On a hot February day that was too hot for a few (one heat out, one opposition forfeit), two out of the remaining four Maccabi sides won.

Four Maccabi sides have made finals and will play semi finals this week on Saturday 1 March (at 1pm) in the hope of qualifying for the Grand Final on Saturday 15 March:

• Section 5 South Yarra (2nd) v MACCABI (3rd) at Dendy Park TC
• Section 6 MACCABI (2nd) v Tennis World (3rd) at Carmelite TC
• Section 9 MACCABI (1st) v BLTC (4th) at Caulfield Recreation TC
• Section 10 MACCABI (2nd) v Hawthorn (3rd) at East Malvern TC

Players eligible (played 3 or more matches) for finals include:

• Section 5: Geoff Rosenberger, Gilad Nagar, Ilay Givoni, Arvid Kreimer, Marcus Frajman, Ian Altman, Nathan Rapoport
• Section 6: Jan Tenenberg, Ryan Behr, Steve Bendel, Adam Needleman, Daniel Henquin, Zvi Schweitzer
• Section 9: Ben Pollak, Saul Jayes, Errol Dorfan, Daniel Vertes, Daniel Goodrich, Jack Stock
• Section 10: Sebastian Raboy, Stephen Gorenstein, Stephen Kleid, Ashley Raboy, Paul Kovacs

A friendly reminder that 2025 membership fees are now overdue and must be paid ASAP if you wish to be included in the Winter Pennant teams: https://play.tennis.com.au/maccabitennisclub/Membership.

BRTA

Section 3 Maccabi 5-7-65 defeated Mt Martha 1-3-55

Jordan Jaffe 8-5
Marty Schwartz 8-6
Jonny Henquin 8-5
Steven Kleytman 8-7
Jordan Jaffe/ Marty Schwarz 4-6 6-2 6-7
Jonny Henquin/Steven Kleytman 3-6 7-5 7-6

For the last game of the year, we were up against the top team in our division on a hot and windy day. In the singles, Jordan played a classy opponent but played smart tennis to win 8-5. Marty played a hard hitter he defeated a few months back, and won 8-6 in similar fashion by playing consistent tennis. Jonny had an extremely tough and long match against a fellow youngster, winning 8-5. Whilst Steve won an intense tiebreak 7-5 to lead us to a 4-0 rubber lead. 

In doubles, Jordan and Marty played very solid doubles after losing the first set, to force a 3rd set super, but unfortunately went down 10-7 in the super. Whilst, Jonny and Steve came back from 1 set down to win their doubles in a 3rd set super.

Overall, we defeated the top team in the last week of the season - ultimately showing how far we could have gone this season but just wasn’t meant to be. Thank you to my team for the season and for everyone that filled in for us, and best of luck to the many Maccabi teams in the finals!

- Jordan Jaffe

Section 4 Maccabi 1-2-31 defeated by Kooyong 5-7-59

Rob Minc 5-8
Steve Gostin 1-8
Daniel Sneider 5-8
Steve Bendel 0-8
Rob Minc/ Daniel Sneider 2-6 1-6
Steve Gostin/ Steve Bendel 6-3 4-6 7-6

To end the season, an away game at Kooyong on their en tout cas.

This performance summed up our season with a. Hot weather b. some close losses (Rob and Daniel losing singles 5-8), c. lost some one sided ones (Rob and Daniel doubles, Bendel’s singles) d. having chances to break/ hold but not taking them (Gostin had a lot in his 1-8) e. ultimately managing to win a match to avoid a 0-6 result (the Steve’s managing a doubles win).

Been a tough season but with some positives.
1. Lachie Zuker our best performer for this season (then daylight): winning majority of his singles as well as doubles. Must have had the effect of a Brisbane premiership rubbing off on him (the rest of us suffering from  long flag droughts with no end in sight). 
2. Introducing Daniel Sneider to the club. Talent is there, just needs to get rid of all the rust.
3. ⁠Most amount of matches Rob Minc would have played in a season for a while.

First time I’ve been in a team with everyone: been good getting to know Rob, Steve, Daniel, Saul and Lachie. Now to enjoy the summer break.

-Joel Rabinov

Section 5 Maccabi 2-2-30 defeated by Chadstone 4-6-53

Gilad Nagar 5-8
Ilay Givoni 8-6
Ian Altman 1-8
Nathan Rapoport 8-7
Gilad Nagar/ Nathan Rapoport 1-6 3-6
Ilay Givoni/ Ian Altman 3-6 1-6

A great effort against the top team.

- Marcus Frajman

Section 6 Maccabi forfeited by BLTC

Section 9 Maccabi 3-4-39 defeated Dendy Park 3-4-32

Ben Pollak 8-0
Errol Dorfan 1-8
Daniel Vertes 7-8
Daniel Goodrich 8-1
Daniel Goodrich/ Jack Stock 0-6 3-6
Ben Pollak/ Errol Dorfan 6-2 6-1

Situation was clear, we needed to win and 3rd needed to beat 1st for us to jump up and finish top. 
It started brilliantly with Daniel G and Ben winning very easily singles. Although it was evened out as Daniel V unfortunately went down in a very tight match that resulted in a tiebreak and with Errol having his first in 2025, struggled going down as well.

In doubles, Errol lifted big time and with Ben were able to win fairly easily 6-2 6-1. Daniel G and Jack however struggled early and although were much better in the second set, they went down 6-0 6-3. Overall, a fantastic result to win by 7 games and get some momentum going into finals. A fantastic achievement as well given 3rd did beat 1st and we ended up finishing the regular season on top. However plenty of work to do to win Maccabi another pennant.

-Ben Pollak

Section 10 Maccabi 1-1-15  heat out against Highmoor Uniting 3-3-24

Sebastian Raboy 8-0
Stephen Kleid 4-8
Ashley Raboy 2-8
Paul Kovacs 1-8
Sebastian Raboy/ Ash Raboy
Stephen Kleid/ Paul Kovacs