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Newsletter – October 2016

OPENING STATEMENT Welcome to a New Season of Tennis Welcome all members of Tauranga Lawn Tennis Club. This would normally be the column for the President’s Report, but we are still searching for a President for Tauranga Lawn. In the absence of a President, Carol has done a great job taking on some of the responsibilities, as well as sending the preliminary report to everyone while this newsletter was being produced. Todd’s input into a few of the “presidential” issues that have arisen is also appreciated. The weather has been temperamental over the beginning of Spring and therefore it has been difficult to plan a good hit on the courts. As expected, the El Niño weather patterns have brought a mixture of winter and summer weather; but I do seem to be putting the windscreen wipers on more than the air conditioner! Of major concern is the condition of the courts. Wear and tear on the artificial grass is to be expected, given that there is heavy use of the courts. We are still the largest tennis club in the Western Bay of Plenty. Kevin Tims, previous President and committee member, whom many of you know, along with other members of the committee, has done a lot of the preliminary investigative work with a view to getting some of the courts replaced. A provider has been appointed and work is under way on applications for funding for this project. While this is still a work in progress, we do expect some newly laid artificial grass courts early next year. Club days have been eventful with good turnouts on Saturdays. We will surely miss the continual beckoning of Peter’s and Alan’s voices as Club Captains running many of the Saturday club days, which both have moved on from. We do have a structured roster in place to cover these, so do expect different “DJs” so to speak, on each weekend! While there has been a considerable shuffle of committee members, we have new committee members who bring exciting and innovative prospects to the club. We do have vacancies for the roles of President and Vice President so if you think you could fill these roles please contact us. Justis Cheung

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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

It was great to have a good attendance for the recent Annual General Meeting held on 30 July 2016. We have voted in an excellent team but require at least two people to step up to the key positions of President and Vice President. The club officers and committee members for 2016/17 are:

Patron Ross Potter 07 578 4423 potfam33@hotmail.com President Vacant Position Vice President Vacant Position Secretary Anita Walpole 07 576 0464 tltcsecretary@gmail.com Treasurer Diane Blumsom 07 571 2427 Club Captain Anita Walpole 07 576 0464 tltcsecretary@gmail.com Deputy Club Captain Vacant Position Midweek Ladies’ Convener Shirley Morrison 07 571 0485 Junior Convener Todd Morris 07 576 4864 tdmorris33@hotmail.com Committee Members Peter Disney 07 576 5536

Tim Reader 07 578 9188 Shane Marshall 07 576 2320 Dave Hawkes 07 579 5269 Carol Erickson 07 578 7141 Gareth Minshall 07 570 3520 Larry Edwards 07 578 8510

Ian Lowe 07 575 4481 Club Head Coach Luis Luna 021 081 12345 lunatennis1@gmail.com

SUBSCRIPTIONS The subscriptions for 2016/2017 recommended by the outgoing committee were adopted at the AGM. CATEGORY FULL

FEEIFPAIDBY

30SEPT2016SENIORS $296.00 $281.00 COUPLES $562.00 $534.00 STUDENTS 19 - 24 yrs. old as at 31.12.2016, living in WBOP,

currently in full time tertiary study

$199.00

$189.00 JUNIORS

Under 19 yrs. old as at 31.12.2014 - First child in family - Each additional child

$214.00 $204.00

$203.00 $194.00

FAMILY Covers parent/s plus student and/or junior members of family

$745.00 $707.00

COUNTRY

Players who reside outside the Western Bay of Plenty area. Tertiary students residing & studying outside the WBOP area

$155.00 $147.00

CORPORATE Restricted access 12 noon – 3pm week days $105.00 $105.00 NON-PLAYING Have voting rights, eligible to serve on committee $69.00 $66.00 Subscription renewal notices for all members have now been sent to you. Please note the deadline for the discount for prompt payment was 30 September 2016. Payment after this date means that you will be expected to pay the full amount listed above, rather than the discounted rate.

