June 2024
Hello members
Greetings from the start of winter! As the chilly winds and frosty
mornings embrace us, we hope this newsletter finds you in good
spirits.
In an effort to keep the courts on Row 1 dry and prevent water from seeping onto the playing surface, our groundskeeping volunteer team of Joe, Bryce, Terry and Trevor recently trimmed the hedge on courts 3 and 4 that was obstructing proper drainage. Huge thank you team for a job well done.
We are excited to be able to offer members of our club the first opportunity to purchase net post advertising banners before we go public. This is a great advertising chance you do not want to miss. Details below.
Funding has been secured to upgrade the astro courts 7 and 8 on row 2. Work on these will start in the Spring. Thanks to our funders, One Foundation, The Lion Foundation, Kiwi Gambling Foundation, NZCT Community Trust, Pub Charity Limited and TAB.
We are advertising a position.. check it out below.
Our AGM is coming up in August. We encourage YOU to step forward and join the merry crew, that run this club for you.
Stay warm, stay active, and keep swinging those rackets!
A warm welcome to our new club members -
New Senior members
Christian Rodriguez
JuanPablo Lopez
Roelien Pretorius
Jacob Rosner
Matthew Nolan
Dates for your calendar:
10 August (Saturday) AGM - all members invited
18 August (Sunday) Quiz night
8 September (Sunday) Love Tennis and Club Open Day
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
Save this Date:
50th Lawn Tennis Tournament 17 - 19 Jan 2025!
CLUB CHAMPS
Congratulations to our Senior Club Champs for 2023/24
Mens Singles: Franklin Barry
Womens Singles: Petra Belzova
Mens Doubles: Sebastian Kerr and Harrison Young
Womens Doubles: Beth Williamson and Michelle Kelsen
Mixed Doubles: Beth Williamson and Hugo Strang
Senior Interclub
Thanks to all the members who represented TKHP by playing in the Tennis Canterbury Interclub competitions this season. We had a total of eight senior teams playing and had some incredible results. Special mention goes to the Div 3 women and premier women for both making their respective grade finals!
Women
Premier - 2nd place
Div 1 - 4th place
Div 3 - 2nd place
Men
Premier - 6th place
Div1 - 3rd place
Div 2 - 4th place
Div 3 - 7th place
Div 4 - 6th place
Congrats to all the TKHP 23/24 senior interclub prize winners!
Most Improved - men
Div 1 - Matt Goddard
Div 2 - Ray Xu
Div 3 - Tiger Wang
Div 4 - Yajat Lamba
Most Improved - women
Prems - Adele Orangi
Div 1 - Gemma Pepper
Div 3 - Carol Chin
Most Interclub wins
Men's singles: Lester Lai (8 wins)
Men's doubles: Matt Goddard and Seb Kerr (9 wins)
Women's singles: Kaori Hughes (10 wins)
Women's doubles: Carol Chin (9 wins)
Club captain award for the best captain:
Men: Seb Kerr
Women: Carol Chin
THE RACQUET ROOM, run by our coach Hugo is having sale with big discounts for TKHP members or friends and family.
AT LEAST 20% OFF THE ORIGINAL PRICE ON ALL RACQUETS AND EQUIPMENT* and some even bigger deals!
(*discount doesn’t apply to the already discounted Ex-demo racquets)
We have racquets, shoes, dampeners, grips, guard tape and more.
ALSO, GET 10% OFF RESTRINGING
THE SALE STARTS TODAY AND ENDS SATURDAY 15TH JUNE
Discounts don’t apply to online orders, but visit our website to check out our products.: https://theracquetroom.co.nz/
Remember you’ll get 20% off the price advertised online.
Demos are available for many racquets.
To check out our products, organise a demo or a restring, contact:
Hugo Strang
E. theracquetroomnz@gmail.com
P. 022 6460617
Advertising Opportunity
You may have noticed that Court 1 is sporting a new advertising banner - for the Racquet Room.
TKHP Tennis would like to offer you the opportunity to advertise your business:
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 and so are 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, the banner size is enlarged 90cm x 90cm and doesn’t feature the white stripe.
For more information/enquiry please email below.
Save the Date
Sunday - 18th August @ Elmwood Tavern
Junior Club Champs
10s Boys
1st Leon Tian
2nd Justin Zhang
10s Girls to be completed
Finalist Amelia Greig
Semi finals; Moana Jiao v Etoile Stivens
12s Boys
1st Louis Tian
2nd Jacob Wilson
12s Boys Doubles
1st Liam Niu and Lennox Shen
2nd Mike Zheng and Freddie De Costobadie
12s Girls
1st Ivana Preston
2nd Maya Veendrick
14s Boys
1st Samuel Tao
2nd Kingsley Lee
14s Girls
1st Tessa Meng
2nd Ayla Veendrick
18s Boys to be completed
Semi finals;
Sakeri Parnell v Tiger Wang
Yajat Lamba v Ray Xu
18s Girls
1st Selina Tao
2nd Anna Qiu
(Doubles was only played in 12s boys, due to insufficient entries in other grades)
Thanks so much to all the players who took part and the parents who helped.
We look forward to a new improved format next year, with preliminary rounds early in term 1 and finals day and prize giving combining with the senior club champs.
Hugo Strang
Head Coach
Impact Tennis + Te Kura Hagley Park TC
Junior Interclub team results for the Season were –
1st Friday Boys 12s D1 (combined with Bishopdale) - Louis & Jacob
Saturday Girls 12s D1 - Harriet, Caroline, Maya, Ivana & Mila
Boys Premier Secondary RED - Ray,Tiger, Yajat
2nd Friday Mixed 10s D1 - Leon, Maki, Jason, Ryan, Amelia
Saturday Boys 14s RED D1 - Nicholas, Harry, Angrid, Samuel, EeThern
Saturday Girls 14s BLACK D3 - Charlotte, Hayley, Charlotte, Anya, Maggie
Boys Premier Secondary BLACK - Sakeri, Liam, Koji, Daniel
Congratulations to all our teams playing in the Junior Interclub competition over the summer. Thank you to the Captains and Parent Mangers who keep everything running smoothly each week, this is much appreciated by our Junior Administrator & coaches.
And, as a special treat for reading to the end of the newsletter, let me introduce your Committee to you: Trevor Lau, Sarah Schneideman (Vice President), Charlotte Bryden (Treasurer and Member administrator), Vicky Jones (Secretary), Hugo Strang (Head Coach), Christine Yap (Coach) Beth Williamson (Club Captain), Michelle Kelsen, Mark Stringer, Bryce Thomson (Grounds Manager) and Tim Preston.
We have a lot of projects on the go, and thankfully we get help from other members who are not on the committee. Our AGM is coming up in a few months, please think about joining us, as a fresh face (and ideas) are always welcome.
