TENNIS SENIORS ACT INC WINTER ISSUE jJUNE 2017

PREFACE

VETSET is the newsletter of Tennis Sen-

iors ACT Incorporated. However the

views expressed in the newsletter are not

necessarily those of the committee.

Membership fees for 2017/18 are due on

1 July - only $20. A membership form is

on page 12 and on the website.

The 2016/17 Committee comprises:

President

Graham Smith (6161 5352)

Vice President

Pat Moloney (6262 3727)

Secretary

Tim Harris (6231 3642)

Treasurer

Peter Breugelmans (6258 4261)

Asst Secretary

Vacant

Committee

John Greenup (6254 5263)

Gail Jones (6254 4240)

Colin Lyons (0434 531 449)

Barbara McCluskey (6241 4402)

Warren Muller (6231 0825)

Website: www.tennisseniors.org.au/act

Inside Page

President’s Report 2

90 day reflection 2

More tennis for ACT Seniors 3

2017 Young Seniors World Titles 3

50th Wedding Anniversary 3

Christmas in July dinner 3

Welcome to New Members 3

Next Sunday Tournaments 3

ACT Open Seniors Tennis 4

Gold Coast 2018 (Q18) 5

ACT Open Seniors Tennis results 5

2017 World Masters Games 6

Charity Day 7

Sunday Round Robins 8

Senior’s Moment 8

Senior Tennis Tournament Results 8-10

2017/18 ACT Calendar 11

Country/Interstate Calendar 11

Oceania Regional Championships 11

Membership Form 12

Closing date for September Vetset

Monday 14 August 2017

jgreenup@bigpond.net.au

50 Years Together

Annual General

Meeting

Tennis Seniors ACT

Wednesday 9 August

6.00pm,

Canberra Tennis Centre

Pavilion.

Mark this date in your

diary

The cost of producing Vetset has risen

significantly with postage being a

significant part of the increased cost.

To make some savings the TSACT

committee is considering sending it

via email. We know there are a num-

ber of our members who prefer a hard

copy. However we need to explore

this avenue.

In your membership form for 2017/18

Membership fees

due

A friendly reminder that

your membership fees for

TSACT for 2017/18 are due

on 1 July.

Still only $20.

A membership form can be

found on page 12.

(copy on pae12) there are questions

about receiving information via email

including one in particular about Vetset.

The committee would be grateful if you

could consider the option and tick or

not tick the box depending on your

view.

If you do not wish to receive Vetset by

email, we will still post you one.

Vetset by email

See page 3 for details - the editor thought the event warranted a front page picture

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President’s Report by Graham Smith

Well here it is nearly halfway through

2017 and I ‘m doing my next report.

I would like to congratulate our mem-

bers who won their events at the first

Goulburn Railway Tennis Club Tourna-

ment held in March. The tournament

was well organised by Alex and David

Ridley and their committee. Tennis

Seniors ACT dominated the field and

we gained some new members over the

weekend.

The Narooma Seniors Tournament was

also held in March with a number of

our members attending and coming

home with wins and runner-up prizes.

Some also went to the West Wyalong

teams tournament with success. Well

done to those members coming home

with prizes..

Our 47th ACT Tennis Seniors Easter

Tournament was held from the 14-17

April and we attracted players from all

states. This gave our members the op-

portunity to play against some highly

ranked players and at times it was diffi-

cult to decide which match to watch.

Pat Moloney and Gail Jones again spent

many hours collating entries and mak-

ing sure the events were to the re-

quired format. A massive commit-

ment from these two at this time of

the year. Over the weekend they

gained support from Anne Haycock

and also Barbara McCluskey, two

volunteers who continue to provide

their services and it is greatly appreci-

ated as they take on any job they get

given. We also must thank Emma

Walter and Mark Crawley from the

Umpire’s Branch as they are very

necessary officials required by us to

run the tournament.

The Easter Tournament was the last

hoorah for Miroslav Pisa and Karmila

Pisova. They will be returning to their

home country in the not too distance

future. They have been great support-

ers of our twilight pennant and round

robin tournaments as well as other

senior tournaments in the ACT and

around the country so it is sad to see

them leave

Tennis Seniors will be holding a

Christmas in July dinner at U&CO

Café Kaleen (see details on page 3).

Once again I like to thank our sponsors;

U&CO Café and Supa Express in Ka-

leen and Con Kounnas from the Health

Shop at Jamison for their kind dona-

tions for our Easter Raffle. If you are in

the Kaleen or Jamison areas please pop

in and purchase some items and tell

them that you are from Tennis Seniors.

Miroslav Pisa and Karmila Pisova

90 day reflection of the new TSA Executive

Clive Wilkinson, President TSA on 15 April

Easter is often a time for reflection and

that is appropriate for the new TSA

Executive that was elected 90 days ago

at the AGM in Adelaide. Reg and Enid

ensured that the transition was very

smooth, which has made it so much

easier for the new committee to get up

and running. Peter Dighton moved into

Enid’s role as Vice-President, Leanne

Scott came on to the Executive, Peter

Froelich and Pat Moloney continued in

their roles as Treasurer and Secretary

and I took over from Reg as President.

It has been a very productive 90 days

ensuring business as usual activities

continued and the new plans were put in

place. Here are some of the highlights

that have occurred in the last 3 months:

Creation of the ‘TSA Business

Plan’, which has been supported by

the Tennis Seniors State Divisions

and Tennis Australia. It provides

the direction for Tennis Seniors

over the next 3 years and our in-

tended areas of focus.

Creation of the ‘One Team’

concept to leverage all of the

great things that are happening in

individual states to the betterment

of all. This is so critical moving

forward because as ‘One Team’

we can achieve so much more.

Development of a Communica-

tion Plan to promote Tennis Sen-

iors throughout Australia.

TSNT is back on board. We are

very pleased to see Tennis Sen-

iors Northern Territory is back in

the fold after a long absence. We

will do everything we can to be

able to support them.

Compiled detailed feedback on

‘Australian Carnival & Individ-

ual Championships’ for lessons

learned to continue to improve

our premier event.

TSWA State Championships

was upgraded to ITF3, which I

hope will encourage players from

all over the country to compete in

what is a great event.

Successful ‘Oceania’ tournament

once again under Peter Froelich’s

leadership, ably supported by Reg

Trevaskis and the team.

