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Family Doubles, Saturday 14th August


Family Doubles is a separate fun tournament for a parent plus their (under 14) son or daughter. This year the competition was played as two round-robins followed by a final between the top pairs in each group to determine the final winner.

Family Doubles entrants
Family Doubles entrants

Group A

The Halgreen family team returned to defend the Family Doubles title they won last year, but were off to a slow start against the Gujral family team. They won their remaining matches to give them two sets. Likewise, the Buckle and Craig family teams each managed to win two sets, but on game countback the Gujral team narrowly won Group A.

    1 2 3 4
1 Armand Halgreen
Hugo Halgreen		   #3: 6-2 #5: 6-1 #2: 1-6
2 Tom Buckle
David Buckle		 #3: 2-6   #1: 6-3 #6: 6-3
3 Thomas Craig
Sally Jacobs		 #5: 1-6 #1: 3-6   #4: 1-6
4 Pramod Gujral
Taysie Gujral		 #2: 6-1 #6: 3-6 #4: 6-1  

Group B

Another returning team from last year, Bethany and Garrett Nagle won this group without dropping a set, and so went into the final against the Gujral team.

    1 2 3 4
1 Garrett Nagle
Bethany Nagle		   #3: 6-3 #5: 6-0 #2: 6-1
2 Jason Oliver
Ross Oliver		 #3: 3-6   #1: 6-3 #6: 6-1
3 Kerry Acar
Celine Acar		 #5: 0-6 #1: 3-6   #4: 6-3
4 Bob Taylor
Enis Acar		 #2: 1-6 #6: 1-6 #4: 3-6  

The Final

Pramod and Taysie Gujral, Bethany and Garrett Nagle
Family Doubles Finalists

Taysie and Bethany were well matched in the final, but Pramod's professional tennis skills were more honed than Garrett's. The result was that Pramod family team triumphed to take this years Family Doubles title.

  Final Winner
  Pramod S Gujral  
1 Taysie Gujral Pramod Gujral
  Garrett Nagle Taysie Gujral
2 Bethany Nagle #1: 6-1