The Stratford Tennis League played its final game of the regular season this week. The early game was a battle for first place. Physiotherapy Associates held a 1 point lead over Jolanda’s Diet Secret heading into play.
The night started with a split as Richard Bast and Tom Warnock of Physio took the first set in the #1 men’s doubles 6-2, but Jolanda’s Nathan Walsh and Pat McCarroll took the second set 6-3. Physio’s Todd Chisholm and Garth Nussey won the #2 men’s doubles 6-3 6-1 over Cameron Kramer and Stuart Arkett. Jolanda’s #1 ladies doubles team of Krista Plociennik and Deb Murphy scored a 6-4 6-2 win over Johanna Billings and Annette Garneau. The #2 ladies doubles match saw Jolanda Vandereijk and Monica Eickmeyer of Jolanda’s win the first set 6-1, while Marilyn Leasa and Marilyn Holmes took the second set 6-1.
Heading into the mixed doubles matches the score was tied and first place was still up for grabs. The #1 mixed match went to Jolanda’s as Plociennik and Walsh downed Billings and Bast 6-1. Physio’s Garneau and Warnock scored a 7-5 victory over Murphy and McCarroll in the #2 mixed match. Leasa and Chisholm took the #3 mixed for Physio with a 6-2 win over Eickmeyer and Kramer. The #4 mixed went to Physio with Holmes and Nussey taking out Vandereijk and Arkett 6-1. Physiotherapy Associates’ 7 sets to 5 sets victory gave them first place for the regular season.
The late game was a battle between SNAP and Donkers Agri. SNAP took the #1 men’s doubles 6-4 6-3 as Greg Vivian and Chris Parson defeated Bob Tamblyn and Grant McPherson. The #2 men’s doubles was split with Jack Watson and Larry Shurrie of SNAP taking the first set 6-3 and Donkers’ Jagdish Patel and Mike Furlong won the second set 6-4. The #1 ladies doubles was a 6-0 7-5 win for SNAP’s Claire Scott and Nancy Rheaume over Maria Donkers and Lise Couture. Sandie Ennett and Sandra Darby won the first set of the #2 ladies doubles for Donkers 6-2 while Cathy Mowbray and Noella Schiedel took the second set 7-6 (7 points to 3 in the tie-breaker) for SNAP.
SNAP won the #1 mixed doubles match 7-6 (8 points to 6 in the tie-breaker) as Scott and Vivian edged Donkers and Tamblyn. Rheaume and Parson gave SNAP the number #2 mixed doubles with a 6-1 drubbing of Couture and McPherson. Donkers won the #3 mixed doubles as Ennett and Patel took out Mowbray and Watson 7-5. The #4 mixed doubles saw Darby and Furlong of Donkers score a 6-2 win over Schiedel and Shurrie. SNAP won the match 8 sets to 4 sets but did not catch Donkers in the standings.
The semifinal playoff matches will be held next week. The early game with see Physiotherapy Associates take on SNAP. The late game has Jolanda’s Diet Secret face Donkers Agri.
Bill White