Club Championships Week 2

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The Club Championships began in fine weather with some great tennis.

Results to date and the draw for next weekend are available below.

We are allowing an extra weekend to finish the matches due to the large number of entries.

The finals will now be played on November 7 followed by the Club’s AGM, a barbecue and presentation of trophies.

Match Scheduling: We are trying to schedule a lot of matches in limited court time. Too many members are wanting to change the times in their draws. If you CANNOT play at your designated time, please contact your opposition and arrange another time that works for everyone.  Even so, you MUST check with Denis if a court can be made available for the proposed time.  If your opposition disagrees, or a court is not available, then a forfeit will occur. Please contact Denis if you need to contact your opponent.

Draws for the second week of the Annual Club Championships are linked below:

MLTC2020-1-MOS-2

MLTC2020-2-MOD-2

MLTC2020-3-LOS-2

MLTC2020-4-LOD-2

MLTC2020-5-XOD-2

MLTC2020-6-AMS-2

MLTC2020-7-AMD-2

MLTC2020-8-ALS-2

MLTC2020-9-ALD-2

MLTC2020-10-AXD-2

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

Thank you to Dean Hodgson for preparing the draws!

Good luck to all competitors.

Denis Crowley
MLTC Club Captain
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Seniors Tournaments 2020 Schedule Updated

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CALENDAR – Program of EVENTS 2020 @ 19October

Whilst there has been significant easing of restrictions , please check with the Tournament Directors BEFORE making any bookings for Accommodation

DATES CLUB TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR Contact Details

  • October 16-18 Gosford District TC Chris Lees 0411 154 327

  • November 5-6 Hawks Nest Lisa Dale 0412 500 055

  • November 14-15 Bathurst Carillon City Andrew Mitton 0419 499 467

  • November 14-15 West Tamworth Brian Brooking 0417 614 054

  • December 4-6 “ Dave Matthews” Nelson Bay Stephen Taylor 0466 154 580

Source: TennisSeniors

Club Championships Draws Posted

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

Draws for the Annual Club Championships:

MLTC2020-1-MOS

MLTC2020-2-MOD

MLTC2020-3-LOS

MLTC2020-4-LOD

MLTC2020-5-XOD

MLTC2020-6-AMS

MLTC2020-7-AMD

MLTC2020-8-ALS

MLTC2020-9-ALD

MLTC2020-10-AXD

Thank you to Dean Hodgson for preparing the draws!

Good luck to all competitors.

Club Championship Draws

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Draws, and match times, should be available online tomorrow Friday, October 16.

We are working as fast as we can but have not as yet received the draws to post. Sorry for any inconvenience to players

Please check website for updates tomorrow.

MTC@manlylawn-TuesdayLadiesDraws Term 4

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Round 1 started Tuesday October 13 2020.  Finals Day is Tuesday December 15 2020.

Please click below for link to Term 4 Draws.

MTC-TuesLadiesDraws

MLTC Annual Report 2020

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The 48thANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the Manly Lawn Tennis Club Ltd are attached.

MLTC Annual Report 2020 final

MLTC Annual Report 2020 Financial Statements

Copies of the Financial Statements have been posted on the club’s notice board.

Virginia Longfellow
MLTC Secretary

 

 

MLTC Klub Komp Starts Thurs Oct 29

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Entries are now open for new ?Thursday afternoon social comp starting October 29 for 5 weeks from 3.30 – 5pm.?

We have two courts reserved, so we need 4 pairs to commit to 5 weeks on a Thursday afternoon at the above times. 

Players may enter as ladies doubles, mixed doubles or men’s double pairs.

Format: 3 set matches. Each set won earns you 2 points plus one point for the win. Total 7 points for a 3 set win. If sets are incomplete points will be allocated for sets won only. You will play each team twice with the  last week as play offs for places.?

Sign up below online by October 22. Draw will be available by October 27.

