Junior open titles decided

More than 50 players competed in the 2010 South Canterbury Junior Open Tennis Tournament, which finished in fine style in Timaru this week.

In the girls 12s singles, South Canterbury's Amelia Race won the round robin from fellow South Canterbury player Rebecca Gill and Canterbury's Christal Brosnahan.

This was a good result for Race, who had lost the final of the Spring Open to Brosnahan, so has shown good improvement during the season.

The girls' 14s singles round robin was won by Canterbury's Flora Poole, who won all six of her matches.

Brosnahan and Gill reversed their positions from the 12s to take out second and third place, respectively.

Poole and Hilary Hanton (Canterbury) won the 14s doubles round robin.

The boys' 10s singles title was won by Dominic Brettkelly (Canterbury) with a 7-5 6-2 win over top seed Harrison Darling (South Canterbury).

Brettkelly completed a strong tournament by teaming up with Freddy Varley-Clapp (Canterbury) to take the doubles title in a tight match from Hartono and Pollock (Southland).

The boys 12s singles title was won by Canterbury's Michael Murchison with a 6-3 6-4 win over Tom Russell (Southland).

Connor Wilson (Mid-Canterbury) won the consolation final from South Canterbury's Luke Elsen in a marathon third-set tie-breaker.

The doubles was won by Connor and Dylan Heap (Canterbury) over Sam Benny and Connor Wilson.

The boys' 14s singles title was won by South Canterbury's George Tarbotton. In his semifinal he beat top seed Liam Stoica (Canterbury), 6-0 6-1, and went on to beat Ben Cooper (Canterbury) in the final, 7-6 6-2.

The consolation final was won by Joshua Reddecliffe with a 6-2 6-0 win over fellow South Canterbury player Angus Rollinson.

Tarbotton and Dougal Polson won the doubles round robin from Henry Craib and Liam Stoica.

The boys' 16s singles was won by Connor Heap with a 6-2 6-4 win over Otago's Ryan Eggers.

The doubles was won by South Canterbury's Jesse Kempf and Hamish Race with a 6-2 7-5 win over the Otago pairing of Eggers and So.

Despite many players being unavailable due to commitments at national tournaments, the strong turnout demonstrated the value of the regional tournaments in player development. Herald correspondent

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