1 August 2009
The Jacques Cochonnet Trophy merry-go-round continues as Silverstream lost their first defence to Kapiti. This is Kapiti's first win of the Jacques Cochonnet Trophy in twelve matches.
Results (Silverstream names first)
Singles: Jean Hamilton vs. Rex Hayes 2-13, 8-13, 6-13;
Doubles: Brian Bradburn/Tim Lovell-Smith vs. Jan McHardy/Harl Stevens 13-7, 1-13, 13-10;
Triples: Claire Bradburn/John Hall/Barry Sarney vs. Kath Alison/Kaye Alison/Terry Dawson 13-8, 11-13, 5-13.
Score: Silverstream 3, Kapiti 6
Kapiti's first defence is at home to Manawatu.
Note: The draw for Round 13 has been updated to reflect Kapiti's status as Holder.
3 August 2009
Dirk Winnie will be running two Regional training days on Sunday 6 September and Saturday 17 October. The sessions will run from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. These sessions are open to all WPA Members. The cost is $5.00 per person per session. The venue will be advised later.
9 August 2009
The Award winners have been announced. Certificates were presented to several of the category winners during a break in the Winter Doubles.
10 August 2009
The list of players registered for the 2009-10 Open representation process are:
Claire Bradburn, Roberta Campbell, Sharon Cannon, Janet Hackett, Pamela Jenkins, Barbara Johnston, Joanne Lippard, Barbara Lucus-Creagh, Laurel Priestley, Bethne Rouse, Christine Strichen, Tina Targett, Christine Taylor, Claire Wilson.
Ian Baker, Maurice Belz, Michael Emerson, Christian Fouquet, Grant Hackett, Jared Handford, David Lippard, Andre Noel, Gordon Ogden, Michael Rocks, Ron Sandilands, Brian Smith, Richard Swaney, Lee Taffard, John Targett, Richard Turfrey, Dirk Winnie.
Details of the players who have put their names forward for the Senior representation process have not yet been released.
12 August 2009
The list of players registered for the 2009-10 Senior representation process are:
Kath Alison, Marilyn Bunce, Diane Findlay, Myrine Gilbert, Gwen Carruthers, Helene Hay, Sandra Hay, Pat Jamieson, Bev Kendall, Catherine Maher, Margaret Maher, Joan Miller, Margaret Mordecai, Sue Neilson, Jean Parley, Mary Robertson, Shirley Selwyn, Ann Shields, Aileen Simpson, Mavis Thompson;
Kaye Alison, Bob Bridge, Charles Brock, Colin Bunce, Terry Dawson, Keith Dixon, Andrew Findlay, Lorne Gordon Watkins, Pete Hamilton, Doug Hay, Ian Hay, Lindsay Hay, Rex Hayes, Arnold Lander, Bob McCarthy, Graeme Morris, Trevor Neilson, Paul O'Connor, Bill Peachey, Malcolm Pfahlert, Ray Pierce, Ralph Priddle, Jim Shields, Tony Wilkinson.
15 August 2009
The 100th Jacques Cochonnet Trophy challenge saw Kapiti become the first team to successfully defend the Trophy at home in over a year when they defeated Manawatu by 7 games to 2.
Results (Kapiti names first)
Singles: Harl Stevens vs. Don Thompson 13-8, 12-13, 13-0;
Doubles: Morgan Choveaux/Rex Hayes vs. Ian Bailey/Rachel Gorniot 13-11, 9-13, 13-7;
Triples: Kath Alison/Kaye Alison/Terry Dawson vs. Steve Frampton/Cath Hughes/Les Little 13-4, 13-3, 13-6.
Score: Kapiti 7, Manawatu 2
Kapiti's next defence is at home to Park Avenue.
13 August 2009
The results from the Final round pools.
August 2009
The minutes of the WPA meeting held on 25 June 2009 are attached.
Beverley Mason
Secretary, WPA
16 August 2009
Presentations were made to Club representatives at two sesions in Silverstream and Otaki over the weekend. Clubs will be asked to vote on the acceptenace of the Plan at the 24 September WPA Meeting.
Copies of the Plan have been sent to all Club contacts. Strategic Plan.
19 August 2009
The Winter Doubles points table has been updated to include the Round 4 results.
26 August 2009
The third annual Wellington-Auckland match will be played at the Park Avenue terrain on Saturday 29 & Sunday 30 August. The start time is 9:30 am both days.
On Saturday the format is 2 rounds of Singles and 3 rounds of Doubles. The format on Sunday is 4 rounds of Triples.
The overall series result is 1-1 with each region winning the home tie. Come along and support the Wellington region team.
29 August 2009
At the end of the first day's play Auckland holds a narrow lead over Wellington (50 points to 40 points).
30 August 2009
The Chanticleer Cup has been retained by Auckland. Going into the Triples rounds, Auckland needed to win eleven of the twenty-four games to retain the Cup while Wellington needed to win fourteen games to win the match.
After three rounds of play, both teams has won nine games which meant that Wellington had to win at least five of the last six games. Unfortunately, the weather which had been been slowly deteriorating, became truly awful with driving rain. The two Senior Triples were quickly shared 1-1, which left Auckland just one win away from victory. Wellington lost three of the remaining four games and the final game was abandoned at 9-9.
31 August 2009
Michael Rocks will be running a new series of four coaching sessions on Wednesday evenings during October for intermediate level players who wish to improve their skills. The sessions are limited to 12 players. First preference will be given to those players who who have not attended previous sessions. If there is sufficient interest a follow-up series will be held in the New Year.
31 August 2009
Dirk Winnie will be running a Regional training day on Sunday 6 September at Park Avenue. The session will run from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. The session is open to all WPA Members. The cost is $5.00 per person.
