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SOUTH ISLAND MASTERS GAMES, 4-8 OCTOBER 2017, NELSON
The South Island Masters Games will take place in Nelson from 4-8 October 2017. More than 40 sports are included in the Games. For the tennis, events will be held in men's and ladies' singles, men's and ladies' doubles and mixed doubles. Minimum age for qualification is 35 but events will be held in various age categories, including 35+, 45+, 55+, 65+ and maybe even older if the demand is there. |
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Early bird registration closes on 1 July, but you still have until September to register. For more information, go to the event website or check out their Facebook page.
Posted by James 27 June 2017
Posted by James 27 June 2017
Kai, at the QTC Awards, May 2017
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KAI MILBURN SELECTED FOR JAPANESE NATIONAL TEAM
Young Kai Milburn, eldest son of QTC coach Mark & Takako Milburn, recently finished runner-up in a major 10u tournament in Sendai, Japan. Subsequently, Kai has been selected to represent Japan in a national 10u squad, competing in a quad tournament in South Korea in August. The Japan team will play against South Korea, Thailand and Singapore. Posted by James 20 June 2017 |
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SOUTHERN LAKES TAKES WINS THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY VETERANS' TEAMS' EVENT IN DUNEDIN
Huge congratulations to the Southern Lakes team which has taken out the 2017 Queen's Birthday Vets Teams event at the Edgar Centre in Dunedin. Southern Lakes smashed the opposition, including usual front-runners Canterbury to take the trophy for only the second time. Results from the Southern Lakes' matches were as follows:- Beat Southland/North Otago: 15 - 1 Beat Canterbury Country: 10.5 - 5.5 Beat Otago: 16 - 0 Beat South Canterbury: 15 - 1 Beat Canterbury: 11-5 Well done the S Lakes team. We're all very proud of you. A big thank you as always to Karen and Mark for managing the team. The full match results can be found here. Posted by James 6 June 2017 |
L to R: John Duffy, Li Ying Moroney, Tim Medland, Karen Mitchell, Reece Gibson, Felicity Oxnevad, Mark Milburn, Jenny Lennon, Jeff Elliotte, Peter Ray Moroney. Absent: Sarah Patterson, Simone Hart, Rachael Gerard, Chris Bradley, Suma Ito Sheehan, Tammy Smith, Jason Thorburn, Graeme Smith, Jimmy Meier, Ian Jarczyluk
Mark Milburn receives the trophy from Ian Moore of Otago Seniors Tennis
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QTC AWARDS NIGHTS CELEBRATES CLUB CHAMPIONS AND PLAYERS OF THE YEAR - 2017
Forget the Oscars, the Halbergs and the Pulitzers. The only awards night that really matters is the Queenstown Tennis Club Awards Spectacular, hosted by Lone Star on Saturday 29th April 2017. A large assembly of Queenstown's tennis A-listers turned out for a evening of glitz, glamour and Honky Tonk Chicken. QTC Vice-President Reece Gibson presented the awards as our previously booked host, Maria Sharapova, inexplicably failed to show up. The main awards went to:-
Forget the Oscars, the Halbergs and the Pulitzers. The only awards night that really matters is the Queenstown Tennis Club Awards Spectacular, hosted by Lone Star on Saturday 29th April 2017. A large assembly of Queenstown's tennis A-listers turned out for a evening of glitz, glamour and Honky Tonk Chicken. QTC Vice-President Reece Gibson presented the awards as our previously booked host, Maria Sharapova, inexplicably failed to show up. The main awards went to:-
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Senior Player of the Year: Suma Ito-Sheehan Good Guy: John Duffy Improver of the Year - Male: Dan Gerard Improver of the Year - Female: Tania Pimm Thanks to La Residence du Parc for their generous sponsorship of this new category. Dan & Tania each win a 1 hour private lesson with Mark Milburn. Junior Player of the Year - Male: Josh McDermott Junior Player of the Year - Female: Emilia Price In addition, the Junior & Senior Club Championships, and Twilight competition trophies and prizes were awarded, as follows:- Twilight Competition Premier: Li Ying & Peter Ray Moroney Twilight Competition A-Grade: Lyndel Hardy & Geoff Gemmell Senior Club Championships Men's singles: Josh McDermott Men's doubles: Josh McDermott & Bjorn Pollock Ladies' singles: Suma Ito-Sheehan Ladies' doubles: Li Ying Moroney & Felicity Oxnevad Junior Club Championships (each winner receives a $50 Rebel Sport voucher) Boys' singles - open: Kai Milburn Girls' singles - open: Elise Edmonds Boys' singles - 10u: Finn Almog Girls' singles - 10u: Holly Chisholm Congratulations to all winners. Roll on the 17-18 season. Posted by James 30 April 2017 |
Senior Player of the Year 2017 - Suma Ito-Sheehan
Junior Boys' Open Singles winner - Kai MIlburn
Junior Girls' Open Singles winner - Elise Edmonds
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AKARUA LONE STAR BUBBLES FUNDRAISER FIZZES!
