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Tennis Seniors New South Wales P.O. Box 4803, North Rocks, NSW, 2151
Phone: 61 400 389 234 Website: www.tennisseniors.org.au/nsw
Email: [email protected] Print Post Approved PP229550 / 00003
President: Mick Bruton Secretary: Robyn Castle Treasurer: Arthur Olsen
ABN 50 206 056 964
Editor: Robyn Castle - Email: [email protected]
Newsletter of Tennis Seniors New South Wales. WINTER issue
D ear Members,
I trust all our
members are
keeping safe in these troubled
times and can have a few hits.
COVID restrictions have had
a disastrous effect on
tournaments this year with
the cancellation of many of
our Events.
A few tournaments were able
to be held, but most of our
country events were
cancelled. Let’s hope
restrictions are eased very
soon so that some of the
tournaments scheduled for
later in the year can be held.
See the “Program of Events
2021”.
The Teams Carnival and
Championships at Swan Hill is
our next big Event and the
nomination forms for the
teams are on our website, so
please nominate your team or
if you would like to be placed
in a team, then contact Robyn
or one of our committee and
you will be accommodated.
Program Of Events 2021
Dates Event / Venue Contact Phone
Feb 19-21 Ulladulla Summer Games Mary Lou Barclay 0426 828 341 Mar 20-21 Tennis Macarthur, Leumeah NRT 6 Michael Jackson 0413 632 632 Mar 26-28 Goulburn R/Robin Dave Ridley 0418 162 252 Apr 23-25 Pennant Hills Social R/Robin Craig Edwards 0412 185 130 May 1-2 Jim Elphick TC, Wagga Wagga NRT 7 Tom Denahy 0422 632 026 May 14 - 16 Picton Seniors R/Robin NRT 5 Katrina O’Callaghan 0414 973 751 May 14 - 16 West Port Macquarie Carol Daniel 0413 481 942 May 22-23 Howe Park, Singleton Heidi Stanford 0428 165 277 May 29-30 West Tamworth Seniors Brian Brooking 0417 614 054 June 12-14 Gosford Mixed Teams Robyn Castle 0400 389 234 June 19-20 Lake Macquarie Seniors NRT 7 Keith Williams 0412 157 757 June 25-28 Tweed Hds, Pro-One Tennis ITF S200 Natasha Kersten 07 5524 3541 June 26-27 Cowra R/Robin Sue Metcalf 0428 348 376 July 23, 24, 25 Central Coast R/Robin Craig Edwards 0412 185 130 July 18 (West) Port Macquarie Social R/Robin Geoff Beard 0418 210 177 Aug 13-15 Muswellbrook Park Seniors Val Angel 0408 436 443 Aug 20-22 Batemans Bay R/Robin Anne Sawtell 0458 246 851 Sep 25-26 Gunnedah Seniors Barry Wilson 6744 1251 Sep 24-26 Pennant Hills Social R/Robin Craig Edwards 0412 185 130 Oct 1 - 4 State Championships ITF S700 Arthur Olsen 0400 525 591 Oct 8 - 10 Kiama Vets & Legends Dave Lehman 0475 857 740 Oct 15 - 18 Forster Seniors R/R NRT 5 Brian Adams 0404 955 599 Oct 15-18 Merimbula Annual Seniors NRT 5 John Rheinberger 0438 928 516 Oct 22 - 24 Dubbo Paramount Seniors Sean Basile 0414 390 458 Oct 30 –31 Wyong Teams’ Event Leoni Baldwin 0448 723 138 Nov 5 - 7 Myall Park - Hawks Nest Lisa Dale 0412 500 055 Nov 13-14 Bathurst Carillon City R/Robin NRT 7 Andrew Mitton 0419 499 467 Nov 19-20-21 South Camden Twilight Kevin Sammut 0409 363 186 Nov 28 Springwood Challenge TBA Dec 3 - 5 “ Dave Matthews” Nelson Bay NRT 5 Steve Taylor 0466 154 580
PLEASE NOTE - This is simply a LIST of tournaments that COULD have been conducted. The coronavirus time extension is to the End of Sept. Even some events re-scheduled for dates in October are in doubt.
Here’s hoping there will
better things ahead and I
look forward to catching up
with many of our members on
the court soon.
Please renew your
membership
MICK BRUTON
PRESIDENT
Renewals are presently being received - it’s not
too late!!
Please pay $20 by Cheque or Direct Deposit
BSB 032-044 ACC # 315 326
Please reference using your Surname or Date of Birth
ITF Information -
Changes to Age categories
At Twenty we don’t care what the world thinks of us; At Thirty we start to worry about what it thinks of us;
At Forty we realise that it isn’t thinking of us at all.
T he ITF has created a new age category to allow players aged 30-and-over to play in competitive, non-professional events, and there is an event for Over 90s as well, enabling the accrual of points. In 2021, tournaments on the ITF Seniors’ Tour will be able to host players in these categories for the first time. This, of course is dependent on the Coronavirus restrictions being lifted.
