On June 21st, the Stratford Tennis League had another night of competitive play . The early game saw first place OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY involved in their first close match of the season against THE FLASHING PEARLIES. The late game had DONKERS AGRI avenge their week one loss to PHYSIOTHERAPY ASSOCIATES.
The early game began with OCCUPATION THERAPY'S #1 men's doubles team of Bob Tamblyn and Spencer Trachsel taking 2 sets from THE FLASHING PEARLIES' team of Richard Bast and Zdenko Andrekovic 6 - 2 , 7 - 6 (7 points to 5 in the tie-breaker). In the #2 men's doubles the sets were split as OCCUPATIONAL'S Gustavo Garcia and Jagdish Patel took the first set 6 - 4, with the PEARLIES' Brent Hiller and Todd Chisholm taking the second set 6 - 4.
The FLASHING PEARLIES' ladies doubles #1 team of Marta Andrekovic and Marilyn Leasa swept OCCUPATIONAL'S Nancy Rheaume and Lise Couture 6 - 3 , 6 - 3. The #2 ladies doubles saw OCCUPATIONAL'S Cathy Mowbray and Monica Eickmeyer take the first set 6 - 0 before the PEARLIES' team of Sandra Darby and Ivy Chung rebounded to take the second set 6 - 3. This meant that the first eight sets had been split and the mixed doubles would determine the winner for the night.
The mixed doubles had Tamblyn and Rheaume down Bast and Andrekovic 6 - 2 to give OCCUPATIONAL the set lead in the match up. The PEARLIES evened the score by taking the #2 mixed set as Leasa and Andrekovic defeated Couture and Trachsel 6 - 3. The PEARLIES took the #3 mixed set 6 - 3 as Darby and Hiller beat Mowbray and Garcia, giving the PEARLIES the set lead. The #4 mixed set was taken by Eickmeyer and Patel of OCCUPATIONAL 6 - 2 over Chung and Chisholm. The match up ended in a 6 set to 6 set tie.
The late game started with DONKERS AGRI taking the two sets in the #1 men's doubles as John Noble and Shannon Dyke handled Chris Parson and Bill White of PHYSIOTHERAPY ASSOCIATES 6 - 4 , 6 - 1. The #2 men's doubles had DONKERS Pat McCarroll and Jack Watson take the first set 6 - 3 before PHYSIO's Morgan Davis and Mike Furlong took the second set 6 - 4.
Linda Doig and Deb Murphy won the first set in the #1 ladies doubles for PHYSIO, 6 - 4 but, DONKERS Maria Donkers and Gail Shelton took the second set 6 - 0. The #2 ladies doubles went to PHYSIO as Nancy Chung and Marilyn Holmes swept Sandie Ennett and Jolanda Vandereijk 6 - 2 , 6 - 3.
Like the early game, the mens' and ladies' doubles had been split and the match would be decided by the mixed doubles matches. DONKERS took control by taking the #1 mixed set as Donkers and Noble edged Doig and Parson 7 - 6 (7 - 2 in the tie-breaker). The #2 mixed also went DONKERS' way, as Shelton and Dyke handled Murphy and White 6 - 2. Ennett and McCarroll continued DONKERS run, downing Chung and Davis 6 - 4 in the #3 mixed doubles. The mixed set sweep was completed when Vandereijk and Watson scored a 6 - 2 win over Holmes and Furlong. Winning the 4 mixed sets, gave DONKERS an 8 - 4 win on the night and vaulted them into second place in the standings.
After 4 weeks of play. OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY remains confortably in first place and DONKERS AGRI hops into second place. The FLASHING PEARLIES are one point behind in third place and PHYSIOTHERAPY ASSOCIATES are in fourth place. Week 5 will see PHYSIOTHERAPY ASSOCIATES face OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY in the early game, while DONKERS AGRI will play The FLASHING PEARLIES in the late game.
