The Referee for the event, Pat O’ Rourke writes that:
“Papua New Guinea’s Violet Apisah defended her singles title at the 2017 Oceania Closed Junior Championships, ITF Junior Circuit B2 event, held in Lautoka in the second week of August. Australian based Apisah won the singles for the second time but with sister Patricia was beaten in the doubles final. Violet was totally dominant, not conceding a set in any of her singles matches on the way to beating Megan Smith (AUS) 63 61 in the final.
Unseeded Australian Dane Sweeny was the giant killer in the boys singles. In the quarterfinals he beat top seed Finn Reynolds (NZL) in three sets and then followed it up with a three set win over Campbell Salmon, seeded 3, in the semi-finals. In the other half of the draw Ken Cavrak (AUS) the fourth seed upset New Zealand’s second seed Ajeet Rai to reach the final. On the hottest day of the week Sweeny and Cavrak battled for more than two hours, with both players virtually exhausted by the end. Eventually it was Sweeny who came through to win 57 75 75 in a thrilling encounter.
The boys doubles was not played, resulting in a walkover to Rinky Hijikata (AUS) and Finn Reynolds (NZL) , with Ken Cravak unable to play after his exhausting singles match. The girls doubles was won by Valentina Ivanov (NZL) and Amber Marshall (AUS) who beat the Apisah sisters in a very close month 62 16 (10-4)
The tournament was blessed with good weather throughout so a full schedule of consolation matches was played, giving everyone at least three singles matches. On the last day there was a one day mixed doubles competition for those not in main draw finals. It was won by Finley Hall (NZL) partnering Carol Lee from NMI.
On the Friday evening Tennis Fiji put on an excellent dinner and prizegiving at the Tanoa Waterfront Hotel with the players providing some great entertainment. ”
The link to the event is http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/tournament.aspx?id=D0379F8E-59AB-4AF0-87B6-106818C514E3