Wrap-up of the Worlds in Turkey - Oct, Nov 2008
Robyn Castle has filed her final report from the World
Championships in Turkey. The World Championships came to a
close on Sunday, October 26, with many Australians in the
winners’ circle, taking out FIVE Singles and SIX Doubles titles.
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this story...
Carl Anjou also pays tribute to the efforts of our representatives at
the Seniors and Super-Seniors World Tennis Championships held in
October in Turkey.
Teams results...
Individuals results...
Many Australians featured in Semi Finals, under a
cloudless sky and in mild to warm temperatures. Club Ali Bey was
a picture, and the tennis we witnessed was worthy of greater
recognition, the 35Men’s in particular, was a display of such
power and accuracy as you would see in the “big time”.
Robyn Castle has been busy playing, watching and reporting this
week at the World Championships in Turkey...
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this story....
Our Austria Cup team, Andrew Rae,
(winning his 5th Cup, in a row - 2 Fred Perry Cups (50s) and 3
Austria Cups (55s) Max Bates (4th in a row) and Russell Watts
(2nd) put it all together to win the “big one”. The Doubles
decider against the USA, produced some scintillating tennis, as
the Australians showed their legendary skills in doubles to seal
the win, 6-3, 6-1!
Our Gardnar Mulloy Cup (M80)
gentlemen, Doug Corbett, Ward Hillier, Neville Halligan and
Neale Hook defeated a very confident USA team with World #1
Graydon Nichols unable to subdue our Dougie! Doug is ranked #5,
but he played the game to beat the best. Ward went down to
Clement Hopp, and then after the Singles they both backed up
against a fresh American pair, Tony Franco and Jason Morton.
Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Oi! Oi! Oi!
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The
supporters who ‘carried them over the line’, said it was
like a football match with all the cheering and yelling
“Go, Aussies, Go”! And the atmosphere was electric. (I
wish I’d been there!) It was down to a Doubles decider,
and the Aussies had to win the third set. They played
drop shots and lobs with superb control to have the
Americans wondering what to do next.
Ward and Doug, you
are the Best! |
Octogenarians...
Doug & Ward |
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Robyn Castle in Turkey...
Robyn Castle reports from Turkey on the progress of our teams...
Club Ali Bey in Antalya, Turkey is once again an excellent host
for the Tennis Seniors’ Teams’ Championships, and the Aussies
are having some good results. At Belek, there are 6 teams –
Men’s 50s, 60s and 70s, and Women’s 50s, 55s and 60s.
More...
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news from the ITF site...
The South Australian hosts for next January's Australian Tennis
Seniors Championships have released a flyer for the social
program they have put together.
Click here
to view the program...
Notice has now been given that the 40th Annual General Meeting
of Tennis Seniors Australia
Inc will be held in the Quality Hotel Tiffins on the Park, 176
Greenhill Road, Parkside, Adelaide, South Australia, at 8.00pm
on Wednesday, 14th January, 2009. While the current
National Executive will automatically retire at this Meeting,
all but one have offered their services for yet another year.
Our hard-working Hon Secretary Carl Anjou has advised that he
will not be available for re-election at this Meeting so if you
are a member of Tennis Seniors, have significant administrative
experience, and diverse experience in other areas, such as
marketing and finance, then give consideration to nominating for
a position on the National Executive.
Nomination forms must be submitted to Carl by December 16,
2008.
more...
Hon Secretary Carl Anjou has advised of a number of changes that
have taken place with respect to Office Bearers in several State
Tennis Seniors organisations. Alison Ide (ACT President), John Schluter (SA President) and Ray Fitz-Gerald (VIC President) all retired after a number of years of distinguished service to their respective Divisional Associations.
On behalf of all seniors we would like to thank them for their work, and we will always remember their influence with a level of gratitude. Ray Fitz-Gerald was awarded Life Membership at the recent Victorian Seniors AGM … well deserved.
Pat Moloney has now replaced Alison Ide, John Butterworth replaced John Schluter, and Paul Kleverlaan has replaced Ray Fitz-Gerald. We wish all these new Presidents the very best wishes for the challenges ahead in the coming years.
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for full list of changes...
HEAD to Adelaide and Shine!!!!! In
January 2009
Teams Week 11th to 16th January
Individuals Week 18th to 23rd January
South Australia are delighted to invite you to participate in the 2009
Australian Seniors Tennis Championships in Adelaide. Full
details are available on the South Australian web site
www.tennisseniors.org.au/sa (click on the 2009 Australian
Championships tab).
The Team Nomination entry form, Tennis details and nomination
guidelines are now available for downloading (click here).
The Individuals Entry Form is now available for on line entry
via
www.92computing.com.au, closing on 3rd December 2008
For players wishing to nominate for selection in an ITF Cup Team
are to apply via the internet on
www.92computing.com.au/teamsnomination.htm, closing on 10th
December 2008.
Rankings - Tennis Seniors Australia - August 2008
Gail Bates has recently updated the rankings lists for both
singles and doubles.
2008 Queensland Championships
With a record 355 entries, the tournament was bound to be a
success. However, with wet weather, all Saturday's play
was lost along with Sunday afternoon's play at the main venue.
