What a cracking start to the NT’s tournament season with players from Gold Coast QLD, Geraldton WA and Alice Springs getting amongst the action. Here’s our tournament wrap up…<\/p>\n
Day 1 – Saturday 5th of April<\/strong><\/p>\n We had our very first Red Ball Singles tournament with 14 players from the Darwin International Tennis Centre crew.<\/p>\n We were lucky enough to watch the Tourneur brothers compete in the Grand Final, ending with Finalist Leo Tourneur and Champion Mason Tourneur.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Day 2 – Sunday 6th of April<\/strong><\/p>\n Tennis NT also hosted it’s very first Pickleball Tournament with 20 entries!<\/p>\n Thank you to David Grady for helping facilitate the event on court and playing, helping with tournament rules and refereeing the Grand Finals, ending with Finalists Hayden Litis & Will Roberts and Champions Jarrod Ashcroft & Jonathan Lee<\/p>\n Hope you enjoy your new Franklin Outdoor Pickleballs and Wilson Pickleball grips!<\/p>\n The Social Singles & Doubles wrapped up on the Sunday evening. All players made a great effort battling through Darwin’s heat with back-to-back matches throughout the day.<\/p>\n The Social Singles Finalist was Gardens player Alejandro Vargas, with travelling player from Gold Coast, Champion Byron Neophytou<\/p>\n The Social Doubles event was packed with Gardens Tennis Sunday Social stalwarts, with the exception of a Gold Coast pair who came with their sons travelling up for the tournament.\u00a0The Finalists were Luke Popovic & Matthew Brooks and Champions Jake Berry & Debbie Wecker…\u00a0 Please see Bryan at Gardens Tennis for your rightfully earnt Gardens Tennis Stubby Coolers!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Day 3 [FINALS DAY] – Monday 7th of April<\/strong><\/p>\n Everyone got a sleep-in for finals day, with matches running from 3pm to beat the heat.<\/p>\n Green Ball Singles<\/span> got to finish their final round in both pools to qualify for the Finals play offs. Green Ball Doubles<\/span> had a great mix of players across all Darwin and Palmerston clubs. The Div 1 Junior Singles<\/span> was also a great match to watch. Interestingly enough, the Finals and 3rd\/4th play-off was the same pairings in the Territory Junior League Div 1 Finals played on Friday the 4th of April.<\/p>\n With Finalist William Pengelly against Champion Christina Prete with a score of 7-5 6-2.<\/p>\n The play off for 3rd and 4th place found Roy Vo victorious. 3rd place Roy Vo against 4th Milo Bender (6-3 6-0).<\/p>\n The Div 2 Junior Singles Finals<\/span> and 3rd\/4th also ended in Match Tie-Breakers! Finalist Micthell Proctor and Champion Alana Ward played a TWO HOUR match, with the score of 7-6 1-6 (6).\u00a03rd Elishia Crowhurst & 4th Elizabeth France (from Alice Springs) 1-6 6-1 (4)<\/p>\n The Junior Doubles<\/span> was ANOTHER close match! Now the Men’s Open events…<\/span><\/p>\n Darwin International Tennis Centre’s very own coaches battled in a head-to-head for the Men’s Open Singles event, resulting with Finalist Andy Bhardwaj and Champion Hayden Litis.<\/p>\n The Men’s Open Doubles ended the night and closed the tournament with a duration TWO HOURS! Gold Coast pairing Jasper Tam & Lennox Boles\u00a0 reign as Champions with a score of 7-6 (5) 1-6 (8) against local Darwin players, Jono Grigg & Ben Proctor.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Tennis NT would like to say thank you to you all for playing and participating in such a great event to start off our tournament season, and to the Gardens Tennis Committee and Referees and Officials for assisting.<\/p>\n If you would like to see photos taken at the event, you can do so through our Facebook album HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n You can also check out the tournament results through this link HERE<\/a><\/p>\n We hope to see you at future tennis events, including the 2025 Palmerston Open<\/a> which will be starting today, Wednesday the 9th of April at Tennis Palmerston<\/a>.<\/p>\n To stay up to date with Tennis events in the NT, please like and follow our Facebook and Instagram.<\/p>\n See you at the tennis!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2025 Mindil Beach Casino Resort Gardens Open<\/strong> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What a cracking start to the NT’s tournament season with players from Gold Coast QLD, Geraldton WA and Alice Springs getting amongst the action. 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\nThe winner from Pool B played against the winner from Pool A, resulting with Finalist Lawrence Sun and Champion Hanna Pingo<\/p>\n
\nThe finals was a very close match to watch, ending with DITC pair Isaiah Salaa & Ricardo Rolle as Finalists against brothers Lawrence & Lucas Sun taking the Champions title with a score of 7-6 (7)<\/p>\n
\nWith Finalists Roy Vo & Mitchell Dorant (WA) against Champions William Pengelly & Rafael Prete with a score of 6-1 7-6 (3)<\/p>\n
\nVenue Host: Gardens Tennis Club<\/a>
\nMajor Sponsor: Mindil Beach Casino Resort<\/a>
\nTournament Referee: Jennifer Roe
\nTournament Director: Grace Henderson (Tennis NT)
\nFull Results<\/a><\/p>\n