BOORT Lawn Tennis Club’s 65th Easter Trophy event attracted 226 players over the four-day championship, with entrants managing to dodge the worst of the fierce thunderstorms on Monday.
Tournament director Alister McDougal said players came from all over Victoria, with a couple of people with local connections flying down from Sydney to take part.
“The weather was on our side on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, but on Monday we had to skedaddle off the courts for five to 10 minutes around 3 o’clock when the storm hit,” he said.
Defending titleholder Jarrod Rodda took out the men’s singles championship on Friday, winning 6-2, 6-1 over Travis Nagenthiran, who came through a tough three-setter to make the final. 
Just two women competed in the ladies’ championship singles, with Allison Whitbread taking out the title over Kate Handley in a hard-fought battle, 6-4, 6-3.
Attracting more female players remains a struggle, McDougal said. “Even in the juniors, there are more boys than girls. For some reason or other, there always seems to be more men on the courts.”
RESULTS
Men’s Singles: Jarrod Rodda d Travis Nagenthiran 6-2, 6-1. 
Ladies’ Singles: Allison Whitbread d Kate Handley 6-4, 6-3. 
Veterans Mixed Doubles: Section 1: Carole Houlihan and Steve Doherty; Section 2: Allison Whitbread and Brett Inifer; Section 3: Carole Nyitrai and Steve Brough. 
+60 years Veterans Mixed: Carolyn Thorn and Steve Moore. 
Ladies’ Graded Singles: Gen Daly
Men’s Graded Singles: Section 1: Noah Low; Section 2: Eddie Wu; Section 3: Mitchell Soon; Section 4: Jeremy Soon; Section 5: Nicholas Fletcher.
Fast 4 Tennis RR Mixed: Section 1: Danielle Jones, Allison Whitbread and Michael Cannington; Section 2: Carole Houlihan and Glenn Weaver; Section 3: Anna Ward, Brett Hayes and Mitchell Soon; Section 4: Karen Dzin and Hayden Becker; Section 5: Linda Fitzpatrick and Jackson Inifer.
Fast 4 Tennis Men’s Doubles: Section 1: Jeremy Soon and Mitchell Soon; Section 2: Luke Boyd and Jacob Tran; Section 3: Greg Bear and Stuart Gould; Section 4: Brett Inifer and Jackson Inifer.
Fast 4 Tennis Ladies’ Doubles: Section 1: Allison Whitbread and Gen Daly; Section 2: Susie Ward and Anna Ward
Family Mixed Doubles: Section 1: Riley Wagner and Jeannie Wagner; Section 2: Kody Whyte and Lana Whyte; Section 3: Evie Martin and Josh Martin; Section 4: Lucie Watson and Paul Watson.
Mixed Doubles: Section 1: Vikki Moresi and Ash Ross; Section 2: Charlie Telford and Jacob Tran; Section 3: Sandie Richmond and Josh Richmond; Section 4: Liliana Telford and Eddie Wu; Section 5: Anna Ward and Chris Ward; Section 6: Shelley Gross and James Gross; Section 7: Meg Weir and Matt Kane; Section 8: Tessa Sheahan and Harry Weaver.
Family Male Doubles: Section 1: Cooper Boots and Kevin Boots; Section 2: Jacob Malone and Grant Malone
Family Female Doubles: Section 1: Piper Boots and Nicole Boots.
Men’s Doubles: Section 1: Michael Cannington and Travis Nagenthiran; Section 2: Ash Ross and Jason Nalder; Section 3: Gary Gibson and Ross Gibson; Section 4: Will Hetherington and Glenn Weaver; Section 5: Jack Daly and Nicco Daly.
Ladies’ Doubles: Section 1: Charlie Telford and Allison Whitbread; Section 2: Gen Daly and Susan Kamau; Section 3: Linda Fitzpatrick and Maggie Geals
Boys’ Junior Singles: Section 1: Winner Riley Wagner, runner-up Brody Hooton; Section 2: Winner Connor Fletcher, runner-up Jacob Malone; Section 3: Winner Toby Robe, runner-up Finn Byrne.
Girls Junior Singles: Section 1: Winner Abby Potter, runner-up Evie Martin; Section 2: Winner Nyree Hooton, runner-up Sophie Byrne
Boys’ Junior Doubles: Section 1: Winners Luke Boyd and Cooper Gooding, runners-up Harry Gibson and Brody Hooton; Section 2: Winner Archer Tolford and Crosby Whitbread, runners-up Finn Byrne and Toby Robe.
Girls’ Junior Doubles: Section 1: Winners Lucie Watson and Milena Golic; runners-up Indie Gouring and Abby Potter.
The Easter weekend tournament also included social activities, the highlight was the ferret races. Boort Tennis Club and volunteers also provided catering for the weekend.