The 2015 Stratford Tennis League began play this week. The regular season involves a round robin schedule between the four teams of club players
The early game saw Snap’d take on Sunrise Health Services. The #1 men’s doubles saw a split of sets as Chris Parson and Murray Schiedel of Snap’d took the first set 6-4, with Bob Tamblyn and Wayne Carney of Sunrise winning the second set 6-3. The #2 men’s doubles went to Snap’d as Steven Schwartzentruber and Lanny Hoare downed Jared Larder and Stefan Anderson 6-4 6-4. The #1 ladies doubles had Sandie Ennett and Naomi Lange of Sunrise dominate Marta Andrekovic and Cox Wensink scoring a 6-2 6-1 victory. There was a split of sets in the #2 ladies doubles as Carmen Miron and Michele Thomson of Snap’d took the first set 6-4 before Marilyn Leasa and Marilyn Holmes of Sunrise rebounded to take the second set 6-1. This meant the teams were tied with 4 sets each heading into the mixed doubles matches.
The #1 mixed doubles went to Sunrise as Ennett and Tamblyn defeated Andrekovic and Parson 6-2. Sunrise took the #2 mixed match 6-2 as Lange and Carney took down Wensink and Schiedel. The #3 mixed match had Miron and Schwartzentruber of Snap’d win 6-2 over Leasa and Larder. Thomson and Hoare of Snap’d dominated the #4 mixed match shutting out Holmes and Anderson 6-0 . This meant the first game of the 2015 season ended in a tie as both teams won 6 sets.
The late game had Auto Works facing Donkers Agri. The #1 men’s doubles went to Donkers with Richard Bast and John Noble downing Pat McCarroll and Cameron Kramer 7-6 (7 points to 4 in the tie-breaker) 6-1. Larry Shurrie and Mike Schiedel of Donkers took the #2 men’s doubles with a 6-4 6-0 win over Marcel Lundrigan and Stuart Arkett. The #1 ladies doubles went to Auto Works as Johanna Billings and Deb Murphy edged Linda Doig and Maria Donkers 7-5 7-5. The #2 ladies doubles were split. Monica Eickmeyer and Nancy Chung scored a 6-3 victory over Nancy Rheaume and Sandra Hofing in the first set but the latter won 6-0 in the second set. Donkers took a 5 sets to 3 sets lead as the teams headed into the mixed doubles matches.
Doig and Bast dominated the #1 mixed scoring a 6-0 win over Billings and McCarroll. The domination continued as Donkers and Noble of Donkers shut out Murphy and Kramer 6-0 in the #2 mixed match. Auto Works got back on the board scoring a 6-2 victory in the #3 mixed as Rheaume and Lundrigan took out Eickmeyer and Shurrie. The #4 mixed match went to Auto Works as Hofing and Arkett doubled up Chung and Schiedel 6-3 . The match ended with Donkers Agri taking 7 sets to 5 sets for Auto Works.
Week 2 will see Auto Works take on Snap’d in the early game while Sunrise Health Services faces Donkers Agri in the late game.
Bill White
Jared Larder of Sunrise Health Services hit a serve in the men’s doubles match week 1 of the Stratford Tennis League.