Would you like to profile your company, goods or services to members of the Herne Bay Ponsonby Rackets Club?
We have over 430 members, a newsletter that goes out to over 1,000 recipients and a facebook page with over 285 followers who would love to learn about what your company offers.
We have some great sponsorship opportunities available and we’d love to hear from any plumbers, dentists, travel agents, vets, architects, financial management organisations and others who would like to advertise within our community. Please contact our Club Secretary, Dianna at diannaperron@me.com, if you would like to discuss the sponsorship options and available packages. Thank you again to all our current sponsors who very generously support our cub.
The HBPRC is an incorporated society and a registered charity. We constantly need volunteer support to help govern, run and maintain our club.
Please have a think about how you can get involved in 2018:
We’d like to once again thank you for your continued support of our club in 2017. We have a great group of members who generously donate their time, skills and sponsorship to our club. Please contact Jacqui at service@hernebayrackets.co.nz or one of the committee members if you are interested.
Please hold the date Sunday, 10 December from 4pm for our end of year club Christmas drinks. This will be an informal chance to get together and unwind with fellow club members before Christmas.
If the weather is good come along and David will be running a board to get everyone some rotated doubles action.
Competitive tennis for those who can rally, serve and score. All welcome, no charge for members and if your child has a non-member friend who wants to come along and check it out, they're welcome too, but expect to be approached about considering one of our membership options or pay-as-you go $10 fee after you've tried it a couple of times. Please note there are only two weeks left, the last Junior club night for 2017 will be Friday 8th of December.
Auckland Interclub have advised team entries for the Post Xmas 2018 competition are now open. Captains have been asked to confirm with players. If your child is interested in playing and has not joined a team please contact Jacqui in the office at service@hernebayrackets.co.nz Entries close Wednesday 6th Dec.
See here and link on right-hand side of the club website for senior interclub draws and points tables.
This Sunday, 3 December, starting at 4pm. The last DnA for the year. To enter please text or phone David on 021476606 by Friday to register.
Our coaching professional David Mustard and his team will be running junior holiday programes throughout December and January. The first December clinic begins on Monday 11th from 9-12noon. To view session times, costs & dates enter here
Any student that books into 5 sessions or more through out Dec & Jan and pays before 11th December will receive a free can of 3pack tennis balls (these are great for Xmas stockings). If you have any questions please contact David on 021476606
Get a voucher for Christmas, available for product or coaching.
Support your club and the 2017 Tennis New Zealand Championships at ASB Tennis Arena on 8th-9th December. Purchase a ticket through Ticketek using code: Hernebay17 and Tennis NZ will give us a percentage of the sale. Purchase tickets here.
Congratulations to our Club Coach, Jarrod van Driel, for being awarded the 2017 Club and School Coach of the year by Squash NZ.
Thanks to the Women in Squash coaching programme offered by Squash Auckland and Foundation North a new session will be offered starting February 2018 outside of working hours. If you are interested in this program, please register your interest and your preferred time/day of the week with Jacqui in the office on 376 0681 or via email at service@hernebayrackets.co.nz
The Women in Squash coaching programme offered by Squash Auckland and Foundation North continues on Tuesday mornings at 9.30am. If you are interested in joining us please contact Jacqui in the office on 376 0681 or via email at service@hernebayrackets.co.nz to get more info.
Club night will continue with players organising game play through summer; Priscilla will be back organising Club night in late February.
Junior club night conntinues this Friday 4-6pm run by Club professional Jarrod van Driel. Junior club night is free for members and $10 for non-members (juniors bring your squash-playing friends — rackets can be provided). Jarrod is running additional junior programs, please contact him directly or view at https://www.doubledotsquash.com. Please note there are only two weeks left, the last Junior night for 2017 will be Friday 8th of December.
These upcoming holidays Jarrod will be running squash holiday programmes at our club before and after Christmas. There is a holiday programme for beginners, and another for graded juniors. The programmes will help you improve your squash over the summer to be ready for the new year, and are loads of fun too!
Please visit www.doubledotsquash.com/programmes for the full dates, details and to register.
If you have played a match during Senior Spring Interclub to date, and usually play PAR15, can you please complete our short survey to let us know how you feel about the PAR11 scoring having now trialled it. The link to the survey is - https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/77B72H8
The club cafe will be open this Friday night with our chef Peter Chichester preparing delicious meals for children and adults. Please come and join us for dinner after the junior club night and support the club
Our web site: www.hernebayrackets.co.nz/
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Additional Info:
DM Tennis: www.mustardtennis.co.nz
Double Dot Squash: www.doubledotsquash.com
