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Waatea603am Caro Bowl Semi Final V Royal Oak

Friday 21 November Mangere hosted Royal Oak in front of the biggest crowd seen at a Caro Bowl fixture, but sadly the reigning champions lost 2-4 to the strongest team Royal Oak could field. Mangere’s top doubles surprising lost and the bottom doubles pairing of Salema Taufa and Deanna Haami almost caused an upset losing only 7-5 in the third set. In the singles Tracey O’Connor played outstanding in thrashing Abagail Gutherie 6-0 / 6-0 and Salema Taufa battled strongly at no 4 for a good win, Kataraina Hunia was easily disposed of by Veteran Angela Swinkles at No 3, but the crucial singles match between Luci Barlow and former NZ Rep Nicola Kaiwai unfortunately went Nicola’s way over an out of sorts Luci.

The club takes this opportunity to thank Radio Waatea 603am it’s principal sponsor, team members, club members for their support and Desrae Garratt co Manager and Interclub controller for her tireless efforts in assisting the girls travel arrangements to the venues.

Waatea603am Caro Bowl Women V Glendowie

Friday 14 November Mangere hosted Glendowie and a big group of supporters, Mangere went on to win 5-1, with the top doubles being split for the first time, Mangere will host Royal Oak in next week’s semi final

Waatea603am Caro Bowl Women V Royal Oak

Friday 7 November Mangere travelled to Royal Oak and defeated an under strength team 4-2 with Luci Barlow winning her singles in three sets after facing match point down at 2-5.

Waatea603am Caro Bowl Women V Parnell

Friday 31 October Mangere travelled to Parnell and suffered their first defeat in one and a half seasons. Tracey and Luci battled hard against Di Hollands and Pavlina Nola in the top doubles and singles, but were pipped by their former International oponents. Salema Taufa battled hard in her bottom singles suffering cramps in her third set. Parnell's Niki Tippins disposed of Kataraina Hunia at the number 3 singles without dropping a game, giving Parnell a 6-0 win. Mangere need to improve against Royal Oak to insure a good top four placing.

Waatea603am Caro Bowl Women V Mission Bay

Friday 17 October Mangere hosted Mission Bay with a solid but hard fought 4-2 victory in windy conditions, the win was spearheaded by an outstanding singles win by Tracey O'Connor 6-2 / 6-2 over Tanya Samodelok the Russian born and NZ's top rated junior, Tracey and Lucy won the top doubles again. Lucy Barlow was extended to 3 sets by an improving Imogen Golder with Salema Taufa gutsing out her singles win at number 3. Mangere will next play Parnell at Parnell and will be relying on a big improvement from its younger members, Salema, Deanna and Kataraina to compete against the strong Parnell side on their home turf.

Waatea603am Caro Bowl Women v Pompallier

Friday 10 October Mangere hosted Pompallier and came away with a 6-0 win, again led by Tracey and Luci in the top doubles and singles. Salema and Deanna backed them up with hard fought victories, Kataraina Hunia returned from Barcelona but was too unwell to play.

Waatea603am Caro Bowl Women V Kohimarama

Friday 3 October, Mangere travelled to Kohi for an intended tough battle, but came out winners 5-1 with Tracey O'Connor having an outstanding win over Briar Preston, teaming up with Luci for a good doubles win, Salema and Deanna both had good wins at 3 & 4 singles.

Waatea603am Caro Bowl Women V Remuera

Headed by new captain Tracey O'Connor and Luci Barlow Mangere cruised to a 5-1 win over Remuera at home on Friday 26 September, they were well supported by new members Salema Taufa and Deanna Haami although Salema defied doctors orders and played.

Interclub Teams for 2008/09

Interclub Controller, Desrae Garratt announced six teams for the season: Caro Bowl Women, Caro Bowl Reserve Men, First Men, Ferrier Cup, Presidents A and Open Men 3

Umpire Award

Desrae Garratt was awarded the ALTUA Anderson Cup for services to umpiring at the Auckland Umpire's Assocation AGM, 13th July

Kataraina Hunia NZ U/16 Champion

Mangere's Kataraina Hunia took out the NZ U/16 Girls Singles at Christchurch, Kataraina was also a member of the winning St Cuthberts National Secondary Schools team.

