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Results from Castlegar Sunfest tennis tournament

On Saturday, June 3, the Second Annual Sunfest Tournament was held on the Castlegar Complex courts under bright sunny skies.
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Participants in the Sunfest tennis tourney enjoy their Tim’s after the event. (Submitted)

On Saturday, June 3, the Second Annual Sunfest Tournament was held on the Castlegar Complex courts under bright sunny skies.

The planned two-day event was shortened to a one-day event due to a lower than expected participation rate. However, the 14 competitors had a lively day of tennis in the events of men’s singles, women’s singles, women’s doubles, and mixed doubles.

Most of the players had come for a second year which was encouraging and a few regular players from Castlegar were unable to participate due to injuries or conflicting schedules.

We hope we have a larger turn out next year.

We are very thankful to our main sponsors: Tim Horton’s and Trowlex.

We also want to thank the staff of the Castlegar Complex for their support. It was great having the Tim Horton’s Coffee Van visit us for the afternoon at the Complex parking lot. Tim Horton’s supplied our sandwiches, drinks and desserts at the end of the day. Trowlex supplied us with a large event tent for our spectators and players to watch the action.

Although this is a fun tournament with an emphasis on participation, we do want to recognize our event winners and runners-up. In Men’s Singles, Curt Kutschera was the winner with Cohen Rutherglen runner up. In Women’s singles, Monique Pellerin was the winner with Rosanne Wallace runner up. In Women’s doubles, Lorraine Beach and Monique Pellerin were the winners with Dawn Guido and Shelley Burton runner-up. In Mixed Doubles, Lorraine Beach and Domique Porco were the winners.

If you like to play tennis plan on joining us next year during Sunfest weekend.