The Stratford Tennis Club has added a new program for members this season. The Stratford Tennis League is a weekly competition involving Ladies, Men’s, and Mixed Doubles. Play began last night for the 4 teams.
In the early game , IVY’S BOUTIQUE defeated NOBLE EXTREME 8 sets to 4. The Ladies Doubles saw IVY’S BOUTIQUE’s number 1 team of Heather Henke and Ginny Smith score a 6-2 6-2 over Deb Murphy and Cathy Mowbray. NOBLE EXTREME’s number 2 team was able to split their sets as Marilyn Leasa and Edda Lang lost the first set 7-5 but rebounded with a 6-4 second set win over Annette Garneau and Ivy Chung. The number 1 Men’s Doubles matchup had IVY’S BOUTIQUE’s Bob Tamblyn and Mike Rheaume dominate NOBLE EXTREME’s Paul Coates and Larry Shurrie 6-1 6-3. NOBLE EXTREME’s number 2 Men’s Doubles of Paul Menary and Paul Barclay took down IVY’S BOUTIQUE’s Gustavo Garcia and Frank Lang 7-5 6-3. The Mixed Doubles sets had Henke and Tamblyn give IVY’S BOUTIQUE a 6-1 win over Murphy and Coates; Smith and Rheaume eased past Mowbray and Shurrie 6-2. NOBLE EXTREME took the number 3 Mixed set when Leasa and Menary outlasted Garneau and Garcia 6-4. In the number 4 matchup Chung and Lang took down Lang and Barclay 6-4.
The late game was a meeting between KPMG and DONKERS AGRI, where DONKERS AGRI scored a 8-4 win in sets. The Ladies Doubles number 1’s went to DONKERS AGRI as Linda Doig and Nancy Rheaume who scored a 6-0 7-5 win over Johanna Billings and Nikki Bowman. The number 2 Ladies Doubles split their sets as DONKERS AGRI’s Gail Shelton and Sandra Darby took the first set 6-2 over KPMG’s Donna Feore and Nancy Chung, with Feore and Chung returning the favour taking the second set 6-2. The Men’s Doubles number 1 went to KPMG as Max Besworth and Greg Vivian handled the DONKERS AGRI team of Richard Bast and Bill White 6-3 6-2. DONKERS AGRI took the men’s number 2 doubles with Brent Hiller and Pat McCarroll defeating Jack Watson and Mike Furlong 6-4 6-0. After KPMG took the first mixed set 6-0 with Billings and Besworth over Doig and Bast; DONKERS AGRI took the next three as Rheaume and White downed Bowman and Vivian 6-1, Shelton and Hiller beat Feore and Watson 6-2, and Darby and McCarroll took out Chung and Furlong 6-2.
Next Tuesday night week 2 sees KPMG meet IVY’S BOUTIQUE in the early game and DONKERS AGRI takes on NOBLE EXTREME in the late game.