1 A PUBLICATION BY THE NORTH REGION REGIONAL ASSEMBLY SERVING THE CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS OF SARINA, MORANBAH, MACKAY, CALEN, PROSERPINE, CANNONVALE, BOWEN, COLLINSVILLE, HOME HILL, AYR, TOWNSVILLE, CHARTERS TOWERS & INGHAM TENNIS NORTH NEWS AUGUST 2011 Western Suburbs Tennis Club - Mexican Night On Saturday, 30 th July, Western Suburbs Tennis Club held their annual Mexican night a staple on the Wests social calendar. The night was a funfilled fiesta of Mexican food, drinks and music. WHAT S COMING UP IN SEPTEMBER 2 nd to 5 th FNQ Open 6 th to 9 th Cairns Platinum AMT 10 th to 11 th Junior Development Series Bowen (B) 10 th to 11 th Innisfail Open 17 th to 20 th Head Queensland State Age Championships - Rockhampton 25 th to 27 th North Queensland Junior Age Championships 29 th to 1 st FNQ Age For a more comprehensive schedule of events, see 2011 Calendar Events at www.tennisnorth.com.au
Welcome Day at Mackay Tennis Association 2 Tennis Townsville Celebrates 100 Years
3 From left to right: (1) Pauline Shield- Life Member, (2) Celebration Cake, (3) John Fitzgerald and Cameron Pearson- Tennis Qld CEO From left to right: (1) a Veterans Tennis Tournament was played on the Sunday morning, (2) a Family Fun Day was also held on Sunday, and (3) the celebrations concluded with a Celebrity Tennis Tournament congratulations to Todd Blanchfield and Ben Allen from the Townsville Crocodiles, who took out the Celebrity Finals Match. Ingham Hall Refurbishment Complete Ingham Tennis Association is very happy to announce that their Tennis Hall refurbishment is now complete. After hearing about great weddings, birthdays and dances held at the Tennis Hall in yesteryears, the past and present committee decided it was time to get the old place back up to speed. The project has taken a good part of two years to complete, through a series of grants, self funding and volunteer labour. Work has included: lifting the cement kitchen floor and tiling it, installing stainless steel benchtops, a new commercial stove, and chest freezer. Further hall upgrades include the installation of new ceiling vats, lights, fans, split-system air conditioners, fire proof doors, security windows and screens, and new tables. The floor has been sealed for the first time in the hall s history, and the hall has been repainted both inside and out. Even the 1977 grandstands have been restored, with new alloy seating replacing the aging timber. The old timber was recycled into garden box frames. New steel has also been inserted into the 100 seat grandstand.
The hall seats up to 100 guests, and is available for use by the Hinchinbrook community. Bookings can be made by contacting the club on 4776 1030. 4 2011 Townsville Open Championships The Townsville Open was held at Western Suburbs Tennis Club on the 12 th, 13 th and 14 th of August. The tournament attracted a strong field of 140 players, with competitors from far and wide. Players from Adelaide, Sydney, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Melbourne and New Caledonia joined locals in one of the strongest senior fields in the tournament s history. We re very pleased with the response to this year s tournament. It the highest number of entries and the strongest field we ve seen for both the Open Mens and Open Womens Singles events in the last six years, said Graham Wicks, President of Western Suburbs Tennis Club. It soon became evident that the New Caledonians were the ones to beat. The competitors from the French territory in the southwest Pacific won the Open Mens Singles (Nickolas N'Godrela), the Open Womens Singles (Elodie Rogge- Dietrich), and the Open Womens Doubles (Stephanie Diluccio & Elodie Rogge-Dietrich). Senior success for the locals came in the Open Mens Doubles, with Tobias Schneider and David Single taking out the title, defeating former Davis Cup player Peter Tramacchi and Taylor James Smith. Other results include: Open Mixed Doubles Gavin Van Peperzeel & Gina Adams; Special Mens Singles Tim Pilcher; Special Womens Singles Therese Vogel ; Special Mens Doubles Jago Christoffel & Jacob Monoghan; Special Mixed Doubles Geoffrey Birt & Paula Simpson ; A Grade Mens Singles Karel Dubsky; A Grade Womens Singles - Mina Kaess; A Grade Mens Doubles Steve Merker & Darrin Tennent ; A Grade Womens Doubles Maureen Crimeen & Paula Simpson; A Grade Mixed Doubles Harry Bode & Ann Newton; B Grade Mens Singles Colin Abbey; B Grade Womens Singles - Jamie Grace; B Grade Mens Doubles Claude Brent & Stephen Horsley ; B Grade Womens Doubles Roxanne Smith & Sherry Walton; B Grade Mixed Doubles Barry Baker & Sharon McDermott; 18U Boys Singles Jordan Marshall; 18U Boys Consolation Ryan Schwabb; 18U Girls Singles Natalie Rogers; 18U Girls Consolation - Rachel Hughes; 18U Girls Doubles Alessandra Byrne & Montana Byrne; 14U Boys Singles Sam Cornish; 14U Girls Singles Mary Moyo; 14U Girls Doubles Lisa Payne & Mikayla Zahirovic.
