Week 4 of the Stratford Tennis League was held this week and proved just how even the teams are in the competition.
The early game saw DONKERS AGRI and KPMG split the 12 sets and ended in an 6-6 tie. The Ladies #1 doubles was spit with DONKERS AGRI’S Linda Doig and Maria Donkers taking the first set 6-0 but KPMG’S Johanna Billings and Nikki Bowman took the second set 6-1. Gail Shelton and Sandra Darby of DONKERS AGRI swept the Ladies #2 doubles 6-1 6-2 over Donna Feore and Stacey Wilson. The Men’s #1 doubles was an even match as Richard Bast and Bill White gave DONKERS AGRI the first set 6-2 while Chris Parson and Shannon Dyke rebounded to take the second set for KPMG 6-4. KPMG took both Men’s #2 doubles as Jack Watson and Todd Chisholm dominated Pat McCarroll and Sing Chung 6-1 6-2.
The Mixed doubles sets saw DONKERS AGRI take the #1 match up 6-2 as Doig and Bast beat Billings and Parson. KPMG took the #2 match 7-6 (7-4 in the tie-breaker) as Bowman and Dyke outlasted Donkers and White. Gail Shelton continued her dominating evening as she and Pat McCarroll scored a 6-1 win for DONKERS AGRI over Donna Feore and Jack Watson. KPMG was able to take the #4 Mixed to even the match as Nancy Chung and Todd Chisholm edged Sandra Darby and Sing Chung 6-4.
The late game also saw a tie in sets won. NOBLE EXTREME and IVY’S BOUTIQUE finished in a 6-6 draw. Heather Henke and Lise Couture gave IVY’S BOUTIQUE an early lead with a 6-0 6-2 win over Lori McCabe and Deb Murphy in the Ladies # 1 doubles. NOBLE EXTREME responded by taking the Ladies # 2 doubles 7-5 6-3 as Cathy Mowbray and Edda Lang beat Annette Garneau and Ivy Chung. The Men’s # 1 doubles went to IVY’S BOUTIQUE with Bob Tamblyn and Mike Rheaume crushing Nathan Duh and Greg Vivian 6-1 6-1. The Men’s # 2 doubles went to NOBLE EXTREME as Paul Menary and Paul Barclay scored 6-2 6-4 win over Jack Watson and Frank Lang.
In the Mixed doubles IVY’S BOUTIQUE’s Henke and Tamblyn took the first point by downing McCabe and Duh 6-3. NOBLE EXTREME evened the points by taking the #2 Mixed match up as Murphy and Vivian won 6-2 over Couture and Rheaume. The #3 match went to IVY”S BOUTIQUE with Garneau and Watson scored a 6-1 victory over Mowbray and Menary. When NOBLE EXTREME’S Lang and Barclay defeated Chung and Lang in Mixed double #4 the night of ties was completed.
After 4 weeks IVY’S BOUTIQUE remains alone in first place, while DONKERS AGRI, KPMG , and NOBLE EXTREME are all tied for second spot. Play continues next week with DONKERS AGRI facing NOBLE EXTREME in the early game and IVY’S BOUTIQUE and KPMG squaring off in the late game.

The Stratford Tennis Club hosted the first leg in the Royal LePage Hiller Realty Junior Grand Slam this weekend. Over 40 junior members participated in the event. Boys and Girls singles were played on Saturday and doubles was on Sunday.
The Girls Under 18 final saw Krista Plociennik edge Claire Scott 8-7 (7-3 in the tie-breaker). Anna Feore took the consolation title with an 8-4 victory over Vienna Wilson. The Girls Under 14 champion is Marley Hiller who downed Vanessa Kramer 8-6 in the title match. In the consolation final Caitriona Buckley scored an 8-1 win over Alexandra Sylvester.
The Boys Under 18 event saw youngster John Fischer , playing up two age groups, score an impressive 8-6 win over Travis Hiller to take the title. Steven Schwartzentruber defeated David O’Conner 8-4 in the consolation final. The Boys Under 14 event was won by Jared Nash with an 8-2 victory over Luke Fischer. The consolation winner was Evan Moorehead who downed Tim Clay 8-6 in the final.
The Sunday doubles events had Marley Hiller and Emma Drake defeat Caitriona Buckley and Vanessa Kramer 8-5 to take the Girls title. Tali Calder and Alexandra Sylvester were the consolation champions. Travis Hiller and Josh Johnson won the Boys Under 16 doubles event edging John Fischer and Andrew Hancock 8-7 (7-5 in the tie-breaker). Craig Rice and Tyler Kocher held off Tom Feore and Cam Oliver 8-6 to win the consolation. The Boys Under 12 doubles was won by Will Thibeault and Evan Mooorehead 8-4 over Luke Fischer and Michael Vanderwiel. Ben Merkel and Lukas J. Kaufman won the consolation title.
The next leg of the Royal LePage Hiller Realty Grand Slam will be the French Open which will be played the weekend of June 19-20.

A large number of Jr’s hit the courts for the first event in the Royal Lepage Hiller Realty Jr tournament series. Singles went today and Doubles action continues tomorrow. Check back for full results.

An excited group of JR players took time out from the Royal Lepage Hiller Realty Aussie Open JR Tournament today to thank Bill Sibold and his family for the generous contribution that allowed for the construction of the new practice wall.

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.

TENNISaccess is celebrating its 10th Anniversary with this Seasons Opening Event at the beautiful Stratford Tennis Club. Come make a week-end of it, or just play for the day – either way you will have a GREAT time at this extra special event!

The First Tournament of the Royal Lepage Hiller Realty Series is set to go the weekend of May 29th and 30th. Sign up sheets are in the clubhouse. These events are ones not to be missed by JR players of all levels.

The teams have been announced for the new Stratford Tennis League and the first serve is set to mark the clay Tuesday night. With all the top players in the club ready to hit the court with their respective teams the quality of doubles action will be high. Look for all the weekly scores and updates in the news section.

Welcome everyone to another great season at the Stratford Tennis Club. This is going to be another fun and exciting season at the club.