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Our Men’s 3 Team had another big win on the weekend, and at 16 points in front, are looking to be minor premiers.

Our Ladies Thursday Badge Team had a big win also, and are closing the gap on the top 2 teams.

Highlights from Round 11 were:

Manly Men’s 1 had a narrow loss at home to retain 4th position. Sean / Andrew won 3 sets.

Manly Men’s 2 had a narrow win over Manly Men’s 4 to continue their late run for the semis. Despite the loss, Manly 4 advanced to 3rd position with 4 match points. Fernando / Murillo and Mike / Adam won 2 sets each for Manly 2. Sean/Vincent won 3 sets for Manly 4.

Manly Mens 3 had a 7-1 victory away, with the two Steves again winning 4 sets to retain their almost perfect average. Milton/ Howard won 3 sets. Another comprehensive victory.

Manly 6 had a 5-3 loss away at Strathfield to retain 3rd position.

Manly 7 had a bye and dropped to 2nd position. They get the chance to get to first again next Saturday when they play the top team at home.

Our Ladies Thursday Badge had a 7-1 victory to retain 3rd position. Lindy/Erryn won 4 sets and Narelle/Jane won 3 sets.

Ladies 1 Team lost 5-3 at home with Lisa/Janelle playing together for the first time to win 3 sets.

Ladies 2 Team had a washout and were robbed of big points as they were expecting a good win. They drop to 3rd position by half a point. They still have to play the top 2 teams so they have a good chance to take the vital 2nd position. 

Some great matches are expected next Saturday as three Manly teams are playing the leading teams in their division. There is another home derby with Manly Men’s 3 playing Manly Men’s 4.

All the results are shown in the scorecard.

Next Saturday Matches:

NOON
Men’s 6 v Kooroora 5
Men’s 7 v Camperdown

250PM
Ladies 1 v Roseville 1
Men’s 2 v Killara 3
Men’s 3 Men’s 4 

Social Tennis will be on two courts from 11.30am to 2.30pm. 

Good luck to all teams.

Club Championships

Scheduled dates are October 17, 18, 24 and 25 with Finals day on October 31 — COVID permitting.

Denis Crowley
Club Captain

The selectors were proven correct when Manly 2 defeated Manly 3 and Manly 7 defeated Manly 8 in the two local derbies last Saturday. 

This Saturday Manly 2 Mens play Manly 4 Mens in another local derby at 250pm.

Highlights of the round were the win of Manly 7 over Manly 8 to go to top of the ladder for the first time. With their star player, Peter Roberts, on COVID duties at the club it was up to the other players to get a big win. Mark/David won 4 sets and Stu/Hamish won 2 sets to take 8 points and first position.  Des/Ian and Rob/Ray Dalgairns won 1 set each for Manly 8.

The Ladies 2 Team had a great 8-0 win to go back to 2nd position on the ladder. Kristina/Sharna won 4 sets to show the coaching of Scott has been advantageous. The ever reliable pairing of Olivia /Krista also won 4 sets.

Manly 2 Mens had a close 5-3 win over Manly 3 Mens to help them edge closer to the top 4. Adam/Ben won 3 sets; Mike/Dan 2 sets. Rob/Wilko won 2 sets for Manly 3 and Milton/Jon Corney 1 set but lost two very close tiebreakers. Manly 3 leads the division by 14 points with 7 wins and 1 loss.

Manly 4 Mens had a tie on games and sets to drop to a close 4th on the ladder. Sean/Geoff and Harald/Justin each won 2 sets.

Manly Mens 1 had a close win 4 sets all on games v Hunters Hill. Bosko/Boyd and Andrew/Todd each won 2 sets. They remain in 4th position.  All the results are shown in the scorecard.

Next Saturday Matches:

NOON
MANLY MENS 8 V CAMPERDOWN
MANLY MENS 5 V KILLARA 6

250PM
MANLY MENS 1 V SYDNEY UNIVERSITY LIONS
MANLY MENS 4 V MANLYMENS 2
MANLY LADIES1 V KOOROORA 1

Social Tennis will be on two courts from 11.30am to 2.30pm. 

Club Championships

Scheduled dates are October 17 18 24 25 and Finals day on October 31 — COVID permitting.

Denis Crowley
Club Captain

Round 9 was completed last Saturday with our highflying Mens 3 and Mens 7 Teams achieving big wins.

The Mens 3 Team won 6-2 to stay in a runaway first position on the ladder. Steve Nettleton and Steve Wilkinson won 4 sets once again to take their tally to 15 from 16.

The Mens 7 Team had a 7-1 win to remain in second position.Peter Roberts and Stu Charlton won 4 sets again to take their tally to 11 from 12. Tony Hamilton and Roger Ireland won 3 sets.

The Mens 1 Team had a 5-3 victory to enter the top 4 on the ladder. Cameron and Andrew won 3 sets, Todd and Bosko won 2 sets.

The Mens 6 Team had a close 4-3 win to remain in third position with Graham Burman being the star performer.

Three other Mens Teams had 5-3 losses and the two Ladies teams had losses also.

The Thursday Ladies had a washout.

The Saturday Ladies 2 Team and Thursday Ladies Teams are both in third position. With only six teams in their division, both teams need to come first or second to play in the final. There is no semi final.

Next Saturday Matches:

• 2:50p Mens 1 play Hunters Hill
• 2:50p Mens 2 play Mens 3 Team in a home derby
• 2:50p Ladies 2 team play Kooroora 3
• 11:45a Another home derby. Manly 7 v Manly 8 will battle it out on the top courts.
• 11:45a, Manly 5 v Killara 7.

Good luck to all teams this weekend.

Social Tennis will be on two courts from 11.30am to 2.30pm. 

On a personal note, I visited Owen Kennedy at Bupa Seaforth last week. He was in good spirits and doing well. He is staying there for at least another month and welcomes any visitors. You need to have a flu certificate and make an appointment. Owen is keeping up to date with all the Badge scores.

Denis Crowley
Club Captain

Some teams have had little tennis lately due to a wet winter, with rain once again interrupting two Badge matches played on grass last Saturday.

Several other teams had strong wins, especially Men’s 1, winning 8-0 in quick time. Todd/Cameron and Bosko/Harry each won 4 sets . They are now just outside the top 4.

The Manly Men’s 2 Team put in their best performance of the season to defeat Neutral Bay away 7-1. Mike O’Connor/Dan Kelly played great tennis to win 4 sets and Marcus/Ben won 3 sets.

The Manly Men’s 7 Team had an easy 6-2 win at home against Marrickville. David/Hamish and Stu/Peter each won 3 sets to maintain 2nd position.

Opposition leader Anthony Albanese is playing this season for Marrickville but not in any of the Manly divisions.

Next Saturday Matches:

• Ladies 1 play the late match on courts 1 and 2.

• Men’s 3 (top of the ladder) play the late match on courts 5 and 6.

Social Tennis will be on two courts from 11.30am to 2.30pm.