Hensman Park Tennis Club Inc ACES AND PLACES NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 2022 |
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Aces and Places Sorry to see Brian Newlands retiring from tennis due to back problems. However, good to see Brian around the Club on Melbourne Cup day. Congratulations to Paul Tonz from the award-winning Amcal Community Pharmacy in South Perth on his marriage on 4 November. Condolences to Terry Ingram on the passing of his wife, Lynley on 31 October after a long illness. Georgia Napier celebrated her 21st birthday with dinner at club sponsor, the Karalee Tavern. Frank Hall is back on court with very clear line calls after cataract surgery. Ian & Cathy Hutchison have returned from an enjoyable holiday to the Northern Territory whilst Mark & Robyn Leuba recently holidayed in Europe. Peter Gruessing has recovered from an achilles injury & Clive Miles has recovered from a back injury to be back playing tennis. Mark Tory enjoyed a trip to Cairns to cheer on daughter Alicia who was representing WA in the under 18 National Hockey Championships. Congratulations to Ian & Belinda Seymour who celebrated their ruby wedding anniversary in November. A get well cheerio to our Member of the Year, Arnold Jones, who seriously injured his left shoulder on a recent boat trip to the Abrolhos Islands. Both tennis & golf are off Arnold’s agenda for several months. Ross Collard must be feeling the cold with GinGin recording the lowest minimum temperatures in WA on several occasions in October. Lexie & Chris Soklich are having a great holiday in Slovenia with their family. Harry Brown, the owner of BAX CHIROPRACTIC, is keen to help any of our members experiencing back problems. Matthew Burton has been successful in obtaining a tennis scholarship to the highly rated University of Oregon. Lynnette Gardiner is back in Perth after a trip to Europe. Congratulations to David Ford who drew Gold Trip, the winner of this year’s Melbourne Cup, in the Club’s sweep. David generously donated his winnings to the bar for fellow members’ benefit. Thanks to Rhoda Napier for volunteering to look after the vending machine. Club legend Keryl Chute has retired from work and it is also great to see 1980's State League player Phil Searle back playing seniors at the club. Yee Leung is in New York spending time with his family. A warm welcome to our newest members ........Phil Searle, Alvin Tan, Paul Stone, Steve Simich, Ljuba Mojovic, Daniel Chiew, Chris Clark, Alan Scrimger, Peter Bierwirth, Hamish Scrimger, Austin Prendiville, Paige Connolly, Maximilian Smith, Tye Mammana, Anika Jayapradeep Nair, Liam McDowell, Ethan Clements, Kye van Goethem, Carla Czech, Keisuke Kogo and Richard Eldridge. An updated Code of Conduct is available via our website. |
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Uniforms Our new uniforms looks fantastic... our thanks to Ellen Lynch who worked with KC Sports to get this done and distribute the shirts and hats. We are also grateful to Jason Peterson of CPS Capital and and Danny Lombardi of Autostrada Lotus for assisting with the cost. |
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Summer Season Opening We again had a successful season opening. Thanks to all those members and visitors who attended and to those that helped with afternoon tea and behind the bar. We were also fortunate to have Mayor Greg Milner, Federal MP Zaneta Mascarenhas and local MP Geoff Baker on hand during the afternoon. Presentations to our winter shield match winners were made by Rhys Chester of Ian Hutchison Real Estate. Congratulations to one our wonderful volunteers Arnold Jones on being announced as the Club Member of the Year. |
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Our Juniors At Opening Day were were able to present various awards to Karin Hiramatsu for Most Improved Junior Girl, Toma Terasawa as Most Improved Junior Boy and Cam Burton as the awardee of the Johnny Miller Foundation Scholarship. Cam (pictured below in the white cap) was also runner up in the recent Australian Hardcourt 14 & under Championships in Adelaide and was extremely unlucky to not take out the title. |
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Winter Shield Winners The winning winter junior teams were: Green Ball 13 & Under Division 1 Green Ball 13 & Under Division 4; and Orange Ball 13 & Under Diamond Division Congratulations to all those teams and indeed all the players and managers for helping through the winter season. |
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Junior Tennis League Sunday junior tennis leagues are up and running with all courts being utilised by our 17 junior league teams. The largest number of junior teams we have ever had competing on a Sunday morning. We currently have 1 orange ball team, 5 Greenball teams, 5 13U mixed teams, 2 15U teams, 2 18U teams and the boys and girls junior state league teams representing our club. 12 of those teams are currently in the top 4 in their leagues. Friday Afternoons Friday night match play and performance pennant squad have been very popular with large numbers attending both sessions. With Danny cooking up a storm on the BBQ and parents hanging around for a drink, making Friday afternoons at the tennis club enjoyable for all. |
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Bruce Cup Four juniors from Hensman were selected in the WA Bruce Cup (12 & under) team that competed recently in Tasmania where the WA team finished fourth. The Hensman competitors were Isabella McKenzie (pictured), Jovana Novakovic, Aidan Chan (pictured) and Matthew Winn. |
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Sunday Afternoon Tennis We had a Sunday Afternoon tennis event on 2nd September followed by burgers which was well attended and enjoyed by all. Thanks to Clare, Julie, Lynnette and Anna for organising. These days are a good way to introduce new players to the club as well and we're hopefull of slotting in another afternoon prior to Christmas. |
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Hardcourt Renovation The renovation of the hardcourt bay (courts 6 - 8) in front of the clubhouse has now been completed.The courts were subject to cracking and as such, we decided to grind the courts back to their base, install a fibreglass screen over the top and re-lay the courts. Hopefully this will mean an end to cracks forming in the courts. This is a significant investment in our facility in excess of $32,000 and thanks to Ken McIntosh for project managing. |
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State League Update Our State League teams have started strongly with the women having won 4 of their first 6 games. The men are unbeaten having had 5 wins and a draw to start the season. |
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Sponsor Spotlight Jodie Everett – Mobile Travel Advisor is a local South Perth travel agent. Having lived in the area all her life she has operated her own travel agency from home for the past 20 years. Offering a personalised travel service either from her home or yours or the local coffee shop she is able to provide a specialised, detailed travel service where the client is able to deal with the same person for every trip enabling the agent to know the clients preferences whether it be Cruising, Safari’s, family or business trips. With a special interest in cruising and luxury travel call Jodie today for your next travel adventure. 0413 864967 or jeverett@mtatravel.com.au www. https://agents.mtatravel.com.au/jeverett |
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Know Your Board Member – Carolyn Burton I am the Club Administrator, and the main role of this position is compiling the agenda and taking minutes at the monthly Board meetings. I joined Henman Park about 30 years ago after meeting my husband and club member Ashley Burton. We have three children who all play tennis. Two of them, Matt and Hayley are in HPTC's State League teams. Cam, the youngest, has also played for Hensman. I have played in many pennant teams over the years and made many life long friends. I enjoy travelling, pilates, keeping fit, reading and a coffee or wine with family and friends. My favourite tennis player is Rafa and my favourite shot is the volley. A highlight of my time at Hensman has been the dinner at the Pagoda, the evening festivities after a pennant match courtesy of Mark Hlawaty's pizza runs and watching my children develop from the junior ranks. I'm available to chat to members should you have any topic you would like addressed at Board meetings or simply to say hello. |
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Please support our Sponsors and let them know you're from Hensman. We appreciate their support and want to ensure they get maximum value for their sponsorship so we build a long term relationship. |
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Jodie Everett - MTA Travel Advisor. (ph 0413864967) |
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