The 66th Pat Pearce Carnival was hosted by Waverley Tennis at Doveton from Friday 30 September to Sunday 2 October, 2022. Teams from ERT, NSJTA, NEJTA and Waverley competed. Weather was lovely.
On Tuesday 20 September Evan White from NEJTA rang me to advise that his association was unable to field a team due to lots of factors and they would be withdrawing. I said I would contact Craig James to see if Bayside could help them fill their gaps which they did. Prior to and during the event NEJTA had only 3/8 girls left in their team. Bayside helped again with 2 players, NSJTA with 2, ERT with one. In the boys 1 x 15 and under boy from Shepparton was injured on day one and was replaced with a Waverley boy. We had to dispense with the age criteria as we just needed bodies on court. One of their boys also came from Bayside. I called them the ALL STARS team. They all got on well and enjoyed the experience.
ERT had 2 change of orders in singles before the event.
NSJTA had a change of order in the 15 girls. Also injury in boys 15s which created changes of order even shifting from 13s to 15s plus a new player on Sunday to replace an injured boy in the 13s.
Waverley - there were no changes. They must have been scared of me and turned up each day with no replacements required - thank goodness
Results
- Waverley won the Event winning all 3 matches, 59 rubbers, 108 sets, 848 games - lots of match tiebreaks and good results in the mixed to get over the line on Sunday against NEJTA.
- North Suburban - 2 matches, 56 rubbers, 112 sets, 872 games
- ERT - 1 match, 40 rubbers, 81 sets, 735 games
- NEJTA - 0 matches, 37 rubbers, 83 sets, 745 games
Awards
13 & under girls - Vaishnavi Xiao (ERT)
13 & under boys - Alex Boeve (NEJTA - Bayside)
15 & under girls - Mia Kuribayashi (ERT)
15 & under boys - Aerone Wolfgang Tabotaba (NSJTA)
Best Player Award - Wally Freeman Perpetual Trophy - Goran Girski (Waverley)
Pat Semmens-Angelo Cianchi Perpetual Trophy - Maggie Fitcher (NSJTA)
Special Thank you to Mark, Del, Trevor, Peter, Janice & David, Jan Aitken & family (canteen helpers) plus Graeme doing Records & trying to keep up with all those changes of players!!!! We couldn’t have done it without everyone’s help.
Back: Lyn Gillen (Manager), Kate Smith, Tawananyasha Manzvera, Prisha Baliga, Mineth Nawarathna, Emma Frerker, Joshua Huang, Pratisha Selvaraj (Manager)
Front: Steven Klasan, Zara Lumanovski, Nithesa Selvaraj, Nenyasha Manzevera, Leona Doan, Aedan Nelson
The 65th Mrs Pat Pearce Carnival was held at Boroondara Tennis Centre on 13 & 14 July 2019.
Congratulations to our players for winning the carnival! Waverley Tennis was announced as winner of the event in 2019 making it 5 wins in a row. An outstanding achievement. It is Waverley Tennis' turn to host this event in 2020.
Team Managers Lyn Gillen & Prathisa Selvaraj.
Read more about this year's event on theTennis Victoria website.
| Girls 15 & Under | Boys 15 & Under | Girls 13 & Under | Boys 13 & Under |
| Prisha Baliga | Mineth Nawarathna | Nithesa Selvaraj | Aedan Nelson |
| Leona Doan | Tawananyasha Manzvera | Zara Lumanovski | Nenyasha Manzvera |
| Emma Frerker | Joshua Huang | Kate Smith | Steven Klasan |
Award Winners
Pat Semmens/Angelo Cianchi Award: Nenyasha Manzvera
13 & U Girl: Nithesa Selvaraj
15 & U Girl: Prisha Baliga
15 & U Boy: Mineth Nawarathna
Back: Sienna Opray, Aarmaya Chandran, Julia Kendall, Neel Mohan, Mineth Nawarathna, Benjamin Krnic, Nathanael Haryanto, Alvin Li, Nithesa Selvaraj
