SPORT v Tennis Premiership table:
Lo w er N or th te nn is ac t io n BELOW: Brett Davies, Owen/Grace Plains serves up during his singles match against Travis Nicholls (below right). RIGHT: Nantawarra’s Sascha Tiller races in to get this forehand during her singles match.
DIVISION 1 OWEN BALAK GREEN MALLALA BALAK GOLD LONG PLAINS HAMLEY BRIDGE DIVISION 2 BALAK GOLD BALAK GREEN TWO WELLS MALLALA LONG PLAINS HAMLEY BRIDGE DIVISION 3 BALAK GREEN TWO WELLS BALAK GOLD HAMLEY BRIDGE OWEN MALLALA
Pts % 26 98.63 20 73.08 14 41.03 12 43.59 4 26.03 2 19.23 Pts % 26 90.41 18 62.82 17 62.16 10 39.74 7 31.08 0 13.70 Pts % 26 88.46 18 69.23 16 70.51 6 34.72 6 22.39 4 10.96
Semi-finals played at Balaklava on Saturday morning: Division 1 – Owen v Balaklava Gold, Balaklava Green v Mallala. Division 2 – Balaklava Gold v Mallala, Two Wells v Balaklava Green. Division 3 – Balaklava Green v Hamley Bridge, Two Wells v Balaklava Gold.
mid north
ABOVE: Travis Nicholls, Nantawarra cracks a forehand down the line. RIGHT: Sonia Angus, Owen/Grace Plains about to serve.
Balaklava night
It had to happen, but Terriers captain Scott McDonald wasn’t prepared for their loss to third placed Helen Barry’s Poodles 4-27 to 2-22. But the biggest upset was Terriers Nick Durdin and Leonie Selleck losing their first set toegther for the season to Helen and the super fill-in Geoff Gardner! Leonie was still in shock after that, with Helen’s consistency cleaning her up. Nick regrouped momentarily to have a big win with wife Tammy, but then crashed in the mens with Scott. Scott and Tammy won their set together in a long tiebreaker over Gary Wilson and Julia Hoskin with some great rallies seen. But experience over youth prevailed as Gary took the next two sets, and Julia took one to show those youngsters just how it’s done! Gards thoroughly enjoyed his night out and was in awe of his new team mates. This loss has relegated the Terriers to second spot, but they’ll still play in the big one this week. Suspicious dirty marks, and others looking very much like Marty’s fingerprints, were detected on the scoresheet of Marty Brice’s Mastiffs and the absent Joyful Ryan’s Beagles, with the Beagles scraping through to win 3-30 to 3-21. Mastiffs Adam Pratt and opponent Chris Curnow once again had a battle supreme, with a 5-3 and 2 tiebreakers played, ending one tie each. Opponent Marty and Darren Scholz also featured in two tiebrakers each ending one apiece, so the majority of matches were close. Cherie Taylor made her season debut for Joyful and luckily remembered her glasses! Cherie eased into her short season with a 3-5, and then was unlucky to lose a tiebreaker with Darren. But Cherie, with the superstar Tanya Greenshields, possibly caused the suspicious dirty marks by defeating Di Taylor and Cherie Cmrlec in a dakdropper! Scholzy and Chris went down to Marty and Adam in a very cunning tiebreak set, but Marty nearly had a meltdown when he heard the girls score! Cherie C and Di raised their shorts but hung their heads and graciously left the courts. Enough said. The final match saw Andrew Lane’s Boxers come flying home, but too late she cried, with a 4-29 to 2-20 win over Marie Heaslip’s Spaniels. The Boxers were assisted by superstar Derek Friedrichs who taunted his young opponent, Nathan Greenshields. Spaniels Nathan and Marie nearly pipped Freddo and Josie Thompson but were unlucky to lose a tight tiebreaker. Seeing as Freddo does Marie’s head in and was taunting Nathan, the Spaniels pair did very well! Sets were dead level after the first two, but Andrew got the whip out from under his bed and cracked it! Partner Helen Durdin was too scared not to hit winners and had a big win with Andrew. Even Andrew’s steely opponent Don Veitch, who has seen a lot in his time, was flustered! Spaniel’s Lisa Redpath ended well with a win with Marie, but had a middle-set slump with Don. The division two match between Chris Allen’s Greyhounds and the absent Bec Houston’s Setters saw the only other dakdropper for the night, with the Greyhound girls Fran Henderson and Lorraine Jenner baring all to Dylan Smith and Cherie Cleary. Dylan has required therapy this week and Cherie has
