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Book your calendar for Friday, 27 October!

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Back by popular demand ... another great Herne Bay Ponsonby Rackets Club fundraiser — HI ROLLA CASINO NIGHT!

Later in the year we’ll be hosting a terrific social event, to raise much needed funds for our club.  
But ... we won’t get there without your support, so we’re counting on you to CHIP IN!

Right now we’re looking for PRIZE and AUCTION items.
Can you donate, or shoulder-tap someone to donate, an item to help raise funds for our great club? 
We hope to be giving away plenty of prizes on the night, plus we’ll be running a silent and main auction event too, to make this a memorable and rewarding night.
Donations can be product, service or experience based — and no item will be too large or too small. 
From wine to dinner vouchers, bach hire to facials, cosmetics to apparel, coffee cards to babysitting services ... 

If you can help out with a donation, please let us know ASAP; email Jacqui on service@hernebayrackets.co.nz

Thanks for your support!
 

Squash

Masters spring interclub entries are now open

Please enter through the club website (http://www.hernebayrackets.co.nz/squash) or email hbprcsquash@gmail.com.
Note: entries close Tuesday, 15 August, and Masters spring interclub starts 6th September.

Club champs 2017, 24–26 August

It's that time of year again ... prepare to leave your friendships at the glass-backed door and battle your club mates to the ultimate prize: HBPRC Squash Champion 2017! Draws will be done by grade and grading list points will be counted. Entry fee $10. 
Enter now at http://www.squash.org.nz/sit/homepage or email hbprcsquash@gmail.com. Entries close Friday, 18 August.

Friday junior night

Get your child along to junior club night this Friday for organised game play from 4-6pm with club squash pro Mike Weston. Junior Club Night is free for members and $10 for non-members (juniors bring your squash-playing friends — rackets can be provided). Food is available from the club cafe from 6pm, so parents join the fun, stay for a drink at the bar and feed the kids dinner at the cafe.

Junior one-day tournament, Sunday, 20 August

Herne Bay Ponsonby Rackets is hosting a Junior one-day squash tournament on Sunday, 20 August. Please enter on iSquash, NB entries close 14 August
If you have never played a tournament, this is a great way to get started. Create a login on www.squash.org.nz and email hbprcsquash@gmail.com to enter your grade (all players start as J4).
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Tennis

Next DnA event Sunday, 20 August

It's back! Competitive DnA returns Sunday, 20 August, 3–5pm. Contact David to enter on 021476606. 

Summer senior interclub team confirmations

Thanks to those of you who have registered for summer interclub. Teams are being finalized now and you will be contacted shortly to confirm the teams and comps you want to play. We need to get the lists into TennisAuckland as soon as possible so please don't delay in responding when you are contacted. Any questions, email Simon tennisVP@hernebayrackets.co.nz  to get more info.

Junior club night continues this Friday

Can your child serve and rally? Weekly coach-led game-play junior club nights are running for the Term 3 pre-season on Fridays from 4.30-6.30pm. Get your child along for a some great competitive tennis! To secure a place text or email David Mustard on 021476606 or mustardtennis@xtra.co.nz, making sure you specify your child's name, age, and ability. 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, just notify David in advance. Confirmation of session go-ahead will be texted to you Thursday prior. The club cafe will be open from 6pm with a selection of items for kids and parents, so come along and make the most of it.

Final rounds of winter interclub and senior club night

Winter interclub is getting down to the final rounds and two of our senior teams are sitting second in their comps. The Thuursday forecast looks a little better this week, so,  weather permitting, interclub team training will run from 6-7pm on courts 1 & 2, and the senior club night board will then start from 7pm. Feel free to come along and start hitting on 3 & 4 from 6.30 as usual.

Howard Smith Doubles Tournament, Pukekohe, Saturday, 2 September

The annual Howard Smith Memorial Doubles Tournament is a men's and women's doubles event, with divisions split between D2–D5 and D6–D8, and open to Counties, Bay of Plenty, Waikato, Auckland, and North Harbour tennis associations. Held a week before most of the TennisAuckland interclub competitions start, it's a good chance to get some match practice on your doubles combinations.

The tournament runs 9.30am–4pm, Saturday, 2 September at the Counties Tennis Centre, West St, Pukekohe. Entry fee is $35 per player and includes lunch. Contact Steven Brindle at puke.tennis@orcon.net.nz or enter online at http://www.pukekohetennis.co.nz. Entries close 30 August.

Cafe at the club

Thank you for the feedback on the cafe service we are currently trialling at the club. We are working on getting the right mix of food at the right price and thank you for your continued support. This Friday night the cafe will open at 6pm, with menu items ranging from $4 fries though to a homemade beef lasagne for $10, and slow-cooked Middle Eastern lamb meat balls in a soft sourdough bun w/ almond, sesame, pomegranate slaw yoghurt, and mint dressing for $12. Finish things off with ice-cream in a waffle cone $4. See you there!

Private function this Saturday, 12 August, 6–10.30pm

The lounge and table tennis area has been booked for a private function this Saturday evening. Squash and tennis courts and the bar remain open for members, but please be aware of the private booking having priority access to the lounge area around the table tennis table for the evening. 

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