Family a feature of Otamatea tornament

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The weather over Anniversary Weekend was a mixed bag – wind, sun, rain and even thunder and lightening – but that didn't dampen the enthusiasm of the players who turned up to the Kaiwaka courts to compete in the 64th annual Otamatea Tennis Tournament.

Players and supporters took advantage of the free camping at the Sports Complex grounds and enjoyed a free BBQ and social on Saturday night as well as a great weekend of competitive tennis.

At the prizegiving players made mention of how much they enjoyed the friendly social atmosphere at Kaiwaka and always looked forward to coming along every year.

As well as prizes for the winners, special prizes were given out to the oldest and youngest players, the player who had travelled the furthest (Scotland) and a prize was given to the player who had the most novel excuse for being late for his match – he was stuck in an elevator in Auckland!

An interesting feature this year was the number of family combinations – a couple of father/son combos who teamed up for the mens doubles, a couple of sisters combos in the ladies doubles and a brother/sister combo in the mixed doubles.

Thank you to the many people who made this tournament possible – organisers, kitchen helpers, BBQ caterers, bar staff and to our many generous sponsors.

 

Results

Mens Singles: Bryce Hayr bt Hamish Thomson.

Ladies Singles: Alice Hoskins bt Grace Hoskins.

Mens Doubles: Ben Davies & Thomas Robertson bt Hamish Thomson & Alex Weatherhead.

Ladies Doubles: Craigie McCulloch & Aneta Tarabova bt Pauline Fudge and Tania Neale.

Mixed Doubles: Craigie McCulloch & Ben Davies bt Pauline Fudge and Cory Nicholls.

 

- Cheryl Anderson

 

 

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TOP DUO: Ladies Doubles winners Craigie McCulloch and Aneta Tarabova