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made herself unavailable for the rest of the season! Fran and David Northcott started with a bang, so to speak, having a good win over Peter Rohrlach and Dylan, whilst Jarek Flight and Cherie won their set together over Chris and Lorraine. Jarek continued on his winning way, this time with Dylan, whilst Lorraine got her revenge in a win with David. So it was down to the last two with the Greyhounds actually leading by one game. The Setters pounced after hearing Laney’s whip next door, and won both, much to the Greyhounds annoyance. Chris and Jarek had a consistent matchup with every one of their sets being a 5-3! Bec would’ve been proud of her team! Final score Setters 4-27 to Greyhounds 2-21. The final match saw Suzy McDonald’s Whippets defeat Diane Gregor’s unlucky Dalmatians 4-29 to 2-20. The first two sets were fairly one-sided ending one apiece, with the Dalmatians thinking they had a chance with super fill-in Shaz Pike playing. Shaz and Glenda Shepherd won their set, then Shaz and Chris Brownlie won their set, but tragedy struck as Diane and Shaz lost a tense tiebreaker to Nicole Parker and yet another fill-in Luke Williams. Diane did well as she had to face youngster Luke all night and eventually his younger but less sexy legs won out! Whippets much improved Shaun Northcott, had a good battle against Glenda with every set being a 6-2! Suzy was most pleased with her team and has them placed nicely in second spot. So this week is the big grand final and matches are as follows: DIVISION 1 1 v 2 – Beagles v Terriers, courts 2 and 3 (grand finalists); 3 v 4 – Poodles v Boxers courts 4 and 5 (runners-up); 5 v extra – Mastiffs v Bulldogs courts 5 and 6 (dogs bodies); 6 v 7 Spaniels v Pugs courts 7 and 8 (wooden spooners). DIVISION 2 1 v 2 – Setters v Whippets, courts 1 and 2 (grand finalists); 3 v 4 – Greyhounds v Dalmatians, courts 8 and 9 (wooden spooners). Presentations and supper will be on afterwards in the clubrooms so please stay and mingle! Good luck to all teams and thankyou to the Bulldogs players for making up the extra division one team – the campers will be thinking of you!
Lower north
Dalkey 15-106 d Long Plains 7-75. Ladies Singles: Stacey Bell L Rebecca Pym 6-2, Joanne Humphrys L Leah Tynan 6-0, Carolyn Koch L Karen Tynan 6-2, Yvonne Bell L Alison Pym 6-1, Cassandra Bell d Kirsty Sammons 6-1, Penny Barnett d Kirstyn Rundle 6-1. Mens Singles: George Gregory d James Rundle 6-1, Luke Wedding d Peter Pym 6-2, Richard Gregory d Ben Pym 6-2, Lyall Haynes d Karl Algar 6-2, Samuel Wedding d Nick Algar 6-3, Louie Surace d Paul Sharer 6-1. Owen/Grace Plains 14-113 def Nantawarra 10-82. Ladies Singles: Sonia Angus L Kirsty Williams 6-0, Leonie Selleck d Symonn Hutton 6-2, Bess Marshman L Sascha Tiller 6-4, Chris Daniel d Alison Baum
6-3, Kathy Harkness d Abbie Tiller 6-0, Jacki Baker d Julie Krieg 6-2. Mens Singles: Brett Davies L Travis Nicholls 7-5, Adam Pratt d Wade Taylor 6-0, Robert Lloyd L Richard Maxwell 6-4, Ben Marshman d Darren Woodroofe 6-0, Andrew Pratt d Matthew Hoepner 6-1, Craig Soweby d Ashley Kreig 6-0. Lower Northern Tennis Assoication Semi Final Results - Saturday March 6. In the first semi final at Mallala, Owen/Grace Plains defeated Nantawarra 14-113 to 10-82. In the second semi final at Hamley Bridge, Dalkey defeated Long Plains 15-106 to 7-75. The top ladies and mens doubles weren’t completed due to rain. This weekends preliminary final is to be played at Long Plains between Long Plains and Owen/Grace Plains. The winner to meet Dalkey in the Grand Final. Matches to commence at 1:00pm. Spectators welcome. Happy Hitting, Ben Pym, President LNTA.