Photos from 2011 Townsville Open Championships 5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Xstrata Social Over 35s Programs Recently, a number of tennis clubs throughout North Queensland have been involved in conducting a Social Over 35s Program at their club. These programs are an initiative of the North Region Regional Assembly, and sponsored by Tennis Queensland and Xstrata. Charters Towers Tennis Club used the opportunity to host a free Social Over 35s Tennis Afternoon on Saturday, 13 th August. The afternoon was designed to encourage adults who have been out of the game for a while, to come and renew their love for tennis. With thirty adults over 35, as well as five younger players attending with their families, it was a fantastic social afternoon. Players enjoyed 4 to 6 sets of 8 games, with opponents chosen by drawing names from a hat. The afternoon of tennis carried on into the evening with a barbq dinner, and included lucky draw prizes. The event was labelled a success, with great feedback received from those involved, and requests for more tennis afternoons of a similar nature.
Photos from the Social Over 35s Tennis Afternoon recently held at Charters Towers Tennis Club 6 Gloucester Tennis Club, located in the beautiful area of Hydeaway Bay, also recently hosted their Xstrata Social Over 35s Program. Held on Friday 5 th August and commencing at 9am, the tennis component of the day was run as an American tournament. Prizes were given for first, second and third highest scores, the oldest player (two of the players were 75, with the average age for the day being 64), the one who made the most noise on the court, and the one who hit the fence the most. According to Gloucester Tennis Club President, Marg Lind, It was a lot of fun! Photos from Gloucester Tennis Club s Xstrata Social Over 35s Day
Junior Development Series Ingham (A) 7 The Ingham (A) JDS tournament was hosted on the weekend of the 20 th and 21 st of August. Results are as follows: Girls Div 1: (1) A Priddey (2) T Mancinelli (3) S Vance (4) K Spring (5) E Olditch Girls Div 2: (1) C Lizon (2) C Olditch (3) K Donovan (4) A Staneke (5) A Leckenby (6) M Kaess Girls Div 3: (1) M Zahirovic (2) K Napier (3) S Duggan (4) K Heuir (5) D Donaldson (6) T Patterson Girls Div 4: (1) N Poli (2) M Merker (3) Z Artauilla (4) A Gallipo (5) R Rinaldo Boys Div 1: (1) N Gardner (2) R Burton (3) J Walton (4) B Goldsmith (5) T Meier (6) L Skinner (7) S Dunn (8) M Lergessner (9) A Walton Boys Div 2: (1) A Tennent (2) L O Reilley (3) J Monaghan (4) N Great (5) A Bonato (6) L Castles Boys Div 3: (1) Z Gilmour (2) N Tennent (3) P Myles (4) B Camp (5) D Osborne (6) M Burke (7) L Tennent (8) M Weis (9) C Sefton (10) M Duggan Boys Div 4: (1) J Vaccher (2) T Jarrott (3) J Shortland (4) B DeLuca (5) B McDonald (6) J Urcastro (7) S Bucklar (8) H Ugarte (9) B Matthews Boys Div 5: (1) J Spina (2) J Cantatori (3) J Pelleri (4) Z Zupp (5) B Feliciano (6) C Naughton (7) L Castles (8) B Shortland (9) L Weis (10) A Vaccher Boys Div 6: (1) D Rinaldo (2) L Shortland (3) M Castles (4) N Weis (5) J Torrisi (6) R Hartwell Congratulations Ryan Hartwell! Ryan was the winner of the GOOD SPORT AWARD at the Ingham (A) Junior Development Series tournament.
8 North Region Regional Assembly AGM The AGM of the North Region Regional Assembly was held on Saturday, 27 th August at the Townsville Sportshouse. Office bearers for the region were elected as follows: President: Graham Wicks (Western Suburbs Tennis Club) Vice President: Jenny Kirkman (Tennis Whitsunday Club) Secretary / Treasurer: Steve Merker (Ingham Tennis Association) Regional Members: Alan Harris (Mackay Junior Tennis Association) and Graham Wicks Junior Development Series A Finals
The 2011 A Finals for the Junior Development Series were played at Tennis Townsville on August 27 th and 28 th. From the results of the A Finals, the team to represent the North Region at the Junior Development Series State Finals is selected. The top two placed boys and the top two placed girls from each age group (17/U, 15/U, 13/U and 11/U) will be invited to be part of the North Region team, to travel to Rockhampton in October, and compete against other regions from Queensland in the State Finals. 9 Additionally, the top six placed boys and the top six placed girls from each age group will be invited to represent the North Region in the Queensland Junior Teams Carnival. The team of 48 juniors, plus team managers will travel to Brisbane in December, to compete against other teams from throughout Queensland. The top six placed boys and girls from each age group are as follows: 17/U Boys 17/U Girls Nathan Gardner Ashlee Priddey Joshua Podosky Pia Eustace Rhan Burton Briellen Fenoglio Lachlan Skinner Rachel Hughes Nicholas Ley Emily Olditch Thuan Truong Katherine Spring 15/U Boys 15/U Girls Brendan Goldsmith Tynneal Mancinelli Tim Meier Majella Nobile Harry Wright Montana Byrne Aiden Tennent Lisa Payne James Monaghan Alessandra Byrne Lachlan O'Reilley Chelsea Olditch 13/U Boys 13/U Girls Jack Walton Samantha Nyika Colby Norman Ashlee Staneke Sebastian Dunn Cassidy Lizon Sam Cornish Sean Govey Nathan Tennent Denim Bidios Mason Lergessner Georgia Dahlenburg 11/U Boys 11/U Girls Lachlan Tennent Lilly Clements-Markham George Wright Nikola Poli Stanley Nyika Kelsie Heuir Lachlan Weis Michaela Merker Bailey Pratt Mikayla Zahirovic Max Cornish Jordon Lizon Congratulations to Trent Murray! Trent was the recipient of the Good Sport Award at the Junior Development Series A Finals.