Tennis World Seniors Champs 2011

Christchurch, Ashburton and Timaru, New Zealand

21st – 26th February, 2011

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Mid Canterbury welcomes the 31st Seniors World Championships to Ashburton Love, deuce, net serve, OUT! From Monday 21st February to Saturday 26th February, Ashburton will be hearing these expressions loud and clear at a world class level.

The International Tennis Federation (ITF) Seniors World Championships is the most coveted event on the ITF Seniors circuit, and the Ashburton Trust Tennis Centre is thrilled to be hosting a number of games for this prestigious event.

Ashburton is hosting three divisions of the ITF championships as a satellite venue for Canterbury Tennis, with Timaru also hosting some divisions.

The Ashburton Trust Tennis Centre will be host to doubles competition play in the Austria Cup for men over 55, Maria Esther Bueno Cup for women over 50, and the Maureen Connolly Cup

for women over 55. This is an opportunity for the Mid-Canterbury public to see world class tennis players, battle it out for world titles.

Competing in these coveted cups are competitors from 17 different countries, with 129 competitors taking to the courts in Ashburton. The New Zealand selected players have a strong line-up, including a number of former Davis Cup representatives, including Alistair Hunt, James Greenhalgh, Glen Wilson, David Mustard, Steve Harley, Ruth Seeman and Robyn Legge Hunt.

Onny Parun, a former New Zealand tennis great, has been named as the official ambassador for these championships. It is hoped that he will make an appearance at all three venues, to give Mid-Canterbury the chance to meet a former Grand Slam star.

Since its inception in 1981, the number of competitors attracted to this event has increased year on year. Rising from four age categories to 15 by 1993, with more than 700 competitors, the ITF took the decision to divide the Seniors World Championships into two groups, Seniors for the younger veterans and Super-Seniors for the older players.

The tournament is held yearly, at a different location all over the world. Last year the World Championships were held in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, in April, with 2009 being hosted at the Beach Club Font de Sa Cala, Mallorca, Spain.

In announcing Canterbury as the location for the 2011 Championships, Francesco Ricci Bitti, President of the International Tennis Federation, said that Canterbury was an excellent destination to host this prestigious tournament.

“Canterbury Tennis and the Christchurch City Council with the endorsement of Tennis New Zealand submitted a bid for the 2011 Championships and given Canterbury Tennis’ excellent track record at running, very professionally, previous official championships the ITF has great confidence in awarding the event to Canterbury”.

Today the tournament caters for a range of 20 age categories for both singles and doubles, boasting record entries of more than 1000 players, with more than 700 entries already received for this year’s tournament.

With an impressive array of top class competitors, Mid-Canterbury will be treated to an excellent display of world class tennis, to thrill local tennis fans. A fantastic family day out, this is a world class event not to be missed!

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Those of us who have lived in Ashburton District all our lives know the secret. Those who have moved here have uncovered it. The reasons we stay or move here are not always easy to articulate but they form the essence of the attraction of this district.

The success of our lifestyle here is balance.

We live in a location that affords us many of the good things in life at less cost than in other places. We have one of the most diverse opportunities for recreation in New Zealand, from the sea, across the plains, to the foothills and up into the mountains. We enjoy wonderfully distinctive seasons from our hot summers to our crisp winters which open up a raft of other pursuits such as skiing, ice skating and curling, which others travel hours to enjoy, while for us they are all on our very doorstep.

“For those who live in the larger cities of the world, getting up for work and not having to drive or commute for an hour or more, or not being regularly stressed in traffic can be quite a foreign concept,” says Rob Brawley, Grow Mid Canterbury CEO.

“We can safely walk, cycle or take just a short drive to work or school and I’m sure that this contributes to our work/life balance and makes us more cheerful and productive.”

Mid Canterbury punches above its weight.

Many good things are happening here; for example, a resilient and strong (local) economy which is a major food producing part of the country, a new industrial park, growth in business, agribusiness engineering, lifestyle and tourism.

