Royal Melbourne Tennis Club
The Larwood Cup saw a large number of RMTC young players in attendance, including Julia Sinclair, Adela Michelson, Isabella Lo Presti, and Eve Filippelli, teaming with Michelle O’Rorke, and Nicole Eklund. Eve and Isabella, who had twice won the Lola Montez Ladies Handicap Doubles at Ballarat, returned to the court for yet another win.
A number of BTC pairs were formed with RMTC Women to complete the schedule. The RMTC Women played well for both teams, with BTC retaining the Larwood Cup 5 sets to 4 - as a consolation RMTC won 54 games to BTC’s 49.
Image below: Watching Larwood Cup Ladies Doubles in Ballarat, while watching the Ladies World Championship Doubles Final stream from Newport RI.
On Sunday, the RMTC Men competed with Rob Heath, Steve Wood, Peter Eklund, Paul Davis, and Stephen Powell. It was a long day of doubles tennis, with each player playing four sets (first to eight games). BTC won 6:4, but three of those matches were decided on the final point at advantage-all (it was so close). As a consolation, RMTC won 66 games to BTC’s 65.
Image below: Combined Eureka Cup photo over a sumptuous lunch (photo by Nicole Eklund):
Many thanks to the Ballarat Tennis Club for hosting a fantastic weekend:
• Tobias Horrocks (Assistant Pro) for the logistics and scheduling,
• Debra Bordignon for the delicious home made lunches and snacks,
• Rod Unmack for tabulating the results and statistics and
• All the BTC members who played or watched - it was like catching up with family.
RMTC will host the 2026 round of the Larwood Cup and Eureka Cup. Please consider playing or spectating; it’ll be a great competition.