HPTC May News 2023 Serving up all our latest updates! |
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ACES AND PLACES • Congratulations to our Junior MVPs from the summer season Madhavi Shrivastava and Hunter Kwietniewski-Lees. Keep up the great work! • Alice Stevens has been off playing ITP comps in Canberra and Mornington and heads back to Canberra this week to join our other Juniors Alfee Stevens, Jaun Yum, Luka Vujacic, Jay Fairclough, Riana Tan, Brendan Jayaprakash and Rory Marles to defend WA's title at the prestigious Pizzey Cup. Best of luck guys! • Gill Ashley and Trish Haffenden swapped their rackets for golf clubs for a weekend on the Green at Rotto. Peter Bierwirth has been holidaying in Thailand and Arnold Jones has just returned from a caravan trip to the Eastern States. • Keith Begley took out second prize in the recent Manning Tennis Club Championships. • The Bunbury Teams Tournament was recent host to HPTC women Julie Strack, Katrina Chisholm, Anna Kelly, Veronica Burns, Rhoda Napier and Lynnette Gardiner. They may not have come away with the win but their lively team of cheer-leaders: Kathy Williams, Denise McIntosh and Clare Hughes, certainly kept up the energy and fun! • More from our Juniors! Aidan Chan and Karin Hiramatsu will be representing WA at the upcoming State Teams Competition. • John Tondut has just celebrated his 70th and Debbie Napier has just hit the big 5-0! • Good to see our BBQ Master Danny Lombardi pulling on the boots and playing night league this winter! • Thanks to Webb & Brown-Neaves for their ex-gratia payment to the Club for the use of our fence behind Court 13 to display their company banner. • Our resident Djidi-djidi, Walter, has been hanging out and causing chaos in the clubrooms as usual. The Sunday Night Doubles Team got a bit of cross training in this week trying to convince him it was closing time! • Welcome to our newest members: Bernard Knight, Andrew Humble, John Woon, Aaron Santos and Liam Hogan! |
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MAY BIRTHDAYS Doug Napier - Cecil Gardiner - Tom Clark - Peter Cooke - Nicolass De Wolf - Seb Mairata - John Tondut - Ross Collard - Diane Bilney - Julie Strack - Bernard Knight - Monika Emby - Jon Hayhurst - Alex Wilkinson - Emma Phillips - Michael Boulos - Ella Nurkic - Lachlan Underwood - Juan Yum - Ryle Patten - Elena Manoj - Ethan Clements - Isabella McKenzie - Jovana Novakovic - Emily Fraser. HAPPY BIRTHDAY EVERYONE!! |
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PRESTON STREET IGA JUNIOR TOURNAMENT The weather was wonderful, the energy was electric and the snags were sizzling as Hensman held the annual Preston St IGA Junior Tournament again in April. The tournament was a huge success with everyone involved having a great time competing in, and watching matches played both here at the Club and at Wesley College. Winners and Runners Up from HPTC included Elana Manoj, Darshyn Mannar, Mayla Manoj, Toma Terasawa, Elijay Lui, Khristian Bacchelli-Khoo and Brendan Chan. Huge thanks to our 40 volunteers on the day who made the tournament run so smoothly, and to Jan Budden (Tournament Director), Jill Sheridan (Tournament Referee) and Trish Haffenden (Canteen) for your hard work before and at the event. A very special thankyou to Ken McIntosh for coordinating and facilitating another successful event for the Club! |
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How the numbers stacked up: 441 matches 612 balls used 202 players 19 events 46 trophies and prizes 4 days 2 locations 12 officials 40 volunteers 250+ sausages 386km driven to get to the comp (from Albany!) |
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LIFE MEMBERS DAY Thanks to everyone who helped out and/or came down to the Club to celebrate our Life Members in April. A sunny day of 8-Set, Fast 4 Mixed Doubles culminated in Pari Chandra taking home the major prize! It was a fabulous event organised to perfection by Pam Gardiner. Thanks Pam! Special mentions to June Rundle for all her help with the event (especially those delicious sausage rolls and sandwiches!) and to David Hassett & Joan Campbell for slaving away in the kitchen on the day. Team HPTC! |
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VERTI-MOWING OUR LAWNS The first of our two verti-mowing sessions for the Winter happened in early May. With some of the best grass courts in WA, it takes a lot of work to keep them in such great condition. Brendan, our resident grass-whisperer, has been taking great care of the courts to ensure a smooth, fast and consistent surface for next Summer's season of play! |
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WHAT HAPPENS TO OLD TENNIS BALLS? Well, we prevent them from going into landfill through the Game On Recycling program where they get turned into flooring, soft fall matting and underlay, but a few lucky balls go to Maddie, our local Tennis Loving Pooch. Maddie and her Dad, Ron, pop in now and again to restock her well-loved and well-chewed collection! |
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HAVE YOUR SAY We would love your feedback on our Club! Please take the opportunity to share your thoughts on Hensman and let us know how we can improve. Responses are anonymous, and all questions are optional. Spare 10 minutes to help Hensman become the best Club around! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WJXFKV6 |
