Dennis Radford

Libby Scott, of Dunedin, partnered Heidi Stewart, of Waikato, to win the national 18 and under tennis doubles title at Albany yesterday.

Otago B was too strong for North Otago in a representative fixture in Dunedin yesterday winning 15-1.

A severely depleted Otago tennis team travels to Queenstown this weekend to take on Southland today and Southern Lakes tomorrow.

Former New Zealand representative Harry James brought a touch of class to the Dunedin club competition when he led McGlashan to a clean sweep against Balmacewen on Saturday.

Schoolboys Carlos Reid and Paddy Ou held firm to take the narrowest of wins in the feature tie of Dunedin club tennis on Saturday.

Cosy Dell completed a clean sweep in the final tie of the first round of Dunedin premier men's tennis when it beat previously unbeaten McGlashan 5-1 on Saturday.

Dunedin's Libby Scott, partnered by Heidi Stewart (Waikato) has won the doubles title at the Sydney International ITF junior tennis tournament.

McGlashan and Cosy Dell continued their head-to-head battle and remained unbeaten after three rounds in the Dunedin men's club competition when both secured easy wins on Saturday.

New team John McGlashan took a slender lead on countback in the Dunedin premier men's club competition on Saturday when it added a 6-0 win over Taieri to a 5-1 win against Balmacewen in a midweek match deferred from last weekend.

The new Cosy Dell men's team made a statement on the first day of Dunedin premier club tennis on Saturday, as it beat defending champion Eastern Harbour 5-1. The Cosy Dell team is made up of four tertiary students and includes a former national junior doubles titleholder in Nick Hornstein at No 1.

Dunedin club tennis, which begins today, will have more teams and improved depth as a result of a large number of student recruits from around the country.

Eastern Harbour beat Balmacewen 2-1 in the final to take the Dunedin premier women's interclub title on Tuesday night.

Perry Crockett (Wanaka) and Heidi Blackburn (Canterbury) won the Otago indoor open tennis titles in Dunedin at the weekend.

St Hilda's beat Westlake Girls' 4-2 yesterday to finish third in the national secondary schools finals in Albany.

Eastern Harbour claimed the Dunedin premier men's title with a 6-0 win over Balmacewen on Saturday.

Eastern Harbour, which qualified third, beat second qualifier Mornington- Roslyn Black 4-0 on Wednesday night and will meet Balmacewen in Dunedin men's premier club tennis final tomorrow.