HPTC October Newsletter 2023

HPTC 
October News 2023
Serving up all our latest updates!

ACES AND PLACES
 
• A great presentation from Mark and Leila from Club Sponsor On The Green saw the Wednesday Men's Shed boys giving the reformer a go. They might have even converted a few!
• Super-Junior Aidan Chan finished as runner up in the 12&U Doubles Nationals with partner Tommy Camus. He also made the Singles finals, dropping only one match to the eventual winner. Karin Hiramatsu was there in Adelaide too, winning 3 of her 5 Singles matches. Great job, Juniors!
• Lily Fairclough took a wildcard entry to the ITF Pro Tour event at the State Tennis Centre and Ella Nurkic played in the doubles with Jessie Culley, making it through to the quarter finals!
• James Williams and Roger Nicholas teamed up their milestone birthdays this month, celebrating together with tennis and cake. And, of course, as tradition dictates, a delicious lunch at Club Sponsor Globe Coffee House.
• Bob Wegner and Mike McLean rocked out together at the recent Delta Goodrem concert and Caitlyn, Georgia and Kira Napier are off to Sydney to see Taylor Swift. Colin was devastated to miss out on a ticket.
• Now that the weather is warming up again, we have seen lots of our holiday-makers returning from their northern adventures: Peter and Alis Woods have returned from their 4 month road trip, Chris Clark is back from Europe, Graeme and Jane Rundle are home after cycling their way around the northern hemisphere and Debbie Napier has just returned from Osaka after a stint as an international lineswoman at the Japan Open.
• Heading in the other direction, Ian and Cathy Hutchison are embarking on a cruise around New Zealand while Peter and Sandi Cooke are also overseas. 
•  Get down to the Wednesday Men's Shed Social Tennis to stock up on all your citrus needs thanks to Ross Collard and his fantastically fruity trees!
• A cheerio to Tony Tarzia who is recovering from a leg injury but still managing to get to lawn bowls, and also to former member Rob Tuffin who is recovering from open heart surgery. Shout out if you need anything, boys!
• We welcome back Club Sponsors A J Cochrane & Son (for all your painting needs!). Good to have you back guys!
• With the return of the warmer weather, we have been cranking up our weekends again with our Fun Friday and Junior TERMinator events. The first one got off to a soggy start but with mini tournaments, Pickleball tryout sessions, kid's movie screenings, music, the Lombardi Sausage Sizzle, food and the bar up and running, they have been great nights. Join us for the next Fun Friday on Oct 20 from 4pm!
 
• Welcome to our newest members: Namrata Makhijani, Sam Manson, James Anderson, Tala Favell, Jamie Kendall, Emily Daglish, Gabriella Jakowetz, Jason Howard, and returning member Bhamini Shrivastava!
 

OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS
 
James Anderson, Joan Bonser, Nicolas Chacon, Katrina Chisholm, Paige Connolly, Deirdre Coombe, Addison Franklin, Lucas Kong, William Mitchell, Georgia Napier, Rhoda Napier, Conor Noonan, Luke Norman, Sara Pieruzzini, Aaron Santos, Coby Scari, Jash Sheth, Alice Stevens, Grace Stielow, Jeremy Tadros, Mark Tory, Chris Wilkinson, Benjamin Wong.
 
HAPPY BIRTHDAY EVERYONE!!

HPTC AWARDS NIGHT
What a night!
With everyone dressed up in their Black, White and Gold finest, the 2023 Awards Night was a sparkling celebration of all the best moments of the 2022-2023 tennis year.
We were treated to an amazing spread of food provided by Teramo Catering and Dominos Victoria Park, the kids watched a movie in the new CPS Movie Theatre and everyone enjoyed some drinks and catchups with mates. 
Jess Moore and James Connelly took the stage for an interesting and inspiring talk about Jess's incredible career as a multiple Junior Grand Slam winner and her times and travels as the Australian Junior Team Coach.
Awards were presented for Hensman Honour Boards, League Shield Winners and MVPs, and the new Hensman Values Awards.
Lexie Soklich drew the Club Raffle, with Mel Weaver taking home the grand prize of a $2,500 Sokolich and Co jewellery voucher!
 