The annual Akarua Lone Star Bubbles tournament fizzed under beautiful blue skies and warm sunshine on Saturday 8th April 2017. A record 16 teams competed in two divisions in a round-robin format. The eventual winners were The Vestal Virgins (Division 1) and The Hillbillies (Division 2). Maybe the large quantities of Akarua Brut Bubbles had a negative effect on some teams (or maybe that was just Dork Street), but everybody had a great time, that's for sure. About $4,400 was raised for club funds. A huge thanks is owed to all teams, individuals and companies* that donated items for the auction, to all those who bought auction items, to Karen and Suma for all the food, to Mark for promoting the event and to James for running it on the day. Big thanks too to everybody who participated. Biggest thanks of all to Roger Federer for putting in an unexpected appearance. See you next year! Posted by James 9 April 2017 *Thanks to: Millbrook, Browns Boutique Hotel, Carla Mitchell Photography, Zenkuro Sake, Southern Discoveries, Lone Star, Queenstown Tennis Coaching, Queenstown Tennis Academy, Astro Fix Mobile Repair, Botswana Butchery, Fairfax Media, Rachael Gerard Driving Instruction, Madam Woo, Erik's Fish & Chips, Suma's Sushi, Habebes.
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The Vestal Virgins - Felicity & Teresa
The Hillbillies - Lyndel, Chris & Sue
Check out the Gallery for more great photos
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QTC CLUB CHAMPIONS FOUND FOR 2016-17
The QTC Club Champions have been found for the 2016-2017 season following a huge day of tennis on Saturday 25th March. Play started at 9am and wrapped up around 6.30pm (due to a poor weather forecast for Sunday). Some participants played up to 10 sets of tennis. Main event champions are listed below. Many thanks to everyone who participated, to Reece & James as tournament organisers, to Karen for the draws and BBQ, and to everyone else who helped out in the kitchen. Click the links for all results and roll of honour.
Posted by James 26 March 2017
The QTC Club Champions have been found for the 2016-2017 season following a huge day of tennis on Saturday 25th March. Play started at 9am and wrapped up around 6.30pm (due to a poor weather forecast for Sunday). Some participants played up to 10 sets of tennis. Main event champions are listed below. Many thanks to everyone who participated, to Reece & James as tournament organisers, to Karen for the draws and BBQ, and to everyone else who helped out in the kitchen. Click the links for all results and roll of honour.
Posted by James 26 March 2017
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Men's singles:
Men's open doubles: Men's social doubles: |
Josh McDermott
Josh McDermott & Bjorn Pollock Dan Gerard & Chris Ferguson |
Ladies' singles:
Ladies' open doubles: Ladies' social doubles: |
Suma Ito-Sheehan
Li Ying Moroney & Felicity Oxnevad Yuriko McLachlan & Lyndel Hardy |
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JUNIOR TRAINING DAY HUGE FUN FOR ALL
The first collaborative junior training day between the Southern Lakes Tennis Association and the Southland Tennis Association on Sunday 19 March has been a huge success. Top juniors aged 9+ from Southland and Southern Lakes were put through their paces by the coaching trio of Danny Baleson (Te Anau), Mark Milburn and Riki McLachlan. Starting with a proper warm up (how many of us do that?) and followed by a series of drills designed to build consistency and focus, the kids worked hard under a pretty hot sun. A great lunch was followed by more drills and competitive points playing. This is |
Click anywhere on the picture for all the photos from the day.
