Latest News http://www.tennisseniors.org.au http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:37:27 +1000 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:36:54 +1000 FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.3.1) http://www.feedforall.com Tennis Seniors Australia have released the new 2012 Ranking Criteria and Points System for all seniors ranking tournaments in Australia and have brought the system in line with the new ITF points system. The Australian Teams and Berri Teams Events have also had the points system increased per set per win. http://www.tennisseniors.org.au/rankings_overview.htm 909583F0-51A2-4BDC-B470-BAB58C37AB00 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:36:54 +1000 On the final day of the Individual Championships in San Diego, Brenda Foster, NSW, teaming with Chris Hearn, Great Britain, defeated Felicity Oxnevad and Peter Hampton, New Zealand, 64, 64 to win the gold medal for the 50+ Mixed doubles. http://www.tennisseniors.org.au/pdfs/2012/2012_02_world_seniors_individual_day8.pdf C0496773-C797-47FD-A5EB-83092E40F10E Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:00:18 +1000 Jurate Hardy, Ros Balodis, Leanne Swaysland and the Evans brothers, Michael and Greg, collected gold medals in San Diego. Brenda Foster received a silver medal. Jurate Hardy from Melbourne, Victoria, is our only gold medallist in the singles at the Individual Championships in San Diego. Jurate, the number 3 seed, defeated the number 2 seed Isabelle Tyrell (GB) 06, 26. Jurate has been living overseas for the past three years. http://www.tennisseniors.org.au/pdfs/2012/2012_02_world_seniors_individual_day7.pdf 653477CB-87EC-4047-97A4-CCE850983CCD Sun, 19 Feb 2012 22:10:38 +1000 Australia has its first finalist in the Women’s 40+ singles in the Individual Championships in San Diego. Jurate Hardy, an absent member at Kooyong, Victoria won her way into the final by defeating Sabine Gerke 61, 10 ret. She will play second seed Isabelle Tyrell (GB). http://www.tennisseniors.org.au/pdfs/2012/2012_02_world_seniors_individual_day6.pdf 9F658670-EC22-403F-BC5B-197EAABE3672 Sun, 19 Feb 2012 06:33:10 +1000 On Day 5 of the Individual Championships, Ros Balodis from the ACT and Greg Evans from NSW join Jurate Hardy, formerly from Victoria, in the semi-finals of the singles in San Diego. Ros defeated Liselot Prechtel-Koot (5) 60, 61. Greg defeated Clemens Wernhandl 64, 62. The semi-finals of these events will be played tomorrow, Friday, San Diego time. http://www.tennisseniors.org.au/pdfs/2012/2012_02_world_seniors_individual_day5.pdf 8DCA20FB-8C81-461E-BF20-51CAEFB45C53 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:50:36 +1000 Glenn Busby joined a growing list of players retiring from matches as the Individual Championships reach their fourth day in San Diego. Glenn is one of six players retiring, mainly due to injury, in the 55 + age group alone. The hard surfaces take their toll even on well honed bodies. Also, bowing out was Gary Thoroughgood who lost 36, 75, 61 to Joakim Berner (Finland). http://www.tennisseniors.org.au/pdfs/2012/2012_02_world_seniors_individual_day4.pdf E0182D91-46CF-4A09-8CC1-F67CF8BC631A Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:24:16 +1000 Greg Evans caused a major upset when he defeated Daniel Dolbea (Germany), the top seeded player in the 35+ singles and now moves into the last 16. Greg’s older brother, Michael, won his way into the last 16 with a 76(3), 62 win over ninth seed Ricardo Langre where he was joined by Brett Patten with a fighting win over Kerry Safdie (USA) 67(3), 76(3), 63. http://www.tennisseniors.org.au/pdfs/2012/2012_02_world_seniors_individual_day3.pdf CE9C2313-538E-4B9F-821D-E4ADC7FDFC1C Thu, 16 Feb 2012 11:15:15 +1000 The individual events got underway Sunday and Monday in San Diego. The 55+ men and the 50+ men have large draws of 128. Other age groups have 64 or 32 draws. With the mixed doubles, men’s doubles and women’s doubles being played, the organizers will be hoping for fine weather throughout the week to ensure all matches are completed on time. With cloudy weather and the possibility of showers tomorrow and Wednesday there are a couple of worrying days but the remaining of the week is expected to be fine and sunny. http://www.tennisseniors.org.au/pdfs/2012/2012_02_world_seniors_individual_day1.pdf 2C856FD4-F354-42C9-A1CC-A7C8BBE1A461 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 09:42:54 +1000 Our Australian team of Ros Balodis, Brenda Foster and Leanne Swaysland have won the Maria Esther Bueno Cup with a 6-2, 6-2, deciding doubles win in San Diego at the World Team Championships. All team finals have now been completed. http://www.tennisseniors.org.au/pdfs/2012/2012_02_world_seniors_teams_results.pdf 