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Tennis Auckland Prizegiving

Friday 14 May 2010, 10:43AM

By Dave Worsley

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AUCKLAND

New Zealand women’s No1 Sacha Jones was named Tennis Auckland Player of the Year and Cockle Bay the Club of the Year at the prizegiving awards last night.

Jones, 19 reached a career high ranking of 157 earlier this year, winning four consecutive ITF tournaments and becoming the nations top player for the first time. She is currently recovering from an injury. The junior male player of the year went to Adam Lee, who is the national champion from the Pompallier club while Imogen Golder from Mission Bay who is now on a scholarship at Purdue University in the United States was the girls junior player of the year.

The Junior Interclub Club of the Year was won by Campbell Park with the senior award going to Jellicoe Park in Manurewa. The overall Auckland Club of the Year was awarded to Cockle Bay Tennis Club in Pakuranga who improved their facilities as well as gained a large number of new members and showed improved organisation and administration. A total of 34 clubs out of 46 possible entrants gained awards.


Tennis Auckland Prizegiving 2009/2010, Sacrbro Tennis Centre.

Auckland Junior Boy Player of the Year - The Ray Rodgers Trophy. Adam Lee

Auckland Junior Girl Player of the Year – Jean Ferrier Trophy – Imogen Golder

Auckland Tennis “Player of the Year Award” Jack & Gwen Glenie Trophy – Sacha Jones.

Chris Lewis Honours Award (highest ranked junior boys and junior girl on the ITF world rankings as at the end of 2009):

Boy - Sebastian Lavie

Girls - Imogen Golder

Club Awards:

Club Spirit, Jellico Park

Facilities Award, Bucklands Beach

Club Administrator, Koru

Marketing, Promotion & Membership, Cockle Bay.

Club Events, Remuera

Club Volunteer, Brian Craig(Cockle Bay)

Club Coach, Mike Frankle(Cockle Bay)


Interclub:

Winter Interclub:

Men’s Singles; Section 1, Mission Bay 1, Section 2, Remuera 2, Section 3, Mission Bay 2, Section 4, Cockle Bay.

Women’s Singles; Section 1, Herne Bay, Section 2, Orakei.

Men’s doubles, Cockle Bay 1/Macleans.

Women’s doubles 1, Cockle Bay /Macleans.

Women’s doubles 2, Campbell Park.

Mixed; Section 1, Mission Bay 1, Section 2, Parnell 1, Section 3, Parnell 2, Section 4, Jellicoe Park.

Super Tennis – Doubles Competition:

Super Men 1, Ngatira 1, Men 2, Eden Epsom,

Super Women’s 1, Kohimarama 1, Women’s 2, Otahuhu.

Presidents Grades:

Open 6, Manurewa 3, Open 5, Titirangi 2, Open 4, Kohimarama, Open 3, West Harbour 1, Open 2, Karaka, Open 1, Lynfield 1.

Presidents A (Unity Shield), Mangere Combined

Dennis Ferrier Cup, Bucklands Beach

Interclub Singles Competitions:

Women’s Open 5, Te Atatu, Open 4, Sunnyhills 1, Open 3, Koru, Open 2, Mission Bay 2, Open 1, Glendowie 1.

Men’s Open 10, Howick 4, Open 9 Herne Bay 4, Open 8, Sunnyhills 3, Open 7, New Lynn, Open 6, Pompallier 3, Open 5, Clevedon 1, Open 4, Glendowie 2, Open 3, Jellicoe Park 2, Open 2, Pakuranga 1, Open 1, Pompallier 1.

Second Grade Men, Lynfield, first grade, Gladstone 2.

First Grade Women, Royal Oak.

Scarbro Junior Caro Bowl Boys – Remuera 1, Girls, Royal Oak 1.

Caro Bowl Reserve Men, West End, Women, Royal Oak.

Scarbro Caro Bowl:

Men; runner up Parnell, winner West End

Women; runner up Royal Oak, winner Parnell.

Junior Interclub Club of the Year;

Campbell Park.

Senior Interclub Club of the Year;

Jellicoe Park.

Tennis Auckland Club of the Year – Alan White Trophy

Cockle Bay Tennis Club