Congratulations to Coburg players who made TTA’s National Veterans rankings in December 2022; a tremendous effort!

Over 30 Men’s: Craig Carter #1; Partha Gogoi #3

Over 30 Women’s: Cheryl Huang #1

Over 40 Men’s: Partha Gogoi #3

Over 40 Women’s: Belgin Bennett #5

Over 50 Men’s: Adrien Shneir #7; John Griffiths #12

Over 50 Women’s: Belgin Bennett #2

Brian

Hi Club Members,

Please note the Club will be closing at 9pm on Thursday December 22 and reopening on Wednesday January 4, 2023.

Volunteers are required from 9pm on Thursday night (December 22) to assist Bruce pack up the tables and wax the playing floor. Can you help???

Regards

Brian

Congratulations to all players who made the finals of our Spring pennant. Results were:

Section 1

• Winners: Yousef Hassan/Bradley Paton
• Runners-up: Craig Carter/Ray Myrteza
• Leading Player: Craig Carter

Section 2

• Winners: Josh Cheung/Oscar Teakle (filling in for Jason Loong)
• Runners-up: Aoun Muhammad/Jian Guo Liu
• Leading Player: Jian Guo Liu & Andres Vergara Iregui

Section 3

• Winners: Mehdi Ghanizadeh/Dominic McDonnell
• Runners-up: Terry Ninolakis/Abdul Ghafoor
• Leading Player: Terry Ninolakis

Section 4

• Winners: Sujan Thapa/Rafiq Punjwani
• Runners-up: Jacob Rossignuolo/Clint Daulo
• Leading Player: Jacob Rossignuolo, Rafi Punjwani & Lai Hua Wang

Section 5

• Winners: Sanjay Hadiya/Sujai Chilakuri
• Runners-up: Gerry Ma/Kevin Watson
• Leading Player: Phil Marchant

Section 6

• Winners: Yilch Coruk/Umut Senturk
• Runners-up: Andre Mohebbi/Morgan Zhou
• Leading Player: Ilyas Sheikh

Friday Section 1

• Winners: Dean Packer/Tony Lim
• Runners-up: Charles Mistica/Jesse Zhen
• Leading Player: Harry Spencer & Jesse Zhen

Brian

Thank you to everyone for their participation yesterday at our 2022 Club Championships. It was a very successful day with over seventy players taking part. Special thanks to Kameron Chan who ran the event and ensured everything went smoothly. Thanks also to Zach Anstey for all his efforts in helping to organise the event.

Open Singles

• Winner: Craig Carter
• Runner-up: Yousef Hassan

Ladies Singles

• Winner: Melisa Cawood
• Runner-up: Marina Lum

Veteran’s (>40) Singles

• Winner: Yigang Frank Zhao
• Runner-up: Adrien Shnier

Junior (<18) Singles

• Winner: Ahmed Hassan
• Runner-up: Oscar Teakle

Junior (<18) Novice Singles

• Winner: William Lin
• Runner-up: Long Nguyen

Open Doubles

• Winners: Zach Anstey/Rhys Thomas
• Runners-up: Ahmed Hassan/Dib Hassan

Restricted (MAX 1300) Doubles

• Winners: Melisa Cawood/Ashley Xu-Summers
• Runners-up: Renato Ferrante/Adwait Vaidya

Division 2 (<1700) Singles

• Winner: Brian Berry
• Runner-up: Adrien Shneir

Division 3 (<1400) Singles

• Winner: Steve Pham
• Runner-up: Yun Owen Yan

Division 4 (<1200) Singles

• Winner: Andre Mohebbi
• Runner-up: Marina Lum

Division 5 (<1000) Singles

• Winner: Harry Spencer
• Runner-up: Hao J Lin

Junior Novice Consolation

• Winner: Thomas Starkey
• Runner-up: Sarvesh Swaminathan

Hope to see everyone back in 2023.

Brian

TTA and the National Selection Panel are pleased to announce the year end National Veterans Rankings (see attached).

Congratulations to all players who achieved a ranking, especially those who have finished 2022 ranked as number 1 in Australia:

• Over 30 Men’s: Craig Carter (VIC)
• Over 30 Women’s: Cheryl Huang (VIC)
• Over 40 Men’s: Paul Langley (SA)
• Over 40 Women’s: Amy Zhang (NSW)
• Over 50 Men’s: Paul Langley (SA)
• Over 50 Women’s: Amy Zhang (NSW)
• Over 60 Men’s: Craig Campbell (WA)
• Over 60 Women’s: Joanna Ma (NSW)
• Over 65 Men’s: Craig Campbell (WA)
• Over 65 Women’s: Kay Crowell (SA)
• Over 70 Men’s: James Wong (NSW)
• Over 70 Women’s: Elfrida Kalich (NT)
• Over 75 Men’s: Hans Wetsteyn (NSW)
• Over 75 Women’s: Julie Coombes (SA)
• Over 80 Men’s: Igor Klaf (VIC)
• Over 80 Women’s: Gwenda Rapley (SA)
• Over 85 Men’s: Gordon Lee (WA)
• Over 85 Women’s: Roma James (WA)

This information has also been shared on the TTA website and social media platforms.

Hi Club Members,

An opportunity exists for a Club member to fill the vacant Secretary’s position. If you are in interested in this role, please contact either Brian Zammit (0492 904 954) or Mark Chilcott (0435 452 274) for further details.

Secretary poster

https://www.centurytyres.com.au/

Coburg TTC would like to thank club member Onsy Ibrahim and Century Premium Tyres for their 2022 sponsorship. Not just tyres!

Be sure to visit Onsy at 370 Lygon Street Brunswick for all your car servicing, wheel alignment, mechanical repairs, roadworthy checks air-conditioning servicing, automotive keys, fault diagnosis and tyres needs. All tyre brands stocked!

Semi-finals will be played on Tuesday November 29. Start times as usual: Sections 1, 3 & 5 at 7pm; Sections 2, 4 & 6 at 8.30pm.

Section 1: Rocky Chen/Justin Kwan vs Yousef Hassan/Bradley Paton; Michael Huang/Ahmed Hassan vs Craig Carter/Ray Myrteza

Section 2: Joshua Cheng/Jason Loong vs Domenic Gallicchio/TBC; Jian Guo Liu/Aoun Mohammad vs Chris Lim/Andy Liu

Section 3: Terry Ninolakis/Abdul Ghafoor vs Steve Pham/Oscar Teakle; Mehdi Ghanizadeh/Dominic McDonnell vs John Scott/Jim Kilderry

Section 4: Sujan Thapa/Rafiq Punjwani vs Pol Liwanag/Ned Vrabac; Mark Chilcott/James Wong vs Jacob Rossignuolo/Clint Daulo

Section 5: Sanjay Hadiya/Sujai Chilakuri vs Aron Lewin/Zac Goldberg; Paul Barsha/Mike Kredinac vs Kevin Watson/ Gerry Ma

Section 6: Louise Antonovich/Melisa Ball vs Morgan Zhou/Andre Mohebbi; Yilch Coruk/Umut Senturk vs Harry Luo/ Rayaan Gogoi

Brian