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What do you call a Secret Agent in a Christmas
Pie factory?
A mince spy!
NEWSLETTER OF THE
LOWER HUTT TENNIS CLUB INC.
67a Totara Cres, Lower Hutt
Website: www.lowerhutttenisclub.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lowerhutttennis
CHRISTMAS SEASON – DECEMBER 2019
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all. I’m sure that
you are as bewildered by the fact that we are already into
December, as I am. It’s either that or been blown away by all
the wind we have been experiencing!
Now that silly season is upon us, I hope that everyone is feeling
the Christmas spirit, but if not, then get along to one of your
league Christmas parties. It will be a busy week for some of our
members as there are a number on next week. Enjoy!
TENNIS CLUB CONTACTS
President – John Donaghy Club Captain – Mark Cullen [email protected]
Chairperson – Mark Cullen [email protected]
Secretary – Steph Fuller [email protected]
Treasurer – Jackie Clarke [email protected]
Midweek – Jackie Clarke [email protected]
Junior Interclub – Rochelle Forbes [email protected]
Senior Interclub
Men’s – Trevor Dine [email protected]
Women’s – Julie Scott [email protected]
Club Leagues
Monday Night – Ken Barnett [email protected]
Tuesday Night – James Murphy [email protected]
Wednesday Night – Mandy Stewart [email protected]
Saturday Afternoon – Tinie/Simon Jellie [email protected]
Sunday Morning – Steph Fuller [email protected]
Club Coach
Michael McGlinchey E: [email protected]
M: 0272 81 81 81
Congratulations to Aryav Bhawan!
Ary competed in the Tennis NZ Junior Masters over
Labour Weekend. He played
u12s in the 9-16 group & came second. Meaning he
placed as number 10 in the country.
Ary then competed in u12s
nationals at the end of
November. Well done Ary!
Time for a Christmas Joke…
RON IS RETIRING.
It is with great regret that our grounds man is hanging up his tools.
Ron and Fay are our wonderful neighbours at the club and have had a long association with us, especially Fay who was a regular
player along with her children; Owen who was junior champion for 2 years running.
Ron was a Post Office manager until he retired 10 years ago and kindly offered to maintain our extensive grounds. Ron has taken
care of the lawn mowing, weeding, clipping, planting, spraying and collecting people’s rubbish. We haven’t paid Ron a
Elf: I’m so strong I could lift a reindeer with one
hand.
Santa: Great, but where are we going to find a
one-handed reindeer?
cent, he has only been reimbursed for petrol and weed spray etc.
Ron does get a bit of liquid product from the club but it’s a very small price for his massive effort.
My association with Ron over those 10 years has been very
rewarding for me and I have formed a very strong relationship
with him. We talk often and Ron would pop over when I was at the club and would bring me up to date with various issues
concerning the club like a broken lawn mower, various noxious weeds, who stripped the Olive tree and unsavoury characters
parking up in our car park! I also enjoyed a social side with Ron and Faye and have spent many a time having a tipple on their
deck discussing world events, politics and life today!! This side
will continue I’m sure!
On behalf of the club, a huge thanks, Ron, for all your hard work. We’ve been so lucky to have had you, your efforts will be sorely
missed.
Merry Christmas to you and Fay, I’ll catch you soon on the deck!
Best wishes Graeme
(Ed. Many thanks to Graeme Josephson who penned this thank you to Ron on behalf of the club)
TENNIS CLUB MEMBERSHIP FEES
The 2019/20 membership fees were set at the AGM on 30th July
2019. For members renewing their membership these were due
by 31st November 2019. If you do not wish to renew your
membership email Jackie Clarke - [email protected]
2019/20 Membership Fees – Renewing Members
The club fees have remained unchanged since 2017/18.
** Any full year subscription payment made after 31 December
2019 will incur a $30 late payment fee. This is to encourage
prompt payment and to cover any cost of administration in
collecting overdue fees.
2019/20 Membership Fees – New Members
For new memberships dating from 1 January 2020, the following
fees will apply.
LOVE TENNIS WEEKEND: SAT/SUN 7TH/8TH SEPT 2019
The Love Tennis weekend was held on Saturday 7th - Sunday 8th
September with 50/50 weather but still up to 150 new players playing games in our organised events.
