Winners of the Auckland Tennis 'Club Spirit' Award 2017
Senior Wednesday Twilight, fun and social
2017/2018 Season Dates TBC
Meet at 6pm at Club for a 6.15pm start.
Mixed teams, mixed abilities, fun and social
Come along and join in
BBQ will be fired up with delicious food available for purchase. Refreshments available too.
MAD MEN MONDAYS
Guys, come on down on Monday evenings from 6pm for a casual hit around... all abilities welcome.
Contact Aaron if interested... 027 233 7358
Senior Wednesday Twilight, fun and social
2017/2018 Season Dates TBC
Meet at 6pm at Club for a 6.15pm start.
Mixed teams, mixed abilities, fun and social
Come along and join in
BBQ will be fired up with delicious food available for purchase. Refreshments available too.
MAD MEN MONDAYS
Guys, come on down on Monday evenings from 6pm for a casual hit around... all abilities welcome.
Contact Aaron if interested... 027 233 7358
2017 Auckland Tennis Club Awards Nomination – Club Spirit & Social Activities
Sunnyhills Tennis Club (SHTC) provide a wide range of senior interclub activities, we have 11 senior interclub teams entered this season. SHTC have won the women’s Scarbro Caro Bowl for the last three years, this is the highest level of women’s tennis in Auckland. This season we finished 3rd but it was the first year we were permitted to host a home game. Enthusiastic volunteers erected a temporary stand and provided food & refreshments for all 30+ people attending. The club has also extended and rebuilt our deck to offer a much better spectators view of our courts and outdoor social events.
Sunnyhills Tennis Club (SHTC) provide a wide range of senior interclub activities, we have 11 senior interclub teams entered this season. SHTC have won the women’s Scarbro Caro Bowl for the last three years, this is the highest level of women’s tennis in Auckland. This season we finished 3rd but it was the first year we were permitted to host a home game. Enthusiastic volunteers erected a temporary stand and provided food & refreshments for all 30+ people attending. The club has also extended and rebuilt our deck to offer a much better spectators view of our courts and outdoor social events.
SHTC also fielded four promotion relegation teams. Our Presidents One team won their grade and will be promoted to Presidents A next season, Caro Bowl Women’s reserve team were able to hold their grade, Open Men’s One finished in the top four so will be promoted to Second Grade Men’s next season. Our other Senior Interclub grades offered a variety of tennis for those playing 3 Super Women’s teams, 2 Open Men’s teams and a Supermen’s team.
We also offer social tennis to include those members not interested or available for Interclub tennis, Mad Men’s Mondays for 6pm and our Wednesday night social night which often fills the courts and is followed by a BBQ and refreshments.
SHTC interacts with local clubs, as we do not have lights yet so Koru tennis club offered to host a few Caro Bowl womens tennis games and our winter pm coaching sessions. As a gesture of friendship Koru hosted a social night for SHTC members and SHTC offered the same for a few very popular nights.
We also offer social tennis to include those members not interested or available for Interclub tennis, Mad Men’s Mondays for 6pm and our Wednesday night social night which often fills the courts and is followed by a BBQ and refreshments.
SHTC interacts with local clubs, as we do not have lights yet so Koru tennis club offered to host a few Caro Bowl womens tennis games and our winter pm coaching sessions. As a gesture of friendship Koru hosted a social night for SHTC members and SHTC offered the same for a few very popular nights.
We play winter tennis and have a mixed doubles format entered this season. Last season SHTC helped organise and participated in an informal winter tennis with other interested local clubs Pakuranga and Howick. SHTC also regularly enter at least 6 teams in the Scarbro Business house winter tennis series as members like to continue playing tennis together over the wet season.
SHTC were the tournament convener and host club for the local Fisher Cup and Cucksey Shield tournaments this season. These tournaments have been held since the 1970’s with six other local tennis clubs (Koru, Bucklands Beach, Cockle Bay, Howick & Pakuranga) and this season SHTC won the Cucksey Shield again, since exactly 20 years. Spectators roamed throughout the club during the all day tournament.
SHTC were the tournament convener and host club for the local Fisher Cup and Cucksey Shield tournaments this season. These tournaments have been held since the 1970’s with six other local tennis clubs (Koru, Bucklands Beach, Cockle Bay, Howick & Pakuranga) and this season SHTC won the Cucksey Shield again, since exactly 20 years. Spectators roamed throughout the club during the all day tournament.
SHTC also held our senior club championships with a mixed doubles, men's and women's singles tournament and a men's and women's doubles tournament. In addition to club champs winners trophies, we also offer trophies to other categories to encourage participation and good sportsmanship e.g. Most Improved player award, Best team captain award, Tennis Nut award and the Betty Fyers award for behind the scenes contributions.
SHTC rent out the downstairs tenancy to a Peak Fitness Club who run a fitness club for the community and are also closely linked with membership and tennis fitness activities for members and the community. The club rooms are available to local interest groups for hire/ use e.g. The Pakuranga Netball Club held their monthly meeting during the 2016/2017 season.
SHTC hosted a successful open day this season with a BBQ and free coaching from our resident coaches from Kiwi Tennis to provide an opportunity for involvement of new members and existing members for a tune up.
SHTC rent out the downstairs tenancy to a Peak Fitness Club who run a fitness club for the community and are also closely linked with membership and tennis fitness activities for members and the community. The club rooms are available to local interest groups for hire/ use e.g. The Pakuranga Netball Club held their monthly meeting during the 2016/2017 season.
SHTC hosted a successful open day this season with a BBQ and free coaching from our resident coaches from Kiwi Tennis to provide an opportunity for involvement of new members and existing members for a tune up.
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We have an annual quiz night for members and their families, this fun night is great for fundraising and a very sociable way to get to know other members.
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Kiwi Tennis are offering 3 levels of group coaching for those seniors interested in improving as well as individual coaching sessions. We have two new coaches that have joined this year. Our club coach Gabriel Hernandez is also playing senior interclub tennis for us this season and his playing has helped two teams get promoted in their ‘promotion relegation’ grade.
This season SHTC celebrated 50 years of being up and running. We held a day of activities at the club including compiling a photo album of the club history, this was followed by an evening of food and drinks.
This season SHTC celebrated 50 years of being up and running. We held a day of activities at the club including compiling a photo album of the club history, this was followed by an evening of food and drinks.
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SHTC also offered a one off coaching seminar on the 30th April (at Sunnyhills tennis club) to all levels of club members and our local clubs and community from our local Caro Bowl veteran and former pro player Sacha Jones, including her brother G.D Jones. This involved a two hour coaching session followed by a BBQ to help Sacha raise funds for a non profit organisation she started called RealYou - an online platform that aims to inform, support and inspire young Kiwi women, with friend Stephanie Hughes in October 2016. Jones says the aim for RealYou in 2017 is to spread the word, so that young women can hear about it and use it as a resource to get support. "We're going into schools and talking to groups of athletes about our own experiences and about developing self worth, confidence and inner resources for happiness”.
