The STRATFORD TENNIS LEAGUE began play in its second season, this past Tuesday evening. Four teams will participate in the nine week regular season. The competition includes matches in Mens Doubles, Ladies Doubles, and Mixed Doubles.
In week one's early match, PHYSIOTHERAPY ASSOCIATES edged DONKERS AGRI 7 sets to 5 sets. The ladies #1 doubles saw a split of sets as PHYSIO'S Linda Doig and Debbie Murphy took the first set 6-4 before DONKERS Johanna Billings and Maria Donkers rebounded to take the second set 7-5. The #2 ladies doubles also split sets with DONKERS Gail Shelton and Noella Schiedel winning the first set 6-2 and PHYSIO'S Nancy Chung and Lise Couture prevailing in the second set 6-3. The splits continued in the mens #1 doubles as Chris Parson and Bill White of PHYSIO, won the first set 6-3 and Shannon Dyke and Pat McCarroll of DONKERS won the second set 6-4. PHYSIO won both mens #2 doubles as Morgan Davis and Mike Furlong took down DONKERS Jack Watson and David Hazelton 7-5, 6-2.
The 4 mixed doubles sets were split with two wins each. DONKERS won the #1 mixed with Billings and Dyke downing Doig and Parson 6-3. Donkers and McCarroll defeated Murphy and White 7-5 to give another set to DONKERS. The #3 mixed set went to PHYSIO as Chung and Davis edged Shelton and Watson 7-6 (7 points to 5 in the tie-breaker). PHYSIO secured the win when the #4 mixed set was taken by Couture and Furlong 6-1 over Schiedel and Hazelton.
The late game saw OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY dominate THE FLASHING PEARLIES 10 sets to 2, despite some closely contested games. OCCUPATIONAL'S #1 ladies doubles , Nancy Rheaume and Annette Garneau won their two sets, 6-3 , 7-5 over PEARLIES Marta Andrekovic and Heather Henke. The #2 ladies doubles split their sets with OCCUPATIONAL'S Cathy Mowbray and Monica Eickmeyer taking the first set 6-2 and The PEARLIES Marilyn Leasa and Ivy Chung taking the second set 7-6 (7-3 in the tie-breaker). OCCUPATIONAL'S #1 mens doubles team of Bob Tamblyn and Spencer Trachsel won both their sets against PEARLIES Richard Bast and Zdenko Andrekovic winning 6-4 , 7-6 (7 points to 5 in the tie-breaker). The mens #2 doubles saw OCCUPATIONAL dominate as Murray Schiedel and Jagdish Patel crushed PEARLIE'S Brent Hiller and Todd Chisholm 6-1, 6-1.
The #1 mixed doubles went to OCCUPATIONAL'S Rheaume and Tamblyn 7-6 (7-4 in the tie-breaker) over Andrekovic and Bast. The PEARLIES took the #2 mixed set with Henke and Andrekovic downing Garneau and Trachsel 6-4. Mowbray and Schiedel beat Leasa and Hiller 6-2 for OCCUPATIONAL's 9th set won. OCCUPATIONAL continued their close set wins when the #4 mixed set went to Eickmeier and Patel 7-6 (7 - 3 in the tie-breaker) over PEARLIES Chung and Chisholm.
Play continues next Tuesday with DONKERS AGRI facing The FLASHING PEARLIES in the early game and PHYSIOTHERAPY ASSOCIATES meeting OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY in the late game.
Posted by Nancy Chung