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TENNIS WEST FLEX LEAGUE Have you heard about the latest new comp from Tennis West? Flex League is a great way to sneak in a bit more competitive play. Register to be paired up with local opponents to play 4 Verified UTR matches over 5 weeks. Find new level-based competitors, stay local and schedule matches when and wherever you want! (You can even play at Hensman, you just have to book a court!) Find out more at Universal Tennis - Transforming tennis globally |
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TENNIS TRIVIA DID YOU KNOW... The longest tennis match took 11 hours and 5 minutes to complete. It was played between John Isner and Nicolas Mahut. Ultimately, John Isner triumphed with a score line of 6–4, 3–6, 6–7, (7–9), 7–6(7–3), 70–68 (final set). It's exhausting just thinking about it... |
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NEW SPONSORS A huge welcome and thankyou to our two newest sponsors: G A KELLY ELECTRICAL G A Kelly Electrical Pty Ltd is a Western Australian family owned and operated company providing professional electrical services to the wider Perth area for 15+ years. We offer a full and comprehensive range of electrical services for residential homes, commercial and light industrial Companies. Gerry is the owner operator of G A Kelly Electrical Pty Ltd. An A Grade electrician with over 20 years’ experience, he operates at the highest standard of electrical safety and is professional, honest and operates with integrity. No matter where you’re located in Perth, we provide 24-hour, 7 day emergency call-out. Contact Gerry on 0406966074 or gakelly@iinet.net.au ON THE GREEN PHYSIOTHERAPY AND PILATES Located in the Wesley College Sports Club, On The Green Physiotherapy & Pilates provides a personalised service to all. The physiotherapy side of the business is run by Mark Ryder, who has over 20 years of experience in Sports and Occupational Physiotherapy. The Pilates studio is run by South Perth local, Leila Coogan, who, along with her team of instructors strive to challenge each member in every class. The studio has eight reformers and classes both for beginners or those more familiar with the movements and exercises. Best of all, your first session is free! Just register online at www.onthegreenphysio.com.au We welcome anyone who is interested to come along and try a reformer session. For more information, please call Leila on 043490271 |
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MEMBER PROFILE ANJA DOKIC Hello! I'm Anja and you will know me as the Captain of the Hensman Park Women's State League team, and one of the coaches for Team Tennis WA. I started playing tennis at the age of 8 and have been coached by Mark Leuba for most of my life. Mark coached me to 4 Australian National Championship Titles in my Junior playing career. When I finished high-school I went to the US to play tennis at college which was a fantastic experience. I've also had the privilege of travelling with the Australian National Team on multiple occasions for tournaments around the world. Being a part of the Women's State League team is great and I really love seeing the younger girls coming in and achieving incredible things on the court! I have been coaching at Hensman Park for about 4 years now. This Club is like my second home because I'm always here! When I'm not on the courts you can find me hanging out with my Golden Retriever Henry or working towards my Bachelor of Education at uni. "I have known Anja since she was 8 years old and have enjoyed watching her progress from an aspiring Junior, through many National Titles and overseas tournaments, to Women's State League Captain. I am so proud of the dedicated, reliable, committed and hardworking woman she is today.' Trish Haffenden - Women's State League Manager |
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VOLUNTEER Tennis West have partnered with Special Olympics WA to host a Tennis Competition for Players With Intellectual Impairment (PWII) on Sunday 11th June. Special Olympics local competitions are for children and adults with intellectual disabilities and autism who wish to compete against other athletes in their chosen sport and qualify for Special Olympics state and national competitions. Participants can register for the competition or come along for fun and exciting come-and-try activities for any skill level.
For more information and competition registration visit: https://events.humanitix.com/wa-tennis-competition If you would like to volunteer and be involved in the day please express your interest here: Special Olympics Tennis Competition - Volunteer EOI (airtable.com) |
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HPTC AGM Our Annual General Meeting will be held at the Club on Saturday June 10 at 4pm. Please join us to help shape the future of our Club. |
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CLUB SHIRTS Proud to be a Hensman member? Grab a T-shirt today! Juniors Size 8-16 $25 Seniors Size S-XL $45 Email Lauren to order your shirt managerhptc@gmail.com |
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MOTHER'S DAY OFFER FROM SOKLICH & CO Our generous sponsors at Soklich & Co love to look after our members! Book your complimentary clean, polish and rhodium plating of one ring during the month of May by calling 9367 7712 |
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DATES TO REMEMBER Saturday June 10 - HPTC Annual General Meeting |
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Have some fun photos or good gossip from around the Club? Send it to Lauren for inclusion in the next newsletter! managerhptc@gmail.com 0422 204 467 |
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