Manly Lawn Tennis Club Newsletter – 9 Sept 2024 Badge Wrap Up Tennis NSW Sydney Badge Season wraps up, I am thrilled to relflect on an outstanding year of competition and sportsmanship. With 11 out of our 15 teams making it to the semifinals we exceeded all our expectations and proved once again the our […]
Manly Ladies 5 secured a thrilling victory in a very tight match again division leaders, Chatswood, managing to win all four tiebreakers. Captain Kate said that though the opposition won more games overall, we claimed five sets to clinch the win! Noriko and I took the final set, but the real highlight was Ruth and […]
Manly Lawn Tennis Club Newsletter 3 Sept 2024 End of Badge BBQ With warmer weather upon us and one home final on Saturday join us for some tennis and a BBQ. Membership Renewals Everyone should have received their membership renewal. If you are now wishing to renew please contact myself or Sarah on [email protected] or [email protected] […]
Manly Lawn Tennis Club Newsletter – 30 August 2024 Social Courts Good luck to all our semi finalists tomorrow. There will be two social courts from 11.30am and from 3pm there will be four courts. Our Div 1 Men’s team will be playing at 2.50pm tomorrow so come and support them. Club Championships Club Championships […]
“With finals approaching do you have a philosophy for tiebreakers?” Ah… tie breakers. Regrettably most people hate playing tiebreakers! Why? For some reason, as the pressure mounts towards the end of the set, many feel they have to overplay. Even though it was their current play that got them to the tie breaker! Now is […]
Playoff Ties If the sets and games are tied at the end of 4 rubbers in a playoff match (such as a semi-final or final), the following Badge rules apply: 1. *Tied Sets and Games*: If the semi-final or final match ends in a draw, with both sets won and games won being equal, a […]
Manly Lawn Tennis Club Newsletter – 20 August 2024 Membership Renewals 2024/25 The club year finishes on 31st August and since 1st September is a Sunday, this year’s membership renewals will be emailed to all members on Monday 2nd September. If you are not renewing your membership or are changing membership category, please email [email protected] ASAP – but by Friday […]
I have always enjoyed reading the “AskThePro” column. However, I noticed that it hasn’t been updated for some time, and I wanted to inquire if there have been any changes to the schedule or if the column has been discontinued. I greatly appreciated the insights and tips shared in the column. If there are any […]
Manly Lawn Tennis Club Newsletter 5 Aug 2024 Welcome Ruby Sean White and his partner welcomed their first child Ruby into the world a few weeks ago. I am sure all our members wish them well for the sleepless nights and magic moments ahead of them. Badge Results Sunny skies allowed Round 11 of Sydney […]
Manly Lawn Tennis Club Newsletter – 30 July 2024 Jordan’s Memorial Service A memorial gathering will be held for Jordan Hanbury-Brown on Friday the second of August from 12-4pm at Manly (South Steyne) Surf Club. Family will share reflections from 1pm. There will be a memory board for guests to add photos or written memories […]
The 2025 Australian Seniors Championships— to be held in Adelaide in January 2025 — incorporates both the Seniors Teams Carnival and the ITF MT1000 Individuals Championships. Seniors range from 30 yrs old to 90+ and events are organised according to 5-year age categories. The events are hugely popular with up to 1,000 tennis players and […]
Manly Lawn Tennis Club Newsletter – 18 July 2024 Vale Jordan Hanbury-Brown We were shocked to learn earlier this week our friend and tennis partner Jordan passed away. Many of us were just talking and playing with Jordan last Saturday, myself included. When more information comes to hand I will be letting members know of […]