Editor: Val Crook. Phone: 4454 4160 Email: valcrook@bigpond.com Website: www.mudta.com.au Club Email: mudta@westnet.com.au Club President: Pauline McIlveen 0439 919 393 Club Secretary Lynne Hill 4455 3369 Deadline for next Tattler 27 May 2019

Milton-Ulladulla District Tennis Association Inc.

P O Box 193 Ulladulla NSW 2539

Clubhouse Phone: 4455 4593

Volume 7, Issue 149 April 2019

BIRTHDAY ROLL CALL Best wishes to all May

Birthday Celebrators and Special

wishes to all Big “O” days.

May 1 Ken Allsopp

Dianne Bryant

Emily Upsall

Torah Upsall

2 Donna Davis

Joel Fletcher (40)

Andrew Gunn

3 Barry Ryan

4 Paul Metzler

Byron Powell

8 Chris Martin

12 Judy Berle

15 Marilyn Bohle

16 Faye Giles

Linda King

Norma Neil

18 Narelle Magnusson

19 Daniel Bergin (10)

Robert McAneny

20 Peter Head

21 Karen Jones

24 Diane Farmilo

Richard Giles

Sonya Limbrick

27 Bev Magee

28 Mike Brown

29 Anton Willett

30 Ryan Murphy

Scott Smart

31 Dorothy Ford

123 Princes Highway

Burrill Lake NSW 2539

Tel: 02 4455 1621

Fax: 02 4454 4197

Email: reception@bungalow-park.com.au

“Level 3 Good Sports Accredited Club”

To cure your tyre’s baldness

Contact

Luke & The Crew

74 Princes Highway

Ulladulla. NSW 2539

Tel: (02) 4455 4435

ROUND 2

Adult club members are invited to be part

of this monthly challenge match between

our clubs. An acceptable standard of play is

required and if you would like to be in-

volved with the return challenge match, let

Kevin know ASAP or put your name on the

sheet on the noticeboard. Play will com-

mence at 1pm with a BBQ at the end of

play.

ROUND 1.

The first in a series of monthly social tennis

matches between the Ulladulla Club and

the Bateman’s Bay club was held on Satur-

day 23 March at Batemans Bay. This had

been organised between our coach Kev

Murphy and the Bay club president Garry

McNally.

There were 4 ladies and 10 men from Ul-

ladulla who played at the inter club social

event. As it was the first time it was run,

there was no format for the day but just

social sets of the ladies playing together, the

men and then mixed which allowed organis-

ers to get a feel for the grading of all for

future matches.

The winning Club on the day was decided

on the match between club presidents and

their partners with Ulladulla’s Pauline McIl-

veen and Kev Murphy defeating Garry

McNally and his partner Deb.

Thanks go to Bateman’s Bay club member

Mark Hood who sponsored the day by

supplying the meat and salads for dinner

after the match.

ULLADULLA VERSUS BATEMANS BAY

CHALLENGE

RETURN MATCH AT ULLADULLA SATURDAY 11 MAY 2019

ALL PLAYERS COMPETING

IN CLUB COMPETITIONS

MUST BE REGISTERED

MEMBERS OF THE CLUB.

THIS RULE ALSO APPLIES

TO PLAYERS NOMINATING

AS RESERVES

Players for Social groups:.

Friday morning from 8am. Men and ladies.

This group of older players play for exercise

and social interaction. Contact Shane on 4454

1759 for more information.

Saturday afternoon from 1pm. Men’s, la-

dies and mixed doubles. All standards catered

for. Contact Lynne on 4455 3369 or 0413

585 471.

It is with

sadness that

we report the passing

of our dear past mem-

ber, Ron Maddox, on

the weekend of 27-28

April. Ron was into his

94th year and had con-

tinued to play tennis

with the Thursday morning men’s social

group up until 2012 and would often call up

to the courts to have a coffee and chat with

the boys after that.

