Leading team, Peppin Planners were decisively defeated by fourth placed Legal Eagles.
The hot battle between second and third was won by Mitre 10, but they did not quite do enough to unseat second placed Deni Newsagency.
The match started off evenly, with each team winning four sets in the first round.
Mitre 10 lost round two, 5-4, then the floodgates swept Newsagency away as Mitre 10 won the third mixed round, 7-2, to give themselves a win - 15 sets 123 games to 11 sets 112 games.
Mitre 10’s top three men - Riley Hamilton, Steve Lowry and Jack McGrillen - led their team, winning three set each.
Deni Newsagency’s top ladies Steph Calder and Monique Gordon were undefeated in their sets.
What might have been?
Mitre 10 lost three sets in tie-breaks. If they had won those three sets, they would have progressed to the final.
In the other game, Peppin Planners were smashed by Eagles - 16 sets 146 games to 10 sets 88 games.
Of the 10 sets Peppin won, seven were won after a tie-break.
Legal Eagles had three men as three set winners - Alex O’Brian, Haydn McKay and Steve Todd.
The table after nine rounds see Peppin Planners on 141 sets, Deni Newsagency 129 sets, Mitre 10 with 126 sets and Legal Eagles 106 sets.
The final next Wednesday marks the end of the competition, and will be played between Peppin and Newsagency.
An end of year Christmas party will be held at the clubrooms during the finals. All members, family and friends are invited.
~ by Clive Gow
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