By Darlene Jackson

Men’s singles and doubles and mixed doubles entries top the 2001 Newtown Open draw as 52 men are entered in three different singles categories, 22 men’s doubles teams in three levels are entered, and 24 mixed doubles teams are entered. Draw sheets were mailed last week and first-round play for those who did not receive byes must be played by Sunday (it is up to the competitors to play by the dates listed on the draw sheets).

Akash Lamba will be defending his title and will be playing with another finalist, Ritush Venugopal (seeded second) in the men’s open doubles. Newtown’s own Bob Elliott is seeded third in singles and second in men’s doubles with Owen Robertson of Brookfield.

Mariano Moran is seeded first in the men’s 40 singles with Carl Bailey seeded second. The two are a team and seeded first in the men’s 40 doubles with Steve Owens and Chris Radford seeded second. In the men’s 55 singles, Ferd Starbuck is seeded first and Dom Nocturne is seeded second. Mr Starbuck will be joined by Billy Starbuck to play in men’s 55 doubles.

Shirley Avril and Randy Sa’adeh are seeded first in the mixed doubles while Gene and Lorraine Chappell are seeded second.

Debra Eddy and Donna Svendsen are seeded first and second in women’s open singles while Ms Avril and Julie Sanderude are seeded first in women’s open doubles with Nicole Lecher and Gail O’Koniewski are seeded second.

Jana Berry and Kristin McNiff will be seeded first and second, respectively, in the women’s 40 singles while Susan Arconti and Joyce Lee are seeded first in the women’s 40 doubles ahead of second-seeded Loretta Bohnen and Denise Dougiello.

Coordinators for the events and the persons that should receive the results of each match are Bob Gabor and John Klopfenstein for the top and bottom of the men’s singles draw; Dom Nocturne for the men’s 40 singles; Gene Bernard for the men’s 55 singles and doubles; Gil Fong for the men’s open doubles; Lorraine Chappell for the men’s 40 doubles; Hugh and Jan Lavery for mixed doubles; Diane Gucciardo for women’s open singles; Gene Chappell for women’s 40 singles; Liz Lynch for women’s open doubles; and George Dzujna for women’s 40 doubles.

Semi-finals and finals will be played on Saturday and Sunday, June 9 and 10, at Dickinson Park. If it rains, matches will be scheduled for Beaver Brook Tennis Club. To keep abreast of the tournament progress, the draw will eventually be posted and updated on the NTA web site at www.ntaweb.com.

 

Women’s Social

Round Robin

A women’s social round robin tennis tournament will be held Friday, May 11, from 6:30 to 8 pm, at Dickinson Park. Call Elizabeth Lynch at 270-9072 to register.