Ranking points are important for players in World Senior Championships – Players will be reminded to update their IPIN by the ITF. No charges are made for an IPIN, except when entering a tournament. Each tournament will incur a fee of AU$8 collected by those running the tournament. Announcing the World Teams and Individuals: (To be confirmed by the ITF) Umag, Croatia - Seniors (50/55/60) - August 29 - September 11 Umag, Croatia - Young Seniors (30/35/40/45) September 18 - September 25 Maiorca, Spain - Super Seniors (65/70/75/80/85/90) October 10 - October 23
For more information contact the ITF Seniors Department by email: [email protected]
TSA Annual Teams and
Individual Championships
T ennis Seniors Australia cancelled the 2021 Annual Teams’ Carnival however, they have been re-scheduled to be played at Swan Hill in 2022. Teams will start on January 10 (after Opening Ceremony on Sunday 9) Individuals will follow from January 16 and continue until conclusion of Finals on Friday January 21.
Players are reminded to nominate for their position in a team, on the Nomination Form which has been posted on the Internet. Each state must forward their Team lists to Tennis Seniors Australia for grading, by the State Selectors - by October Some of you may know that the teams are given an average—by calculating the NRatings of the top 4 players. Each age bracket is done separately. These are then sent back to each of the State Selectors for confirmation. It is well-known that it is best to have at least 6 players, (no more than 8) so rotation can occur in case of injury or heat exhaustion. Get your friends together, and have them complete a form - which was published on our website on August 2. http://www.tennisseniors.org.au/nsw/pdfs/2021/2021_08_01_Nomination_Form_SWANHILL_Update3_RC.pdf Each one must be sent to Tennis Seniors NSW, by mail or email and payment of $130 + $50 must be done by Direct Deposit. See our bank details on Page One. A FREE shirt is included in this price. Please indicate your Shirt Size on the Form.
Cheerios
Myrtle Boate - 103
Barry Ling’s favourite Mixed
partner from Peak View near
Cooma. She played tennis in
tournaments all around the
state, especially the Monaro
and Southern NSW Country
Week. Myrtle was ecstatic to
receive an Award from Tennis
NSW for performances in 45
of these events!
May she Rest in Peace.
Hi to Colin Luck , who had a ding-dong battle in his bathroom, ending up in hospital with a black eye and a very sore nose! Best wishes Col - that’s not a very clever thing for a Nonogenarian to do, especially when you are “home alone”!
Garry Potter was seeking the services of a Dr for an “explosion in his left ear” when he located a new Ear, Nose & Throat Specialist - Professor CHIN. After treatment, he even found a wall to try and beat... Well done Gaz.
Port Macquarie Bi-Centennial
Seniors Tournament
Rest in Peace
The passing of Karen Bullivant (nee Furness) is herby
announced, after she collapsed with a heart attack in her home.
Unfortunately, her funeral could only be attended by 10 people,
owing to coronavirus restrictions. We send our sincere
condolences to her husband Steve and two daughters, Jessica
and Sarah, who will miss her dearly. Karen was only 59.
For those who would like to see the streamed Service
https://www.oneroomstreaming.com/login
Password: SQJC4Z
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May 14 - 16 American Doubles: Ladies Winner – Lyn Hanna Men’s Winner – Mick Dunn Ladies Doubles (1): Winners – May Howard & Lyn Hanna Runners-up – Diane Heseltine & Sandy Rosenbladh Ladies Doubles (2): Winners – Cheryl Beard & Marion McIntosh Runners-up – Anne Falkner & Sheree Harris Men’s Doubles (1): Winners - Paul Fox & Graham Sutton Runners-up – Steve Wilson & Mark Giumelli Men’s Doubles (2) : Winners – Greg McIntosh & John Deed Runners up – Ross Matados & Evan Flynn Mixed Doubles (1): Lesley White & Allan Walsh Runners-up – Penny Kraemer & Rod Kraemer Mixed Doubles (2): Winners – May Howard & John Deed Runners-up – Anne Falkner & Paul Barnes Geoff Beard
As far as power couples in Tennis go, Elina Svitolina and
Gael Monfils are right up there. Having tied the knot in
July 2021, the stars are leading a happy married life. After
somewhat losing their touch midway, both players seem
to have rediscovered their form. And now, the pair is set
to feature in the first episode of a new program. With the
ATP and WTA collaborating together, the show
documents the lives of players on both tours.
Winter 2021
Elina Svitolina & Gael Monfils
Liz and Garry Potter
The Wagga Wagga Seniors, National Ranking Tennis Tournament was held at The Jim Elphick Centre on the weekend - Sat 1st May and Sunday 2nd May, and once again, 51 experienced players with an average age of 55 years travelled to Wagga for the weekend and delivered some world class tennis. Players came from Victoria, Sydney and Canberra to take part in the Annual Round Robin event, now in its 20th year. Australian Squash Legend, Heather MacKay (79) once again graced our courts by playing in two over 60’s Doubles events. Several local players, Jason Marien, Jade Forwood, Simon Barton and Shane Atkinson entered the 30+ Singles event taking on Sydney players Don Giron and Stephen Laurent who were eventual finalists. Sydney player Don Giron proved too good for the six man draw, winning by a two game margin without losing a set, Sydney player, Stephen Laurent narrowly missed out on winning.
