Saturday, June 26, 2010

Royal LePage Hiller Realty French Open Results


The second leg of the Royal LePage Hiller Realty junior Grand Slam was held at the Stratford Tennis Club this past weekend. The French Open drew approximately 40 boys and girls into the competition.
The Girls Under 18 champion is Claire Scott who downed Anna Feore 8-0 in the well played final. The consolation title went to Vienna Wilson with an 8-2 victory over Gen Ramadani. Marley Hiller took the Girls Under 14 final 8-0 over Emma Drake. In the consolation, Caitriona Buckley took the win with an 8-2 victory over Nicolle Crowley.
The Boys Under 18 final was a rematch of the previous Australian Open finalists and once again John Fischer downed Travis Hiller. Fischer won the final 8-7 (8-6 in the tie-breaker). Andrew Hancock downed Steven Schwartzentruber 8-6 in the consolation final. The Boys Under 14 final was also a rematch of Australian Open. This time Luke Fischer avenged his Aussie Open loss by defeating Jared Nash 8-3 to take first place. The consolation champion is Tim Clay after he scored an 8-3 win over James Wilson.
Sunday's doubles saw Marley Hiller and Caitriona Buckley take the Girls Under 14 championship 6-2 6-2 over Tali Calder and Alexandra Sylvester. The Boys Under 14 doubles title went to Aidan Buckley and Luke Fischer in a comeback 2-6 7-5 6-4 win over Grant McPherson and Jared Nash. James Wilson and Leam Hughes teamed to take the consolation 8-4 over Bradley Kraemer and Collin Rose. The Boys Under 18 final also saw a comeback victory as John Fischer and Andrew Hancock dropped the first set 7-6 (7-5 in the tie-breaker) to Tyler Kocher and Cam Oliver before rebounding to take the next two sets 6-1 7-5.
The Stratford Tennis Club's next Royal LePage Hiller Realty event will be the Wimbledon tournament, to be held July 17 - 18.


(picture : Girls French Open singles winners and finalist. L to R - Marley Hiller Girls Under 14 champion, Emma Drake Girls Under 14 finalist, Claire Scott Girls Under 18 champion, Anna Feore Girls Under 18 finalist)

STL week 5 results

The Stratford Tennis League completed week 5 play on Tuesday night. In the early game DONKERS AGRI downed NOBLE EXTREME 9 sets to 3. The late game had KPMG score an 8 -4 win over IVY'S BOUTIQUE.
The DONKERS AGRI - NOBLE EXTREME match up saw the men give DONKERS the lead as in the #1 doubles Richard Bast and Bill White defeated Larry Shurrie and Greg Vivian 6-4 6-0; then Brent Hiller and Pat McCarroll dominated Paul Menary and Mike Furlong 6-2 6-1 in the #2 doubles. NOBLE EXTREME rebounded in the ladies doubles. In the #1 ladies Lori McCabe and Deb Murphy of NOBLE lost the first set 6-1 before rebounding to take the second set 7-6 (7-4 in the tie breaker) over Linda Doig and Maria Donkers. NOBLE's ladies #2 doubles team of Marilyn Leasa and Cathy Mowbray defeated Gail Shelton and Sandra Darby 7-6 (7-5 in the tie breaker) 6-3. DONKERS AGRI clinched the match by sweeping all four mixed sets. In the #1 match up Doig and Bast beat McCabe and Shurrie 6-1; Donkers and White took the # 2 slot 6-3 over Murphy and Vivian; Shelton and Hiller downed Leasa and Menary 6-3 in the #3 match; Darby and McCarroll completed the sweep with a 6-3 victory over Mowbray and Furlong.
KPMG got their match with IVY'S BOUTIQUE off to a good start when they took the #1 mens doubles 6-0 6-4 as Max Besworth and Shannon Dyke topped Bob Tamblyn and Mike Rheaume. The number #2 mens doubles split their sets as Jack Watson and Pat McCarroll of KPMG took the first set 6-2 before falling to Stephen Fischer and Andy McGorman 6-2 in the second set. KPMG's #1 ladies doubles team of Krista Plociennik and Johanna Billings took their match 6-1 6-3 over Heather Henke and Ginny Smith. IVY'S BOUTIQUE's Lise Couture and Annette Garneau had their teams best result of the night by winning their match 6-3 6-3 over Donna Feore and Stacey Wilson. The #1 mixed match went to KPMG's Plociennik and Besworth 6-3 over Henke and Tamblyn. The #2 mixed saw KPMG's Billings and Dyke edge Smith and Rheaume 6-4. IVY's #3 mixed team of Couture and Fischer won 6-1 over Feore and Watson. The #4 mixed went to KPMG when Wilson and McCarroll downed Garneau and McGorman 6-2.
After 5 weeks of play IVY'S BOUTIQUE maintains its hold on first place with DONKERS AGRI moving into second just ahead of KPMG, with NOBLE EXTREME falling into fourth place. Next week's match ups see IVY'S BOUTIQUE and DONKERS AGRI play in the early game and NOBLE EXTREME face KPMG in the late game.

