Summerland tennis teams placed highly at the 43rd annual Greenwood Cup, held June 20 and 21 at Lakeshore Racquets Club.
The men’s and ladies’ doubles tennis tournament attracted participants from Salmon Arm to Oliver.
Local powerhouse Colleen Power and Dawn Richards won all their matches, dropping only one of eight sets, to claim the Ladies A title.
Karen Gallagher of Summerland was Ladies A runner-up with her partner Lesley Bumby of Penticton.
The local father-son team of Doug and Pierre Holmes went undefeated to win the Men’s B title, beating out teams from Penticton and Oliver.
In the Ladies B, Summerlanders Gail McAuliffe and Tricia Nowell placed second while Linda Elia and Patti Lukiv placed third.
The Racquets Club would like to thank Greenwood Forestry Products for its long-time support and sponsorship of the tournament. Thanks also to SummerGate Winery and Saxon Estate Winery for their generous donation of the winners’ prizes.
Results:
Ladies A: First Colleen Power (Summerland) and Dawn Richards (Summerland), second Karen Gallagher (Summerland) and Lesley Bumby (Penticton), third Sharon Brownell (Penticton) and Mary Wu (Penticton)
Ladies B: First Aileen Houston (Penticton) and Janice Taylor (Penticton), second Gail McAuliffe (Summerland) and Tricia Nowell (Summerland), third Linda Elia (Summerland) and Patti Lukiv (Summerland).
Men’s A: First Jim Kocsis (Penticton) and George Kocsis (Armstrong), second West Martin-Patterson (Salmon Arm) and Joe McFadden (Vernon), third Norm Card (Oliver) and Alain Brunelle (Vernon).
Men’s B: First Pierre Holmes (Summerland) and Doug Holmes (Summerland), second Warren Belcher (Penticton) and Harry Gill (Penticton), third Baillie Stang (Penticton) and Brad Stang (Penticton).
