Left Annette Garneau of OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY follows through on her backhand.
Right John Noble of DONKERS AGRI prepares to hit a forehand .
The Stratford Tennis League completed its regular season this week. Week 9 saw DONKERS AGRI defeat OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY 8 sets to 4 in the early game. DONKERS #1 ladies team of Johanna Billings and Maria Donkers swept their sets 6 - 3 , 6 - 1 over Annette Garneau and Donna Feore. The #2 ladies doubles saw a split with OCCUPATIONAL'S Cathy Mowbray and Monica Eickmeyer taking the first set 6 - 4 before DONKERS Gail Shelton and Sandie Ennett rebounded to take the second set 6 - 2. The men's #1 doubles match up had DONKERS John Noble and Shannon Dyke hand Bob Tamblyn and Spencer Trachsel their first two set loss of the season 6 - 3 , 6 - 4. Pat McCarroll and Paul Barclay of DONKERS took the first set of the #2 men's doubles 7 - 6 (10 points to 8 in the tie-breaker), while OCCUPATIONAL'S Murray Schiedel and Gustavo Garcia won the second set 6 - 3.
The #1 mixed doubles set went to OCCUPATIONAL'S Feore and Tamblyn 6 - 2 over Billings and Noble. Donkers and Dyke took the #2 mixed set for DONKERS 6 - 3 over Garneau and Trachsel. The #3 mixed set went to OCCUPATIONAL'S Mowbray and Schiedel who edged Shelton and McCarroll 7 - 6 (7 points to 4 in the tie-breaker). DONKERS won the #4 mixed set as Ennett and Barclay shutout Eickmeyer and Garcia 6 - 0.
The late game saw THE FLASHING PEARLIES come back to defeat PHYSIOTHERAPY ASSOCIATES 7 sets to 5. The #1 ladies saw a split of sets as the PEARLIES' Heather Henke and Marilyn Leasa won the first set 6 - 4 before PHYSIO'S Linda Doig and Nancy Chung took the second set 6 - 2. The #2 ladies doubles also split their sets. Sandra Darby and Ivy Chung of the PEARLIES won the first set 6 - 3 and PHYSIO'S Lise Couture and Marilyn Holmes won the second set 6 - 4. The #1 men's doubles was also a split with the PEARLIES Richard Bast and Brent Hiller taking the first set 6 - 2 , then PHYSIO's Chris Parson and Bill White taking the second set 6 - 3. PHYSIO's #2 men's doubles team of Nathan Walsh and Mike Furlong swept their sets 6 - 0 , 6 - 4 to give PHYSIO a 5 - 3 lead heading into the mixed sets.
The PEARLIES won the #1 mixed set 6 - 2 as Henke and Bast defeated Doig and Parson. The #2 mixed went to the PEARLIES as Leasa and Hiller downed Chung and White 6 - 4. Darby and Chisholm took the #3 mixed set for the PEARLIES with a 6 - 1 win over Couture and Walsh. The PEARLIES completed their sweep of the mixed sets with Ivy and Sing Chung edging Holmes and Furlong 6 - 4 in the #4 mixed.
Next week, the playoff rounds begin. OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY who finished in first place will take on fourth place finisher PHYSIOTHERAPY ASSOCIATES in the early game, with second place DONKERS AGRI facing third place FLASHING PEARLIES in the late game semifinal.
