Whanganui Tennis Club

🎾 Kings Birthday Family Doubles Tournament 🎾

Looking for some fun on the court this Monday?

📅 Monday 1 June
📍 Manawatu Lawn Tennis Club

Categories:
👨‍👧 Parent & Child
👫 Siblings
🎾 Youth & Experience

💲 $40 per pair

⏰ 10am – Red Ball Fun Hit for young children and parents new to tennis ($5 donation)
⏰ 11am – Tournament starts

Players will be grouped by age and ability to ensure fun, competitive matches for everyone.

A great chance to spend quality time on court with family and friends.

📩 Message Jono Spring if you're keen or would like more information.

Tennis Manawatu

Whanganui Squash Club are running a fundraiser for their talented junior who is representing New Zealand on the junior global stage. Sounds like fun!

A huge congratulations to everyone who was recognised at our recent Whanganui Tennis Club Prizegiving

It was awesome to celebrate the effort, improvement, sportsmanship, and achievements of our players across the season. From our juniors through to our seniors, there has been a huge amount of growth and involvement around the club this year.

A big thank you as well to all of our volunteers, coaches, parents, supporters, and committee members who help make everything possible both on and off the court.

Here are a few photos from the evening 👏📸

Fred Seddon Memorial Trophy
After a drizzly start to the day, the sun came out — and so did our 16 70+ tennis stars, every one of them looking happy to be there.

The competition was strong, none more so than the final between Lynne Campbell and Colin Perfect against Susan Johnston and Tim Clarke. The large audience was busy watching and chatting, but over the last three games there was complete silence as Lynne and Colin fought back from 5–1 down to win the competition.

Well done to all the competitors, and to Bronwyn Aitken for organising and running the morning so successfully.

Tuesday Club Update -

Tuesday Club Update Welcome to this week’s Friday Flash. With winter officially arriving and our thrilling Club Championships now fully completed, we shift our focus to the next phase of our operations.

Congratulations to our Whanganui Tennis Club players Tony, Lance and Alana, who competed in the Taranaki Vets this weekend.

Results:

* Men’s Division 2 Runner-Ups: Tony Holmes and Lance Brown
* Mixed Doubles Division 3 Winners: Tony Holmes and Alana Maulder

A fantastic effort from all involved and great to see Whanganui represented on the court.

Today, five teams competed for the Blair Gleeson Memorial B Grade Teams Trophy. With close matches, a fun atmosphere on court, and plenty of delicious baking being shared throughout the day, it was another enjoyable club event.

Top Seed Pairings (1 & 2s) – Round Robin Results

Runners-up: Ofir Chechik and Robert Scott
Winners: Tom Egan and Lisa Hargreaves

Bottom Seed Pairings (3 & 4s) – Round Robin Results

Runners-up: Rupert Haynes and Julie Perfect
Winners: Linda Scott and Colin Perfect

Scores from both pairs in each team were combined at the end of the competition to determine the overall team standings.

Overall Team Results

Runners-up: Tony Holmes, Gillian Pickett, Rupert Haynes and Julie Perfect

Winners: Tom Egan, Lisa Hargreaves, Linda Scott and Colin Perfect

Congratulations to the winning team. Tom and Lisa, with their complementary strengths, proved a formidable combination, winning all of their matches. Linda Scott and Colin Perfect were a consistent pairing, working well together and winning three of their four matches.

On Sunday May 3rd, thirteen pairs competed in perfect autumn sunshine for the A and B Grade Mixed Doubles Club Championship titles.

In the B Grade, defending champions
Albie Menehira and Ann Fleming fought hard to retain their title, but Tony Holmes and his superstar newcomer partner Caroline Steele proved too strong a pairing, claiming the championship with a convincing 9-1 victory.
In the B Grade back draw final, Robert and Linda Scott battled it out against Bronwyn Atkins and Graham Barr, taking the win 9-4.

The A Grade final between Mike and Rachel Cronin and Doug Ireton and Karen Cranston had spectators on the edge of their seats. Defending champions Mike and Rachel were determined not to surrender their title without a serious battle. At 8-7, with the pressure at its highest, Doug held his nerve and served out the match to secure the championship 9-7.
All four players displayed outstanding doubles skill, experience and composure in an exciting final.

Last Saturday our singles finalists battled it out in three entertaining matches.

In the Women’s A Grade, Carolyn McIntyre and Rachel Cronin both showed consistency and determination, fighting for every point right to the end. After two hard fought sets, Rachel came away with the win 7-5 6-4.

In the Men’s B Grade, Tom Egan used his slice and shot selection to take the first set comfortably 6-2. Tony Holmes fought back in the second set with his big serve and solid ground strokes, edging it 7-6 before going on to win the super tiebreak 10-5.

In the Men’s A Grade, Craig Davey and Sam Butters were closely matched in the opening set, with Sam edging it 7-5. Sam’s shot selection, ability to build points and consistency gave him the advantage in the second set, which he won 6-4 to secure the match.
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Congratulations to all six finalists in a fantastic afternoon of tennis!