Summary:
- 35s: Southern d. NorCal
- 45s: Mid Atlantic d. SoCal
- 55s: Southern d. SoCal
- 65s: Southern d SoCal
- 75s: SoCal d. Southern
- 80s: Florida d. NorCal
- 85s: SoCal d. Texas
Congratulations to Andrea Barnes, NorCal, recipient of the Margaret Russo Award. Well deserved.
Women’s 35s:
Southern d. NorCal in a very tight match 3/2. It came down to the #1 doubles which was won 75 in the third by Southern. All but #2 doubles were three set thrillers.
Singles:
- Hurst (NC) d. Sinclair
- La O (NC) d. Dimitrov
- Waters (S) d. Sosa
Doubles:
- Sinclair Docter (S) d. Hurst/La O
- Waters/Dimitrov (S) d. Rosette/Saito
3/4: New England d. Southwest 3/2
Interestingly, Fintel (SW) retired with an injury after the first set of #1 singles but managed to play #2 doubles which was the deciding match. Chiang/Ramesh (SW) d. Fintel/Carlsen (NE) 16 64 75.
Women’s 45s
Mid-Atlantic (MATA) beat SoCal 3/2
Singles:
- Parson Siegel (SC) d. Rice 63 75
- Merrick (MATA) d. Le 75 61
- Purpura (MATA) d. Northcott 60 60
Doubles:
- Rice/Purpura (MATA) d. Parson Siegel/Eggers 64 62
- Northcott/Le (SC) d. Merrick/Walsh 46 62 1-0 (7)
3/4: Texas d. Northern California 4-1
Women’s 55
Southern d. Southern California 3/2
The women’s 55 final was another nail biter, coming down to #2 singles where C Hartsock/A Frautschi edged J Lyons/C Clery Ferrell 46 76 63.
Singles:
- F Chandler (S) d. E Hammargren (SC) 67 61 64
- E. Brinson (S) d. K Archibald 67 61 64
- J Lyons (SC) d. R. Saheim 63 63
Doubles:
- S Tharp/Brinson d. K Haas/R Miller
- C Hartsock/A Frautschi d. Lyons/C Cleary Ferrell 46 76 63
3/4 playoff: Texas d. Florida 5-0
Women’s 65s
Southern d. Southern California 3/2
Despite Tina Karwasky’s heroics for SoCal (winning #1 singles and #1 doubles, both in three tough sets), SoCal fell to Southern. SoCal was lucky to reach the final though, having been down six match points in the semis before beating NorCal.
Singles:
- Karwasky (SC) d. W McColskey 67 75 62
- B Jackson (S) d. K Chain 64 63
- B Timmis (S) d. G Beneke 64 62
Doubles
- Karwasky/Chain (SC) d. McColskey/J Kirkland Cochran 46 75 76
- Jackson/C. Babb d. J. David/E. Kuhle 61 46 64
3/4: NorCal d. Texas 5-0
Women’s 75
In the women’s 75 the format is two singles and two doubles. I assume that in matches that tie 2/2 that the winner is the team which wins the most sets (or loses the fewest sets) , and if that’s a tie, it goes to games. So it looks like Southern California beat Southern 2/2 having won 5 sets and lost 4. I did confirm with Cathie Anderson from SoCal that SoCal won the competition in the 75s.
Southern California d. Southern 2/2 (tiebreaker was sets lost)
Singles:
- B Carter (S) d. C Anderson 62 63
- A Hunt (S) d. F Kia in three sets (score reported is 76 64 61 ret which cannot be correct)
Doubles:
- Anderson/A Polisky (SC) d. Carter/Hunt 63 62
- L Nilsen/G Halverson (SC) d. T Rob/K Shelburne 62 63
3/4: Pacific Northwest d. New England 3/1
Women’s 80s
The format in the 80s is 1 singles and 2 doubles. There seemed to have been some sort of modified RR.
Florida beat NorCal 2/1
Singles: Donna Fales (F) d. Jean Ainger 60 61
#1 Doubles: Fales/D Wasser (F) d. Ainger/C Hadley 64 63
#2 Doubles: P Boyer/N Garcia (NC) d. M Watts/A Moore 64 61
New England appears to have placed third. NE beat Midwest twice including on the last day.
Women’s 85s
The women’s 85s had a four team round robin between Texas, Southern California, Florida and New England. The format in this age division is 1 singles and 1 doubles.
Southern California, the only team which seemed to consist of just two players, trounced Texas, FL and NE 2/0. Dori DeVries won her singles against New England and Texas and Sheila Palmer won against Florida. DeVries/Palmer teamed up to win three singles matches.
Texas edged New England to place second, winning at singles 61 60 and winning five games in a doubles loss. They beat Florida 2/0.
New England edged Florida for third, winning 60 60 in singles and managing to win two games in doubles to place third.