Tennis Seniors Swan Hill Update

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Nov 8 Update

The closing date for entries for the National Teams Carnival at Swan Hill has been extended until Nov 15 after tonight’s update from the organising committee, which is provided verbatim in italics, as follows;

2022 Swan Hill – STATUS AS AT 8.11.2021

At this stage 2022 Swan Hill is going ahead.
At this point in time, the local Swan Hill area is more than 92% fully vaccinated.
The revised closing date for team entries is Monday 15th November 2021.

The Victorian State Government Event settings:
https://www.coronavirus.vic.gov.au/public-events
Stipulates that this is now a fully vaccinated tennis event.

To play in this event you are required to be fully vaccinated. This applies to all partners and/or support staff.

Masks must be worn in all indoor areas except when eating and drinking.

Please check with your state organiser if you have any concerns.
The latest information from the Victorian State Government can be found here: https://www.health.vic.gov.au/covid-19/directions-issued-by-victorias-chief-health-officer

We will also have the Home Rapid Antigen Test Kit available. It will be available to everyone.

Opening Ceremony & Cocktail Party
Please be aware that because of the venue being used only fully vaccinated players will be allowed to attend this event.

Closing Presentation Dinner
Please be aware that because of the venue being used only fully vaccinated players will be allowed to attend this event.

Other Social Functions
Because food and beverages will be served only fully vaccinated players will be allowed to attend these events.

Clubs, Restaurants, Bars etc.
These facilities will only be accessible to those fully vaccinated.

Team Sections and Gradings
Because of the reduced number of teams nominating so far, due to of COVID-19, each player needs to be aware that several age groups may be combined, and that there is likely to be only 1 section in each age group. This could lead to a varying standard of tennis in each section. Unfortunately, there is nothing that we can do about it. These are unusual times.


Let’s all get together, enjoy being on the court, socialising and having fun again.

Our underlying concern is for the welfare of our players.

If you have any queries whatsoever, please contact the Organising Committee Chairperson
Mike Evans
[email protected]
0411 885 596

If you haven’t entered you can still fill out a nomination form online due to the extended closing date, on our website
tsnsw.com.au.

Please remember to pay your annual $20 membership BSB 032-044
Acc # 315 326 or renew online by credit card before entering any tournament.

Our next tournament is the South Camden Twilight on Nov 19-21 with the Kiama Vets & Legends on Dec 11-12.

Our AGM this year will be held on Dec 19 at Strathfield Tennis Club at 11 am with social tennis following at the conclusion of our short meeting. And if you are interested in volunteering as a committee member in 2022 please drop us an email. We need more committed volunteers!! Nominations close on Nov 14.

Club Championships Results & Draws Week 4

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NOTE:  PLEASE CHECK WEBSITE REGULARLY FOR ANY CHANGES TO DRAW PARTICULARLY MATCH TIMES.

Results & Draws for the Annual Club Championships:

MLTC2021-1-MOS

MLTC2021-2-MOD

MLTC2021-3-WOS

MLTC2021-4-WOD

MLTC2021-5-XOD

MLTC2021-6-AMS

MLTC2021-7-AMD

MLTC2021-8-AWD

MLTC2021-9-AXD

 

Thank you to Dean Hodgson for, once again, preparing the draws!

Good luck to all competitors.

MLTC Newsletter 8 Nov

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AGM Reminder Monday 15th November, 7.30pm in the Clubhouse. Email me if you would like to join by Zoom.

Club Championships Updates

The A Grade Mixed Final was played on Sunday with Michelle Stevens And Brett Zeola winning in straight sets over Narelle Kinsey and Peter Roberts. The winners will receive their prizemoney on Finals Day whilst the runners up can choose a bottle of wine each from Milton’s wine cellar.

The Ladies finalists are decided after two long matches on Saturday and the top seed Emily Peake defeated Krista Oates whilst second seed and returning past champion Sofie Sullivan was successful over Carolina Penna Y Lillo.

The Ladies Final will be next Saturday at NOON so reserve your seats early.

The top 4 Mens seeds have now reached the semi finals stage and they will battle it out on Saturday following the Ladies Final on Court 1.

Cameron Green defeated Milton on Saturday and he will play Bosko who defeated Roberto Gallardo in his quarter final match.