Relationship with Tennis Austra-

lia continues to grow as both par-

ties work closer together for the

benefit of seniors tennis.

85’s Team to compete in the

World Teams event in Florida.

It is very pleasing to briefly reflect on

these achievements, but the job is just

beginning. The next 90 days will see us

focus on executing the Communications

Plan to sell the ‘Tennis Seniors Value

Proposition’ to prospective new mem-

bers and the further development of the

‘One Team’ approach for us all to work

closer together.

I wish you and your families a safe and

happy Easter and best of luck to the

players playing in the ACT State Cham-

pionships, which are currently being

played in Canberra over this long week-

end.

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Sunday Round Robin

Tournaments

9.15am Sunday 21 May

and 18 June

Venues to be advised

Entry fee is $10.00

Entries to Colin Lyons on 0434 531

449 or seejaylyons@gmail.com or

Warren Muller on 6231 0825 or war-

ren.muller@internode.on.net

Following the failure of the twilight

pennant to receive sufficient entries in

2016-17, Bill Scott has suggested ex-

ploring other possibilities for a regular

competition for seniors. He has sug-

gested Thursdays, and the Tennis Sen-

iors ACT committee has suggested Sat-

urday afternoons as a second possibil-

ity. It is envisaged that the competition

would be unisex.

The format of such a competition has

not been decided. It could involve

teams and be run with a fixed draw over

several weeks, or it could be a self-

contained round robin competition once

each week or each fortnight.

A fixed draw over several weeks would

provide a feeling of being part of a team

and would represent a definite commit-

ment. However experience with the

twilight competition has found that

finding reserves becomes very difficult

for the organisers on some weeks. Also

there is a loss of interest for teams that

perform poorly in the earlier parts of the

competition.

A round robin on a fixed day does not

involve the same level of commitment

but it does provide flexibility and

avoids the reserve problem. The exact

format of a round robin, the way people

would enter, and when entries would

Tennis Seniors ACT

welcomes the following

new members:

Hugh Bush,

Kim Cahill,

Doug Carney,

June Cheah,

Sharyn Hill,

Ken IIjima,

Yangping Ji,

Maureen Lancaster,

Christine Phillips,

Narelle Sykes,

Eva Wagner,

Ken Wells

Rob Whalan.

More Tennis for ACT Seniors

close before each event is still up for

discussion.

At this stage there has been no consid-

eration of which courts would be used

for the competition. This will depend

on the level of interest and court

availability on Thursdays or Satur-

days.

If you would like more seniors tennis

and believe you would participate in

this sort of event, please contact Bill

Scott by Wednesday 31 May to ex-

press your interest. In doing so please

express your availability and/or pref-

erence for Thursday or Saturday, your

preference for a fixed draw competi-

tion or a regular stand-alone event,

and any other ideas which will help a

more concrete proposal to be devel-

oped.

B i l l c a n b e c o n t a c t e d o n

scottbill9@gmail.com, 0421164479 or

62512958.

2017 Young Seniors

World Titles

The 2017 World Young Seniors Teams

and Individual Championships were

held in Cape Town, South Africa from

19 March to 1 April. Young Seniors

include the 35, 40 and 45 age groups.

The teams event was held in the first

week with France winning 4 of the cups

(the M35 Italia Cup, the W35 Suzanne

Lenglen Cup, the M35 Italia Cup, the

M40 Tony Trabert Cup and the W40

Young Cup) and runner up in the other

two Cups. The Netherlands retained the

M45 Dubler Cup and Spain retained the

W45 Margaret Court Cup.

Australia had 4 teams – three mens and

one womens. The teams finished 7th in

the M45 Dubler Cup, 8th in the M35

Italia Cup and the W45 Court Cup and

11th in the M40 Tony Trabert Cup

In the Individual events held in the sec-

ond week Australian players had little

success. Jarrod Broadbent (Vic) made

the semi-finals of the M45 singles and

Alonso Sammissamo and Morgan

Young both from Victoria reached the

semi-finals of the M40 doubles.

Christmas in July

Dinner

7.00 for 7.30pm

Saturday

8 July

U&CO CAFE

Unit 7 Gwydir

Square Kaleen

$35.00 per person

BYO

Numbers are limited so get in

quickly

Contact Graham Smith

Mobile 0407208209

or email

bgsmith5352@gmail.com

No later than 23 June

50th Wedding

Anniversary

Anne and Peter Haycock celebrated

their 50th wedding anniversary on 29

April. They were married in St Johns

Anglican Church, Young on 29 April

1967. They celebrated the event over

a drink and nibbles with a large group

of friends, family and fellow past and

present tennis players at Next Gen-

eration in Lyneham. As the inaugural

president of Veterans in the ACT said

he hadn’t seen a number of the peo-

ple for years.

Anne is a life member of TSACT

after many years of administration,

playing and volunteering. Peter has

been a strong supporter often seen at

dinners and tournaments (in between

fishing).

Anne as per normal did most of the

talking at the celebration before cut-

ting the cake. We were all a bit wor-

ried about some of the dates she

quoted especially when she said they

were married in 1969. Peter did get a

few words in, although at times under

Anne’s guidance. Anne likes her red.

Towards the end of the evening Anne

was seen walking around with her

own bottle.

As the notice in the paper said,

‘congratulations 50 vintage years’.

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Second prize went to Sheila Daly.

Other winners were Heather McKay,

John Dickson, Jean Penny, Helen Wor-

land and Barbara Mapley. We did well

with sponsors and our thanks goes to

the following sponsors for their gener-

osity in donating the prizes - U&Co,

Superbarn Kaleen, Jamison Health

Food and Leisure Link for the racquet

and tennis bag.

On the Saturday night an informal din-

ner was held at the Southern Cross Club

Jamison where approximately 55 play-

ers and friends turned up and had an

enjoyable meal and evening.

Our thanks and gratitude are extended

to all those people who assisted us prior

to and during the Tournament. In par-

ticular Gail Jones who continues to do a

great job as Tournament Secretary in

accepting and recording entries and

assisting in the management of the tour-

nament.

Also to Anne Haycock who volunteered

to help and ended up putting in full

days chasing up players and directing

them to their courts, Barbara

McCluskey for successfully selling raf-

fle tickets, Graham Smith our barman

and Peter Breugelmans for obtaining

money from players.

