Sports reports: Ace start for Murray Bridge and Districts Seniors Tennis

This story includes contributions from Derek Vanderzon and Rosemary Daish.

An ace start was achieved on opening day for the Murray Bridge and Districts Seniors Tennis. 

The weather was perfect and much comradery made for good tennis shots, as president Rod Williams welcomed 12 players.

At the annual general meeting, the annual 'Mort Daly' memorial trophies were presented by president Rod Williams.

Recipients for the women and men categories included:

• Rosemary Daish
• John Owens

Seniors Tennis is scheduled to be held the second Sunday of the month. 

The next event is invitation day on November 9, with 10am registration for a 10.30am start. 

The community is encouraged to come and try tennis on the well manicured lawn courts at Sturt Reserve - you only need to be 30+ years of age.

Karoonda take their first win in lower Murray bowls

Murray Bridge made easy work of Jervois in their round two clash, with the visitors struggling to come to terms with the fast-paced greens and slumping to a 78-35 loss.

Andrew Stasinowsky might have been a little apprehensive facing his old team, but along with Brian Traeger, Helen Lindner and Ben Traeger had little to worry about as he romped away to a 32-8 win against Graeme Herbert, Jeremy Scannell, Rod Harris and Stuart McCulloch.

In an ominous sign Herbert trailed the jack on the third end, going from two up to five down, and very little went right from thereon.

Three successive three's had Staz out to a 20-2 lead before the break, and four more multiples in a row blew the lead out to 26 shots after 15 ends.

Herbert scored his only multiple, a two on the 19th end to slightly ease the pain.

Darren McIntosh, Tony Trewren, Troy Penhall and Paul Smart also ran out easy winners with a 28-15 score over Tim Hicks, Heather Fromm, Bruce Smith and Neil Morris.

Macca was out to an early 8-1 lead after four ends, but a pair of three's to Hicks had them draw level, three ends later.

But the comeback was short-lived as Maccas team rattled off the next nine ends in a row to kill the contest and take a 24-8 lead.

Honours were even over the last few ends.

Aaron Jones, Bruce Attrill, Charlie Di Santo and Brian Leckie completed the whitewash, although they had a much tougher time of it with an 18-14 win over Derek Vanderzon, Shawn Hicks, Graham Schenke and Graham Fromm.

Vanderzon opened with two singles, but a four to Jones started a run of five successive ends taking him to a 10-2 lead.

Vanderzon closed to within two shots, but Jones always had the answers to maintain a slight buffer.

Karoonda had their first win of the season with a 59-50 away win over RSL. 

Erin O'Malley, Garry Mason, Damon Fromm and Malcolm Waechter led the way with a 23-13 win over David Thiele, Michael Walker, Gillian Newell and Phillip Day. 

O'Malley won the first three ends to lead 4-0, and the rest of the match was in much of a holding pattern until the last three ends when O'Malley again took control with a trio of two's extend the lead.

Thiele closed within two shots on a couple of occasions, but never took the lead.

Rowan Zadow, Rohan Tomkinson, Jayden Turner and Barry Cornish were 23-15 winners over Jason Sipos, Matthew Wynne, Kerri Bolt and Garry Daniel.

Zadow was well in control until the 14th end, when a six to Sipos reduced a ten shot deficit to just four.

Sipos closed to within two shots with four ends to go, but Zadow steadied with scores of 2,3,2 to re-establish control.

David Graham, Ann-Marie Kuchel, Cooper Galbraith and David Newell prevented a clean sweep with a 22-13 win over Ian Symonds, Belinda O'Malley, Don Loller and John Wegner.

Graham dropped the first three ends to trail 5-0, but gradually got on top and had taken a two shot lead by the break.

Apart from a three to Symonds on the 14th, Graham continued on his way after the break and extended his lead as the match progressed.

The final match saw Mannum defeat Tailem Bend 61-54, winning on two rinks.

Cricket is back for the Murray Towns Cricket Association

Mypolonga 10/193 lost to Mannum 6/219

• Mypo best: Aaron Zrim 60, Lachlan Zrim 3/53
• Mannum best: Zak Muirhead 73, Max Worthley 5/22

Monarto 10/127 lost to Wanderers 3/131

• Monarto best: Matthew Doyle 23, Connor Bailey 2/12
• Wanderers best: Benjamin Trenorden 53, Tom Watkins 5/32

Ramblers 10/172 defeated Jervois 10/107

• Ramblers best: Bayde Ellis 44, Brayden Smith 5/31
• Jervois best: Simon Gibbs 50*, Luke Zadow 4/43

Tailem Bend 9/190 defeated Meningie 9/182

• Tailem best: Lucas Piggott 72, Umesh Badu 4/35
• Meningie best: Tom Rankine 110, Tyson Bradley 3/19

Round one Murray Bridge lawn tennis association

• Schools (5) defeated Postel (4)
• Swanport (6) defeated Sportsman (3)

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