Pat Pearce Carnival

This Inter-Association carnival between NEJTA (North Eastern Junior Tennis Association), NSJTA (North Suburban Junior Tennis Association), ERT (Eastern Region Tennis), and Waverley Tennis is held each year. Associations take turns in hosting the carnival. This event is played by boys and girls of two age groups: 15 & under and 13 & under.

The Mrs Pat Pearce Memorial Shield commenced in 1954 and a new format was introduced in 1989. The 66th year of the event was played in 2022.

AWARDS PRESENTED:

Wally Freeman Award is given to the Best and Fairest Player in the Carnival.
Pat Semmens/Angelo Cianchi Award is for the Best and Fairest Player in the opposite age group to the Wally Freeman winner.
Best 13&U Girl and Boy and Best 15&U Girl and Boy

(Please note that the Carnival was not held in both 2020 and 2021 because of COVID-19.)

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**2023 Host: ERT Winner: Eastern Region**

The 67th Pat Pearce Memorial Shield was hosted by Eastern Region Tennis on Friday 29th September and Saturday 30 September 2023. It used to be a 3 day event but this year the event clashed with the Tennis Victoria AJP on the Sunday 1 October and hence our event was reduced to 2 days having to dispense with the mixed doubles to fit everything into the remaining 2 days. Venues for Friday were Ringwood Central for the 15s and Mooroolbark Heights for the 13s. Saturday both age groups were at Ringwood Central.

Competing teams were from Eastern Region, North Suburban Juniors, North Eastern Juniors and Waverley Tennis in the 13 and under and 15 and under age groups.

13 Boys - Ben D’Costa, Jack Keown, Jovan Celic, Zac Waterston
13 Girls - Isabella Cameron, Victoria Shi, Diahna Srikanth, Gemma Pearson
Team Manager of 13s - Lyn Gillen

15 Boys - Christian Jelic (injured during event), Nathan Rato, Raymond Zhao, Eric Xiao Chen, Arian Bagaric (replacement player)
15 Girls - Sophia Brooks-Gay, Coco Philp, Samantha Morales, Teodora Delic
Team Manager of 15s - Carla Morales

Overall Results -
1st - Eastern Region
2nd - Waverley Tennis
3rd - North Eastern
4th - North Suburban

Winner of the Wally Freeman Award for the Best Overall player went to Samantha Morales (Waverley)

Best 13 & under player -Jack Keown (Waverley Tennis)

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**2022 Host: WDTA Winner: WDTA**

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.

**2019 Host: NEJTA Winner: WDTA**

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.

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

2018 Host: NSJTA Winner: WDTA

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

2017 Host: ERT Winner: WDTA

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

2016 Host: WDTA Winner: WDTA

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

2015 Host: NEJTA Winner: WDTA

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 Host: NSJTA Winner: NSJTA

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 Wietrzyk

Award Winners

Best 13 & under Boy: Max Flaherty

Best 15 & under Boy: Liam Louzado

2013 Host: ERT Winner: NEJTA

Audrey Teo, winner of Pat Semmens/Angelo Cianchi Award

2012 Host: WDTA Winner: NSJTA

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

2011 Host: NSJTA Winner: WDTA

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

2010 Host: Tennis SA Millswood Complex Winner: Tennis SA

Waverley Tennis finished second.

Award Winners

13 & U Girl: Melanie Woodward (below)

15 & U Girl: Jayde Viccars (2 photos below)

2009 Host: ERT Winner: WDTA

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

2008 Host: WDTA Winner: WDTA

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

Pat Pearce Carnival

Award Winners

Pat Semmens/Angelo Cianchi Award: Nenyasha Manzvera

13 & U Girl: Nithesa Selvaraj

15 & U Girl: Prisha Baliga

15 & U Boy: Mineth Nawarathna

Award Winner

Pat Semmens/Angelo Cianchi Award: Nathanael Haryanto

Award Winners

Wally Freeman Award: Tallie Collins

13 & U Boy: Sam Kim

15 & U Boy: Neel Mohan

Award Winners

Wally Freeman Award: Tobias Wietrzyk

13 & U Girl: Eliza Doan

Award Winners

Pat Semmens/Angelo Cianchi Award: Max Flaherty

13 & U Girl: Isabelle Papazyan

15 & U Boy: Liam Louzado

Award Winners

Award Winners

15 & U Girl: Audrey Teo

Award Winners

13 & U Boy: Matthew Cook

15 & U Boy: Ryan Draffin

Award Winners

13 & U Girl: Melanie Woodward (below)

15 & U Girl: Jayde Viccars (2 photos below)

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

Award Winners

Pat Semmens/Angelo Cianchi Award: Joshua Tran

13 & Under Girl: Belinda Woolcock

13 & Under Boy: Joshua Tran

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