There are a very limited number of teams so sign up quickly as it is first in best dressed!!

Looking forward to a competitive Thursday afternoon.??

Regards 
Melinda Gray
Komp Captain

Relaxed Restrictions for Outdoor Dining from 16 Oct

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13 October 2020

The new restrictions will allow hospitality venues with outdoor areas and outdoor seated music performances to increase capacity in a COVID Safe way. 

The eased restrictions will start from Friday 16 October 2020. Under the new rules:

  • hospitality venues can allow one person for every two square metres for outdoor areas. This previously was one person per four square metres
  • up to 500 people can attend outdoor seated music performances and rehearsals for venues complying with the four square metre rule. This previously was a total of 20 people.

All businesses and venues must use electronic methods such as QR codes to record and keep contact details.

Restaurants, cafes and bars that have outdoor seating sections will be able to increase capacity in a COVID Safe way with the relaxed two square metre rule. 

Venues and organisers of outdoor music performances and rehearsals must have a COVID Safety Plan in place. 

Source: NSW Govn

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF MANLY LAWN TENNIS CLUB LIMITED ABN 59 001 063 074

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Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at the Clubhouse, corner of Raglan and Belgrave Streets, Manly on Saturday 7th November 2020 at 4pm.

AGENDA:

  1. To confirm and sign, as a correct record, the Minutes of the Extraordinary General Meeting held on Saturday 21st December, 2019.
  2. Business arising from the minutes.
  3. Presentation of Annual Report from the President.
  4. Secretary’s Report.
  5. Treasurer’s Report
  6. To receive and consider the Profit and Loss Accounts, the Balance Sheets and the Report of the Directors.
  7. To elect the Directors: President, two Vice – Presidents, Hon. Treasurer and Hon. Secretary.
  8. To elect the members of the Committee: Assistant Hon. Secretary/Treasurer, Social Secretary, Club Captain, Assistant Club Captain, and other Honorary positions in accordance with Clause 40. To elect Badge team selectors in accordance with Clause 46
  9. Life Membership – Ron Jeffs
  10. To confirm the appointment of Hall Jackson Pty Ltd as the company Auditors for the current financial year.
  11. Approval of annual honorariums for the Secretary, Club Captain, Bar Manager and Treasurer.
  12. To transact any other business which, under the Constitution of the Company, may be transacted at an Annual General Meeting.
  13. Any other business

Rafael Nadal Routs Novak Djokovic at French Open to Catch Roger Federer

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Rafael Nadal won his 20th Grand Slam men’s singles championship to tie Roger Federer’s record. It was Nadal’s 13th title at the French Open.

Rafael Nadal beat Novak Djokovic in the French Open final on Sunday to tie Roger Federer with 20 Grand Slam singles championships.

New York Times: Christopher Clarey

Neither Novak Djokovic nor Roger Federer could resist Rafael Nadal on Sunday.

Nadal made astonishingly quick work of them both in the French Open final, overwhelming Djokovic, the world’s No. 1 player, 6-0, 6-2, 7-5, to equal Federer’s record of 20 Grand Slam singles titles.

It was quite possibly Nadal’s finest performance at Roland Garros, which sounds like a reach considering that he had already won 12 Grand Slam singles title on the same rectangle of red clay.

But there was nothing unlucky about No. 13. He was on target from the opening game, breaking Djokovic’s serve under the closed roof at the Philippe Chatrier Court. Nadal, 34 years old but still an irresistible force, ripped groundstrokes with depth and purpose, hunted down drop shots, read Djokovic’s mind and serve and kept his unforced errors to a strict minimum. He made just two in the opening set — one of those on the opening point — and 14 in the match, giving his more erratic and increasingly edgy rival little time or space to find his mojo.

Djokovic, the 2016 French Open champion, is one of only two men to beat Nadal at Roland Garros. He had defeated Nadal in their last three Grand Slam matches against each other.