Mark Crawley was our White Badge

Referee (an ITF requirement). Mark

has been our referee for a few years

now and does a very good job in refe-

reeing and administrating the tourna-

ment. Also Emma Walter the court

supervisor who was forever cheerful in

supervising the matches and helping the

players sweep, line and water the courts

after their matches.

All in all another successful Easter

weekend.

ACT Senior Open Tennis Tournament by Pat Moloney

What great weather we had for our

Easter tournament held from 14-17

April. It really enabled the running of a

successful tournament.

Our Easter tournament has maintained

its ITF Grade 2 category as a result of

last year’s successful tournament which

attracted a number of highly ranked

players. This year has also attracted

highly ranked players and so the Grade

2 category should be maintained for

2018.

Apart from the ITF ranking, the clay

courts are an attraction for players to

compete before going overseas, in par-

ticular the Australian Representatives.

In general players have expressed fa-

vourable comments to playing on the

good clay courts.

This year the tournament attracted 174

players which was 14 more than last

year. In the IPIN events the field in-

cluded 25 past and present Australian

team representatives and so provided

some strong and competitive tennis.

The tournament is essentially in two

groups – the IPIN group and the non-

IPIN group. The trend over the last few

years is that our local players tend to

play the non-IPIN events. The format of

these events has the advantage of allow-

ing the players to play particular events

on particular days. It also provides ex-

tra events for players losing in their

IPIN events.

This year in the IPIN events ACT play-

ers found the going a bit strong, how-

ever we had some winners - Narelle

Raftery 55 singles, doubles and mixed

(a great effort); Leonie Ainsworth 60

singles (her first major singles win -

(photo right) and Phil Higgs and Pat

Moloney 70 doubles. Runner ups were

Phil Higgs and Pat Moloney (photo

above) in the 65 doubles (becoming

doubles specialists); Tim Harris and

Leonie Ainsworth in the 55 mixed

doubles.

The IPIN events provided some inter-

esting highlights. Of the 12 singles

events 10 were won by seeded play-

ers. The clay courts provide for some

interesting and long matches. There

were 40 matches lasting over 100

mins with the longest being a

women’s 55 singles match lasting just

over 200 mins. Fortunately they went

on mid-morning and ended up having

a well deserved late lunch.

There were 13 non-IPIN events (14

last year) comprising 57 players. Ten

of these events were won by ACT

players and twelve runner-ups by

ACT players. It's good to see partici-

pation and success from ACT players.

All the tournament results are listed

on page 5.

First prize in

the raffle this

year went inter-

state to Alan

Gooch from

WA. He came

a long way to

win first prize!

Peter and Sue Willis, winner

combined age mixed doubles

(above) and Wanda Hoes and

Narelle Raftery, finalists in 55

singles (right)

Betty Smith, Rebekha Fisher (runners-up) and Joanne

Adams and Linda Valente (winners) , combined age 90+

womens doubles

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Gold Coast 2018 (Q18)

The 2018 Australian Seniors Teams

Carnival and Individual Championships

will be hosted by Tennis Seniors

Queensland on the fabulous Gold

Coast. It is a wonderful place to spend

a holiday and play a little tennis while

you are here.

From the 56 km of famous surf beaches

to the enchanting rainforests of the hin-

terland National Parks, the Gold Coast

contains some Australia’s most beauti-

ful places to visit. But just as impor-

tant, its array of world class tennis fa-

cilities are ideal for the more mature

tennis player.

Courts and facilities

We know that there were some adverse

comments about the condition of some

courts used for SA17 in Adelaide. The

courts for Q18 will be in great condi-

tion. For the Carnival, we will be

using facilities at Gold Coast Seniors

Club, Miami Grass, KDV tennis

(clay) Tweed Heads, Surfers Paradise,

Banora Point and Burleigh. All courts

are artificial grass with the exception

of KDV.

The Individual Championships will be

played solely at the recently expanded

Pizzey Park complex (GCSC and Mi-

ami). There will be adequate shower

and toilet facilities and we will have

scoreboards on all the courts for the

Individuals. Lots of ice will provided.

Further information on the court loca-

tions can be found on the dedicated

website www.tennisseniors.org.au/qld/

q18.

Accommodation

If you are thinking about going, you

should be thinking about accommoda-

tion. A list can be found at

www.tennisseniors.org.au/qld/q18.

Nominations for ACT Teams

Nomination forms for the ACT teams

will be sent to all members probably

around July. So can either organise

your own team or nominate separately

and you will be put into a relevant team.

The age groups for the teams are 5 year

groupings for both men and women.

We do not know the cost per person yet.

IPIN Events

Mens Singles

35 - Glen Philip d Damian Pound 6/3

6/1

50 – Greg Westwood d Martin Warwick

4/6 6/4 6/1

55 – Bruce Ferguson d Peter Bilton 6/1

6/1

60 – Wayne Cowley d Dennis Maddern

6/1 6/0

65 – Max Bates d Roger Davey 4/6 7/6

6/1

70 – Alan Gooch d Ian Davis 5/7 ret

Womens Singles

40 – Natasha Melville r/r of 3

50 – Cathy Benson, r/u U D-Watson r/r

of 5

55 – Narelle Raftery d Wanda Howes

6/2 6/1

60 – Leonie Ainsworth, r/u Sara

Goddard r/r of 5

65 – Helen Worland r/r of 3

70 – Margaret Harris r/r of 3

Mens Doubles

45 - G.Philp/D.Pound r/r of 3

50 - R.Iliani/A.Kew d M.Russell/

M.Warwick 6/3 6/4

55 – I Anderson/B Ferguson, r/u

P Bilton/G Joseph r/r of 5

60 – T Hobson/K Solomons r/r of 3

65 – C Mander/D Mathews d P Higgs/

P Moloney 6/3 6/7(5) [10/4]