The club gained 11 new senior members, and 11 junior members during the event and we believe this raised the profile of LHTC for
the 2019/20 year. Up to six other Lower Hutt clubs participated in the event and based on informal feedback from new members,
'LHTC still provides the best venue and opportunities for social or
competitive tennis as the biggest club in Lower Hutt'.
Thanks to all the volunteers, in particular head coach Michael McGlinchey and his crew including Simon and Alexander, plus
Steph Fuller, Jackie Clarke, Mark Cullen, James Lord, Trevor Dine, Duncan Hutchinson, Grant Yarrall, Julie Scott and all the parents
and other club members who contributed on the day.
Alex Bass
Organiser
Type Fee Late payment**
Senior (19 & over) Couple (same address) Family (same address) Midweek (midweek tennis only) Veterans (over 65) Junior/Intermediate (Under 19) Student (full time) – (Over 18) Court Hire (per hour) Visitors Fee (per player) Non Playing (no court use) Corporate Sponsorship
260.00
455.00
580.00
230.00
230.00
150.00
200.00
15.00
10.00
20.00
316.25
290.00
485.00 610.00
260.00
260.00 180.00
230.00 15.00
10.00
20.00 316.25
Type Fee $
Senior (19 & over) Couple (same address) Family (same address) Midweek (midweek tennis only) Veterans (over 65) Junior/Intermediate (Under 19) Student (full time) – (Over 18)
180.00
300.00
325.00
160.00
160.00
70.00
145.00
What type of cars do elves drive?
Toy-otas!
The Lower Hutt Tennis Club Coaching Programme is coming to an
end for 2019. We have had a few assistant coaches helping us over the year... A big thank you to Simon Stronach, Brad Newson,
Jackson Barr, Luca Campbell, Will Brownlie & Alex Chambers for all your efforts. I know all our young players have learned a lot
from you!
All Term 4 Coaching comes to an end on Sunday 15 December.
Holiday Programmes for all junior players will be running Monday 16 - Friday 20 December; please contact me for more info.
Keep an eye out for discounted lessons from Monday 13 January
& Holiday Camps running in late January.
Merry Christmas & I look forward to seeing everyone in the New
Year.
Michael
Michael McGlinchey – Tennis Coach
0272 81 81 81 or [email protected]
JUNIOR CLUB NEWS
Committee
The LHTC Junior Committee is undergoing some change currently. Sanjay Bhawan is standing down as chairperson and
Rochelle Forbes will be taking over. The committee would like to
thank Sanjay for his support over the last couple of seasons. We welcome two new members on the committee; Lyvania Stothers
and Michelle Ruocco.
Junior Christmas Party
There is a Christmas party for ALL juniors being held on Friday
20th December from 5-7pm. This includes both the Friday Interclub training members and the Sunday morning introduction
members. Girls please bring a savoury plate and boys bring a sweet plate to share.
Sunday Coaching
The Sunday introduction clinics with Michael McGlinchey are very popular, with over 60 kids attending the two sessions. One of the
intentions behind these sessions, is to provide a pathway, and to identify players who wish to play for the club.
Sunday 9:00am – 10:30am – Under 10s / learners.
Sunday 10:30am – 12pm – More confident players.
The club has received funding to facilitate Michael undertaking coaching in schools. He plans to run sessions at Hutt Intermediate
& Waterloo School in Term 1.
Upcoming Dates
Last Sunday Coaching Session – Sunday 15th Dec
Last Friday Interclub Training/Christmas Party – Friday 20th Dec
Parent / Child Doubles Tournament – 26th January (TBC)
First Friday Interclub Training – Friday 31st January
First Sunday Coaching Session – Sunday 2nd Feb
Junior Club Champs – The Sunday immediately following the last
interclub Saturday – Date TBC
Current Junior Interclub Standings
Girls Regional 1 – Lower Hutt Sharapova – 1st Boys Regional 1 – Lower Hutt Del Porto – 6th
Premiere 1 – Team Medvedev – 1st Prem 1 - Team Wozniaki 8th
Prem 2 – Team Azarenka – 1st Div 1 – Team Djokovic – 6th
Div 3 – Team Thiem – 6th
Just a reminder too, that the Hutt Valley Junior Christmas
Tournament is on 19-22 or 21-22 Dec (depending on grade), further details found by following the below link to the Hutt Valley
Tennis website. If you scroll down the home page there are more
details under the heading, ”What’s On”.
https://clubspark.kiwi/huttvalleytennis
Duncan Hutchinson (on behalf of the LHTC Junior Committee)
Please email Rochelle if you have any queries regarding Juniors.