The players were fantastic in agreeing to play matches under
lights on Sunday night to catch up unfinished singles matches
and play extra matches to reduce the number required to play on
Monday morning to finish the singles events. The sun
finally came out on Monday afternoon for the Mixed events.
More...
Results...
Robyn Castle pays tribute to one
of the real characters of Seniors Tennis in Australia,
Derek Arthurs, who
lost his fight with cancer in early June.
Tennis Seniors have seen what a
talented player he has been, winning 12 titles in Teams’
competition over 16 years, and he has won many Doubles events
including the Australian 65+ Doubles in January 2006 and 2007.
When asked what his tennis ambition was, Derek stated that it
was to “keep playing.”
Even though he was stricken with
cancer, that’s exactly what he did. No one could believe where
he got the stamina while he was so ill. We saw him play in
Wodonga in January, representing Victoria in the Teams’
competition, and in the Australian Doubles with his friend, Bob
Howes.
He will be always remembered as a quick-witted and funny man,
who could be relied upon to lighten up the conversation,
wherever he may have been. We will all miss Derek terribly, and
our hearts go out to his family, Angie, Kerry, Michael and
Wayne.
More...
Tennis Seniors ACT are going to honour ALISON IDE
at a gala dinner in recognition of
her outstanding service to Tennis Seniors Australia and Tennis
Seniors ACT. The dinner will be held in Acton on 21 June
and it is hoped that as many Tennis Seniors as possible will
attend.
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To make it easy for players
interested in improving their rankings, our Rankings
Coordinator, Gail Bates, has put together a
list
of the Australian tournaments for 2008 that have ranking status.
Please note that these ranking tournaments are highlighted in
bold on the
Tennis Seniors calendar for each state.
Robyn Castle previews the 2008 ITF World's....
The ITF World Seniors and Super Seniors World Team
Championships will start a day earlier than usual to cater for the
record number of teams that have entered this year. A total of 376
teams from 38 countries will grace the courts of the two resorts in
Antalya from October 12 – 18. Australia will have 6 teams at
Belek, (W50, W55, W60, M50, M60 and M70) and 11 at Manavgat (W45,
W65, W70, W75, M35, M40, M45, M55, M65, M75 and M80).
more...
Robyn Castle reports on the 38th ACT Annual
Championships...
Grey skies, but fine, cool weather greeted the 125+
contingent who came to play in the 38th ACT Annual
Championships, at the popular venue at Weston Creek. Mick
Doyle’s swansong (and Anne’s) went well, and the players were
tired but happy by Monday afternoon. The tennis had been well
contested, in all categories, including the players who usually
do not get a chance to play amongst their own standard. (One
young 45 year-old was heard to comment when watching the 60+
Final, “hey mate, we’re lucky we’re in OUR age group, these guys
are too good!”) (There was a battle between ACT’s Phil Higgs and
QLD’s Lee Taylor in progress!)
more...
Honorary Secretary Carl Anjou has compiled a
list
of Tennis Seniors Australia’s and Divisional Office Bearers and
other contact personnel, as at the 1st March, 2008.
With respect to our
National Selectors, note that Natalie Cutcliffe, Joyce
Rogers and Roger Grant have retired from this Committee … and we
thank them for their contribution over the last twelve months.
We welcome the new appointments to the Committee, namely Marilyn
Davis (QLD), Brenda Foster (NSW) and Martin Richards (SA).
Please note that Alison Ide has
retired from the position of National Public Officer, and we
thank her for her services in this role over the last five
years. Peter Breugelmans, well known identity and experienced
administrator in Canberra, has been appointed to this position.
Welcome Peter!
Mick Parslow has retired as Tennis Australia’s Seniors
Representative to the International Tennis Federation. We thank
Mick for his many years of significant service not only as our
representative but as an administrator assisting the ITF in many
parts of the world. We welcome David Stobart, President of
Tennis Victoria, who has been appointed to this position.
Gail Bates needs your help in collating historical records
from the Australian Seniors Championships since they were first
conducted in Hobart in 1977. Over the past two
years, in somewhat of a labour of love, Gail has put together a
comprehensive booklet that lists winners, finalists, scores and
events for every national championship since 1977. The
results of her work to date can be
downloaded as a pdf file and she is asking for your help
to fill in any missing players and results. If anybody can help
in any way with corrections or additions, please email Gail on
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2008
Australian Selectors announced...
The new National Selection Committee
has now been appointed for the period from 1st March, 2008 for a
period of twelve months.
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here for more details...
2008 Australian
Championships - Wodonga, January
Robyn Castle gives her version of a fantastic two
weeks at the Australian Seniors Championships at Wodonga...
The Teams’ week was fun for all, as usual,
although there had been rain, which delayed the start. The grass
was a little spongy, as a result, but the curator did a fine job
preparing the courts every day for the whole 2 weeks and they
only got better.
The week even inspired the multi-talented South
Australian Jill Wherry to pen
a poem
for the occasion.
Andrew Rae & Ken Wurtz at the Championsips
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Click here for more on the Individual championships ...
2008 Australian Teams Selected
The teams selected to represent Australia in the Seniors and
Super-seniors ITF competitions have now been announced.
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