MLTC Newsletter 22 Aug 2023
Membership fee renewals will happen as usual for the club’s new financial year on 1st September and will see a small increase this year due to rising costs of running the club. The fees for 2023-24 will be:
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Full Member |
$495 |
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Intermediate (aged 21-30) |
$310 |
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Junior/Student (aged 20 or less in full time study) |
$175 |
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Midweek (Mon-Fri) |
$310 |
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Overseas |
$225 |
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Social |
$35 |
We very much hope all current members would like to renew their membership.
Invoices will be sent via email from 1st September (payment due within two weeks) and can be paid via bank transfer or credit card. Credit card payments will incur the Ezidebit fee of 1.79% which will be added at the time of payment. There is no fee for payments via bank transfer. (From 1st Sep, this fee will also be added to online visitor fees, meaning the $12 fee, will become $12.21).
All members must be fully paid up to participate in Club Championships.
If any of the following relate to you, please email Virginia – [email protected] o
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- You are changing membership category
- You do not wish to renew your membership
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- Your email has changed and you aren’t able to update it in the player portal
- You would like to speak confidentially to us regarding financial hardship
We are looking forward to welcoming you back to a great 2023-24 year at the club.
Kind regards,
Virginia, Julia and Sarah
Club Captain’s Report
After the final round of Sydney Badge Manly Lawn has 6 Men’s Teams and 2 Ladies Teams in the semi finals. The Thursday Ladies are in 2nd position with one round remaining.
This is a fantastic result for our club and the best season I can remember in my time at Manly. I put this down to an even spread of players in the correct grades and fewer members going off overseas!
Now let’s finish the season off with a lot of titles.
Round 14 Results
Division 1 Men’s
Manly 1 lost 5-3 to Sydney Uni away. Cam/Andrew 2 sets Oliver/Alex 1 set
Despite the loss the team still finished in 1st position and play at home on Saturday.
Division 2 Men’s
Manly 2 lost 5-3 away to Kooroora
Bosko/Wilko 2 sets Todd/Warren 1 set
Finishing in 4th position sees the team play away at Rockdale next Saturday
Division 3 Men’s
Manly 3 def Kooroora 3 away 6-2
Fernando/Vincent 3 sets Bede/Dan 3 sets
This team has played excellent tennis in the second half of the season to claim 3rd position and play Killara away next Saturday
Bede has improved greatly throughout the season and has a formed a good partnership with Dan and or Fernando. Unfortunately Milton will be away for the finals but this team can still go all the way.
Division 5 Men’s
Manly 4 lost 6-2 to Wests
Rob/Geoff 2 sets. This team has struggled at times for players with injuries and overseas travel affecting the results.Finished in 6th position.
Division 8 Men’s
Manly 5 def Killara 9. 7-1 at Keirle Park
This big win claims 1st position and a home semi on Saturday against Kooroora.
Alec/Hugo 4 sets Tom/Graham 3 sets
We hoped to play Marrickville in the semis but unfortunately they finished 5th as The PM has not played lately and maybe his Rabbitohs will suffer the same fate and miss the finals in the NRL!
Division 10 Men’s
Manly 6 lost 8-0 to Roseville
This big loss cost the team 1st position but 2nd position sees them play Sydney Uni at home next Saturday.
Division 11 Men’s
Won 4-4 on games v Collaroy
TonyStu 1 set and Barnaby/ Tom kept up their good form to win 3 sets.
Finishing in 2nd position sees them play Royal Sydney at home on Saturday.
Division 1 Women’s
Manly 1Lost 5-3 at home to Roseville
Nicola/Bryanne 3 sets
This grade has been very strong this season but has seen some close results and a good grounding for Ruby in her tennis experience. Finished 8th.
Division 3 Women’s
Manly 2 Won 5-2 at home v Beecroft
Sarah/Krista 4 sets Carolina/Kirsten 1 set with 1 unfinished
The team has finished in a runaway 1st position and play at home next Saturday against Killara.
Manly 3 Won 4-4 away v Chatswood
Christine/Larissa 3 sets Shelley/Penny 1 set
Despite defeating the 2nd team and drawing with the 3rd team in the last two matches, the Ladies miss 4th position on percentages. Still this is a new team and has had a great season and will be favourite to win Division 3 next year.
Division 4 Women’s
Manly 4 A washout on grass at Sydney Uni. Finishing in 3rd position
This team has had a great season also and play Eastern Suburbs away next Saturday
Thursday Ladies
Lost 7-1 away at Cooper Park
Michelle/Sally 1 set
Now in 2nd position and need a win this Thursday to secure 2nd position
The Men’s 1 Team plays at home at 2.50pm this Saturday against Voyager.
This will be a tough match as Voyager will have a strong team and Blake is possibly still away playing tournaments.
The Ladies 2 Team and Men’s 6 Teams also play at 2.50pm whilst the Men’s 5 and Men’s 7 Teams play at noon.
Social Tennis is still on from 11.30am to 2.30pm.
Good luck to all our teams on Saturday.
Good luck also to The Bulldogs who play Manly on Sunday. (They need lots of it)
Denis Crowley
Best Wishes
Virginia
MLTC Secretary
