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Lots of NSTA members celebrating
milestone birthdays of late ... we
congratulate them and wish them
happy celebrations: Barry Clark,
Rick Anderson, Aunty Rae Stanton,
Adrian Cachia, Bob Gallagher, Kym
Webster, Tony Reynolds, Jonathan
O’Dea, Steve Whyte, Steve Seeto,
Simone Yee, David Silverman,
Bianca Partington, James Bennett,
Alice Nolan, Mathieson Hor and Ash
Radford-Sutton.
And congratulations to these
members celebrating 21st birthdays
recently: Cameron Hart, Jess Brycki,
Jackson He, Sam Dally, Dione Deaker,
Sophie Armbrister, Sophie Wholohan,
Jess Bradford, Jamie Fraser, Edmond
Scougall and Danielle Wagland.
Daniel Stormon is back home for the
‘summer’ break from College in the USA,
after a very successful first semester.
Aiko Burger is returning to Japan
to live. Aiko was originally a member
of Cammeray and for the past 20 years
has been a member of Kooroora. She
was the NSTA Sportswoman of the Year
in 2014, and has been a very keen and
regular participant in NSTA competitions
and tournaments. Aiko will be sadly
missed by all her NSTA friends.
Some Tennis Valley members had a
fine old time at the Australian Open in
Melbourne earlier in the year.
Congratulations to Jarek Jozwiak
who recently married Alice. We wish
them every happiness in their future
together.
Congratulations also to Phil and Lou
Hallinan who recently had twins - a son
and a daughter. We hope everyone is
doing well.
Some members have recently had
surgery and/or injuries and we wish them
a speedy and complete recovery:
Matt Paton • had ankle surgery
Jason Lees • also had ankle surgery
- tripped over in the hit up of the first
match in night comp ... and broke
his ankle
Liam Duffy • broke his arm
Chris Ho • has recently had surgery
Jeff Snelling • has a new hip
Brad Melville • has had a
tonsillectomy
If you wonder what some members
do in their spare time ... Jun Sasagawa
has an Australian Ranking of 29 for
Rubics Cube! His personal best is 11.19
seconds for the ‘regular’ cube, 4 x 4 cube
48.91 seconds, 2 x 2 2.84 seconds, and
the 3 x 3 ONE HANDED 30.71 seconds.
Fantastic!!!
Congratulations to Tim and Jules
Bigg on the arrival of their daughter,
Chiara, born 10.48 am on 30th June,
weighing in at 3.77 kgs. We are happy
to report that everyone is well, including
Dad, who said it was more exhausting
than a 3 set singles!!
And for some sad news: It is with great
sadness that we learnt of the passing
of Kathy and John Eldridge’s dad;
John Gill’s mum; and former member
of Kooroora and Northbridge, Bryan
Stephenson. Bryan played junior
Wimbledon twice and also represented
Oxford and Cambridge in the Prentice
Cup in the USA. We send our sincere
condolences to all familes.
Joel’s Corner ... by Joel Palmer
... returning soon ...
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(Above) Anne Stewart, Susan Jones, Elise Taylor
and Tania Duffy
(Below) Tania with the trophy