WELCOME
Welcome to the mid-season of 2021-22, with new Season of 2022-23 very fast approaching. To kick start the mid-season we have introduced Mid-Season subscription for NEW MEMBERS. Please refer to the subscription schedule as per below:
2022-2023 SEASON
MID SEASON NEW MEMBERS SUBSCRIPTIONS EFFECTIVE FROM May 2022
(Including Auckland Tennis levies & GST)
May 2022 to Sept 2023
SENIOR………………………. ………….. $400.00
FAMILY………………………. $960.00
COUPLE……………………… $715.00
YOUTH SUBS………………… $250.00
INTERMEDIATE/JUNIOR….… $240.00
JUNIOR PARENT ……………. ………………$60.00
VETERAN/MIDWEEK/TWILIGHT/SOCIAL…….….$250 or $80 per term
ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP…$80.00
SENIOR INTERCLUB ……….. $75.00
REPLACEMENT LOST KEY COST $10.00
Lights and keys to the courts are included in subscriptions.
HIGHLIGHTS:
FISHER CUP AND CUCKSEY SHIELD TOURNAMENT HELD ON SUN 1 MAY 2022
PRESS RELEASE RE FISHER CUP AND CUCKSEY SHIELD 2 May 2022
The enduring popularity of tennis in East Auckland was well displayed last Sunday with teams from 6 local tennis clubs competing in their annual local derby. Bucklands Beach, Cockle Bay, Howick, Koru, Pakuranga and Sunnyhills Tennis Clubs participated, each hosting a section of the event. Following a rotation each year, it was Howick Club responsible this time for being the primary organiser and who ably hosted the prizegiving.
With both an Open grade competition for the Fisher Cup and a restricted one for the Cucksey Shield, the event covers a wide range of playing level. And with each trophy requiring a team of 6 men and 6 women to represent their Club, over 100 players were out in force, delighted with the fine weather and great competition.
Continuing a run of strong results in the Fisher Cup, Bucklands Beach TC once again secured it, while Pakuranga’s team won the Cucksey Shield. But the real winner of the day was the sport of tennis.
Through the last 2 years of Covid restrictions, tennis has been widely recognised as a safe sport to play and it’s been possible for members to play at local clubs, with suitable safeguards, even in Level 3. Getting out into the fresh air and playing with friends or family from the same bubble and later playing with other Club members has been a godsend for many, providing mental and physical exercise and a change of scene. Competitive tennis leagues were able to resume well before many team sports could. And being a sport that can be played from Primary School age through to your 70s, even 80s, adds to its family-wide appeal.
A very big thank you to all who helped make this day a great success. A special mention to our Cub Sponsor The Stihl Howick for giving us a bbq hamper to add to our very huge premium raffle ( 2 draws were run) – 1st Draw Lois Green who won the raffle basket and the BBq hamper and for the 2nd draw winner – Zac White – Congratulations to you both! The raffle alone fundraised $810!
Also a big thank you to Club Captain John Mills for running the show beautifully!
JUNIOR PRIZEGIVING HELD ON MON 2 MAY 2022
The Junior Prize giving went off very successfully.
All the club champ prizes and special awards were announced. The Interclub teams were also celebrated.