Then Bosko and Boyd teamed up to defeat Geoff Dunstan and Fernando Alves in a doubles quarter final.
They will take on 2nd seeds Sean White and Jono Walker on Saturday at 5pm
Milton and Jon Corney are waiting to play their semi final at noon on Saturday against the winners on Friday night between Top seeds Cam Green and Todd Maloney v Justin Hooley and Vincent LHeure.

Four time Champion Andrew Riminton had a tough match also defeating Mike O’Connor and he will play Sean White who won thru last weekend.

The Ladies Doubles semis were played and in a marathon effort on Friday evening Sarah Bunting and Krista Oates the 2nd seeds were winners over Sofie Sullivan and Virginia Longfellow.

Then late on Saturday the top seeded Emily Peake and Carolina won over Kristina Curtis and Kirsten Bruce.

The Ladies Doubles Final will be on November 20.

On Sunday the 2nd seeded pairing of Sarah Bunting and Jono Walker had a tough fight to defeat Krista Oates and Todd Maloney In the Mixed doubles semi.

At the same time the 1st seeds in Milton and Carolina won their quarter final Mixed over Virginia and Craig Withell.

They have a tough match next Sunday in their semi final playing Maria Nicol and Andrew Riminton.

The winners to play Sarah and Jono in The Mixed Final on November 20.

The A grade mens singles  quarters and semis were played last Saturday with Alan Bourchardt and Gavin McVean, the top 2 seeds and last years finalists winning through.

Alan defeated Matthew Curtis 9-8 in a long game then demolished a large pizza and went on and won 6-2 6-2 against Stefan Fontes.

Gavin was successful over Hugo in two tough sets.

The Final will be played possibly midweek as both players are  away over the next two weekends.

The A grade mens doubles quarters and semis were played with Top seeds in Alan Bourchardt and Daniel defeating Ray Dummett and Des Tempany on Saturday and Hugo And Christo in a marathon 3 setter on Sunday.

The up and coming pairing of Bede Kirwan and Matthew Curtis with a combined age of 25 years defeated the 2nd seeds with a combined age of 137 years in Denis and Chris Diaz in straight sets.

They will play the final against Alan and Daniel on November 20.

Chris and I are ordering pizzas before the match next time but somehow I don’t think it will help.

Full results can be found online.

Denis Crowley

Best wishes,
Virginia
MLTC Secretary

www.manlylawn.com.au

Shining Sinner Storms Into Top 10 | ATP Tour | Tennis

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Jannik Sinner makes history on Monday when he becomes the youngest Italian to crack the Top 10 in the FedEx ATP Rankings. The 20-year-old climbed to World No. 9 following his run to the Erste Bank Open semi-finals.

The five-time ATP Tour titlist is the fifth player from his country to break into the elite group, joining Adriano Panatta, Corrado Barazzutti, Fabio Fognini and Matteo Berrettini. Overall, Sinner is the youngest man in the Top 10 by more than two years, with Casper Ruud nearing his 23rd birthday.

It is not only impressive that Sinner is in the Top 10 — it is how quickly he got there. The San Candido native skied competitively as a junior and did not turn his focus to tennis until his early teens. Four years ago, he did not have a FedEx ATP Ranking. Now, he is near the very top of the sport.

Sinner’s Ranking This Week Since 2017

 2017  Unranked
 2018  No. 785
 2019  No. 93
 2020  No. 44
 2021  No. 9

Sinner is not blinded by his accolades, though. Far from it. The 20-year-old often speaks about the “long road” that represents his career. He is focussed on the practice or match in front of him, not his impressive rise.

“For sure I don’t want to rush so much,” Sinner said in Indian Wells. “I’m just trying… to play match after match in the best possible way, and we’ll see. [I’m] trying to improve.”

Although Sinner did not begin his ascent until just a few years ago, he quickly earned the respect of his peers and the fans. The 2019 Intesa Sanpaolo Next Gen ATP Finals champion has consistently held his own against the best in the sport and in many cases challenged them. The Italian, who made his first ATP Masters 1000 final this year in Miami, played Alexander Bublik during that run. The Kazakhstani asked him afterwards if he is human.

“He’s not [human]. That’s a fact,” Bublik said. “I asked him if he’s a human or not because for me, it’s very surprising that the guy at his age has this mental toughness that many, many other players don’t have. I called him a robot a couple of times during the match, but I do it in a very sincere way because he’s a really, really great player.”

Sinner played World No. 1 Novak Djokovic for the first time just two weeks later in Monte Carlo. The Serbian won the match, but had high praise for the protégé of Riccardo Piatti, who once worked with Djokovic.

