From The Umpires Chair
All the night tennis competitions enjoyed lovely playing conditions last week after the fantastic rain that fell last weekend. The courts are looking a picture, especially after all the hard work that Hedley and his workers did over the summer break. Players are enjoying 4 new resurfaced courts as well as a new larger practice wall area and new seating.
Players are reminded that the comps start at 7pm sharp. New players must pay membership of $38 (adults) or $20 (juniors) and is payable by this week please. If any player is unavailable they should arrange for a reserve to fill in.
Results from last week include;
MONDAY ACES
Bev Finn and Michael Henry were lucky to come away with a top score of 19 points only after they defeated Laurie Wakefield and Craig Thornton in a thrilling tie-breaker. Laurie and Craig scored a total of 18 points while John Chew and Luke Evans came away with 16 despite beating Laurie and Craig in another tie-breaker. Maree Grant and Mark Job only managed to score 4 games even though they contested some great points.
MONDAY VOLLEYS
A new format for this division sees a set of singles played and then the opponents’ team up together to play 3 short sets (first to 4) of doubles.
Nic Blanch was the top scorer last week after he defeated Mick Herft 6/1 in the singles and then partnered Mick to win all 3 doubles sets. One point is awarded for every game won and Nic came away with a maximum of 18 points. Paul Jewell was next best on 16, and then Mick Herft and David Pye equal on 13, Carmen Allen 11, Nic Ryan 10, Steve Prescott 8 and sub Daniel Smith 4.
MONDAY TOP SPINS
Sandra Massurit top scored for the second time running after she teamed with Richard Draper to win all 3 sets and notched up 18 points. The other 3 pairs all beat each other with Don Perera and Geoff Massurit scoring 13 points, going down 6/5 to Sandra and Richard, while Katrina Allen and David Kent, and Gail Smith and Dale Allen all scored 9 points.
TUESDAY FEDERERS
Serves You Right (Jade Newham, Blake Byrnes and Nicole Cheney) played another close match last week, this time drawing 3 sets all with the Smashers team (Darren James, Clint Fitzsummons and Stewart Lamond). The Smashers got up by 29 games to 23.
Hot Shots (Brendan and Jack Brewer and Maddye Potts) defeated a lacklustre Edward’s team (Ryan and Alec Edwards, and sub Tobie Payne) by 6 sets to love.
The 3 Wise Men (Lachlan Thompson, Josh Boardman and sub Nic Ryan) were too good for the NewsPower team (Luke and Greg Nash, and Rob Macdonald), defeating them by 5 sets to 1.
TUESDAY NADALS
The SCT Blokes (Geoff Smith, Jim Knight and Colin Horan)showed no mercy when they thrashed the SCT Ladies (Natasha Jeffery, Kim Lannan and Amy Sanders) by 6 sets to love.
The Young Guns (Emily and Hayley Swindle, and Rebecca Wray) defeated the SCT Girls (Coralie Hall, Nicki Avram and Emma Tupper) by 4 sets to 2 in a terrific match.
Smash Hits (sub Shane Apsey, Janelle Woods and Angela Bottaro) played a great match against the new Ring Ins team (Chris Schembri, Tom Stokes and Chris Willis). Smash Hits came away with the points after they scored a 5 set to 1 victory.
Westcott’s (Neil and Hayden Westcott, and Matthew Job) came away with a nice 6 set to love win over the SCT Guys (Victor Avram and subs Lachlan George and Chris Twigg).
WEDNESDAY NIGHT MIXED TEAMS
All teams were on deck for Round 2 of the competition.
Services Club (Maree Grant, Cathy King, Greg Phillips and Alex Evans) defeated the BP Panthers (Karen and Richard Hamilton, Bev Bokeyar and Ian Ward) by 6 sets to 2. The men’s sets were the highlight of the match with Greg and Alex taking the first 6/4, and then Richard and Ian took the second 6/5.
Cheneys (Kerry McIntyre, Helen Jolly, David Wyatt and Mick McFarlane) scored a 7 set to 1 win over The Has Beens (Carla and Phil Bishop, and Dawn and Laurie Wakefield ).
Full of Excuses (Helen Standen, Merren Davey, Hedley Nicholson and Ian Simpson) defeated the Cambridge Hotel (Michelle Hawke, Tanya Bayliss, Clinton Hawke and Anthony Heraghty) by 5 sets to 3 in an exciting match. Helen and Merren won the ladies sets for the Excuses team, while Clinton and Anthony evened up the match in the mens. The mixed went the Excuses way by 3 sets to 1 to seal the match.
Parkes Cellars (Erika McNaughton, Janelle Thompson, Tom Orr and Robbie Dunn) defeated the Garriocks (Isobel Garriock, Barbara Hughes, Peter Deardon and Bill Burke) by 8 sets to love.
Big Regrets (Donna Smith, Te Anau and James Dolbel, and David Pye) thrashed the Hot Shots (Nicole and Erin Cheney, Coady Gibson and Blake Byrnes) by 7 sets to 1.
THURSDAY NIGHT
Rod’s Rockets (Maddye Potts, Rebecca Kiley and sub Henry Waddell) played a fantastic match with Get Smashed (Steve Skinner, Trevor Rowney and sub Vince Umbers). The Rockets got up by 4 sets to 2.
The Forbes Kids (Caitlin and Ethan Byrne, and Joe Flannery) defeated the Warren’s (Mick, Alex and Rai Warren) by 5 sets to 1.
Body Express (Riall Harrison, Renee and Emily Thomson) had a great contest with the Hewitt’s team (Bernie and Illie Hewitt and Hedley Wilson) despite the 6 set to love scoreline in favour of Body Express.
Volley’s (Matthew Wilson, Mani Kandapillai and Lionel Jurd) scored a 5 set to 1 success after they defeated the Lightning Bolts team (Perry Cabban, Russell and Jessica Macdonald).
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