Ron moved to Ulladulla from Mt. Isa in 1984

and joined the tennis club where he became

part of that community volunteering to help

in any way he could. He was a great one for

encouraging people to buy raffle tickets at our

tournaments and to chat and encourage our

junior players. He contributed to the cost of

their annual Xmas party as well as playing the

role of Santa Claus on a number of occasions.

Ron also attended our annual Cancer Council

charity day where he loved to talk to the

ladies and again he was very generous with his

contributions. We will miss you Ron.

RIP RON MADDOX

Team 1 - Simon, Jo, Kristy & Julie. 33½ pts

Team 2 - Blondinau, Melissa, Sue & Elanna. 19 pts

Team 3 - Donohue, Jenny, Mary Lou & Susie 35 pts Team 4 - Shalhoub, Jan, Naomi & Sonya. 38½ pts

Competition will resume on May 2 and Jo, Kristy and Julie are on duty.

Starting at 7pm we are usually finished by 9pm. If you are considering

playing it’s not too late to become a reserve to help out when players

are unavailable.

Contact the competition co-ordinator Sue Pascoe on 0448 738 245

DIVISION 1 DIVISION 2

Team 1 - Cassidy, 27 pts Team 1 - Clough, 12 pts

Team 2 - Crook, 15 pts Team 2 - Donohue, 23 pts

Team 3 - Stiller, 39 pts Team 3 - Dunn, 37 pts

Team 4 - Loves, 37 pts Team 4 - Hargreaves, 41 pts

Team 5 - Mennie, 35 pts Team 5 - Pascoe, 32 pts

Team 6 - Rejc, 19 pts Team 6 - Potts, 30 pts

Team 7 - Rutherford, 41 pts

MONDAY LADIES COMPETITION SPONSORED BY

POINT SCORES AT 8 APRIL 2019

THURSDAY NIGHT LADIES COMPETITION

POINT SCORES AT 11 APRIL 2019

The final of the summer season of the Monday Night competi-

tion was held on April 8 between the teams of Paul Metzler,

Rob Hargreaves, Darren Wray and Dave Schultz against Nick Marsh (filling in for Mark Stiller) , Natasha Phillips-Edgar, Ben

Hatcher and Henry Carroll.

The match was anyone’s after the first 3 sets with both teams

having won 15 games each. However strong play from the young

guns Natasha and Henry in the last 3 sets saw their team pull

away by 38 games to 25 with Henry winning all of his sets adding

24 games to the winners score and Natasha showing she can

mix it with the best on the courts.

It was great to see most of the other players also there on the

night who enjoyed a social hit and stayed for the celebrations

and presentations afterwards.

The Autumn comp started on April 29 so contact Kev 0417 359

721 if you’d like to play as a reserve. New players always wel-

come; however, you must be a club member to participate.

MONDAY NIGHT MEN’S COMPETITION

FINALS RESULTS - 8 APRIL 2019

You can do so by contacting any of the following:

Monday Ladies Comp. Mary-Lou 0426 828 341

or 4454 2620

Monday Night Men’s Time Tennis Kevin 0417 359 721

Tuesday Morning Mixed Social Lynne 4455 3369

or turn up at 8.30am

Wednesday Morning Men’s Club Social Doug 0418 448 789

Wednesday Night Mixed Time Tennis Ross 0490 001 543

Thursday Night Ladies Comp Sue 4455 3189

Friday Morning Mixed Social - 8am Shane 4454 1759

Saturday Morning Junior Comp Kevin 0417 359 721

Saturday Morning Beginners Kevin 0417 359 721

Saturday Afternoon Club Social Div. 1 Doug 0418 448 789

Saturday Afternoon Club Social Div. 2 Lynne 4455 3369

Anyone with enquiries should phone the relevant person.

For general court hire come on up to the pro shop area at the

courts and follow the instructions for court hire.

DO YOU WANT TO PLAY MORE TENNIS?

MUDTA

Sat May 4 Junior Winter Comp starts

Sat May 11 Ulladulla versus Batemans Bay Challenge

Thurs May 23 Annual Cancer Council Fundraiser

Sun June 2 Ulladulla JDS No. 2

Mon June 24 Ladies Comp. finals

Thurs June 27 Ladies Night Comp finals.

