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Sunday, January 11, 2009

Tennis : WAIKATO-BAYS & AUCKLAND TAKE OUT TEAMS EVENT TITLES

It came down to the wire in the boys section of the National Teams Event 14u being held at Scarbro Tennis Centre in Auckland this week.

Waikato-Bays, Canterbury, Auckland and Southern all vyving for the title. Waikato-Bays had a convincing 6 - 0 win over Northern in the final round which moved them into first place. Canterbury came out firing and was able to topple Auckland 5 - 1 but still came 2 points short of Waikato-Bays to see them finish in second. Southern had a solid 4 - 2 win over Central which saw them sneak ahead of Auckland for third.

In the girls section Auckland and Canterbury where way ahead on points going into the fifth and final round. Canterbury had to win more than four matches in the tie to take out the title. On the day, it all went Auckland's way with them wrapping up a 6 - 0 win. Meanwhile Northern had the same scoreline against Central. while Waikato-Bays beat Southern 4 - 2 which saw Waikato-Bays finishing comfortably in third position.

Boys Round 5 results: Waikato Bays beat Northern 6-0; Canterbury beat Auckland 5 - 1; Southern beat Central 4 - 2

Girls Round 5 results: Auckland beat Canterbury 6 - 0; Northern beat Central 6 - 0; Waikato-Bays beat Southern 4 - 2

Final Positions (points race)

BOYS
1st Waikato Bays 30
2nd Canterbury 28
3rd Southern 23
4th Auckland 19
5th Northern 10 (beat Central)
7th Central 10

GIRLS
1st Auckland 39
2nd Canterbury 25
3rd Waikato-Bays 22
4th Southern 17
5th Northern 15
6th Central 3

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