Liston Tennis Club and Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club have defended their inaugural titles, going back-to-back in the men\u2019s and women\u2019s Premier League competition, defeating Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club and Geelong Lawn Tennis Club respectively.<\/p>\n
Both teams scored comprehensive victories, with Liston taking the title 5-11-99 to 2-6-83 and Kooyong winning 5-10-66 to 1-2-32.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to thank all the boys for coming back each week from the tournaments, and especially to Dane Nebel and Gary Clark and everyone at Liston,\u201d said Sam Groth, Liston\u2019s No.1 player, after the win.<\/p>\n
Groth was also full of praise for the new competition, which is still growing.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a better competition now. It\u2019s a shorter format and getting a lot more guys who are playing on the tour. It has really increased the level of tennis in Victoria and hopefully it can keep going from here and get stronger.\u201d<\/p>\n
Paul Arber, Captain of Kooyong\u2019s men\u2019s team congratulated Liston for their effort in winning the competition.<\/p>\n
\u201cCongratulations to Liston, they were far too good. Well done to Dane for really bringing in some terrific players and making the competition really incredible,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Despite losing their No.1 player, Sally Peers, for the final, Kooyong\u2019s women\u2019s team were too strong for Geelong on the day, setting up their win after taking out the opening three doubles matches.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d like to thank my team,\u201d said Laura McNamara, Captain of Kooyong\u2019s women\u2019s team.<\/p>\n
\u201cI couldn\u2019t have asked for a better team. Everyone was so eager to play. I\u2019d [also] like to thank Tennis Victoria for the time and effort they\u2019ve put into making this event possible.\u201d<\/p>\n
Geelong Lawn\u2019s Captain, Brianna Bateup, was full of praise for the team and their efforts in again making the final in only their second year back at the highest level of competition in Victoria after a 54-year absence.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just want to say thanks to the girls. I think we played really well. I don\u2019t think we thought we\u2019d get this far actually, but we pulled together with girls making a lot of effort to play – some coming back after babies and travelling a long way as well. Hopefully we\u2019ll be back stronger and better next year.\u201d<\/p>\n
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