In week 8 of the Stratford Tennis League, the early game saw the first place OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY edge PHYSIOTHERAPY ASSOCIATES 7 sets to 5 sets. OCCUPATIONAL started strong sweeping all four men's doubles sets. The #1 men's doubles went to Occupational 's Bob Tamblyn and Spencer Trachsel 6 - 3 , 6 - 3 over PHYSIO's Chris Parson and Nathan Walsh. Murray Schiedel and Grant McPherson downed Morgan Davis and Mike Furlong 6 - 2 , 7 - 5 in the men's #2 doubles. PHYSIO's ladies kept their team in the match when Linda Doig and Deb Murphy scored a 6 - 1 , 6 - 3 win over Maria Donkers and Gail Shelton. Occupational 's ladies #2 doubles team of Cathy Mowbray and Monica Eickmeyer took the first set 6 - 3 before falling 3 - 6 in the second set to PHYSIO's Nancy Chung and Lise Couture.
The mixed doubles sets were split with OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY taking the #1 mixed as Donkers and Tamblyn doubled up Doig and Parson 6 - 3 and the #2 mixed, with Shelton and Trachsel defeating Murphy and Walsh 6 - 1. PHYSIOTHERAPY took the #3 and #4 mixed doubles sets with Chung and Davis pounding Mowbray and Schiedel 6 - 1, and Couture and Furlong also scoring a 6 - 1 win over Eickmeyer and McPherson. The 7 - 5 win for OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY means they clinched first place in the regular season standings.
The late game saw DONKERS AGRI and The FLASHING PEARLIES battle it out for second place in the standings. The men's #1 doubles saw a split as DONKERS team of John Noble and Shannon Dyke took the first set 6 - 4 before being skunked 6 - 0 in the second set by the PEARLIES' Richard Bast and Jeremy Chisholm. The men's #2 doubles also split sets as Pat McCarroll and Paul Barclay of DONKERS took the first set 6 - 2 before the PEARLIES Todd Chisholm and Sing Chung took the second set 6 - 4. DONKERS #1 ladies doubles team of Johanna Billings and Maria Donkers won both their sets scoring a 6 - 3 , 6 - 1 win over Heather Henke and Marilyn Leasa. Sandie Ennett and Noella Schiedel scored another set for DONKER taking their first set 6 - 2 before falling 3 - 6 in the second set to the PEARLIES' Sandra Darby and Ivy Chung.
The #1 mixed set went to the PEARLIES' Henke and Bast 6 - 2 over Billings and Noble. DONKERS #2 mixed team of Donkers and Dyke downed Leasa and J. Chisholm 6 - 2 in their set. The #3 mixed also went to DONKERS when Ennett and McCarroll defeated Darby and Todd Chisholm 6 - 2. Schiedel and Barclay of DONKERS scored a 6 - 2 win over Chung and Chung in the #4 mixed doubles. The 8 - 4 win by DONKERS means the PEARLIES and DONKERS are tied for second place going into the last week of the regular season.
Week 9 will see OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY face DONKERS AGRI in the early game and PHYSIOTHERAPY ASSOCIATES take on The FLASHING PEARLIES in the late game.
