Four Yarrawonga Tennis club members, Grant Chappell, John Brunner, Jack Bassett and Lucy Bassett were part of the winning Division 1 Numurkah team in the Goulburn Murray Tennis Association.
Four Yarrawonga players were part of Numurkah’s Division 1 winning team in the Goulburn Murray Tennis Association on Saturday.
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Numurkah took on Kyabram in the Grand Final. The Kyabram team had been undefeated all year and were certainly warm favourites as the match was also at their home courts.
Kyabram started in strong fashion and mid-way through the contest had accumulated a 13-game lead.
Grant Chappell had a doubles tiebreak win whilst Jack Bassett and Lucy Bassett had narrow doubles losses.
The singles matches proved pivotal with Numurkah winning 4 of the 6 sets. Jack Bassett dominating to win 8/1 and John Brunner fighting hard for an 8/6 victory.
This meant that Numurkah had a 2 game lead at the start of the final three doubles.
Yarrawonga’s pair of Grant Chappell and Jack Bassett combined perfectly to clinch an 8/2 set. With the other matches split, this meant Numurkah had secured an 8-game victory.
Jack Bassett was awarded the Most Valuable Player in the Grand Final and was certainly a worthy winner.
This meant back to back Division 1 victories for Numurkah in the premier competition in the north east.
Congratulations to Grant Chappell, John Brunner, Jack Bassett and Lucy Bassett on their efforts. Thank you to Numurkah for welcoming Yarrawonga’s stronger tennis players.
Cobram Runners Up
Two Yarrawonga players were part of Cobram’s Division 2 runners up team. Cobram took on top team Stanhope in what was always going to be a tough battle.
In the men’s section the sets were split 2 apiece with Daryl Bennett winning 1 set and having a narrow loss in the other.
Stanhope proved too strong in the ladies section winning all of the sets, although Hayley Bennett played well to go down 6/3 against one of the division’s best player.
Going into the mixed matches, Stanhope had an 11-game lead. Cobram fought hard in the mixed but could not gain any further games with the lead remaining at 11 games. Daryl and Hayley Bennett having a tight set before just going down.
Well done to Daryl Bennett and Hayley Bennett on being part of the Cobram team. The standard of tennis is excellent and the Cobram Tennis Club has been very welcoming.
Saturday morning juniors
Saturday morning juniors was cancelled on the weekend due to extreme heat. The final weekend will be this weekend. The final day of the season is always the popular parent/child event for players in matches. Hot Shots and coaching will continue as normal.
The Junior Club Championships have been running over the past few weeks and the draws are slowly being completed. This is taking longer than normal to complete due to the awesome number of juniors we have. It is a good problem to have.
Thursday Night Ladies
Thursday night ladies competition winners Tess Bassett, Win Win Htwe, Kate Porter and Renee Cox.
The Thursday night ladies competition had its final night of competition last week. The night consisted of a rankings shoot out before the winning team was announced. This was followed by platters supplied by Tame Café. Everyone in attendance loved the food and a fantastic evening was had by all.
On the court the players had been ranked, roughly based on ability. This ensured everyone had a competitive hit.
The group winners were Ellen Bruce, Beth Robinson, Kate Porter, Jo Taylor, Emily Linehan, Bev Munro and Renee Cox. Well done to all of these players.
The season’s winning team was announced. England were the clear winners at the top of the ladder and each of their team had a great season.
Well done to Win Win Htwe, Tess Bassett, Kate Porter and Renee Cox on being crowned the champions.
The runners up for the season were France. This team consisted of Amy Lairson, Loz Wallace, Emily Linehan and Jodie Hobson. This team played very consistently and they all really enjoyed their season.
A special mention to competition organisers Narelle Bassett and Gert Brunner who have ensured that everyone had a hit each Thursday.
The tennis was competitive but this was blended with a very social atmosphere ensuring a great time was had.
Tuesday Night Men’s
Tuesday night Men’s A Grade champions ProKennex - Matt McLachlan, Jack Bassett, Kieran Kelly and Jamie Hicks.
The Grand Finals of the Tuesday night men’s competition was held last week. On a fantastic night for tennis, everyone had a great night.
In the A Grade ProKennex and Duns had a great night of tennis with the standard excellent. The rubber went right down to the wire with the sets split 3 apiece.
ProKennex were declared the winners by a narrow 2 game margin. Jack Bassett was best on court winning all of his sets for ProKennex.
For Duns Sean Robinson, Gary Page and Matt Dimble each had 2 wins.
Well done to ProKennex’s team of Jack Bassett, Matt McLachlan, Jamie Hicks and Kieran Kelly for being crowned the A Grade title holders.
B Grade’s Grand Final between Volkl and Lacoste also had a fantastic battle. This rubber also saw the teams sharing the sets 3 apiece with Volkl winning by 9 games. John Brunner was dominant winning his 3 sets easily for Volkl.
For Lacoste Peter Hollands, Pat Mansfield and Rob Evers won 2 sets.
Congratulations to John Brunner, James Loughnan, Lochie Forge and Simon deOleveira on being the B Grade champions.
One of the most prized titles in tennis, the C Grade mens title was between Slazenger and Babolat. Babolat had a strong win claiming the title 5 sets to 1. Babolat’s Daryl Bennett and Cliff Nguyen won all of their sets and teammates Scott Jaques and Cam Arthur had 2 wins.
Well done Babolat.
At the conclusion of the night those in attendance were treated to Minnesota Mike Lairson’s award winning pork ribs. The scribe has never seen so many men so quiet when they were feasting on the ribs.
Chief organiser, Ash Wheaton made presentations to the relevant teams. Ash is to be commended for the fantastic job he has done. He was unanimously elected to be the organiser again for the 2023/24 season.
North East Veterans
On Sunday the veterans tour moved onto Wodonga where there was a large number of players having a hit. As usual Yarrawonga was well represented.
John Brunner continued his golden run winning his card. Amy Lairson, Jamie Almond and Mike Lairson all played really well to finish runners up on their respective cards.
Club legends Gert Brunner and Ellen Bruce had an enjoyable day but let others have the glory for the day.
Senior Club Championships
The Senior Club Championships will be held this Sunday. The events will commence at 9am and all members are encouraged to participate.
Events held on the day are the 18/U Singles, Open Singles, 35+ Singles, Open Doubles, 35+ Doubles and Open Mixed Doubles. These events are for both men and lady’s events.
Anyone interested in playing is to contact Club Captain Grant Lewis or arrive prior to 8.45 on Sunday.
Rock up and play sessions
The YLTC holds social aggregate style tennis at different times during the week. Each of these events provide the opportunity for new players to come and trial tennis prior to committing to becoming a member.
Times where anyone can simply sign-in on the day are Saturday at 1pm for all players, Tuesday morning commencing at 9am for ladies and Wednesday at 9am for the men’s social hit.
There is no compulsion to attend each of these on a weekly basis although once you have tried it once it will be hard to not keep going back.
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