Over 100 participants from all parts of regional Western Australia descended onto Alexander Park Tennis Club last weekend for the 100th instalment of the CBH Group Country Week Championships.
The Country Week Championships is one of the biggest tennis events in Western Australia and has a rich history with some of the best players in WA coming from the regional areas.
Continuing his form from last year, Joshua Carter from the Mid West claimed his 2nd consecutive men’s championship singles title, defeating Bastien Henrotin from the South Coast.
After a two-year hiatus, the women’s singles championship was fought out with Naomi-Mariana Vakadranu from Peel defeating Alexandra Riggall from Lower Great Southern.
On Saturday night, over 130 country week legends were inducted into the Country Week Hall of Fame. The 100-year anniversary event was a great chance to celebrate the achievements and contributions of past players and bring together the best of regional tennis.
Tennis West CEO Brett Patten praised the tremendous success of this year’s event and the wonderful fellowship and celebration of communities coming together.
“It was a terrific opportunity to bring all those traditional key regional stakeholders back into the folds of the country week again, and really reignite the passion back in the country tennis.”
“We saw an excellent blend of younger and senior athletes at this year’s championships, and it was wonderful to see so many regional athletes who have invested their time to come to Perth and participate in the premier regional event.”
“I’m a firm believer that if we have a strong and dynamic regional community then tennis in Western Australia will be in a strong position.”
“The aim is to continually focus on growing coaching programs, giving opportunities to play more leagues and more competitions in the regions and again, just getting rackets into kids hands so they can feel what it’s like to get onto a court.”
Tennis West would like to thank CBH Group for their ongoing support of the Country Week Championships.
All photo’s from the CBH Country Week Championships are available to purchase here: https://bit.ly/3MYVr8u
Full list of winners here:
Women’s Open Championship Doubles
Winner: Diana Thomson & Wendy Weir
Runner Up: Maybella Brown & Renea Brown
Women’s Open Championship Singles
Winner: Naomi-Mariana Vakadranu
Runner Up: Alexandra Riggall
Men’s Open Championship Doubles
Winner: Jarron Kretschman & Darren Patten
Runner Up: Benjamin Joshua Haclin & Bastien Henrotin
Men’s Open Championship Singles
Winner: Joshua Carter
Runner Up: Bastien Henrotin
Girl’s Doubles 16/u
Winner: Maddie Andrews & Delta Opperman
Runner Up: Renea Brown & Antoinette Matres
Girl’s Singles 16/u
Winner: Maddie Andrews
Runner Up: Renea Brown
Boy’s Doubles 12/u – Greenball
Winner: Matthew Ashworth & Henry Rigall
Runner Up: Fernando Gatti & Dylan Stone
Boy’s Singles 12/u – Greenball
Winner: Archie Matthias Gethin
Runner Up: Dylan Stone
Boy’s Singles 14/u Tier 2
Winner: Kelly Patten
Runner Up: Rory Holland
Men’s Matchplay
Winner: Zane Saffrey
Runner Up: Aaron Santos
Girl’s Doubles 14/u
Winner: Adalyn Sharpe & Tea Zizek
Runner Up: Jane Drinkwater & Alifaye Gidgup
Boy’s Doubles 14/u
Winner: Cameron Cockburn & Tao Healy
Runner Up: Clifton Bass & Kai Legge-Wilkinson
Girl’s Singles 14/u
Winner: Alifaye Gidgup
Runner Up: Tea Zizek
Boy’s Singles 14/u Tier 1
Winner: Denby Sharpe
Runner Up: Fletcher Braddock
Girl’s Doubles 10/u – Greenball
Winner: Maggie Omeehan & Anneliese Slade
Runner Up: Greta Gethin & Kate Growden
Boy’s Doubles 10/u – Greenball
Winner: George Riggall & Austin Slade
Runner Up: Cooper Pascoe & Joseph Williamson
Girl’s Singles 10/u – Greenball
Winner: Greta Gethin
Runner Up: Maggie Omeehan
Boy’s Singles 10/u – Greenball
Winner: Matthew Ashworth
Runner Up: Asher Craig
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