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Play concludes before rain falls

THE weather conditions this Saturday morning were almost perfect, with players getting off the courts just before the rain. 

Dream team Will Gardner and Regina Warne couldn’t work their magic this week as Daniel Hughes and Breanna Warne were too strong. 

Jasmine Wright and Chayse Tonkin played some competitive shots while Benny Sartori made a fantastic come back to win a tiebreaker. 

Gemma Fawcett won all of her matches for the morning. Sunny Handy had an unforgettable singles win and Charlotte Baker was on fire. 

Holly Hogan had another long morning against Noah Sherlock. Comfortable singles wins by Cooper Angus, Lleyton McLean and Flynn Angus secures their top spot on the leader board. 

Hannah Everitt did a great job stepping up into Team Rafter and winning her singles. 

Alannah Hughes and Hannah Wright had a great battle, while Xavier Sherlock and Bella Howison played extremely well, winning all their sets. 

Lily Grey and Ava Livingston were all smiles after they finished and Abbey Delmenico and Luca Devlin played together like lightning. 

Darby Meney surprised his opponent with big wins. John Howison brought everything he had onto the court not dropping a set. 

Mckinnon Rogers keeps climbing the rankings jumping into the top Tomic group this week. 

Green ball competition experimented with harder balls this week, they all did quite well and lots of close matches were played.

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