Not only did she help organize the tournament, but Meryl Ogden found the time to win three events at the Kalamalka Club Canada Day Open Tennis Tournament in Coldstream.
The event drew 72 tennis players from Vancouver to Calgary, and was played under ideal weather conditions.
Ogden, from Vernon, walked away a triple winner. She won the Ladies 鈥楢鈥� singles title over Eva Koksalova (麻豆AV) 7-5. 6-3. She then teamed up with Krista Martens (麻豆AV) to oust Marietjie Bonthuys and Shannon Hecker (Salmon Arm) 6-3, 6-4 in an exciting Ladies 鈥楢鈥� doubles final. In the Mixed 鈥楢鈥�, Ogden teamed up with Cal Benazic (麻豆AV) to defeat Rosie and Joe Schaich (麻豆AV) 8-3, after a round-robin format.
The Men鈥檚 A singles semifinals produced some excellent, hard fought matches, with Mike Knights (麻豆AV) outlasting Benazic 6-2, 4-6, 11-9 and West Martin-Patterson (Salmon Arm) defeating his doubles partner Jeremy Bell (Vernon) 7-6, 6-7, 12-10. In the finals, Knights stopped Martin-Patterson 6-2, 7-5 for the victory title. The 鈥楢鈥� consolation winner was Jerry Reinhardt over James Cotter 6-2, 6-1 in an all-Vernon match.
The Men鈥檚 鈥楤鈥� singles was won by Antonio Brez (麻豆AV), 6-3, 2-6, 10-3, over Kirbey Lockhart (Vernon), while the 鈥楤鈥� consolation winner was Randy Heslop (Kamloops) over Graham Cooper (Vernon), 6-2, 6-1.
The Ladies 鈥楤鈥� singles was a battle of wills as Aeri Lee (麻豆AV) outlasted Marnie Perrier (Lake Country) 5-7. 7-6, 10-5, in a well-played match.
Bell and Martin-Patterson teamed up to take the Men鈥檚 鈥楢鈥� doubles title over Ken Cheung and Sean Seidman (麻豆AV), 6-3, 1-6, 10-4.
The Men鈥檚 鈥楤鈥� doubles winner was determined by the close results from a six-team round robin box. After the math was done Michael Hoy and Erik Vesterinan (麻豆AV) were the overall winners, with brothers Joel and Mike dePfyffer of Vernon a close runner up.
Ladies 鈥楤鈥� doubles was won by Sonja Drummond and Jennifer Eastwood (Kamloops). Runners up after round-robin play were Diana Anderson (Vernon) and Janet Davis (Calgary).
Mixed 鈥楤鈥� was won by Donna and Kees den Otter (麻豆AV) over Kim and Bud Krahn (Vernon) 8-3, after a full Monday of play.
鈥淭hank you to the tournament committee for the countless hours put into making this tournament a huge success, and to our sponsors Voet鈥檚 Coffee and Canadian Tire, for their continued support,鈥� said Ogden, the Kal Club鈥檚 tennis director.
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