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The South West Masters Teams tournament, sponsored by
Muffin Break, returned to Busselton after Bunbury had hosted the event for the
past 3 years. The interest was terrific, shown by the 85 players who
entered which was a new record for this tournament eclipsing the 77 that played
in the 20th anniversary tournament in 2006. Entries were received from Perth, Bunbury and
Busselton for the March long weekend event, the first on the Masters Calendar
for 2010.
On Saturday night there were 73 players and partners
who all went out for dinner at the Jade Restaurant. On the night there was
a presentation to all the players who had played 10 or more times in the SW
Masters event. (Kelvin Carmichael 10, Linda McBrierty and Jennifer
Brindley 11, Ken Pember, George Reid & Alison Williams 12, Warren Oliver
& Ron Brindley 13, Wayne Evans 14, Moya Credaro & Rose
Buswell 15, Ron Buswell 16, Ron Clayton & Chas Renner 21 and the SW Queen
Joyce Barnett 22 out of a possible 24 years !!!)
Four divisions were used for the first time in 4 years
with a fixed 3 game format being once again used and was well received
considering the hot weather. A round robin was run on Saturday and
Sunday with the finals being held on Monday morning followed by the presentation,
leaving the afternoon to drive home.
Since the tournaments inception 24 years ago there has
been over 430 players and this year there were 19 players playing in the SW
Teams Masters for the first time.
Congratulations to the following winners and runners
up:
Division 1
Winners: Subi Kings (Kevin Williams, Niall McNamara
& John Sands)
Runners up: Challengers (Danny Zande, Phil Bradshaw
& George Fiorentino)
Division 2
Winners: Right Price (Bob Price, Ed Jennings
& Joe Milhaly)
Runners up:
Stones (Robert Stone, Prue O’Neill, Val Erceg & Brad Breslin)
Division 3
Winners:
Spak Attack (Peter Rinaldi, Simon Middleton, Kate Martin & Alison Williams)
Runners up:
Trainers (Ronnie Traynor, Pat Barker & Sandra Heeney)
Division 4
Winners: Alexander
5 (Andy Parrella, Phil Box & Sandra Box)
Runners up:
BaaBaas (Beth Smith, Anita Bull & Al Cook)
All players seemed to enjoy themselves and many were
already talking about returning in 2011.
Warren Oliver
Busselton Squash Club
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