70 – P Higgs/P Moloney, r/u I Davis/

A Gooch r/r of 5

Womens Doubles

50 – U D-Wwatson/C Philip, r/u

D Cassel/F Walker r/r of 4

55 – W Howes/N Raftery, r/u R

Davis/ S Goddard r/r of 4

65 – R Castle/H Worland r/r of 3

Mixed Doubles

40 – C Philip/G Philip, r/u A Rouse/

J Clark, r/r of 4

50 – N Raftery/M Warwick d

G Westwood/D Cassel w/o

55 – P Bilton/W Howes, r/u

L Ainsworth/T Harris r/r of 5

65 – H Worland/I Worland r/r 3

Non IPIN Events

Combined Age Womens Doubles

90+ – Joanne Adams/Linda Valente,

r/up Betty Smith/Rebekha

Fisher

110/130 - Enid Besant-Ryan/Heather

McKay, r/up Elaine Anderson/

Michele Blackburn

Combined Age Mens Doubles

Michael Adoni-Dickson, r/up

Warren Muller/Daniel Tang

Mens Singles

34/49.64 – Miroslav Pisa, r/up Greg

Hunt

Womens Singles

34/49/64 – Pauline Downes, r/up

Sharyn Hill

Womens Doubles

45/55/65 Group A – Joanne Adams/

Rebekha Fisher, r/up Pauline

Downes/Kim Cahill

45/55/65 Group B – Carole Johnson/

Valerie Gavin, r/up Enid

Besant-Ryan/Pauline

Honeyman

40/50/60/70 Group A – Daphne

Kennedy/Heather McKay, r/up

Enid Besant-Ryan/Jan Aubrey

40/50/60/70 Group B – Joanne

Adams/Pauline Downes, r/up

Penny Moss/Jean Penny

Mens Doubles

45/55/65/75 – Michael Adoni-Dickson/

John Dickson, r/up Neil Birks/

Dennis Reaves

40/50/60/70 - Michael Adoni-Dickson/

John Dickson, r/up Adrian

Blackeby/Grant Woodbridge

Combined Age Mixed Doubles

Group A – Peter/Sue Willis, r/up David

Ridley/Rebekha Fisher

Group B – Yangping Ji/Douglas

Williamson, r/up Imran Ali/Jean

Cheah

ACT Senior Open Tennis Tournament - Results

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2017 World Masters Games by Joanne Adams

Four local tennis enthusiasts, Pauline

Downes, Grant Woodbridge, Adrian

Blackeby and myself got together last

year and worked out a plan to travel to

NZ to compete in the largest multi-sport

event in the world, the 9th World Mas-

ters Games held in Auckland from 21-

30 April. With 48 competition venues

across Auckland and the Waikato, and

28 sports being played, we were excited

by the opportunity to be amongst more

than 27,000 athletes of all ages and dis-

ciplines.

The tennis was held at one single world

class venue, Albany Park, and the facil-

ity was impressive with 6 indoor courts

and 15 outdoor courts plus a range of

other amenities including a café and

bar. As this was our first experience

playing in the World Masters and not

knowing what to expect, we played it

safe, took pot luck and entered both the

B and A Grade events.

This proved to be a wise decision with

the B grade participants of a standard

similar to our local Division 1/2 pen-

nant and the A grade standard ranging

from Division 1 pennant to ex world

ranked professional athletes, including

Pavlina Nola who achieved a career

high ranking of 68 in the world and

Alistair Hunt who is an ex NZ Davis

Cup player, to name but a few.

On the first evening of the games,

Adrian and I arrived late due to a de-

layed flight, so we unfortunately missed

the Opening Ceremony. However,

Grant and Pauline who were on earlier

flights, managed to get to the dazzling

event at Eden Park in the heart of Auck-

land CBD.

They informed us that they witnessed a

ceremony which showcased the unique

culture and heritage of New Zealand, as

well as participating in the celebratory

athletes’ march with other tennis par-

ticipants. The ceremony also featured a

powerhouse performance from

Maori performing arts groups

and bands performing familiar

tunes for locals and overseas

participants.

For the first few days of the

tennis, my age division was not

scheduled to play, so I enjoyed

having full days touring some

of the stunning regions of

Auckland which included a day

trip to Waiheke Island to soak

in the atmosphere of the seaside

villages and discover the local food,

wines and beaches.

During the time that I was indulging

myself on various islands, Grant and

Adrian were busy slogging it out in

their round matches of the B doubles,

making it through to the final. Despite

a hard-fought final on the indoor sur-

face, which featured Grant’s lethal

cross court forehand and Adrian’s

sharp volleys on the net, they ended

up with the silver medal.

Pauline also had no time for being a

tourist, as she was kept busy playing

every single day, progressing steadily

through her singles rounds, making it

to the final where she won a silver

medal.

I was fortunate enough to make it

back from my sight-seeing in time to

watch Pauline’s singles final, which

was one of the most inspiring tennis

matches I had ever witnessed. Pauline

rallied for what seemed like hours

against her fierce Canadian opponent,

some points lasting for well over 20

shots. Pauline really did Australia

proud showing sheer grit and determi-

nation, a ‘never give up’ attitude as

well as complimenting her opponent

and of course, her ability to have a

good laugh and enjoy the match all

the way through.

Finally, on the 5th day of scheduled

play, I had my first match, an A grade

singles match at the indoor centre.

Unfortunately, the nerves quickly set

in and I was quickly defeated by my

tough opponent. However, I soon got

myself mentally prepared and more

settled for my next A grade singles

match, where I was more competitive

and won in straight sets against an-

other Kiwi.

My third-round match proved too

difficult, knocking me out of conten-

tion to get through my pool to the next

stage of competition, but on the positive

side, playing in the singles did give me

plenty of practice to head into the A

mixed with Adrian to face ex world

number 68, Pavlina Nova, and her part-

ner. We had lots of fun but could only

manage to win a few points against the

star of the tournament and lost the

match without winning a single game

despite our best efforts. To sum up,

Adrian and I ended up winning one

match in the rounds of the A mixed and

lost two matches.

Pauline and I got through with the best

results from our pool in the B grade

ladies doubles to play off a top pairing

from a different pool. With Pauline’s

consistency, awesome net play and de-

termination combined with my occa-

sional backhand drives, we were able to

win a silver medal.

We had a chance to proceed to the

grand final and play for gold, but a rain

delay and a time draw re-shuffle, meant

we had to forfeit the match, as I had an

early flight back to Australia the next

day which was the final day of the

games – sorry Pauline!

I would definitely love to play in an-

other World Masters Games one day.

The next one for those who might be

interested is to be staged in the Kansai

region of Japan in 2021.

