MCC wins Womens 2007 State Grade Pennant
Date posted: Monday August 20, 2007
The 2007 Tennis Victoria Pennant Competition State Grade Finals were held on Sunday, August 19, at Grace Park Lawn Tennis Club in Hawthorn.
The MCC women’s team, consisting of Evie Dominikovic, Emma Cioffi, Annabel Ellwood and Joanne Limmer, defeated Kooyong to win the premiership. The team won the four singles matches in straight sets to take out the first premiership for our women’s section.
The individual women's results were:
- E Dominikovic def A Szili 6-4, 6-2
- E Cioffi def M Springall 6-3, 6-1
- A Ellwood def D Kypreos 6-0, 6-0
- J Limmer def L Mercuri 6-1, 6-0
The doubles were not played as a result had been reached
Our men’s team, consisting of Taso Vasiliadis, Ben Ellwood, Bryce Durham and David Spierings, also played Kooyong in the final but were not as fortunate, going down in the doubles after being two-all at the conclusion of the singles.
The individual men's results were:
- T Vasiliadis lost to L Pearson 1-6, 4-6
- B Ellwood def D Bidmeade 7-6, 4-6, 6-2
- B Durham lost to P Arber 2-6, 2-6
- D Spierings def M Coghlan 7-5, 5-7, 6-2
- The men's double results were: Ellwood/Scrutton lost to Pearson/Coghlan 1-6, 0-6
In a first for any pennant club, our State Grade teams were captained by brother and sister, Ben and Annabel Ellwood, both being ranked No.1 in Australia as juniors in 1994.
Individual Performances
Ashleigh Hancock won her first National singles title. Fourth-seeded Ashleigh defeated the no. 1 seed Sophie Letcher (QLD) in straight sets 76 63 to claim the Girls 14's National singles title.
The event was recently held in Brisbane and Ashleigh was part of the NHPA Melbourne tour that took over 25 athletes to the Nationals events. Ashleigh is also the number one in our Grade 2 pennant team playing in the Grand Final.
Alexander Babanine, who joined our Section this year, lost in the final of the 12’s National Singles but went on to win the doubles title.