There will be short odds about Matt Spooner and Katie Wyeth winning the regional one singles titles when the Wairarapa closed tennis championships get underway at the Masterton Tennis Centre tomorrow.
Spooner, from Carterton, and Wyeth, from Opaki, have compiled impressive records at club and representative level over many years and while they don't take the sport quite so seriously these days their experience and tactical nous should be the deciding factor.
Sternest opposition to Spooner should come from another couple of seasoned campaigners in Luke Atkinson (Masterton), Chad Parsons (Masterton) and Tim Pickering (Martinborough) but Wyeth's toughest test will probably come from juniors Georgia Atkinson and Dushka Warren from Masterton and Bridget Needham from Gladstone.
With only three teams entered for the regional one men's doubles this will be played under a round robin format and a lack of teams means there will be no women's doubles title up for grabs this time round.
Favourites for the regional two men's singles title are Masterton's Peter Hapson and Jamie McMaster of Wairarapa College. Meanwhile, the Wairarapa junior representative tennis teams will play Kapi Mana at Paraparaumu on Sunday in age groups ranging from 10yrs to 16yrs.
