Not only did she help organize the tournament, but Meryl Ogden found the time to win three events at the Kalamalka Club Canada Day Open Tennis Tournament in Coldstream.
The event drew 72 tennis players from Vancouver to Calgary, and was played under ideal weather conditions.
Ogden, from Vernon, walked away a triple winner. She won the Ladies 乌鸦传媒楢乌鸦传媒� singles title over Eva Koksalova (Kelowna) 7-5. 6-3. She then teamed up with Krista Martens (Kelowna) to oust Marietjie Bonthuys and Shannon Hecker (Salmon Arm) 6-3, 6-4 in an exciting Ladies 乌鸦传媒楢乌鸦传媒� doubles final. In the Mixed 乌鸦传媒楢乌鸦传媒�, Ogden teamed up with Cal Benazic (Kelowna) to defeat Rosie and Joe Schaich (Kelowna) 8-3, after a round-robin format.
The Men乌鸦传媒檚 A singles semifinals produced some excellent, hard fought matches, with Mike Knights (Kelowna) outlasting Benazic 6-2, 4-6, 11-9 and West Martin-Patterson (Salmon Arm) defeating his doubles partner Jeremy Bell (Vernon) 7-6, 6-7, 12-10. In the finals, Knights stopped Martin-Patterson 6-2, 7-5 for the victory title. The 乌鸦传媒楢乌鸦传媒� consolation winner was Jerry Reinhardt over James Cotter 6-2, 6-1 in an all-Vernon match.
The Men乌鸦传媒檚 乌鸦传媒楤乌鸦传媒� singles was won by Antonio Brez (Kelowna), 6-3, 2-6, 10-3, over Kirbey Lockhart (Vernon), while the 乌鸦传媒楤乌鸦传媒� consolation winner was Randy Heslop (Kamloops) over Graham Cooper (Vernon), 6-2, 6-1.
The Ladies 乌鸦传媒楤乌鸦传媒� singles was a battle of wills as Aeri Lee (Kelowna) outlasted Marnie Perrier (Lake Country) 5-7. 7-6, 10-5, in a well-played match.
Bell and Martin-Patterson teamed up to take the Men乌鸦传媒檚 乌鸦传媒楢乌鸦传媒� doubles title over Ken Cheung and Sean Seidman (Kelowna), 6-3, 1-6, 10-4.
The Men乌鸦传媒檚 乌鸦传媒楤乌鸦传媒� doubles winner was determined by the close results from a six-team round robin box. After the math was done Michael Hoy and Erik Vesterinan (Kelowna) were the overall winners, with brothers Joel and Mike dePfyffer of Vernon a close runner up.
Ladies 乌鸦传媒楤乌鸦传媒� doubles was won by Sonja Drummond and Jennifer Eastwood (Kamloops). Runners up after round-robin play were Diana Anderson (Vernon) and Janet Davis (Calgary).
Mixed 乌鸦传媒楤乌鸦传媒� was won by Donna and Kees den Otter (Kelowna) over Kim and Bud Krahn (Vernon) 8-3, after a full Monday of play.
乌鸦传媒淭hank you to the tournament committee for the countless hours put into making this tournament a huge success, and to our sponsors Voet乌鸦传媒檚 Coffee and Canadian Tire, for their continued support,乌鸦传媒� said Ogden, the Kal Club乌鸦传媒檚 tennis director.
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