Club Championships
The Club Championships are held annually in mid to late October, with competitions for Men and Ladies in Singles, Doubles and Mixed play. There is also a Handicapped Championship Competition that enables players of all skill levels to compete - with the potential to win the competition.
Junior Club Championships are held in about May of each year with competitions for Girls and Boys in age ranges 7 - 8, 9 - 10 and 11 - 13 including Singles and Doubles as demand dictates.
2021 Club Championships
The championships this year were delayed by Sydney's COVID lockdown, and were played in November - and some in December, with many of the matches being delayed by the La Nina rains. There was strong participation again with a good number of entrants.
All divisions of the championships were played except for the Handicap Ladies Singles which had insufficient entries to proceed. The Open Men's Singles had another very strong field which enabled the Plate competition to proceed for the third year running.
It was pleasing to see so many entrants again with a high standard of tennis throughout the competitions. It was also good to see new champions on the board, some existing champions pushed to hold their title, and some old champions back! Congratulations to all players.
The 2021 winners / runners up are:
Men's Open Singles Andy Bennett / Trent Salkavich
Ladies Open Singles Lizzy Bull / Jenny Allan
Men's Open Doubles To be determined
Ladies Open Doubles Jenny Allan & Jacqui Halliday / Janice Gibson / Nikki South
Mixed Open Doubles Annabelle & Steve Burley / Nikki South & Sanjiv Gopinath
Men’s Singles Plate Sanjiv Gopinath / Anthony Pascoe
Men’s Handicap Singles Edy Sirca / Stephen Green
Men's Handicap Doubles Duncan Ramsay & Geoff York / Nathan & Matthew Salgo
Ladies Handicap Doubles Liz Finniecome & Katrina Rendell / Penny Williams & Victoria Dalton
Mixed Handicap Doubles Duncan Ramsay & Gail Thomas / Edy Sirca & Katrina Rendell
Thank you in particular to Tim Thacker who coordinated the Club Championships and contributed hugely to their success.
Club Champions
The Club Champions Honours Board from 1980 when Club Championship Tournaments commenced is shown below - to be updated at prize-giving.
Mens Singles "Plate Award"
The Men's Singles Plate award was held every year from 1991 - 2004 with those knocked out of the first or second round of the Men's Singles playing off for the trophy. In subsequent years a Handicap competition has been held including men's and ladies singles and doubles and a mixed competition. The Men's Singles Plate competition was restarted again in 2019 and continues being a popular competition.
