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7 February 2019 | Tennis SA

South Australia had seven competing teams at the 2019 Tennis Seniors Carnival, held in Shepparton from 7 – 18 January 2019.

We generally ‘bat above our weight’ which was proven in SA coming second (by less than 3% to QLD) in the Teams Carnivals State Trophy – an incredible effort!

Congratulations to the following teams and players on their achievements;

Category Winners Team Members
Men’s 45 Martin Richards
Rino Traforti
David Mullins
Andrew Brewster ©
Bruce Watson
Men’s 60 Trevor Reeves
Ray Furness
Greg Parker
Kevin Benson
Ian Delbridge ©
John Pick
Women’s 65 Sandra Bryant
Susan Hand
Dianne Reynolds
Sandy Stuart
Pauline Fielden ©

• Women’s 45 = 2nd
• Men’s 50 = 2nd
• Men’s 75 = 3rd
• Men’s 80 = 3rd

In addition, there were a number of great results in the individual’s week from participants who also played the Teams event being:-

• Men’s 45 singles Winner = Martin Richards
• Men’s 45 doubles Winners = Martin Richards / Garry Nadebaum
• Men’s 50 singles Runner-up = Garry Nadebaum
• Men’s 70 singles Runner-up = Roger Davey
• Men’s 85 singles Runner-up = Robert Finn

Other SA participants whom performed well (played the individuals week only) where:-

• Men’s 70 Doubles Winner = Rob Bickmore / Ramon Funtera (Europe)
• Men’s 80 Doubles Runner-up = Bruce Rehn / Kevin Crump (another state)
• Men’s 80 singles Semi Final = Bruce Rehn
• Men’s 65 singles Quarter Finals = Mike Howard
• Men’s 65 Doubles Quarter Finals = Mike Howard / George Penney (another state)

Photos and results courtesy of Tennis Seniors South Australia