HBLTS Tennis Club Championships will take place this year in the 10-day period Thursday 23 March to Saturday 1 April 2017. The rules for the Championships are below; please read them carefully before entering. 
Carroll Haseltine will once again act as Tournament Controller. Thank you very much Carroll for volunteering to run the competition. 
To enter, contact Carroll (836 7158, 021 208 9385) or Tony (021 773 683), email club@hblts.co.nz, or add your names to the sheets that will be displayed on the Club notice board.
Although these are the Senior Club Championships, entries are welcome from Junior members who are good enough to compete, and of these we have many! 
The more entries we have, the better event this will be for the whole club, so please do consider putting your name in. Each year, many players compete for the first time, and really enjoy taking an active part, win or lose. 
Let’s make our Club Championship the spectacle that it deserves to be!

Congratulations to our Men's teams in Senior Tennis Interclub this season. We entered two teams in both Premier and Reserve grade and ended up winning both competitions. HBLT Premiers 1 were captained by Ra McFarland whereas Mark Mahoney captained  HBLT Reserve 1. Thanks to Ra and Mark and also Allen Hokai and Tony Denton for stepping up to organise and lead our teams.

Despite blustery conditions, 36 pairs battled it out on Saturday 29 October in the club's annual doubles tournament. 58 games were played between 9.00am and 4.30pm, the end time predicted by Club Captain Tony Denton in his opening speech! The credit for that, and our thanks are due to event controllers Peter Sutherland and Paul McAuley. Elaine and Javaan deserve special mention for serving food all day as do Ron Rench and John Maxwell for their sausage sizzle.

Thanks to all the participants, to our sponsor Langley Twigg Law, without whom we would not be able to give such generous prizes, and congratulations to the winners, namely:

Men's A                      
Winners:    Russell Broughton & Luke Donovan        
Runners up:    Zac Atkins & Andrew Shand        
Plate:   Allen Hokai & Shane Aitchison        
                      
Ladies' A            
Winners:   Carole Rowsell & Louise Reynolds            
Runners up:    Victoria Kerrison & Stacey Skilton         
Special Plate:   Cathy Clarkson & Linda Brown            
Plate:     Helen Roper & Alison Timms        
Consolation:    Sophia Nash & Rileigh Knapp        
            
Men's B            
Winners:   Hamish Stewart & Mark Mahoney            
Runners up:    Ross McDonald & Thomas McDonald         
Special Plate:   Stephen Underhill & Mike Roberts            
Plate:     Greg Margerison & Tony Verry         
Consolation:    Tom Carey & Andrew Hooper            
                     
Ladies' B            
Winners:   Joan Matherson & Marcia Mabey             
Runners up:    Mandy White & Annie Dennehy         
Plate :    Jane Davison & Kristen Nash         

Marie Karl and former Lawn Tennis member Fiona Moody with the Davis cup in Worthing, UK. 

On 19 October, we hosted ​the HB Primary and Intermediate Schools finals; a great way to promote HBLTS and its facilities.
It was also a great coup for us, and in particular our coach Simon Winter that all four singles finalists came from HBLTS.
The two finalists in the Primary School division were River Apatu and Charlie Nash
The two finalists in the Intermediate School division were also from HB Lawn: Luke Winter and Ben Hansen.
Congratulations to all juniors from HBLTS who took part, to their parents for their support, and a special word for River and Luke who took the prizes.