Front: Elicia Kim, Alexis Stergiopoulos, Joanna Wietrzyk, Sam Kim, Leona Doan, Aryan Mohan, Samuel Johnston
| Girls 15 & Under | Boys 15 & Under | Girls 13 & Under | Boys 13 & Under |
| Joanna Wietrzyk | Neel Mohan | Nithesa Selvaraj | Nathanael Haryanto |
| Leona Doan | Sam Kim | Elicia Kim | Alvin Li |
| Julia Kendall | Benjamin Krnic | Alexis Stergiopoulos | Samuel Johnston |
| Aarmaya Chandran | Mineth Nawarathna | Sienna Opray | Aryan Mohan |
Award Winner
Pat Semmens/Angelo Cianchi Award: Nathanael Haryanto
| Girls 15 & Under | Boys 15 & Under | Girls 13 & Under | Boys 13 & Under |
| Tallie Collins | Neel Mohan | Aarmaya Chandran | Sam Kim |
| Chiara Antonacci | Nik Jovic | Leona Doan | Cameron Linn |
| Joanna Wietrzyk | Tristan Lai | Emma Frerker | Benjamin Krnic |
| Eliza Doan | Josum Sullivan | Nithesa Selvaraj | Joshua Huang |
Award Winners
Wally Freeman Award: Tallie Collins
13 & U Boy: Sam Kim
15 & U Boy: Neel Mohan
Back: Lyn Gillen (Manager) Angus Roberts Cassidy Denny Tallie Collins Tobias Wietrzyk Hasan Bekir Joanna Wietrzyk Adam Vermeer Aditya Ajit
Front: Aarmaya Chandran Mineth Nawarathna Celina Yang Marko Pavicic Zena Makantasis Eliza Doan Sam Kim Lucia Placidi
| Girls 15 & Under | Boys 15 & Under | Girls 13 & Under | Boys 13 & Under |
| Tallie Collins | Aditya Ajit | Aarmaya Chandran | Sam Kim |
| Cassidy Denny | Hasan Bekir | Eliza Doan | Mineth Nawarathna |
| Lucia Placidi | Angus Roberts | Zena Makantasis | Marko Pavicic |
| Joanna Wietrzyk | Tobias Wietrzyk | Celina Yang | Adam Vermeer |
Award Winners
Wally Freeman Award: Tobias Wietrzyk
13 & U Girl: Eliza Doan
Celina Yang, Alice Kafer, Sarah Craig, Jade Cunningham, Isabelle Papazyan, Joanna Wietrzyk, Tallie Collins, Liam Louzado, Chiara Antonacci, Louis Pockett, Andrew Ilett, Aditya Ajit, Jordan Batis, Hasan Bekir
Front: Max Flaherty, Tobias Wietrzyk
| Girls 15 & Under | Boys 15 & Under | Girls 13 & Under | Boys 13 & Under |
| Jade Cunningham | Liam Louzado | Tallie Collins | Max Flaherty |
| Alice Kafer | Tobias Wietrzyk | Isabelle Papazyan | Andrew Ilett |
| Chiara Antonacci | Louis Pockett | Joanna Wietrzyk | Aditya Ajit |
| Sarah Craig | Hasan Bekir | Celina Yang | Jordan Batis |
Award Winners
Pat Semmens/Angelo Cianchi Award: Max Flaherty
13 & U Girl: Isabelle Papazyan
15 & U Boy: Liam Louzado
2014 - the event was hosted by NSJTA and held at Royal Park
The carnival was won by North Suburban, 2nd North Eastern, 3rd Waverley and 4th Eastern Region
Our team competed well and had a great team spirit. The Waverley team :-15 & under: Cassidy Denny, Melanie Kempson, Bianca Jones, Belle Thompson, Jordan Arazi, Lawrence Barbuto, Nicholas Gourgoulis, Liam Louzado
13 & under: Chiara Antonacci, Tallie Collins, Liana Rhodes, Zoey Tan, Elvin Dolic, Max Flaherty, Nicholas Smith, Tobias WietrzykAward Winners
Best 13 & under Boy: Max Flaherty
Best 15 & under Boy: Liam Louzado
Audrey Teo, winner of Pat Semmens/Angelo Cianchi Award
Back Row: Jovana Stanisic Nicholas Gourgoulis Audrey Teo Joshua Hocking Priscilla Dawson Klemens Haberberger Annabel Jaskiewicz Matthew Cook Akanksha Puli Belle Thompson Yianni Papadimittiou
Middle Row: Alison Leydin (Team Manager) Gabriela Sprague Rachel Lee Lachlan Bridgland Aaden Hughes Melanie Woodward Nathan Hilbig Ron Van Semmel (Team Manager)
Front Row: Natasha Van Semmel Chris Rumble Khai Shien Um
Waverley Tennis finished second.
