation and you will receive the
discount for physiotherapy services.
For more information see
http://www.tbihealth.y9.co.nz/ourclinics/wellington-region/17
No parking in rest home car park
Please keep your vehicles out of the rest home
carpark, including against the bank on the right
hand side near our pathway.
Park only on the road. There’s heaps of space.
Club house renovations
Committee member Zak Dikvert, who project
managed the club house’s interior renovations,
is now working on a plan for the exterior work.
We’ll let you know details as they’re finalised.
Want to play winter interclub? Contact Ben
Mixed doubles winter interclub kicks off soon and we’re looking for players.
Each team has two men and two women. If you’d like to play, get in touch and we’ll slot you in a team … just
contact club captain Ben Leggett: [email protected]
Can you donate your unwanted computer to the club?
The club’s old computer seems to have died. We need another one. Does anyone have an unwanted one
they could donate?! It would need to run Windows 8.1 or newer. If you can help, contact Adam on
[email protected]