Veterans & Masters Competitions

Weather Update (Sunday 21st):

Vets Mens Singles postponed until Saturday 27th April (registration 8:00am to 8:45am, matches to commence 9:00am)

For the afternoon matches, we will review the weather at 11am and update the website.  At this stage all competitions are on as scheduled

The Veterans & Masters Competitions will take place on Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st of April.  The Veterans Competitions is open to all club members over the age of 35 years of age and the Masters competition is open to all members over the age of 50 years of age.

Saturday 20th April: 
Veterans (over 35) Mens Doubles
Veterans (over 35) Womens Doubles
Veterans (over 35) Mixed Doubles

Sunday 21st April:
Veterans (over 35) Mens Singles
Veterans (over 35) Womens Singles

Masters (over 50) Mens Doubles
Masters (over 50) Womens Doubles
Masters (over 50) Mixed Doubles

Playing Conditions

Matches will be 1 set to 9 (winning by at least 2 games)

• A match tie breaker to 10 points (winning by at least 2 points) will be played at 8 - 8.
• Sudden Death Deuce will be played on the 2nd Deuce 

  • Receiver selects sides

  • Except for Mixed Doubles where Male Server will serve to Male receiver and Female Server will serve to Female receiver.

2023 Wellington Tennis Club Championships

For the 2023 Club Championships (including the Veteran's & Master's competitions) we had over 80 competitors playing across the 13 different draws.  It was fantasic seeing so many players and supporters at the club over the two weeks of the event and the Veteran's (over 35) doubles competitions were interrupted by rain on two seperate occasions, we got there in the end.

There was many fantasic results with some of the highlights and winners below:

For the results of the Veterans' (over 35) and Masters (over 50) competitions please click here

Mens Singles Champion	Womens Singles Champion	Mens Doubles Champions	Womens Doubles Champions	Mixed Doubles Champions
Dom Miller	Sanda Jukic	Herve Michaud & Peter Scott	Naomi Burwell & Clare Docherty	Asoiva McKavaagh & Marty Simonlehner
Runners Up
Oscar Horsley	Leilani Wakelin	Henry Craib & Dan Price	Karen Donnelly & Sanda Jukic	Naomi Burwell & Maurice Fearon

The Wellington Tennis Club Unofficial Awards:

The Iron-person Award: For the player who spent the most time on court.
Winner: Maurice Fearon with approximately 21 hours of court time.

Performance of the Tournament Award: 
Joint Winners: Sanda Jukic for winning both the Open and Veteran's (over 35) Women's Singles titles and runner up in the Open Women's Doubles.
Doubles pairing of Henry Craib & Dan Price (Mens 3rd Grade team).  On their path to the Open Mens Doubles Final, they beat the #2 and #3 pairings.

Match of the Tournament:
Quarter Final Match between Maurice Fearon & David Buckrell.  Very competitive match which was decided in a tie-breaker.
Honourable Mentions: Open Women's Final between Sanda Jukic & Leilani Wakelin which went down to a 3rd Set Match Tie Breaker and the Open Men's Doubles first round match between Henry Craib & Dan Price vs Rod Moon & Dave Chan which was decided by a late service break 9-7.

Fastest Registration: Henry Craib 26 seconds

Slowest Registration: 93 minutes and 55 seconds (won't embarrass the person by naming them)

Colour done well:  Clare Dochurty.  Honorable mention: Nicky Beale