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December has been a busy month for tennis on Guernsey with the annual Guernsey veterans over 45s and over 55s tournaments. The events this year were dominated by key veteran county players.
Quinton Rose and Phil Attwood won both the over 45 and over 55 mens doubles, while Louise Inder and Michaela Gallienne won both the over 45 and over 55 women’s doubles. In the mixed events Quinton Rose and Bridget Bonnefin took both the over 45 and over 55 mixed doubles competitions. With this impressive haul of results, Quinton Rose becomes the first player in 25 years to have won all four veteran doubles titles.
The finalist matches were:
Over 45 mens doubles
Quinton Rose/Phil Attwood beat Barrie Baxter/Mark Lucas 6-1, 6-0
Over 45 womens doubles
Louise Inder/Michaela Gallienne beat Kath Guille/Leigh Le Page 5-7, 7-5, 10-8
Over 45 mixed doubles
Quinton Rose/Bridget Bonnefin beat Keith Stubbington/Leigh Le Page 6-7, 6-1, 10-5
Over 55 mens doubles
Quinton Rose/Phil Attwood beat Keith Stubbington/Robin Amer 7-6, 6-1
Over 55 womens doubles
Louise Inder/Michaela Gallienne beat Carol and Carry Wray 8-3
Over 55 mixed doubles
Quinton Rose/Bridget Bonnefin beat Gary Hart/Carry Wray 6-0, 6-1.
Meanwhile, the regular ladies tennis players on the island held their annual Christmas Charity Tournament at the Guernsey Tennis Club to raise money for Parkinson’s Guernsey. The event was won by Pam West and Jenni Strobridge and raised over £1,660 for the Charity. Peter Neville, Chairman of Parkinson’s Guernsey said “We are so grateful for generous support of Guernsey’s tennis community. The money raised will help us to run exercise sessions and social gatherings for our members and arrange a number of other events. Parkinson’s is the fastest growing neurological condition in the world and around 1 in 500 people are affected by it. Exercise – and tennis in particular - is very beneficial to those suffering from the disease. Having a positive attitude and to being physically active has been shown to slow down development of the symptoms, improves a person’s quality of life and helps them stay in control of their condition.”
