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Latest News From Grace Park
Grace Park Squash Club Championship for 2009
The Grace Park Squash Club Championship for 2009 will commence on the
20th July, 2009.
PLAYER ELIGIBILITY
Open - Open to all Players
B Grade - Open to Club Circuit Players Grade D and below, and social players
Handicap - Open to all Players
THIS IS NOT AN OPEN TOURNAMENT.
To be eligible to play you must be a financial member of the Club or on the
current waiting list.
To enter either write you name and phone number on the entry list on the club's
noticeboard or email the club at
gracepark@graceparkltc.com
Entries Close Friday 17th July, 2009
Night Tennis Summer 2009 Season
There are 348 teams entered in total for the season, and 9 teams entered
for Grace Park. The draws etc should be out during the 2nd week of
July, and the season commences in the last week of July.
For all results for the Winter Season just completed, click
here.
TR's Triumph at night
Congratulations to Tony Lam/John Craw and their TR team for winning the
flag in the BDNTA Night Tennis 2009 Winter Competition. The Grace Park TRs
defeated the Canterbury Slammers in a close encounter at Blackburn, having to
win three tie-breaks on their way to victory. Well done to the TRs.
Grace Park LTC 120th Club Championships 2009 Results
Our club champions for 2009 are Matt Hicks and Stephanie Skaras, with
runners up Antony Hampson and Maddie Skaras.
Mens' trophies were presented by Stan Sharman, Life Member at Grace Park.
Matt Hicks
Antony Hampson
Stephanie Skaras
Maddie Skaras
Congratulations to the Champions and to all competitors in the championships,
helping to make the tournament a success.
For all results and more photos, click here.
A word from the President for our 120th year
Club President Terry Stone
Twenty years has flown past, and it seems like
only yesterday that we celebrated the Club’s Centenary with a Ball at the
Hawthorn Town Hall. On March 22, 2009, just the other day, it was a great
pleasure to welcome to the Club, many of the Club members who attended that Ball
twenty years ago, along with Club Patrons, Life Members, Past Presidents,
Current and past Committee Members, Gold Members and 50 year Members, on the
occasion of the 120th Club Championships finals.
It was especially gratifying to see many past Club Champions, Pennant players
and squash players, together with our Major Club Sponsors also in attendance.
All of these people, teams and organisations have helped to shape Grace Park as
a Club, and to give it the outstanding reputation it has in the Community today.
Read more (click here)
Club Championships at Grace Park
The 2009 club championships are coming up fast.
This year the Championships will be conducted over 2 consecutive weekends,
commencing Saturday March 14th and concluding Sunday March 22nd. This
differs from our usual format of holding the Championships over the Labour Day
Weekend, and commences the weekend following that long weekend.
Entry Forms can be found at the base of the "COMPETITION" Section of this
website.
All fully paid up members are eligible to play. Put your entry in ASAP but
before March 1, 2009.
Note: There is a dinner following the completion of play, which is included in
your entry fees.
Tuesday Night Summer Season Grand Finals
Congratulations to Grace Park Grand Slammers (capt. Lou Capannolo) for
the team's Section 16 Grand Final win in a very tight match, which had to be
decided by a tie-break set. The Slammers defeated Knox City Cougars.
Grace Park Happy Gilmores (capt. Andrew Oxland) were defeated by Heatherdale
Nackerbags in their Section 1 Grand Final.
Better luck next season to the Gilmores.
For all the summer season's night tennis results, click
here.
Once again, Peter Luczak has very generously
donated his time to the Grace Park's annual Trivia Night, with Rowan Browning
being the lucky winner of an hour's hitting with Peter, and, by the look of
Rowan's excellent service action, receiving some helpful hints. Thanks again to
Peter for his generosity.
Two Night Grand Final Flags For Grace Park
Grace Park's Thursday night teams have had a successful season, with two
out of the 5 teams winning their respective flags.
Both Grand Finals were played at Blackburn South, making it a very enjoyable
night all round :
SECTION 1
GRACE PARK MAGPIES (Frank Field) defeated KNOX CITY V-BEAMERS
SECTION 2
GRACE PARK BOMBERS (John Innes) defeated HEATHERDALE CELLAR DWELLERS
Lucy Dougherty wins twice as UNCG women's tennis opens Fall slate
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, USA
UNC Greensboro's women's tennis team opened its fall tournament slate at the
UNCW Invitational, and freshman Lucy Dougherty made quite the first impression
with a pair of wins to open her collegiate career.
Dougherty, a freshman from Melbourne, Australia, teamed up with Sarah Templeton
for an 8-6 doubles win over UNC Wilmington's Chelsea Kahle and Caroline Farrar.
