Truro Tennis Club honours its best
The Truro Tennis Club celebrated another season on the courts with its annual awards day. Winners from throughout the season were honoured during the event.
The club championship tournament boasted a triplecrown winner for the first time in 20 years, as Leif Power won the adult singles, doubles and mixed doubles titles.
Zachary Verboom won the junior club crown.
Following is a list of 2016 award winners and results from club tournaments:
Tournament results
John Piers Mixer – Komang Duff and Glenn Ross
Spring Mixer – Lorraine MacPherson and Marty Ettinger
Canada Day open winners – Leif Power/Zach Verboom; runners-up – Munish and Meghna Anand
Canada Day recreational winners – Miriam Kaiser/Mike Yeh
Ferguson/Nettleton Memorial Mixed Tournament open winners – Sherrill Lindsay/Fernando Oriola; runners-up – Silvano Iaboni/ Mary Piers
Ferguson/Nettleton Memorial Mixed Tournament recreational winners - Karen Clarke, Marty Ettinger
Improved/Improving tournament winners – Leif Power/Alisha Power; runners-up - Nigel and Irene Power
Short Set tournament winner – Munish Anand; runner-up Murali Srinivasan
Team tennis winners – The Backhands: Alana Matwychuk, Larry Burt, Denise Pelchat, Marty Ettinger
Grand Slam participation award - Norma Stewart, Marty Ettinger
Open club championship results
Ladies singles winner – Jane Richards; runner-up – Eilish Keaveney
Ladies doubles winners – Nicole Bagnell/Friedel Moser; runners-up – Sherrill Lindsay/ Lorraine MacPherson
Men’s singles winner – Leif Power; runner-up – Stephen Mallov
Men’s doubles winners – Leif Power/Stephen Mallov; runners-ups – Gunther Foerster/ Munish Anand
Mixed doubles winners – Shelley Flemming/Leif Power; runners-up – Friedel Moser/ Munish Anand
Ladies singles consolation winner – Norma Stewart; runner-up – Andrea MacAdam
Individual awards
Most improved adults – Rachel Devries/Peter Bakes
Most improved juniors – Hannah Jordan/Priyansh Anand
Scott Ferguson Memorial Junior Achievement Award (given out for the first time since 2011) – Clarke Fullerton
Junior club championship tournament
Green Ball winner – Zachary Verboom; runner-up – Meghna Anand,
Consolation winner – Sofia Gonzalez
Orange Ball winner – Bishop Thibeault; runner-up – Thomas Morine