Indeed, for the past ten years the Ashburton District economy has outperformed New Zealand and wide Canterbury.

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The District’s well established agri-economy, complemented by manufacturing, engineering and tourism has ensured it consistently

rates as one of the regions with the lowest unemployment in the country.

“Tourism assets in the district are strong, leveraging off the winter snow sports markets into summer tourism that is unique and experiential. The wide variety of annual events also provide visitors and residents alike fantastic opportunity for participation, while boosting the tourism sector further” says Nigel Birt, GM Ashburton District Tourism.

“The new state of the art Ashburton Business Estate is testament to the attractiveness of our District for start-up and expanding businesses who see the benefits of the excellent infrastructure and skilled and stable workforce, things that our established companies have been aware of for many years.” says Rob Brawley CEO of Grow Mid Canterbury.

But it’s not all about business. Ashburton District also has excellent community services for health, education, entertainment, sport and creative fulfilment. Our shopping precincts have everything we need, notwithstanding it is but a short drive to our neighbouring cities and international airport.

Despite economic fluctuations, investment in both property and business in Ashburton District has been somewhat resistant to national trends. The current expansion of Lake Hood is a prime example of the confidence shown in our strong economic base.

Living in Ashburton District definitely opens up more choices. You can buy a superb residence with extra amenities for far less than many other locations, or you can live in a more modest home and substantially improve your financial wellbeing and security. It really is the best of all worlds.

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A New Zealand tennis legend

Former New Zealand tennis great Onny Parun (OBE) in action.

It is with great anticipation and excitement that Onny Parun may make an appearance in Ashburton, after being named as the official ambassador for the 31st Seniors World Championships.

Onny Parun (OBE) is a former New Zealand tennis great, who was among the world’s top 20 for five years. Parun had something of a love affair with Wimbledon, although it would be fair to say the feeling was mutual.

Wellington born, Parun made the quarter finals at Wimbledon in 1971 and 1972, over a lengthy career at the tournament. In 1967, a 20-year-old Parun made his first journey to Wimbledon, but it was the following year that the New Zealander made his first real impact at England’s grand slam. In the second round he faced British number one - Roger Taylor, where a hard fought game resulted in victory for Parun. This helped to establish his fame within the tennis circuit, with one English journalist commenting that it was outrageous that the top British player would lose to a person from a country that had more sheep than people.

Parun had great success in many other grand slam competitions throughout his career.

He made the final of the Australian Open in 1973, losing to John Newcombe in four sets, was a United States Open quarterfinalist in 1973 and also a quarterfinalist at the French Open in 1975.

In 1974 Parun, partnered by Australian Dick Crealy, went on to win the French Open doubles title. Later that same year, Parun competed at the masters, qualifying by finishing in the top eight on the grand prix table.

Parun reached his highest singles ranking on May 3, 1975, when he was ranked 19th in the world.

Parun represented New Zealand in the Davis Cup from 1966 to 1982 and won a string of national titles, including the Benson and Hedges Open three times in four years. Parun won 30 of 32 Davis Cup matches. Over his 15 years he had to contend with some of the world’s best such as Rod Laver, John Newcombe, the great Ken Rosewall as well as the likes of Indian Vijay Armitraj.

A unique feature that Parun will be forever remembered for is standing on the service line, biting a piece of string that was attached to his shoulder.

Good old Kiwi ingenuity held his head in place while serving, which was fragile due to a neck injury. Many a Kiwi tennis fan will be grateful, that it enabled the tennis star to continue playing well into his thirties.

At the conclusion of his tennis career, Parun spent a year in Germany, and then spent 13 years in London, before returning to New Zealand in 1998.

During his life he has associated with many well known local and international celebrities. He met Elton John and Cliff Richard in Auckland while having a casual game with them, years later they would come to the club in London that Parun was coaching at. Parun describes Elton as being a good friend, and a warm and generous person.

