On the Easter long weekend Natasha Phillips-Edgar, Riley White, Brock Pearse, Ryan Murphy and coach Kevin Murphy represented Ulladulla at the 103rd Albury Easter Open, a combined junior and adult tournament, in which players can enter multiple events.
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The tournament this year attracted a record 350 players to the Albury grass courts.
In the singles events our players had mixed results, the most noteworthy being Ryan winning a first round match in the men’s open main draw, Kevin winning his first round match in the special men’s singles and Brock winning through qualifying to make the 18 and under boys main draw in his first grass court tournament.
This brilliant achievement will see Brock now gain an Australian ranking.
In the doubles events our players attained their best results ever in such a competitive field.
Following their success at the South Coast Open last year Ryan teamed up with Paul Warren of Bega again to win the 18 and under boys doubles from a field which included quite a few high ranked players.
Brock paired up with Brandan Munro from Bowral to make the semi-final of the C grade men’s singles.
Riley White played the Special men’s doubles with Kevin and although not recording a win Riley gained a lot of confidence knowing he held his own against adult opponents.
Riley also paired up with Patrick Muller from Nowra and made the semi-final of the 14 and under boys before then pairing up with Natasha in the B grade mixed doubles.
Riley and Natasha came up against some very experienced adult players and stunned their rivals with their ability to record two wins before losing to the eventual winners.
Natasha also paired with Kevin in the Special mixed doubles and actually showed up her partner and coach with her match play experience as they made the semi-final before losing a tight match to the second seeds.
Congratulations to all players involved.
Saturday Morning Junior Competition
A new junior competition will commence this Saturday April 29 starting at 8:30am. The teams and draw for this week are:
Division 1: C. Geraghty, J. Gumley, C. Gumley Vs J. Rejc, I. Lewis, H. Webb; T. Matthews, S. Donald, A. Gunn Vs B. Pearse, R. Manasseh, G .Anderson. Bye Team - J. Clough, K. Hasler, E. Dippel.
Division 2: E. Ogilvy, B. Powell, M. Clough Vs D. Newton, D. Townsend, H. Walsh; T. Eastway, P. Gillespi, A.J. Vs R. Ogilvy, M. Hussey, K. Mathews; R. O’Sullivan, M. Pepperell, B. Clough, Vs T. Malligan, A. McCann, L. Hoang. No Bye Team this comp for Div 2.
A new Monday Night Men’s competition will start on Monday, May 1.
This comp is suitable for all ages and abilities and new players are welcome. Contact Kevin on 0417 359 721 to find out more about this comp or to be a reserve.