“[Jannik] has got a lot of talent and he has proven that he is the future of our sport. Actually, he is already the present of our sport [having] played a final [in an] ATP Masters 1000 [event] already,” Djokovic said. “He is making big strides in professional tennis.”

Players rave about Sinner’s power, mental toughness, maturity and professionalism. Those traits have propelled him into the Top 10 in the FedEx ATP Rankings, and also into eighth in the FedEx ATP Race To Turin, putting him in position to qualify for the Nitto ATP Finals with a strong finish to the season. But Sinner is not allowing that to distract him.

“Honestly, I love to play tennis, and this is the reason why I play,” Sinner said in Vienna. “Obviously you would like to go to Turin or you want to win this match or that point, but sometimes it happens and sometimes it doesn’t happen. You have to accept that. Honestly, I just try to play tennis.”

MLTC Newsletter 3 Nov

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CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS UPDATES

We have our A grade Ladies Doubles decided with Pam Muir and Catherine Williams winning the title in a closely contested round robin last Sunday. Michelle Stevens and Melinda Gray were 2nd with Narelle Kinsey and Liz Lim finishing 3rd. Pam and Catherine will receive their prize money on Finals Day November 20.

Sean White has progressed to the semi finals of the mens singles and mens doubles with partner Jono Walker. Milton and Jon Corney are also in the mens doubles semi after their victory on Sunday.

This Saturday the other 3 quarter finals of the Mens Singles will be contested.

The ladies semi finals will be the main drawcard on Saturday with Carolina V Sofie at 2pm as well as Emily v Krista at 2pm.

There are plenty of other good matches including the Ladies doubles semi final plus the Mens A Grade semis.

All results and the draw can be found at Manly Lawn website.

With restrictions easing each week now come down to the club on Saturday and watch some great tennis whilst enjoying a beverage from barperson John Swanson. Swanee is making a comeback to tennis instead of spectating and serving behind the bar. The word is he is practising for the Combined 100 Doubles to be played in February. He is looking for a partner to take on Andrew and George!

Denis Crowley

AGM – Monday 15th November in the Clubhouse at 7.30pm
You must be double vaccinated to attend, otherwise I can send a zoom link if you let me know.

Thursday Social
No bookings on Thursday from now on. You must still be double vaccinated to play.

Best wishes,
Virginia
MLTC Secretary

www.manlylawn.com.au

Club Championships Draws Week 3

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NOTE:  PLEASE CHECK WEBSITE REGULARLY FOR ANY CHANGES TO DRAW PARTICULARLY MATCH TIMES.

Draws for the Annual Club Championships:

MLTC2021-1-MOS

MLTC2021-2-MOD

MLTC2021-3-WOS

MLTC2021-4-WOD

MLTC2021-5-XOD

MLTC2021-6-AMS

MLTC2021-7-AMD

MLTC2021-8-AWD

MLTC2021-9-AXD

 

Thank you to Dean Hodgson for, once again, preparing the draws!

Good luck to all competitors.

Rafael Nadal Hits With 97 Year Old | ATP Tour | Tennis

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Rafael Nadal’s capacity to delight fans from any generation was in the spotlight again this week. An idol to young hopefuls, a mirror for adults and an example to even the oldest of players, the Spaniard is a sporting icon whose fanbase spans every age group.

Nadal welcomed a very special fan to the Rafa Nadal Academy by Movistar this week. Ukrainian player Leonid Stanislavskyi, 97 years of age, holds the Guinness World Record for the oldest player in the world with an International Tennis Federation (ITF) licence. He was delighted to meet the Mallorcan ex-world No. 1.

The two spoke together, exchanged greetings and knocked up on court, in a demonstration of the connections that can be made while playing. It was an unforgettable day for Leonid, who professes an eternal love for the game of tennis.

As a result of his passion for the sport, Stanislavskyi, who has been competing in amateur tennis for over half a century, sent a letter to the ITF a few months ago asking them to create a new veteran category for players in his age range. For the first time, the ITF introduced a new category for over-90s at the ITF Super Senior World Championships.

Born on 22 March 1924, Leonid has been able to witness many generations of tennis. From the amateur period, through the start of the Open Era in 1968, to the professional tennis of today, he has followed the careers of the great legends of the sport. His excitement at meeting Nadal in person was a crowning moment in his story.

