{"id":29754,"date":"2023-02-17T19:01:41","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T08:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/?p=29754"},"modified":"2023-02-17T19:01:41","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T08:01:41","slug":"the-sun-sets-on-country-week-in-yarrawonga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/news\/2023\/02\/17\/the-sun-sets-on-country-week-in-yarrawonga","title":{"rendered":"The sun sets on Country Week in Yarrawonga"},"content":{"rendered":"

Picture: Tennis Victoria Country Week 2023 Grand Final Captains\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Tennis Victoria Country Week 2023 has come to an end, and what a week it was. Yarrawonga Lawn Tennis Club, Moira Shire and Yarrawonga Mulwala Tourism played host to a fantastic week of tennis, fun, friendships and sunshine.<\/p>\n

On the final day there could only be 26 winners.<\/p>\n

Tandara and The Lecontes (Shepparton) went back-to-back in the Women\u2019s and Men\u2019s A Grade Grand Finals respectively.<\/p>\n

Claire\u2019s Bears from Shepparton capped off a brilliant week by winning the Gilchrist \/ Pearce Cup, an award for all 26 grades to aspire to win by having the highest game winning percentage from all round matches.<\/p>\n

Pat Flynn, Country Week Legend who has played over 52 events was victorious in the C2 Grade Men\u2019s final. A member of the Wangaratta Legionnaires, Pat was joined by his son and grandson and fellow teammates in claiming the Grade trophy.<\/p>\n

After a late night at the courts yesterday for their semi-final that ended in a draw, the BFM\u2019s returned this morning at 8am this morning to finish their semi-final match. Taking on the Grape Therapy team, BFM\u2019s were victorious and went on to meet the Bendigo Besties in the final. The BFM\u2019s took their winning form into the final to take the Special B2 title.<\/p>\n

Players travelled from across the country and overseas with competitors coming from Bathurst, Port Macquarie, Devonport, Adelaide, New Zealand, Brisbane, Merimbula and from all corners of Victoria.<\/p>\n

The full list of Country Week Winners and Runners Up are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Women\u2019s Grade<\/strong><\/td>\nWinner<\/strong><\/td>\nRunner Up<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A<\/strong><\/td>\nTandara<\/td>\nMutton and Lamb<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Special B1<\/strong><\/td>\nMt Prospect Dashers<\/td>\nRoyal South Maffra<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Special B2<\/strong><\/td>\nBFM\u2019s<\/td>\nBendigo Besties<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
B1<\/strong><\/td>\nG Town Girls<\/td>\nGippy Guns<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
B2<\/strong><\/td>\nGroup Therapy<\/td>\nRochester Sweet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
B3<\/strong><\/td>\nThe Kelly Gang<\/td>\nMud Island<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
B4<\/strong><\/td>\nYarrawonga Allsorts<\/td>\nMt Prospect Angels<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Special C1<\/strong><\/td>\nSlice Girls<\/td>\nRochester Biscuits<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Special C2<\/strong><\/td>\nGippy Ads<\/td>\nHighpoint Shoppers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Special C3<\/strong><\/td>\nThe Mumms<\/td>\nSwan Hill Go Girls<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
C1<\/strong><\/td>\nAcing Gracefully<\/td>\nSunbury Ladybirds<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
C2<\/strong><\/td>\nDouble Tees<\/td>\nFaultless<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
C3<\/strong><\/td>\nKeilor East Diamonds<\/td>\nBeavers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
C4<\/strong><\/td>\nBloomers<\/td>\nSunbury Sippers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
C5<\/strong><\/td>\nClaire\u2019s Bears<\/td>\nInvy \/ Won<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Men\u2019s Grades<\/strong><\/td>\nWinner<\/strong><\/td>\nRunner Up<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A<\/strong><\/td>\nLecontes<\/td>\nBuln Buln<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Special B1<\/strong><\/td>\nMud Island<\/td>\nGippsland Thoroughbreds<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Special B2<\/strong><\/td>\nKiama<\/td>\nBendigo TC Beyond Reasonable Doubt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
B1<\/strong><\/td>\nAlbury Crocs<\/td>\nHere for the Beers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
B2<\/strong><\/td>\nCoffs Harbour Cruisers<\/td>\nMerimbula Bunnies<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
B3<\/strong><\/td>\nSouth Camden<\/td>\nKilmore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
B4<\/strong><\/td>\nPort Macquarie Aces 1<\/td>\nDevonport Panthers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
C1<\/strong><\/td>\nThe Fentons<\/td>\nDrouin Mates<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
C2<\/strong><\/td>\nWangaratta Legionnaires<\/td>\nLeongatha Slingshots<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
C3<\/strong><\/td>\nKarra Bushchooks<\/td>\nCulcairn Silverbacks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
C4<\/strong><\/td>\nLeongatha Beers<\/td>\nAnglesea<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Gilchrist \/ Pearce Cup: Claire’s Bears (Shepparton)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Country Week 2023 – By the numbers:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

1293 Players took part in Tennis Victoria Country Week 2023, aged between 15 and 83.<\/p>\n

205 Teams competed – 119 female teams, 86 male teams.<\/p>\n

There were 26 grades contested over the week.<\/p>\n

2,376 Dunlop Australian Open tennis balls were used.<\/p>\n

101 grass courts were prepared by club curator Warwick Henderson. This included 23 permanent courts and 78 temporary courts prepared on JC Lowe Oval and the Victoria Park precinct.<\/p>\n

85 racquets were restrung by the team from Tennis Lab using 1032 metres of string. Country Week players racquets were restrung by the same team responsible for the racquet preparation of Nick Kyrgios, Ash Barty and Stefanos Tsitsipas.<\/p>\n

4 participants were named Country Week Legends. Congratulations to Frank Dekker, Neil Langstaff , Carmel Wileman and Georgina Parker.<\/p>\n

Tennis Victoria Country Week is the largest grass court tennis tournament in the world. It will return in 2024 to Wodonga from 11 \u2013 16 February 2024.<\/p>\n

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