Shepparton North win consecutive Shepparton District Tennis Association titles

This year, it was even more convincing.

After a 6-48 to 3-41 win for its 2024-25 SDTA A1 grade flag, Shepparton North went up a notch this summer, winning 10 games without loss to book the minor premiership.

What followed in the post-season only furthered Shepparton North’s favouritism for the championship, an 8-52 to 1-13 ransacking of McEwen Reserve Red in the semi-final.

Clearly, North’s form was unmatched and to cap it all off, a near faultless grand final day rubber stamped its authority as the premier team of the competition.

It’s only fault occurred in the first set.

Shepparton North suffered a minor blip as the Lemnos pairing of Thomas and Peter Jeffery upset star-studded doubles duo Clark Pettigrew and Dean Pritchett 6-4, but it was that early set loss that clicked North into gear.

Pettigrew responded with Gary Harvey to win 6-2, before Pritchett swung the racquet with Harvey to narrowly defeat Lemnos in the third rubber 6-5.

When the ladies took to the court, the sets figure continued to soar in Shepparton North’s favour.

Louise Dwyer and Helen Jackson put Lemnos to the sword with a 6-3 win, before Kellie Crosier stepped to the plate with Jackson and delivered a 6-2 result.

Lemnos plied their trade, swinging returns and serving up an ace where they could, but it was no match for an on-song Shepparton North outfit, it’s full-season dominance illustrated in the final set.

Harvey and Crosier rode the wave of momentum right to the finish, bagelling Lemnos’ Will Kop and Wendy McHugh in the final set to reach a championship scoreline 8-52 to 1-31.

While it is ecstasy for the back-to-back champs, Lemnos will be ruing what could have been after an improved season in 2025-26, all to fall short at the final hurdle again, this time in less competitive fashion.

Although, after a couple of sets into the match, the writing was on the wall.

This SDTA season belonged to the kings in the north.