Friday, June 18, 2010

Plociennik and Tamblyn 'A mixed doubles finalist


This weekend the Stratford Tennis Club held its annual Men's and Ladies Doubles tournament. This tournament began 40 years ago with a format devised by Ray Cornish. The format was copied by other Clubs in the area. 10 years ago Scott and Sandra Barrett of Toronto, frequent participants in these events, formed the Tennisaccess tour that collected these tournaments (and added many others) into a year long tour. The anniversary weekend survived the weather scared and for the first time the Mixed Doubles was added on Sunday providing a full weekend of high calibre tennis at the Stratford Tennis Club.
The Ladies Doubles 'A' final saw Suzanne Edwards and Pat Babcock of Waterloo take the title with an 8-4 win over Sandra Barrett and Edith Howden of Toronto. The 'A' consolation winners were Pat Craton and Jen Vasic of Waterloo who beat Ashah and Shelina Ruda of Guelph 8-2 in the final.
The Men's Doubles 'A' champions are Kevin Drew and Adrian Winger of Guelph who completed a dominating day by scoring an 8-3 victory over Scott Barrett and Tony Lancia of Toronto in the final. Stratford's Bob Tamblyn and Max Besworth scored the home club's best 'A' result progressing to the quarterfinals. The 'A' consolation was won by Beau Frigault and Eric LaBlanc of Guelph 8-6 over Faruk Ruda of Guelph and Bill White of Stratford. Stratford's Nathan Duh and Greg Vivian fell in the consolation semifinals.
The Mixed Doubles on Sunday saw Stratford's best home team result. Krista Plociennik and Bob Tamblyn had a great run through the day advancing to the 'A' final before falling to Sandra Barrett and Tony Lancia of Toronto 8-5. Stratford's Johanna Billings and Richard Bast fell in the 'A' quarterfinals. The Mixed Doubles 'A' consolation final saw Karin Scicluna of Guelph and Paul Cornfield of Peterborough edge Sandra and Mike Sartor of Richmond Hill 8-6 to take the title.
(picture from left to right : Stratford's Krista Plociennik and Bob Tamblyn 'A mixed doubles finalist , Tony Lancia and Sandra Barrett of Toronto 'A' mixed doubles champions)

