Lower Northern

Nantawarra 14/102 defeated Grace Plains 10/88.

Ladies’ singles: Kirsty Williams defeated Leonie Selleck 6-2, Tanya Greenshields defeated Bess Marshman 6-0, Tammy Nicholls defeated Courtney Barkla 6-2, Sascha Tiller defeated Chris Daniel 6-2, Cheryl Appleby defeated Kathy Harkness 6-1, Alison Baum defeated Ashleigh Williams 6-1.

Men’s singles: Wade Taylor lost to Adam Pratt 0-6, Richard Maxwell defeated Robert Lloyd 6-3, Brad Reid lost to Ben Marshman 6-4, Darren Woodroofe lost to Andrew Pratt 6-0, Ashley Krieg lost to Darryl Barkla 6-0, Joshua Appleby lost to Craig Sowerby 6-3.

Lower North juniors

DIVISION 1: Balaklava Green 5-33 def. Long Plains 1-15. Ben Heaslip lost to Ross Sharer 3-6, Dylan Fahey def Nick Curnow 6-1, Ben Michael def Cory Sharer 6-1, Callum Michael def Amy Daniel 6-1.

Owen 6-36 def. Mallala 0-0. Robert Lloyd def Douglas Howard 6-0, Kieren Robinson def Josh Watson 6-0, Charles Fry def Clare Howard 6-0, Daniel Brewster def Hannah Jenkin 6-0.

Balaklava Gold 3-28 def. Hamley Bridge 3-24. Tate Michael lost to Joanne Humphrys 2-6, Luke Williams def Cassandra Bell 6-3, Kate Cmrlec def Claire Humphrys 6-2, Casey Michael lost to Tristan Bell 5-6.

DIVISION 2: Two Wells 5-31 def. Mallala 1-21. Shannen Weir def Laura Jarmyn 6-3, Tegan Breen lost to Brooke Wilson 1-6, Jamee Seccafien def Rachel Dunstan 6-1, Renee Seccafien def Edward Parsons 6-3.

Balaklava Gold 5-33 def. Long Plains 1-10. Jordan Taylor lost to Riley Curnow 3-6, Hedley Greenshields def Hollie Speyer 6-0, Marni Greenshields def Taylor Fabry 6-2, Henry Lane def Hannah McArdle 6-1.

Balaklava Green 6-36 def. Hamley Bridge 0-18. Sam VanKleef def Alex Haines 6-5, Josh Appleby def Sarah Haines 6-2, Ethan May def Leon Raether 6-0, Hannah Hoepner def Jessica Sellars 6-4.

DIVISION 3: Hamley Bridge 6-36 def. Mallala 0-9. Amy Humphrys def Jake Tiller 6-1, Daniel Gregory def Alex Howard 6-2, Amy McCabe def Dylan Ferris 6-2, Georgia Furst def Levi Nemesvolgyi 6-2.

Two Wells 5-35 def. Owen 1-10. Jamie Humphrys lost to Sophie Parker 5-6, Matthew Lange def Ryan Lloyd 6-1, Madeleine Seccafien def Meghan Baker 6-0, Megan Hatch def Cecily Gameau 6-0.

Balaklava Green 4-30 def. Balaklava Gold 2-27. Dillon Michael def Jake Michael 6-2, Taylar Durdin def Zac Scholz 6-3, Ashleigh Williams def Gemma Freebairn 6-5, Daniel Mumford lost to Tash Greenshields 3-6.

DIVISION 4: Two Wells 3-24 def. Balaklava Green 3-23. Tarsha Briscoe lost to Tenneal White 0-6, Natisha Eastman def Tyson Lamond 6-0, Macey Briscoe def Kirrilly White 6-3, Monica Baker lost to Toby Michael 4-6.

Balaklava Gold 6-36 def. Owen 0 10. Todd Sholz def Tom Gameau 6-0, Tayla Williams def Jake Harkness 6-4, Sarah Heaslip def Jessica Heaslip 6-3, Billy West def Lucy Parker 6-0.

