Week 7 of the Stratford Tennis League season was played July 12th. The early game saw The FLASHING PEARLIES hand OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY their first loss of the season. The PEARLIES doubled up Occupational, winning the match 8 sets to 4. The PEARLIES got off to a great start when their #1 ladies doubles team of Marta Andrekovic and Heather Henke pounded Nancy Rheaume and Annette Garneau 6 - 2 , 6 - 1. OCCUPATIONAL responded by taking both #2 ladies doubles sets with Monica Eickmeyer and Cathy Mowbray downing Ivy Chung and Marilyn Leasa 6 - 4 , 6 - 4. The #1 men's doubles went to OCUPATIONAL as Bob Tamblyn and Spencer Trachsel edged Richard Bast and Zdenko Andrekovic 6 - 4 , 6 - 3. The PEARLIES #2 men's doubles team of Sing Chung and Brent Hiller defeated Gary Henay and Paul Barclay 6 - 2 , 7 - 6 (7 points to 1 in the tie-breaker) to even the match going into the mixed doubles sets.
The PEARLIES showed their strength in the mixed doubles winning all four sets. The #1 team of Andrekovic and Bast took down Rheaume and Tamblyn 7 - 5. The #2 mixed team of Henke and Andrekovic topped Garneau and Trachsel 6 - 4. Sing and Ivy Chung took the #3 mixed for the PEARLIES 6 - 1 over Eickmeyer and Barclay. Leasa and Hiller completed the mixed sweep with a 6 - 0 victory over Henay and Mowbray.
The late game was another struggle for PHYSIOTHERAPY ASSOCIATES as they were crushed by DONKERS AGRI 10 sets to 2. The #1 ladies doubles was a split as PHYSIO'S Linda Doig and Deb Murphy took the first set 6 - 2 before DONKERS team of Johanna Billings and Maria Donkers squeaked out the second set 7 - 6 (7 points to 3 in the tie-breaker). The #2 ladies doubles was a breeze for DONKERS as Gail Shelton and Jolanda Vandereijk scored a 6 - 0 , 6 - 1 win over Lise Couture and Marilyn Holmes. DONKERS #1 men's doubles team of John Noble and Shannon Dyke defeated Chris Parson and Nathan Walsh 6 - 3 , 6 - 4. The #2 men's doubles also went to DONKERS with Pat McCarroll and Greg Vivian beating Morgan Davis and Mike Furlong 6 - 3 , 7 - 5.
PHYSIOTHERAPY got off to good start in the mixed by taking #1 mixed match up as Doig and Parson doubled up Billings and Noble 6 - 3. DONKERS got back on track by taking the #2 mixed doubles set as Donkers and Dyke scored a 6 - 3 win over Murphy and Walsh. Shelton and McCarroll got another set for DONKERS winning 6 - 2 over Couture and Davis. The #4 mixed also went to DONKERS when Vandereijk and Vivian downed Holmes and Furlong 6 - 2.
After seven weeks ,OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY remains in first place with The FLASHING PEARLIES gaining ground in second place. DONKERS AGRI is just behind in third place while PHYSIOTHERAPY ASSOCIATES fall further behind in fourth place. Week 8 will see PHYSIOTHERAPY ASSOCIATES face OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY in the early game and The FLASHING PEARLIES taking on DONKERS AGRI in the late game.
