Caro Bowl Tennis - Big Teams Look Dangerous Already

With round one of the Scarbro Caro Bowl tennis competition completed it already looks like a top-four, bottom-four in the men’s grade after some relatively easy starts for the favoured sides. Parnell led by former Davis Cup players Mark Nielsen, Alistair Hunt and Steve Downs as well as the talented Anton Bettink all not dropping a set as they defeated Pompalier 6-0 in the men’s grade.

Remuera were also solid with their 5-1 win against an injury weakened Royal Oak. Remuera dropped just the top singles where American coach Paul Koenke was out-hit by Aaron McDougall. The remainder of the games saw Remuera win in straight sets.

Competition finals contenders Campbell Park who have Argentine players Gustavo Gomez and Mariano Pettigrosso as well as former Kiwi internationals Adam Thompson and Robbie Cheyne in their side routed newcomers Herne Bay 6-0 who will be hoping to have their full strength team available for next weeks clash with Cockle Bay who are also a new side.

The Herne Bay club has a strong social environment and if it can have full use of its side containing Kyle August, Geneio Zanella (from Brazil), Paras Thakur (originally from India), plus talented North Harbour junior Gideon Brink and maybe club coach David Mustard in doubles they could give the Cockle Bay side which contains former or current Canterbury players Andrew Batie, James Spence and Matt Meredith a lot of trouble.

Cockle Bay were beaten by an understrength Blockhouse Bay who were too strong, winning 5-1. The one point for Cockle Bay came from Canterbury player Matt Meredith at No3 who beat Eru Lydon. The remaining singles were won by Jackson Bodle, Marco Comuzzo and Haydin Joblin for Blockhouse Bay.

The big clashes of the second round have Remuera host Parnell and Campbell Park at home against Blockhouse Bay. On each occasion the depth of the visiting teams will be tested as the home sides play all the way down the order.

The other second round match features Royal Oak having a visit from Pompallier who have former Davis Cup player, Teo Susnjak at No1. Both sides keen to gain some points after first round losses.
In the women’s competition defending champions Parnell were able to use four former professional players to account for Kohimarama 5-1. German No1 Franziska Etzel was too strong for Kairangi Vano who returned early from injury. However Vano and Luci Barlow were able to gain the top doubles in the ties early match in a third set tiebreak beating Etzel and Rewa Harriman(nee Hudson).

Pavlina Nola, Harriman and Libby Scott were the other singles winners for Parnell.

Royal Oak beat Glendowie 6-0 without any loss of a set with top junors Leela Beattie and Emily Fanning in the top two spots while Pompallier with former Kiwi No1 Shelley Bryce(nee Stephens) led her team to beat Mission Bay 4-2. Bryce won her top singles over Stacey Housley without the loss of a game and also combined with junior Yoanna Peshev for a doubles victory.

Remuera get their first taste of Caro Bowl tennis for 2010 as they play away to Pompallier. Remuera should have Brittany Teei back from representing the Cook Islands at the Commonwealth Games, but she will be facing an in-form Shelley Bryce n the top singles match. Mission Bay have a home tie as the ever-consistent and very strong Royal Oak visit. Watching probably the two best junior girls in the country play in the form of Leela Beattie and Emily Fanning for Royal Oak is well worth attending this clash. Kohimarama travel over the hill to Glendowie and Parnell have the bye.

Results: Scarbro Caro Bowl round 1
Men
Parnell 6 Pompallier 0
Mark Nielsen bt Teo Susnjak 6-2 6-3
Alistair Hunt bt Gustavo 6-1 6-0
Anton Bettink bt Alistair Duff 6-2 6-3
Steve Downs bt Brad Patterson 6-2 6-2
Nielsen/Hunt bt Susnjak/ 6-1 6-0
Downs/Bettink bt Duff/Patterson 6-2 6-2

Remuera 5 Royal Oak 1
Paul Koenke lt Aaron McDougall 2-6 4-6
James Shortall bt Scott Winnard 6-4 6-2
Martin Colenbrander bt Trent O’Keeffe 6-4 6-1
Josh Jelinik bt Bruce Hayr 6-3 6-2
Gareth Dowdell/Koenke bt McDougall/Winnard 6-4 7-6
Shortall/Colenbrander bt O’Keeffe/Hayr 6-0 6-4

Campbell Park 6 Herne Bay 0

Blockhouse Bay 5 Cockle Bay 1
Jackson Bodle bt Andrew Batie 6-4 3-1 retired
Marco Comuzzo bt James Spence 6-3 6-7 6-1
Eru Lyndon lt Matt Meredith 4-6 4-6
Haydn Joblin bt Henry Gers 6-3 6-7 6-2
Bodle/Joblin bt Batie/Meredith 6-4 7-6
Lyndon/Comuzzo bt Gers/Spence 6-4 6-4

Women
Parnell 5 Kohimarama 1
Franziska Etzel bt Kairangi Vano 6-1 6-0
Pavlina Nola bt Luci Barlow 6-2 6-2
Rewa Harriman bt Varoma Vano 6-3 6-2
Libby Scott bt Monica Chen 6-3 6-0
Etzel/Harriman lt K Vano/Luci Barlow 3-6 6-3 10-6
Nola/Amanda Trail bt V Vano/Chen 6-2 6-0

Royal Oak 6 Glendowie 0
Leela Beattie bt Sarah McDermott 6-3 6-3
Emily Fanning bt Tiffany Wheelock 6-1 6-0
Nicola Kaiwai bt Iva Parapunova 4-6 6-3 6-2
Angela Swinkels bt Holly Crammer Roberts 6-2 6-4
Beattie/Fanning bt McDermott/Parapunova 6-2 6-0,
Kaiwai/Swinkels bt Wheelock/Crammer Roberts 6-1 6-0

Pompallier 4 Mission Bay 2
Shelley Bryce bt Stacey Housley 6-0 6-0
Mickaela Davies lt Dana Gray 3-6 6-3 6-3
Selma Taufa bt Erin Anderson-Scott 6-3 6-4
Carli Davis lt Davina Meza 6-4 6-3
Bryce/Yoanna Peshev bt Christina Foote/Housley 6-2 6-2
Davis/Davies bt Gray/Lana Sokolnikova 7-6 7-6

Remuera bye

Scarbro Caro Bowl
Friday 15 October
All matches start at 6pm (home side listed first).
Men’s round 2
Dunlop ROYAL OAK v Champagne Bollinger POMPALLIER
DBB Merchant Bankers CAMPBELL PARK v ZAP BLOCKHOUSE BAY,
Pascoes HERNE BAY v Turkish Kitchen COCKLE BAY,
DFK Oswin Griffiths REMUERA v Head Parnell.
Women’s round 3
mymediaMISSION BAY v South Auckland Motors ROYAL OAK,
REMUERA v Champagne Bollinger POMPALLIER,
Glendowie v Scarbro KOHIMARAMA,
Zurich PARNELL bye,