Premiership table

DIVISION 1            POINTS    %

OWEN                    18    97.96

BALAKLAVA GREEN  14    74.07

BALAKLAVA GOLD    10    44.44

MALLALA                 10    42.59

LONG PLAINS           2    22.45

HAMLEY BRIDGE       0    20.37

DIVISION 2    POINTS    %

BALAKLAVA GOLD    18    89.80

TWO WELLS            13    68.00

BALAKLAVA GREEN  12    61.11

MALLALA                  8    37.04

LONG PLAINS           3    30.00

HAMLEY BRIDGE       0    14.29

DIVISION 3    POINTS    %

BALAKLAVA GREEN   18    83.33

TWO WELLS             14    79.63

BALAKLAVA GOLD     10    66.67

HAMLEY BRIDGE        4    35.42

MALLALA                   4    14.29

OWEN                       2    13.95

Mid North

Watervale 2-54 lost to Balaklava 22-140. Jenny Purish lost to Melissa Moulds 6-0, Caroline Sandow lost to Helen Barry 7-5, Frank Sundow lost to Pauline Hill 6-1, Kerry Hadley lost to Shaz Pike 6-1, Nicole Faulkner lost to Shelley Lamond 6-4, Jenny Faulkner d Tania Allen 6-3, Spencer Budarick lost to Rick Lamond 6-3, Aaron Ackland lost to Phil Barry 6-0, Malcolm Parish d Scott McDonald 6-3, Todd Bishop lost to Andrew Michael 6-1, Kevin Mitchell lost to Andrew Lane 6-0, Aaron Hopgood lost to Don Veitch 6-0.

The Balaklava senior side travelled to Watervale on a hot and steamy day - on the courts anyway!

The mixed doubles saw a straight sweep to Balaklava, with the closest set being a tiebreaker win to top pair Melissa Moulds and Rick Lamond over stalwarts Jenny Parish and Spencer Budarick. Mr Fabulous Phil Barry carried on his brutal tennis assault from last week, with partner Helen Barry, inflicting another dak dropper over their unsuspecting opponents.

The ladies’ singles were closer than the mens, even though the home side only managed to pick up one win in each. In contrasting scores from their mixed, Melissa had an easy 6-0 win, whilst Helen had a marathon 7-5 win. Shelley Lamond redeemed herself after last week’s disaster with a good 6-4 win. Pauline Hill and Shaz Pike were on fire, whilst Tania Allen, staging a great comeback, eventually came a valiant second to the pocket rocket in Jenny Faulkner.

For the men, Phil was, once again, ruthless, having a big dak dropper win, as did the men bringing up the rear, Andrew Lane and Don Veitch. Andrew Michael also showed his style by dropping just one game, whilst Rick had a tighter 6-3 win. But Scott McDonald thought about faking a migraine after thinking he could outsmart the very sneaky Watervale legend, Malcolm Parish, but instead was ‘outsneaked out gunned’ in a high quality set. Good to see both players going for the angles, but age over youth prevailed in this one!

Scott was much happier to win his straight doubles with Andrew M, with the other men all winning theirs. Well done to the men who were without Freddo who was home packing the budgie smugglers for a well earned holiday, and the other Andrew, in Holland, who was busy catching chickens!

The middle ladies had a comfortable win, whilst the top and bottom pairs had to battle a bit harder to secure their wins. Well done to everyone, even Scott and Tania! We heard Phil was in a party mood as he had started celebrating his birthday a day early, with Helen having to drag him home!

Final score Balaklava 22-140 defeated Watervale 2-54.

Next week, when Phil is a year older,  the team heads to Saddleworth to see if they finally get to play them as the past 2 rounds have been cancelled due to the heat! Well, that’s probably jinxed it...

Northern YP juniors

B grade: Moonta Blue 0-23 lost to Lochiel 9-54. Jacinta McPeake lost to Mitchell Nicholls 6-4, Jess Liddy lost to Thomas Rowe 6-5, Sarah Hutchinson lost to Sarah Weepers 6-2, Brooke Liddy lost to Tegan Nottle 6-0, Hannah Wardle lost to Ben Nicholls 6-4, Jasmin Johns lost to Amy Nottle 6-1.

C grade: Lochiel 8-49 def Cunliffe Gold 1-27. Tait Nottle d Josh Robinson 6-2, Jessica Hoepner lost to Mitchel Larson 6-1, Merridy Nicholls d Chloe Pomery 6-2, Emilie Bird d Riley Pomery 6-2, Jack Hoepner d Ben Larson 6-5, Jake Wallis d Cade Pomery 6-0.

PHOTOS BELOW, from left: Ethan May, Balaklava division two prepares to hit a forehand during his singles match at Balaklava on Saturday.

Hamley Bridge’s Leon Raether tosses the ball up during a serve in his singles match.

Balaklava’s Zac Scholz fills out the score sheet while having a rest after his match.