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Newsletter October 09

• From the Club Manager

  Labour weekend has been and gone and now hopefully the weather will start to get a bit better. I would like to welcome all the new members that have joined the club in the last month, an amazing 48 new members, playing tennis and squash which is just excellent for the club.

  The Auckland Squash Excellent Awards are taking place on Friday 30th October and the club has been nominated in the following categories

  
  Most Improved Junior Boy – Jonathan Choy

  Personality of the Year – Annamarie Wood

  Administrator of the Year – Brett Dennis

  Club of the Year

  We would like to congratulate those who have been nominated and let’s hope the club gets the rewards that it deserves.
  

• Membership Renewals

  Tennis memberships are due for renewal by the end of October. If you have not received your invoice or have problems with regards to payments, please contact the club office. Can you please make sure that you inform the office of any changes to your circumstances or contact details.

• Fundrasing

  Date for your diary – Saturday 5th December, The Royal Oak Christmas Ball. Featuring an excellent live band, buffet and cocktails. It is time to get your glad rags on, get a group together and come along to celebrate Christmas at the club.

  The club is running a bonus draw in conjunction with the lotto every 2 weeks. This is a big fundraiser for the club and all proceeds will be used to buy new furniture for the lounge area. The next draw is to take place on November 7th, tickets are $20 and there are 6 prizes of $50.00 and if you have the bonus number you win $200. Please see Brett in the office or David Jacobsen for more information
  

• Volunteers Wanted

  The club is looking for volunteers to help weed the pot plants around the club, if you have green fingers please contact Brett in the club office.

  
  Bar Volunteers Wanted

  We currently have a few spaces on the clubs
  volunteer bar roster and are looking for
  members to help out on the bar once a month
  for a few hours. This is a great opportunity to
  help out the club, meet other members and
  make a contribution to the running of the club.
  You are also rewarded with 2 drink tokens for
  your couple of hours work. If you are interested, please contact Brett in the office.
  

• Tennis News Caro Bowl

  The PRINCE Royal Oak women continued to steam ahead in their competition with a 5-1 win over Glendowie with Leela Beattie winning 6-3 6-4 over Lucy Barlow. Nicola Kaiwai was no match for Sara McDermott winning 6/26/3 and Angela Swinkels won over Tiffany Wheelock 6/3 6/4. Kirby Wotherspoon maybe her 2009/10 season debut at Caro Bowl but unfortunately went down to Iva Parapanova. Kirby will be representing NEW ZEALAND at the world Karate championships in Morocco in mid November and we wish her all the best. Royal Oak also took out both doubles matches although Kaiwai and Dive needed three sets to overcome Isbey & Parapanaova. Royal Oak have 29 points, with Kohimarama second on 21 points after they won 4-2 against Parnell in a high quality contest.
  Kairangi Vano lost the top singles match to German pro, Franziska Etzel while Briar Preston managed a good win over Pavlina Nola and Tracey O’Connor won in three sets against Rewa Harriman. Nola and Harriman won the bottom doubles for Parnell.
  In the other women’s match Mission Bay had a strong performance against Pompallier to register a 5-1 win. Imogen Golder at No1, Waikato junior, Dana Gray and experienced Di D’Audney all scored straight set victories for Mission Bay.
  It’s tight at the top as only three points separate the top four men’s teams in the Scarbro Caro Bowl competition after four rounds. West End have now moved into the first place on 25 points, just one ahead of Blockhouse Bay and Parnell with Campbell Park on 22 and Remuera still in with a chance at the semis, four points back.
  In the clash of the round West End took on Campbell Park and used their superior depth to come through as 4-2 winners. However Argentine’s Gustavo Gomez and Mariano Pettigrosso playing in the top two spots for Campbell Park proved valuable once again. Gomez defeating Adam Thompson and Pettigrosso having a three set victory over Mark Nielsen in a tough encounter which featured some class play from both competitors.
  The two doubles victories and wins by Alistair Hunt and Teo Susnjak at three and four proved the difference between the sides.
  As expected defending champs Parnell scored the maximum points over bottom placed Pompallier while Blockhouse Bay accounted for Kohimarama 5-1. The Bay side have made good use of young Kiwi professional Marcus Daniell who has yet to drop a match for his side. Daniell beat Dan Davies in straight sets in his latest contest.
  Remuera remained in top-four contention winning 5-1 over ASB Royal Oak. The Oak team gaining its point in the second singles as Andrew Allan beat Martin Colenbrander in three sets. The top singles was won by former Davis Cup player James Shortall 6-2 6-2 over Kiril Tcherveniachki.
  There was no play over Labour Weekend with the fifth round returning Friday 30 October where Royal Oak’s men will host Parnell.
  

• POST CHRISTMAS JUNIOR INTERCLUB

  Entries are now being taken for the Post Christmas competition.

  Entries close on Friday Dec 11th.

  You can enter on the tennis notice board/Pro Shop door or email Angela on rorc2@xtra.co.nz

  All subscriptions for the current season must be before you can enter.

  The first weekend of Interclub will be on 13/14th February 2010.
  

• Squash News

  Congratulations to interclub teams M10 and W07 who won pennants for winter round 2
  M10 -
  Chris Davis – Captain
  Jonathan Choy
  Shaurya Malaviya
  Wayne Innes
  Justin Langdon
  Steve Hay

  W07 -
  Nicole Shuker – Captain
  Kirsten Jury
  Rachel Choy
  Jeannine Russell
  Robyn Sinclair
  Mariette Tolmay

  The squash Courts will be painted in the next couple of weeks, and to help with this and save the club around $5000, there is going to be a working bee on Saturday 31st October at 9am to wipe down the court walls. Any help with this will be gratefully received and will save the club a lot of money.

  Squash Dates 2009-2010
  
  9th November – Business House Squash Starts

  Feb 19-21 Royal Oak A2 & Below

  May 28- 30 Royal Oak Masters and Juniors tournament

  21st July Royal Oak Womens 1 day tournament

  July 9-11 Royal Oak Open tournament

  October 1-3 Royal Oak B Tournament
  

Royal Oak Racquets Club gratefully acknowledges the support of these organisations