The Tennis Geelong Triples night competition has just passed the third week of the seven-week season, and most sections are quite competitive on the ladder.
Section 1 newcomers, the Wallabies, are undefeated after a 4-2, 30-22 win over second placed The NSA.
The Wallabies feature a mix of experienced and young players and despite two of the three players never playing in the night competition before, they have a perfect record after three weeks.
New Geelong resident Brad Pearson heads the Wallabies, and after a 3-6 opening doubles loss, roared back in his next doubles with Matt Lyon to win 6-0, and closed the night with a 6-3 win over speedster Nathan Jorgensen from NSA.
In the other Section 1 match up, Grovedale 1 used its home court advantage to sneak out a 4-2, 29-28 win over Bellbrae’s Flying Dankanators in a rematch of last season’s Section 2 grand final.
The final doubles set went to a tiebreaker that decided the team match, and Grovedale’s Dirk Scott and Jordyn Aitken were able to get the win over Matt Roche and Jackson Donnan, 6-5.
Section 2 features the closest ladder, with Leopold on 14 points, Highton’s Night Owls with 13, All Saints’ Anglican with 11, and the Moolap Goats on 10 points.
The Night Owls won the battle of the top two squads with a 3-3, 28-23 win over Leopold.
Matt Young continued his dominance by winning the number one singles set 6-2 over Carl Creasy, but it wasn’t enough overall to take Leopold to the win.
Young upped his lifetime record in Triples singles matches to 22-0.
All Saints recorded a 5-1, 31-24 win over Moolap to leapfrog the Goats on the ladder in the other Section 2 match.
The top two Section 3 teams faced off in round three, and the tennis was as high quality as expected, with Grovedale 2 and Grovedale 3 ending their match in a 3-3, 26 games-all draw.
Isaac Graham for Grovedale 2 won all three of his sets on the night.
Four Posts from Grovedale Tennis Club jumped into third in Section 3 with a 6-0, 36-19 win over the Wombats.
Grovedale’s fifth place Backhanded Compliments used two emergency players to win a 4-2, 31-28 contest over fourth place Zinger Stacker.
In Section 4 Table 29 Tennis Association won the first two sets 6-0 over the Hall of Framers, which ended up being just enough for a 3-3 21-20 win.
The win brought Table 29 into third on the ladder, as fourth place Highton Flyers, last season’s Section 5 Premiers, lost a 6-0, 36-20 match to first place CocoBewares.
Slice Girls in Section 5 dropped a 4-2, 32-21 match to Natural Guts, but still hold the edge at the top of the ladder after not losing a set in the first two weeks.
Third place Bit Rusty won a 4-2, 26-14 match over the Kangaroos.
Tennis Geelong Triples is the only association tennis league in Victoria to allow non-club member teams to participate. To find out more, check out the Tennis Geelong website.