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FROM THE CLUB SECRETARY’S DESK… INTRODUCING THE SECRETARY AND CLUB CAPTAIN – ANITA WALPOLE

Hello everyone, Anita here, your new Secretary and Club Captain! Having been a club member for many years, I think most of you already know me. For those of you who don’t – I’m very enthusiastic about tennis and Tauranga Lawn, which is an excellent club to belong to. It has given me and my family – all “tennis players”, lots of great tennis opportunities, experiences and friendships. On your behalf, I would like to thank the outgoing Secretary, Lynda Fleming, for the sterling service she has given to the club, on many occasions going

above and beyond the call of duty and expectations!! Thank you, Lynda. Finally, I am excited about my new roles, am looking forward to working with you all and will give it my best shot. KITCHEN RENOVATION PROJECT – SPONSORED BY PUB CHARITY

The kitchen renovation is now complete and ready for members to use and enjoy – A real success, the kitchen looks amazing.

I would like to acknowledge members, Mary Buchanan and Kay Wynn for their hours of work on the project and their considerable efforts over a year, co-ordinating the kitchen renovation from start to finish.

A big thank you to Mary and Kay –There have been lots of positive comments. AMERICAN THEME FOR SENIORS OPENING DAY With the American US Open theme we had stars, stripes and sunshine for our Summer Opening Day on 10 September. Life Member Maureen stepped in, stylishly serving up the “first ball” and the 2016/17 tennis season was under way for another year. Thanks Carol, you did well organising the happy hour, pizzas and spot prizes. Getting us in a celebratory mood… all went down well – the pizza a little too well, disappearing rather quickly. All in all, a fun start to the season at Tauranga Lawn.

NEW MEMBERS I would like to extend a very warm welcome to our new members who have joined us recently. SENIORS: Monique & Andrew Aitchison, Lance Brooks, Philip Brown & Yvonne Lambert, Jo Cole, Stuart Donald, Jackson Fraser, James Hawkes, Megan & Tristan Hewett, Megan & Ben Hoskin, Claudia Jones, David Kidd, Mike Lambert, Brian McKegg, Lukas Meyer, Steve Napier, Alex Power, Anna Ryan, Benjamin Paul Smith.

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JUNIORS: Georgia Aitchison, Ava McCarthy, Natasha & Chris Bowen, Hamish Burke, Adina Cernat, Brayden Collins, Charlie De La Haye, Jake Delaney, Nicole Dunford, Lola, Henry & Mandy Hewett, Jack Hoskin, Thomas Lambert, Jay Lee, Samuel Mead, Prachi Patel, Aryan Sukhija, Kerbeigh Trollip, Max Venimore. I hope you enjoy your time with us and really get involved with everything the club has to offer. If you have any queries, please don’t hesitate to ask. Anita Walpole Club Secretary

MIDWEEK LADIES’ NOTE Our new midweek committee for 2016/2017 consists of - Mary Buchanan, Judy Clark, Mary Foster (Secretary/Treasurer), Shirley Morrison (Convener), Anne Peel nee Almoner, and Kay Wynn. After a year in the planning, the kitchen project has been completed! Many thanks to Mary Buchanan and Kay Wynn, who were the project managers. Once the grant had come through, quotes from electricians, plumbers, and for new appliances were sought, as well as the flooring installation, which has made a huge difference to the spaciousness. Thanks also to Dave and his apprentices, Graeme and George Gilday for knocking out the wall and John Parker for doing a dump trip or two. Mary and Kay have been rewarded with a Prezzy card each as a token of our appreciation for making time to be available to open gates and unlock doors, moving “stuff” from the kitchen, boxing it up, then putting it back into the cupboards, not to mention cooking for the men! We cut the ribbon on Wednesday and declared “Mary-Kay's Kitchen” open! Hope everyone enjoys the new facility. Midweek Interclub teams have been finalised: two teams in Division One and one team in Division Two. Starting date was Monday 26 September, with home and away games to be completed prior to Christmas, using 'Head' balls, and playing through the school holidays. The teams for Division One are as follows: Silver Foxes. Purple Hearts Deb White (Capt), Lou Reid (Co-Capt) Helene Paterson (Capt) Maureen South, Anita Walpole Wendy Bunce, Tup Cox Kay Wynn Barbara Kimber, Maryanne McGarva Res: Denise Jones, Dale Mallet Res: Judy Clark Team for Division Two is as follows: Lawn Orange Roughys Erika deGraaf (Capt), Shirley Morrison, Dianne Gardner, Glenys Bothwell, Lyall Garty Res: Mary Buchanan, Sandie Jordan, Lyne Hopkinson, Rosalind Tayler The Open Day was a success; this has its own column in the newsletter. October 19th will see us hosting our biennial Blomquist tournament. All courts required from 9am to 3pm. All our news for now. Shirley Morrison Convener