My tips if you are thinking of going are

as follows; book and plan plenty of time

in advance, ensure you get the dates

right so you don’t fly back home on the

last day just in case you actually do

make the grand finals, find a couple of

lovely friends to go with, and keep an

open mind as the Games is all about

new challenges, new experiences and

new friendships.

Our time in NZ provided us with

memories to last a lifetime and has in-

spired me to continue on my own per-

sonal journey, spurred on by the life-

long love of the sport .

I would also like to acknowledge that

we were not the only locals to partici-

pate in the games. We ran into the

lovely Mark Hardy, who also played in

the A grade events and despite not pro-

ceeding to the finals, looked like he was

thoroughly enjoying himself as much as

we were. I don’t believe there were any

other locals that went, but please accept

my apologies if I have omitted mention-

ing anyone else.

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Charity Day

Each year the Tennis ACT Mid Week

Ladies hold a Charity Day Tournament

to raise funds for a nominated charity.

This year it was held on Thursday 4

May for HOME.

It’s not a house, it’s HOME.

HOME provides 24 hour supported

accommodation for people living with

mental illness and was the first of its

kind to open in Australia.

The range of mental illnesses suffered

by the residents is from medium to

high. Each resident has their own one

bedroom self contained unit. HOME

provides the support to go with it.

The ladies appear to be able to pick

their days. It was another perfect au-

tumn’s day – sunny and little wind. 62

players supported the tournament play-

ing either ladies, mens or mixed dou-

bles in a round robin format at Belcon-

nen and Melba Tennis Clubs. These

clubs donated their courts for the morn-

ing. TSACT donated the balls as well

as its members supporting through play-

ing, volunteering to assist and through

donations.

Afterwards all the players gathered at

Belconnen Tennis Club along with an-

other 12 people for a sausage sizzle

accompanied by a variety of salads pro-

vided by the ladies and washed down

with a glass of wine donated by Shaw

Vineyard Estate out at Murrumbateman.

Thanks go to the Hawker Butchery for a

good rate on the sausages and to Norm

Burmester for volunteering to cook 160

sausages - with some assistance from

H e l e n C o l e ma n a n d B ar b a r a

McCluskey (hiding behind the sau-

sages) and Anne Haycock keeping her

eye on things - see photo below.

Money was also raised through a raffle

with prizes donated by Lee Taylor (a

pair of Solar Bat sunglasses valued at

$165), Merran Hunter (framed calligra-

phy valued at $120), Kurtz Hair Design

(hair products valued at $100), Shaw

Vineyard Estate (one dozen bottles of

wine), HOME (a basket of sweets)

Ainslie Football Club ($60 dollars in

meal vouchers), Southern Cross Club

($50 meal voucher), Queanbeyan

Leagues Club ($50 meal voucher). A

number of players present and absent

donated prizes and money.

Prior to the handover of the cheque,

the President of the Mid Week Ladies,

Helen Greenup thanked her commit-

tee and all the people and clubs in-

volved in organising and running the

day before introducing TACT’s new

CEO Kim Kachel.

Sue English from HOME received a

very pleasant surprise when Kim

handed her a cheque for $2,332. The

ladies certainly continue to raise the

bar with this being the first time over

$2,000 has been raised. Keep up the

good work ladies.

In accepting the cheque, Sue outlined

what happened at HOME and that

HOME relied on donations and the

money from residents. HOME does not

get any government grants. Residents

pay rent and pay for their own utilities

for their electricity and their phone. “If

people do move back into the general

community then they need to take re-

sponsibility to pay rent, pay for their

groceries and other expenses. So it’s

very much about enabling people who

have a medical illness to take responsi-

bility for these things”.

Back to the tennis, the winners were

Mixed Doubles Group A (Belc) –

Linda Valente/Neville Rodwell

Mixed Doubles Group B (Belc) – Jan

Aubrey/Neil Lynch

Ladies Doubles (Melba) – Jean

Penny/Penny Moss

Ladies Doubles (Belc) – Linda

Gorrell/Sandy Bainton

Mens Doubles (Belc) – Anthony

Connell/Bill Scott.

Mixed Doubles (Melba) - Peter

and Marie Grealy

The major prize winners in the

raffle were Colin Holgate (Solar

Bat sunglasses), Chris Lee (the

framed calligraphy), Janet Bruce

(hair products) and Barbara

McCluskey (basket of sweets). All

those with a sweet tooth or a liking

for chocolate know where to go -

but they will have to contend with

Gerry first.

Groups

relaxing

at lunch -

above and

below

Above, all action in the Tally

Room

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Sunday Round Robins by Colin Lyons

Perignon with 23 games.

The organisers are considering intro-

ducing a handicap system to both

make for a more exciting competition

and also see the spoils shared among a

wider number of players. It is just in

the embryonic stages at the moment.

In glorious weather, we had a big roll-

up of 20 players for our 30 April tour-

nament at Weston Creek.

We had two divisions of 12 (Div 1)

and 8 (Div 2) respectively. For the

first time, we instituted a handicap

system to try and even out the scores

and prevent the same players winning

nearly all the time. We felt that it

probably did not change the results as

far as winners and runners-up were

concerned but feedback was positive.

The handicaps will be adjusted as

results over a number of tournaments

provide more reliable data.

The organisers will keep a keen eye

for members playing well below form

in order to attract a ‘light weight’ at

subsequent tournaments.

We had 3 new faces and another two

who we haven’t seen for a while

There was a very strong roll-up for our

tournament held on 19 March at Bel-

connen Tennis Club. The weather was

fine but unusually humid.

Twenty players entered but one person

pulled out at the last minute leaving us

with an odd number of players. Many

phone calls later and Margie Sellwood

came to the rescue on Sunday morning.

Thank you to Margie for that. We de-

cided on two groups of ten and endeav-

oured to divide the stronger players as

evenly as possible between the 2

groups. This was not an easy task.

Adrian Blackeby won his group with 23

games from his 4 sets, followed home

by May Howard with 21 games. Both

are very regular winners as readers will

observe. Joanne Adams won the bronze

medal with 19 games. All three set a

very tough challenge to match, let alone

beat.

