Hi TKHP tennis players

7 weeks to Christmas !!  Plenty of time to get playing on the lawn courts, making the most of the late spring nights.

TKHP Tennis is hosting quite a lot of Canterbury Senior Inter-club games.  Below we have a list of dates when our players compete at home and appreciate an audience.  On the 20th, we have 4 teams playing over the day - so come on down and support the teams, enjoy a bbq and the atmosphere.

Just yesterday the decision was made to stop accepting cash for payment of court fees.  The Club has been the target of thieves for a while and it is just not safe having the money box outside.   All casual court fees will only be accepted online.  
 

A warm welcome to our new club members -

New Senior members

Ben Smith, Blake Cullen, Cameron McCracken, Carol Chin, Wonjeong Kim, Courtney Joblin, David Hayoun-Belhamou, Sumit Doiphode

New Junior Members

Wallace Xu, Arthur Viles, Joshua Wallace, Charles & Gracia Miles, Ethan Song, Jett Zhang, Rashida Oumar, Jack Huang
 

Upcoming dates for your calendar:

• Canterbury Anniversary Weekend November 11/12  - NO Junior Interclub and NO Hot Shots 
• Nov 26, Family Fun Tennis Festival
• January 2023 - Junior Lawn court Champs
• January 2023 - Senior Lawn court Champs

There are so many ways to play tennis at TKHP, so our committee member Emma has put together a "What's On" calendar which you can refer to on the noticeboard.  Here it is!

You can also find it on our website here

Canterbury Senior Inter-club home games 2022 Coming up soon:

Sunday 6 Nov
Div 3 Women
Div 2 Men
Div 3 Men Blue

Sunday 20 Nov                       
Div 1 Women  
Div 3 Women  
Div 3 Men Black  
Div 4 Men

Sunday 27 Nov
Div 2 Men 
Div 3 Men Blue

Seniors Tournament 21/22 January 2023
(warm-up event to the National Seniors Tournament)

Christine is in the pre-planning stage of next years Seniors Tournament.  If you would like to get experience in running tennis events, or helping out on the day/s please contact Christine.  We are looking for volunteers for either part or the whole day.  

The National Seniors Tournament, (2023 Pascoes TNZS National Individual Championships) are being held in Christchurch at Wilding Park the week after, starting on 25 Jan - 29 Jan 2023.  

Email info@tkhptennis.nz

We welcome to the TKHP Tennis Club Gavin, our new groundsman.  Look out for him and give him a wave.

The Clubhouse has a new/old cabinet residing upstairs.  Its a bit of a long story.  The cabinet is dated from the 1880s and is a remnant of the Arts and Craft movement of the time.   It has tolerated being in the clubhouse garage for so many years, that no one is able to remember its origins.  It made a handy tool cabinet until it was recently rescued, stripped of it’s green paint and repaired.   The cabinet houses many trophies which have belonged to the various iterations of the club since 1880.  These were retrieved from an old box (also in the garage).   There is a folder on the cabinet which details the holders of the cups over the years. It is a good read. 

Saturday pm, 26th November
tim@prestons.org.nz | 027-6414301

The fun will be in two divisions - cooperative and competitive

COOPERATIVE LEARNERS
Play for simple fun, learning and improving. For varied objectives such as keep it alive, longest rally, successful volley. Kids should be making reasonable ball contacts, age doesn't matter. Suitable for kids in orange coaching groups and some kids in red coaching. Scoring and rules are optional. Timed games, 12 minutes change. 2:00-4:30pm

COMPETITIVE PLAYERS
Kids (14U) playing or looking to play interclub
Parents might include grandparents, older siblings, friends
Parent or child should know how to score a standard TB set
Semi-conventional seeded tournament format (8 draw, guarentee 3 matches)
Matches will be two rounds of four games each, TB if 4-all
Final round might be longer if players are keen
Short duece, and no lets
2:30-5:30pm

ORANGE TENNIS
Orange format tennis is a 3/4 sized court - a great size for kids (and fun for adults willing to try something a bit different)
https://www.tennishotshots.kiwi/what-is-tennis-hot-shots/ orange
We have eight standard orange size courts marked out on Row3

ORANGE THEME
Think clothes, decorations, food, prizes - wear something orange

SINGLES WARMUP
We expect to play half an hour of quick rotation singles games as a warmup.

GIVE ME A BREAK
There will be some rest breaks including a half hour break with picnic afternoon tea provided. Think scones, oranges, ice blocks, snacks.

CAN'T FIND A PARTNER?
Enter yourself with partner required. We should be able to find you someone to play with.

RAIN AND POSTPONEMENT
If postponement is required I will email everyone. Backup date is Dec 3rd.

OK - NOW TO ENTER
The entry fee is $30 per doubles pairing (or $20 if you enter as a single and partner required).
Please pay by internet banking when you enter to TKHP Tennis 03-0802-0119353-000. Use your name and reference 'OrangeFun' (cash on the day will be accepted but is more difficult to manage
https://clubspark.kiwi/TKHPtennis/Events/FamilyFun

Over the past year Dominos, Christchurch City (160 Lichfield St), have delivered us free pizzas for all the kids on the final day of every TKHP Tennis holiday academy week. 

If anyone buys pizza from Dominos Chch City and uses the code 78934 when they order, Dominos will donate 50c to the club for every pizza bought.