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• Beattie makes semi finals of NZMT 2 & Andrew Allan finishes 5th

  In the men's, top seed Dan King-Turner received a walkover win in his semi after opponent Mark Nielsen had to withdraw with a calf injury. He would meet fourth seed Wesley Whitehouse in the Men’s final, after Whitehouse had a 6-1 6-0 win over unseeded Adam Lee in their semi final.

  Kairangi Vano (below), the top seed in the womens draw, was pushed to three sets in her semi-final by top junior and fifth seed Leela Beattie. The top seed won the match 7-6(5) 2-6 7-6(2). She was joined in the final by second seed Franziska Etzel, after the German beat Pavlina Nola in straight sets 7-6(2) 6-2.
  Royal Oak junior Leela Beattie was also the runner up in last weeks NZMT to Franziska Etzel
  King-Turner won the first set in the final without a single break of serve and didn’t look back. King-Turner beating Whitehouse and taking the men’s title with a 6-4 6-0 win.

  The women’s final played out in similar fashion, with Vano taking the first set in a tiebreak, and running away with the second set, the match and the title 7-6(4) 6-1.
  Royal Oak’s, Andrew Allan, was successful in taking out the 5th position after beating TNZ’s junior player of the year, Jordan Kelly Houston 6/3 6/1 and then dispatching Australian player Chris Letcher 6/3 6/4. Allan also finished 5th in the first NZMT in Waikato last week.
  NZMT 2 Results:

  Semi Finals
  Men: (1)Daniel King-Turner (Akld) bt (3) Mark Nielsen (Nrthn) walkover; (4)Wesley Whitehouse (Akld) bt Adam Lee (Akld) 6-1 6-0;
  Women: (2) Franziska Etzel (GER) bt (3) Pavilina Nola (Akld) 7-6 6-2; (1) Kairangi Vano (Akld) bt (5) Leela Beattie (Cant) 7-6 2-6 7-6

  Finals
  Men: (1) Daniel King-Turner (Akld) bt (4)Wesley Whitehouse (Akld) 6-4 6-0; Women: (1) Kairangi Vano (Akld) bt (2) Franziska Etzel (GER) 7-6 6-1

  The Fuji Xerox Auckland Champs NZMT3 kicks off tomorrow (Monday) for the next Configure Express NZMT Circuit tournament. The qualifying is held tomorrow with the main draw starting

• Another Title for Jaden Grinter - ITF Junior Tournament Winner!

  

  The New South Wales ITF 4 Grade is over – finals were played on the weekend.

  At the end, spectators could see two Kiwis winning and two runner-ups in their draws.

  Royal Oak’s Jaden Grinter(3) faced Adam Lee(2) in the boy’s final. After two sets, victory went again to Jaden. He has now won the last two final encounters against Adam over the last weeks in ITF Junior Tournaments.
  The score was 7-5, 6-3 to Jaden.

  In the girl’s draw, Kate Parker (10th seed, above) played against fourth-seeded Jennifer Nguyen in the final.

  After a hard-fought match, Kate outplayed Jennifer in three sets with the score of 6-2, 2-6, 6-3.

  In the doubles, Kiwis got runner-ups in the boys' as well as in the girls' competition.

  David Clifford and Jamie Yates lost unfortunately in their final to Aaron Clissold and Blake Smith with a 3-6, 3-6 score.

  Louise Oxnevad and her doubles partner Celina Goetti (8) exited the tournament against the top seeds in the final. Jennifer Nguyen and Sandy Vo won the match with a (0)6-7, 6-3, (3-10) score
  

• BEATTIE WINS ITF DOUBLES FINAL IN AUCKLAND

  Royal Oak’s number 1 player, Leela Beattie, has taken out the ITF junior doubles title with Mission Bay’s Imogen Golder.

  They defeated Australians Hoynaski/Myers 6/4 7/5.

  Bettie also made the ¼ finals of the Auckland and Waikato ITF singles draw and this should see her current Itf junior world ranking of 319, jump up when the updated list is released on Monday.

  Other Royal Oak junior girls to hold a world ranking are :

  Emily Fanning -230

  Sarah Henderson – 1034

• GRINTER WINS ITF JUNIOR SINGLES TITLE

  Royal Oak’s Jaden Grinter has won the boys singles title at the New Zealand 18 & Under Indoor Championships today defeating Auckland’s Adam Lee 7-5 6-3 while Australian Abbie Myers has taken out the girls singles title with a 6-1 6-3 win over Athena Nathalia also from Australia.

  Jaden has had a successful two weeks as he was runner up in last weeks Waikato Itf singles draw as well. Jaden is currently ranked 300 but this weeks win will see him jump up the ranking list even further. Next week he heads to Gosford, north of Sydney, for two more ITF’s. He will then head home to play one more caro Bowl match on Nov 13th before he departs on a 4 week tour of the USA which will hopefully include playing in the Junior Orange Bowl, the unofficial world junior championships. The Royal Oak club wishes him all the best for his upcoming events.

  Other Royal Oak junior boys who hold ITF world rankings are :

  Jamie Eccleton – 257

  Trent O’Keeffe – 900

  Bryce Hayr – 1330

  Devon Sgubin – 1635
  

• Congratulations!

  Emma Eccleston – Remuera Junior 10 & under tournament winner
  Andrew Allan – Finalist in the Remuera Open Tournament
  Anna Johnston – Finalist in the Remuera Restricted Open Tournament

• Royal Oak’s Elite Juniors at Nationals

  Good luck to the following juniors who are playing in the New Zealand junior championships over winter:

  • Emma Eccleton
  • Kelly Drew
  • Sam Hayr
  • Kirby Wotherspoon
  • Devon Sgubin
  • Sam Matheson

• Club Champs

  As always, there are a number of Club Champs played after Christmas. Thanks to all those who entered and congratulations to the following champions for the 2008/09 season!

  • Mixed Doubles A – Melissa & Trent O'Keeffe
  • Mixed Doubles B – Emma & Jamie Eccleton
  • Mens Doubles – Daryll Clemett & Josh Glogoski
  • Mens Doubles B – Steve Powell & Colin McMullan
  • Ladies Doubles – Lyn Ellis and Robyn Hodgson
  • Boys 14 & under singles – Jordan Lai
  • Girls 14 & under singles – Sam Hayr
  • Boys 14's Doubles – Henry Stephen & Alex Milne
  • Girls 14's Doubles – Sam Hayr and Emma Eccleton
  • Boys 10 `s Doubles – Campbell Milne & Flynn Campbell-Scott
  • Girls 10's Doubles – Emily Steven & Michelle De Heer

• Royal Oak Interclub teams win

  The 2008/09 season has seen a high level of success with our Interclub teams. Congratulations to the following winning teams:

  • Caro Bowl Reserve Ladies
  • Junior Caro Bowl Girls
  • 18 & under Girls
  • 14 & under Girls (sat)
  • 14 & under Boys

  The following teams were 2nd in their grades:

  • Womens 1
  • Girls 13 & under
  • Girls 14 & under
  • Boys 12 & under

  Well done to all teams and a special thanks to all the captains for their efforts in organising their players each week.

  GOOD LUCK TO... Club Members Jamie Eccleton, Sarah Henderson and Bryce Hayr who are travelling to Melbourne with Gary Swinkels in the school Holidays to play in a Grade 4 Junior ITF tournament where they hope to improve their World junior rankings.

Royal Oak Racquets Club gratefully acknowledges the support of these organisations