Onny Parun shared a history class at Wellington College with Keith Quinn, and was also childhood friends with ex All Black, Mark Sayers. Parun and Sayers both lived in Wadestown, and would go to the local park to play football every Saturday and Sunday.

Onny’s style and success has been an inspiration to many tennis players world-wide. It is anticipated that he will make an appearance at each of the venues hosting games for these championships, giving local tennis enthusiasts the opportunity to see a great New Zealand tennis legend.

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Inspirational coaching for Mid Canterbury’s juniors.

Junior tennis in Mid-Canterbury is thriving, thanks to the expertise and dedication of their coach, Chris Anderson.

Chris has been instrumental in developing the Bank of New Zealand Ace Squad in Mid-Canterbury, a development programme for junior tennis players who show immense potential. It helps to create a pathway for gifted players toward further development, as they enter the senior ranks. Many local juniors that have been through this programme have gone on to represent Canterbury to further their tennis careers.

Chris organises the popular mini tennis competition, where children as young as five can attend to learn the art of tennis, and have a bit of fun. Throughout the local primary schools, Chris runs the Mid Canterbury Tennis in Schools programme, from August to November.

It targets students from year three to year six, and with more than 20 primary schools participating last season, more than 1500 children got to experience playing tennis.

As a local, Chris has a passion for helping Mid-Canterbury’s strength increase amongst all ages. She grew up in Lowcliffe, and attended Ashburton College, when her tennis talent started to flourish. She soon become one of Mid-Canterbury’s top tennis players and represented Canterbury for many years. After leaving school, she moved to Christchurch for work, and continued playing senior tennis for over 20 years.

After having children, Chris returned to tennis to play in the Wednesday night social league in Christchurch. Due to her expertise and knowledge, the club she played for asked her to

help teach some of the other social players. The club then later employed her to coach some of their developing juniors, and as her reputation grew for producing great players, the demand for her coaching expertise grew too.

As her family got older, Chris was able to dedicate more time to coaching and soon made her passion for tennis her career. While at Woodham Park in Christchurch, she worked alongside other top coaches, picking up their coaching techniques and tips. After sitting her coaching exam, Chris then extended her coaching to a higher level.

Chris was selected to become the New Zealand coach for the wheelchair team, and travelled extensively for 15 years. She travelled with the team to three Paralympics, and 16 World Team Cup events, which is the disabled version of the World Seniors Championships. This extensive experience of large events has helped Chris to prepare for the World Seniors Championships taking part in Ashburton this February.

Chris is also a New Zealand registered and certified referee, which has given her the opportunity to referee at many national and local events. Mid-Canterbury spectators will get the opportunity to see Chris in action, as she is the venue manager and will liase with the ITF Co-ordinator , here in Ashburton.

Many of Mid-Canterbury’s flourishing juniors can credit their firm grip and strong backhands to the dedication of Chris, and with the strengthening quality of players evolving from the district, we hope to see some of our rising stars at the New Zealand Open over the next few years.

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Ashburton’s world class facility

The Ashburton Trust Tennis Centre pavilion, constructed by G&D Russell.

The Mid Canterbury Tennis Development Committee 1999-2001.

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Ashburton Contracting Limited were awarded the contract to construct the tennis courts and surrounding gates and fencing at the Ashburton Trust Tennis Centre.

An important meeting was held at the Oak Grove Tennis Pavilion on 16th August, 1999 at 8pm. This meeting would, in time, create substantial history for Mid Canterbury Tennis.

A committee had been appointed to see if a development, including the upgrade of the current pavilion and the addition of Plexipave courts with lighting was feasible. The chairperson for the meeting was Jack Allan, and each person present gave their opinion on whether they thought the new courts were necessary, or if opting to retain the grass ones was a better solution.

A consensus was reached later that evening, that initially they would try for five or 6 Pexipave courts, to apply for council consent and seek the expertise of an engineer.

The meeting was adjourned at 10pm and had set the foundations for the world class facility that Ashburton treasures today.

A number of meetings took place over the following months, where a dedicated committee discussed the costs associated with the massive project, and brainstormed

various fundraising ideas to make the up-grades attainable.

