By Joanna Campe
This week’s results for Lilydale Tennis Club in the Eastern Region Tennis competition:
Junior Open Doubles (JOD8) v Montrose
In the JOD section there are 4 kids who play 6 double sets.
Team Lilydale: Alex Paladino, Rishabh Chowdhury, Adam Paladino and Ari Marappan.
After round 5 this team was sitting on top of the ladder.
In a top of the ladder clash, it was Lilydale that came away with a match winning 5 sets to 1, with Lilydale winning 35 games to Montrose 20.
Junior Open Doubles (JOD9) v East Croydon-Kilsyth Blue
In the JOD section there are 4 kids who play 6 double sets.
Team Lilydale: Haady Aziz, Riley Clinton, Josh Stanway and Indianna Perrin.
After round 5 this team was sitting just outside the top 4 with no wins yet.
Another close match for the Lilydale team. After 5 sets it was Lilydale 2 sets to East Croydon-Kilsyth Blue 3 sets. In the end East Croydon won the match when they took the last set 6-2. In a tight contest East Croydon-Kilsyth won 30 games to Lilydale 23.
Open Rubbers (OR25) v Wonga Park Blue
In the OR section there are 2 kids who play 2 singles and 2 double sets.
Team Lilydale: Levi Daly, Tim Bassett and Harry Trevillyan.
After round 5 this team was sitting on top of the ladder.
For the second week in a row, Lilydale came away with the points after Wonga Park Blue unfortunately forfeited the match. Our boys are keen to play so fingers crossed the team gets on the court next week against Ferntree Gully.
Junior Development (JDC2) v Selby Purple
In this JDC section there are 3 kids who play 3 double sets.
Team Lilydale: Ryan Taylor, Lachie Sweet and Ivy Pieper.
After round 5 this team was sitting on top of the ladder.
In 2 of the sets Lilydale won 5 games to 3. Overall, Lilydale played a great match winning 3 sets to 0, with Lilydale winning 17 games to Selby Purple winning 7.
Boy singles doubles (BSD2) v Croydon
In the BSD section there are 4 boys who play 4 double sets and 4 singles.
Team Lilydale: Alex Jerin, David Halkidis and James Buckland
After round 5 this team was sitting in second place on the ladder.
In a close match – Lilydale won all 4 doubles sets. Lilydale won the day overall winning 6 sets to 2, with Lilydale winning 43 games to Croydon 28.
Lilydale Tennis club welcomes all players of any age and ability. For information on how to join Lilydale Tennis Club please visit https://play.tennis.com.au/lilydaletennisclub.
