The Stratford Tennis League has completed the first week of its playoffs. The first semifinal saw Physiotherapy Associates face SNAP in the early game. The #1 ladies doubles had a split of sets as Johanna Billings and Annette Garneau of Physio took the first set 7-5 and Heather Henke and Claire Scott of SNAP won the second set 6-1. The #2 ladies doubles went to Physio as Ginny Smith and Liz Yundt scored a 6-3 6-2 victory over Cathy Mowbray and Noella Schiedel. Physio also took the #1 men’s doubles as Richard Bast and Murray Schiedel downed Chris Parson and Spencer Trachsel 6-3 6-3. The #2 men’s doubles was an easy 6-0 6-2 win for Physio’s Tom Warnock and Todd Chisholm over Larry Shurrie and Gary Henry.
SNAP took the #1 mixed doubles as Henke and Parson beat Billings and Bast 6-4. Scott and Trachsel gave SNAP another victory taking the #2 mixed doubles 6-2 over Garneau and Schiedel. Physio got back into the win column as Smith and Warnock took the #3 mixed 6-2 over Mowbray and Shurrie. The match concluded with Yundt and Chisholm of Physio winning the #4 mixed 6-2 over Schiedel and Henry.
The 9 sets to 3 sets victory for Physiotherapy Associates sends them on to the ‘A’ championship final next week. SNAP will play in the ‘B’ championship.
The second semifinal had Jolanda’s Diet Secret and Donkers Agri facing off. The #1 ladies doubles saw Donkers’ Linda Doig and Maria Donkers win the first set 6-4 before Jolanda’s Krista Plociennik and Gail Shelton rebounded to take the second set 6-1. The #2 ladies doubles went to Donkers as Sandra Darby and Louise Lever downed Jolanda Vandereigt and Ivy Chung 7-6 (7 points to 2 in the tie-breaker) 6-2. The #1 men’s doubles had Bob Tamblyn and Bill White of Donkers defeat John Noble and Nathan Walsh 6-4 6-4. Donkers’ Brent Hiller and Mike Furlong took the #2 men’s doubles 6-3 6-4 over Cameron Kramer and Stuart Arkett.
The mixed doubles began with Doig and Tamblyn of Donkers scoring a 6-4 win over Plociennik and Noble in the #1 match. Jolanda’s took the #2 mixed as Shelton and Walsh steamrolled Donkers and White 6-0. Jolanda’s took the #3 mixed 6-2 as Vandereigt and Kramer beat Darby and Hiller. The #4 mixed was a 6-3 win for Donkers as Lever and Furlong defeated Chung and Furlong.
With the 9 sets to 3 sets win Donkers Agri advances to the ‘A’ championship final. They will face Physiotherapy Associates in the title match in next weeks early game. The late game will have Jolanda’s Diet Secret face SNAP for the ‘B’ championship.