TERIP Terip and Euroa battled it out on Euroa’s well-groomed windswept courts, while fans and spectators braving the chilly conditions were thoroughly entertained last Monday morning.

Team Terip, Cindy Hayes, Bec Lyttle, Frances Lawrence and Phoebe Macdermid, and Team Euroa, Faye Mollison, Lyndall Bigland, Chris Ellis, and Ruth Nolan showed everyone why they were playing finals.

The contest contained strong lengthy rallies with net players poised to pounce.

Players waited patiently for the right moment to intercept or an opponent’s mistake.

After two rounds it was two sets apiece with Terip up by six games.

Euroa would have to pull out all stops in the third round to make up ground.

Spectators ‘oohed and aahed’ as they huddled in rugs, coats and whatever they could find to keep warm, on this bitterly cold day.

The finalists in short sleeves and skirts wondered what the fuss was about, as they certainly weren’t cold.

Bec, quietly celebrating a milestone birthday, impressed with her fitness by playing two tie break sets.

The match came down to the last two sets and Terip took them both - one in a nail-biting tie break.

Had Euroa taken the tie break, games would have determined the premiers for 2024.

Instead Terip took both sets, with the final score of four sets to two, games 45 – 35.

Terip had won the flag for the past six years and Euroa was looking to knock them off on their home courts.

Congratulations Terip Terip for their 2024 premiership and to Euroa for pushing them to play their very best.

Everyone retired to the clubhouse to thaw out with a hot cuppa and enjoy a delicious smorgasbord of goodies, with a surprise half birthday cake for Bec.

Apologies to cake-baker Cindy from the president for prematurely cutting it.

Congratulations to all the teams: Terip Terip, Euroa, Seven Creeks, Creighton’s Creek, Moglonemby, Benalla, Delatite, Mansfield and Wappan who participated in the Euroa and District Ladies Winter Association competition for 2024.

Great to see so many teams and new players enjoying tennis during winter.

See you all in 2025.