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likely to be the first of a series of joint training days between the associations and will undoubtedly see our juniors gain the skills necessary to compete at the highest level of junior competition in NZ, where they will represent the entire Southern Region.
Thanks to Danny, Mark & Riki for setting the day up and coaching. Thanks to everyone who provided food and baking for the lunch, and especially to Takako, Michaela, Indra, Jo and Alister for doing kitchen and BBQ duties, and to everyone else who assisted in the running of the day. Thanks also to Queenstown Tennis Club for making the courts available.
Posted by James 19 March 2017
Thanks to Danny, Mark & Riki for setting the day up and coaching. Thanks to everyone who provided food and baking for the lunch, and especially to Takako, Michaela, Indra, Jo and Alister for doing kitchen and BBQ duties, and to everyone else who assisted in the running of the day. Thanks also to Queenstown Tennis Club for making the courts available.
Posted by James 19 March 2017
SOUTHERN LAKES 'A' WINS TEAMS EVENT ONCE MORE
Written by Dennis Radford
Published by the Otago Daily Times, 27 February 2017
Click here for the full results of the Southern Teams Event
The Southern Lakes A tennis team took its 15th straight Southern League title in Dunedin yesterday.
Lakes A had to defend a 7-5 first-round win from Queenstown in November and was able to repeat that score in Dunedin against Otago.
It was largely a contest of two halves, with the visitors dominating the top half through Peter Hartono, Perry Crockett, Emilia Price and Felicity Oxnevad, while Otago showed more depth to control the bottom half through Paddy Ou, Ryan Eggers, Charlotte Booth and Rileigh Fields.
With the singles tied at 4-4, the challenge ended when Otago dropped both women’s doubles. Charlotte Booth, a former Auckland junior rep, had earlier shown grit to outlast the experienced Suma Ito 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 to keep Otago hopes alive. Ou and Eggers had unbeaten weekends and combined well to claim the top doubles against Mark Milburn and Hartono in two close sets, but it was not enough.
In the other Sunday tie, North Otago reversed the first-round result, beating Lakes B 6-6 (13 sets to 12). On Saturday in the first two rounds, Otago A took all 12 rubbers against Southern Lakes B and beat North Otago A 9-3. Southern Lakes A beat North Otago A 8-4 and beat its own B team 9-1, with two unplayed because of weather.
The Division 2 title went to Otago B, which beat Southland A 7-5 after losing the first round in Oamaru in November on countback.
Written by Dennis Radford
Published by the Otago Daily Times, 27 February 2017
Click here for the full results of the Southern Teams Event
The Southern Lakes A tennis team took its 15th straight Southern League title in Dunedin yesterday.
Lakes A had to defend a 7-5 first-round win from Queenstown in November and was able to repeat that score in Dunedin against Otago.
It was largely a contest of two halves, with the visitors dominating the top half through Peter Hartono, Perry Crockett, Emilia Price and Felicity Oxnevad, while Otago showed more depth to control the bottom half through Paddy Ou, Ryan Eggers, Charlotte Booth and Rileigh Fields.
With the singles tied at 4-4, the challenge ended when Otago dropped both women’s doubles. Charlotte Booth, a former Auckland junior rep, had earlier shown grit to outlast the experienced Suma Ito 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 to keep Otago hopes alive. Ou and Eggers had unbeaten weekends and combined well to claim the top doubles against Mark Milburn and Hartono in two close sets, but it was not enough.
