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Tennis notes March 8

Northern District

ROUND 14 results.

Senior Division 1

Murrabit 56 lost to Kerang 62; Barham 47 lost to Cohuna 60; Koondrook – bye.

Senior Division 2

Koondrook 43 lost to Gunbower 92; Kerang Blue 50 lost to Kerang White 93; Barham 88 defeated Gannawarra 60; Murrabit – bye.

Senior Division 3

Gunbower 72 defeated Koondrook 70; Kerang White 85 defeated Barham Navy 51; Barham White 56 lost to Kerang Blue 76.

Juniors

Murrabit 63 lost to Cohuna 64; Gunbower 45 won on forfeit from Kerang 0.

LADDERS

Team % Pts
Division 1    
Kerang 121.8 46
Cohuna 109.7 42
Koondrook 104.6 30
Murrabit 101.7 30
Barham 71.11 18
Division 2    
Kerang White 150.2 50
Gunbower 140.1 48
Kerang Blue 108.1 32
Barham 98.88 30
Koondrook 92.57 30
Gannawarra 87.64 26
Murrabit 56.14 6
Division 3    
Gunbower 134.3 50
Barham White 107.4 32
Koondrook 97.54 24
Kerang White 96.11 22
Barham Navy 90.38 22
Kerang Blue 80.21 18
Juniors    
Gunbower 202.6 50
Cohuna 135.7 38
Kerang 78.96 22
Murrabit 46.46 2

Cohuna also won the mixed 22 games to 16 to win overall by 13 games. Well done to Skye who won all her sets, and thanks to Rob and Skye for filling in.
Division 1 travelled to Barham on Saturday and got off to a slow start. The men were down 16 games to 20 but the ladies were up 22 games to 11 after losing the first set.Cohuna

The juniors played a thriller against Murrabit where it was close all day. Cohuna were up 34 to 32 in the singles with each team winning 4 sets.

Murrabit won the doubles 31 to 30 with 4 sets all again, which gave Cohuna the win by 1 game. Well done to Toby and Jackson for their first games in the junior team and to Cooper, Taylor, Sarosh and Charlie for winning all their sets

Teams for March 12

Division 1 – Cohuna v Koondrook (at home)

Harrison Cleave, Jason Hensley, Paul Lacy; Shirlene Barker, Mary Rodwell, Leah Lacy.

Juniors – Cohuna v Kerang (at home)

Zephan Hensley, Taylor Lacy, Cooper Lacy, Lachlan Farrell; Sarosh Sajeev, Charlie Hauser, Sharon Sajeev.

Saturday Morning Juniors

Hot Shots has started on Saturday mornings at 9am for any juniors who would like to give tennis a try. The club has spare racquets to use and there is a cost of $3 to play.

Murrabit

Teams for round 15, March 12.

Division 1 – bye

Division 2 v Barham away

Travis Collier, Tim McNeil, Evan Shea, Max Hartley; Sara McNeil, Jenny Nethercote, Elissa McDonald, Ros Beck. Emg: Tracey McKerrow

Juniors v Gunbower away

Belle Morton, Chelsea Collier, Drew McNeil, Evan McNeil; Lyla Morton, James McDonald, Kobe Teasdale, Pippy Morton.

This week is the final round of the season before finals. Division 1 have to sit out with a bye. Division 2 are heading to Barham and the juniors are off to Gunbower.

Last week the juniors had a very close contest against Cohuna. With a number kids playing their first matches, mixed in with the more experienced ones, it was a nice even spread across the board. It was 8 sets a piece, 64 games to 63 in favour of Cohuna.

Division 1 battled in a close contest with Kerang, going down by 6 games in the end. Sally had a good day out winning all her sets.

The Club Championship finals have been played in the juniors and the mens. The ladies will be played this week. The small crowd on Thursday night were treated to some great matches.

Simon Morton is the mens champion once again, defeating young Jordan McNeil. Chelsea Collier won the girls championship over Belle Morton and the junior boy was won by James McDonald, defeating Evan McNeil.

Congratulations to each of the winners and well done to all those that participated to make it a great contest. Sally McDonald will play Ang Morton this Thursday for the Ladies Championship.

The Easter tournament is not far away now. We are very lucky to have a number of wonderful local sponsors on board to support our tournament. Entries are now open via www.surveymonkey.com/r/KRWYP3Y

Time to get your partners organised.

Raffle tickets are all ready to go on sale, please make sure you pick up your raffle books from the clubhouse.

If unavailable this Saturday, please call your captain, emergency or Ang 0408 313 257 ASAP.

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