The committee which had formed into the Mid Canterbury Tennis Charitable Trust, approached various local business in search of sponsorship for individual courts and an overall facility naming right.

A memorable Trans-Tasman fundraising tennis match was held in Ashburton between Victoria, Australia and Canterbury. This was used as a platform to launch the association’s $750,000 fundraising drive, which would later be increased to $850,000. 20 corporate boxes and a grandstand were constructed around a single grass court for the exciting matches to be played. The successful event took place on Thursday 27th January, 2000 at 4:30pm, and was a glorious success for Ashburton.

Significant pledges of support from individuals and organisations, including large pledges from the Ashburton Trust, Ashburton District Council and New Zealand Tennis helped to get the initial construction stages underway.

Mona Reddecliffe and Eric Bryant cut the ribbon to officially open the facility.

The Ashburton Guardian donated advertising space to keep the momentum going over the following months, with constant up-dates on the fundraising effort.

On 14th August 2000, The Mid Canterbury Tennis Charitable Trust then deliberated on tenders received to undertake the construction. G&D Russell were awarded the contract to build the pavilion, while Ashburton Contracting Limited was awarded the substantial contract for constructing the new tennis courts, including the surrounding gates and fencing.

August 26 and 27 saw rapid changes emerging on the grounds, with the beloved grass courts being cut, lifted and rolled to be sold as turf. This was the start of the dramatic changes taking place within Mid Canterbury Tennis.

The Mid Canterbury Tennis Charitable Trust kept momentum rolling, with more sponsorship being sought and a number of fundraising activities, such as the sale of lambs, bake sales, fashion parades and local tennis club fundraising efforts. One of

the major events held was the “Wimbledon with a twist” fundraiser, where Mark Hadlow was the celebrity presenter. It was described as another success, with the crowd enjoying Hadlow’s humour.

A year to the day after the $850,000 project was launched, the Ashburton Trust Tennis Centre was triumphantly opened. Mid Canterbury tennis patron Mona Reddecliffe, and Eric Bryant who had contributed a significant donation to start the fundraising cut the grand opening ribbon to declare the complex open.

The substantial efforts of Phil Crozier and Jack Allan allowed this fantastic facility to be here today, along with the combined efforts of the Mid Canterbury Tennis Charitable Trust with their tireless commitment to fundraising.

G&D Russell and Ashburton Contracting Limited can be proud in the high standard of construction, which has allowed a magnificent event such as the World Seniors Tennis Championships to be held in Ashburton.

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A multi-cultural extravaganza of talent The Ashburton Trust Tennis Centre will be host to doubles competition play in the Austria Cup for men over 55, Maria Esther Bueno Cup for women over 50, and the Maureen Connolly Cup for women over 55.

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Fred Robinson of the United States The Austria Cup is presented annually to the winning team of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Seniors World Team Championships for men in the 55 age group.

In 1976, Dr Walter Spiess, a member of the International Veterans Tennis Association, proposed a new Cup for men in the fifty-five age category on behalf of the Austrian Tennis Association.

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The 2010 event took place from 29 March - 3 April in Mexico City, Mexico. Australia won the title beating Great Britain in the final.

The 2011 competition will be hotly contended by 15 countries. The names and country of origin of these players is listed.

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A multi-cultural extravaganza of talent Brazilian captured the championship at Wimbledon in 1959, ‘60 and ‘64 and at Forest Hills in 1959, ‘63, ‘64 and ‘66, and achieved a doubles Grand Slam in 1960 with Christine Truman in Australia and with Darlene Hard in the French, Wimbledon and US Championships. She collected a total of 63 titles during a career which spanned 20 years but was effectively cut short by an elbow injury in 1967.

In 1983, the Brazilian Tennis Federation donated the Maria Esther Bueno Cup for women players in the fifty age category.

This was the first Women’s Team Competition the inaugural event was held in Pörtschach, Austria.