Kataraina leaves this Friday 2 May, for 5 months training in Barcelona, returning to play for Mangere in the 2008 Caro Bowl competition.

Congratulations Kataraina

2007/08 Interclub results

Womens Caro Bowl - Winners

Caro Bowl Res. Men - finished 10th out of 13 teams

First Grade Men - finished 10th out of 12 teams

Ferrier Cup - finished 6th out of 12 teams

Presidents A Grade - finished 9th out of 12 teams

Open Men2 - finished 8th out of 11 teams

Open Presidents4 - finished 8th out 10 teams

Twilight Men - Winners

Twilight Women - Winners

Congratulations to those three winning teams and the promotion / relegation grades in maintaining their grades for next season

Shelley, Tracey and Luci dominate Chelsea Cup Final

Shelley Bryce, Tracey O,Connor and Luci Barlow from Mangere Combined led Milford to a comfortable 6/0 win over Campbells Bay in the finals of the North Harbour competition.

Mangere Women head the 7th Remuera Classic (Feb 2008)

Tracey O'Connor (Mangere Combined) took out the women's singles with a solid 7/6 6/1 win over promising NZ Junior Tania Sameldok.

Tracey O'Connor & Luci Barlow (Mangere Combined) teamed up to win the women's doubles with a comfortable 6/3 6/3 victory over Brittany Teei & Wendy Owen

Alan Chester & Tuuru Tare lead the way at the 2008 National Seniors Tennis Championships in Tauranga

Alan and Tuuru were outstanding individuals as seven Mangere Combined members competed at the recent NZ Seniors tennis champs at Tauranga from Jan 8-12, 2008 - results as follows:

Alan Chester: Winner 65+ Mens Singles & Mixed Doubles /

Tuuru Tare: Winner 45+ Womens Singles & 40+ Doubles /

Leona Davis-Kaye: R/UP 40+ Womens Singles & Doubles /

Kaipara Solmon: R/UP 40+ Mens Doubles /

Maryanne Rogers & Raewyn Heywood: R/UP 50+ Womens Doubles /

Alan's wins now give him 40 NZ Titles, outstanding dedication and achievement Alan!

Desrae Garratt at Heineken Open

Desrae as a member of the Auckland Tennis Umpire's Assoc was seen officiating as a line umpire during the recent 2008 Heineken Open at the ASB Tennis Centre - congratulations Desrae.

81st Maori Tennis Championships

Mangere Combined tennis players gained ten finals placings at the recent championships held at the Waikato Tennis Centre from December 27 - 30, 2007 with Tracey O'Connor winning the open singles and doubles, Tracey's and other members who reached finals and their results are:



Event	Winner/s	Runner/s Up	Results
Championship
Mens Singles	Barrett Franks	Rodney Cook	4/6 6/4 6/2
Mens Doubles	Rodney Cook & Andrew Batie	Barrett Franks & Ben Howe	6/2 6/1
Womens Singles	Tracey O'Connor	Luci Barlow	6/3 6/3
Womens Doubles	Tracey O'Connor & Luci Barlow	Okeroa Douglas & Dana Gray	R/R
Mixed Doubles	Quentin Wallace & Luci Barlow	Matawha Durie & Okeroa Douglas	6/4 6/1


Seniors 50+
Mens Singles	Dick Garratt	John Cook	6/0 6/1
Mens Singles Plate	Wati Waiomio	Whare Wharepapa	9/4
Mens Doubles	Dick Garratt & Harry Tawhai	Walter Tawera & Whare Wharepapa	R/R

Seniors 30 - 49
Mens Singles	Kaipara Solomon	Wayne Douglas
Mens Singles Plate	Julien Tihema	Adam Whauwhau	6/1 6/0
Mens Doubles	Kaipara Solomon & Watson Kume	Wayne Douglas & Mark Henderson	6/4 6/2
Womens Singles	Leona Davis-Kaye	Jo-Ann Douglas	6/4 7/5
Womens Singles Plate	Wynel George	Kiri Campbell	12/4
Womens Doubles	Te Mana Rollo & Tia Ormsby	Desrae Garratt & Deanna Pohatu	6/4 6/1
Mixed Doubles	Wayne Douglas & Leona Davis-Kaye	Kaipara Solomon & Jo-Ann Douglas	3/6 6/2 6/2

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