Ngāti Toa Tennis Club

Hi Juniors and Parents!

Don't forget our fun evening this Friday the 4th at 5-6pm.

Come along for a fun hit and find out about our plans for this season.

Send me an RSVP so that we know how many sausages to pop on the BBQ:

[email protected] or send me a message here on Facebook.

We'd love to see you then so fingers crossed for lovely weather!

Ngā mihi,
Andrea

JUNIOR INTERCLUB CALL OUT 🎾

Happy Sunday everyone!

We have entered our Saturday interclub team, but we would like to give some of our newer players from last season an opportunity to enter SUNDAY morning HOT SHOTS Novice grade interclub. This is an informal and fun way to introduce kids to competitive tennis.

This is an amazing development opportunity for kids who are newer to tennis. They may have loved their Whanau Friday coaching last season and are looking for a chance to polish up their game and play with other local kids.

We have three players ready to tackle this super fun tournament but we need at least two more juniors who would like this extra challenge. You need to be able to serve underarm and we will be getting you together prior to the season to work on scoring.

Please let me know as soon as possible as registrations close soon.

Last year's novice team absolutely loved it, and they won their grade! 🥳

Get in touch with me if you are keen!

Andrea

Hi Juniors! 🎾🎾🎾

The new coaching season will be beginning in October, and information about this will be sent out in a few weeks time, but the first order of business is to get all of our ducks in a row for interclub! 🦆🦆🦆

We are looking to develop a new Sunday morning Hot Shots novice team. This is open to our juniors who have spent the last season growing their tennis skills, can serve (underarm is okay) and score, and want to have a really fun time while continuing to develop their tennis game. Our novice team from last season, below, all new to interclub, actually won the novice grade!

If you are keen to be a part of this regional competition, playing other local teams, and can do Sunday mornings in both term 4 and 1, let me know via [email protected] as soon as you can.

I'll be in touch soon with everything you need to know for our new coaching season!

Ngā mihi nui,
Andrea

🎾🎾🎾🎾 It's a still, dry evening down at the courts so come down for a hit with some of our club members and try us out!

You are welcome to then join us for supper at 7pm and our AGM at 7.30. Come along and support your local tennis club. We'd love to see you! 🎾🎾🎾🎾

HI EVERYONE - MEMBERS AND PARENTS!

We are holding our AGM next Wednesday August 12th from 7pm (Supper) with a meeting start time of 7.30.

We would love to see you there as we are looking to welcome in new committee members and we even have some officer positions available.

We are always looking for fresh ideas and perspectives and we know there are many existing members and parents of juniors out there who will have a lot to offer our club.

Please come along and have a chat about how you can support the club and its continued success for all of our players, young and old! Have a say in how we run things, share your ideas and skills and be a part of its growth and all the fun that includes.

WE WANT YOU, SO SEE YOU THEN! 😎😍🎾📋

TENNIS LOVERS! WE WANT YOU! 🎾🎾🎾

We are now welcoming adult players of any age (18 - 118!) to come along and check out our neat little club tucked away in the beautiful Ngāti Toa Domain.

Come along on a Wednesday night (yes, even throughout winter!) and join our social tennis at 6pm. Whether you are an old hand at the game or just starting out, we'd love you to come down to the Ngāti Toa courts and have a go. Our existing members are keen to welcome you along and have a hit and/or some fun (or serious) matches!

We are looking forward to the upcoming spring and summer season, starting interclub again, getting the BBQ out and meeting some new people. We'd love you to join in the fun.

Send us a message via facebook if you are keen to get back into tennis or have a go as a newbie, so we can make sure we have some club members ready to partner you up with and get started.

