Site last updated ........Saturday 27th February 2010.

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Labour Weekend Tournament Entry entries are now being taken

Entries for the Donald Labour Weekend Tournament, held from 6th - 8th March 2010, are now open. The entry form can be downloaded from here, (PDF file 832 KB) filled out and posted to Donald Lawn Tennis Club, PO Box 72, Donald, 3480. Entries close Friday February 26th 2010.

 

Alternatively, the electronic entry form (Excel file, 12 KB) can be downloaded from here. This can filled out and sent as an attachment to an Email to:

secretary@donaldtennis.com.au

 

For further information contact the Secretary at:

secretary@donaldtennis.com.au or ring 0408 501 724 or 5496 6324 or Fax: 5497 1915.

 

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Club Championship Results- Sunday 21st February

A Grade Mens Singles

Derek Hollis defeated Adam Flood 8-4

 

B Grade Mens Singles

Stephen Harmer defeated Tim Gillahan 6-0

 

Doubles B Grade Round Robin

Tim Gillahan and Luke Clark were the winning doubles pair

 

A Women's Singles Round Robin

Carmen Bath defeated Rae Ackland and Allison Belleville in a round robin tiebreaker.

 

A Womens Doubles Round Robin

R Ackland and Carmel Lowry defeated Allison Belleville and Joyce Hollis and Carmen Bath and Stacey Hibberd

 

B Women's singles

Carmel Lowry defeated Stacey Hibberd 8-7

 

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Twilight Social Tennis February / March Competition:

Time: February 18th, 25th, March 4th, 11th

 

Thursday nights beginning at 5.30 pm.

 

Venue: Donald Lawn Tennis Courts

 

Teams of 4 (with names) may be entered

 

Individual entrants will be placed in a team.

 

Cost: $24 insurance per player (2009-2010 Lawn Tennis non-members only) plus $3 per night per player. The insurance gives you membership with Tennis Victoria until 30th October 2010 and full accident coverage.

 

Membership forms will be available on the night and can be downloaded from here.

 

For further information contact Stuart Potter on 54 971 362.

 

Results for Week 2

 

The second round of Twilight Tennis was played last Thursday night in magnificent weather. The banter was flying early in the High School vs McSheridan’s match  on Court 3 with John McConville and Bernie Sheridan taking every opportunity to throw a few quick ones into Tony Cashin on the net, both with tennis balls and some well directed remarks.  Cashy had the last laugh though as he and Stuart Potter finally ground out a well deserved 8-6 victory, although Cashy had to be helped off the court.  On Court 4, Ian Hume was serving up a storm for the High School, as he and Karyn Goode played a hotly contested match with Jake Sheridan and Pam McConville. Once Ian finally got his serving radar on course, he and Karyn managed to score an 8-5 win. In the second set, husband and wife team John and Pam McConville attempted to run the exhausted Tony Cashin around, but some solid work by Karyn Goode on the net meant that the High School won 8-5.

 

Meanwhile on Courts 5 and 6, the Big Guns, still chuffed over their easy win over the High School the previous week, were determined to continue their winning run in Round 2. Out went Paddy O’Reilly, much to the relief of those without sunglasses, as well as Bernie Sheridan and Grace Brennan who had defected to other teams during the week. In came John Brennan and Bobby Sheridan, as well as Bernard Downes. The whole scale changes from last week made no difference with the Big Guns winning three of their four sets, although with two tie-breakers in that lot, (both involving Bobbie Sheridan!) those serving behind the bar were looking forward to doing some big business at the end of the night. Bragging rights for the week rest with  John and Ange Brennan as daughter Grace found herself playing for the losing opposition.  

 

Meanwhile the Grande Dames having being joined by Rae Ackland during the week, were now at full strength and looking forward to inflicting some serious damage upon their opposition. They came up against the Lowry team. Joyce Hollis and Joan Hardingham used their years of experience in just getting over the line against Carmel Lowry and Steve Harmer 8-7 while Anne Walsh and Rae Ackland defeated Oleg Rachinsky and Will McConville. The Grande Dames, despite running out of steam a little towards the end, managed to scrape a 3 point victory.

 

Full Scores – Round 2

High School (32 games) defeated McSheridans (21 games)
Stuart Potter / Tony Cashin  defeated Bernie Sheridan / John McConville 8-6
Ian Hume / Karyn Goode defeated Jake Sheridan / Pam McConville 8-5
Stuart Potter / Ian Hume  defeated Bernie Sheridan / Jake Sheridan 8-5
Tony Cashin / Karyn Goode defeated John McConville / Pam McConville  8-5

 

Big Guns (31 games) defeated Leah’s Team (24 games)
John Brennan / Bernard Downes defeated Leah Trollop / Tim Gillahan 8-6
Bobbie Sheridan / Ange Brennan defeated Sam Goldsmith / Grace Brennan 8-7
John Brennan / Bobbie Sheridan lost to Leah Trollop / Sam Goldsmith  7-8
Bernard Downes / Ange Brennan defeated Tim Gillahan / Grace Brennan 8-3

 

Grande Dames (28 games) defeated Lowry Team (25 games)
Joyce Hollis / Joan Hardingham defeated  Carmel Lowry / Steve Harmer 8-7
Anne Walsh / Rae Ackland defeated Oleg Rachinsky / Will McConville  8-3
Joyce Hollis / Rae Ackland lost to Oleg Rachinsky / Steve Harmer  6-7
Joan Hardingham / Anne Walsh lost to Carmel Lowry / Brody Haddow 6-8

 

Round 3 will commence at 5.30 pm this Thursday, with a charge of $3 per player. A BBQ tea will again be held. $1 per sausage or hamburger.