Lower North juniors
DIVISION 1: Owen 6-36 def. Mallala 0-7 Robert Lloyd def Trent Graham 6-0 Kieren Robinson def Douglas Howard 6-1 Charles Fry def Josh Watson 6-2 Daniel Brewster def Hannah Jenkin 6-1 Hamley Bridge 3-23 def. Balaklava Gold 3-22 Joanne Humphrys def Tate Michael 6-1 Cassandra Bell def Casey Michael 6-2 Tristan Bell lost to Jordan Taylor 3-6 Claire Humphrys lost to Hedley Greenshields 1-6 Balaklava Green 6-36 def. Long Plains 0-9 Ben Heaslip def Nick Curnow 6-0 Ben Michael def Cory Sharer 6-5 Dylan Fahey def Carissa Daniel 6-0 Callum Michael def Amy Daniel 6-0 DIVISION 2: Two Wells 4-29 def. Mallala 2-19 Shannen Weir lost to Laura Jarmyn 2-6 Tegan Breen def Mark Jenkin 6-0 Jamee Seccafien def Rachel Dunstan 6-1 Renee Seccafien def Edward Parsons 6-4 Balaklava Gold 6-36 def. Long Plains 0-9 Cody Scott def Riley Curnow 6-2 Marni Greenshields def Taylor Fabry 6-1 Henry Lane def Hollie Speyer 6-1 Dillon Michael def Hannah McArdle 6-2 Balaklava Green 6-36 def. Hamley Bridge 0-11 Sam VanKleef def Leon Raether 6-1 Josh Appleby def Alex Haines 6-1 Hannah Hoepner def Jessica Sellars 6-3 Jake Michael def Sarah Haines 6-4 DIVISION 3: Balaklava Gold 6-36 def. Owen 0-14 Gemma Freebairn def Jared Pratt 6-1 Daniel Mumford def Sophie Parker 6-5 Tayla Williams def Meghan Baker 6-2 Tom Lane def Cecily Gameau 6-1 Two Wells 6-36 def. Hamley Bridge 0-12 Jamie Humphrys def Daniel Gregory 6-1 Madeleine Seccafien def Amy Humphrys 6-1 Matthew Lange def Amy McCabe 6-3 Megan Hatch def Kimberley Sellars 6-0 Balaklava Green 6-36 def. Mallala 0-10 Taylar Durdin def Jackson Furst 6-3 Todd Sholz def Lachlan Strudwicke 6-1 Kristy Selleck def Alex Howard 6-0 Sarah Heaslip def Dylan Ferris 6-0 DIVISION 4: Balaklava Green 5-31 def. Two Wells 1-14 Tyson Lamond def Tarsha Briscoe 6-0 Toby Michael lost to Natisha Eastman 1-6 Billy West def Macey Briscoe 6-1, Lori Allen def Monica Baker 6-1, Owen def Balaklava Gold on forfeit.