We'd love to have you! 🎾🎾🎾

(Registration information for juniors will be sent out in August)

On the weekend of March 28th and 29th, we held our Club Championships. The weather held out for us and it was a great weekend! Thank you to everyone who participated, supported, organised and cheered on our players. The results were:

SENIOR CLUB:

Women's Singles

WINNER Val Maher
RUNNER UP Nadia Wellings

Men's Singles

WINNER Alan Carnaby
RUNNER UP Sean Rogers

Women's Doubles

WINNERS Val Maher and Julia Inkster
RUNNERS UP Emily Carson and Nadia Wellings

Men's Doubles

WINNERS Tony Lamerton and Sean Rogers
RUNNERS UP Alan Carnaby and Jimmy Brosnan

Mixed Doubles

WINNERS Andrew and Nadia Wellings
RUNNERS UP Julia Inkster and Rees Buck

Best Women's Interclub Player

Emily Carson

Best Men's Interclub Player

Sean Rogers

Most Improved Club Member

Gabe Ayora

JUNIOR CLUB:

Singles

WINNER Seb Richards
RUNNER UP Nadia Wellings

Doubles

WINNERS Seb Richards and Gabe Ayora
RUNNERS UP Emily Carson and Nadia Wellings

Apologies for the photos which were taken in poor indoor lighting at dusk, so not the best!
CONGRATULATIONS to everyone! Looking forward to next year!

Don't forget, we are still open on Wednesday nights for senior club night at 6pm throughout winter, on the evenings when the weather behaves.

What a fabulous morning for our new Hot Shots Interclub team, Ngati Toa Storm!

Today was a make-up for a rained off match earlier in the tournament, against Otaki Fire. Storm won this on a games count back, 30-28!!! We are waiting on official results to see where they end up on the table.

It has been an incredible season for them. They began their interclub training in October with Greg and entered the Kapi-Mana Hot Shots Novice Tournament in February. They have won 5 of their 6 games. We are incredibly proud of them. Their serving, line calling, sportsmanship and looooong rallies have kept everyone entertained and enjoying the wonderful tennis they have put on display. So a huge congratulations to Michael, Fred, Fia, Hunter, Kyla and Finlay!

Today they received medals to celebrate a wonderful beginning to their interclub journey, and an extra special message from Artem Sitak, NZs #3 ranked tennis player. organised by Greg. Thank you so much Greg for arranging this super special treat.

We would like to thank Claire for taking on the team manager role, you have done an outstanding job. Thank you Noa for filling in when Claire was away, and to all of the parents for supporting your junior's tennis and cheering them on every week.

Enjoy the video of a 16 shot rally courtesy of Fred and Hunter!

Have an amazing Easter break and we can't wait for next season!

What an incredible end to a fabulous season of Whānau Fridays! 🎾

It has been so much fun to see everybody make such awesome progress, shine on the court, make new friends, make us laugh and make us proud, wolf down the sausages every week and make your parents and grandparents run around picking up balls!

Watching you improve every week and give everything your best shot, smashing the balls, mastering the ball machine, keeping the coaches busy and on their toes and just generally having a good time is what makes Whānau Fridays so special.

Parents, grandparents and helpers - you have been amazing. From jumping on the BBQ (Dan you've been an absolute champion), coordinating timings for us, encouraging (and sometimes wrangling) the juniors, collecting balls, running the ball machine (Ross is a pro now!), buttering bread and supporting the coaches... from the bottom of our hearts, THANK YOU! Without you, this format would not work. Whānau Fridays is something special because you are right there with us!

Greg - coach extraordinaire! The passion and dedication to our juniors is something remarkable. Time for a well earned rest!!!! We are so lucky to have you.

Gabe, Easton, Nadia and Jesse - our new junior coaches. Thank you for your willingness to achieve the qualification, jump on court and give it a go. You have all grown in your coaching abilities this season and it's been awesome to have your support. We'd love to have you back again next season.

I tried to grab as many pics as possible. Hopefully I've got everyone covered!

Enjoy a well earned Easter break and hopefully we'll see you back next season!

Ngā mihi nui
Andrea and Rees

Whanau Friday Juniors:

This weather really doesn't know what it wants to do! So come prepared with your tennis racquet this afternoon just in case the courts are dry and we can get out and have a hit before the prizegiving 👍🏻