MLTC Newsletter 30 May 2023

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Manly Lawn Tennis Club Newsletter – 30 May 2023

Club Captain’s Report

After five rounds of Sydney Badge we still have three undefeated teams.  The Ladies 2 and Thursday Badge as well as the Men’s 5 Team.
Round 5 Results
Division 1 Men’s
Manly 1 def The Westies 6-2
Sean played his first match this year and teamed with Sven to win 3 sets.
Cameron/Andrew won 3 sets also . 2nd position again now.
Division 2 Men’s
Manly 2 def Marrickville 1 6-2 away
Harry/Jono 3 sets  Sam/Netto 3 sets The Manly Team showed Albo how to play good tennis as he played in an earlier match and lost all 4 sets! Manly 2 now 4th.
Division 3 Men’s
Manly 3 def Syd Uni 6-2 away
Milton/ Vincent 3 sets. Bede/Dan 3 sets. Now in 2nd position.
Division 5 Men’s
Manly 4 def Strathfield 2 6-2
Craig/Jarryd 3 sets Geoff/Shishir 3 sets. After a slow start to the season this team has found form and is now 5th on the table.
Division 8 Men’s
Manly 5 def Kooroora 8-0
Tom/Hugo kept up their winning form to win all 4 sets again and remain unbeaten.
16 sets in a row. Alec returned from his holiday to team up with his dad ,Richard ,to also win 4 sets.The Team is now flying high in 1st position.
Manly 6 had a bye    2nd position
Division 11 Men’s
Manly 7 lost 3-5 away at Royal Sydney
Dave/Stu 2 sets Brett/Barnaby 1 set   3rd position
Division 1 Women’s
Manly 1 lost 4-4 on games v Sydney Uni
Marina played her first match for a long time and together with Nicola played well to win 2 sets. Ruby did not partner her mum,Marina ,but played with Bryanne to also win 2 sets. The Ladies are in 7th position
Division 3 Women’s
Manly 2 def Chatswood 2  7-1 away
Kirsten/Sarah 4 sets Carolina/Emily 3 sets
This big win keeps the Ladies in first position
Manly 3 def Killara 1 5-2
Pip/ Penny 2 sets Christine/Larissa 3 sets with 1 unfinished
Now in 5th position
Division 4 Women’s
Manly 4 lost 2-5 to Sydney Uni
Pam/Sally 1 set Erryn/ Rosie 1 set with one unfinished  In 3rd position
Thursday Badge 4-4 tie on games with Roseville
Barbara/Lisa 3 sets Erryn/Lindy 1 set. The ladies are still undefeated and in 2nd position
 
This Saturday The Men’s 1 Team is again at home in the late match
Come along and celebrate a win for our team and also have a beer for the Blues win over the Marroons in State of Origin.

There are more courts for Social this Saturday as teams have a bye.
Denis Crowley

Ciao,
Virginia sending from Sicily
MLTC Secretary

www.manlylawn.com.au

 

MLTC Newsletter 23 May 2023

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 Manly Lawn Tennis Club Newsletter 23 May 2023

Club Captain’s Report

After Round 4 of Sydney Badge we still have three unbeaten teams.  Our Ladies 2 and Men’s 5 and Thursday Ladies are all still unbeaten.
Round 4 Results
Women’s Division 1
Manly 1 lost 8-0 away to Superb Ladies
Women’s Division 3
Manly 2 Won 7-1 at home v Kooroora 1. Virginia/Kirsten 4 sets  Krista/Sarah 3 sets. Another strong win to ensure the team remains unbeaten and top of the ladder.
Manly 3 Lost 4-2 away to Neutral Bay. Larissa/Christine 2 sets  Two sets were unfinished.  The match is being disputed as Neutral Bay had a reserve rated too high.
Women’s Division 4
Manly 4  Drew 3-3 with Easts away Two sets unfinished. Kate /Noriko won 3 sets
Thursday Ladies
Washout at Cooper Park
Men’s Division 1
Manly 1 Lost 6-2 away to Zone 1, Sven/Oliver 1 set Andrew/ Alex 1 set, Alex reserved for Manly as many players unavailable
Men’s Division 2
Lost 4-4 at home v Zone 2, A close loss by 2 games to a strong team. Todd/Harry 2 sets Sam/ Steve Nettleton 2 sets
Men’s Division 3
Manly 3 Lost 6-2 away to Killara 1. Bede/Howard 1 set Vincent/Sean 1 set
Men’s Division 5
Manly 4 Lost 5-3 at home v Killara 3. Geoff/Michael Eberhardt won 3 sets.
Men’s Division 8 Manly 5 Won 5-3 at home v Marrickville. Hugo/ Tom 4 sets again to now have won all 12 sets this season.  Chris/Denis won 1 set to help remain unbeaten and top of the ladder.  This was The Prime Ministers Team but he wisely chose to fly to Japan rather than face Hugo and Tom and possibly George on the sidelines!
Men’s Division 10
Won 6-2 at home v Sydney Uni. Richard/Aidan 3 sets. James/Brodie 3 sets
Men’s Division 11
Won 7-1 at Keirle Park v Collaroy 2. Dave/Stu 3 sets Barnaby/Tom 4 sets again to remain unbeaten in 8 sets.
This Saturday The Men’s 1 and Ladies 1 Teams will play at home and be looking to bounce back from last weeks losses.
Both matches are at 2.50pm as usual so come along to support them.
Social Tennis
The committee has decided to play Social Tennis each Saturday now from 11.30am to 2.30 pm on Courts 1 and 2. This will ensure that these courts are vacated by no later than 2.30pm.
Denis Crowley