Results from March 6. Balaklava 14-122 d Clare 10-103. Ladies Singles: Melissa Moulds d Sharryn Daly 6-1, Helen Barry d Lisa Bennie 6-3, Pauline Hill d Brittany Daly 6-1, Shaz Pike d Casey Knight 7-5, Shelly Lamond d Sue Dobbs 6-2, Angela Battle d Maddie Jacka 7-6. Mens Singles: Derek Friedricks L Mark West 6-2, Rick Lamond d Matt Dane 6-2, Phil Barry d Andrew Noack 7-6, Scott McDonald L Matt linn 6-2, Andrew Michael L Reuben Zweck 7-5, Andrew Lane L Graham Coulter 6-3. Balaklava reports The Balaklava senior side travelled to Mintaro for the second semi-final against Clare. As some players from both teams had early evening engagements, the middle and bottom men played their doubles early. This ended one apiece, with Phil Barry and Scott McDonald being the Balaklava heroes! The mixed doubles was a mixed bag, with Clare taking the top and bottom sets and number four too! Phil and Helen Barry had a winning score of 6-2 as did Pauline Hill and Rick Lamond, but only the Barry’s sealed their win with a kiss! The toughest win came in the form of a tiebreaker, with Shelley Lamond and Andrew Michael having to play their best to win that one. The scores though, after the mixed, were dead level at 3-28 apiece. The mens singles wasn’t pretty with Balaklava only winning 2 of 6. Rick had an identical winning score as his mixed, whilst Mr Fabulous Phil won an excellent tiebreaker. Andrew Michael thought he could, but couldn’t quite, going down in a long 7-5. But it was the ladies who showed the way, winning all 6 of their singles. Shaz Pike was determined to turn her mixed loss around, and did so with a great 7-5 win, smashing those left-handed forehand winners around. First time finals player, Angela Battle, was making the most of her hour of fame, by staying on court for ever, eventually winning a tiebreaker! But it wasn’t over, well, only for Andrew Lane who had played earlier! Andrew had a very consistent day, having a score of 3 in every set! Scores were looking close with 4 doubles to go. Top ladies Helen and Meilssa Moulds left nothing on the court as they blitzed the opposition in the only dak dropper for the day. Pauline and Shaz kept their end of the bargain to win 6-2, whilst Shelley and Angela came second in a tight 7-5 to Sue Dobbs and Maddie Jacka. Top men Derek Friedrichs and Rick also came second 7-5 to the strong combination of Mark West and Matt Dare in a high quality set. Well done to 3 set winners, Mr Reliable Phil, Helen, and Pauline, and to the team on a great win. Final score Balaklava 14-122 defeated Clare 10-103. The Balaklava side has a week off now and will wait to see who makes it through next week, with the grand final on March 20 – election day! Balaklava reports from February 27 The last minor round saw the Balaklava senior side play host Watervale. The home team had a straight sweep of the mixed doubles, with the closest being a 6-4 win to Andy Michael and Shelley Lamond. The top three pairs didn’t drop a game with Derek Friedrichs starting the chant of ‘Phil Barry’s on fire’ yet again! Phil didn’t let Freddo down, going on to win his singles in an identical 6-0 score. Andrew Lane joined Phil at the top of the ranks by also not dropping a game. The ladies singles were a bit closer with Melissa Moulds pushed to win 6-3 and Helen Barry finally getting over the line in a long 6-4. Pauline Hill and Shaz Pike played Watervale’s Jenny Parish and Frankie Sandow, the visiting ladies taking the honours. It was all over before the straight doubles, but that didn’t stop the home team making a final charge. The top ladies had another dakdropper win, while Pauline and Shaz redeemed themselves in a big turnaround win. Shelley and Angela Battle had identical winning singles and doubles scores of two each! Top men Freddo and Rick Lamond had to fight off a very determined doubles pair in Spencer Budarick and Malcolm Parish to win a marathon 7-5 in what was the set of the day. Phil took young gun Scott McDonald under his wing to make sure he kept his record perfect for the day, and with Scott too scared to make a mistake, helped Phil win his lucky third dakdropper of the day. Sitting smugly at the bottom, Andrew M and Andrew L also won in a good 6-2. Final score Balaklava 22-137 defeated Watervale 2-51. Finals start next week, with Balaklava waiting to hear the other association results to see who they will play next week. Good luck for the finals!
Plains Producer, Thursday March 11, 2010