Tennis Geelong’s Junior Pennant grand finals were played across the region with some fantastic tennis played.
Geelong Lawn had the most successful day with five wins in 6 Boys (6-0), 8 Boys (4-2), 9 Boys (4-2), Green Ball 4 (3-3 and only two games), and the guaranteed win in 1 Girls where their
White team accounted for Green (4-2), with the difference coming with White winning both doubles.
Wandana Heights had seven teams participating, however, could only manage two wins, one over Geelong Lawn in 5 Boys (5-1) and Premier B (2-1) where after dropping the doubles to Grovedale Black, won both singles in straight sets to take the win.
Lara regrouped from their first-semi loss against Wandana Heights White in Green Ball 5 winning three singles, laying the foundation for their 4-2 win, in the club’s only final.
Grovedale had a day they would rather forget playing six finals, but not be able to get over the line in any.
Ocean Grove took the title in Premier A over Grovedale with good wins in all sets, followed up with 4-2 wins in 1 Boys over Wandana and in 5 Girls over Highton.
Waurn Ponds made the most of their final in 2 Girls with Ocean Grove Sand. With no score below 6-4, the teams played 61 games with the Ponds prevailing 4-2.
Highton had a mixed day with two of their five teams winning on the day. 4 Boys won both doubles to take the win 4-2, while 3 Boys lost the first two singles before levelling the match after the third and fourth singles. The doubles were split between the teams, leaving the final result three sets all with a one-game advantage to Highton.
Bannockburn had wins in all three outings. 7 Boys came from third to upset Surfcoast Jan Juc 4-2 including two tie-breaks, while 4 Girls eked out three tie-break singles wins in their 4-2 win over Wandana Heights. 11Boys had one of the closest matches with St Mary’s with the teams level on sets through the morning but the final result showed Banno ahead by four games.
St Mary’s proved more successful in their other two finals, with one of the better wins in 13Boys (6-0) over Grovedale, and Barwon Heads Blue pushed them to two tie-breaks in Green Ball 3 with the wins helping them over the line 4-2. Barwon Heads Blue fared better in Green Ball 1, proving too strong for Highton White, winning 6-0.
Western Heights were also multiple winners with 2 Boys adding to Grovedale’s woes winning both doubles to seal the match 4-2, while 10 Boys only dropped the first singles in their 5-1 win over Ocean Grove.
Inverleigh matched sets with Wandana Heights in 5 Girls with close sets, including three tie-breaks, the match eventually going to Inverleigh five games ahead with sets at three all. There were two tie-breaks in Inverleigh’s other final against Surfcoast Torquay in Green Ball 2, however things didn’t go quite the same way, with Surfcoast eventual winners 4-2.
