HPTC December News 2023 Serving up all our latest updates! |
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ACES AND PLACES • A huge congratulations to Club Sponsors the Sequeira Family who celebrated 35 years of service at their Preston St IGA store recently! The day was marked with plenty of fun in the store and carpark with samples and giveaways, and plenty of Hensman Members popping in to offer their good wishes. Fellow Club Sponsor Barry Telfer from Angelo Street Optical was even there to lend his musical stylings for the crowd with his Herding Cats Troupe! • Another accolade for our very own superstar Alice Stevens who recently won the Girl's ITF Junior Perth International! Go girl!! • A big celebratory lunch was held to ring in the 80th birthdays of Terry Ingram and Brian Newlands this month. Congrats, boys! • Speaking of congratulations, well done to Yee and Angela Leung on making it to their Ruby Wedding Anniversary this month.! • Awesome to see a few of our Sponsors popping in to our recent sundowner and to watch our Women's State League in action. Thanks to Jason Peterson from CPS Capital, Alec Whyte from Parry and Whyte Architects, Ian and Cathy Hutchison from Ian Hutchison Real Estate, Keith Begley from Resfin Homes, Joe Chumah from Suss X Active and our Club Patron the Hon Geoff Baker for coming down to cheer our girls on in a win against Dalkeith! • Holidays, holidays... Ian and Cathy Hutchison are off again on a cruise to Vanuatu, Jamin has headed to Singapore to celebrate Christmas with his family and Mike and Anna McLean are heading to Antarctica and South America to escape the heat. Bon Voyage guys! Meanwhile welcome home to John Tondut after his travels around Australia and overseas. • Peter Hollow once again put on his "Coach's Christmas" for the boys of the Wednesday Men's Shed Social Tennis. Another great afternoon, made extra special by the musical talents of Ian Seymour and Philip Vincent! • Congratulations to the winners of Chris Wilkinson's Christmas Raffle: 1st - Ping Biffen who won a new Tennis Racquet, 2nd - Jenny Ash who took home a Coaching Voucher, and 3rd - Yee Leung who won the wine! Thanks to Chris for organising the raffle and making over $600 which will all go directly to the redevelopment of the clubhouse, and to Tennis Only and Team Tennis WA for donating prizes! • A car boot-load of Christmas gifts was donated just in time to brighten the holidays for over 300 women and more than 350 children who rely on Zonta House Family Refuge, a local organisation helping families escaping domestic violence. A huge thanks to all who donated a gift, you have helped spread a little more joy in the world. • Welcome to our newest members: Dennis Hewett, Geoff and Amanda Saunders, David Rutha and James Yuen and welcome back to returning member Brent Johnson! |
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DECEMBER BIRTHDAYS Cara Sutherland, Jake Bolingbroke, Hannah Peterson, Eva Scari, Chloe Tyers, Linley Nevin, Rithika Kumar, Nicholas Lim, Calvin Chiew, Ryan Rafferty, Vamsi Gollapinni, Velia Torres, Adrian Hertel, Graeme Price, Suzie Prandi, Warren Haley, Auriol Heary, Ray Ferguson, George Grainger, Brian Newlands, Terry Ingram, Shirley Davies, Christopher Kennedy. HAPPY BIRTHDAY EVERYONE!! |
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FESTIVE FUN AT HENSMAN From our Junior Tinsel Terminator, to the Saturday Social Play Christmas Tournament, Peter Hollow's Men's Shed Feast and our Christmas donation to Zonta House, there have been some fantastic celebrations at Hensman these holidays! Check out some of the photos! |
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TWILIGHT AND SOCIAL TENNIS We really appreciate the work and effort that goes into running our Social Play, Twilight and Pickleball sessions, and to give our legendary coaches and facilitators a well deserved break over the holidays there will be some changes to the schedules. Please make sure you stay up to date with timetables by joining the Twilight and Pickleball WhatsApp groups and keeping an eye on the Weekly Club Updates for Social Play. A huge thanks to our regular hardworking volunteers who organise and run the sessions: John, Clare, FD, Scott, Damo, James, Adam, Santiago, Peter, Doug and Shirley. Enjoy your Christmases everyone! |
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END OF YEAR SPONSOR OFFERS Take advantage of some of our fantastic end-of-year offers from a few of our Club Sponsors! |
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On The Green OTG are pleased to offer Hensman Club members the usual free introductory class with the option of adding on either a Buy 5, Get 6 Class Pass Buy 10, Get 12 Class Pass. Offer is valid until Jan 31st, email Leila to book! cooganleila@gmail.com |
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HPH Solutions When is the right time to talk about planning for aged care? Being the time of year that brings families together, the holidays are a good time to have important conversations. Aged care planning is one of those important conversations, whether it’s for yourself or for loved ones. Club sponsor HPH Solutions has a specialist advisor dedicated to this very important area of financial planning. If you do have that conversation with your family this festive season, and feel it’s time to assess options, feel free to contact us. |
