New Zealand Tennis Umpires Online
February 2010 - Welcome back to Tony & Tony, Matt
& Matt, Dimitar & Chris who all just returned from
officiating at the Australian Open. Contratulations also to our
overseas based officials Paula & Blaze who returned home to
Canada & Germany respectively.
A few notable things to come out of the Australian Open
this year, in no particular order!
- Paula Windelev is sporting a sizable diamond on her finger from
fiance Dave Oullett from Canada, he proposed at the Open where they
first met :).
- Paula also made the crew for the Women's Final along with
Dimitar.
- Chris Temu capped off a successful return to Melbourne for the
10th straight year by making the crew for the Men's Final
- Matthew Burrell got the honour of chair umpiring the Final of
the Wheelchair Men's Singles.
- Matthew Skilton was a crew member on Junior & Wheelchair
Finals.
- All the NZ White Badges, Tony G, Tony B, Paula W, Matt B &
Dimitar were given chair assignments during the open and all
enjoyed their time at Melbourne Park
- We also caught up with some ex-NZTUA members at the Open in
Shriwanas Deshpande and Phillipa Collins, both doing a great job on
court.
BREAKING NEWS - Rosemary Hargreaves has been successful
with a Prime Ministers Scholarship so she can attend the ITF Level
2 School in New York to become a Certified White Badge Referee. We
wish her well as she leaves on the 11th of February. The Prime
Ministers Scholarship will cover all of her expenses and is a
prestigious award. Check out Passing shots for more
info.
Check out our traveling umpires.
Latest NZTUA News Here
Applications for events - Join NZTUA to have access to
the online event application process - Events being made available
each month - keep watching
- USOpen Applications out now, contact the administrator if you
wish to apply
- Check out the National events on the applications to the right,
you will need your log in details that were emailed out to you. If
you are a new official or can't find your details then email
admin@nztua.com for your details.
- Check out the Calendar of events online
with TNZ and you will find events in your local area you can
umpire. Simply contact your District Umpires Association or the
contact details on the calendar to apply for these events.
For more information on how you can help at these events
contact the administrator below;
Administrator
Tony Glentworth
P.O. Box 11 128
Sockburn
Christchurch 8443
admin@nztua.com
Office (03) 942 5991 Cell (027) 251 0928
Skype "Tony Glentworth - NZTUA"
All general enquiries to the administrator please.