OCTOBER 2024

Hello members

An extra bonus of having our lawn courts in Hagley Park, is being in such close proximity to the Botanic Gardens.  This month, if you take a wander before or after tennis, you will find what blooms in October: Rhododendrons, Bearded Irises, Azaleas, Magnolias and the annual bedding display.

However the biggest news this week is that our lawn courts on Row 5 should be up and running this weekend .   Bryce, Trevor and Alex have been hard at work - measuring and painting, installing posts and nets. Thank you for your hard work. 

Planning for our 50th Anniversary Lawn Tournament (January 2025) is well underway.  Should you not be entering yourself that weekend (and we encourage you to enter), please let us know if you can help out in any other way, either before or during the event.  If you have hospitality contacts we could utilise, please let us know. 

We warmly welcome new members:

Senior Members:
Joel Doherty, Emma Bone, Ricky Lee, Sam Francis, Sebastian Fletcher, and James Burnett

Junior Members:
Jagger He, Henry and Alice Murdoch, Gil and Sharon Sinik, Ashton Hide, Halwin Xu, Eliza Miles, Chris Syme and Max He

Dates for your calendar:

Junior Interclub Dates:
Term 4 Friday 18 October to Saturday 14 December 2024 .
No Play Labour Weekend  and No Play on Canterbury Show Weekend (15/16 November).
Term 1 starts Friday 7 February  to Saturday 22 March 2025,  with  29 March back up date.
 
Senior Interclub Dates:
12/13 October to 14/15 December 2024 .
(No Play Labour Weekend  or Canterbury Show Weekend} 
Restart 25/26 January 2025  but NO play 8/9 February 2025

Quiz Night:
Get your team together for: Sunday 24th November (more details next month)

Save this Date:
17 - 19 Jan 2025
50th Anniversary Lawn Court Tennis Tournament  @ TKHP

SENIOR INTERCLUB

The senior interclub competition starts this weekend!

This year TKHP will be represented in Premier Womens and Mens, division 1 + 3 womens and divisions 1,2,5 and 6 mens. 

We wish all of our teams a great season. 

More info still to come, but if players have any questions leading into this weekend please contact Beth (womens teams) or Hugo (mens). 

Another satisfied customer!
 
Pictured is the Craftsman, Trevor Lau, Club President, and the Client, Linda Ding parked on another new bench seat on court 1.  Many thanks for the donation by Linda & Steven Ding.

Trevor has two more benches in progress for the end of court 4, with thanks to donations by Jeff Field and Liz Collins, through the Collins-Davies Family Trust.
 
Trevor then has plans for a bigger, back-to-back, bench to go between courts 2 and 3. 

Special thanks to Darren Allen aka ‘Dazza’ who kindly welded the frames on the first bench.

Our Patron, Lindsay North together with Frank Tay (pictured) attended the interment of our former Patron, Brian Stedman : 1920 - 2023

BIG RACQUET START OF SEASON SALE AND DEMO DAY

The Racquet Room, run by Hugo at TKHP, is having a DEMO DAY this Wednesday night (9/10) 6-8PM. We have a huge range of demo racquets that you can try out for free, while hitting at the club. 

This is in conjunction with our big start of season sale. 
All racquets* 15% off the website price! 
*excludes racquets already on sale and ex demo racquets
You can try before you buy with most models 
All shoes 20% or more off the website price! 
You can check out most of our racquets and equipment here: 
https://theracquetroom.co.nz/
Contact Hugo for all enquiries: 022 6460617 / theracquetroomnz@gmail.com

Business Opportunity

TKHP Tennis would like to offer you an opportunity to advertise

What you get:
1 year = a banner with your logo on one net post.  
Banner size 60cm wide x 55cm tall
Features a white horizontal stripe at the top to match the net tape.
(The banners fold over the top of the net / visible from both ends of the court). 
$300.00 + GST for the first year
$250.00 + GST for subsequent years  
Note that in the photo below, the banner size is enlarged 90cm x 90cm and doesn’t feature the white stripe.

For more information/enquiry please email info@tkhptennis.nz

The 2024 Tier 3 Canterbury Junior and Senior Spring Open was held recently.

Our Club's Tiger Wang, 2nd from left, won the 14s doubles with Tom Dawson (left, Waimairi TC) 

JUNIOR NEWS

Our TKHP holiday academies have been pumping the last few weeks, with groups of varying ages and stages having fun and really improving their skills.  Also in the Spring holidays, many of our junior members competed at the Canterbury JNR Champs.  We congratulate all players who entered and gave it their all.  Some noteworthy performances from our junior players include: 
Vince Adair, 10U boys singles and doubles champion 
Leo Li, 10U first tournament singles runner up
Tiger Wang, 14s boys singles runner up and doubles champion 
Lester Lai, Open mens singles runner up 
Ray Xu, Open mens singles 3rd place

Next week the Summer season is officially underway and interclub team coaching begins.  We are stoked to have 18 junior teams representing our club this season and our coaching team is looking forward to helping all our players put their best foot forward this season.  More info will be sent out to all parents in the coming days about draws and team management. 

Our HOT SHOTS coaching will also commence at the end of next week, Friday 18/10 and Saturday 19/10.  Our coaching team can’t wait to meet all the new players we have signed up to our club this year, and also continue to help build the skills of our players continuing on our player pathway.  

Coach Hugo

Let me introduce your Committee to you:  Trevor Lau (President), Mark Stringer (Vice President), Larissa Allan (Treasurer and Member administrator), Vicky Jones (Secretary), Hugo Strang (Head Coach), Christine Yap (Coach) Beth Williamson (Club Captain), Michelle North-Kelsen, Bryce Thomson (Grounds Manager) and Tim Preston.

Thanking our Sponsors for new Astro courts 7 and 8 - booked in to resurface in November.

Valid for all TKHP Tennis members