SSV Greater Western Tennis Championships
Our senior boys, intermediate girls and intermediate boys travelled to Ballarat to compete in the Greater Western Championships on Wednesday the 2nd of March.
Our senior boys team consisted of Harry Brien, Paddy Carmody, Harry Murphy, Albert Scott and Lachie Stoddart.
Despite the fact that we did not win any of our matches our senior boys were competitive all day and played a lot of great tennis against some very skilled players from Mount Clear, Horsham College and Emmanuel College.
Our intermediate girls team had a very good day and were very unlucky to miss out on a state finals berth. They defeated Ballarat High School 24-0, in what was a fun match against some lovely girls who were just learning about tennis. They then played a very skilled Horsham College team and narrowly lost 3 sets all, 17 to 15 games.
The girls were understandably disappointed, but they all played really well and certainly did Trinity College proud in their efforts. Our intermediate girls team consisted of Kaiti Chappell, Paige Compton, Eve Cooknell, Tara Moloney and Tilly O’Brien.
The intermediate boys team of Jack Fish, Thompson Nguyen, Casey Thompson and Riley Westlake also had a great day out. They won their first two matches against Ballarat High School and Edenhope College very convincingly.
They went into their last and deciding match against Horsham College, who had also won all of their games. the results of this match were 3 sets all 17 games all. This meant they tied with Horsham College throughout the whole day and they needed to play an extra tiebreak to select a winner for the day.
Riley and Casey had to play the top 2 boys from Horsham. It was a nerve-wracking 10 minutes and the lead changed several times. In the end Horsham College came out on top winning the tiebreak 7 to 5.
Well done to all our of our tennis players for a great day out. It certainly felt good to have some normality after so many cancelled events in the last few years.
Jane Hawker, Acting Sport Coordinator