In the other Sunday tie, North Otago reversed the first-round result, beating Lakes B 6-6 (13 sets to 12). On Saturday in the first two rounds, Otago A took all 12 rubbers against Southern Lakes B and beat North Otago A 9-3. Southern Lakes A beat North Otago A 8-4 and beat its own B team 9-1, with two unplayed because of weather.
The Division 2 title went to Otago B, which beat Southland A 7-5 after losing the first round in Oamaru in November on countback.
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LONE STAR QUEENSTOWN OPEN CAPTIVATES LARGE CROWD
A large crowd was entertained by some brilliant tennis over the weekend of 11-12 February as the Lone Star Queenstown attracted a quality field from as far away as Nelson. Perfect weather (not too hot, not too cold) enabled the organisers to get through all the main events by the end of Sunday afternoon, culminating in the men's singles finals which was a repeat of the 2016 final between Riki McLachlan and MItchell Sizemore. Once again it went the way of the Queenstowner but he was pushed hard by Mitchell Sizemore. In the ladies' singles Megan Rogers prevailed over Emilia Price, using her power game to overcome her young opponent. In the men's doubles McLachlan teamed up with Peter Hartono to win a closely fought match against Ryan Eggers and Paddy Ou. Emilia Price and Felicity Oxnevad successfully defended their title in the ladies' doubles. Click here for all the weekend's results. |
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Event
Men's Singles Men's Doubles Ladies' Singles Ladies' Doubles Men's Consolation Singles Men's Plate Singles Men's Plate Doubles Ladies' Consolation Singles Ladies' Plate Singles Ladies' Plate Doubles Posted by James 13 February 2017 |
Winner(s)
Riki McLachlan Riki McLachlan/Peter Hartono Megan Rogers Emilia Price & Felicity Oxnevad Bjorn Pollock Hernan Cruz Hernan Cruz/John Duffy To be played Anna Arndt Rachael Gerard/Leah Burrows |
Runner(s)-Up
Mitchell Sizemore Paddy Ou & Ryan Eggers Emilia Price Megan Rogers & Sophie McDermott James Hunt John Duffy Andrew Turner & David Kennedy To be played Rachael Gerard Lyndel Hardy & Penny Stevens |
JUNIOR SUCCESSES AT SOUTHLAND OPEN
Several QTC juniors were successful at the recent Southland Junior Open.
Posted by James 26 February 2017
Several QTC juniors were successful at the recent Southland Junior Open.
- Elsie Seeto (playing with Alice Porter, Wanaka) won the 8u Girls Doubles
- Harry Seeto & Kai Milburn were both semi-finalists in the 12u Boys Singles. They then combined to finish runners-up in the 12u Boys Doubles.
- Oliver Battrick & Dan Milburn were runners-up in the 12u Boys Doubles (they lost to Harry & Kai).
- Percy Meehan (playing with Aaron Withy, Dipton) was runner-up in the 14u Boys Doubles.
