Newsletter, April 2013
Dear Member,
We had a beautiful summer of Tennis! Lots of news to share from the previous and upcoming
season.
MTC’s Jason Kane represents
New Zealand
ITF World Seniors Teams Event - Men’s 40’s Turkey - 18th - 23rd March 2013
Last match of pool play was against Moldova
which was the weakest team in our group. They
cleaned them up 3/0 to finish second in our
pool progressing into the 6th to 10th positional
playoffs.
Venue for the 34th World Teams Event was
Antalya, Turkey on the Mediterranean Sea
played at the Ali Bey Club resort complex. Ali
Bey happens to be the biggest tennis centre in
Europe with 60 red clay courts.
New Zealand had a total of four teams
contesting the world championships in the
men’s 40’s, 50’s, 55’s and women’s 50’s
divisions. ITF senior’s tennis starts from the 35year age bracket and goes up incrementally in
five-year age brackets till 80-years.
The New Zealand 40’s team consisted of Mark
Hadley (Waikato/London), Matthew
Sunderland (Christchurch) and Jason Kane
(Maungaraki). This age group saw nineteen
nations playing for the championship. In their
four-team pool they had 4th seed Spain, 9th
seed South Africa and unseeded Moldova.
First up was Spain. The format for the ties was
two singles matches and one doubles match.
Their team line up for the matches were Mark
and Matthew in the singles matches and Jason
and Mark in the doubles. They received two
clay court lessons in the singles matches. The
Spanish were pretty grooved from the baseline
not missing anything in classic clay court tennis.
The doubles was a little different. They (NZ)
managed to get home 6/4 in the third in a tight
match to register their first point of the event.
Second day they had 9th seeds South Africa.
Matt went down in the number two singles first
in straight sets to a handy player. Mark next up
in a must win match to keep the tie alive
played the match of the teams event winning
in straights sets in a high quality game. Down to
the doubles for the tie and an upset win when
Jason and Mark managed to pull it off winning
in two tight sets 6/4 -7/5.
New Zealand’s draw for the playoffs was the
worst possible draw to have. They were drawn
to play a knockout tie to qualify for the pool of
four teams against 7th seeds Australia. Giving it
all Matt went down in the first singles. Then it
was up to Mark to keep them in the tie.
Unfortunately he went down in two close
fought sets. For the doubles the Australians
rotated their squad giving NZ a comfortable
win. The loss to Australia meant we finished 10th
in the competition, which was the best result
out of the New Zealand teams. The overall
winners of the World 40’s were the Netherlands
who beat France 2/1 in the final.
An overall top ten finish wasn’t too bad for the
unseeded NZ team. They managed to finish
above two of the big tennis powerhouse
nations Argentina and 2nd seeds USA who
bombed out big time on clay. Next year the
event is in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Newsletter, April 2013
Thanks Hugh!
Hugh, who was the president of MTC from 2011, is “de-immigrating” to his homeland
(England). MTC Committee and members thanked him for his contribution to the club by
organising a progressive dinner as a send off. Prior to being president, Hugh helped the club
take on various responsibilities including further development of our website
(http://www.mtc.co.nz/ ), producing annual reports, etc. He was tireless in managing overall
day to day affairs of the club.
Hugh was also an active member in the wider Maungaraki community as some of you would
already know (e.g. as an editor of Maungaraki Views). He will continue to help the club with
website maintenance.
Frampton winter interclub - entries close at the end of the month
Tennis Central will again be conducting the Frampton Sign master Winter Interclub
Competition.
This competition is a doubles based league played fortnightly on Sunday afternoons (1pm
start) at clubs around the Wellington region. Each team consists of two men and two
women. Format for the competition is one doubles and two mixed doubles matches per
player.
If you would like to enter, please contact the club captain Audrey Daly [email protected]
Newsletter, April 2013
Olly Sadler wins Wellington Open
Our club number one Olly Sadler capped off a remarkable interclub season by winning the
Wellington Open senior event in March. Olly aged 17 won both the singles and doubles titles.
This is the first time in thirteen years any player from MTC had won a title at this event. Olly is
currently in Australia where he is playing the ITF Victorian junior clay court international. At the
time of printing this newsletter he has won his first two rounds in the singles draw and is in the
quarter finals. After this event Olly is off to Europe for three months to play some more ITF
events. We wish him all the best.
Newsletter, April 2013
Junior Club Championships
Well done to all who participated in the Junior Club Champs. Grasshopper/Junior prize giving
to be held Sunday 19th May, commencing at:
-1.00pm with a Yankee tournament
-2.30pm with afternoon tea
-3.00pm with prize giving
If wet, prize giving will commence at 2.30pm with afternoon tea. Any questions, please
contact Suzanne Henderson [email protected]
Following are the results. Well done all!
