Tennis
22 March, 2024
Horsham Lawn and Central Park face off
After 15 rounds and three tough finals, Horsham Lawn and Central Park will face off for premiership glory at Central Park tomorrow.
A close match is expected. They have met each other five times this season with Horsham Lawn having a 3-2 record. In round three, Central Park won 7-5, in round six, Horsham Lawn won 8-4, in round 12, Horsham Lawn won 9-3, in round 15, Central Park won 8-4 and in the most recent match, the semi-final, Horsham Lawn won 7-5.
In A Special, Natimuk will face Kalkee. In round eight they played out a 7 set, 77 game to 7 set, 87 game thriller with Natimuk prevailing. To get to the grand final, both teams overpowered top-of-the-ladder Horsham Lawn Gillespie. Natimuk won the semi 8-4 whilst Kalkee had a tight 7 set 93 games to 7 set 83 games win.
In A Grade, Central Park will meet St Michaels Red. St Michaels Red were promoted to A Grade earlier on in the season. They met each other in round 11 where St Michaels Red secured a tight 7-5 win. In their most recent encounter, St Michaels Red had to forfeit in round 16.
Central Park features in another final, this time in B Special. They face Laharum who finished third on the ladder and had two thrilling finals wins to get to this point. Laharum defeated Natimuk in their semi-final, 8 set 66 games to 8 set 60 games. In the preliminary final, Laharum defeated Horsham Lawn 8 sets, 76 games to 8 sets, 59 games.
A close match is expected. They have met two times this year and have beaten each other. In round four, Laharum had a 9-7 win whilst in round 14, Laharum forfeited.
Tonight, the junior match play grand finals feature Haven v Horsham Lawn White in Match Play Section 5 and Horsham Lawn Red v Central Park in Section 6 at Central Park. Action kicks off at 5pm.
GRAND FINAL FIXTURE - 23rd March
SENIOR GRANDFINALS
Venue – Central Park Tennis Club
PENNANT - Horsham Lawn v Central Park; A SPECIAL - Natimuk v Kalkee; A GRADE - Central Park v St, Michaels Red; B SPECIAL - Central Park v Laharum
JUNIOR GRAND FINALS
Venue - Central Park Tennis Club
OPEN - Central Park v Brimpaen; SECTION 1 BOYS - Horsham Lawn v Central Park White; SECTION 1 GIRLS - Central Park v Horsham Lawn White; SECTION 2 BOYS - Horsham Lawn White v Homers; SECTION 2 GIRLS - Horsham Lawn White v Haven.
Venue - Haven Tennis Club
SECTION 3 BOYS - Haven v Central Park; SECTION 3 GIRLS - Haven Orange v Horsham Lawn Gold; SECTION 4 BOYS - Horsham Lawn Red v Central Park; SECTION 4 GIRLS - Central Park v Horsham Lawn White.