Round 3 Draw
High School vs. Grande Dames  - Courts 3 and 4
Big Guns vs. Lowry Team - Courts 5 and 6
McSheridans vs. Leah’s Team - Courts 7 and 8.

Ladder

Team	Played	Wins	Losses	Tied	Pts	Games For	Games Ag.	%
Big Guns	2	2	0	8	8	58	48	120.8
High School	2	1	1	4	4	56	48	116.6
Leah’s Team	2	1	1	4	4	50	49	102.0
Grande Dames	2	1	1	4	4	46	51	90.1
Lowry Team	2	0	1	1	2	43	46	93.4
McSheridans	2	0	1	1	2	47	56	83.9

* McSheridans and Lowry Team have had their scores adjusted for Week 1 (when only some of their team played)

 

Teams for Round 3 are:

 

Donald High School

• Stuart Potter
• Karyn Goode
• Lauren Swan
• Ian Hume

Big Guns

• Ange Brennan
• John Brennan
• Pat O’Reilly
• Bobby Sheridan

Lowry Team

• Carmel Lowry
• Oleg Rachinsky
• Steve Harmer
• Brody Haddow

The Grande Dames

• Joan Hardingham
• Joyce Hollis
• Anne Walsh
• Rae Ackland

Leah's team

• Tim Gillahan
• Matthew Berry
• Leah Trollop
• Brody Haddow

McSheridans

• Bernie Sheridan
• Helen Sheridan
• John McConville
• Pam McConville

ROUND THIRTEEN

 

Round 13 of the NCTA saw the Donald (Avon and Richardson) and Birchip (Tchum and Ballapur) teams clash for the second time this season, with both Birchip teams ending any finals aspirations Richardson and Avon may have had about making the finals.

 

It wasn’t all one way in favour of the Birchip teams however with Avon and Richardson both managing to win their men’s sections. Richardson won four of their seven sets winning their section narrowly by 41 games to 38, while Avon managed to win seven of their eight sets, 60 games to 40.

 

The Richardson women however only managed to win one set from their seven sets played with Joyce Hollis and Laura Ackland winning 8-6. Joyce was unlucky to not win a second set, losing to Louisa Lee and Jenny Goldsmith in a tiebreaker. The Ballapur women had a comfortable section win 46 games to 24. It much the same story for the Avon women against Tchum with Tchum winning all eight sets played. Sarah Tottenham and Allison Belleville offered to the most resistance losing their set in a tiebreaker. The Tchum women had an easy section win 64 games to 30 games.

 

With both Donald teams behind the eight ball at the start of the mixed, they would need most things to go right in the  mixed section games. For Richardson only Adam Flood and Rae Ackland could claim a win while for Avon Derek Hollis / Sarah Tottenham and Alexander Bourchier / Alex Downes managed wins. Ballapur defeated Richardson in the mixed by 14 games (42-28), while Tchum also had a solid 17 game win (52-35).

 

Final scores were Ballapur 126 games (8 points) defeated Richardson (2 points) while Tchum 156 games (8 points) defeated Avon 125 games – 2 points)

 

Three set winners for the day were: Derek Hollis (Avon), Adam Flood (Richardson), B. Gleeson, James Goldsmith, Eileen Smith, Wendy Buteaux, Jenny Goldsmith (Ballapur), Sharee Dobson, Fiona Best, Simone Christie, W. McClelland, D.Donnellon, Mikaela Christie, Shelley Ditterich and Belinda Randall (Tchum)

 

 

Click on the Tournaments / Draw link for the full draw.

 

THIS WEEK

Next Round. Round 14 - Sat. February 27th 2010

at Donald Lawn Tennis Courts

 

 

The RICHARDSON team for this week vs. ST ARNAUD is:

MEN: Adam Flood, Brad Bath, Richard Reilly, Stuart Potter, Tony Goode, Luke Clark, Andrew Falla and Tobie Chapman

WOMEN: Rae Ackland, Marney Flood, Carmen Bath, Joyce Hollis, Carmel Lowry, Laura Ackland, Jordan Bath

 

The AVON team for this week vs. KARA KARA is:

MEN: Derek Hollis, Gary Young, Graeme Cocking, Jeremy Goode, Alexander Bourchier,

WOMEN: Leah Trollop, Jodie Westerland, Kerry Boorman, Alison Belleville, Stacey Hibberd, Caitlyn Wood

 

Click on the Tournaments / Draw link for the full draw.