51 year old Botany player, Brad Weatherstone won the Men’s 50+ Singles, while 64 year old Newington player, Philip Hazell beat Sydney player David Tennent (60) in the Final of the Men’s over 60 Singles. WWTA Committee member, Darren Verus played in the 50+ Men’s singles event. In the doubles events, Wagga local player, John Sellwood teamed up with Shane Atkinson respectively and on the Sunday afternoon, strong husband and wife team, Mary and Nathan Michael supported the event by taking part in the Combined Mixed Doubles. The rest were all visitors who brought amazing tennis prowess to the Riverina. The sunny weather made for perfect tennis playing conditions with unending sunshine across the two days. Competitors played a Round Robin format which allowed them all to challenge each other and score results without being eliminated early as in a knockout tournament format.
This ensured players got plenty of on court match play in their selected categories. A combination rotating partner format called American Doubles had 14 women and 4 men on court from 8:00am to 12:30pm on the Saturday. The players’ stamina, etiquette and camaraderie was a highlight over the two days with most players knowing each other and enjoying a match up and catch-up.
The event was organised by Head Coach and Tennis Centre Coordinator, Tom Denahy and supported by The Southern Sports Academy and the Wagga Wagga Tennis Association. All competitors who had a wonderful weekend said they will be back for a bigger and better 2022 Event in May next year. OVERVIEW: 51 PLAYERS 74 ENTRIES 62 MATCHES 15 EVENTS
TRIVIA QUIZ
1. What two players both won Wimbledon in 1974 - (hint, they were a couple)
2. In what traditional event did they not take part?
3. In what year were the Pros allowed to play “The Championships”
4. Who is the youngest-ever player to win an ATP 500 series?
5. Who is the tallest player in the ATP 500 in Toronto?
6. Which Aussies featured in this tournament? (3 / 4)
7. Who had the biggest win of his career?
8. What players have withdrawn from the Western and Southern Open tournament
(Masters 1000) in Cincinnati, which is a prelude to the US Open?
9. Who are the two players who won the tennis Gold Medals in Tokyo?
10. Where is the next Summer Olympics? When is the Olympics coming to Australia?
Winter 2021
Over 2,500 Years of Tennis Experience in one weekend.
20th Annual Wagga Wagga Seniors Tennis Tournament
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M ultiple myeloma, also known as Kahler's disease, is a type of blood cancer. There's no cure, but treatments can slow its spread and sometimes make symptoms go away. A type of white blood cell called a plasma cell makes antibodies that fight infections in your body. These cells are often called “rogue” cells, as they prevent your body from resisting
infection. Plasma cells are located in the bone marrow, they do not usually circulate in the blood stream but typically stay in the bone marrow acting on bacteria helping the immune system get rid of them. However, if these plasma cells become cancerous they “blindly” produce useless antibodies or antibody fragments called light chains that can cause harm.. The problems myeloma cells cause and treatments used to treat myeloma are different from leukemia.
Sometimes multiple myeloma is diagnosed when your doctor detects it accidentally during a blood test or an MRI for some other condition. It can also be diagnosed if your doctor suspects you could have multiple myeloma based on your signs and symptoms. Healthy bone marrow plasma cells have learned to make special proteins called antibodies (or immunoglobulins), that recognize infections, for example viruses. Low red blood cell counts, white blood cell counts, and platelet counts, which are common in multiple myeloma, include high levels of calcium in your blood, called hypercalcemia as well as abnormal proteins in your blood or urine. Multiple myeloma was once considered a death sentence, but over the past 30 years, things have changed. Although multiple myeloma is still a very serious type of cancer, our ability to treat it is rapidly improving. Clinical Trials are ongoing, and they are having much success in arresting the disease. Most of the time myeloma cells are distributed throughout the bone marrow but sometimes cancerous plasma cells can occur in just one location and then the disease is called “solitary plasmacytoma”.
How is myeloma treated?
