St George Leagues Club

The St. George Leagues Table Tennis Club Report. 21 September 2010.

The A team of the St. George Leagues Club was un able to win the St. George and Sutherland’s Shire Winter competition due to one of our best player Gary Braker, traveled to China.

But our B team took over and won the Competition,

As usual we congratulate and thanked the players on behave of the sport council committee and the president, Mr. Jim Farmer.

The main players were, Kevin Law, Henry Ng, And John Nawar.

With the Summer competitions, just started we have three teams A,B, and C. We confident they will do their best to represent the spirit of the St George.

We also congratulate Michael Antoun as he selected to represent NSW in the 050 Men’s team at the Australian veterans Open Table Tennis Championship being held at Melbourne Victoria.

The Players of the A grade teams practice every Monday night and compete on Tuesday at the Hurstville Aquatic Centre.
The Secretary I. Bazzi.

SQUASH CLUB
We have 6 teams in the 2010 Spring Pennant comp. At present Dave Armstrong’s Div 6 team is coming 2nd. Paul Wright’s Div 9 team is coming 1st. George Keir’s Div 10 teams is also 1st. Steve Keremea’s Div 11 team is 5th. Andrew Wheeler’s Div 12 team is 4th and Jason Reberger’s Div 13 team is 3rd.

The previous Autumn competition was very memorable in more ways than one. Firstly the squash club started the comp with many of the players injured.  As a consequence other players had to fill in for injured players in higher divisions. Some playing 2 or 3 comp matches per week to help the other teams. Because of this club spirit, three of the six teams made it to the finals. Paul Wright’s Div 8 team came 3rd but lost in the preliminary final to President. Frank Duong’s Div 10 team also came 3rd but also lost in the preliminary final to the Bulldogs.

The highlight of the comp. was the performance of Dave Armstrong’s Div 6 team made up of Joe Dundovic, Ian Jacobs, Daryl Curtis, Mark Ireland, Paul Coggiola and various substitutes along the way.  At Round 5 and with many injuries, they were coming last. By Round 10 they were up to 4th and by Round 15 had scraped into 3rd place and in the finals by just 2 competition points. The hot favorites to win this comp. were PCYC. They had gone through the comp very easily finishing streets ahead of second placed Bulldogs and us. So it was to be going a big ask to beat PCYC in the Grand Final after we beat the Bulldogs in the preliminary final.

Our Grand Final lineup was Ian Jacobs, Joe Dundovic, Daryl Curtis and Dave Armstrong. PCYC won the toss and called number two’s, Lindsay Hetherington v our Joe Dundovic. Joe fought hard but on the night Lindsay was just too good winning 3-0 and scoring 45points to Joe’s 30. Next match was our call and Dave called number three’s, Daryl Curtis v PCYC’s Greg Chamberlain. Daryl was really in top form this night and Greg just had no answer to Daryl’s clinical and consistent play. Daryl won his match 3-0 scoring 45 points to Greg’s 31. The next match was Ian Jacobs v PCYC’s Chris Stephens (number 1 ranked player in this division). Ian started really well and with his great touch was able to take the first two sets. In the third set Ian had match point. However, Chris was able to keep the rallies going and slowly wore Ian down eventually winning the next 3 sets and the match 3-2. Ian however managed to score 65 points to Chris’ 64 points.

This result meant that Dave Armstrong’s match with PCYC’s Bill Linton would decide the night. Dave had to win 3-0 or 3-1 for us to win the night comfortably. If Dave won 3-2 it would come down to which team scored the most points on the night. Dave started well and won the first set, but Bill came back to win the next two. Dave fought hard in the fourth set and won it to even up the set count 2 all. Amazingly at this stage the points were very even with PCYC having a slender 1 point lead. Dave needed to win the 5th set by 2 points or more for Saints to win the night. The fifth set was incredibly hard fought. Bill was looking good at 14-13 and had match point. But Dave would not be denied and won the next rally to get back to 14 all. Bill called long game. From here Dave powered ahead to win the set 17-15 which gave our team the title by one point! Well done boys, a great effort against all odds!

The August handicapped Round Robin was won by Kevin Fung from Viv Beri and Daryl Curtis. The points standing at the present for the annual title is Viv Beri and Daryl Curtis leading on 9 points each from Dave Armstrong and Kevin Fung on 8 points and Doug McFarlane and Sana Viengkhou both on 7 points.

