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2010 East Cape Town Veterans Open
5, 6 and 7 June 2010
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Veteran tennis players from as far afield as Gauteng Central, KZN, Free State, EP and Western Province as well as a large contingent from Border converged in East London for the East Cape Open Veterans' championships in June.
Border players featured in all but five of the 30 finals, winning no fewer than 20 titles.
Craig Newton of King William's Town and East London's Veronique Luksich won triple crowns in the 45+ and Open division respectively.
The longest match on the final day was that between Newton and Gary Cadle where Newton squeezed through registering a 7-5, 5-7, 7-5 win.
The Open men's final produced excellent, hard-hitting tennis. In a humdinger 17-year-old Marlu Jansen van Vuuren beat Queenstown's Llewellyn King 7-6, 6-3.
Archie Rudman, 54, chose to play in the 35+ age group. In winning the title, he gave the youngsters a tennis lesson in singles play.
East London's Jeremy Drake captured the 40+ title overwhelming Hansie Swanepoel of Free State 6-1, 6-2.
The two women's finals in the oldest age groups proved to be marathon affairs, both lasting well over two hours.
In the 55-60+ division, Alta Brand of Free State came from a 2-5 deficit in the final set to defeat Gauteng Central's Leonie Grondel
1-6, 6-4, 7-5. After causing an upset by defeating Barbara Rose-Innes in the semi-final, the fourth-seeded Marie van Rensburg captured the 65-70+ title beating the top seed, Joan Sephton, 4-6, 7-5, 6-2.
The only other upset that occurred was in the 45+ women's section where Heloise Botha beat the second seed, Anna-Mari Mare 6-2, 6-1.
Claude Moonieyan won the 55+ division causing two upsets when he beat EP's top-seeded Danie Botha in the first round and Siphiwe Sibiya, the second seed, in the final.
The tournament was hailed by the players as the best of the provincial tournaments with the organising committee receiving well-deserved accolades. It was ably run by the husband-and-wife team of CP and Alta Brand of Free State.
Results as follows:
Men's Singles:
Open Marlu Jansen van Vuuren (BOR) bt Llewellyn King (BOR) 7-6, 6-3
Over 30 (1) Jaco Koen (BOR) beat (2) Ryan King (BOR) 6\3 6\2
Over 35 Archie Rudman (BOR) beat (1) Gareth Fray (BOR) 6\2 6\1
Over 40 (1) Jeremy Drake (BOR) beat (2) Hansie Swanepoel (FS) 6\1 6\2
Over 45/50 (2) Gary Cadle (BOR) beat (1) Craig Newton (BOR) 7\5 5\7 7\5
Over 55 Claude Moonieyan (BOR) beat (2) Siphiwe Sibiya (BOR) 6\1 6\2
Over 60/65 (1) Billy Kehl (EP) beat (2) Dries van Tonder (FS) 6\0 6\3
Over 70/80 (1) Neville van Sittert (GC) beat Clive Dubber (BOR) 6\0 6\0
Women's Singles:
Open Veronique Luksich (BOR) bt Izelle Troskie (BOR) 7-5, 6-0
Over 35 Juanelia Nel (BOR) beat Di Gascoyne (EP) 2\6 6\2 6\4
Over 40 (1) Jenny Milne (BOR) beat Tanya Dubber (BOR) 6\1 6\2
Over 45 (1) Debra Hyde (SWD) beat Heloise Botha (BOR) 6\3 7\5
Over 50 (1) Mine Norval (BOR) beat (2) Gill van Niekerk (BOR) 6\3 6\1
Over 55/60 Alta Brand (FS) beat Leonie Grondel (GE) 1\6 6\4 7\5
Over 65/70 Marie van Rensburg (BOR) beat (1) Joan Sephton (BOR) 4\6 7\5 6\2
Men's Doubles:
Open Llewellyn King, Grant Grotjohn (BOR) bt Lutho Kempele, Avela Ndlabhu (BOR) 6-0, 6-0
Over 30/35 (2) P Darke (BOR) / J Koen (BOR) beat (1) D Rawlins (BOR) / W Shuman (BOR) 6\1 6\2
Over 40/45/50 (1) G Cadle (BOR) / C Newton (BOR) beat C Kotzee (FS) / H Swanepoel (FS) 6\2 6\1
Over 55/60 (2) D Botha (EP) / P Sale (EP) beat (1) G Loader (EP) / D Nicoll (EP) 6\1 6\4
Over 65/70 B Kehl (EP) / D van Tonder (FS) beat R Callaghan (BOR) / G Salottolo (KZN) 6\4 6\2
Women's Doubles:
Open Veronique Luksich, Kelly Oberem (BOR) bt Izelle Troskie, Lienke Oelofse (BOR) 6-3, 6-3
Over 35/40 N Collett (EP) / D Gascoyne (EP) beat J Nel (BOR) / L van Kerken (EP) 7\5 6\2
Over 45/50/55 (2) D Cawood (BOR) / M Norval (BOR) beat (1) D Hyde (SWD) / A Mare' (BOR) 6\3 6\1
Over 60/65/70 (2) M Bornman (FS) / A Brand (FS) beat (1) B Rose-Innes (WP) / M van Rensburg (BOR) 6\4 6\2
Mixed Doubles:
Open Marlu v Vuuren, Veronique Luksich (BOR) bt Jean Coetzee, Kelly Oberem (BOR) 6-1, 6-0
Over 30/35 Charles Robinson / Di Gascoyne (BOR) beat Jonathan Witthuhn/ Tanya Dubber (BOR) 6\2 6\3
Over 40 Hansie Swanepoel/ Jenny Milne (BOR) beat Lindsay Jakobi / Debbie Kindness (BOR) 6\4 4\6 7\6
Over 45/50 Craig Newton(BOR)/ Debra Hyde(SWD) beat Gary Cadle/ Mine Norval (BOR) 6\4 6\3
Over 55/60 Noel Harvey(BOR)/ Margaret Bornman(FS) beat Dave Nicoll/ Pat Wilcock(EP) 3\6 6\2 7\6
Over 65/70 Dries v Tonder(FS)/ Marie van Rensburg(BOR) beat Neville v Sittert(gc)/ Joan Sephton(Bor) 6\2 6\0
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