Dougherty won her singles match defeating Christina Lee 6-2,3-6,1-0 (10-6)
(Information Courtesy of : UNCG Sports Information)
Social Tennis, Wednesday Nights
Social Tennis for members is on again from 7.00pm. See Peter Adam. The
bar will be open. Click
here for more information.
Grace Park State Grade Final Newspaper report Progress Leader August 26, 2008
(Click here)
Congratulations to
Grace Park State Grade Team
Kayden Hensel
Adam Hubble (c)
Michael Staniak
Matt Hicks
Antony Hampson
Kirk Jackson
On winning the Men’s State Grade Grand Final 2008
Also
congratulations to our Men’s Seniors Section 2 team captained by Alan Fryday for
winning their grand final.
Grace Park is again hosting the State Grade Grand Finals on Sunday the 17th
August.
This Sunday, the Grace Park Men's State Grade Vs (opposition to be
decided on Sat 16 August)
The women’s State Grade grand final will be between Kooyong Lawn and Royal South
Yarra
Play starts at 11.am
Pennant Report July, 2008
"With only one week to go before finals the Club has nine of its sixteen
teams poised to hopefully win some more pennants to decorate the Club and
enhance our position as one of Melbourne’s premier competition clubs." Click
here to read more.
Grace Park Ladies Section 7 Grand Final - 22nd July 2008
Kooyong was the victor by games.
L-R: Lillian Box, Caroline Brooks, Sandra Stone, Heather Suriano (C)
Missing (injured) team members Denise McCabe and Maria Zeng.
New Flags - 8th July 2008
Our International flags, which fly at the front of the Grace Park
Clubhouse, have been literally "Blown apart" over the last few months.
Due to the generosity of some Club members, who shelled out cold, hard cash, we
now have bright new flags aloft.
Above:
Alex Papanotas sponsored the Australian Flag, Brian Gedge the U.K. Flag,
and Nicolas Rayer the French Flag.
Above: Madeline and Johanna Wells sponsored the U.S.A flag.
Bill McCulloch Cup Day - 13th July 2008
The traditional Men's State Grade match
Grace Park Vs MCC
Also on this day the Women's State Grade team plays Dendy Park.
Play commences at 12.30pm.
State Grade Tennis Results
Men's State Grade
Grace Park def Kooyong Lawn No. 1
3 Rubbers 7 Sets 57 Games to 3 Rubbers 6 Sets 65 Games
Women's State Grade
Grace Park lost to Kooyong Lawn
2 Rubbers 5 Sets 47 Games to 4 Rubbers 8 Sets 65 Games
Grace Park Club Championships 2008 Results
Men's Open Club Champion 2008
Women's Open Club Champion 2008
Adam Stone
Adriana Szili
Click here for the results.
Winter Pennant 2008, Club Championships 2008 Entry Forms
Application forms to play in the Tennis Victoria Winter Pennant 2008, and
the Grace Park 2008 Club Championships are available here.
Game, Set & Match for Wednesday Night Tennis. Courts 3 to 5 now freely
available for members.
After running the Wednesday Night Tennis for 10 years without break,
except for a few weeks at Christmas, we find, along with the 100 or more Club
Members who play in the very successful Night Tennis Competition, that we are
unable to continue to commit more than one night per week to tennis. So we, like
many others, have chosen our Thursday Night Competition over our Wednesday Night
social hit and will not continue to run it in 2008.
The Wednesday Night sessions have been very successful over the years. We have
had more than 100 new members join the Club through Wednesday Night Tennis, and
more than 200 members have at one time or another come along, with as many as 36
“turning up” for a hit.
Nowadays, we find that a lot of Club Members, even if they can find time for two
nights or more of tennis per week, prefer to arrange a hit for an hour or two
with their own Competition Team Members or with players of their own standard
rather than commit an entire night to the Wednesday social tennis format.
This has created a demand for more courts to be available for Members “casual”
use on Wednesday nights from 7pm onwards. As demand is not certain, it might pay
to book a court in advance for your preferred timeslot.
Accordingly, after the last Wednesday Night Tennis on 12th December 2007, courts
3~5 will now be available from 7pm for the general use of Members. The bar will
be open, and your only other expense will be for the lights on an hourly basis.
Brian & Sandy Gedge
Joint Wednesday Night Tennis Convenors
Grace Park AGM 2007
The Grace park Annual General Meeting was successfully held at Grace Park
on Sunday, December 9, 2007 at 5pm.
Click here for the Annual Report and Financial
Statement.
Photos from the 2007 AGM.
Click
here
for the complete gallery.
Peter Luczak at Grace Park
As a result of a prudent purchase on the Trivia Night this year, Jimmy
Dougherty enjoyed a special hit with No. 79 in the world, Peter Luczak at Grace
Park last month. It's obvious from the smiling faces that both had a
great time. Jimmy and Grace Park thank Peter for giving his time in his
busy schedule.
