Percy Finch Racket & PF2 - Fri. 6 ~ Mon. 9 March

Two teams of players arrived from Hobart ready to tackle the RMTC in the Percy Finch, a tournament that has been played between Melbourne and Hobart for decades. With matches starting on Friday night and running the way through until Monday afternoon it was a long weekend of tennis and fully justified its billing as one of the most tightly fought rivalries in tennis. Many of the matches across the weekend were close, with sets and matches decided by a few points either way.

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Thursday, 2nd Apr

In the end the Percy Finch Racket was won by RMTC by a narrow margin of 5 matches to 4, maintaining our record of never having lost the Percy Finch at home.

The PF2 was also contested over the weekend, as well as the Australian Amateur Doubles which you can read about below, and the depth of the Hobart junior program was on full display with 3 of the 6 players in the team under 25. None of the juniors from Hobart lost a match in the PF2 which shows an impressive pipeline of talent, hopefully bolstering the ranks of both Hobart and Australian tennis in the future.

Many thanks to all those who helped out over the weekend, billeting visiting players, providing refreshments and Liza Turner for the delicious feast the players enjoyed on Saturday night.

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Percy Finch Racket:

  • 1st Singles: M Williams df by K Booth 1/6 5/6
  • 2nd Singles: B Hudson df by O Pridmore 1/6 0/6
  • 3rd Singles: P Rosedale df A Ramsay 6/5 6/2
  • 4th Singles: C Sievers df P Boyles 6/4 6/3
  • 5th Singles: B Dickinson df N Stenning 4/6 6/2 6/0
  • 6th Singles: R Williams df P Dunne 6/3 6/1
  • 1st Doubles: M Williams/D Williams df by K Booth/P Boyles 2/6 4/6
  • 2nd Doubles: B Hudson/P Rosedale df by O Pridmore/N Stenning 5/6 6/4 2/6
  • 3rd Doubles: B Dickinson/R Williams df A Ramsay/P Dunne 6/4 6/4

PF 2:

  • 1st Singles: G Blundstone df by S Legg 4/6 3/6
  • 2nd Singles: J McNamara df by D Webster-Jones 0/6 1/6
  • 3rd Singles: T Simpson df by A Rackham 3/6 1/6
  • 4th Singles: R Hince df by J Rackham 1/6 4/6
  • 5th Singles: N Carr df by N Rooke 2/6 1/6
  • 6th Singles: H Schultz df G Bradfield 6/3 6/2
  • 1st Doubles: R Hince/N Carr df by S Legg/D Webster-Jones 4/6 1/6
  • 2nd Doubles: G Blundstone/T Simpson df by J Rackham/A Rackham 6/5 2/6 5/6
  • 3rd Doubles: J McNamara/H Schultz df N Rooke/G Bradfield 6/3 5/6 6/1

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