Spectacular month for tennis at NOTL club

Hot on the heels of the tennis event for the Canada Summer Games, the Niagara-on-the-Lake Tennis Club held its annual men’s and women’s tennis tournament.

I think it is safe to say that our club has never seen such a spectacular month of tennis. With the new courts recently re-surfaced the players seemed inspired, with three of the final matches going down to the wire with third set tie-breakers determining the winners.

Many members turned out to cheer on the players and then stayed to enjoy a catered dinner under the club’s pavilion.

Results of the tournament were as follows:

Women’s A Doubles

Champions - Natalie Early and Karen Rhind.

Finalists - Amanda Thackaray and Sylvia Allen.

Score - 6-3,4-6,10-8.

Women’s B Doubles

Champions - Nicole Mash-Burke and Michelle Marsh.

Finalists - Barb Kavanagh and Mary Lou Turner.

Score - 6-4,6-2.

Men’s A Doubles

Champions -
Father and son Chris and George Bandak.

Finalists - John Pilling and Scott Lewis.

Score - 6-1,5-7,10-4.

Men’s B Doubles

Champions - Jim O’Gorman and Bill Devolin.

Finalists - Jim Thackeray and Glen Salzman.

Score - 8-4.

Men’s A Consolation

Champions-Roman Korda and Gerry McIlhone.

Finalists - Jean Lalonde and Shawn Parker.

Score - 8-4.

Men’s B’ Consolation

Champions - Les McFarland and Terry Ratkovsky.

Finalists - Ross Robinson and Richard Berti.

Score - 10-4 Tiebreak after 7 All.