In the other Group, Linda Valente, who

we haven’t seen for a while, was in

good form after returning from the

Asian Circuit to take home the Moet

Chandon with 25 games, while the

much travelled jet setter, Miroslav Pisa

took the silver medal and the Dom

The Wagga Seniors Tournament was

held from 6-7 May. Eighteen players

from Canberra and surrounds made the

trip to enjoy good tennis in sunny but at

times cold conditions. Players enjoyed

dinner at the local Australian Rules

football club on Saturday night.

The results were

Singles

Men – Douglas Skipper, r/up Mark

Hardy

Womens – Leonie Ainsworth, r/up

Sharni Smith

American Doubles

Mens A – Eric Koetz, r/up Pat Dwyer

Mens B – Don Masters, r/up Glen

McInerney

Womens A – Helen Worland, r/up

Betty Smith

Womens B – Lynette Sebbens, r/up

Katrina Lowden/Adele Ormsby

Mens Doubles

A1 – Doug Skipper/Mark Hardy, r/up

Michael Reid/Cameron Scholz

A2 – Ken Reid/Ron Turton, r/up Don

Biddle/George Penny

B1 – Pat Dwyer/Don Masters, r/up

Graham Smith/John Chapman

B2 – John Lincoln/Doug Williamson.

r/up Des Carlin/Don

McLennan

Womens Doubles

A – Heather McKay/Helen Worland,

r/up Julie Pratt/Robyn Castle

Wagga Seniors Tournament

which was very welcome. One of those

new starters, Mark Hardy played very

good and consistent tennis to take home

the Grange Hermitage in the first divi-

sion on 27 games. He was a back

marker also with a zero handicap.

Marilyn Walter was runner-up on 24

games, adjusted to 26 with her handicap

just shading Daniel Tang also on 24 but

adjusted only by one with his handicap.

Both were in very good touch and

jumped up the ATP rankings. Not

happy with his effort, Daniel headed off

for 18 holes of golf, again chasing big

prize money.

In the 2nd Division, Don Tucker headed

the field home with 26 games, adjusted

to 29 on handicap and headed home

with the Dom Perignon. `Second place

on 24 games adjusted to 26 on handicap

was Bill Scott, back after a long spell in

the back paddock and so escaped the

handicapper’s close attention. Bill had

to settle for 2nd prize which was a box

of the finest chocolates ever to come

out of Queanbeyan.

We will hope for another big turnout for

our next tournament on 21 May at a

venue to be advised.

B – Katrina Lowden/Adele Ormsby,

r/up Lyn Sebbens/Bev Roberts

Mixed Doubles

A – Julie Pratt/George Penney, r/up

Betty Smith/Colin Armstrong

B1 – Bev Roberts/Graham Smith, r/up

Katrina Lowden/Colin Parker

B2 – Rochelle Hogan/Don Masters,

r/up Elaine Pike/Don Biddle

Senior’s Moment

We all know we can be forget-

ful at times. But how would

you be with this one.

The organiser of one of the

men’s social tennis groups ar-

ranged for an earlier start (one

hour) so he could take his wife

to an appointment. All the

players were there at the ap-

pointed time but not the organ-

iser.

When rung he was home enjoy-

ing a cup of coffee. He had

forgotten he had changed the

time.

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Senior Tennis Tournament Results

events were completed, a credit to

Gail Bates and the tournament com-

mittee.

Narelle had a good tournament win-

ning the 55 womens singles in a round

robin and losing the final of the 50

mixed doubles with Martin Warwick

(Vic) in a close battle with Ulrike

Deutsch-Watson and Peter Bilton

(both from Queensland) 4-6, 7-5, 8-

10.

Neville lost the final of the 70 mens

singles to Terry McLellan from

Queensland 6-4, 6-4. Neville playing

with Graeme Sticka (NSW) made the

semi finals of the 65 mens doubles

before losing to the eventual winners,

Ian Somers and Ian Gallagher, both

from Queensland.

Narelle Raftery and Neville Rodwell

went north to Brisbane for the Tennis

Seniors Queensland tournament (ITF3)

held at the Tennyson Centre from 31

March to 3 April. There were 132 play-

ers entered with 103 from Queensland.

Cyclone Debbie or at least her remains

well and truly wreaked havoc on Bris-

bane in the days leading up to the tour-

nament with a whole year's rain in one

day. This led to the clay and grass

courts at Tennyson being under water

on Friday although there was play on

the hard courts. The weather took pity

on the tournament with the hard court

events continuing at Tennyson over the

next three days and the clay court

events (65+) being transferred to the

synthetic grass courts at Wynnum. All

Brian Carmichael reports there were

just under 100 players at the Narooma

Seniors Tournament held 10-12 March

(our best year yet!). There were 3 days

of great weather and lots of happy

faces. A Trivia Night was held on the

Saturday which was very successful.

Thanks to all involved (players, volun-

teers, sponsors), hoping to do it all

again next year and I’m pushing my

luck and will also be back running

Moruya again in August so hope to see

plenty of Canberra faces then as well.

Winners and Runners-up

Mens Singles Sampras Philip Hazell, Neil Birks

Becker Brian Clegg, Herb Chee

Womens Singles Hingis Donna Davis, Karen Tritton

Mixed Doubles Stosur Val Gavin/Don Masters, Kay

Bylund/Roger McEvoy

Fletcher Sheila & Wayne Daly,

Marlene & Lloyd Adams

Woodbridge Pauline Downes/Grant

Woodbridge, Di Arnot/Murray

Fitzclarence

Womens Doubles Tegart Jean Penny/Penny Moss,

Christine Jarrett/Karen

Jameson

Goolagong Joanne Adams/Lynette

Sebbens, Pauline Downes/Kim

Cahill

Turner Anne Sawtell/Wendy

Whit tem-Trunz , Sue Willis/

Val Gavin

Smith Jenny Mathie/Paula

Underwood, Kathie Thackray/

Narelle Dansey

Mens Doubles Rafter Col Armstrong/Herb Chee,

John Chapman/Paul Corcoran

Laver Murray Fitzclarence/Mick

Mullen, Grant Woodbridge/

Gordon Elliott

Newcombe Alan Irvine/Gordon

Sawtell, Phil Bryant/Peter Tate

Combined Age Mens Edberg Col Armstrong/Herb Chee,

Neil Birks/John Organ

Nastase John Chapman/Paul

Corcoran, Phil Bryant/Peter

Tate

Connors Dennis Love/Grant Smith,

Murray Fitzclarence/Mick

Mullen

Combined Age Womens Henin Joanne Adams/Lynette

Sebbens, Jean Penny/Penny

Moss

Evert Debra Stuart/Tui Allison, Kay

Lawrence/Paula Underwood

King Anne Sawtell/Wendy

Whittem-Trunz, Pat Callahan/

Barbara Hollett

Graf Elaine Anderson/Michele

Blackburn, Karen Jameson/Val

Gavin

Combined Age Mixed Seles Helen Nealer/Dave Pruckner,

Report on Narooma Tournament from Brian Carmichael

West Wyalong Teams - from Marilyn Walter

The West Wyalong Teams Tournament

was held on the weekend of 18-19

March which was the weekend after the

Narooma Seniors.

