Te Puke Tennis Club

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TE PUKE SENIORS WEEKEND 2026

Saturday 5th of September Men’s and Ladies Doubles
Sunday 6th of September Mixed doubles.

$35 one event, $60 for two events (per player)
Free lunch and other bites

Enter online https://tnz.tournamentsoftware.com/tournament/E6A584FF-9FC3-4ECD-AA2C-D00FE251A2D8 or contact Sean Perry.

Looking forward to seeing you all there 🎾

ADULT COACHING LESSONS

Our coach Grant is running another round of adult coaching lessons, starting Thursday 6th of August.

Session details:
When: Thursdays, 6:00–7:00 pm
Duration: 6 weeks
If a session is cancelled due to rain, it will be rescheduled to the following week until all six sessions have been completed.
Cost: $120 per player
Minimum numbers: 4 players

These sessions are suitable for players who can already keep a rally going. Please contact Grant on 02102871170 if you are keen to join or write your name down at the club house.

TE PUKE SENIORS WEEKEND 2026

Saturday 5th of September Men’s and Ladies Doubles
Sunday 6th of September Mixed doubles.

$35 one event, $60 for two events (per player)
Free lunch and other bites

Enter online https://tnz.tournamentsoftware.com/tournament/E6A584FF-9FC3-4ECD-AA2C-D00FE251A2D8 or contact Sean Perry.

Looking forward to seeing you all there 🎾

Te Puke Tennis Club - Mens Doubles Championship.

To finish the quest for club honours, the Mens Doubles title was held this morning at the club.

Lining up in the final was Dan Schluter and Dennis Powell - already multiple winners of this title - versus Michael McClutchie and Bruce Wilkins.

Bruce had won the doubles before with club coach Grant Rau but he and Mike have not played too many competitive matches together. This maybe showed in the first set which Dan and Dennis took comfortably 6-1.

The second set saw Mike and Bruce's match fitness come through whilst some of Dan and Dennis's touches around net weren't quite coming off as well as in the first set. 6-3 Mike &Bruce.

In the final set 10 point breaker, Mike & Bruce kept up the momentum from the previous set and went into a 4-0 lead. Dan and Dennis went some way to pe***ng them back but on match point big Mike M came up with an unanswerable serve - aced out the match!

Final score: 1-6, 6-3, 10-5

By all accounts it was match played in good spirits with some hard rallies from the back and front of the court.

Well played guys and congrats Mike and Bruce - 1st time winning pair.

Te Puke Tennis Club singles Championships 2026.

Great day at Te Puke which saw Grant Rau claim his 4th Mens singles title at the club.

Play started early for a Sunday, but the weather was perfect.

Skylar Petri played in the mens draw to give her match practice and finished off with her best match of the day vs her coach Grant - who she had led 4-3 at one stage.

Andre Van Der Merwe - a new member at Te Puke finished second and ran Grant the closest on the day 9-6 with a magic mixture of topspin, drop shots and a demon serve (which he must have copied off Krygios on Youtube) and he finished 2nd - well done Andre!

Grant Ngatai - keen as mustard came away with a win too. His lefty craft and deft use of his lob and dropshot makes him a danger.

Many thanks for the support from the sidelines, keen grandparents Dennis and Mum Kimberley Jayne - who will see Skylar win many more things in the future.

And all the participants - make sure we are all set for Mens Doubs next weekend!

Some pics from the day.

DANIEL FAMILY TENNIS TOURNAMENT

The lovely Daniel family is organizing an awesome Seniors tournament Saturday 20th and Sunday 21th of June at Tauranga Lawn. Including a free dinner on Saturday. Great prizes, people, food and games! Enter online https://tnz.tournamentsoftware.com/tournament/D3B231E4-6169-4B48-A0B2-64A5F81E33E4

Craig Harris Memorial 2026

Mixed Doubles Tournament - Sunday 24th March.

A MUCH better weather outlook in terms of Sun versus rain only marred by some gusty wind playing around with peoples otherwise good serving actions!!

The Division 1 final was touch and go between local favourite Lindy and scratch partner Marcus Philpott. Glenn and Janine led for good portions of the match and produced some of the best tennis I have seen from them but at the end they were pipped by years of match craft from Lindy and just wide eyed- cant believe im here - magic from Marcus. No-one deserved to lose in the 11-9 classic

Division 2. JAN skrip and Anna Green were in a class of their own taking out their Division convincingly. MARILYN AND Richard defied the seedings taking some good scalps on the way to get to the final.

We havent got as many pictures of the winners and runners up but here are the results:

DIVISION 1:
Winners - Marcus Philpott (Rotorua) & Lindy Underwood (Te Puke TC)
Runners Up - Janine Sax and Glenn Livingstone (Tauranga Lawn)
Flight Winner - Kevin Reiher & Janis Smith (Gate Pa) bt Quentin Maisey (GP)and Jenni Hampshire (Te Te Puke Tennis Club in an 11-8 epic
PLATE winner - Bruce & Andrea Wilkins (Te Puke)
Cons: Terry Faulkner (TL)and Lorraine vs Sasha (Tauranga Lawn) and Kimberley Rarere (GP)

Divison 2
Winners: Jan Skrip (Mount Maunganui) & Anna Green
Runners Up: Richard Inder (Te Puke) & Marilyn Wood ( Mount)
FLIGHT winner - Jeff Zhang & Marcia Warren
Plate Winner - Nigel Haggard & Gail Paskin
Consolation.- Manual & Donna Jarden

Thanks for supporting us for another year and we will see you all next time.

Craig Harris Memorial Tournament 2026.

Initially the weather didnt help us with persistent showers but everyone just got on the court ready to go!

The day brightened up which meant we got everything done with only about an hour of floodlight.

Thank you for everyone who travelled today from as far as Cambridge, North Harbour, Omokoroa Tc and Whakatane.

Also great attendance - and vocal support! - from Rotorua TC, Gate Pa and Otumoetai.

Womens Div 1
Winner - Lindy Underwood & Marieke Smal (Te Puke)
Runners Up - Mandy Dolan (North Harbour) & Nicky Matheson ( Otumoetai)
3rd - Olivia Desset and Kelly Newman (Omokoroa Tc)

Womens Division 2
Winner Sinee Morgan (Te Puke Tennis Club ) & Kimberley Rarere (Gate Pa)
RUNNERS up Hannah Gibbs & Sabrina Montgomery (Gate Pa)
3rd Marleen Dor & Teresa Warren (Whakatane)

Mens Div 1
Winners Sean Perry (Te Puke) & Andy Wills (Papamoa TC)
RUNNERS up Larry Seales ; QUENTIN Maisey (Gate Pa)
3rd Mike Mclutchie & Grant Ngatai (Te Puke)

MENS Div 2
WINNERS - Gordon Avery & Bruce Wilkins (Te Puke)
Runners Up - David Brake and Alby Tipiwai (Rotorua Tc)

Again we really appreciate everyone who supported our event.

Thanks go out to Kathy Harris, organisers Lloyd, Lindy, Marieke, Sean and Jenni. Kitchen staff for the most wonderful lunch and snacks Lynne Avery, Kathy Harris & Vianne Miller

PLUS special Thanks to Turu Daniel who got a load of entries for us right at the last minute - what a wonderful tennis family they are x

All the best

TE Puke TC

WINTER ADULT COACHING
Starting this Thursday 14th of May (6-7pm) for 6 weeks. Players must be able to keep a rally going. Cost is $120 per player, minimum of 4 players required. Contact Grant on 02102871170 to register! 🎾