Williamston Tennis

The Williamston Tennis Boosters hosted the Fifth Annual First Serve Tournament fundraiser on Saturday, September 7.  The tournament featured 25 doubles teams competing in a fun filled, and yet highly competitive day of single set matches.  The doubles teams match up one player from either the boys’ or girls’ high school tennis teams and a member of the community as their partner.  “I just had a blast,” said Teresa Wood who sponsored two teams in the tournament.  “I started out playing with Kourtnee Barton, but she fell ill in our first match, Coacher (Coach Stanley the tournament director) found another player (Annie McGoff) to substitute in so I could continue to play,” she continued.  “As Coacher says, ‘We play tennis because we can’ and I just loved the chance to meet the team on the courts and play,” she concluded.

“This is a fun way to raise funds to support the high school tennis program,” said Rich Ash, the chair of the Williamston Tennis Boosters.  “As both the boys’ and girls’ teams become more successful, the costs involved increase.  That is a great problem to have to solve and this tournament is a way for the Williamston tennis community to help out.”

The tournament was won by Michael Sienko and Bret Graham as they defeated Don Topliff and Nathan Fedewa in a very close finals match.

Firstserve tournament Winners

From left: Rich Ash, Michael Sienko, Bret Graham