Over The Hill Tournament 2015
Martinborough Lawn Tennis Club hosted the 22nd “ “Over The Hill” tennis tournament over the weekend. Threatening weather on Friday failed to affect the annual lawn tennis tournament, with two mostly fine days drawing in players largely from out of the region to attend the popular country club.This years mens draw in particular drew in a high caliber of players, including former Davis Club competitor Brett Hibbert, and highly ranked group from Taranaki/Manawatu, including Michael Fleming, Stephen Scott, Grant Goperth and Frayne Bloor. On Saturday’s play, former NZ number 5, Brett Hibbert teamed up with fifteen year old son Hugo, to win the consolation plate final while two times defending champions, Matt Spooner and Cory Spooner from Carterton, were kept under pressure to make it to the final, but in a tight battle, lost to the formidable duo of former NZ number 17 Michael Fleming and Stephen Scott. … Continue Reading
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