Anyone interested in playing comp squash for the club can contact me on 0415 641581. So until next time, good squashing everybody!

Brian Pisani, Publicity Officer

Golf News May 2010

Please note important changes to our Golfing Calendar to 2010 and 2011 are as follows:

As from July 2010 the St George Leagues Golf Club will be playing at the Campbelltown Golf Club the details as follows:

Sunday, 18th July 2010         07.57 am        3rd Sun of the month
Sunday, 22nd Aug 2010        08.53 am        4th Sun of the month
Sunday, 19th Sept 2010       08.18 am        3rd Sun of the month
Sunday, 24th Oct  2010        08.32 am        4th Sun of the month
Sunday, 21st Nov 2010         06.40 am        3rd Sun of the month
Sunday 19th Dec  2010        06.33 am        3rd Sun of the month
Sunday, 23rd Jany 2010       06.40 am        4th Sun of the month
Sunday, 20th Feb 2010        07.36 am        3rd Sun of the month
Sunday, 20th Mar 2010         06.26 am        3rd Sun of the month
Sunday, 17th Apr 2010         06.33 am        3rd Sun of the month

From May 2011 we are hoping to our regular 3rd Sunday of the month schedule should be available.

From April 2010 our new handicapping for each grade is:
A grade: 01-13, B grade: 14-24 and C grade: 25-42.

From here on all “Match Play” Competition will be played as stroke event.
Sunday, 10th April 2010, Single Stableford Event, including Match Play competition results is:

A grade: Harry Schwarz       39 pts
2nd Steve Whiteman             36 pts
3rd Shane Tritions                  35 pts

B grade: Alan Batcheldor     37 pts
2nd Wayne Nelson                 33 pts
3rd Bruce Tait                         31 pts

C grade: Lee Cosgrove       40 pts
2nd Craig Parsons                 35 pts
3rd Mahesh Kapadia             34 pts

Nearest the Pins: #6 Carl Sharpe, #8 Harry Schwarz, #21 Shane Tritton, #23 Steve Whiteman.

Longest Drive A grade: None, B grade: Matthew Nelson, C grade: Alan Tricker.

Drive and Pitch Hole #4: Lee Cosgrove.

Sunday, 18th April 2010, the Golf Club  held their Annual General Meeting and it was well received by the members of the Club.

For the year 2010 the following members were elected to the committee are:

Patrons:                      Warren Lockwood & Jim Farmer
President:                  John Hunter & Acting President John Martin
Vice President;         Peter Black & Colin Calver
Secretary:                  Mahesh Kapadia
Treasurer:                  Lee Cosgrove
Captain:                     Alan Batcheldor
Handicapper:             Wayne Nelson
Committee to assist the handicapper: Lee Cosgorve, Steve Whiteman.
Vice Captain:            Colin Calver
Publicity Officer:        Mahesh Kapadia

The Committee consists of President, Secretary, Treasurer, Captain, Vice Captain, Keith Snell,  Trevor Whittall, Steve Whiteman and Bill Kelly.

Away Game on Sunday, at the Calderwood Valley Course Golf, (and BBQ Breakfast) on 30th May 2010, Jim McGroder Memorial Trophy Event played and the results of the day’s events are as follows:
Singlestableford & Yellow Ball Event:-

Yellow Ball Competition winners were, Alan Batcheldor, Jim Ray, Harry Schwartz and Malcolm Dawes.

Single Stableford events winners were:

Winner of the Jim McGroder Memorial Trophy was Craig Parsons with 43 pts
2nd Alan Batcheldor              with 41 pts on C/B
3rd Shane Tritton                    with 41 pts on C/B

Nearest the pins: #4: Harry Schwartz, #6 Trevor Whittall, #8: Brian McKellar, #11: John Hunter, #13: Ben Evans, #12: Trevor Whittall.

Longest Drive A grade: Ben Evans, B grade: nil, C grade: nil

Drive and Pitch Hole No: 2: Shane Tritton

Visitors Prize: Malcolm Daw.

Special thanks from the President John Hunter and the members of the Club to Lee Cosgrove for organizing the “Barber Q Breakfast” for the day’s outing, was well received by the members and the visitors.

For our regular games at the Camden Valley Golf Resort, please confirm your attendance week prior to the day to avoid any short fall.  Please note, Captain’s Mobile No: 0425 819 419.

