Donna Schoenmaekers
Last weekend saw team Barwon compete in the annual Inter-Regional Country Championships on the grass at Horsham.
The championships were contested by Victoria’s eight country regions, with Barwon finishing runner up behind winner Goulburn.
In close to perfect conditions, the team of 40 players, across 16 divisions, performed well, in spite of isolation requirements causing a number of late withdrawals.
The girls and ladies had outstanding results with finalists in five of eight singles and seven of eight doubles divisions, with Kirrily McConachy the standout taking a clean sweep in the under-18 girls’ singles, doubles and mixed, while still being eligible for under-16s.
Division champions for Barwon were Kirrily McConachy (girls’ under-18 singles), Jamie Heaton (men’s under-25 singles), Jamie Heaton and Curtis Fitzgerald (men’s under-25 doubles), Tegan Marshall and Mikela Mullen (women’s under-25 doubles) and Jordyn Aitken and Kirrily McConachy (girls’ under-18 doubles).
Results of all finalists were:
Singles
Women’s open
Bianca Duff and Nicole Mullen – semi finals
Women’s under-25
Tegan Marshall – runner-up
Girls’ under-14
Matilda Sutherland – runner-up
Girls’ under-16
Rebekah Schoenmaekers – semi finals
Girls’ under-18
Kirrily McConachy – winner
Katie Alderton – semi finals
Men’s under-25
Jamie Heaton – winner
Curtis Fitzgerald – semi finals
Boys’ under-16
Jake Bucek – semi finals
Doubles
Men’s open
Brett Armstrong and Jai Bosnjak – semi finals
Men’s under-25
Jamie Heaton and Curtis Fitzgerald – winners
Boys’ under-16
Jake Bucek and Arthur Zhang – semi finals
Boys’ under-18
Lachie Pike and Jack Remilton – semi finals
Ladies’ open
Bianca Duff and Nicole Mullen – runners-up
Ladies’ under-25
Mikela Mullen and Tegan Marshall – winners
Ladies’ 50+
Vanessa Aitken and Sue Sutherland – semi finals
Girls’ under-12
Hazel Kadera and Hanna Schoenmaekers – semi finals
Girls’ under-14
Georgia Carr and Matilda Sutherland – runners-up
Girls’ under-16
Rebekah Schoenmaekers and Olivia Remilton – runners-up
Girls’ under-18
Kirrily McConachy and Jordyn Aitken – winners
Mixed open
Brett Armstrong and Nicole Mullen – semi finals
Mixed under-14
Sam Carr and Matilda Sutherland – semi finals
Tano-Li Quach and Georgia Carr – semi finals
Mixed under-16
Jake Bucek and Rebekah Schoenmaekers – semi finals
Mixed under-18
Jack Remilton and Jordyn Aitken – runners-up
Mixed under-25
Jamie Heaton and Mikela Mullen – semi finals
