After not being able to take the court last week due to rain, Grovedale Tigers finally took the court against Moolap’s Two Phone Chol this week in Thursday Triples Section 1’s much anticipated grand final.
The teams met twice during the home and away season with Moolap winning the first 5-1 in Round 3 and Grovedale doing the same in Round 8 with different match ups in each encounter, making it hard to pick a winner leading up to the night.
Grovedale were put at a disadvantage with Hayden Fell, with a record of 26 wins and four losses, not available due to illness while Moolap were close to full strength with last season’s premiership lineup that continued to prove hard to beat.
Moolap’s Callum Davey and Lachy Edgar got off to an early lead 3-0 against Sanden Bruest and Tyler Krumholz in the first doubles before Grovedale got on the board, but they couldn’t make up the deficit with Moolap taking the set 6-4.
Connor Chivell had a slightly easier task in the first singles winning 6-0, putting Moolap ahead two sets to love.
Edgar and Krumholz took the court for the second singles, while Chivell joined Sophie de Wit to face off against Bruest and Sam Condon in the doubles. Edgar proved too strong winning 6-3 while the doubles was a massive tussle with Moolap eventually victors in a tie-break, with this set giving them the win at four sets to love.
While the match was already decided, the teams continued with Edgar and de Wit, one of the competition’s best doubles combination with a 7-2 ratio, continuing their winning run in the third taking it 6-3 for Moolap, but Bruest spoiled Moolap’s chances at a clean sweep with some strong hitting against Callum Davey to take the set 6-2.
The final result was a 5-1 win to Moolap with this their sixth premiership in the Triples competition.