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SENIORS TOURNAMENT RESULTS The Tennis Seniors WBOP Residentials Championships were held during June and July 2016. It was excellent to see a great turn-out from Tauranga Lawn Tennis Club. Congratulations on the outstanding results. Singles – 26 June 2016 Ladies 35+yrs Runner up Lou Reid 35+yrs (Social) Winner Amanda Jonker Men 70+yrs Winner Mike Ross 35+yrs Runner-up Bruce Walpole Doubles – 10 July 2016 Ladies 35-49yrs 1st Lou Reid & Katie Hawkes 50-59yrs 1st Denise Jones & Deb White 60-69yrs 1st Maureen South & Kaye Wynn 3rd Maryanne McGarva & Shirley Morrison Men 35-49yrs 1st Bruce Walpole & Kevan Joe 50-59yrs 1st Rob Walpole & Mike Callard 3rd Phil Garden & Tim Reader 60-69yrs 1st Dave Hawkes & Larry Seales 70+yrs 1st John Haines & Mike Ross Mixed Doubles – 20 July 2016 35-49yrs 3rd Bruce Walpole & Diana Walpole 50-59yrs Flight Winners Rob Walpole & Sue Fisher 60-69yrs Winners Kaye Wynn & Kevin Reiher Runners-up Helene Paterson & Gordon Paterson

DATES FOR THE DIARY TLTC MIDWEEK LADIES TOURNAMENT

Sponsored by Blomquists Bakery, Wednesday 19 October 2016 Women’s Doubles, $10 per player Contact Shirley Morrison: 07 571 8405, 022 616 5354 or email tennis555@xtra.co.nz If wet, Wednesday 26 October

FRIDAY NIGHT SENIOR INTERCLUB The Tennis Western BOP Friday night Interclub competition started on Friday 7 October and will run through to mid-December. Please note there will be no play on 21 October as this is Labour weekend. We look forward to a great competition – and it should be for Tauranga Lawn with eight teams entered, a record number I think. Good luck to all the Tauranga Lawn teams, enjoy your interclub tennis. TENNIS SENIORS WBOP SUPER SENIORS TOURNAMENT AT TAURANGA LAWN TSWBOP Super Seniors Tournament, Sunday 13 November 2016 at Tauranga Lawn Contact Lynda Fleming 07 575 0627, 021 057 6601or tswbop@gmail.com

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PREMIER INTERCLUB Unfortunately we could not field a men’s Premier team for the 2016/17 season, but by way of the Friday night competition we are encouraging some of our promising junior players to come up through the ranks, with a view to having a truly awesome men’s team next year! For this year we have a pretty awesome ladies’ team captained by Anita Walpole with Joanne Alsop, Sussa Bailey, Toscana Bernie, Kadia Keller-Rice, Julia Newman, Lou Reid, Carys Robson, Kerbeigh Trollip and Hannah Walpole. Between now and Christmas there will be Premier play at Tauranga Lawn on some Saturday afternoons from 1.00pm – we shall endeavour to let you know beforehand when these matches are to be played, so that you have the opportunity to come along to lend your support and watch some high quality tennis.