Award Winners
15 & U Girl: Audrey Teo
Back: Darrin Lim Belle Thompson Todd Aleksic Kelly Martin Priscilla Dawson Natasha Van Bemmel
Centre: Omar Fields Rachel Lee Klemens Haberberger Jaide Collins Daniel Nguyen Emma Leech Jayde Viccars Matthew Cook
Front: Graeme Gillen (Manager) Christopher Wickenton Melanie Woodward Alex Van de Steenoven Lyn Gillen (Manager) Nathan Ponton Cassie Bengough Ryan Draffin Alison Leydin (Manager)
| Girls 15 & Under | Boys 15 & Under | Girls 13 & Under | Boys 13 & Under |
| Jayde Viccars | Ryan Draffin | Melanie Woodward | Klemens Haberberger |
| Jaide Collins | Nathan Ponton | Emma Leech | Todd Aleksic |
| Cassie Bengough | Omar Fields | Kelly Martin | Daniel Nguyen |
| Rachel Lee | Alex Van de Steenoven | Belle Thompson | Matthew Cook |
| Priscilla Dawson | Christopher Wickenton | Natasha Van Bemmel | Darren Lim |
Award Winners
13 & U Boy: Matthew Cook
15 & U Boy: Ryan Draffin
Waverley Tennis finished second.
Award Winners
13 & U Girl: Melanie Woodward (below)
15 & U Girl: Jayde Viccars (2 photos below)
Back: Joshua Tran (Wally Freeman Award winner), George Mitsas, Ben Jones, Stephanie Raux, Nathan Ponton, Ryan Draffin, Fedja Bilic, Will Ma, Robert Hilbig, Alana Parnaby, Annabelle Andrinopoulos (Pat Semmens/Angelo Cianchi winner), Madeline Skaras
Front: Taylor Petrucci, Aaron Addison, Elizabeth Kalyvas, Stacey Ponton, Jayde Viccars, Anna Li, Noelleda Ah San
Absent: Stephanie Hughes
| Girls 15 & Under | Boys 15 & Under | Girls 13 & Under | Boys 13 & Under |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephanie Hughes | Robert Hilbig | Noelleda Ah San | Aaron Addison |
| Elizabeth Kalyvas | Benjamin Jones | Annabelle Andrinopoulos | Fedja Bilic |
| Alana Parnaby | George Mitsas | Anna Li | Ryan Draffin |
| Stacey Ponton | Taylor Petrucci | Stephanie Raux | William Ma |
| Madeline Skaras | Joshua Tran | Jayde Viccars | Nathan Ponton |
Award Winners
Waverley scooped the pool in Awards.
Wally Freeman Award: Joshua Tran
Pat Semmens/Angelo Cianchi Award: Annabelle Andrinopoulos
13 & Under Girl: Annabelle Andrinopoulos
13 & Under Boy: Will Ma
15 & Under Girl: Madeline Skaras
15 & Under Boy: Joshua Tran
Holding the Pat Pearce Shield and her Best 15&U Girl Trophy is Madeline Skaras.
With her Pat Semmens/Angelo Cianchi Trophy and Best 13&U Girl Trophy is Annabelle Andrinopoulos.
With the Pat Semmens/Angelo Cianchi Perpetual Shield and his Best 13&U Trophy is Will Ma.
With the Wally Freeman Trophy and Best 15&U Trophy is Joshua Tran.
Annabelle Andrinopoulos with her Pat Semmens/Angelo Cianchi Shield and Trophy and Best 13&U Girl Trophy
Back: Omar Jasika Annabelle Andrinopoulos Rita Kaldawi Binasa Beslagic Taylor Petrucci Stephen Kaldawi
Middle: Pat Wright (Manager) Lilyana Dragojevic Joshua Tran Natalia Draca Robert Hilbig Madeline Skaras Lachlan Gillespie Brian Hovey (Manager) Len Pratt (Manager)
Front: Matthew Nickels Belinda Woolcock Alex Ilia Dejan Erakovic Alana Parnaby Daniel White Renee Tsongas
Absent: Elizabeth Kalyvas Karen Butler (Manager) Alex Tran (Manager)
| Girls 15 & Under | Boys 15 & Under | Girls 13 & Under | Boys 13 & Under |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binasa Beslagic | Dejan Erakovic | Annabelle Andrinopoulos | Alex Ilia |
| Natalia Draca | Lachlan Gillespie | Lilyana Dragojevic | Omar Jasika |
| Elizabeth Kalyvas | Robert Hilbig | Rita Kaldawi | Stephen Kaldawi |
| Madeline Skaras | Matthew Nickels | Alana Parnaby | Taylor Petrucci |
| Renee Tsongas | Daniel White | Belinda Woolcock | Joshua Tran |