Sat June 29 2019/2020 Fees Registration Day

SENIORS

Fri-Sun May 17-19 Picton Seniors R/R NRT 5

Fri-Sun May 17-19 West Port Macquarie Seniors

Sat-Sun May 25-26 West Tamworth Seniors

Sat-Mon June 8-10 Newcastle Mixed Teams

Sat-Sun June 15-16 Lake Macquarie Seniors NRT 6

Fri-Sun June 28-30 Tweed Heads Pro-One ITF GRADE 4

Fri-Sun July 5-7 Batemans Bay Seniors Tournament

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Contact names, telephone numbers, etc. for these events ring Val Crook on 4454 4160

The Victorious Ulladulla Team at the Round 1

Challenge in Batemans Bay.

Back (l-r) Herb Chee, Maureen Mennie,

Kate Rejc, Pauline McIlveen, Lee Dickson,

Peter Head, Alan Pycroft, Ben Van Lierop,

Front (l-r) Phil Bryant, Paul Woodcock,

Mark Hood, Geoff Cook, Doug Parker,

Kev Murphy

(l-r) Natasha Phillips-Edgar, Ben Hatcher, Henry Carroll, Nick Marsh

A reminder that our annual

fund raiser for Cancer Council

Australia, the Biggest Morning

Munch, will be held on Thurs-

day, 23 May 2019.

All club members (male and female) are in-

vited to come along and be part of this fun

couple of hours and you are welcome to

bring a friend or two with you.

Commencing about 11.00am in the club-

house, or on the deck if weather permits.

Cost $10.00. For this you will receive lunch

beautifully prepared by Maureen and Val

comprising a choice of soups and desserts.

A major raffle will be conducted with some

great prizes to be won and these tickets will be on sale in the club house during tennis

days leading up to this day. All monies raised

on the day will be forwarded to the Cancer

Council for cancer research.

Raffles

Lucky Door Prize

Coin Toss Competition + Don’t forget

to bring your gold playing coins

Val’s famous trivia

Prizes for winners

Lots of fun!

Contact:

Val 4454 4160 / Mobile 0408 322 354, or

Bev 4455 5280 / Mobile 0412 027 275 or Maureen 4457 3063 / Mobile 0434 634 818

For further information.

Special dietary needs catered for, just advise.

CANCER COUNCIL MORNING MUNCH

Last month we brought you the story of club

volunteer Per Gunn and the amazing work

he is doing with the garden on the hill behind

courts 8 and 9.

We would like to thank Michael and Linda

Riley who have donated a wooden sign to be

erected in “Per’s Garden”. Michael has a

special talent for creating beauty from timber

and we are fortunate that he had the time to

create this lovely sign in recognition of Per’s

work. We are privileged to have amazing

people in our club.

THANK YOU

Ross John-

son has been

a member of

Milton Ul-

ladulla Dis-

trict Tennis

Association

for many

years and

has played

social tennis

for most of

that time. He plays regularly on Tuesday

mornings, Wednesday nights and Saturday

afternoons and often brings something yum-

my for all the players to share.

Currently Ross runs the Wednesday night

Mixed Social Tennis Group and has been

doing it since 2016. Ross manages the

‘Wednesday Night Social tennis’ Facebook

Page for players to check who is playing each

week and confirm if it will still be on.

Prior to that Ross helped run the Saturday

afternoon group for a few years. He also

helps Lynne on a Tuesday when needed.

Members appreciate the time and effort Ross

gives and especially to enable social tennis to

be played at night, even through the winter.

Thank you Ross.

CLUB VOLUNTEER OF THE MONTH

ROSS JOHNSON

A small group of interested club members

attended this training session on 17 April

conducted by Paramedic Mark, as we now

have a defibrillator located in the clubhouse.

We hope we are never called on to have to

use it, but it is satisfying to know that we

could possibly save a person’s life until the

ambulance and paramedics arrive.