 Thankyou to the Club Sponsors who donated prizes for the raffle which helped the Club raise over $5,000: HPH Solutions, Team Tennis WA, Preston St IGA, The Karalee, Bax Chiropractic and On The Green Sports Physiotherapy and Reformer Pilates.
Extra special thanks to event and Club Sponsor Soklich and Co for presenting a fabulous evening! 
 

HPTC AWARD WINNERS
Junior Awards
Most Improved Junior Girl: Hannah Peterson
Most Improved Junior Boy: Tye Mammana
Junior Club Person of the Year: Alfee Stevens
Johnny Miller: Alice Stevens
Hensman Values Awards: Carla Czech, Gabriella Lombardi, Alfee Stevens
Summer Shields
Casey Dellacqua Cup Girls State League – Small
Alice Stevens, Alfee Stevens, Amelia Tatafu, Eva Small, Jovana Novakovic, Karin Hiramatsu, Isabella McKenzie
Sunday Girls 18&U Div 2 – Kumar
Rithika Senthil Kumar, Anoushka Joshi, Madhavi Shrivastave, Milla Karnady
 Sunday Mixed 13&U Yellow Ball Div 1 – Austen
Noah Austen, Julia Pedrini, James Holten, Arharajsinh Chudasama
Sunday Mixed 13&U Green Ball Div 2 – Sheth
Jash Sheth, Anika Jayapradeep, Alexander Kulbacki, Hunter Kwietniewski-Lees, Vienna Torres
 Sunday Boys 15&U Div 3 – Earl
Toma Lassmann, Cooper Earl, Toma Terasawa, Brendan Chan, Liam Hogan, Coby Scari, Lucas McKenzie
 Sunday Girls 18&U Div 1 – McKenzie
Karin Hiramatsu, Eva Small, Jovana Novakovic, Amelia Tatafu, Elena Manoj, Mayla Manoj, Addison Franklin, Isabella McKenzie
 Sunday Boys 18&U Div 2 – Mannar
Kian Hiramatsu, Darshyn Mannar, Samson Armitage, Keisuke Kogo, Lachlan Underwood 
Tennis West Summer MVPs
Madhavi Shrivastave
Hunter Kwietniewski-Lees
 
Senior Awards
Club Member of the Year: Anna Kelly
Hensman Award: Mark Leuba
Life Member: Graham Walker
Hensman Values Awards: Anna Kelly, Lisa Sinabaldi, Rhoda Napier, John Di Noto, Danny Lombardi, Winston Okkers
Summer Shields
Thursday Night Women’s 8s D Div 7 – Phelan
Una Phelan, April Jolly, Angelique Cooper, Velia Torres, Sophie Leach
Saturday Men’s Open Div 12 – Di Noto
Scott Wilson, Nico Chacon, John Di Noto, Evan Fleming, Clay Berry, David Harrowfield 
Women’s Open Div 1 (Winter) – Stevens
Anja Dokic, Ella Nurkic, Alice Stevens, Hayley Burton, Jaun Yum, Talia Edgar, Alfee Stevens, Elena Manoj, Isabella McKenzie
Tennis West Summer MVPs
 Balsa Vujacic
Scott Wilson
April Jolly
 
Hensman Values Nominees
Adam Napier, Aidan Chan, Alfee Stevens, Alice Stevens, Anja Dokic, Anna Kelly, Bruce Long, Carla Czech, Chris Neil, Conor Smith, Damien Hanly, Danny Lombardi, Doug Webster, Frank Hall, Gabriella Lombardi, Jacqueline Lombardi, Jan Mairata, John Di Noto, Juliette Lombardi, Kael Bacchelli-Khoo, Ken McIntosh, Khristian Bacchelli-Khoo, Lisa Sinabaldi, Lynnette Gardiner, Mike McLean, Peter Messer, Pete Stevens, Rhoda Napier, Sachin Aggarwal, Scott Wilson, Toma Terasawa, Veronica Lombardi, Winston Okkers.
 
