Mixed doubles tournaments are always popular in clubs where social tennis is practised. One such event is the John West Foods Mixed Doubles at the Vittoriosa Lawn Tennis Club which came to a close recently.
The tournament was sponsored by Crown Cold Stores Ltd., representatives in Malta of John West Foods.
Couples were grouped in five divisions according to tennis ability and all pairs in the same division played against each other on the basis of best-out-of three tie-break sets. The finals were played on the Atlas Insurance and San Michel courts at VLTC.
The duo made up of Norbert Coleiro and Marie Nelson emerged winners in Division One as Andrew Spiteri and Alexia Spiteri had to settle for the runners-up spot.
The other winners were (Div. 2) Peter Aquilina/Audrey Friggieri; (Div. 3) Luigi Porto/Elaine Azzopardi; (Div. 4) Clifton Caruana/Antonella Dalli; (Div. 5) Chris Calleja/Carmen Cuschieri.