Smash Masters defend 190s tennis title
There was wonderful camaraderie over the four fixtures played at Umtentweni and Uvongo tennis clubs.
Smash Masters have successfully defended their 190s title in the popular Ugu Tennis Association tournament.
It was played over four different Saturdays, two at Umtentweni TC and two at Uvongo TC.
Captain Deanne Purtell-Massyn and Brendan Els were the only Smash Masters to play in all four, with some Springbok-like brilliance in terms of the use of the bench, or Bomb Squad.
This included Renee Purtell, Dunja Moriera and Cheryse Wikstrom (who played in the final) as well as Geoff Borchers, Stef Francesconi and Daniel Francesconi (who played in round one and in the final).
They beat the Salt & Twitters, comprising Martyn and Hanlie Nagtegaal, Richard Short and Sharon van der Schyff, possibly the only unchanged team throughout.
There was some excellent tennis played, despite last Saturday’s wind making things more challenging than usual.
Surf & Volley (David Rush, Herman Ehlers, Katie Weller and Jenny Senneck) took bronze over Dirt Trackers (Colin Barker, Andre Hofman, Cathy Kirton and Claire Laine).
SCORES
Gold final:
Smash Master beat Salt & Twitter 39-32 (after bonus points and age penalties applied).
Daniel Francesconi/Brendan Els beat Martyn Nagtegaal/Richard Short 8-3.
Cheryse Wikstrom/Deanne Purtell-Massyn beat Hanlie Nagtegaal/Sharon van der Schyff 9-2.
Deanne Purtell-Massyn/Daniel Francesconi lost to Sharon van der Schyff/Martyn Nagtegaal 6-5.
Cheryse Wikstrom/Brendan Els lost to Hanlie Nagtegaal/Richard Short 6-5.
Deanne Purtell-Massyn/Brendan Els lost to Sharon van der Schyff/Richard Short 6-5.
Cheryse Wikstrom/Daniel Francesconi beat Hanlie Nagtegaal/Martyn Nagtegaal 6-5.
In the B section Kiss My Ace beat Ball Boys 43-32.
This was also a fairly close match, with some entertaining rallies and the Ball Boys in particular bringing the humour.
Scores were as follows:
Johan du Preez/Geyser Engelbrecht beat Guy Spittal/Alan Hurlbatt 8-3.
Geraldine Thompson/Tarryn Sol lost to Phil Schaffler/Jacques Pretorius 6-5.
Tarryn Sol/Johan du Preez beat Jacques Pretorius/Guy Spittal 9-2.
Geraldine Thompson/Geyser Engelbrecht lost to Phil Schaffler/Alan Hurlbatt 8-3.
Tarryn Sol/Geyser Engelbrecht beat Jacques Pretorius/Alan Hurlbatt 6-5.
Geraldine Thompson/Johan du Preez beat Phil Schaffler/Guy Spittal 7-4.
Aces & Laces (Spelo Pakati, Ludo Tshefu, Mervyn Dalton and Nigel Wareing) beat Net Ninjas (Thobeka Dlongolo-Boffi, Sabrina Hind, Andrea Boffi and Pete Hind) 52-24 to win the bronze medal.
Fifth place went to Lord of the Strings (Roz Hooper, Liezl Cumming, Gary Bartlett and Adolph Vos), who beat Baseline Bandits (Luise Mohr, Maureen Kreusch, Bernat Kruger and Andrew Delaney) 39-35.
The Spirit trophy went to the Net Ninjas.
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