Hensman Park Tennis Club Raffle
1st - $2,500 Soklich and Co voucher – Mel Weaver
2nd - $250 Crown voucher (donated by HPH Solutions) – Anna Kelly
3rd - $250 Team Tennis WA voucher – Mel Weaver
4th - $100 voucher Preston St IGA + $100 voucher The Karalee – Navin Bhat
5th - $215 Bax Chiropractic Assessment – Robyn Leuba
6th - $150 On The Green Pilates voucher – Jaiden Chandra

FRIDAY NIGHTS AT HPTC
Fridays are back with a bang for Summer!
Get along and have a hit with your family in our mini tournament, join a session of Pickleball for $10 or just have a drink at the bar with your mates.
 
The Lombardi Sausage Sizzle is back for the kids and the meal this week is Asian Fried Rice, order yours here! 
(Meals are gluten free, vegetarian available).

TWILIGHT SOCIAL TENNIS
No matter what level of play you enjoy, we have a great social tennis session for you!
 
Beginners - Sundays 3pm
Intermediate - Mondays 7pm
Intermediate/Advanced - Wednesdays 7pm
 
Book your spot here!
Members $3
Non-members welcome $15

TENNIS TRIVIA
 Tennis Ace Roger Federer, generally accepted as the Greatest Player of All Time, summed up in numbers:
singles titles on the ATP Tour 
Wimbledon titles
Australian Open titles
US Open titles
Roland Garros titles
weeks at ATP #1
consecutive weeks at ATP #1
Major Singles titles
ATP masters titles
Olympic medals
Over 11,000 career Aces
Awarded 2 milking cows by the Swiss Open Organisers - Juliette and Desiree

MEMBER PROFILE
PETER AND ALICE WOODS
Peter was born in Melbourne in the middle of WW2, his birth delaying the ship that was carrying troops, including his dad, for jungle training in Queensland before going to Papua New Guinea to fight the Japanese. According to his dad, Peter was all red and wrinkled, screaming like mad and not worth the wait! 
Peter grew up in Loxton in South Australia's Riverland area, where an irrigation scheme was built to service fruit blocks that were established by returning soldiers. 
After graduating from Adelaide university in 1965 as a Civil Engineer, he worked in Adelaide and Melbourne
 before applying for a job in PNG. Over the next 10 years, his two children, Nicole and Trent were born, but when his marriage sadly ended, Peter bought the kids to live in Perth before setting off again, this time for Singapore, working on projects all around Asia.
 
Rochalis, or Alis as we know and love her, was born in West Java, Indonesia, the youngest of seven children. She attended a Catholic high school where she learned Dutch, English and Bahasa but also spoke Sundanese (the local West Java dialect) at home. 
After high school, she went into banking where she spent many years. It was during this time that she met Peter at friend’s wedding in Jakarta. Overcoming their language difficulties by "using lots of sign language", the couple 
moved to Perth where they were married in 1989 and built a house in Willetton. After returning again to Jakarta in 1991 their two boys Prawi and Shane were born. 
The family finally returned to Perth in January 2003.
  
Alis and Peter Joined the club about 15 years ago.
They are both very active Social Tennis players, attending all of the sessions they can!
Peter was Grounds and Hall director at the Club from 2015 to 2018. 
Peter and Alis are keen caravaners and fisher-people and, like all heat-loving tennis tragics, spend their Winters in Broome.

UPCOMING TOURNAMENTS
SENIORS
2023 WA State Masters | All Tournaments – Tennis Australia
JUNIORS
2023 JT Junior 125 East Fremantle Junior Classic | All Tournaments – Tennis Australia
2023 O3K J125 WA State Open Grass court & Junior Hardcourt | All Tournaments – Tennis Australia

DATES TO REMEMBER 
 Friday Oct 20 - Fun Friday
Wednesday Oct 25 - Women in Tennis Gala Day
Tuesday Nov 7 - Melbourne Cup Social Play + Lunch
Friday Nov 10 - Fun Friday

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