Strong show for junior tennis

STRONG fields turned out for the opening round of junior tennis at the Mildura Lawn Tennis Club.

In the boys competition, eight sections were in action while there was four in the girls’.

Jasper Robbins began his season with a win in the top junior boys’ division and Renee Affleck took the honours from Alana Wall in junior girls.

The senior competition in the afternoon saw Chloe Barker win senior ladies’ division one on 23/10 from Natalie Thomas 23/12.

In the men’s division one, Xavier Kendall made it successive wins with Geoff Schuler second.

Results

Junior Boys

Section one: Jasper Robbins, Matthew Hancock
Section two: Sam McErvale, Henri Baldock
Section three: Kieran Barnes, Abhina Chowdhry
Section four: Rafael Garreffa, Shane Pollard
Section five: William Lay, Chase Davy
Section six: Hamish Tiller, Genero Mammone
Section seven: Thurston Watson, Josh Szabo
Section eight: Pranav Chowdry, Arush Patravali

Junior girls

Section one: Renee Affleck, Alana Wall
Section two: Cheyenne Riordan, Hayley Moore
Section three: Ria Patravali, Lucy Cullinan
Section four: Hannah Davies, Medina Humphries

Senior ladies

Section one: Chloe Barker 23/10, Natalie Thomas 23/12
Section two: Sue Hardie 21/13, Lyn Knowles 21/15
Section three: Jenny Gathercole 24/12, Cheryl Vines 19/16
Section four: Wendy Affleck 23/14, Margot Wheaton 20/17

Senior men

Section one: Xavier Kendall 24/13, Geoff Schuler 23/12
Section two: Thomas Nichols 23/16, Shannon Dalla-Santa 21/16
Section three: Troy Robbins 23/19, Jakob Clarke 15/23
Section four: Jacob Jo 23/16, Paul Easton 23/18
Section five: Rupert Kendall 20/14, Matt Elliott 19/13

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