Players in the Wangaratta Lawn Tennis, Croquet and Pickleball Club\u2019s senior aggregate tennis competition managed to dodge the showers through the week to have a hit on the courts in Merriwa Park<\/p>\n
Ryan Patterson kept his nose in front of the pack by just enough to claim top spot in section one.<\/p>\n
The consistent performer finished the day with 23-18, accounting for Dave Postlethwaite (22-19) and Kevin Callahan (22-21).<\/p>\n
Mark Brown wasn\u2019t too far behind with his 19-23, and Ashley Weston rounded out the group with 18-23.<\/p>\n
Section two saw Ben Kneebone salute with a commendable 23-16, landing him at the head of the pack.<\/p>\n
Andrew Harris was next across the line with his 21-18, while Mandy Allen (19-20) and Mike Lairson (15-24) brought up the rear.<\/p>\n
It was Mick Cavallin\u2019s day in section three, coming in with 22-15, just a few games ahead of Frank Harris (20-17) and Mason Scholes (19-18).<\/p>\n
While it wasn\u2019t easy going for him, Andrew Cope fought hard all day for his 13-24.<\/p>\n
In section four, top honours were claimed by Thomas McDonald, his 24-13 well ahead of the rest of the group.<\/p>\n
It was far closer through the middle of the section, with just a single win separating second from fourth.<\/p>\n
Alan Busk broke even with his 19-19, while Mark Gorman (18-16) and Maree Sullivan (18-19) were hot on his heels.<\/p>\n
Carl Curtona ended on 10-24, off the pace this week.<\/p>\n
Section five was dominated by Phil Dryden, his 24-14 seeing him finish ahead of Des Steele (19-19), Sue Piper (18-20), and Cam Vincent (15-23).<\/p>\n
Finally in section six, Greg Renner enjoyed a win with his 24-12, while Tony Clarebrough finished with a balanced 18-18 result.<\/p>\n
Sartaj Bal came in with 16-20, ahead of Robyn Snowdon on 14-22.<\/p>\n
Results<\/p>\n
Section: 1 – Ryan Patterson 23-18, Dave Postlethwaite 22-19, Kevin Callahan 22-21, Mark Brown 19-23, Ashley Weston 18-23.<\/p>\n
Section: 2 – Ben Kneebone 23-16, Andrew Harris 21-18, Mandy Allen 19-20, Mike Lairson 15-24.<\/p>\n
Section: 3 – Mick Cavallin 22-15, Frank Harris 20-17, Mason Scholes 19-18, Andrew Cope 13-24.<\/p>\n
Section: 4 – Thomas McDonald 24-13, Alan Busk 19-19, Mark Gorman 18-16, Maree Sullivan 18-19, Carl Cutrona 10-24.<\/p>\n
Section: 5 – Phil Dryden 24-14, Des Steele 19-19, Sue Piper 18-20, Cam Vincent 15-23.<\/p>\n
Section: 6 – Greg Renner 24-12, Tony Clarebrough 18-18, Sartaj Bal 16-20, Robyn Snowdon 14-22.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Players in the Wangaratta Lawn Tennis, Croquet and Pickleball Club\u2019s senior aggregate tennis competition managed to dodge the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":516202,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":["post-516201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=516201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/516202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=516201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=516201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=516201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}