Last weekend was another opportunity for the clubs young mini tennis players to test their skills in to competition with another Match Play event.
Results: Red ball
Group A – round robin
Charlotte Clarke bt Greg Kelly 10-1, Lucas Mikan 10-4, Thomas Reed 10-2, Ben Yamazaki 10-6; Greg bt Lucas 10-6, Ben 10-9
Thomas bt Greg 10-6, Lucas 10-5 and Ben 10-7
Ben bt Lucas 10-7
Group B – round robin
Sarah Long bt Lucy Clarke 10-1
Aaron Hempsall bt Sarah Long 10-1, Lucy 10-1 and Charles Brkic 10-1
Charles bt Sarah 10-7, Lucy 10-6
Semi finals
Charlotte Clarke bt Sarah Long 10-0
Aaron Hempsall bt Thomas Reed 10-8
Final
Charlotte bt Aaron 10-4
Orange Ball – round robin
Jayden Go bt Aailish Kelly 10-0, Sophie Sheard 10-1, Roch Mirski 10-5 and Charlotte Clarke 10-3; Sophie bt Aailish 10-4, Roch bt Aailish 10-1, Sophie10-0 and Charlotte 10-2, Charlotte bt Aalish 10-3, Sophie 10-5
Winner: Jayden Go
Runner-up Roch Mirski
Green ball – knock-out
1st round
Jack Christian bt Kitty Thomas 10-7, Sam Skelcher-Maxwell bt Tyler Hannay 10-9, Jayden Go bt Robert Russell 10-4; Semi-finals Roch bt Jack 10-4, Sam bt Jayden 10-5.
Final – Roch bt Sam 10-6. In a consolation event Tyler bt Robert 10-7 and Kitty 10-3.
All the competitors are part of the club’s extensive Mini Tennis programme which children can join once they are 4yrs old. Contact Ian Watson for details – mob 496293 or e-mail ianwatsonpts@manx.net.
A reminder to everyone that the weekly coaching sessions will cease during the half-term holiday, restarting on Monday 24 February.
The club’s annual Quiz Night will be held on Friday 7 March. All members have been sent details of costs and an appeal for raffle prizes. Further information or to book in your team contact Kirsten Olsen – kirstenolsen123@gmail.com.