Rochelle Hogan, Cathy Mayer, Bever-

ley Roberts and Marilyn Walter made

the trip from Canberra. Bev and

Marilyn teamed up with Pam Crawford

(Tumut) and Helen Worland (Orange)

in Team Tumut in Division 1 playing

against Pat Woods' team from West

Wyalong, Julie Pratt's team from Syd-

ney, the youngsters from Goulburn and

Sal's Gals another local team.

Team Tumut were Division 1 winners

closely followed by West Wyalong who

had recruited Cathy Mayer for the

weekend. Cathy brought along her

mum Betty Jennings and also Anne

McTernan both ladies former keen ten-

nis players in the Canberra competi-

tions.

Rochelle Hogan teamed up with the

Forbes ladies to win Division 2 from

two local West Wyalong teams for a

good weekend of tennis.

The weather conditions were again

challenging. After the high tempera-

tures experienced last year we were

looking forward to cooler conditions

but this time around we had gusty

strong winds particularly on Saturday

which made playing tennis difficult and

balls were going all over the courts.

On Saturday night the organisers ar-

ranged a dinner and get together at the

local Metropolitan Hotel and a fun

night was had by all.

This tournament was well run, laid back

and family oriented in a friendly and

competitive environment, definitely

worth a visit on your tournament calen-

dar.

Rochelle Hogan/Phil Bryan, t

Chang Sue Willis/Col Armstrong,

Anne Sawtell/Geoff Lashford

Capriati Karen Jameson/Don Masters,

Kay Bylund/Greg Hunt

Vilas Marlene Veness/Grant Smith,

Joanne Adams/Adrian Blackeby

Bueno Tui Allison/Bill Stuart,

Sheila &Wayne Daly

Gonzalez Elaine &John Anderson,

Margaret Byrne/Steve Deck

Tennyson

Narooma results cont

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Senior Tennis Tournament Results

Mixed Doubles

50(1) - Leonie Ainsworth/Tim Harris

60(1) - Marg Sellwood/Chris Adam

60(3) - Valerie Gavin/John Chapman

(Harden)

Combined Age Mens Doubles

110(1) - Greg Hunt/Gordon Elliot

110(2) - Greg Holcombe/Tim Harris

Combined Age Womens Doubles

110(1) - Leonie Ainsworth/

Helen Holcombe

110(2) - May Howard/Betty Smith

110(3) - Marilyn Walter/Sue Willis

Combined Age Mixed Doubles

110(1) - Karenn Layne/Greg Winston

110(2) - Betty Smith/Tim Harris

130 - Rochelle Hogan/Don Masters

Runners-up

Mens Singles

60 - Peter Sturgeon

Womens Singles

55 - Sue Willis

Mens Doubles

50(2) - Colin Lyons/Wayne O'Connell

70/75 - Colin Elliot/Ian Worland

(Orange)

Womens Doubles

60 - Marilyn Walter/Sue Willis

Mixed Doubles

35(2) - Natasha Amerasinghe/Peter

Sturgeon

50(1) - Helen & Greg Holcombe

50(2) - Tui Alison/Wayne O'Connell

60(3) - Lyn Robbins/Doug Williamson

Combined Age Mens Doubles

110(1) - Dale Brooker/David Hollaway

110(2) - Colin Lyons/Wayne O'Connell

Combined Age Womens Doubles

110(2) - Allyson Gell/Judy Lebang

130 - Marlene Adams/Valerie Gavin

Combined Age Mixed Doubles

70/90(2) - Sue Willis/Ben Annells

110(2) - Tui Alison/Wayne O'Connell

A hugely successful inaugural Goul-

burn Seniors Tennis Tournament went

off with a bang. The Goulburn Railway

Tennis Club and the Goulburn Tennis

Club jointly hosted this Tennis Seniors

NSW sanctioned tournament, over the

weekend of 31 March to 2 April.

There were 162 participants playing in

the tournament, in matches ranging

from men’s and women’s singles, dou-

bles, mixed doubles and combined ages.

All 12 synthetic grass courts at the two

clubs were utilised over the weekend.

The tournament ran over three days and

saw 130 of these players visiting Goul-

burn from many regions, including the

Central Coast, Southern Highlands,

Sydney, South Coast, Canberra and

Western NSW. Over 30 local players

also competed and helped make visitors

feel welcomed. There were 30 events,

some with multiple pools, due to the

overwhelming number of entries. 73

winners and runners-up walked away

with cash prizes. Some stand out play-

ers were Mick Gerstenberg (Goulburn),

Tim Harris and Leonie Ainsworth (both

from Canberra).

Many commented that they had not

seen an inaugural tournament run in

such a highly organised, professional

and friendly manner, with some saying

it was one of the best tournaments

they'd been to of late. One visitor from

the Central Coast said, ‘It’s great to see

Goulburn tennis, and Goulburn itself,

back on the map.’ Others enjoyed

reminiscing about playing in Goulburn

20, 30 and 40 years ago. The organis-

ing committee worked hard to ensure

the tournament highlighted the best of

Goulburn and that it would inject bene-

fits back into the local economy. Many

players stayed over the weekend and

enjoyed local tourist sights, shopping,

restaurants and bars during their time

off.

There were 72 people at the Tourna-

ment Dinner on Saturday night, hosted

by Gold Sponsors, the Goulburn Sol-

diers Club and Diggers by the Park. A

great evening with great food. Other

sponsors included Goulburn Toyota,

Ramsay Health Care, Best Western

Goulburn and Ganter Constructions, as

well as many local businesses donating

prizes for the tournament raffle. The

raffle was a great success with Errol

Neish, Graeme Hissey, Gina Brown and

Costas Kounnas walking away with

goodies. The support of all of the

above businesses played a huge part

in the two clubs pulling off a spec-

tacular event.