STL week 4 results

Week 4 of the Stratford Tennis League was held this week and proved just how even the teams are in the competition.
The early game saw DONKERS AGRI and KPMG split the 12 sets and ended in an 6-6 tie. The Ladies #1 doubles was spit with DONKERS AGRI'S Linda Doig and Maria Donkers taking the first set 6-0 but KPMG'S Johanna Billings and Nikki Bowman took the second set 6-1. Gail Shelton and Sandra Darby of DONKERS AGRI swept the Ladies #2 doubles 6-1 6-2 over Donna Feore and Stacey Wilson. The Men's #1 doubles was an even match as Richard Bast and Bill White gave DONKERS AGRI the first set 6-2 while Chris Parson and Shannon Dyke rebounded to take the second set for KPMG 6-4. KPMG took both Men's #2 doubles as Jack Watson and Todd Chisholm dominated Pat McCarroll and Sing Chung 6-1 6-2.
The Mixed doubles sets saw DONKERS AGRI take the #1 match up 6-2 as Doig and Bast beat Billings and Parson. KPMG took the #2 match 7-6 (7-4 in the tie-breaker) as Bowman and Dyke outlasted Donkers and White. Gail Shelton continued her dominating evening as she and Pat McCarroll scored a 6-1 win for DONKERS AGRI over Donna Feore and Jack Watson. KPMG was able to take the #4 Mixed to even the match as Nancy Chung and Todd Chisholm edged Sandra Darby and Sing Chung 6-4.
The late game also saw a tie in sets won. NOBLE EXTREME and IVY'S BOUTIQUE finished in a 6-6 draw. Heather Henke and Lise Couture gave IVY'S BOUTIQUE an early lead with a 6-0 6-2 win over Lori McCabe and Deb Murphy in the Ladies # 1 doubles. NOBLE EXTREME responded by taking the Ladies # 2 doubles 7-5 6-3 as Cathy Mowbray and Edda Lang beat Annette Garneau and Ivy Chung. The Men's # 1 doubles went to IVY'S BOUTIQUE with Bob Tamblyn and Mike Rheaume crushing Nathan Duh and Greg Vivian 6-1 6-1. The Men's # 2 doubles went to NOBLE EXTREME as Paul Menary and Paul Barclay scored 6-2 6-4 win over Jack Watson and Frank Lang.
In the Mixed doubles IVY'S BOUTIQUE's Henke and Tamblyn took the first point by downing McCabe and Duh 6-3. NOBLE EXTREME evened the points by taking the #2 Mixed match up as Murphy and Vivian won 6-2 over Couture and Rheaume. The #3 match went to IVY"S BOUTIQUE with Garneau and Watson scored a 6-1 victory over Mowbray and Menary. When NOBLE EXTREME'S Lang and Barclay defeated Chung and Lang in Mixed double #4 the night of ties was completed.
After 4 weeks IVY'S BOUTIQUE remains alone in first place, while DONKERS AGRI, KPMG , and NOBLE EXTREME are all tied for second spot. Play continues next week with DONKERS AGRI facing NOBLE EXTREME in the early game and IVY'S BOUTIQUE and KPMG squaring off in the late game.

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Royal Lepage Hiller Realty Junior Aussie Open Results

The Stratford Tennis Club hosted the first leg in the Royal LePage Hiller Realty Junior Grand Slam this weekend. Over 40 junior members participated in the event. Boys and Girls singles were played on Saturday and doubles was on Sunday.
The Girls Under 18 final saw Krista Plociennik edge Claire Scott 8-7 (7-3 in the tie-breaker). Anna Feore took the consolation title with an 8-4 victory over Vienna Wilson. The Girls Under 14 champion is Marley Hiller who downed Vanessa Kramer 8-6 in the title match. In the consolation final Caitriona Buckley scored an 8-1 win over Alexandra Sylvester.
The Boys Under 18 event saw youngster John Fischer , playing up two age groups, score an impressive 8-6 win over Travis Hiller to take the title. Steven Schwartzentruber defeated David O'Conner 8-4 in the consolation final. The Boys Under 14 event was won by Jared Nash with an 8-2 victory over Luke Fischer. The consolation winner was Evan Moorehead who downed Tim Clay 8-6 in the final.
The Sunday doubles events had Marley Hiller and Emma Drake defeat Caitriona Buckley and Vanessa Kramer 8-5 to take the Girls title. Tali Calder and Alexandra Sylvester were the consolation champions. Travis Hiller and Josh Johnson won the Boys Under 16 doubles event edging John Fischer and Andrew Hancock 8-7 (7-5 in the tie-breaker). Craig Rice and Tyler Kocher held off Tom Feore and Cam Oliver 8-6 to win the consolation. The Boys Under 12 doubles was won by Will Thibeault and Evan Mooorehead 8-4 over Luke Fischer and Michael Vanderwiel. Ben Merkel and Lukas J. Kaufman won the consolation title.
The next leg of the Royal LePage Hiller Realty Grand Slam will be the French Open which will be played the weekend of June 19-20.

Report by:
Bill White