Tennis
21 March, 2024
Central Park win thriller
Central Park will meet Horsham Lawn in the Central Wimmera Tennis Association Grand Final following a thrilling 6 set, 79 to 6 set, 66 victory over Drung South at Haven Tennis Club.
The scores were tied after the first four sets, 2-2. Reece Harman and Matthew Jones defeated Logan Casey and Aaron Jennings 8-6 whilst Brendan Nitschke defeated Mathew Hill 8-1 for Central Park. Kate-Lyn Perkin and Yolanda Molyneaux defeated Willow Sainsbury and Adele Joseph 8-5 and Hayley Reid defeated Tara McIntyre 8-4 for Drung South.
The next four sets were tied 2-2. Logan Casey and Mathew Hill were too good for Reece Harman and Brendan Nitschke 8-5 and Kate-Lyn Perkin and Hayley Reid defeated Willow Sainsbury and Tara McIntyre 8-4 for Drung South. Central Park's wins came through Matt Jones over Aaron Jennings 8-2 and Adele Joseph over Yolanda Molyneaux 8-0.
With the scores tied 4-4 and Central Park having a game advantage, it was still anyone's match and there were tight sets.
For Central Park, Matt Jones and Brendan Nitschke defeated Aaron Jennings and Mathew Hill in a close 8-6 encounter whilst Willow Sainsbury defeated Kate-Lyn Perkin 8-3. For Drung South, Logan Casey had a tight 8-7 win over Reece Harman and Hayley Reid and Yolanda Molyneaux were too good for Tara McIntyre and Adele Joseph, 8-6.
In the A Special, it was another close encounter with Kalkee defeating Horsham Lawn Gillespie 7 sets, 93 games to 7 sets, 83 games.
B Special was similar with Laharum defeating Horsham Lawn 8 sets, 76 games to 8 sets, 59 games whilst St Michaels Red had a comfortable 8 set, 85 game win to 4 sets, 60 game over Horsham Lawn Bardell.
SENIOR TENNIS RESULTS - Preliminary finals 16/3/2024
Pennant: Central Park 6 - 79 def Drung South 6 – 66
A Special: Horsham Lawn Gillespie 7 - 83 def by Kalkee 7 – 93
A Grade: St. Michaels Red 8 – 85 def Horsham Lawn Bardell 4 – 60
B Special: Horsham Lawn 8 - 59 def by Laharum 8 – 76
JUNIOR TENNIS RESULTS - Preliminary finals 16/3/2024
Open
Junior Open: Quantong 1 - 16 def by Brimpaen 5 - 32
Section 1 Boys: Central Park White 6 - 36 def Central Park Blue 0 - 22
Section 1 Girls: Homers 0 - 7 def by Horsham Lawn White 6 - 36
Section 2 Boys: Homers 3 - 28 def Haven 3 - 27 )
Section 2 Girls: Horsham Lawn Gold 2 - 20 def by Haven 4 - 30
Section 3 Boys: Horsham Lawn Green 3 - 25 def by Central Park 3 - 26
Section 3 Girls: Horsham Lawn Gold 5 - 35 def Horsham Lawn White 1 - 23
Section 4 Boys: Central Park 3 - 28 def Horsham Lawn Gold 3 - 25
Section 4 Girls: Horsham Lawn Green 3 - 24 def by Horsham Lawn White 3 - 26
Match Play Section 5: Horsham Lawn Green 3 - 15 def by Horsham Lawn White 3 - 17
Match Play Section 6: Haven 2 - 16 def by Central Park 4 – 19