The 2016 Club Championships semi finals and finals were played on 2nd and 3rd July under perfect weather conditions. The players all enjoyed both days and the format of a round robin followed by semis and finals seems a good format to provide all with a good amount of tennis.

Mens singles A was won by Bjorn Myers beating Joe Moseley in a very close and hard fought battle with Bjorn eventually winning 7-5 in the third set.

Mens singles B was an equally hard fought encounter with Wilco Delhaas getting the better of Kevin Jones 6-3 in the third set

The mens doubles was won by Joe Moseley and David Lehman again in a three set struggle over Mark Booth and Dane Mottley  

Our mixed doubles champions were Joe and Chelsea Moseley beating Kevin Jones and Belinda Murphy in an entertaining match

The ladies and senior events are still being run and will be concluded by September

Thanks to all the competitors and supporters

Life members Cup-Round 2 Report from David Graham

The Life Members Cup Team travelled to Hornsby-Killara Tennis Centre on Sunday 3rd July with Garry Gleissner pulling out mid-week with an injury.

The injured David Graham filled in and played down the order.

Steven Thurstan returned to Inter District and paired with Bob Morgan winning the first set 6/3. David Jones and David Graham came back from a  slow start  to take a tough set 7/5  The home team took the next two sets including a tight  7/6 win over Stephen Thurstan and David Graham. The old combination of Morgan and Graham steadied the ship 6/3 and with two sets to play the match was evenly poised. No 1 pair Thurstan and Morgan won 6/3 but in a solid match against the top Hornsby pair David and David salvaged three games (6/3 loss) with David Jones rallying well and putting a lot of pressure on the Hornsby combination.

At the end of the day a narrow win to Kiama 4 sets 42 games to Hornsby’s 4 sets 38 games. Stephen Thurstan played well in his comeback to competition tennis from 2012 showing signs of greatness. Improvement will continue over the next months with more match play. Bob Morgan sustained an injury to his hip flexor early in the match but battled on to win three of his four sets.

All-round this was a solid effort from the Kiama side.

The order of play for the semi-finals on Saturday 2nd July and finals on Sunday 3rd July is as follows – please support the finalists

Saturday 2 July

 12PM

–           J Moseley vs D Mottley (A) – mens A semi final

–          B Myers vs D Lehman (B) – mens A semi final

–          W Delhaas vs B Raison (C) – mens B semi final

–          K Jones vs C Potter (D) – mens B semi final

 1.30PM

 – H Pim vs J Norton (G) – ladies semi final

– D Lehman/J Moseley vs C Brackenbury/J Reid (E)– mens doubles semi final

– D Mottley/M Booth vs B Myers/R Formosa (F) – mens doubles semi final

3PM

–          K Koks vs J Horspool (H) – ladies semi final

Sunday 3 July

 12PM

–          Winner A vs Winner B – mens A singles final

–          Winner C vs Winner D – mens B singles final

–          Winner G vs Winner H – ladies singles final

2PM

–          Winner E vs Winner F – mens doubles final

Members please note the open club championships finals will be played on Sunday 3 July commencing at 12pm – order of play will be:

12pm Mens and Ladies Singles

Followed by Doubles

Come on down to the Club and support the finalists

From David Graham

Inter District 26th June

After last week’s Inter District washout the Life Members Cup team travelled to Southern District to take on the 2015 Champions on their home court in the first match of the season. Bob Morgan and David Graham lost a close match 6/3 after not being able to hold serve. New comers Garry Geissler and Allan Cox the second pair combined well levelling the match at a set each. A see- sawing match followed with the visitors down 4/2 after six sets. Allan and Garry lost 6/1 to the Southern Districts top pair 6/1 and Bob and David secured a 6/0 against the opposition’s second pair.

A loss to the Kiama team 5 sets to three.

The best player on the day was Allan Cox rallying well and returning serve consistently.

Garry Geissler served well and used his height to advantage around the net.

An all-round solid performance with Bob Morgan on the comeback trail after shoulder surgery in 2015 showing signs of greatness.

Reminder to all members wanting to enter either the open or over 60’s in the Club Championships to please get their entries in to David Lehman at dlehman@avatar-technology.com or david.lehman@kiamatennis.org.au or hand into Norma, Joe or Jackie at the Club. The closing date has been extended to Monday 20 June

If you need an entry form please download below

KIAMA TENNIS CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP ENTRY FORM 2016

Members please note the KSDTA AGM is scheduled for 6 June 2016 at 7pm – per the attachment below KTC is nominating a number of members to the Board and we urge you to support our nominations by attending the meeting and voting for your preferred candidates

KSDTA inc 2016 AGM Nominations

The Blow Hole Open Day was a great success. Many thanks to all who assisted and helped on the day especially our dedicated Board members and coaches –  Hannah Jones, Joe Moseley, Ann Boulton, Bob Morgan, Jeannette Horrocks, Karen Koks, David Jones, Bjorn Myers and Matt Terentis.

Fun was had by all who attended the day and tennis was introduced to a few new parents and children in the area.

Members please diarize the  Blow Hole Open Day on 22 May 2016 from 10.30am

We hope to have persons of all ages having a tennis experience on the 2 new courts at our Blow Hole Centre – we invite the community to have a fun day and we will have a sausage sizzle for anyone attending. Our coaches will be available from 10.30 to 12.30 and the courts will be open for play until 3pm – the brochure below provides full details

Come along and enjoy the day

blowhole openpdf

Sunday 24th April was our first BBQ fundraiser at Bunnings. Thanks to all who gave of their time to manage the stand and assist the Club in raising close on a thousand dollars – well done to our volunteers:

Richard Owen, Brian & Diane Etchells, Nancy Stanbridge, Gary Koks, Francis Lin, Ross Smith, Karen Poole, Ivan Boulton, Jeannette Horrocks, Joe Moseley, Darrell Wray, Jackie Parker, Karen Koks, Bob Morgan and Ann Boulton.

We have two further fund raisers coming up and we would like to see a few more volunteers so anyone wanting to participate in the next fundraiser please contact Ann Boulton – secretary@kiamatennis.org.au