The most recent of those came at the 2019 Australian Open final, where Djokovic overwhelmed Nadal, 6-3, 6-2, 6-3, in what Djokovic still maintains was the finest performance of his career.

But that rout took place on a hardcourt, Djokovic’s best surface, at the major tournament he has won most often. Sunday’s payback came in Nadal’s kingdom.

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How Swiatek’s sports psychologist honed her mental game

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WTA Insider speaks with sports psychologist Daria Abramowicz about the perils of professional tennis and the importance of training the mind as much as the body.

Daria Abramowicz can think of no better research lab for sports psychology than the high-stakes, high-stress world of Grand Slam tennis. The 33-year-old Warsaw native has served as Polish phenom Iga Swiatek’s sports psychologist for nearly two years, traveling with Swiatek’s team to big events to help address the challenges of playing on the tour.

The 19-year-old has been an unstoppable force in Paris, booking a spot in her first Slam final in just her second main draw appearance at Roland Garros. Unseeded and ranked No.54, Swiatek paved her own way over the fortnight, defeating last year’s finalist Marketa Vondrousova in the first, playing pitch-perfect tennis to oust top seed Simona Halep in a 6-1, 6-2 masterclass, in the Round of 16, and showing no signs of nerves or pressure as she played as the clear favorite to defeat Martina Trevisan in the quarterfinals and Nadia Podoroska in the semifinals. Swiatek is now the first Polish woman to make the Roland Garros in the Open and just the second all-time, following Jadwiga Jedrzejowska, who was a runner-up in 1939.

It is rare to see a young athlete not only employ a full-time sports psychologist but to also speak so openly about her struggles and successes in handling the psychological strains of being a professional athlete.

“I just believe that mental toughness is probably the most important thing in tennis right now because everybody can play on the highest level,” Swiatek told reporters after her fourth-round win. “But the ones that are tough and that can handle the pressure are the biggest ones.

“She just made me smarter. I know more about sports and I know more about psychology and I can understand my own feelings and I can say them out loud.”

“So I always wanted to develop in that way. I was working with some other psychologists, two probably when I was younger. But Daria was the best I could get because she just understands me very well and she knows me very well and she can kind of read my mind, which is weird.

“She was a sailor so she has experience in sports and she was a coach so she has the full package. She just made me smarter. I know more about sports and I know more about psychology and I can understand my own feelings and I can say them out loud.

“She just makes my confidence level higher.”

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AFR: If you want to be healthy at 80, you have to start by 50

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Thirty years ago, a 54-year-old medical scientist and British health bureaucrat named Norman Lazarus was settling down to a nice dinner with his wife while on holiday in Switzerland. As he put his napkin on his lap, he saw the bulge of his middle-aged belly protruding over his belt.

Fast-forward to now: Lazarus is a twinkly-eyed, sprightly 84-year-old. Healthwise, he’s in the pink. He’s an endurance cyclist, has recently published a book, and is still working at King’s College London on unravelling the secrets of healthy ageing. His wife, June, who joined him on his health journey, is 87 and also has no age-related illnesses.

Lazarus deployed his medical know-how to develop a simple “trinity” of actions that, if started during middle-age, give you a solid shot at warding off the 20 or so avoidable diseases of age, including cardiovascular disease, pre-stroke hypertension, high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, dementia, non-alcoholic liver disease, peripheral artery disease, and certain kinds of cancers.

His book, The Lazarus Strategy: How to Age Well and Wisely (Hachette Australia), is plain-speaking and impassioned. Get started, and get started now – not just for your own sake, but for the sake of our societies’ struggling health systems and ageing demographics.

He has become not only an evangelist, but a guinea pig. Tests on him and other elderly members of his cycling club show cardiovascular function equivalent to inactive people 30 years their junior, and their immune systems are still functioning at high capacity.

Ageing and slowing down is inevitable, he says, but disease and infirmity is not. 

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