{"id":13436,"date":"2015-02-17T10:07:42","date_gmt":"2015-02-17T00:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/?p=13436"},"modified":"2015-02-17T10:07:42","modified_gmt":"2015-02-17T00:07:42","slug":"tankworld-vcta-country-week-34-years-strong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/news\/2015\/02\/17\/tankworld-vcta-country-week-34-years-strong","title":{"rendered":"Tankworld VCTA Country Week \u2013 34 years strong"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 34th<\/sup> Tankworld VCTA Country Week wrapped up a stunning week of tennis today on the grass courts of the Swan Hill Lawn Tennis Club, with over 1200 players competing across 102 permanent and temporary lawn courts.<\/p>\n

The VCTA\u2019s iconic duo Mrs Pat Gilchrist and Mrs Carol Pearce celebrated their 25th<\/sup> year running the event.<\/p>\n

Tennis by day and social activities by night, players were not put off by the hot weather at the popular country week venue.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was an incredibly smooth week, where we completed full programs on all days except Wednesday, when for the first time in history we altered the match format for the safety of players in the extreme heat\u201d said Mrs Gilchrist.<\/p>\n

There were new champions in the A Grade competition, with Maryborough knocking off grass court specialists Tandara in the women\u2019s, and Swan Hill narrowly defeated Mud Island in the men\u2019s.<\/p>\n

\u201cTennis Victoria is extremely proud to support the VCTA in the running of this fantastic event, which showcases the outstanding community spirit of country tennis in Victoria\u201d said Belinda Kleverlaan, Tennis Victoria Executive Manager \u2013 Community Tennis.<\/p>\n

Players have already begun their preparations for Country Week 2016 in Wodonga.<\/p>\n

MATCH RESULTS: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Men’s A Grade \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Swan Hill 2-27 def Mud Island 1-21;<\/p>\n

Men’s Special B1 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Horsham Hornets 2-24 def Wangaratta Blue 2-24;<\/p>\n

Men’s Special B2 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mud Island 2-25 def Gippsland Studs 1-14;<\/p>\n

Men’s B Grade 1 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Spring Gully Bulls 3-24 def Allambee – Inverloch 0-16;<\/p>\n

Men’s B Grade 2 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mud Island Gropers 2-25 def Swan Hill ‘IT’ 2-25;<\/p>\n

Men’s B Grade 3 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Geelong Coasters 3-24 def Polwarth 0-12;<\/p>\n

Men’s C Grade 1 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mt Prospect Hackers 2-28 def Sale 2-24;<\/p>\n

Men’s C Grade 2 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Wangaratta Purple 2-27 def Korumburra-Beaconsfield 2-26;<\/p>\n

Men’s C Grade 3 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jindera Poppy\u2019s Crew 3-28 def Wangaratta Rust 1-15;<\/p>\n

Women’s A Grade \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Maryborough 3-24 def Tandara 0-10;<\/p>\n

Women’s Special B1 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Wodonga Rubies 2-26 def Swan Hill Redskins 2-25;<\/p>\n

Women’s Special B2 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Wodonga Whiskas 2-26 def Wodonga Diamonds 2-24;<\/p>\n

Women’s B Grade 1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Castlemaine Cougars 3-27 def Mt Prospect Black 1-19;<\/p>\n

Women’s B Grade 2 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mt Prospect Angels 3-24 def Charltons Angels 0-13;<\/p>\n

Women’s B Grade 3 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Deniliquin 3-30 def Mt Prospect Firecrackers 1-27;<\/p>\n

Women’s Special C1 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tongala Gold 2-23 def Wedderburn 2-23;<\/p>\n

Women’s Special C2 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 New Gisborne Court Hogs 2-27 def Mud Island 2-23;<\/p>\n

Women’s Special C3 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Southwest Survivors 3-24 def Ballarat Gold 0-12;<\/p>\n

Women’s C Grade 1 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Leongatha 2-21 def Rushy Gippers 2-20;<\/p>\n

Women’s C Grade 2 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Polwarth 2-27 def Mt Prospect Blue 2-21;<\/p>\n

Women’s C Grade 3 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Macedon ‘Kiss My Ace’ 3-25 def Bacchus Marsh Ballerines 1-25;<\/p>\n

Women’s C Grade 4 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cobram Mojito’s 2-23 def Korumburra 2-22;<\/p>\n

Women’s C Grade 5 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Polwarth-Kawarren 3-26 def Mt Prospect Green 1-20;<\/p>\n

Women’s C Grade 6 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 South Albury 3-30 def Euroa 1-19;<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

All results are available online<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Photos<\/a> from the event are available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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