Sport
13 March, 2026
Rain fails to dampen enthusiasm
DESPITE a rain-interrupted day of competition, which saw several matches played under lights on Saturday, last weekend’s annual Warrnambool Lawn Open has again been hailed a huge success.
Attracting more than 940 players of all abilities from across the state, the Labour Day event saw plenty of hard-fought contests across 1173 matches.
Hosted by the Warrnambool Lawn Tennis Club (with 145 volunteers), the event saw several local players feature – including Eloise Swarbrick who won her open women’s doubles final and Georgie Milroy who won two out of three finals she contested.
Local Adele McNamara took out two finals while Roy Savage won the men’s singles B grade (division one).
Overall, in the women’s open singles final, Belinda Woolcock defeated Irina Ramialison 6-3, 4-6, 10-6.
In the men’s open singles, Vincent Stouff defeated Aaron Addison 7-6, 6-1.
Other winners were as follows:
Open doubles – men Matthew Nathan Allis and Joshua Tran; women Eloise Swarbrick and Belinda Woolcock.
Mixed open doubles – Jackson Varney and Steph Barnett.
A grade singles (men) – division one Charlie Tomlinson, division two Johnny Asimenias.
A grade singles (women) – division one Charlotte McIntosh.
Men’s A grade doubles – division one Marcus Brittain and Lachlan O’Neill, division two Kris Barton and Charlie Tomlinson.
Women’s A grade doubles – division one Charlotte McIntosh and Olivia Ryan.
A grade mixed doubles – Jamie Heaton and Zoe Duff.
Men’s B grade singles – division one Roy Savage, division two Alex Hood.
Women’s B grade singles – Nadine Maloney.
Men’s B grade doubles – division one Lachlan Rae and Christopher Watkins, division two Will Jessep and Troy Snow.
Women’s B grade doubles – division one Nadine Maloney and Eleni Meros.
B grade mixed doubles – Sebastian Feile and Jane Feile.
Men’s C grade singles – division one Tony Schiavello, division two Jack McNamara.
Women’s C grade singles – Mika Loosschilder.
Men’s C grade doubles – division one Jarrod Cairncross and Troy Cairncross, division two Xavier Blood and Tom Gorell.
Women’s C grade doubles- division one Jane Feile and Rebecca Richardson, division two Emily Blood and Fiona Blood.
Mixed doubles – division one Matt Fisher and Zara Goodall-Wilson.
C grade mixed doubles – division two Craig Watson and Rebecca Richardson, division three Sam Hines and Emmy Bowyer.
Men’s D grade singles – division one Danny Shine, division two Max Diamond.
Women’s D grade singles – Olivia Collins.
Men’s D grade doubles – division one Danny Shine and Joseph Sinnott, division two Trent Mellington and Cloayton Schmidt.
Women’s D grade doubles – division one Chris Harvey and Je4nny Neales, division two Deborah Brown and Chris Harvey.
D grade mixed doubles – division one Aaron Rayson and Ange Rayson, division two Stephen McConnell and Chris Harvey.
Men’s veterans singles – Paul Mackey; doubles Michael Doherty and Mark Robinson, mixed Paul Mackey and Mandi Mackey.
Social doubles – Randall Spencer and Carlyn Spencer.
12 and under singles – boys Samson McGrane, girls Elise Wong, mixed doubles Connor Ryan and Georgie Milroy.
12 and under doubles – boys Samson McGrane and Jake Pearson, girls Elizabeth Fitzgerald and Georgie Milroy.
14 and under – boys singles Jimmy Worrall, girls singles Sienna Nitschke.
14 and under doubles – boys Jimmy Shine and Freddie Tulloch, girls Jemma Howat and Sienna Nitschke.
16 and under – boys singles Harry Allan, girls singles Elyssa Mutton.
16 and under – mixed doubles Oliver White and Adele McNamara, boys doubles Harry Allan and Eli Bailey, mixed doubles Oliver White and Adele McNamara.
Parent and child doubles – division one Jarrod and Bailey Cairncross, division two Brad and Nellie McCosh, division three Harry and Ross Gibson.