Best wishes,
Virginia
MLTC Secretary

www.manlylawn.com.au

 

Tennis Seniors: Senior Moments May 2023 Newsletter

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Highlights a number of recent tournaments.

 

TENNIS-SENIORS – Seniors Moments – May Edition

MLTC Newsletter 15 May 2023

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Manly Lawn Tennis Club Newsletter 15 May 2023

Club Captain’s Report

Round 3 Badge Results

Round 3 Badge was not as good for our Mens Teams as the previous week with only 3 winning teams but our Womens Teams had 3 winners, which included Thursday Badge.

Thursday Ladies

Won 5-3 v Hunters Hill at home

Noriko/Erryn 2 sets Lindy/Jane 3 sets

Division 1 Womens

Manly 1 lost 8-0 to Roseville away.

Nicola and her team came up against the past champions.

Division 3 Womens

Manly 2 Won 6-1 v Beecroft away.

Krista/Kirsten 3 sets with 1 unfinished Virginia/Carolina 3 sets.This team remains undefeated.

Manly 3 Lost 7-1 to Chatswood 1 at Keirle Park

Christine/Larissa won the only set but the team lost 4 tiebreakers which proved costly.

Division 4 Womens

Manly 4 Won 8-0 v Syd Uni 2

Melinda/Erryn 4 sets Kate/Noriko 4 sets

Division 1 Mens Won 5-3 v Syd Uni

The men kept up their unbeaten start to the season with Blake/Tristan winning 3 sets Sven/Justin 2 sets.

Welcome to Tristan and Sven/Justin who all played their first matches for Manly.

Division 2 Mens Lost 8-0 at home to Kooroora 1 .

Todd and his team had a tough day at the office against a very strong Kooroora team.It was good to see Sam Withell back playing badge for Manly.Unfortunately he had to partner Todd !!

Division 3 Mens

Won 6-2 v Kooroora 3 at home

Milton/Jon continued with their good form to win 3 sets as did Fernando/Dan.

Division 5 Mens  Lost 5-3 away to Wests

Geoff/Stephane 2 sets Jarryd/Gavin 1 set

Division 8 Mens

Won 4-4 on games v Killara away

Hugo/Tom won 4 sets again to remain unbeaten and keep the team unbeaten

Richard/Denis played their part by driving and entering the winning scores,respectively.

Division 10 Mens

Lost 5-3 away to Roseville

Brodie/Mike 2 sets Richard/James 1 set

Division 11 Mens

Lost 6-0 at home v Tennis World

Two sets were unfinished. Brett played his first Badge match and struck a tough team first up.

Round 4 of Badge next Saturday will have our Ladies 2 unbeaten team play at home in a late match .

The Mens 2 Team will be out for a big victory in another late match so plenty of good tennis to watch.

Best wishes,

Virginia

MLTC Secretary

www.manlylawn.com.au

 

MLTC Newsletter – 8 May 2023

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 Manly Lawn Tennis Club Newsletter – 8 May 2023

Club Captain’s Report

Round 2 of Sydney Badge was an excellent weekend for our club with eight teams winning their matches.

All home teams won which is very important as it is always harder to win away.

Round 2 results

Division 1 Mens

Manly won 5-3 against Castle Hill.

Both pairs played great tennis to win against the winning team from the last few seasons.

Cam/Blake 3 sets Ben/Andrew 2 sets.

Division 2 Mens

Manly won 5-3 v Hunters Hill

Captain Todd led the way with Warren Green who was returning to badge after a long time out.They won all 4 sets.

Harry and Jono returned also after time out and won 1 set to complete the victory.

Division 3 Mens

Manly won 6-2 v Zone 3

Milton/Jon 3 sets  Howard/Dan 3 sets

Division 5 Mens lost 2-6 away to Neutral Bay

Shishir/Sam 1 set Jarryd/Geoff 1 set

Division 8 Mens

Won 6-2 away at Chatswood.