Since myeloma is distributed throughout the bone marrow systemic treatments are used to destroy cancerous cells throughout the entire body. A lot of progress has been made since the late 1990s in the systemic treatment of multiple myeloma. Treatments have become better tolerated and more effective at treating myeloma and prolonging life. In broad terms, treatment is divided into induction with the goal to achieve a remission, consolidation, where the remission is consolidated and often deepened, and maintenance which aims to keep the myeloma under control for a long time. Consolidation is the one treatment phase where conventional chemotherapy in the form of high dose chemotherapy followed by peripheral blood stem cell transplant using the patient’s own stem cells still has an important role. Otherwise, systemic treatment mostly uses non-chemo anti-myeloma drugs that exploit special susceptibilities of myeloma cells. Some of these guide the immune system to attack myeloma. In addition to treatment directed at myeloma cells, supportive treatment is added to help counteract the negative effect myeloma can have on the bones. Your Editor is currently receiving specialised treatment for this disease, in one of Sanofi’s Clinical Trials , using fortnightly treatment with Isatuximab (An immunology) and Pomalidomide. These are supported by a Steroid called Dexamethsone (Weekly), as part of a two-year trial. At present the disease has been “arrested” - however as there is NO cure - treatment must continue. RC....
What is Multiple Myeloma ?
A Blood Cancer that can be treated....
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Sincere APOLOGY
To my beautiful friend Barry Ling, for mis-quoting him in the last newsletter. He
quoted a joke from a published joke book about practising “plastic surgery “, by
cutting up his wife’s credit card. He claims it made him sound very unfeeling and
didn’t do his wife justice - who is an excellent manager of her card - please forgive
me Barry - it was not meant to make you sound in any way mean to Helen. Robyn
To Noel Fraser, Birthday wishes (for September 20th) and Get-well wishes as he continues to have
treatment at Scone Hospital (lucky he has an angel)...
All the best to Kris Renneberg who is sick of missing out on Senior Tennis. He is reduced to sitting in
front of his warm fire pit, boiling the kettle for his darling Myra, and drinking Home-made brew with
his baby lorikeet. Don’t worry Kris - no-one else can play much tennis either!
Dux of the School
Ends up as a Dedicated Doctor
M arcus Yong graduated from the Hutchins School Hobart,
with High Distinction in 1998, and from there he went to study Medicine at UTAS. Marcus had immersed himself in all facets of school life, including competing in many Maths, Science and Chemistry competitions, musical performances on both piano and cello as well as being a member of the SRC and athletics and volleyball teams. He was also a member of the Tasmanian Youth Orchestra. As an Emergency Physician, Marcus was on the frontline, dealing with many potential Covid-19 infected patients which involved coming up with triage pathways, drills with junior doctors and nurses about managing Covid-19 patients differently and dealing with the anxiety, stress and fear. He studied Medicine from 1999-2004 and did his internship and resident years at Launceston General Hospital (2005-2006). He then headed to Cairns for another resident year in 2007, before taking a year off to travel in 2008. It was on Huayna Potosi, a 6, 088m peak in Bolivia that he proposed to his wife to be. They
returned to Hobart in 2009 and he started Emergency Medicine training. This took 6 years and took him to Capetown, South Africa where he worked as a front room trauma registrar for 6 months. He spent 2 years in the Northern Territory as an Emergency Specialist before returning to Launceston in 2018, which is where he is now. He and his wife now spend time caring for their two young children and building mountain bike tracks on their 135-acre property just outside Launceston. Adventure Education at Hutchins is what made him love the great outdoors. Friday afternoon orchestra rehearsals were always epic , he says “ I don’t know how our Teachers coped with tired cranky kids for two hours every Friday evening!” A highlight was the Chapel Tour of England in 1998, in Year 12, where he busked in a three-part capella on the streets of Bath. He had an epic Maths teacher for three years, who would send people out to the wood pile if they misbehaved but explained and demonstrated everything so clearly on his overhead projector. His Adventure Education class changed his life, and he has prioritised time in the outdoors ever since. Compulsory Sport
made him take up track running which kept him very fit during his adolescent years and helped him balance his studies with fresh air and physical activity. His teachers inspired him to work hard and gain an entrance into Medicine. The School also helped him to develop a sense of community spirit which has helped make him a better doctor. Advice to young people of today? “These are extremely tough times that we, as a society are going through right now. Hang in there and stay optimistic. Try and set an isolation goal (#Covidgoal) to turn this negative into a positive one.” His goal is to try and wheelie his bike! Keep active and get outside for some fresh air every day. Video chat your friends and family. Do your best to stay sane. Keep a diary – we are going through a unique period in history that we will look back on when we are older and think “how on earth did we get through that?” Be strict with social distancing. Wash your hands obsessively. Avoid unnecessary travel. Stay home!!! This WILL end and we will all be stronger for it.
Australian Teams Carnival and
Individual Championships - SWAN HILL - 2022
S cheduled to start on the
magnificent grass courts in Swan
Hill, our hopes are high to be free
of the Pandemic.
Sunday January 9, all players are
encouraged to attend the Opening
Ceremony at the Swan Hill Town Hall
Performing Arts & Conference Centre
53-57 McCallum Street, Swan Hill,
starting at 4.45pm.
Tennis Seniors Victoria are working
feverishly to meet all deadlines, which
include having all teams graded into their
particular age brackets, paying special
attention to keeping them in the best
groups for even competition throughout
the week.
This is usually achieved with the help of
State Selectors.
The Team Nomination Form for players is
now on Tennis Seniors NSW Home Page -
and must be completed by each person
individually.