John Hunter                Pre                  9570 2311
Mahesh Kapadia      Sec.                Mobile 0409 152 756
Lee Cosgrove           Tre.                 Moblie 0418 249 470
Alan Batcheldor         Captain          Mobile  0425 819 419
John Hunter                President       9750 2131

Look forward to your company.
Mahesh Kapadia

The club has 6 teams entered in the 2010 Autumn Pennant Competition. We have teams in Division 3, 6, 8, two in Division 10 and a team in Division 11 and 12. After having such a successful season last year, this season has started in a disappointing fashion. Due to a long list of injuries to many of our players, it has been difficult for the club to field its strongest teams in many of the divisions from week to week. On many occasions we have had to use players from lower divisions in order to get teams on the court. Our appreciation goes to players such as Jason Kwok, Emmanuel Calligeris, Sana Viengkhou, Bill Linton from Ador and many others, that in some cases have had to play 2 or 3 competition matches in a week in order to help the club out.

Needless to say our performances in the various competitions at the present time is nothing to write home about! However, as players come back from injury and start finding form again, we may be able to get a few teams competing in the finals. At the present time Andrew Clarke’s Div 3 team is 6th, Dave Armstrong’s Div 6 is 6th, Paul Wright’s Div 8 team, which has 4 players out with long term injuries is coming a credible 4th, Frank Duong and Jason Kwok’s Div 10 teams are coming 3rd and 4th respectively, Steve Keremea’s Div 11 team is 4th and George Keir’s Div 12 team is also 4th place in a very close competition.

We have had two handicapped Round Robin’s so far this year. February was won by Viv Beri, from Andrew Clarke and Doug McFarlane. April’s Round Robin was won by Dave Armstrong, from Joe Dundovic and Peter Lupevski. The points standing at the present time for our annual Round Robin championship is Dave Armstrong, Viv Beri and Doug McFarlane on 5 points each, from Andrew Clarke and Joe Dundovic on 4 points and Peter Lupevski on 3 points.
On a sadder note I would like to mention the sudden passing in January of Mal Mackenzie. Mal played squash in our lower divisions for many years and also served on the club committee. His cheeky sense of humor and friendly nature will be missed by all of us. On behalf of the players and the club, I would like to express our deep sympathy to his wife, children and family.

In conclusion, anyone interested in playing comp squash for the club can contact me on 0415 641 581 for further information. So until next time, good squashing everybody!
Brian Pisani

Publicity Officer

It is with much pleasure that i advise that our 3rd grade senior side are premiers in the Georges River/ St George District Cricket Association for 2009/10 after winning the Grand Final on March 28th against Penshurst West played at Carrs Park wicket No.1.

The scores:

St George Leagues Club 9/178
Shaun McCheane 54no
William Lam 50
Simon Nardo 42

Defeated

Penshurst West all out 139
Bowling

Shaun McCheane 18.2 overs 7 madiens 5 wickets for 35 runs
Matt Coulthard       21 overs 9 madiens 3 wickets for 23 runs
Ryan Kirkaldy       17 overs  8 madiens 1 wicket for 22 runs

Regards
Denis King

Congratulations to St George Leagues Club (Red) team for winning the SRGCA Final against St Patricks Sutherland played at Tonbridge Park Ramsgate, on Saturday 6th March 2010.

The scores: St George Leagues won the toss and batted.

After 20 overs:

St George Leagues Club (Red) 3/112- Felicia Fernando 19 retired no, Natasha Ramrakha 15no, Amy Drury 14no, Tiarne Hamam 12 retired no, Clara Iemma 11retired no.

Defeated

St Patricks Sutherland 7/68 -M.Campbell 18, Erin Holland 13no

Bowling: Felicia Fernando 2/3, Tiarne Hamam 1/4, Belinda Anderson 1/4, Ruby Clarke 1/7, Dominique Johnston 1/9, 1 runout & catch by our wicketkeeper Amy Drury.

The St George Leagues Club (Red) team:

1. Tiarne Hamam (Capt.)
2. Felicia Fernando
3. Clara Iemma
4. Dominique Johnston
5. Jasmin Fernando
6. Cassandra Pasoski
7. Natasha Ramrakha
8. Amy Drury
9. Ruby Clarke
10. Ashlee Miller
11. Caitlin Bornstein
12. Belinda Anderson (12th player)

Thankyou to the St Patricks Sutherland team for a great game played in the right spirit.

Regards

Denis King

Secretary, St George Leagues Club Cricket Club SRGCA Competition Co-ordinator/Secretary Cricket NSW