The early game had the FLASHING PEARLIES face PHYSIOTHERAPY ASSOCIATES. The ladies #1 doubles went to the PEARLIES as Marta Andrekovic and Heather Henke scored a 6 - 2 , 6 - 2 victory over PHYSIO's Deb Murphy and Nancy Chung. PHYSIOTHERAPY ASSOCIATES evened the match when Lise Couture and Marilyn Holmes took the ladies #2 doubles 6 - 3 , 6 -3 over Sandy Darby and Ivy Chung.
The men's #1 doubles was swept by Richard Bast and Zdenko Andrekovic of the PEARLIES 6 - 0 , 6 -4 over Chris Parson and Nathan Walsh. The men's #2 doubles was a 6 - 1 , 6 - 1 victory by PHYSIO's Morgan Davis and Mike Furlong over Todd Chisholm and Sing Chung, once again evening the match.
The #1 mixed doubles set went to the PEARLIES as Andrekovic and Bast edged Murphy and Parson 6 - 4. The PEARLIES also took the #2 mixed match with a 6 - 1 win by Henke and Andrekovic over Chung and Walsh. PHYSIO responded by taking the #3 mixed doubles with a 6 - 1 victory by Couture and Davis over Darby and Chisholm. Holmes and Furlong scored a 6 - 1 win over Chung and Chung in the #4 mixed set, leaving the teams in a 6 set to 6 set tie for the match.
The late game was another BIG win for OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY. This weeks opponent was DONKERS AGRI who managed to win 2 sets while Occupational took 10 sets. The games began with Occupational's ladies #1 doubles team of Lori McCabe and Nancy Rheaume scoring a close 6 - 3 , 7 - 5 victory over Johanna Billings and Maria Donkers. The #2 ladies doubles saw Annette Garneau and Monika Eickmeyer give Occupational another two sets downing Sandie Ennett and Noella Schiedel 6 - 2 , 6 - 4. Bob Tamblyn and Spencer Trachel won the men's #1 doubles for OCCUPATIONAL 6 - 4 , 6 - 2 over Shannon Dyke and Pat McCarroll. The #2 men's doubles completed the early domination with Murray Schiedel and Gustavo Garcia defeating Jack Watson and Paul Barclay 6 - 3 , 6 - 3.
The mixed doubles #1 match went to McCabe and Tamblyn 6 - 3 over Billings and Dyke. Donkers took their first set of the night in the #2 mixed doubles as Donkers and McCarroll thumped Rheaume and Trachsel 6 - 1. OCCUPATIONAL snuck out a 7 - 6 win in the #3 mixed doubles as Garneau and Schiedel edged Ennett and Watson. The #4 mixed set went to Donkers with Schiedel and Barclay downing Eickmeyer and Garcia 7 - 5.
After 3 weeks OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY has three decisive wins and are well out in front in the standings. PHYSIOTHERAPY ASSOCIATES and The FLASHING PEARLIES are tied for second place with DONKERS AGRI just one point behind in fourth place. Next weeks matches see The FLASHING PEARLIES face OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY in the early game and DONKERS AGRI meeting PHYSIOTHERAPY ASSOCIATES in the late game.
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Deb Murphy (Stratford) & Krista P. (Stratford) Ladies Doubles 'A' finalists
Ladies Doubles 'A' champions
Last weekend, the Stratford Tennis Club hosted their annual TENNIS ACCESS TOUR event. Saturday saw play in Men's and Ladies Doubles , with Mixed Doubles play on Sunday. Players from Toronto and southwestern Ontario took part in the 2 day event. Many players from the home club participated and several had great success.
In the Ladies Doubles event Stratford's Krista Plociennik and Debbie Murphy advanced to the 'A' final before falling to Sandra Barrett (Toronto) and Sophie LaPlante (Sarnia), 8 games to 4. The Ladies 'B' title went to Waterloo's Lisa Hoffman and Irene Janzen when Jackie Day and Edith Howden of Toronto had to withdraw after falling behind 4 - 0 in the final.
The Men's 'A' championship went to Matt Brown (Waterloo) and Ray Thompson (Toronto) who defeated Scott Barrett and Tony Lancia 8 - 6 in a very exciting final. Brown and Thompson had eliminated Stratford's Bob Tamblyn and his partner Chris DeVriendt of Waterloo in the semifinals, while Barrett and Lancia took out Stratford's Max Besworth and Ryan Magagnin in their semifinal. In the Men's 'B' final Wayne Ivey (Toronto) and Damon LaPlante (Sarnia) scored an 8 - 5 victory over Barrie's Gary Helmkay and Logan Dayus to take the title. Ivey and LaPlante had edged Stratford's Greg Vivian and Nathan Duh 8 - 7 in the semifinals.
In Sunday's Mixed Doubles events, Sandra Barrett and Tony Lancia defended the title they won last year, taking down Stratford's Krista Plociennik and Mike Jauncey of Toronto 8 - 4 in the final. The 'A' consolation winners are Patty Thornicroft and Kerem Usenmez (Mississauga) who scored an 8 - 5 win over Stratford's Johanna Billings and Greg Vivian. Stratford got a piece of the Mixed 'B' title when the home club's Nathan Walsh teamed with Gillian Scarfe of Toronto to to down Irene Janzen and Mike Hughey of Waterloo 8 - 4 in the title match. Stratford's Maria Donkers and Wayne Ivey of Toronto won the 'B' consolation title 8 -5 over Waterloo's Lisa Hoffman and Akio Saito.
Krista P. (Stratford)
Mixed Doubles 'A' finalist
Nathan W. (Stratford)
Mixed Doubles 'B' champion