Did you hear about the stupid turkey?
It was looking forward to Christmas!
WOMEN’S WEEKEND INTERCLUB
Women’s Pre-Xmas Interclub
Great results by both women’s teams in the pre-Xmas round of
interclub.
Premier 1 team finished 5th – Amelia Harris, Rachel Baxter,
Rebecca Clarke, Emily Dine, Rebecca Harkerss, Hanna Baxter (reserve)
Premier 2 team finished 3rd – Julie Scott, Emma McEwan, Sophia
Cave, Amelia Cave, Ella Watson, Hanna Baxter (reserve)
Congratulations to both teams.
Julie Scott – Women’s Interclub
MEN’S WEEKEND INTERCLUB
Our Premier 3 has had a great pre-xmas competition, convincingly
winning the grade. Great effort guys. It is unfortunate that the
pre-xmas competition does not lead to promotion, therefore they
remain in Premier 3 for the post-xmas competition.
With one round still to play, the Lower Hutt teams are coming 3rd
and 8th in the Men’s Division 1 competition. In Division 2 the
competition is extremely close. Our team is tied with 2 other
teams for 1st place.
Good luck to all the teams for the final round.
Trevor Dine – Men’s Interclub
566 3646 or [email protected]
MIDWEEK - TUE
The midweek club meets on Tuesday mornings from 9.30 for
casual games of doubles. All are welcome to join us, no matter
what level. The group will restart next year following the
anniversary weekend.
We run social events every so often, and congratulations goes to
Shirley for making the winning dumplings at the Masterchef
morning. The Melbourne Cup day is always popular and saw a
variety of hair accessories on the catwalk! Congratulations go to
Zelma, Lynne, and Judy P who were the lucky punters on the day.
The Best Hat winners were Jeanette, Steph and Judy.
The annual Christmas ham and bubbly lunch is on 10th December.
Tennis starts at 9.30am and lunch will follow from 11am. Please
let Jackie know if you are coming.
Jackie Clarke – Midweek Convenor
On Wednesday mornings, there is a ladies interclub team playing
in Hutt Valley B Grade. It has been a fairly windy pre-Christmas
season and some of the games were very close, we won on
countback. The team of Barb van Baarle, Jackie Clarke, Steph
Fuller and Tina Hudson (reserve – Julia Stephens) has finished
the season off in first place.
Jackie Clarke – Midweek Convenor
MONDAY NIGHT LEAGUE
On Monday nights we operate a mix of some singles matches and
mostly doubles. You don't have to be available for singles either -
you can play all doubles if you want. Send me a message if you
are keen and get on the Monday Night League list, even if you
only want to play occasionally.
The plan is to have a Christmas tennis night for us on the evening
of Monday 16th of December. I will organise some food but you
will need to bring your own drink. We will have two rounds of
tennis then we'll have the Christmas party. Starting time is the
normal starting time of 7:30pm. If the weather is bad for tennis -
we will start the Christmas party early. Please RSVP me by Sunday
noon so I get an idea of the numbers.
The draw system will be working for the 9-Dec-19, 16-Dec-19
(Christmas party night) and then it will start up again on Monday
27-Jan-20.
Ken Barnett - Monday Night League Organiser
021 133 0191 or [email protected]
TUESDAY NIGHT LEAGUE
Tuesday night singles usually has two to four matches each week,
playing the best of three sets. There's a mix of ability and it's
always a great runaround.
Current leaders are:
1. James Lord
2. Harry Josephson
3. Stephen Macris
We'll finish up on the 17th of December and be back on the 7th
of January.
James Murphy - Tuesday Night League Organiser
WEDNESDAY NIGHT LEAGUE
Seasons greetings to all Lower Hutt
tennis club members.
Wednesday Night League is
humming along nicely, with the
warmer and lighter nights upon us.
During the last few months we have
welcomed a number of new
members with an array of tennis
ability, giving all players challenging
tennis.