Posted by James 26 February 2017
Liezel Huber with (from L-R) Harry Seeto, Kai Milburn, Dan Milburn
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FORMER WORLD #1 LIEZEL HUBER HAS WISE WORDS
Former World #1 doubles player, Liezel Huber visited QTC this week following her participation at the Aussie Open, and had some wise words for QTC's juniors. She said that when playing shots, the following factors should be considered in order of importance. 1. Get it IN 2. Play an angle 3. Get depth 4. Be accurate 5. Use power Liezel should know a thing or two. She has 5 Grand Slam women's doubles titles and 2 mixed doubles titles to her name. Posted by James 30 January 2017 |
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QTC CHRISTMAS PARTY IS A HUGE SUCCESS
Santa paid a visit to the QTC Christmas party on Saturday night, ably assisted by his elf and angel. Presents were gifted to young and young at heart alike, and much merriment was had, as well as an amazing buffet. Huge thanks to Karen and Felicity for the buffet, and to Suma and Takako for the canapes, to Simone for helping with the decorations, and to Bruce, Tammy and Suma again for helping with the clean up. Special thanks to Andrea the beautiful angel, Colin the naughty elf and Santa, whoever you are. Click here for more photos. Posted by James 12 December 2016 |
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SOUTHERN TEAMS EVENT, 27-28 NOVEMBER 2016
Southern Lakes One took out top spot in the Southern Teams event this last weekend, following a nail-biting win over Otago on Sunday. Both Southern Lakes One and Otago won their first two rounds against North Otago and Southern Lakes Two so this final round became the decider. Following the singles matches Southern Lakes One was actually 3-5 down, but the doubles teams pulled off a clean-sweep of all four ties to take the overall match 7-5. Great work guys and girls. There is a second round of matches in Dunedin in February and this result puts
us in a great position to win the overall event again. Overall results shown below and individual match results are available here:-
Southern Lakes One beat North Otago 10-2
Southern Lakes One beat Otago 7-5
Southern Lakes One beat Southern Lakes Two 8-2 (two ties rained off)
Otago beat Southern Lakes Two 10-2
Otago beat North Otago 12-0
Southern Lakes Two beat North Otago 6-6 (sets tied at 13-13, SL2 won on countback of games 115-111)
1. Southern Lakes One
2. Otago
3. Southern Lakes Two
4. North Otago
Posted by James 28 November 2016
Southern Lakes One took out top spot in the Southern Teams event this last weekend, following a nail-biting win over Otago on Sunday. Both Southern Lakes One and Otago won their first two rounds against North Otago and Southern Lakes Two so this final round became the decider. Following the singles matches Southern Lakes One was actually 3-5 down, but the doubles teams pulled off a clean-sweep of all four ties to take the overall match 7-5. Great work guys and girls. There is a second round of matches in Dunedin in February and this result puts
us in a great position to win the overall event again. Overall results shown below and individual match results are available here:-
Southern Lakes One beat North Otago 10-2
Southern Lakes One beat Otago 7-5
Southern Lakes One beat Southern Lakes Two 8-2 (two ties rained off)
Otago beat Southern Lakes Two 10-2
Otago beat North Otago 12-0
Southern Lakes Two beat North Otago 6-6 (sets tied at 13-13, SL2 won on countback of games 115-111)
1. Southern Lakes One
2. Otago
3. Southern Lakes Two
4. North Otago
Posted by James 28 November 2016
PARENT-CHILD TOURNAMENT
The Parent-Child tournament held of Sunday 20 November was a huge success with 19 teams entered and beautiful weather. Congratulations to Mat & Thomas Begg who took out the overall title and thanks to everyone who participated.
Thanks also for the delicious lunch provided by Kappa Japanese Restaurant and to Mark Milburn and Karen Mitchell for organising,
Posted by James 24 November 2016
The Parent-Child tournament held of Sunday 20 November was a huge success with 19 teams entered and beautiful weather. Congratulations to Mat & Thomas Begg who took out the overall title and thanks to everyone who participated.
Thanks also for the delicious lunch provided by Kappa Japanese Restaurant and to Mark Milburn and Karen Mitchell for organising,
Posted by James 24 November 2016
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SPECIAL OFFER ON PEPPERS PERFORMANCE EYEWEAR
Our good friend Mike Cook at Clyde Tennis Club has negotiated a special offer for Southern Lakes tennis players with the NZ wholesaler of Peppers Eyewear to get a 25% discount of the retail cost of a new pair of sunglasses. Extensive technical and background information on PEPPERS PERFORMANCE EYEWEAR INC is in the attached .PDF file below the picture and includes information on frame & lens construction. The offer includes the:- Sports Performance Collection ($79.99-$115.99) Sports Polarized Collection ($99.99) Lifestyle Polarized Collection ($99.99) The offer is for a 25% discount off the normal price ($4.50 courier fee applies). Purchase online at www.pepperseyewearnz.co.nz using the promotional code SLT25 during the check out process. Payment by Internet Banking, Paypal or Credit Card. Posted 29 Jan 2016 by James | ||