Payment is made by direct deposit.
BSB 032 044 Acc # 315 326. Use YOUR
SURNAME as a reference please.
Monday January 10 is a special night for
NSW players - at “Spoons Riverside
Restaurant” - the Team Dinner, and at the
end of the week, Friday 14th January - 7pm,
the Carnival Dinner, at Murray Downs Golf
and Country Club
Murray Downs Drive, Murray Downs, an
evening not to be missed.
Cricket The Ins and Outs .....
Y ou have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each player that’s in
the side that’s in goes out, and when he’s out he comes in, and the next person goes in until he’s out and tries to get those coming in out. When they are all out, the side that’s out comes in and the side that’s been in goes out and tries to get those coming in out. Some-times you get players still in and not out. When both sides have been in and out, including the not outs, that is the end of the game. Howzat?
Picton May 14 – 16
35MS (1) Manuel Radic 35MS (2) Russell Hall 35MS (3) Robert Bisset 50MS (1) Trevor Holt 50MS (2) Will Swanton 50MS (3) Tim Sedgwick 50MS (4) Matt Taylor 60MS(1) Clive Wilkinson 60MS (2) Geoff Hayes 60MS (3) David Tennent 65MS Neil Birks 70MS (1) John Lovett 70MS (2) Brian Clegg 75MS Peter Sheridan
30/35WS (1) Vicki Vesse 30/35WS (2) Sharon Killen 60WS Annie Burns 30MD (1) D Ridley W Dixon 30MD (2) A Cowie P Rodriguez 50MD (1) C Wilkinson A Phelan 50MD (2) M Taylor T Sedgwick 60MD (1) D Graham M Graham 60MD (2) N Birks C Hunt 70MD (1) A North J Lovett 70MD (2) W Bramble T Wray 30WD J Jacobsen S Killen 50WD A Rouse C Benson 60-70WD (1) J Hankin V Vesse 60-70WD (2) D Stewart E Melville
In spite of coronavirus restrictions, TSNSW is still keen to allow
Tournament Directors (not in LGAs of concern) to conduct their
Round Robin tournaments. Please send your $20 through our
usual bank account (details on front page, RHS). We need you!
Life Membership from the Armidale
tennis Club was bestowed on Cheryl
Cooper at the end of last year....
Cheryl says, “tennis is my sporting love,
and I feel so fortunate that I have met so
many wonderful people along my life’s
journey through this lovely sport. I have
been privileged to meet people I would
not have otherwise had the opportunity
to meet and with whom to share
experiences.”
“Tennis has given me much more than I
ever imagine I have given to the game.”
Lew Hoad - Courting Greatness
“Glebe to Glory”
O ne of our favourite games was
to bowl motor tyres down the
narrow lane at the back
between our house and the
tennis courts. Often I’d stand on one of
the tyres against the fence, climb up on it
and look at the tennis.
One year, in the school holidays, my
mother got a bit worried about my playing
among other kids in the traffic out in the
front yards with our billy carts.
To keep me off the street she took me to
the courts at the back to play tennis. I was
just over 5 years old when I started.
Every morning I got up around five and
hit a ball against our garage door, in the
lane. I practised barefoot on the asphalt
because I played so much I would have
worn out sandshoes too fast. My family
couldn’t afford to get me a new racquet as
they were too expensive for a hard-up
family.
The war was on and there were no adults
about to play tennis, so my mother took
up the game just to give me a hit. Mum
taught me how to score and we’d play a
few games together.
My family and friends I tried to join the
Barellan - Centenary Celebrations
The BIG RACQUET
T housands of people
flocked to the small
Riverina town of
Barellan in October
2009, to help the village to
celebrate its 100th Anniversary. It
was a week end of celebrations
that attracted past and present
residents to celebrate the town’s
official proclamation in May 1909.
The Centenary celebrations were
visited by international visitors as
well as local and interstate people,
numbering around 5,000.
Organiser David Irvin made
mention of two former residents
from the USA and UK, who came
back especially for the centenary.
Mr Irvin said it was a fantastic
weekend with many memorable
moments and great events,
including the unveiling of a giant
tennis racquet, a street parade
and a Ball.
Famous Barellan export and
former tennis champion, Evonne
Goolagong-Cawley was honoured by
the erection of the giant Dunlop
tennis racquet she used in the
1970s. The 13.8 metre replica
stands as a tribute to her in
Evonne Goolagong Park. Evonne
said that it was the people of
Barellan who inspired her
throughout her career and she
was glad the racquet had been
created in her honour. “I never
thought something like this would
ever happen, and it is wonderful to
be home again,” she said.
I have wonderful memories of this
town and in years to come when
people think of Barellan, they will
know it as the town with the Big
Racquet.
Mr Irvin said that her family had
blindfolded her driving through
town before the unveiling, to
ensure the surprise wasn’t ruined.