The 2010 event took place from 29 March - 3 April in Mexico City, Mexico, where the United States team were victorious over Great Britain.

The 2011 competition will feature some fantastic games of tennis. The names and country of origin of these players is listed below.

Name Pat SINCLAIR Michelle KARIS Cora WILLS Beatrica BALME-BERGER Catherine SUIRE Betty MICHEL Perrine DUPUY Dagmar ANWAR Gabriele JARECKI Ellen NEUMANN Anthea STEWART Christine FRENCH Susan BARTLETT Anne CLARK Annelies SIMONS

Country Canada Canada Canada France France France France Germany Germany Germany Great Britain Great Britain Great Britain Great Britain Netherlands

Karien THEEUWES Josephine VAN DER STROOM Felicity OXNEVAD Helen LITT Penny SMITH Muriel CHERRY Melrise UNGERER Moira GOLDEN Ann-Sofie STERNAS Petra TEDROFF Lisbeth ANDERSSON Yvette FISCHLI Barbara VON OPPERSDORFF Silvia SCHUETZ Nese ASLAN Aysun UZ Diane FISHBURNE Susan WRIGHT Joanne RUSSELL Kathy VICK Ros BALODIS Kerrie DOUGLAS Leanne SWAYSLAND

Netherlands Netherlands New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand South Africa South Africa South Africa Sweden Sweden Sweden Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland Turkey Turkey United States United States United States United States Australia Australia Australia

exciting, with many countries hoping to knock the United States from the top perch. The names and country of origin of these players is listed below.

Maureen Connolly Cup Women 55 Maureen Connolly, known as “Little Mo”, was one of the most remarkably successful champions the game has known. Extremely determined and with a high degree of concentration, she won the US singles title at the age of 16 in 1951 and thereafter lost only four singles matches -- two to Doris Hart, one to Shirley Fry and one to Beverley Fleitz before she broke her leg in a riding accident in 1954. The first woman to achieve a Grand Slam of the four major championships in a calendar year, a feat she achieved in 1953.

Carolyn Nichols of the United States The Maureen Connolly Brinker Foundation donated the Maureen Connolly Cup through the United States Tennis Association for women players in the 55 age category.

The inaugural event was played in 1992 in Tyler, Texas.

The 2010 event took place from 29 March - 3 April in Mexico City, Mexico. The United States of America won the title for the fourth consecutive year, beating the Netherlands in the final.The 2011 competition will prove to be

Name Country Frances CRITCHLEY Canada Michelle HALL Canada Janice HOLLOWAY Canada Pamela ROSENBAUM Canada Benedicte LE GRAND France Brigitte CADORET France Caroline GLASZMANN France Martine DELORME France Frances CANDY Great Britain Pauline FISHER Great Britain Sally FREEMAN Great Britain Patricia WIRE Great Britain Annelies VAN DER ZWEEP-PRINS Netherlands Thea RIETVELD-ESSER Netherlands Sylvia LIEVERS-KRONENBURG Netherlands Robyn LEGGE-HUNT New Zealand Lynette DUNCAN New Zealand Trish CRAVEN New Zealand Jenny CERFF South Africa Sonja BOTHA South Africa Martella MEYER South Africa Gunilla BERG-SANDBERG Sweden Maria LAFTMAN Sweden Edith NORDIN Sweden Aysel ERTUG Turkey Tulay Seyhan MUNGAN Turkey Nilgun KEGECI Turkey Carolyn NICHOLS United States Tina KARWASKY United States Mary GINNARD United States Sherri BRONSON United States Lyn MORTIMER Australia Robin WALKER Australia Sara GODDARD Australia

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A proven success story As a recognised international-class venue, the Ashburton Trust Tennis Centre is hosting the 2011 Senior World Tennis Championships.

For the Tennis Centre to reach international-class status when it was built ten years ago, it needed someone to lay an international-class court.

The Ashburton Trust Tennis Centre awarded the contract to ACL.

See you at the Senior World Tennis Champs.

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