The club’s semi-finals were held on Tuesday, May 14.
A-grade
In the first final the top team Owls’ John and Sienna Bajada were matched up against the fourth-placed Kangas, Michelle Feldtmann and Max O'Loughlan. Bajada won a hard-fought match with Feldtmann in two sets. O'Loughlan then evened the scoresheet winning a fluctuating three-set match against Bajada.
The doubles proved to be the difference with the Owls coming back from one set down to win it in three. After winning the first set 24-22, Feldtmann's experience proved too much for Bajada who went down in straight sets. Bajada finished the night, completing a 3-2 victory by beating O'Loughlan in two sets.
The other semi-final saw the Kookaburras’ Steve McCallum and Christian Squires playing the Possums’ William Tong and Logan Hyland. Tong got off to a good start beating McCallum in straight sets. Squires then won a really tight match with Hyland in three sets, 23-21, 21-23, 21-14. The Kookaburras won the doubles in three sets after coming back from one set down and winning the second 27-25. Squires then caused the upset of the night, perhaps the season, by beating Tong, who was runner-up in the A-grade championship, in three sets to give the Kookaburras a 3-1 victory.
A-grade grand final teams will be Owls’ John Bajada and Sienna Bajada vs Kookaburras, Steve McCallum and Christian Squires.
B-grade
The Mozzies’ Chris Seely and Chris Goode played the Frogs’ Wesley Shea and Gavin Hunt. Shea won his match against Seely in straight sets. Goode had a strong win over Hunt. The Mozzies won the doubles in a close two-set match. Goode then beat Shea in two sets. Hunt won the final match against Seely, coming from behind to win in three sets. Mozzies won 3-2.
The Wombats’ Pauline Hooper and Elliot McCallum won their final against the Gliders’ Carol Perry and Mehdi Zamani 3-0. Hooper beat Perry in straight sets. McCallum came from one set down to win in three against Zamani. The Wombats finished the night with a two-set victory in the doubles.
Grand final teams: Mozzies’ Chris Seely and Chris Goode vs Wombats, Pauline Hooper, and Elliot McCallum.
C-grade
The Magpies’ Daniel Wright and Kaye Grosser played the Koalas’ Andrea Cathcart and Katherine Dibrivnaya. Wright beat Cathcart in a hard-fought three-set match. Grosser then had a strong win over Dibrivnaya. The Magpies won the doubles in two sets giving them a 3-0 victory.
The Crickets’ Christine Nicholas and Colin McFarlane won a 3-2 final against the Hawks’ Greg Cornell and Helen Hyland. Nicholas had a straight sets win over Cornell. Hyland proved too strong for McFarlane. The Crickets won a classic doubles match, winning 23-21 in the third. Cornell had a two-set win over McFarlane. The final match of the night saw Nicholas win in three fluctuating sets over Hyland.
Grand final teams will be Magpies’ Daniel Wright and Kaye Grosser vs Crickets, Christine Nicholas and Colin McFarlane.
The grand finals will be held on Tuesday, May 21, at 7.30pm. All are welcome to come and support the players and help out with set up and scoring.