High praise came from Tennis Seniors

NSW officials and veterans who have

been playing this circuit for over 20

years. The joint vision, organisation

and comraderie between the two local

tennis clubs has ensured success.

Tournament Director David Ridley

said:

"It was a fantastic and exciting week-

end, with perfect weather and a great

opportunity for people to reconnect

and create new friendships. Everyone

has already said they’ll be back next

year for it. The committee will now

sit down to review the strengths of the

tournament, what can be improved

and if and when it would be held next

year. Players’ feedback is wel-

comed. We look forward to making it

bigger and better in 2018. Thank you

to everyone who attended and to all

the volunteers for making our first

tournament so much fun and so posi-

tive."

There were a number of Canberra

players amongst the winners and run-

ners-up.

Winners

Mens Singles

60 – David Hollaway

Womens Singles

55 – Leonie Ainsworth

Mens Doubles

50(2) - Gary Allsopp/David Pruckner

60(1) - Doug Williamson/Chris Adam

Womens Doubles

35(1) - Helen Holcombe/Helen

Worland (Orange)

60 - Leonie Ainsworth/Betty Smith

Report on Goulburn’s Inaugural Tournament from David Ridley

Winners and runners-up in Combined

Age110(2) Mixed Doubles (left) and

Womens 60 Doubles (above)

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Tennis Seniors ACT Calendar 2017/18

DINNERS AND

SPECIAL FUNCTIONS

Christmas in July Dinner - 8 July

see page 3

Christmas Dinner - 2 December

Members booking for the dinners

should be aware that if they cancel

after the closing date they may be

required to pay the cost if the caterer

charges Tennis Seniors ACT.

Contact Graham Smith (6161 5352)

SUNDAY ROUND

ROBIN

TOURNAMENTS

Tournaments are scheduled for a

9.15am start on 21 May, 18 June, 23

July, 13 August, 10 September, 22 Oc-

tober, 12 November and 10 December

2017.

Dates and venue may change, so please

check the website.

If you put your name down and find

you cannot play on the day, please no-

tify one of the organisers so that the

other players are not inconvenienced.

Contact: Colin Lyons (0434 531 449)

or Warren Muller (0407 916 868)

TOURNAMENTS

AND PENNANTS

7-19 January 2018-Australian Tennis

Seniors Championships, Gold Coast

Australian Seniors Championships:

Contact Pat Moloney (6262 3727

ACT Open Seniors Tournament:

Contact Pat Moloney (6262 3727)

Country and Interstate Tournament Calendar 2017/18

Some of the dates for tournaments are

yet to be confirmed. You will need to

check the relevant State’s website.

2017

27-28 May West Tamworth Seniors

27-28 May Cowra Open Teams

9-12 Jun Victorian Seniors Claycourt

Champs (ITF5)

10-12 Jun Newcastle Mixed Teams

17-18 Jun Lake Macquarie Seniors

23-25 Jun Tweed Heads Pro-one Ten-

nis (tbc)

24-25 Jun Cowra Seniors R/R

30 Jun-3 Jul Tennis Seniors Qld

State Champs (ITF1)

7-9 Jul Cessnock Seniors

15-16 Jul Manning River, Taree

4-7 Aug Forster Seniors R/R

5-6 Aug Forbes Open Teams (tbc)

11-13 Aug Muswellbrook Park

18-20 Aug Eurobodalla (Moruya)

8-10 Sep West Port Macquarie

15-18 Sep Tennis Seniors Qld Sun

shine Coast (ITF3), Tewantin

16-17 Sep Orange Ex-Services R/R

23-24 Sep Gunnedah Seniors

29 Sep-2 Oct Tennis Seniors NSW

State Championships (ITF2)

13-16 Oct Merimbula Seniors

28-29 Oct Dubbo Paramount Seniors

4-5 Nov Raworth, Hunter Tennis

Resort

4-7 Nov Victorian Seniors Champs

(ITF2), Kooyong

11-12 Nov Bathurst Carillion City

Teams

12-14 Nov Tennis Seniors SA State

Championships (ITF3)

24-27 Nov Victoria Senior Grasscourt

Champs (ITF2), Yarrawonga

1-3 Dec Nelson Bay Seniors

2018

7-12 Jan Australian Teams Carnival,

Gold Coast

14-19 Jan Australian Individual

Champs (ITFA), Gold Coast

2017 Oceania Senior Regional Championships

The Oceania Senior Regional Champi-

onships is a popular event on the Oce-

ania calendar and was again hosted by

Tennis Seniors Australia. It was held

from 9-13 March and based on the clay

courts at the Kooyong Lawn Tennis

Club in Melbourne. Due the high num-

ber of entries, four other venues were

used on Thursday and Friday.

Now in its fourth year the tournament

was open to players from all countries.

The number of players entering rose to

285 from 265 in 2016 and from 230 in

2015. There were entries from 8 coun-

tries other than Australia. Almost half

of the players were from Victoria (134).

NSW had 55 and Queensland had 44.

There were 11 players from the ACT.

Ros Balodis defended her singles and

womens doubles titles. Ros defeated

Brenda Foster (NSW) in the 55

womens singles final 7-5, 6-3 and

won the 55 womens doubles with

Leanne Swaysland (NSW). Ros and

Colin Holgate made the semi-finals of

the 55 mixed doubles losing a third

set tie break 10-8 to the eventual win-

ners.

It was pleasing to see Heather McKay

back in action. She won the 75

womens doubles with Jill Taylor

(Qld) and reached the semi-finals of

the 75 womens singles losing to Mary

Gordon in 3 sets.

Leonie Ainsworth and May Howard did

very well in reaching the final of the 60

womens doubles losing to Judy Buzza

(Vic) and Sara Goddard (NSW) 7-5,

6-3.

Phil Higgs was also another player we

hadn't seen for sometime. Phil made

the semi-finals of the 70 mens singles

and the 70 mens doubles with Pat

Moloney.

Overall, the competition was very

strong as would be expected and some

of the ACT players found it difficult to

progress in their events.

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