......FROM THE EDITOR

The prizegiving for the Club Champs will be held at The Club at 7.30 pm on Tuesday 24 July followed by a light supper.

After the prizegiving we will hold the AGM for the 2000/ 2001 year.

We need your help…..!

RENOUF CENTRE

About 25 members & guests enjoyed a really great night of tennis followed by supper at the Park Royal. Our thanks to Jill& Rose & to every one else who helped make this a fantastic evening

ZOO OVERNIGHTER

Postponed until SEPTEMBER

THEATRE EVENING

1ST SATURDAY EVERY MONTH

Please would some one with a trailer take it away for us

Come along next Friday & try it out.

INTERCLUB RESULTS

Prize giving was held at Mitchell Park on Friday 30 March.

We need volunteers from parents to run the Junior Club for the coming season. This will be a serious problem unless you make the decision to contribute your assistance.

That come your way. If you start a racquets length or even a step back from the net you may find you get lobbed all the time. By standing just a little farther back you make it just that much harder for opponents to lob you, & give yourself a little more time to react to the volley & in general cover more of the court. Remember this is a starting position & you need to adjust your position as you see the rally progressing

Winter Coaching.

Coaching programs for adults & juniors are running throughout the winter months. Winter is the best time to learn some new strokes or fine tune that back hand!!!

Adults

Monday morning hitting sessions from 9.30 - 11.00 am are continuing right through the winter. Just turn up. You can call me if you think the weather is dodgy. Also have space during the day for mid week interclub teams for some doubles positioning & tactics.

Junior Holiday Camps

July 2 -6 & July 9 - 13

These are coming up again. Give me a call or check my web page www.atomictennis.com for details.

Winter Juniors

This is proving to be very popular & we are still taking new enrolments. This is a fun & fast couple of hours singles & doubles & other fun games. There are a full range of abilities so all are being catered for. We would like to see more players so come along next week & just try it out.

Thanks

I would like to thank all those players who supported me during the summer, to congratulate them on a summer of improvement, & thank all the club members for putting up with my tennis balls flying across the courts. I am having a great time. Moving to the Lower Hutt Tennis Club was the best move I could have made….thanks!

Julie Scott & Barbara Bridger were members of a combined team runners up in the Wellington Midweek post Christmas invitation competition. Bruce King & Barbara Allen were fill ins in this team

At the National Veterans tournament earlier this year Malcolm Alexander was runner up in the 45+ Mens Doubles & Mixed Doubles & Sylvia Wilmshurst after being runner up 4 times finally won the 40+ Ladies Doubles

Didn't they do well!

At the end of April HV Tennis held its inaugural Champion of Champions Tournament with a new format which allowed many different groups of players to participate. Our members did particularly well

The Club won a carton of tennis balls for each event we won & these are being used on Club Days.

There were 21 Juniors from the Wellington Region who reached a level through ranking or play which entitled them to play in the NZ National Age Championships earlier this year.

5 of those players were from our Club

Daniel Baxter 16's, Thiem Nguyen 14's, Matt Gibbons 12's, Jovana Radovic 16's, Amelia Harris 12's

1939 was the first year at Wimbledon when all the players served overhead.

John Donaghy has recently been appointed to a Player Participation Working Group established by NZ Tennis.

Presentations were made on 1 May to the above plus special awards to Barbara Bridger for the "Highest Aggregate" in summer interclub and to Jane McDougall for the Most Improved Player.

The elections for the new Midweek sub committee were also held on this day with the appointment of a healthy 12 strong committee headed by the new Midweek Club Captain Ros Read who took over this mantle from an inspirational Una Haverfield.

The social visit to Whitby finally took place on 24 April after rain & school holiday delays. 10 players with Bet as a supporter enjoyed games against Whitby & Ngati Toa followed by morning tea.

Team European treated us to a close up of a VW Beetle & Golf. There didn't seem to be any immediate sales but we did enjoy the sumptuous morning tea they provided.

INTERCLUB

The highest place in the summer interclub was a 3rd in Grade 1 with mixed results in the other grades. Everyone enjoyed their games however & this is reflected in 4 teams being entered into the winter interclub series.

Our congratulations to Julie Scott who won the Regional Player of the year award.

If you want harder hitting come along on Mondays. We will arrange both singles & doubles for you. There is no formal league but there is usually some great tennis.

Wednesday Night

The 12 teams competing in the summer league Had their final night on 11 April. The winning team members were Alan Young, Pat Clegg, Tama Watkins & Carolyn Tongue. Runners up were Nigel Westerby, Simon Bird, Richard Hudson & Jean Pugh. Autumn league has followed with several new players in the 10 teams. The nights have been shortened by many teams organising a 6.30 pm start. The final night for this round is 13 June. Presentations for both leagues will be made on 20 June when there will be a POT LUCK Dinner & Social Tennis night starting at 7pm. The Winter League will start on 27 June - please get your entries in by 13 June

Don't forget to arrange for a member of your team to bring a plate & if it is your duty night remember the milk

Reserves are always needed phone Ros Read 938 1951 or Stewart 938 9746

Saturday Afternoon

Tennis will be organised each Saturday right through the winter. No league will operate.