Congratulations to Max Byrne from Launceston, TAS for Winning the 80\/over Singles and Doubles Titles at the 2013 Senior Australian Claycourts (Closed) being held at the\u00a0Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club. Bynre didn’t drop a set en route to his singles and doubles titles.<\/p>\n
In hot conditions with the temperature reaching 37 degrees Byrne commented that his performance was good and peaked at the right end of the tournament. “I played a very good final\u00a0in the singles defeating\u00a0(2)\u00a0Bert (Barwick) from NSW 6-3, 6-4. Conditions were tough, but I am very happy to win here in Kooyong” In the doubles the final was again\u00a0the toughest match where\u00a0Byrne and Neville Langford (QLD) defeated Bert Barwick and Colin Parker (SA) 6-2, 6-4. “In the doubles we had a scare after being up 5-1 in the second set. Bert and Colin came back but we were able to close it out in the end”. This completed the double for Byrne and capped off a great week of tennis.<\/p>\n
In other results\u00a0Andrew Youl (Launceston)\u00a0came through the 45\/over\u00a0draw unseeded defeating 4th seed Anthony Campbell 6-3, 6-1. Youl dropped a tough fought semi final\u00a0match against\u00a0the number one in Australia\u00a0and champion Chris O’Mara (QLD) 7-6, 6-3. Youl then returned to action in doubles where he and partner Mark Hodgson (QLD) lost in the final to the top seeded paid of Glenn Busby (VIC) and Chris O’Mara 6-0, 6-3. Lastly Rohan Kerr upset a seed before bowing out\u00a0in the quarter finals of the\u00a040\/over singles\u00a0to 3rd seeded Rhys Mcdougall (QLD) 6-2, 6-2<\/p>\n
Max Byrne is a legend of tennis in Tasmania and has been an integral part of tennis since the mid 1960’s. Max has worked tirelessly becoming the president of Tennis North from 1970-1976 and being the president of the coaches assosiation for over 20 years.<\/p>\n
A big congratulations Max!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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