A street parade through Barellan
featured historical vehicles,
floats and a Pipe Band, as well as
Evonne and Olympian swimming
great Dawn Fraser, who also had a
strong connection with the
community. “She’s been part of
the Swimming Club here for over
20 years, and it wasn’t hard to get
her back”, they said.
Hereford Club, but we were told we were
too young, so we formed our own little
club and played matches around the
Balmain district. I did well in the
competition, moving from C-grade and B-
grade into A-grade by the time I was 11. I
was dedicated to sport with no interest in
girls, marbles or stamps, just in winning
tennis matches.
Jack Moroney, who played Test Cricket
for Australia, was a teacher at my school
who taught me how to throw a cricket
ball. I won a prize for this with a throw of
108 yards. Adrian Quist, the distinguished
Davis Cup player, gave me a job in the
racquet stringing section of Dunlop Sports
Company, where I strung about 14
racquets a day. At night, my arms ached
from the effort, as it was hard work. I
earned my first pay packet which
contained two pounds, eight shillings and
one pence after tax had been deducted. I
strung racquets until I was 17, and the
Company gave me free tennis gear with
two afternoons a week off to practise.
My tennis career was off to a flying start!
From a School Principal in
Canada in 2011
From Dennis Prager, at a school assembly....in Toronto To the students and Faculty at our school. I am your new Principal, and honoured to be so. There is no greater call than to teach young people. I would like to apprise you of some important changes coming to our school. I am making these changes because I am convinced that that most of the ideas that have dominated public education in Canada have worked against you, your teachers, your parents and our country. First, this school will no longer honour race or ethnicity. I could not care less if your racial makeup is black, brown, red. yellow or white. I could not care less if your origins are African, Latin American, Asian, or European, or if your ancestors arrived on the Mayflower, leaky SE Asian refugee ships or on slave ships. The only identity I care about, the only one this school will recognize, is your individual identity, your character, your scholarship, your humanity. And the only national identity, that this school will care about is Canadian. This is a Canadian public school, and Canadian public schools were created to make better Canadians. If you wish to affirm an ethnic, racial, religious identity through your school, you had better go to another one. We will end all ethnicity - race - and non-Canadian nationality– based celebrations. They undermine the motto of Canada. Everyone is equal, coast to coast. And this school will be guided by Canadian values. That includes all after-school clubs. I will not authorise clubs that divide students based on any identities. This includes gender, race, language, religion, sexual orientation or whatever else may become in vogue in a society divided by political correctness. Your clubs will be based on interests and passions - not blood, ethnic, tribal, racial or other physically defined ties. Those clubs just cultivate narcissism - an unhealthy preoccupation with the self - while the purpose of education is to get you to think beyond yourself. So we will have clubs that will transport you to the wonders and glories of art, music, sport, debating, astronomy, languages that you do not already speak, math, carpentry and many, many more. If the only extra-curricular activities you can imagine being interested in, are those based on ethnic or racial or sexual identity that means that little outside of yourself really interests you, and that means you don’t belong in this school. Second, I am not interested whether or not English is your native language. My only interest in terms of language is that you leave this school speaking and writing English as fluently as possible. The English language has united Canadian citizens for more than 200 years, and it will unite us at this school. It is one of the indispensable reasons this country of immigrants has always come to be one country. And if you leave this school without excellent English-language skills, your teachers and I will have been remiss in our duty to ensure that you are prepared to compete successfully in the Canadian employment market. You will learn other languages here - it is deplorable that most Canadians only speak English. But if you want classes taught in your native language, rather than in English, this is not the school for you. Third, because I regards learning as a sacred endeavour, everything in this school will reflect learning’s elevated status. This means, among other things, that you and your teachers will dress accordingly. Many people in our society dress more formally for a meal at a nice restaurant than they do for church or school. Those people have their priorities backwards. Therefore there will be a formal dress code at this school. Fourth, no obscene language will be tolerated anywhere on the school’s property - whether in class, in the hallways or at athletic events. If can’t speak without using the “f-word”, you can’t speak. By obscene language I mean the words banned by the Federal Communications Commission, plus epithets such as the “N-word” even when used by one black student to address another, or “bitch” even when addressed by a girl to a girlfriend. It is my intent that by the time you leave this school, you will be among the few of your age to distinguish instinctively between the elevated and the degraded, the holy and the obscene, the educated and the non-educated. Fifth, we will end all self-esteem programmes. In this school, self-esteem will be attained in only one way - the way people attain it will be by earning it from their fellow students and teachers. Sixth, and last, I am reorienting the school programmes to academics, scholarship and away from politics and propaganda. No more time will be devoted to scaring you about smoking and caffeine, or terrifying you about sexual harassment or global warming. No more semesters will be devoted to condom-wearing and teaching you to regard sexual relations as only, or primarily a health issue. There will be no more attempts to convince you that you are a victim because you are not white, or not male or not heterosexual, or not Christian. We will have failed if any one of you graduates from the school and does not consider himself or herself inordinately lucky - lucky to be alive, lucky to be well-educated and lucky to be a Canadian. Now, please stand and join me in singing Oh Canada, to the only flag in Canada. As many of you may not know the words, your teachers will gladly hand them out to you.