During his visit, Leonid took the opportunity to see the Rafa Nadal Museum, where he was able to take a close look at the trophies won by the Spaniard during his legendary career. There, among all his other prestigious silverware, his current haul of 20 Grand Slam titles and 36 ATP Masters 1000 trophies can be found.

After a left-foot injury brought his 2021 season to a close, Nadal is continuing to work on his recovery. The Balearic Islander won two titles this year, taking the spoils at the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell, where he extended his record to 12 titles, and the Internazionali BNL d’Italia, where he reached the magical figure of 10 cups.

www.atptour.com/en/news/rafael-nadal-hits-with-97-year-old

 

Sent from iPad. Pls excuse typos.

Club Championships Draws Week 2

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NOTE:  PLEASE CHECK WEBSITE REGULARLY FOR ANY CHANGES TO DRAW PARTICULARLY MATCH TIMES.

Draws for the Annual Club Championships:

MLTC2021-1-MOS

MLTC2021-2-MOD

MLTC2021-3-WOS

MLTC2021-4-WOD

MLTC2021-5-XOD

MLTC2021-6-AMS

MLTC2021-7-AMD

MLTC2021-8-AWD

MLTC2021-9-AXD

 

Thank you to Dean Hodgson for, once again, preparing the draws!

Good luck to all competitors.

Tennis Seniors Update

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October 29 Update

The closing date for entries for the National Teams Carnival at Swan Hill has been extended until Nov 5 to allow more clarity from each state on their “roadmap” out of the pandemic and any issues relating to the many social events during the playing week.

You can enter as a team or an individual. Payment would then be required from each team member soon after the Nov 5 closing date.

If you haven’t entered you can now fill out a nomination form online on our website tsnsw.com.au.

Please remember to pay your annual $20 membership BSB 032-044 Acc # 315 326 or renew online by credit card before entering any tournament.

Our next tournament is the South Camden Twilight on Nov 19-21 with the Kiama Vets & Legends on Dec 11-12.

Our AGM this year will be held on Dec 19 at Strathfield Tennis Club at 11 am with social tennis following at the conclusion of our short meeting.

If you are interested in volunteering as a committee member in 2022 please drop us an email. Nominations close on Nov 14.

MTC Competitions Restart

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MTC Ladies & Night Competitions

Ladies Competitions start:

  • Tuesday  26 October
  • Friday 29 October

Night Competitions start:

  • Tuesday night 26 October
  • Wednesday night 27 October

ALL PLAYERS MUST BE DOUBLE VAXXED.

Reserve players always welcome.  For more information, please contact or email Scott.

Sign up on the web links above.

Scott Blackburn
MTC Tennis Director & Head Pro

MLTC Newsletter 25Oct

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CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS UPDATES

Week 1 of our Club Championships were played in perfect weather despite prediction of rain all week.  All the results can be found on line.

Our four junior players were the star performers of the weekend showing that all the coaching and practice certainly is paying dividends.
Well done to Ruby Quigley, Maria Nicol, both having very close matches. Matthew Curtis and Bede Kirwan also had close matches in the Open singles and winning their A grade matches. All four will be playing again next Saturday as will the top 8 seeds in the Men’s Open.

Two courts will be available from 11.30 am to 2pm for social play and again about 5pm.

There are a lot of matches scheduled for this weekend and the draw is online (see link above). Anyone wishing to change their match times needs to contact their opponents.

All warmups are restricted to 5 MINUTES please.

Come early and stretch before your match!
Good luck to all players.

Denis Crowley

SUPER DOUBLES – MIDWEEK PLAYERS

Should start on Thursday 18 November. Entries are limited to 8 teams. Entries close on Thursday 11 November.

Regular players who compete in Tue/Thu midweek social are eligible to enter. Now is the time to get your partner and enter. Entries should be emailed to Owen Kennedy at [email protected]. Owen has volunteered to run this event.

Best wishes,
Virginia
MLTC Secretary

www.manlylawn.com.au

Rules for people who are not fully vaccinated | NSW Govn

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New rules are in place for fully vaccinated people in NSW.

You are fully vaccinated if you have had 2 doses of a COVID-19 vaccination or you have a medical exemption.

Children under 16 years of age who are not fully vaccinated can generally follow the rules for fully vaccinated people so long as they visit certain businesses with a fully vaccinated member of your household.

For people over the age of 16 who are not fully vaccinated, more rules and restrictions apply.

You are not fully vaccinated if you have had:

  • only one dose of a COVID-19 vaccination or
  • no doses of a COVID-19 vaccination.

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