Results Of Night Tennis Summer 2007 Season
Following are the results of the Blackburn & District Night Tennis Summer
2007 Competition.
These are the results of the Grand Final matches in which Grace Park teams
played.
TUESDAY
Section 5 Grace Park KNIGHT HAWKS def Knox City ROCKETS!!!
Section 16 Heatherdale MANKINIS def Grace Park GRAND SLAMMERS
THURSDAY
Section 1 Donvale DRUNKS def Grace Park CYCLONES
Section 2 Grace Park BOMBERS def Deepdene MARTENS!!!
Section 3 Donvale BIG V def Grace Park BUCCANEERS
Congratulations to the winners and commiserations to the others.
Further results will be available on the Blackburn website soon (see link at
left).
E1
wins Squash Premiership
In only their second year in pennant squash, the young members in our E1
squash team in the Victorian Squash Racquets Association Club Circuit have won
their first premiership. The winning team pictured after their match are (from
left to right) Lachlan Rough (No.1 and captain) Jolyeon White (No. 4) Sebastian
Sauvey (No. 2) and a very fatigued Andy Field (No. 3). Andrew Pannifex is
also a member of this team and played for most of the season but missed the
Grand Final with work commitments overseas. Jolyeon was first to play and did
very well, but unfortunately lost 2/3 and 8/10 in the fifth. Lachlan was next
and he more than evened the ledger with a 3/0 victory. Then it was Fieldy’s
turn, but he also lost in five (and the score in one of the games that he lost
was 9/10). Seb now had to win, and he did it with ease, winning the first two
games to love at which point his opponent conceded. Well done boys and we now
look forward to this team ascending through the grades, hopefully to A1 with a
bit of dedication.
Some
important information
1.) Junior teams for next season (starting Sunday 3 February) must
be lodged with the association by Friday 23rd November, if you would like your
daughter or son to play next season please email
gracepark@graceparkltc.com no
later than Wednesday 21 November, a meeting that night will decide the teams.
2.) Mid week teams to be decided next Wednesday 21 November, if you would like
to play on a Thursday team please email me by Tuesday 20 November.
2a.) Tuesday and Thursday night teams for 2008 must be entered this week. Please
email your teams to
webmaster@graceparkltc.com
3.) Annual General Meeting Sunday 9th December at 5.00pm – Agenda to be posted
next Wednesday 23rd November, 2007.
4.) You must be a financial member to attend the AGM and to play in competition
tennis.
5. There are still some members that are still unfinancial please pay your subs
as a matter of urgency.
Congratulations
to Grace Park's juniors
The Section 2 team of (L to R) Jeremy Beale, Will Barbour, Jess Heeps
Eriksen and Hugo von Hofe, has defeated Kooyong 1 in their Bayside Regional
Junior Competition Grand Final. Charlie Sheahan (separate photo) also
played in the final, but had to rush off to play Pennant and missed the
presentation. Missing is Sophie Sheahan, who unfortunately missed the photo
opportunity.
 
Blackburn
& District Night Grand Finals
Cyclones Win In A Breeze
Congratulations to Section 1 Thursday Team CYCLONES, who completed an undefeated
season by winning the Grand final in Straight Sets against the Donvale Drunks.
The team of Brian Gedge (c), Ad Stone; Kirk Jackson; Andy Field; Jason Stone;
Karen Butler all played at various stages of the season and set a very high
standard for the grade.
Left to right: Kirk Jackson, Andy Field, Jason Stone, Brian Gedge (c),
Karen Butler.
T.Roosters DVD'd By The CD's
Commiserations to Tony Lam's TASTY ROOSTERS who just missed out on the
flag when they came up against the Currawong CD's in the Grand Final. The team
is looking forward to being on the other side of the disc when next season's
Grand Final comes around.
Squash
Winners Are Grinners
Congratulations are due to the D2 Club Circuit Squash Team, who won a
hard-fought battle in their Grand Final on Wednesday June 6th.
The Team of Max Newton (1), Mat Pearson (2), Tom Tyndall (3) and John O'Loughlin
(4) won the flag with a score of 3/1.
Graeme Rough enthusiastically led the celebrations and, needless to say,
obviously coached the team well!
Masters
Our team in Grade 6 finished third.
The Grade 11 team won the premiership.
Club Circuit
The C3 team finished 7th.
The team in D2 won the premiership, and
the E1 side finished third.
Winter
Pennant Teams
Matches commence on April 28th, 2007
Men's teams click here.
Women's teams click here.
To see the draws visit the tennis Victoria website
here.
Follow the prompts to competitions then pennant.
STOP
PRESS!
In-Ground water tank saves the Club Championships
Terry Stone and Brian Gedge pulled out all stops to ensure the Club's new
In-Ground Water Tank and Pump System was ready for the long weekend's Club
championships - and it was.