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ResFin Home Loans Keith Begley – Mortgage Broker (Director) Home Loan Savings Free Consult for all Hensman Park Tennis Club members and their families. Low Interest and Flexible Home Loan Solutions. In a market of increasing interest rates, cost of living pressures and a very competitive Perth housing market, it’s important and surprisingly simple with the help of your Broker to be confident you have the best home loan with the correct structure to help reduce interest paid on your home loan. Phone Keith on 0438 866 093 or email keith.begley@resifinhomeloans.com.au to discuss if your home loan is competitive and fit for purpose. Specialising in: Residential Refinances, Residential Purchases & Residential Construction Loans. Pre-Approvals & Finance Approvals |
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MTA Travel - Jodie Everett |
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TENNIS TRIVIA Around 54,000 tennis balls are used in the 2-week Wimbledon tournament. They are inspected and replaced every seven to nine games in order to keep them in optimum condition and when they’re not being used, tennis balls are put in a refrigerated container to keep them looking spotless! |
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MEMBER PROFILE TERRY INGRAM I first started playing tennis at around the age of 11 or 12 at the original Melville Tennis Club on Canning Hwy in the 1950s with Arthur Marshall. Over the years working in country towns, I continued playing and even won a few competitions in Narrogin and Wongan Hills. After being a member at Bullcreek Tennis Club for several years, I joined HPTC so I could play on grass, and that’s where I met the boys and became a part of what’s known today as the Hensman Men’s Shed Social Tennis gang. They are a friendly and supportive bunch of guys and I enjoy the camaraderie - a great feature of HPTC! Everyone looks out for each other and we try to make all feel welcome. The highlight for me playing tennis is the exhilaration I feel when my feet actually tread on that beautiful grass. The feeling lasts if I am having a good day but diminishes quickly if my game is off! My favourite tennis player on the world scene is Roger Federer. Cool, calm and deadly - everything I am not! It'll be a long time before anyone greater than Roger comes on the scene. In my view he's the consummate tennis champion. I was married in January 1965 in Attadale and had two fantastic daughters - Karyn and Susan. I spent 38 years travelling around reginal WA working in the banking sector, and also managed a stint in Fiji before retiring in 1998. I was remarried in 1993 to Linley and gained 3 more children – Danielle, Michael and Paul, and have amassed a wonderful 8 grandkids and 4 great grandkids. My gorgeous Bella is the last member of the family, our miniature labradoodle who loves to come to tennis on Wednesdays! |
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NEW SPONSOR GRAND CRU WINES Welcome to the team, Grand Cru! "We are a fiercely independent family-owned wine merchant, celebrating 50 years in business in 2024. We put great service front and centre in everything we do; our staff are passionate about our wide range of wines, spirits and beers and are always happy to share knowledge and give recommendations. Grand Cru specializes in Australian and International fine wines, wine tasting functions in our underground cellar, client wine storage, and in-store tasting events. We have stores in Mt Lawley, Nedlands & Ardross." |
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DATES TO REMEMBER Monday Dec 25 - Christmas Day (Public Holiday) Tuesday Dec 26 - Boxing Day (Public Holiday) Friday Dec 29 - United Cup begins in Perth and Sydney Monday Jan 1 - New Year's Day (Public Holiday) Monday Jan 8 - Australian Open begins Tuesday Jan 9 - Rafa Nadal Tour Australian Masters begins Wednesday Jan 31 - Term 1, 2024 |
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HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM HENSMAN From everyone at Hensman Park Tennis Club, we wish you a Cheerful Christmas, Delightful Diwali, Happy Hannukah, Kick-ass Kwanzaa, Beautiful Bodhi, Adorable Advent, Luminous Lohri, Sensational Saints Day, Fabulous Festivus, Lovely Los Posadas, Outstanding Omisoka, Special Solstice, Charming Chinese New Year and a very relaxing and rejuvenating break. Thank you for being part of the Hensman Family, and here's to 2024! |
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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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Thankyou to our generous sponsors, we couldn't do it without you! Support our sponsors today. |
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