Marmal home in thriller

ALL season Marmal had cemented themselves on the bottom of the Boort tennis ladder.

With a convincing semi- final win over Barraport- the cellar dwellers were keen to take on in form Mysia in Saturday’s grand final.

Marmals top seeds had strong wins over Mysia, in the first half of the day. Mysia had a 22-game lead at the half-way point. Marmal’s captain Craig Scott got called away for work which left his team to fend for themselves. The team went up a gear in his absence. The second half saw Mysia winning set after set - the crowd and players knowing it was going to be a nail biting finish. age who was filling in as a lady also had a tooth abscess and would have pulled out had there been any emergencies to call upon.” Jeannie said.

The last match of the day saw a tie breaker being played which evened the scores before Marmal’s Dylan Hatcher and Tayla Gooding snuck home with the tiebreak win over Kathryn Lanyon and Finn Poxon.

The thriller settled the season by one-gameMarmal 96 games to Mysia 95.

Edna Boyle presented the premiership shield to Marmal’s captain Kellie Hare.

Calivil North 93 lost to Mincha West 100

MEN: R. Maxted C. Smith lost to D. Mann

J. Ritchie 4-7. R. Maxted J. Smith lost to D. Mann D. Stewart 5-7. C. Smith J. Smith lost to J. Ritchie D. Stewart 6-7. D. Rogers L. Strachan lost to C. Mann V. Herrick 3-7. D. Rogers chan O. Balic lost to V. Herrick P. Gargen 6-7. LADIES: M. Balic J. O’Brien d E. Prout J. Wagner 7-3. M. Balic L. Strachan d E. Prout T. Prout 7-6. J. O’Brien L. Strachan lost to