The most important thing to remember is to

assess the patient correctly. They must be

unconscious and have stopped breathing to

require the use of the defibrillator. Com-

mence chest compressions and call 000 im-

mediately whilst someone fetches the def-

ibrillator from the clubhouse. The machine

itself is reasonably easy to use as it steps you

through the procedure visually and audibly.

DEFIBRILLATOR TRAINING

PLAY TENNIS - LIVE LONGER Extracted from a survey conducted by

Steven Salzberg who is the Bloomberg

Distinguished Professor of Biomedical

Engineering, Computer Science & Biosta-

tistics at Johns Hopkins University, USA.

Tennis might just be the best thing you can

do to extend your life. A new study from

Denmark shows that playing tennis may ex-

tend your life by nearly 10 years.

It’s been well established for a while now

that exercise helps you live longer.

The authors of the new study wanted to

look at other sports activities not just run-

ning. In particular they looked at tennis, bad-

minton, soccer, jogging, cycling, calisthenics,

swimming, and health club activities (which

included treadmills, ellipticals and weights).

The bottom line compared to a sedentary

lifestyle, playing tennis extends one’s life

expectancy by 9.7 years. The other sports all

provided benefits too, though tennis was the

clear winner.

Here’s a summary:

Tennis 9.7 years Badminton 6.2 years

Soccer 4.7 years Cycling 3.7 years

Swimming 3.4 years Jogging 3.2 years

Calisthenics 3.1 years Health Club 1.5

years

Surprisingly, one part of the study revealed

that spending more time exercising did not

correlate with the greatest benefits. In fact,

people who spent the longest time on their

exercise was the health club group, who

showed the smallest increase in longevity.

One possible reason for tennis, badminton,

and soccer doing so well is that out of the 8

sports studied, these are the ones that re-

quire 2 or more people and involve social

interaction.

As the authors explain, “belonging to a group that meets regularly promotes a

sense of support, trust, and commonality,

which has been shown to contribute to a

sense of well-being and improved long-term

health”.

Or it might be that the type of exercise you

get in tennis - short bursts of activity rather

than slow, steady plodding exercise - might

be better for you. The authors noted that

“short repeated intervals of higher intensity

exercise appear to be superior to continu-

ous moderate intensity physical activity for

improving outcomes”.

If you’re still sceptical, the only other study

similar to this one, a very large study from

Britain published last year, came to the

same conclusion: racquet sports had the

greatest benefit on all-cause mortality, fol-

lowed by swimming and aerobics.

So if you’re not doing it already, take up

tennis! It’s easy to find clinics and teams at

almost any level thanks to the hundreds of

local clubs with play ranging from beginners

to age groups up to 85 and over.

Maybe tennis players do live longer.

Caveats: this was an observation study, based

on surveys of people’s behaviour over a 25 year

time span. The scientists tried to take into

account all the other variables that might affect

life expectancy, but humans are complicated

and surveys are not entirely reliable. We don't

know that tennis, badminton and the other

sports were the cause of longer life - it might

be that people who play sports are generally

healthier, and that both leads to longer life and

allows them to play more sports.

Players 80-88 years of age 19

75-79 years of age 27

70-74 years of age 48

A total of 94 players from a mem-

bership of 324 which means nearly

a third of our members are over

the age of 70 years. This fine

group of Thursday social men

total 544 years between them.

Ted, Peter, Len, Barry, George,

Col and Warren. Looking good

boys! They say your ears get big-

ger as you age but Len that is

ridiculous.

MUDTA MEMBERS

MUDTA JUNIOR BRANCH NEWS

Sponsored by Baker’s Delight

Start time 8.15am for an 8.30 start. Cost $5 per week. All players must be

registered members of MUDTA, for insurance reasons and to take advantage of

benefits for Junior members.

Annual fee $35.00

Contact

Kevin

0417 359 721

for all Junior

competition

information

The finals of the Spring/Summer competition were held on Saturday the 6th April

with some very close matches coming down to the last set to be played to deter-

mine a winner.

