Tennis at Royal Oak Racquets

Tennis Court Bookings

We are getting into the busy season and courts in peak times become a little
harder to book.

PLEASE make sure you cancel your booking at least 24 hours in advance if you
are not using it.

We will be monitoring it over the next few weeks and whilst we are reluctant
to introduce consequences for those failing to cancel, it may be necessary
if there are regular offenders.

2024 Tennis Masters NZ Champs 27th - 31st Jan

The 2024 event will be held in Auckland from Sat 27th - Wed 31st January. Lets show our support of this event by getting as many entries from Royal Oak as possible. It's a fun few days!

Join the action by signing up here!

Midweek Tennis Team - Starting Feb 2024

We are putting in a midweek beginners team for the 2024 Comp starting in February.

It will most likely be on a Tuesday morning so please let Angela know if you are keen to play as a regular or reserve. You will play 2 Ladies doubles matches for each tie.

Junior Interclub Post Christmas

Entry form is up on the Tennis Noticeboard upstairs and close Thursday Dec 7th.

Matches are played on a Sunday morning at 9am from Feb 11th.

We are able to put in Saturday morning teams, but need a minimum of 5 players to
do that, so please put names on the entry form on the noticeboard, or get in touch with Angela if you're interested in signing up.

Junior Club Champs singles

The 10 & under & 14 & under Junior Singles Club champs will start this Friday.

Enter with any of the coaches or on the Tennis noticeboard upstairs.

Alumni Members

As a way of honouring the elite players in our sport that have come through the Royal Oak Racquets Club, we have created an Alumni Membership. There is a strict set of criteria to be met, so it is much like our own ‘Hall of Fame’.

There are4 initial members in this prestigious club and we are pleased to announce the first two recipients are:

Brett Steven, and
Willie Laban

These names will be well know to all of the tennis players in Auckland and New Zealand. We congratulate Brett and Willie and look forward to seeing them down at the Club soon.

Phil Sim Memorial

The Club was honoured to host an event for local legend Phil Sim who recently passed away. With over 70 people attending (including our 2 Alumni Members) it was a great day of remembrance, stories and lots of laughter.
Don, Jo, Nancy and all the family were super appreciative of the support and love that was shown. RIP Big Phil.

Business House 2024

Business house begins on Tuesday 16th January 2024.

Please contact Annamarie if you are keen to join in the fun!

Interclub

HAVE YOU PAID YOUR REGISTRATION FEE?

The first week of Senior Spring interclub is complete. Players - please pay the $25 registration fee. You can do this over the bar or via bank transfer to the club account. Please ensure you include your name and “Interclub” in the reference fields. Thank you 😊

Have questions or need any help with interclub info? Just get in touch with Annamarie.

Important Dates

14 Dec - Final night of Club Night run by AM
15 Dec - Final night of Friday Night League (FNL)
18 Jan - Club Night returns
19 Jan - Friday Night League (FNL) returns

Coaching

Exciting news coming in 2024!!! Watch this space 😊

Beginner? Advanced? Or just want a hit with a squashie and learn some skills?

Please contact squash admin for information.

Juniors

Coaching for juniors is available after school during term time (there is an additional cost involved)

4-5pm: For juniors who can already play beginner-intermediate level squash
6-7pm: For Competitive juniors keen to advance their game to the next level

Any Juniors interested in participating, please contact Squash Admin.

Term 4 - Friday Juniors

Here's a golden opportunity for our future squash champions to participate in FREE Junior clubplay. Join us for a fun hour of play on Squash Court 1 every Friday from 5-6pm.

This is a free session for all junior members.

Social Squash

A reminder to all squashies of our social squash sessions:

Thursday Club night 6.00pm-8.30pm
Friday night League 6pm onwards
Sunday Roll up 4-6pm

General Squash Information

Changes to Squash in New Zealand

Find out about a number of exciting developments in the world of Squash in New Zealand. Check out Squash NZ's ‘The Future of Squash’ website, covering 4 new and positive changes coming to Squash soon.

MySquash - Launching a mobile friendly digital engagement tool, requiring every graded player to have a ‘MySquash’ account. Launching Phase 1 Feb 2024, followed by Phase 2 Feb 2025.
New Grading System - ‘Squash Levels’ - aligning NZ's grading system with a global rating system. Launching Feb 2024.
Kotahitanga - Unity - New affiliation model for clubs and subscription model for players. January 2025.
Club Uplift - Challenging clubs to uplift facilities and programs.

Check out this Webinar for more information.

Squash in the Olympics

Exciting news! Squash will be added into the 2028 Olympics in LA!

Join us for a festive roll up and pot luck BBQ!

Summer membership special!