Twilight Competition
2009-10 twilight
Under
threatening skies at the National Sports Club, Lyneham on 29 March, Tim Harris'
team avenged their only loss for the season by defeating Kerry Scarlett's team
in the final 5 sets 45 games to 3 sets 33 games. This was the second year
running that Tim had captained the winning team. The team was from left to
right in the picture - Tim Harris, Pat Hanrahan, John Funston and Scott Simm.
The match started well for Tim's team with Tim and Scott
Simm winning their first two sets against Kerry and Mick Terry 6-3,6-2. On
the other court, Pat Hanrahan and John Funston (reserving for Garry Buchanan)
for Tim's team got off to a good start winning the first set 6-3 against
Phil Dunn and John Mapley and led 5-3 in the second before going down 7-6.
In the reverse matches Tim and Scott won their first set against Phil and John
6-0. However in the second set they had to save a set point on John's
serve before taking the set 7-6. Mick and Terry had to work hard to win
their two sets from Pat and John 6-4, 6-4.
Kerry's team made the final by just half a set winning
3 sets in the last match while Peter Breugelman's team had the bye. Don Tucker's
and Mark Spain's teams were not far behind. Pictured from left to
right, John Mapley, Mick Terry, Kerry Scarlett and Phil Dunn.
See below for the table after the final round, some action
shots from the final and the round results.
|
Team |
Matches played |
Points |
Average |
| Harris |
14 |
147 |
10.5 |
| Scarlett |
13 |
119 |
9.2 |
| Breugelmans |
13 |
118.5 |
9.1 |
| Tucker |
13 |
116 |
8.9 |
| Spain |
14 |
118 |
8.4 |
| Funston |
13 |
103.5 |
8.0 |
| Hollaway |
13 |
91.5 |
7.0 |
| Boyle |
14 |
87,5 |
6.3 |
| Smith |
13 |
59 |
4.5 |
 
  
 
 
Results
Round 17 - 22 March 2010
Harris 5-37 d Scarlett 3-29
Spain 6-38 d Hollaway 2-21
Funston 5-42 d Boyle 2-25 (unfinished)
Tucker 4-46 d Smith 4-34
Breugelmans bye
Round 16 - 15 March 2010
Scarlett 6-45 d Spain 2-28
Boyle 5-37 d Smith 3-26
Breugelmans 5-45 d Hollaway 2-33 (unfinished)
Harris 5-42 d Funston 3-32
Tucker bye
Round 15 - 8 March 2010
Funston 5-39 d Smith 3-23
Harris 7-45 d Breugelmans 1-19
Scarlett 5-37 d Tucker 3-30
Hollaway 8-48 d Boyle 0-0 (forfeit)
Spain bye
Round 14 - 1 March 2010
Scarlett 5-39 d Breugelmans 3-36
Tucker 6-41 d Boyle 2-22
Funston 5-39 d Spain 3-32
Harris 6-42 d Smith 2-21
Hollaway bye
Round 13 - 22 February 2010
Scarlett 6-46 d Smith 2-22
Breugelmans 4-39 d Boyle 4-35
Hollaway 5-32 d Tucker 3-26
Harris 4-37 d Spain 4-36
Funston bye
Round 12 - 15 February 2010
washed out
Round 11 - 8 February 2010
Breugelmans 5-36 d Spain 3-32
Boyle 4-39 d Scarlett 4-38
Harris 5-38 d Hollaway 3-35
Funston 6-45 d Tucker 2-31
Smith bye
Round 10 - 1 February 2010
Spain 4-34 d Tucker 4-33
Breugelmans 8-49 d Smith 0-23
Funston 4-38 d Hollaway 4-36
Harris 5-47 d Boyle 3-23
Scarlett bye
Round 9 - 21 December 2009
Hollaway 5-36 d Smith 3-25
Spain 7-45 d Boyle 1-21
Scarlett 4-41 d Funston 4-37
Tucker 4-40 d Breugelmans 4-36
Harris bye
Round 8 - 14 December 2009
Funston 8-48 d Boyle 0-26
Tucker 6-43 d Smith 2-20
Scarlett 4-38 d Harris 4-37
Spain 6-42 d Hollaway 2-27
Breugelmans bye
Round 7 - 7 December 2009
Spain 5-41 d Scarlett 3-24
Boyle 8-49 d Smith 0-17
Breugelmans 6-41 d Hollaway 2-26
Harris 5-36 d Funston 3-21
Tucker bye
Round 6 - 30 November 2009
washed out
Round 5 - 23 November 2009
Scarlett 5-44 d Breugelmans 3-38
Tucker 5-40 d Boyle 3-27
Spain 6-46 d Funston 2-30
Harris 6-41 d Smith 2-25
Hollaway bye
Round 4 - 16 November 2009
Scarlett 4-36 d Smith 4-32
Breugelmans 6-41 d Boyle 2-26
Tucker 5-39 d Hollaway 3-34
Harris 4-38 d Spain 4-36
Funston bye
Round 3 - 9 November 2009
Spain 4-38 d Smith 4-35
Harris 5-35 d Tucker 3-24
Breugelmans 5-44 d Funston 3-40
Scarlett 5-38 d Hollaway 3-32
Boyle bye
Round 2 - 2 November 2009
Breugelmans 3-37 drew with Spain 3-34 (unfinished due
light)
Boyle 5-41 d Scarlett 3-36
Hollaway 4-31 drew with Harris 4-31
Tucker 7-44 d Funston 1-26
Smith bye
Round 1 - 26 October 2009
Harris 4-35 d Boyle 4-34
Hollaway 4-31 d Funston 4-30
Breugelmans 4-37 d Smith 4-31
Tucker 6-41 d Spain 2-26
Scarlett bye
2008-09 TWILIGHT
After a
win over Rodwell in the last round, Harris made the final by 2 points and
played the top placed team Brooker in the final on 30 March 2009. Only four points separated the top three
teams. The final table is below. Harris carried their momentum into
the final winning by two games, 4 sets 33 games to 4 sets 31 games.
After the first 4 sets Brooker lead by 2
games. It came down to the last set between Norm Clements and John
Funston for the Harris team, playing against Dale Brooker and David
Hollaway for the Brooker team. Norm
and John had to get one or more games to clinch the match. They did it
winning two games.
The individual set scores were (the Harris team first
mentioned):
Tim Harris/Scott Simm
v Dale Brooker/David Hollaway 6/4 6/3
Norm Clements/John Funston v Peter Boyle/Pat Hanrahan 4/6
1/6
Tim Harris/ Scott Simm v
Peter Boyle/Pat Hanrahan
6/0 6/0
Norm Clements/John Funston v
Dale Brooker/David Hollaway
2/6 2/6
The picture shows the
winning team from left to right - Tim Harris, Scott Simm, John Funston and Norm
Clements.
|
Team |
Points |
| Brooker |
118 |
| Harris |
116 |
| Rodwell |
114 |
| Marris |
92 |
| Smith |
85 |
| Spain |
77 |
| Hunt |
68 |
|