A good win against last years premier team.

Hugo/Tom 4 sets Richard/Graham 2 sets

Division 10 Mens

Won 7-1 away at Marrickville

Brodie/Gabriel 4 sets Aidan/James 3 sets

Both pairs are relatively new to badge so to win easily at Marrickville is an excellent result.

Division 11 Mens

Won 7-1 v Sydney University

Barnaby/Tom began their Badge career in grand style by winning their first 2 sets to love and also their next 2 sets.

The team of Dave and Stu won 3 sets to complete a big win.

Division 1 Womens

Manly lost 7-1 away at Collaroy.

Collaroy has a very strong team of juniors and  will be one of the favourites to win Division 1 this year.

Lisa/Ruby won 1 set.

Division 3 Womens

Manly 2 Won 4-4 on games at Neutral Bay

Kirsten/Krista won 3 sets including a 6-0 6-1 to pave the way to victory.

Virginia/Carolina won 1 set to complete the win.

Manly 3 Won 5-2 at home v Kooroora

Pip/Larissa playing their first match for Manly won all 4 sets

Christine/Sophie won 1 set with 1 unfinished.

Division 4 Womens

Manly 4 Lost 5-2 away at Chatswood.

Erryn/Pam 1 set Kate/Melinda 1 set with 1 unfinished.

Thursday Ladies had a bye.

This Saturday our Mens Top 3 Teams play at home again in the late matches so plenty to watch.

The club also has a new tv with internet connection so plenty to see and do.

Hopefully the bar fridges are working again as Milton has plenty of beer and wine in stock.

Denis

Best wishes,
Virginia
MLTC Secretary

www.manlylawn.com.au

 

What’s a Good Miss? | AskThePro

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I’ve heard you often refer to a lost point as “a good miss”?  Why, you still lost the point!?

It’s understandable that you might question the idea of a “good miss” since losing a point is never ideal. However, the concept of a “good miss” is rooted in strategic thinking and risk management in tennis.

Statistics from Tennis Analytics show that hitting the ball into the net is one of the most common errors in tennis.  If you study the table below, two lightbulb moments will jump out at you:

1.  The vast majority of points, at any level of the game, are lost (typically 90% of points are lost!), and

2.  Over 40% of those errors result from hitting the ball into the net.

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By avoiding this FUNDAMENTAL error of hitting the ball into the net, players increase their chances of winning the point. Therefore, a “good miss” refers to a shot that does not result in a net error but may still end up out of  court.

By aiming to avoid the net and hitting with margin, players can reduce the risk of making unforced errors and increase their chances of winning the point.  Moreover, they give the opposition a change to miss and make an error.

Of course, a shot that lands in the ideal location is always the goal, but it’s not always achievable. In those situations, a “good miss” can be a strategic and effective approach to minimize mistakes.

In summary, a “good miss” is not about celebrating a lost point, but rather a strategy to minimize unforced errors and increase the likelihood of winning the point, and the match, in the long run.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MLTC Newsletter 3 May 2023

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Manly Lawn Tennis Club Newsletter 3 May 2023

Club captain’s Report 

Rain played havoc with the first round of Sydney Badge but despite the rain our Women’s and Men’s Division 1 teams had victories to start the season strongly.
Results from Round 1
Women’s Division 1
Manly 1 def Longueville 1  4-3
Nicola/Bryanne  won 3 sets Ruby/Caroline 1 set with one unfinished set.
Women’s Division 3
Manly 2 drew Chatswood 1 3-2
This match is disputed as Chatswood was unhappy to finish the match because of the wet conditions.
Carolina/Emily 2 sets with 2 unfinished
Kirsten/Krista 1 set with 1 unfinished
Manly 3 Washout
Men’s Division 1
Manly 1 def Voyager 7-1
Blake/Cameron paired for the first time to win 4 sets easily whilst Andrew/Oliver won 3 sets. This was a good warmup for next Saturday v Castle Hill.
Men’s Division 2
Manly 2 Washout
Men’s Division 3
Manly 3 Lost 2-6 to Roseville away
Sean/Vincent won 2 sets
All other Men’s teams washed out.
Thursday Ladies
Division 2
Manly 1 def Royal Sydney 6-2 away
A great start to the season with Lisa/ Barbara winning 4 sets and Melinda/Erryn 2 sets
Round 2 on Saturday our Men’s 1 and 2 Teams play at home in the late matches.
The Div 1 match v Castle Hill will the best tennis of the season on courts 1 and 2 so extra seating is being provided
The Bulldogs and Manly play Friday night football this week so there is no excuse not to be at the club on Saturday.
Owen Kennedy is now in Mona Vale hospital and is not doing too well.
We wish him all the best and any visitors would be welcome.
Best wishes,
Virginia
MLTC Secretary

www.manlylawn.com.au