A good crowd witnessed hard-fought matches at the Leeton Soldiers Club Squash Club Grand Finals.
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Mariners and Jets were the Grand Finalists in Monday's competition. James Kelly got the Mariners away to a good start when he just got home against Domenic Fiumara. In a very close five-game contest, Kelly won 11-9, 8-11, 11-8, 11-13, 11-8.
Two of the Clubs promising young players then took to the court, and Nicholas Croucamp got one back for Jets downing Zac Fairweather 3-1. Col Thompson dropped the first game to Declan Ryan but then took control to win 3-1 and give Mariners a 2-1 advantage.
The Harrison brothers Jacob and Macauley are the top two players in the club and know each others game well which results in long and hard-hitting rallies. Jacob was down 1-2 but fought back and won the final two games, which sealed Jets victory. In a tight result the teams finished level on two matches and nine games each but Jets got home on points 168 to 163.
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Wednesday's Grand Final between Sixers and Hurricanes featured a number of substitute players. Hurricanes got off to a flying start when Katie McAliece, who was subbing for Ondria Miller, defeated Simone Bruno. Sixers levelled when Lizette Taylor subbing for Ian Draper edged out Carol Davidson in a close contest. Taylor was down 1-2 but recovered to claim the last two games by the barest margin, 12-10, 12-10.
Ruth Tait subbing for Dawid Croucamp put Sixers ahead in another five-game match. Tait was also behind 1-2 but fought back to win 3-2. Sixers captain Brian O'Leary defeated Jackson Goman to complete a 3-1 Sixers victory.
Thursday's Grand Final was fought out between Bulls and Pistons. Ruby Miller won the fifth game 12-10 to clinch a very tight contest against Adele Thompson and give Pistons a good start. Narelle Ryan defeated Marnah Cunningham to give Pistons a 2-0 advantage. Kira Brettschneider kept Bulls in the contest-winning a very close five-game match against Alayna Croucamp 8-11, 11-6, 11-5, 10-12, 11-6.
Bulls captain Angelo Fiumara downed Garry Walker to level the contest at two matches and eight games each, with Bulls winning on points 156 to 143.
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