Locals Win Australian Doubles
The Australian Seniors Tennis Championships held last week in Canberra were well supported with 295 players from 35 to 90 years of age participating.
Visiting players from Japan, Canada, USA and New Zealand appreciated the new facilities at the ACT Tennis centre at Lyneham where $11 million dollars has been pumped into the venue to bring into line as a world class facility.
Kiama players David Graham and Bob Morgan went through to win the 130 Combined Mens Doubles. David and Bob had wins over a solid pair from Victoria and then defeated Ian Worland (Orange) and John Greenup (Canberra) in a tight match to clinch the title.
Bob played steady tennis and took a day to acclimatise to the unpredictable clay surface. His solid trademark backhand return of serve proved to be a dominant feature of most matches.
The 130 doubles is an event where the combined age of both players must be 130 years or greater. Bob is 71 years (who would have thought!!) and has now decided to travel to Melbourne with David to play in the Oceana Championships to be played at Kooyong in early March.
Both players were pretty happy about their Australian title and were presented with gold medal momentos for their Australian title.