ROUND seven of the spring competition had some great matches once again. Tuesday saw Mariners defeat Roars 3 to 1. Brian O’Leary subbed up to take on Ryan Thurgood and O’Leary had an upset win 7-11,10-12,11-3,11-6,12-10. Fred Hammer was too strong for Brianna Gray-Mills and Teneal Preston-Warr had a good win against Simone Bruno.
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The only winner for Roars was Matt Lynch defeating Miranda Tait. Undefeated Wanderers continued their winning ways defeating Phoenixes. 4 to 0, wins to Trev Whitby, Tim Allen, Brodie Lashbrook and Ganesh Natarajan. Jets took on Glories, winning 3 to 1. Rob Hanlon defeated Macauley Harrison 3-1, Gary Thompson defeated Byron Warr 3-1, and Domenic Fiumara defeated Teneal Preston Warr 3-2. The only win for Glories went to Sarah McAliece over Ganesh Natarajan.
Wednesday, and the undefeated Taipans won against Wildcats with good wins to Nicholas Croucamp and David Grimes. Breakers had a clean sweep against Kings. David Grimes had a win against Colleen Vaccaro, Sarah McAliece defeated Brodie Lashbrook and Blayne Thompson defeated Angelo Di Benedetto. Hawks were too strong for Bullets winning 2 to 1. Alayna Croucamp and Kylie Gray won for Hawks, Bryan Shepley had to work hard for his win against a continually improving Dion DeMamiel, Shepley got over the line winning 11-4,9-11,11-5,7-11,11-9.
Thursday had the previously undefeated Renegades going down to Hurricanes 4 to 0. Sarah Quinlivan defeated David Cross 3-1, Matt Collins defeated Sean Ryan 3-2, Ryan Mahalm defeated Gary Thompson 3-0 and Brianna Gray-Mills defeated Ian Draper 3-0.
In previous games between Brianna and Ian, Ian usually came out the victor but on this occasion Brianna turned the tables.
Stars defeated Sixers in a close contest. Marcelle Steele defeated Declan Ryan 3-0, Erin Draper defeated Carol Davidson, 3-2. Sixers’ wins went to Maanu Alexander and Garry Walker. Garry had to use all of his craft to defeat Dawid Croucamp. Strikers won against Scorchers, for Strikers Brian O’Leary defeated Emily Lyons and Dawid Croucamp defeated John Gown. Scorchers’ Callum Ryan won against Anthony Iannelli and Rod Tait defeated Will Rawle 11-7,13-11,10-12,10-12,11-7.