We end this year’s WNL with ham and trimmings, BYO and a plate
on Wed 11th Dec 6.30pm, as well as having a wee tourny.
The league officially resumes Jan 29th …. Although, the usual
email will be sent out during January if you would like to play.
Feel free to join us, just email [email protected] to be added
to the invite list.
Cheers and have a jolly one.
Mandy Stewart - Wednesday Night League Organiser
021 467 413 or [email protected]
SATURDAY AFTERNOON TENNIS
The Saturday League has been running
consistently over the winter months, with some nice crisp dry days. A big thank you to
Zelma and Yeap for running the League while
we were away.
The league still runs from 1pm till 3pm over 4 courts in a mixed doubles format. We’ve welcomed some new
players to our group which makes for a high standard of play,
which is well received.
Overall everyone seems to be enjoying the casual organising of the games and the catch up on the deck afterwards so this will
continue into 2020.
We wish everyone an enjoyable Christmas break and Saturday
League will restart on 1 February 2020.
Tinie and Simon Jellie - Saturday League Organisers
SUNDAY MORNING MEET-UP
The Sunday Morning meet-up is a new group for adult beginners and has been running since October when our club coach,
Michael, began running his Tennis Xpress Adult Beginner courses.
The meet-up provides an opportunity for those new to tennis to hone their skills and learn game play in preparation for joining our
senior leagues in a friendly, relaxed environment. It runs from 9:15 – 10:30am, to coincide with the Sunday Junior Introduction
clinic – so come and join us instead of watching your kids in the
clinic, or tell your family and friends that might want to give tennis a go to come along (racquets available to borrow).
We have a great group of enthusiastic players who have been
coming along, and it’s great to see how much their tennis has improved since October. The format is a tennis warm-up, short
drills and then we get into playing short double games. We have
adopted a casual turn-up and play approach, there’s no commitment to attending each week – but the more you play, the
more you improve!
We will have a Christmas morning tea on Sunday 15th after a
shorter playing session (probably finish playing around 10am and then head into the clubhouse for morning tea).
If you would like to come along and have a go just turn up on the
day. If you want further information then send me an email.
Steph Fuller - Sunday Meet-Up Organiser
How do Christmas trees stay fresh?
By sucking on orna-mints!
The Club has been successful in receiving grants from First
Foundation (Uniform for Premier Teams $1,590), Racing Industry
Transition Agency (Tennis Balls $4,680), Pub Charity (Tennis in
Schools $4,400), Air Rescue (Defibrillator $2,644.50) and the
Pelorus Trust (Tennis Xpress $960; Junior Coaching $1,000).
Thank you also to ARL Lawyers for their continued sponsorship
for another 3 years.
MAINTENANCE
If there are things around the courts that need to be fixed, please
let Graeme know. If we don’t know about something, we can’t
fix it!
Graeme Josephson – Property and Maintenance
FIRST AID
First aid supplies can be found in the kitchen cupboard as well as
an icepack in the freezer for any minor injuries.
FACILITIES
Please remember that if you are socialising after your game of
tennis it is your responsibility to clean up after yourself e.g.
bottles in the recycling bin, glasses brought inside and placed in
the dishwasher. If the dishwasher is full please empty it if it is
full of clean dishes, turn it on to wash if dirty and then wash your
own dishes.
If you are using the BBQ or heater please remember to turn off
the gas bottle.
When you are playing at the club you need to leave the
clubhouse and the grounds tidy.
A reminder that we are not allowed to use the lights on Sunday
nights due to the resource consent.
WEBSITE
If you do not wish for your photo to be published on the website,
Facebook page or newsletter please email Steph Fuller at
LIKE US
The purpose of our Facebook page is to put us out there in the
ever-growing social media to make our presence in the
community known and for messaging.
https://www.facebook.com/lowerhutttennis
Click and Like to follow your club!
Thank you again to everyone who contributed to this newsletter
with updates and photos. It is always rewarding to see the final
result and I hope you have enjoyed reading it. In case you were
wondering, my son ordered a Christmas joke book through
school which is where I got my inspiration.
If you would like to contribute something in the next newsletter
then send me an email and I can add you to my list of
contributors. The next newsletter will be coming out at the end
of the summer season.
Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Steph (Stephanie) Fuller – Newsletter Editor
And the lucky last…