JUNIOR TENNIS It will be good to say goodbye to winter and hello to the new summer tennis season. Luis and some of the juniors have been playing and competing throughout winter and they have travelled the globe! Corbyn Crowther travelled to Europe and had a great experience as well as great results; it makes us very proud at Tauranga Lawn to have one of our own out there competing at such a high level. Junior Interclub Just a reminder that Terms 4 and 1 are Interclub time. Please give some thought as to whether your child will be playing Interclub and also whether you would be prepared to manage a team. This year we are making a concerted effort to engage some of our younger or less experienced players with interclub. Please don't think your child is not ready or capable! The emphasis will be on fun and engagement as well as a bit of a run around! Open Day Recently we held our open day and by a miracle managed to have two hours of no rain in an otherwise entirely wet weekend. We got some lovely new members from this and even managed to convince some of the parents to join! Family Evenings We are looking to hold some family BBQs this year. It will be an opportunity for members and parents of members to get together and enjoy the club and its great facilities. Todd Morris Junior Convener

COACH’S CORNER

FREE COACHING FOR NEW SENIOR MEMBERS! Are you new to the club? Are your skills a bit rusty? PARENTS, have you been watching your children play and thinking it looks like fun? Well, it is! Luis is offering FIVE FREE coaching sessions for new adult members. Come along! It's a great way to learn something new, and meet some others new to the club as well. If you're thinking about joining the club, but haven't quite decided, you can take part in the five lessons for $75 and if you then decide to join the club $50 will come off the subscription. If you've been a member for a while and would like to brush up on some skills, you’re also welcome to join at a cost of $75. To register your interest, please contact Gareth Minshall on 021 241 6572, or email garethminshall@gmail.com. We'll work out what times suit best once we've got a list of interested people.

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Luis in the recent Bay of Plenty Times article Wednesday June 28 2016.

OTHER NEWS

MAINTENANCE LOG BOOK As with any property, there are always ongoing maintenance issues. To help us keep on top of them, we have placed a book downstairs in the document holder on the side of the cupboard. The book is labelled MAINTENANCE LOG. If you see anything around the clubrooms or grounds that needs attention, from a light bulb that’s blown or a wall that might need a good clean or a paint touch up, anything at all really, please write it in this book. Actually if you see a wall that needs a good clean, you could just clean it! When the issue has been dealt with, it will also be noted in the book so you can check on progress. Hopefully, this will be a more efficient means of communicating what needs to be done; you won’t have to track down someone to tell and things will get done more quickly. Of course, if the list gets very long, we may have to have another working bee, but at least we’ll know what to do. SUGGESTION BOX Just a reminder that we do have a suggestion box downstairs (located on the wall by the door to the ladies’ changing room). Feel free to use it and share your constructive ideas with the rest of us! It would be great if you signed your suggestion so we know who to thank.

LOST PROPERTY Please check the lost property box in the office to see if you are the owner of any of the many items that we have ‘collected’ over the year. Any unclaimed items will be washed thoroughly(!) and donated to a suitable charity.

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TAURANGA LAWN TENNIS CLUB gratefully acknowledges the SPONSORSHIP and GRANTS

received from:

AMCAL FAULKNERS PHARMACY

ANZ

BAY ENGINEERS SUPPLIES

BAY PHYSIOTHERAPY

BAY RADIOLOGY

BETHLEHEM PHARMACY

BLOMQUISTS BAKERY

CENTRALMED

COONEY LEES MORGAN

CROCKFORD REAL ESTATE

EVES REALTY

FREEDOM VILLAGES

FREEDOM VILLAGES

JUST AVOCADOS

GARDEN COURT MOTEL

HOBEC

MATUA LIFE CARE

MOUNT WRECKING COMPANY

PAK'n SAVE

TAKARA JAPANESE RESTAURANT

TAURANGA HIRE

THE LAKES

UROLOGY BOP