What fantastic timing! On Monday at 10 a.m. as the FINALS were being played and
were scheduled, the WATER MAIN in the street BLEW UP, and the whole street
including the Club was was without water. The remaining finals, including the
Grand Finals, would have had to have been abandoned.
All Terry Stone had to do was to switch over to the Club's OWN WATER SYSTEM, and
continue as though nothing had happened.
FANTASTIC - the system has immediately shown its worth.
Advice
re Waterworks Happening at Grace Park Tennis Club
February 11th - The project is underway!
Click on any of the images for a larger picture.
 
Click here to read more.
Night
Tennis Comp Summer Season
Starts 29th January. For your team's draw click
here.
Results
of last season's Night Tennis Competition Finals
Click here.
ANNUAL
GENERAL MEETING
The 117th Annual General Meeting was held at Grace Park on Sunday 10th
December, 2006. More information, and pictures to come.
117th Annual Report for the year ended July 31, 2006. Click
here.
Winners of Victorian Women's Pennant Grade 7 Section 2 - 7/12/06
From left: Anne Simmons, Michaela Capannolo, Ashleigh Capannolo (C),
Taylor Capannolo
Absent: Nicola Simmons
Squash Results for Spring 2006
Masters
Unfortunately both teams, Grade 5 and 11, finished 7th.
Club Circuit
The C4 team finished equal 3rd but missed a finals berth on a count back.
The D2 team finished equal 3rd and made the Semi-Final on a count back.
The D2 team won the semi-final but lost in the Grand Final.
The E2 team finished 3rd but then lost in the Semi-Final.
Bayside Mid week - Section 5 Premiers 2006
A convincing win and a great effort by everyone. Congratulations to (from
left) Gwynn Joseph, Sandra Stone, Rong Kwok and Jane Cash. Also to the the rest
of the team - Lillian Box, Sophie Trotter and Denise McCabe whose contribution
was outstanding throughout the season,with the team finishing undefeated.
Results of Tuesday Semi Finals played 21/11/06
A Grade Box Hill Davos def Grace Park Steamers
The Grand Final will be played at Blackburn on November 28th
between Heatherdale Nackerbags & Box Hill Davos
Blackburn
& District Night Tennis Finals
Tuesday Night
Congratulations to A Reserve team Steamers for reaching the finals.
The Semi Final will be played on November 21st at Grace Park.
Grace Park Steamers Vs Box Hill Davos
Results of Thursday Semi Finals played 16/11/06
ARes Donvale Drunks def Grace park Phoenix
CSp1 North Balwyn Never Was def Grace park Buccaneers
C(1) Mayfield Park FUBs def Grace Park T.Roosters
Better luck next season.
- Sandy Gedge
Conclusion
of Pennant Season
When the Grade 3 Men won their final in early September against
Wonga Park, it brought to a conclusion a magnificent pennant season for Grace
Park
With twenty-two teams entered in twenty grades in Men’s, Women’s and Veteran’s,
twelve teams reached the finals. Eight then went on to win their sections and
four teams - Ladies State Grade, Grade 3 Men and Veterans Section 1 and 3 - Won
pennants for the club.
To put this into perspective, there are 165 clubs and over 650 individual teams
competing for thirty-three flags. Therefore, Grace Park’s four wins meant it won
over 12% of all the pennants possible against the other 164 clubs. Truly a great
result, showing the depth of tennis existing throughout the Club. A special
mention must go to the two ladies Grade 7 teams on reaching the finals. With a
number of the girls only still very young, the club is indeed looking strong for
the seasons ahead.
- Colin Davis
Men's
Vets 1 Grand Final
Grace Park played Kooyong Lawn at Glen Iris on 19th August.
The Grace Park Team of Brian Williams, Colin Davis, Greg Crump and Jason
Lindeman were victorious in an exciting match.
A commentary from Colin Davis here.
Woman's
State Grade Grand Final
Grace Park played Dingly in the Grand Final at Dingly Tennis Club on 20th
August.
Grace Park was victorious in a wonderful day of tennis.
Grace Park won in straight, and here are the scores:
Kristen van Elden def. Karoline Wlodarczak 6-1, 6-0
Kate Pinchbeck def. Candice Graetz 6-2, 6-4
Kelly Duns def. Ashleigh Richardson 2-6, 6-2, 6-4
Jo-anne May def. Joanna Koniuszewski 6-4, 6-2
Congratulations to the team.
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Grace Park 2007 Club Championships
Click
here for
results.
Grace Park 2008 Club Championships
Click here for results.
Did you know?
Grace Park has won a minimum of one State Grade Men’s pennant
every decade for the last one hundred years (barring the 40’s where there were 6
years with no play due to the war) while the Women’s State Grade have won at
least one each decade for the last 60 years. Truly an enviable record.
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