57286CEA-6D21-46DE-BFF7-0DD744E9D7EC Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:56:24 +1000 For a seventh successive year Australia has won the Austria Cup, defeating the USA 2-1. Wayne Pascoe got us away to a great start by defeating Sal Castillo in three sets, 2-6, 6-3, 6-0. Glenn Busby suffered an unexpected loss to Dan Waldman, losing 4-6, 6-7(5). Glenn with Garry Thoroughgood then won the doubles 7-6(4), 6-4. In the Bueno Cup, Australia and the USA are locked at 1 rubber each before rain stopped play. Australia is up 3-2 in the first set of the deciding doubles to be completed tomorrow. http://www.tennisseniors.org.au/pdfs/2012/2012_02_world_seniors_day6.pdf 43499D1B-E6A2-4E3E-B645-87244DE90A81 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:18:21 +1000 Competition and Events Manager Yvonne Stanton advises that the Australian Senior Teams and Individual Championships will again be played in Perth in 2013, commencing 6th January for practice sessions and the Opening Ceremony, and concluding on the 19th January. The event will therefore follow straight after the Hopman Cup which finishes on the 5th. http://www.tennisseniors.org.au/pdfs/2012/2012_02_Australian_Championships_in_Perth_2013.pdf 8844B250-F557-4786-8EDA-1883AD5BDFA1 Thu, 9 Feb 2012 16:29:11 +1000 Yvonne Stanton has recently updated the Tennis Seniors Tournament Calendar as well as publishing the list of National Rankng Tournaments for 2012. http://www.tennisseniors.org.au/pdfs/2012/2012_01_TSA_National_ranking_tournaments.pdf 868AE70C-B7B7-4D87-91F3-DE445E3E9D10 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:48:51 +1000 Yvonne Stanton has updated the first draft of the Australian Tennis Seniors Calendar for 2012. http://www.tennisseniors.org.au/pdfs/2012/2012_01_Calendar.pdf 2486CC7F-5261-4D63-BE91-2DC6F2E6C298 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:50:23 +1000 Entries are now available for the Australian Seniors Claycourt Championships to be held at the Dendy Park Tennis Club, East Brighton, Victoria. They will be run from the 9-12 March and the closing date for entries is 22 February, 2012. http://www.tennisseniors.org.au/pdfs/2012/2012_01_TSV_Aust_Clay_Court_Entry_Form.pdf E0B2CF82-9722-4328-8BC2-9225C80B0BC7 Sun, 29 Jan 2012 13:45:07 +1000 Two weeks of outstanding tennis was completed with the staging of the finals of the Australian Individuals Championships in Perth Western Australia. This was one of the first Australian tournaments to use the IPIN entry procedures and despite a few initial teething problems, all entries were successfully processed. http://www.tennisseniors.org.au/pdfs/2012/2012_01_Individual_Championships.pdf CB34D4EB-151B-464B-8947-1108202A369D Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:22:09 +1000 Newly elected President Reg Trevaskis shares some initial thoughts about seniors tennis and some of the challenges that TSA is facing. http://www.tennisseniors.org.au/pdfs/2012/2012_01_Presidents_newsletter.pdf 26AE60AF-8B9D-47BA-A31E-028FB19B5788 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:35:08 +1000 The Australian Teams Championships trophy was won by NSW (65.08% of set won) from ACT (53.64%) and Qld (53.48%). The grading of teams in ten-year age ranges produced the closest competition in the Teams Championships for many years. The variability between scores of competing teams, that is, the great winning margins between teams was the lowest in the past five years. http://www.tennisseniors.org.au/pdfs/2012/2012_01_TSA_Australian_Teams_Championships.pdf 1C2BC31A-940E-4299-987C-AFFF000D5E71 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:29:25 +1000 Former TSA Secretary Tom Hancy was recently awarded the Tennis Seniors Australia 2011 Administrator of the Year. Tom was recognized for his 43 years of unbroken service in various capacities, predominantly to Ringwood and Park Orchards clubs where he is a life member, and of course also to Tennis Seniors Australia for the magnificent contribution he has made as Secretary over the past three years. http://www.tennisseniors.org.au/pdfs/2012/2012_01_Administrator_of_the_year.pdf 3A559819-F257-45D0-8020-3B8307221161 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:30:17 +1000 At the Presentation Dinner following the Australian Teams Championship in Perth, Glen Busby was awarded the Tennis Seniors Australia 2011 Player of the Year. Glen is currently the number 1 world ranked player in the 55+ age bracket and has had a string of successes in Europe and Australia this past year. He was also captain of the Austria Cup team which won in the World Titles in New Zealand earlier in the year. http://www.tennisseniors.org.au/pdfs/2012/2012_01_Player_of_the_year.pdf 87C2B74B-E757-4235-A95B-D5DB34A9AA61 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:29:47 +1000