GRADES
Winner
Runner Up
10 & under Girls Singles Final
Raegan Welch
Emma Hanson
10 & under Girls singles Plate
Final
10 & under Girls Doubles
Final
10 & under Boys Singles Final
Neha Dass
Sheena Hirayama-Barr
Elise Hendry & Emma Hanson
Neha Dass & Raegan Welch
Marshall Wilson
Alistair Fox
10 & under Boys singles
Plate Final
10 & under Boys Doubles
Final
12 & under Girls Singles Final
Alex Potter
Brandon Fuchs
Brandon Fuchs & Marshall
Wilson
Tara-Leigh Hollis
Timothy Wessels & Alistair Fox
12 & under Girls singles Plate
Final
12 & under Girls Doubles
Final
12 & under Boys Singles Final
TBA
TBA
Tara-Leigh Hollis & Anjuli
Langdale
Daniel Henderson
Madelee O'Connor &
Dipanwita Das
James Frostick
12 & under Boys Singles
Plate Final
12 & under Boys Doubles
Final
14 & under Boys doubles
William Foster
Jackson Turner
Daniel Henderson & Adam
Bruce
Sam Gorham & James Isberg
Chester Neill & Jackson Turner
14 & under Boys singles
Sam Gorham
Ben Leith
17 & under Girls singles
Tara-Leigh Hollis
Danielle Courtney
17 & under Girls doubles
18 & under Boys Doubles
Danielle Courtney & Philippa
Morris
Daniel Baird & Liam Gorham
Tara-Leigh Hollis & Anjuli
Langdale
Louie Labett & Ryan Morrissey
18 & under Boys singles
TBA
TBA
Anjuli Langdale
Ben Leith & Joshua Michael
Newsletter, April 2013
Senior Club Championships
The finals day for the senior club championships held on the 14th of April saw some fantastic
tennis matches being played at MTC. A good crowd was on hand to see the finals on the A,
B and Masters grades. Ray Heenan on the BBQ kept the players and spectators alike well fed
all day and there was some very delicious baking to indulge in as well.
The A grade finals produced our youngest ever senior club champions, Alex Calder (14) in
the Men’s and Ruby Lawler (13) in the Women’s. A bit of club history was made.
Well done to all the winners in all the grades
Prize giving will be sometimes in June. Any questions please contact Audrey Daly
[email protected]
Newsletter, April 2013
Interclub Results 2013
SENIOR GRADES
Position
JUNIOR GRADES
Position
Central Tennis Regional 1 Men's
4th
HVT Premier 1 Girls
Maungaraki/Petone
7th
HVT Division 2 Boys (Missiles)
1st
Central Tennis Regional 3 Men's
2nd
HVT Division 2 Boys (Aces)
3rd
Central Tennis Regional 3 Women's
2nd
HVT Division 2 Girls (Racquets)
2nd
HVT Division 1 Men's
7th
HVT Division 4 Boys (Maungarackets)
7th
HVT Division 1 Women's
5th
HVT Division 2 Men's
7th
HVT Midweek Grade 1
2nd
HVT President’s One
6th
Newsletter, April 2013
Alex Calder to compete
internationally
Alex Calder, our Under-14 National singles
champion has an opportunity to compete
in New Caledonia and Fiji in two
International Tennis Federation (ITF) - junior
tournaments in June. This would be a great
experience for Alex and extremely good
for his tennis development hence he is
selling EVENT MOVIE VOUCHERS which are
valid for a year. They are cheaper than
buying at the cinema (prices below) and
can be used at any Event cinema around
the country; including Queensgate, Lower
Hutt and the Embassy, Wellington.
With the school holidays starting in a few
days, what better time for a family trip to
the movies, send the children on their own
or maybe a night out without the children?
Or save them for a later date as they are
valid until 30 April 2014.
If you would please email Alex’s mother
Sandra with your ticket order, deposit the
amount to her bank account 03 0259
0141515 00, and remember to include your
surname. Then she will either deliver or post
your tickets to you.
ADULT TICKETS FOR $15
CHILD TICKETS FOR $9
STUDENT TICKETS FOR $13
SENIOR TICKETS FOR $9
Thank you so much - Alex and family will
really appreciate your support.
Alex, Sandra, Pete & Steph ph 9725540 or
021 1054415 (Sandra)
email: [email protected]
Newsletter, April 2013
The winter twilight round starts from Monday 6th May. Up till then will be casual nights
on Monday and Tuesday. Wednesday will not operate over winter due to lower interest.
Thursday will continue as normal.
Members interested in winter Twilight (Mondays & Tuesday) can email Geoffrey Inglis
[email protected] .Usually, those playing regularly will be added by default unless notified as
not playing.
Social Events
Quiz night is planned for winter again this year. This is a really popular, fun event, and
numbers will be limited once more, so start thinking about your teams so you can enter early
and secure your place.
If you have any queries or suggestions for social events email Catherine [email protected] .
Business as Usual
We are investigating switching on extra court lights to ascertain if it will improve visibility
further. Also, courts maintenance has been planned for coming months. Please inform
[email protected] if you notice any maintenance issues.
Regards,
Maungaraki Tennis Club Committee
Our Website www.mtc.co.nz
Barberry Grove, Maungaraki
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