I don’t know what you feel about old age, but in my case I didn’t even see it coming. It hit me from
the rear.
West Port Macquarie
Social Day - July 18
Geoff Beard reports that the day was most enjoyable for all concerned. In spite of cloudy weather, and COVID restrictions in place, so that Social - distancing and reduced use of the Clubhouse was a nuisance, Geoff’s committee and other volunteers “made the day.“ TSNSW Assistant Secretary Rod Clarkin took some towels as “spot prizes” and winners received a few $$ in an envelope, courtesy of the generous Sponsors that had been arranged. Keen players came from Springwood, Sydney, Canberra, Armidale, Inverell and many places in between or beyond, as it was their first tennis outing for a while. Round Robins were the order of the day, enabling players to have a Catch-up. A great day! RESULTS: 60 MS: W: Mark Coleman R Up : Jamie Byrnes 70 MS: W: Gary Ovington R Up: Dennis Reaves 60 Mens American Doubles W: Chris Walsh R Up:: Geoff Beard & Mick Dunn 70 Mens American Doubles W: Greg Hunt R Up: John Deed 60 Ladies American Doubles W: Cheryl Cooper R Up: Kim Armstrong 70 Ladies American Doubles W: Anne Falkner R Up: Cheryl Beard 50 XD (1) W: Sharon Edwards Craig Edwards R Up: Rae Thompson Tim Fox 50 XD (2) W: Lesley White Allan Walsh R Up: Trish Pascoe Steve Hoy 60 XD W: May Howard Mick Dunn R/U: Sandy Rosenbladh Graham Sutton 70 XD W: Di Heseltine Alistair Georgeson R Up: Denise Darby Barry Thompson 50 MD (1) W: Craig Edwards Ian Bensley R Up: Brian Brooking Tim Fox 50 MD (2) W: Stephen Hoy Jamie Byrnes R Up: Rod Clarkin Michael Boulet 60 MD (1) W: Geoff Beard Chris Walsh R Up: Mick Dunn Graham Sutton 60 MD (2) W: Shane Cooper Paul Dorahy R Up: Mark Stiller Mark Coleman 70 MD W: Greg Hunt Neil Matley R Up: Col Holman Des Farr 75 Mens Doubles W: Brian Humphries Robert Haling RUp: Des Daniel John Deed 50 WD W: Rae Thompson Narelle Follington R Up (1): Catherine Robinson Kim Armstrong R Up (2): Lesley White Nurit Raymond RU (3): Veronica Goodman Zenda Haggarty 60 WD (1) W: Sharon Edwards Jo Clarke RUp: Margaret Wayte Judy Cousins 60 WD (2) W: Karen McGaffin Karen Carter R Up: Cheryl Beard Annette Woods 60 WD (3) W: Beki Boulet Lesley Ware R Up: Marion McIntosh Jayne McInerney 120 CMD (1) W: Paul Fox Daniel Gain R Up: Mick Dunn Graham Sutton 120 CMD (2) W: Shane Cooper Paul Dorahy R Up: Vince Maxwell Stephen Pile 120 CMD (3) W: Peter Hagen Dennis Reaves R Up: Mark Stiller Mark Coleman 140 CMD W: Geoff Beard Chris Walsh R Up: Greg Alchin Phil Dixon 150 CMD W: Bob Andrew Bill Thompson R Up: Ronald Watts Neil Matley 100 CWD W: Narelle Follington Rae Thompson R Up: Lesley White Nurit Raymond 120 CWD (1) W: Robyn Rickard Di Heseltine R Up May Howard Lyn Hanna 120 CWD (2) W: Sandy Rosenbladh Annette Woods R Up: Vicki Kuba Cheryl Cooper 100 CXD (1) W: Zenda Haggarty Rod Clarkin R Up: Rae Thompson Tim Fox 100 CXD (2) W: Stephanie Giumelli Mark Giumelli R Up: Debbie Gallagher Stephen Pile 140 CXD (1) W: Lesley White Allan Walsh R Up: May Howard Stephen Corcoran
140 CXD (2)W: Mark Stiller Chris Stiller R Up: Mark Coleman Tracey Coleman
Robyn’s Moat The Pandemic is certainly causing challenges for some of our members and families. Thank goodness for the Olympics - Tokyo 2020 has given us two weeks of exciting Swimming, Paddling, Diving, Surfing and Rowing - with our Athletes snaring medals of GOLD , SILVER and BRONZE, some for the very first time! How scintillating it was in the water!
Then Bruce Macavaney was thrilled to introduce the Athletics - with more Winners! The accidental runner, Peter Bol - who spent his early life in Sudan and many years in a Refugee camp in Egypt, before he reached Australia. What an inspiration!
