With a week’s break just after the half way mark of the Tennis Geelong Saturday Winter season, things are starting to get interesting with six weeks remaining. Section 1 Girls is no exception, with seven of the eight teams still in good contention for finals.
The ladder is headed by Grovedale sitting pretty, 10 points ahead of second placed Wandana Heights White.
The minor premiership looks to be Grovedale’s for the taking however, Matilda Sutherland, who hasn’t dropped a set for the season, will be missing for the balance of the home and away matches, so this could see their lead diminish over the coming weeks.
Wandana Heights White are 12 points ahead of third placed Drysdale, but with the teams matching up this week, we will get a good insight into whether this difference will be evident on the court.
In their previous match up, White took the match four sets to two, but Drysdale retired a set due to injury, so things could be tighter on the day.
Neena Cumming has only lost one set for the season for White, so if she and her team continue their good form, they will challenge for the minor premiership and the grade title.
The battle to make the four will be made up of Drysdale, Geelong Lawn, Surfcoast Jan Juc, Highton and Ocean Grove, where there is only 11.5 points between third and seventh.
The teams have had mixed results against each other with Drysdale losing their first encounters against Geelong Lawn and Highton, but had good wins over Jan Juc and Ocean Grove.
Lawn defeated Surfcoast and Highton, but went down to Ocean Grove, while Jan Juc and Highton toppled Ocean Grove.
This week Lawn will travel to Highton, Ocean Grove will host Grovedale and Surfcoast Jan Juc will face Wandana Heights Blue away from home.
Each team will be hoping for a good performance this week and for the rest of the season, as any slip could result in missing a finals berth.