Division one’s team of Tyrone Matthews, Andrew Gunn and Reese Manasseh

gave it their all to win by 25 games to 23 games from Isaiah Lewis, Will Hatcher-

Nee and Elijah Pride. In this match 3 of the 6 clashes finished at 4 games all.

Division Two Byron Powell, Tiahna Pinches, Kolt Pinches and Bailey Bergin had

not lost a match for the whole competition and they also finished on a high de-

feating Poppy Gillespie, A.J. Capogreco, Ashton Gumley and Tayla Makarenko by

37 games to 27 games. This was also a close match with 4 of the 6 sets played

finishing at 4 games each. Tayla, Kolt and Tiahna were all playing in this competi-

tion for the first time.

Congratulations to all players on some great tennis played in a very sportsman-

like manner. Winners and runners-up were presented with trophies by co-

ordinator Kevin Murphy after the game while enjoying a sausage sizzle sandwich.

All existing and potential players please get your names to Kev or write it on the

list as soon as you can so the teams can be organised for the Autumn/Winter

competition beginning after the school holidays on Saturday 4 May.

This is a doubles and singles competition catering for various ages and abilities

over 2 divisions and new players are welcome. For more information contact

Kevin Murphy on 0417 359 721.

(l-r) Div 2 Runners up Tayla Makarenko, Ashton Gumley, Poppy Gillespie, A J Capacrenko, Winners

Bailey Bergin, Tiahna Pinches, Byron Powell, Kolt Pinches with Club Coach Kevin Murphy

BAKERS DELIGHT SATURDAY MORNING JUNIOR COMP

FINALS RESULTS

Saturday morning Hot Shots.

Junior group 8.30-9.30am,

Senior group 9.30-10.30am.

New players welcome anytime.

Kevin is always available for bookings for group and private

lessons

KEVIN MURPHY 0417 359 721

Tennis Australia Qualified

ULLADULLA TENNIS ACADEMY &

KEVIN MURPHY’S TENNIS SCHOOL

SPONSOR OF MUDTA JUNIOR TENNIS

Any parents of junior players who wish to have their

results from tournaments and other events outside

Ulladulla publicised in the local paper, Local Express, on

the website, MUDTA Facebook page or in the Club’s

Tattler in future, will need to personally contact our

publicity officer Jan Shalhoub and provide her with the

relevant details to ensure the accuracy of the infor-

mation. Please email Jan at janshalhoub@iinet.net.au .

PARENTS PLEASE TAKE NOTE

Back (l-r) Isaiah Lewis, Andrew Gunn, Elijah Pride

Front (l-r) Will Hatcher-Nee, Tyrone Matthews, Reece Manessah with Kev Murphy

In a busy weekend for Junior tennis all courts at Ulladul-

la were buzzing on Sunday April 7th for the first of 2

Junior Development Series matches to be held in Ul-

ladulla for the South East region which extends from

Wollongong to Merimbula and west to Goulburn and

the Blue Mountains.

This is a singles only event for boys and girls aged 8 – 18

in a round robin format and was well attended by al-

most 80 players and their families.

Several junior Ulladulla club members participated with

very pleasing results. Thomas Hatcher–Nee won the 12

year boys event and his brother William was a semi-

finalist; Keitara Matthews was a semi-finalist in the 12

years girls singles; Isaiah Lewis reached the semi-finals in

the 18 years boys event and Brock Pearse had an un-

lucky loss in the quarter finals after winning all of his

sets in the lead up.

Other local players who gained valuable experience and

showed strong skills and sportsmanship were Tyrone

Matthews, Tiahna Pinches, Andrew Gunn, Rylan O’Sulli-

van, Kolt Pinches and Sean Donald.

The tournament was very efficiently organised and run

by Kevin Murphy with help from several committee

members and others who provided cakes and slices for

sale in the canteen. Thanks to all involved.

SUCCESSFUL JDS TOURNAMENT AT ULLADULLA.