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The Lone Star Cafe & Bar Parent Child tournament took place on Sunday 25th March at Tasman Tennis Club with record entries. There were 43 Parent and Child or Grandparent and child combinations competing in this annual doubles event now in its 5th consecutive year.
The 86 competitors were put into three divisions with the youngest category being the "novice" group where all competitors were 7 & 8 yrs old. The 12u draw was the largest group with 30 pairs and players from all clubs around the region including Golden Bay.
The novice category was a round robin format with Gus & Luke Shirley winning all their matches. Second place went to Carlton and Farrah Richards who lost to the Shirley's 6-3.
In the 12u draw there were some great matches with top seed Peter and Casey Ogilvie who were runners-up in 2011 back for another crack at the title. They were pushed in the quarter final by Philip and Hannah Stevenson who were leading 7-3, but the Ogilvie's fought back and took out the match 9-7. There were two other tight quarter finals between Allan and Sam Innes-Walker who beat Darryl and Kyle Aitken 9-8. Ian and Oscar Symonds from Mapua also had a tie break quarter final beating Gretchen and Caitlin Lund from Golden Bay 9-8. Symonds continued their winning form in the semi final beating Innes-Walker 9-5, and the Ogilvies beat Agnes McKnabb pairing up with Corbin McFadyen 9-3. This set up an Ogilvie and Symonds final with some long base line rallies, however the Ogilvies made sure the 2012 title was theirs this year winning the match 9-5.
The 12u Plate final was between Dean and Mason Lund who beat Jacqui and Monique Hore in the final 9-5. The special plate was won by Geoff and Emma Devine who beat Roger and Sophie Young 6-4 in the final.
The 13-18yr section saw top seeds Charles Fulford and Floyd Lyttle beat Alice & Bob Anderson in the semi final 9-6. The other semi final was won by David and Amy Hurst 9-1 over Aaron & Jackson Barber. Fulford and Lyttle went on to win the final 9-5, however Amy Hurst is the first year in this age category so will be a tough competitor in 2013.
The 13-18yr plate was a round-robin event with all competitors winning one match so it came down to a countback. Peter and Pip Curry finished on 15 points and were tied with David Burton and Mary Anne Baker also on 15points so they were declared first equal of the Plate.
Fair Play awards went to Aaron & Jackson Barber, Tom Peterson, Audrey Fullford and Cameron Vining. |
