Tennis in Surrey 2014

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Surrey Super seniors in World
Championships
Ray Giubilo
Surrey was well represented at the
World Championships for super
seniors (60 and over), which were
held from 13 to 26 October 2014 at
the beach and tennis resort Club
Ali Bey, in Manavgat, Turkey.
World Championships have been
held here a number a of times as
this is a venue with over 60 clay
courts which can handle some
700 participants from all over the
world in one location including
accommodation.
In the first week the team
championships were held. Surrey
players winning medals for GB
were:
Rosemary Wilson Women’s 65,
bronze
Fran MacLennan Women’s 70,
bronze
Clive Hutchings Men’s 75, bronze.
Other Surrey members of GB
teams were:
Jean Porter Women’s 75, finishing
4th
Betty Howard and Paula Wilson
women’s 80, finishing 6th
Mike Dawe Men’s 60, finishing 9th
John Paish and Jeremy Woods
Men’s 65, finishing 12th
Henk Nijeboer Men’s 70, finishing
8th
The second week, in which the
individual championships were
held started with nice weather,
but in the latter part the heavens
opened and many matches
got delayed. In the end the
tournament was cancelled with
some finals not being completed.
Surrey players were successful
particularly Betty Howard who in
the women’s 80 won 3 medals, a
gold in the doubles and bronze
in singles and mixed doubles.
Fran Maclennan got silver in the
women’s doubles 70 and Jean
Porter bronze in the mixed doubles
75. Henk Nijeboer won silver for the
second time in the men’s 70 singles,
while our oldest winner was Darius
Panah-Izada with 2 bronze medals
in the men’s doubles and mixed
doubles 85. All in all a very good
performance for Surrey.
Report thanks to Henk Nijeboer
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