17 February 2015 | Tennis Victoria

The 34^th Tankworld VCTA Country Week wrapped up a stunning week of tennis today on the grass courts of the Swan Hill Lawn Tennis Club, with over 1200 players competing across 102 permanent and temporary lawn courts.

The VCTA’s iconic duo Mrs Pat Gilchrist and Mrs Carol Pearce celebrated their 25^th year running the event.

Tennis by day and social activities by night, players were not put off by the hot weather at the popular country week venue.

“It was an incredibly smooth week, where we completed full programs on all days except Wednesday, when for the first time in history we altered the match format for the safety of players in the extreme heat” said Mrs Gilchrist.

There were new champions in the A Grade competition, with Maryborough knocking off grass court specialists Tandara in the women’s, and Swan Hill narrowly defeated Mud Island in the men’s.

“Tennis Victoria is extremely proud to support the VCTA in the running of this fantastic event, which showcases the outstanding community spirit of country tennis in Victoria” said Belinda Kleverlaan, Tennis Victoria Executive Manager – Community Tennis.

Players have already begun their preparations for Country Week 2016 in Wodonga.

MATCH RESULTS:

Men’s A Grade                  Swan Hill 2-27 def Mud Island 1-21;

Men’s Special B1             Horsham Hornets 2-24 def Wangaratta Blue 2-24;

Men’s Special B2             Mud Island 2-25 def Gippsland Studs 1-14;

Men’s B Grade 1               Spring Gully Bulls 3-24 def Allambee – Inverloch 0-16;

Men’s B Grade 2               Mud Island Gropers 2-25 def Swan Hill ‘IT’ 2-25;

Men’s B Grade 3               Geelong Coasters 3-24 def Polwarth 0-12;

Men’s C Grade 1              Mt Prospect Hackers 2-28 def Sale 2-24;

Men’s C Grade 2              Wangaratta Purple 2-27 def Korumburra-Beaconsfield 2-26;

Men’s C Grade 3              Jindera Poppy’s Crew 3-28 def Wangaratta Rust 1-15;

Women’s A Grade           Maryborough 3-24 def Tandara 0-10;

Women’s Special B1      Wodonga Rubies 2-26 def Swan Hill Redskins 2-25;

Women’s Special B2      Wodonga Whiskas 2-26 def Wodonga Diamonds 2-24;

Women’s B Grade 1       Castlemaine Cougars 3-27 def Mt Prospect Black 1-19;

Women’s B Grade 2       Mt Prospect Angels 3-24 def Charltons Angels 0-13;

Women’s B Grade 3       Deniliquin 3-30 def Mt Prospect Firecrackers 1-27;

Women’s Special C1     Tongala Gold 2-23 def Wedderburn 2-23;

Women’s Special C2     New Gisborne Court Hogs 2-27 def Mud Island 2-23;

Women’s Special C3     Southwest Survivors 3-24 def Ballarat Gold 0-12;

Women’s C Grade 1       Leongatha 2-21 def Rushy Gippers 2-20;

Women’s C Grade 2       Polwarth 2-27 def Mt Prospect Blue 2-21;

Women’s C Grade 3       Macedon ‘Kiss My Ace’ 3-25 def Bacchus Marsh Ballerines 1-25;

Women’s C Grade 4       Cobram Mojito’s 2-23 def Korumburra 2-22;

Women’s C Grade 5       Polwarth-Kawarren 3-26 def Mt Prospect Green 1-20;

Women’s C Grade 6       South Albury 3-30 def Euroa 1-19;

 

All results are available online.

Photos from the event are available here.