Now we can look forward to watching the Paralympics. I can’t wait. More inspiration. Playing in what may be his last Olympic competition is Tennis star and Public Speaker Dylan Alcott, and so many others with limbs missing etc.... (See him in the pic on opposite page).
Winter 2021
Paralympians
in Tokyo 2021
Opening
Ceremony
Tuesday 9.30pm
Medals competition
each night
Answers to Trivia Quiz
1. Chris Evert and Jimmy Connors
2. The Dance of the Singles Winners
3. The Pros were allowed to play in 1968
4. The youngest-ever winner is Jannik Sinner (19)
5. Australia had three representatives in the ATP 1000 in Toronto
6. The tallest player in the event is Reilly Opelka (6 feet eleven ins).
7. James Duckworth defeated Jannik Sinner.
8. The players who have withdrawn from the ATP 1000 in Cincinnati
are: Rafa Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer
9. The two winners of GOLD in Tokyo 2020 are: Alexander Zverev
(GER) and Belinda Bencic (SUI)
10. The next Summer Olympics will be in Paris 2024 Brisbane will host
them in 2032.
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Curtis McGrath. A Paralympic legend who took up the sport after losing both his legs from a mine blast while serving as a combat engineer with the Australian Army in Afghanistan. The 33-year-old is as tough and motivated as they come. He’s won 10 world titles over the last decade as well as a Paralympic gold medal from Rio in 2016 but he wants even more this time around so has entered two events in Tokyo.
One of the global superstars of the Paralympics, Dylan Alcott won Gold and Silver medals in wheelchair basketball before putting his considerable energy and enthusiasm into quad tennis. He won the quad Singles and Doubles and has already won 14 Singles and 8 Doubles Grand Slam titles. He remains on course to achieve something not even Novak Djokovic could manage—the possibility of the “Golden Slam” after winning the Australian Open, The French and Wimbledon titles in 2021.
T hree large inflatable
Agitas stirred up by
three gusts of wind ....
Created by propellers -
and fireworks at the end of the
“Welcome to the Para Airport”
followed by 378 shots going off,
completed the dynamic Opening
Ceremony.
The Izu Velodrome was the site
for Two Aussie Gold medals to
start the Cycling campaign. Paige
Greco and Emily Petricola....
Later, there will be medals up for
grabs, in the pool. Ellie Cole,
Lakeisha Patterson leading the
Aussie charge, with Rowan
Crothers and Ben Popham.....
Grandfathers are
made for
Loving and for
Fixing Things!
Happy Fathers’ Day
on
Sunday September
5th
Tennis Seniors NSW
Dec 2019 - Dec 2021
Executive:
President Mick Bruton Mobile: ............................... 0416 219 656
Vice President Graeme Sticka Mobile ................................ 0418 402 415
Secretary Robyn Castle Mobile: .............................. 0400 389 234 Assistant Secretary Rod Clarkin Mobile ................................ 0411 446 338
Treasurer Arthur Olsen Mobile: .............................. 0400 525 591
Committee:
Bob Bow Mobile ................................ 0430 470 161
Cathy Benson Mobile ................................ 0438 721 107 Carol Campling Mobile: ............................... 0401 057 866 Craig Edwards Mobile ................................ 0412 185 130 Brett Haines Mobile ................................ 0402 001 177 Sharon Killen ..................... 0410 355 965 Tracey Macmillan Mobile ................................ 0419 126 117
John Whittaker Mobile ................................ 0417 200 761
State Selectors - From Feb 2020
Men Mick Bruton ....................... 0416 219 656 Arthur Olsen ...................... 0400 525 591 Graeme Sticka ................... 0418 402 415 Women
Carol Campling ................. 0401 057 866 Robyn Castle ..................... 0400 389 234 National Selectors Kerry Ballard ...................... 0417 069 518 Carol Campling .................. 0401 057 866 TSA Australian Team Administrator Di Cassel ........................... 0426 227 946
32 New members,
Welcome!
Alexandra Bisset, Robert Bisset, Perry Calkin, Karen
Carter, Chad Carey, Robert Cockshott, Ryan Day, David
Fallu, Bradley Farr, Desmond Farr, Simon Gurner, Charles
Hempel, Wayne Houston, Ruth Hynd, William Kinser, Doug
Lewis, Jennifer Lidbury, Robert Littlefield, Alan Lovell,
Casey Luke, Zanna Mathieson, Kenneth Middlebrook, John
Powell, Sione Siale, Greg Stephenson, Leif Schnoor, Alan
Tisdell, Sebastion Trouncer, Rhys Verdich, Karen
Williamson, Alison Wood, Philip Zagarella.
Paralympic Champion Ellie Cole, who has been on the National team since
Beijing 2008, competing in her fourth Paralympics. The 29-yr-old trains with
the Campbell sisters, Cate and Bronte, (pictured), doing the same workouts
they do, and she has reaped the benefits - winning a staggering 15 medals - a
record for an Australian female athlete in any sport.