Last Friday Parkes Tennis played host to the largest one day cross stage primary school tennis event in NSW with the McDonalds/Magill Interschool trophy. With all five Parkes primary schools involved some 150 students from Stages 1, 2 and 3 were in action across the 156 courts playing in red and green ball competitions. It was Parkes Public who retained the McDonalds/Magill Trophy with a win in Stage 3 scoring 38 sets in total. Parkes Christian School played well to finish in second place with 32 sets followed by Holy Family on 24. Parkes East finished with 20 sets and Middleton did very well to score seven sets for the day.
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Stage 2 went to Holy Family who were in dominant form after competing at the Todd Woodbridge Cup earlier in the week. Their final score was 680 points with Parkes Public coming in second on 655 points. Parkes Christian School (563), Parkes East (546) and Middleton (529) all competed hard.
Stage 1 was very close with Holy Family scoring 804 points followed by Parkes East with 799. Parkes Public were on 666 and Parkes Christian School on 663. Middleton finished well to score 538 points for the day.
Many thanks to Lyn Pengilly and Pauline Nicholson for their services in the canteen and Brendon Hunt and Hedley Nicholson for the skills on the barbeque.
Parkes High School provided 24 students who were outstanding helpers for both Stage 1 and 2 matches while ex-students Ben Evans along with Hannah and Phoebe Potts were integral to the success of the day. Thankyou to all the schools who continue to support this event. The enthusiasm and smiles throughout the day from children and their families was priceless and makes sporting interactions so vital to lift community spirit across regional Australia.
Todd Woodbridge Cup: Holy Family Stage 2 tennis team travelled to Sydney last week to participate in the Todd Woodbridge Cup. The team including Hayden Arndell, Zavier Jones, Declan Quade, Sam Morgan, Poppy Fisher, Addie Summerhayes, Ashley and Hannah Terry had the BYE in the opening round and then won their next two matches. They had a close loss against Shoalhaven and were out played against St Xaviers from Gunnedah who finished runners-up. Holy Family then played Kings Langley in the playoffs and official results came through late last week indicating Holy Family has finished in 9th place out of 20 regional winners which was an outstanding effort. They all showed great sportsmanship and Mr Berger and Mr Arndell guided them well through the day.
Junior competition: Round 7 is the penultimate round and scheduled for this afternoon. The list for names is on the canteen bench for the presentation and barbeque which will be held on December 3.
Senior competition: Tonight will be the final round match before playoffs commence next Tuesday.
The scoreboard is as follows: East Division- Arndell's Aces-44, Pints-38, Boom Shaka Laka-36, Tennis-35, Ally Gators-31, Dreamteam-23, Racqueteers-16, AGC-16.
West Division- Mixed Lollies-38, Wasted Potential-31, The Questionables-30, Full of Excuses-29, Bogan Gate Bandits- 20, Full Metal Racquet- 19, Insert Name Here- 13.
