Entry numbers were up on last year at the Jamestown Easter Tennis Tournament, with 188 players battling it out on 12 lawn courts and 14 hard courts across the four-day event.
Competitors travelled from the Northern Territory, Victoria, Adelaide, Roxby Downs, Whyalla and across the Mid North to join the local players in the tournament.
The lawn courts were in excellent condition despite the dry season and tournament referee Jari Karvonen said that was largely thanks to a new water conditioning machine.
“Through fundraising from the Great Debate event held in Adelaide we were able to buy a water conditioning machine which has allowed us to water the courts with bore water,” he said.
“With the season so dry it’s amazing how good the courts are looking.”
Adam Alessandrini defeated James Hunter 9/1 to win the Men’s Championship Singles final for the second year in a row.
Taking out the Women’s Championship Singles final was Belinda Wade, defeating Kate Fitzgerald 9/4.
Kate went on to win the Women’s Championship Doubles however, with mum Bronny Fitzgerald, beating Louise Woolford and Rachel Gray 9/2.
The Men’s Championship Doubles was won by Adam Alessandrini and local Chris Stacey, defeating Andrew Brewster and Roger Davey 9/5.
Other highlights of the tournament included ‘beach cricket’ played on the lawn courts under lights on Easter Saturday evening, as well as a dinner and quiz night on Sunday.
Mr Karvonen said there was some excellent tennis played from under 12s right through to veterans and credited the success of the tournament to the lawn courts, the facilities and the organisation.
“The weather has been perfect, everything has run on time, the player behaviour has been exemplary and we’ve had good feedback from our first time players,” he said.
“We’re the largest Easter tennis tournament in the Mid North and being a computer assisted tournament it helps everything run smoothly.”
Results:
Men’s Championship Singles: A Alessandrini def J Hunter 9/1;
Men’s Handicap Singles: S Bradley def J Wolfe 6/2;
Men’s Championship Doubles: A Alessandrini and Chris Stacey def A Brewster and R Davey 9/5;
Men’s Handicap Doubles: A Brewster and T Stephenson def J Brealey and P Russell 6/4;
Women’s Championship Singles: B Wade def K Fitzgerald 9/4;
Women’s Handicap Singles: B Fitzgerald def S Brewster 6/4;
Women’s Championship Doubles: K Fitzgerald and B Fitzgerald def R Gray and L Woolford 9/2;
Women’s Handicap Doubles: S Brewster and A Southon def J Dean and N Toy 6/0;
Mixed Championship Doubles: K Fitzgerald and C Stacey def A Alessandrini and B Fitzgerald 9/8;
Mixed Handicap Doubles: C Bria and S Lewis def K Blank and L James 6/5;
Men’s Veteran Singles: J Lewis def P Higgins 9/8;
Men’s Veteran Doubles: P Higgins and C Swan def J Brealey and M Smith 9/6;
Women’s Veteran Singles: B Fitzgerald def J Higgins 9/0;
Women’s Veteran Doubles: B Fitzgerald and C Karvonen def K Azzopardi and S Edwards 9/5;
Mixed Veteran Doubles: K Azzopardi and B Stringer def J Higgins and P Higgins 9/5;
Boy’s U16 Championship Singles: J Van-Balen def S Reichstein 6/2;
Boy’s Handicap Singles: J Van-Balen def S Russell 6/4;
Boy’s U14 Championship Singles: L Smith def J Durnford 6/1;
Boy’s U12 Championship Singles: J Durnford def L Hayes 7/5;
Boy’s U16 Championship Doubles: J Dawson and D Lange def T Hombsch and S Russell 7/0;
Boy’s U14 Championship Doubles: J Hayes and N Hayes def S McInerney and J Thiselton 6/0;
Girl’s U 16 Championship Singles: R Murray def K Kuerschner 7/0;
Girl’s Handicap Singles: T Bell def E Kirk 6/2;
Girl’s U14 Championship Singles C Murray def T Maidza 7/2;
Girl’s U12 Championship Singles: M Oxley-Dunnery def G Francis 7/4;
Girl’s U16 Championship Doubles: E Kirk and K Kuerschner def A Azzopardi and T Maidza 7/2;
Girl’s U14 Championship Doubles: B Daly and S McKendrick def M Clark and S Thiselton 7/4;
Boy’s American Singles U14: A Potter def Joel Durnford;
Girl’s American Singles U14: C Murray def M Oxley-Dunnery;
Boy’s Consolation Doubles: H Moore and T Harvie def M Stacey and S Grealey;
Girl’s Consolation Doubles: L Karvonen and M Pomfrett def Z Francis and K Lewis;
Men’s Plate: J Wolfe def T Stephenson 7/0;
Women’s Plate: A Southon def K Blank 7/3;
Men’s Consolation Handicap Singles: T Stephenson def S Nicholls 6/0;
Women’s Consolation Handicap Singles: K Pearce def O Lane 6/1;
Mixed Handicap Consolation Doubles: C Murray and M Smith def R Higgins and J Higgins 6/5.
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