See List of all the prizewinners:
| 2021-22 Winners Runner-up Plate U15 Boys Dubs | Josh Donovan and Josh Stephens | Cooper Wallace and Gordon Mao | Bezalel Bernstein and Jeremiah Bernstein |
| U15 Girls Dubs | Bella Lonie and Lucy Lonie | Millie Wareing and Caitlin Hunkin | |
| U15 Girls Singles | Arshpreet Kaur | Bella Lonie | Anoushka Rajpal |
| U15 Boys Singles | Josh Donovan | Cooper Wallace | Devun Gill |
| U13 Boys Dubs | Cooper Wallace and Jeremiah Bernstein | Shaayaan Aggarwal and Tyler Suratos | Aditya Rajpal and Angus Spankie |
| U13 Girls Dubs | Arshpreet Kaur and Jaspreet Kaur | Millie Wareing and Anoushka Rajpal | Tamsyn McCamish and Panya Sethi |
| U13 Boys Singles | Shaayaan Aggarwal | Blake Beattie | Blake Pryor |
| U13 Girls Singles | Anoushka Rajpal | Lara Diprose | Tamsyn McCamish |
| Orange Ball Boys Doubles | Austin Thornton and Kingsley Wang | Anthan Tai and Jay Lau | |
| Orange Ball Girls Doubles | Maddison Gillard and Vevina Wang | Florence Gillard and Alexia Neuman | |
| Orange Ball Girls Singles | Sophie Baverstock | Ana Welch | |
| U18 Girls Singles | Arshpreet Kaur | Supreet Kaur | Madi Buckley |
| U18 Boys Singles | Josh Donovan | Owen Thompson | Thomas Burrowes |
| U18 Girls Doubles | Arshpreet and Supreet Kaur | ||
| U18 Boys Doubles | Zac Wight and Ariyan Umrigar | Owen Thompson and Josh Stephens | Daniel Cibulskis and Jayden McEvoy |
| U18 Mixed Doubles | Will Gooddy and Heidi Hislop | Owen Thompson and Bella Lonie | Josh Donovan and Billie Hart |
| Orange Ball Boys Singles | Austin Thornton | Kingsley Wang | Jay Lau |
| U15 Mixed Doubles | Lara Diprose and Thomas Burrowes | Anoushka Rajpal and Aditya Rajpal |
Congratulations to everyone!
Write up from Club Junior Convenor, Juliet Hislop:
Our 10 junior teams are doing us proud. Some teams have one more game to play this weekend. Results as below:
Beginner Boys 13’s captained by Thomas Burrowes WON THEIR GRADE!!!
Beginner Boys 12’s captained by Matthew Thompson is sitting at 2nd
Beginner Girls 13’s captained by Madison Jones WON THEIR GRADE!!!
Boys 18/16’s captained by Ariyan Umrigar WON THEIR GRADE!!!
14’s Boys 1 captained by Cooper Wallace sitting at 6th
14’s boys 2 captained by Hayden Antunes sitting at 3rd
16’s Girls captained by Jodie Macmillan sitting at 3rd
16’s 2 girls captained by Lucy Lonie sitting at 7th
Sunday Boys captained by Daniel Cibulskis finished 5th
Caro Bowl Girls captained by Supreet Kaur sitting at 3rd
Our team managers (captains’ parent) have had the tricky task of organising teams with sickness, isolations and last minute changes, and have had to put in more time than usual to manage the teams. Thank you to you all.
Under 18, 15, 13 and beginner club champs are being completed in the next 2 weeks. Prize giving is 2 May at 6.30pm. Vaccine passes are no longer required from 4 April 2022 so this is open to everybody.
Congratulations to Aaron for guiding our juniors to such great results. The beginner grade successes are especially pleasing.
PARENT CHILD TOURNAMENT ON FRI 20 MAY 2022, 6pm
We will be once again running the PARENT CHILD TOURNAMENT ON FRI 20 MAY 2022, 6pm start.
Entry fee is $5 per player.
Bring along a dessert to share and pizzas will be provided by the club.
COURTS 3 TO 6 RESURFACING
The courts are scheduled to be resurfaced in the week beginning 1 June 2022.
Thank you to everyone who has volunteered their time to uplift the courts, at this stage it is planned for the weekend of 28/29 May.
We will keep you informed with any updates received from Tiger Turf.
DONATIONS AND SPONSORSHIPS:
We thank all the Sponsors for their generous contributions made to the club over the year. Also greatly appreciate all the time and effort from all members who have volunteered through the year. We welcome all donations/sponsorships made to the club to assist with the upgrade of facilities and ongoing maintenance. Please contact me directly for more information on our Sponsorship packages.
Best wishes,
Kashmira