The Straits Challenge was hosted this year by Hutt Valley, being held at Mitchell Park on Saturday the 10th and Sunday the 11th September 2016. It got off to a late start with the weather causing travel delays for visitng teams so the first matches wont on court at 12 noon Saturday and the last one completed at 7pm on Saturday night in time for dinner after shortening the match format for singles. All players had a doubles, a singles and a mixed doubles on the first day with the reverse singles played from 8.30am on Sunday. The match standings at the end of Saturday were 31 to Hutt Valley and 24 to Nelson/Marlborough. Sunday was a sunny day and the singles were all completed by 12.30pm. In total there were 21 matches played with a deciding set needed to determine a winner (either 3 rd set or supertie set). That’s exactly one quarter of the total 84 matches played! Hutt Valley were declared the winners with a score of 46 matches to Nelson/Marlborough’s 38. Thanks to all players, managers and coaches for making this a successful tournament. Results Group Hutt Valley Nelson / Marlborough 10’s 7 5 12’s 13 11 14’s 15 9 16’s 11 13 Total 46 38