10 January 2012 | Tennis Victoria

The 56^th Victorian Inter-regional Country Championships were a tremendous success at the Wangaratta Lawn Tennis Club last weekend. The championships once again brought together Victoria’s 11 country regions and its finest junior and senior players to compete in this prestigious annual representative teams event.

With increased entries and a strong field, the competition was hot with each region having some great individual results and spectators enjoying some terrific lawn tennis matches over three days. In the end, it was the Barwon Region that ended up on top, taking out the 2012 title for the fourth consecutive time, closely followed by the Goulburn Region. The Cooke Shield for the most improved region went to East Gippsland for the second year in a row, with their 4^th place finish building on strong performances with a small team last year.

After the stage was set for a magnificent finals day, poor weather conditions on the last day prevented the completion of most finals, with many events forced to be decided by the toss of a coin, which entertained many in the final presentation.

The tournament now heads to Swan Hill Lawn Tennis Club for the 2013 Championships hosted by the Northern Mallee region.

Final individual results and draws from the 2012 event

2012 Final Region Points Table

1. Barwon 180.25
2. Goulburn 146.5
3. Loddon Campaspe 128.25
4. East Gippsland 90.75
5. South West 89
6. Mornington Peninsula 87.5
7. Wimmera 81.75
8. Central Gippsland 81.25
9. Northern Mallee 71
10. North East 70
11. Central Highlands 67.75