WANGARATTA lawn aggregate tennis' final round before Christmas was played on the weekend with strong results across the board.

Three players reached the elusive 24 games for, with Sam Allen the first to tick that milestone off with a section one win.

Allen's 24-13 was far too good for the rest with John Brunner (20-20), Joe Allen (19-21) and Matt Allen (17-23) in his wake.

In section two it was Mark Brown (23-15) who finished in style to run away from Kevin Callahan and Brian Scobie (19-18) tied for second.

Henry Dean (19-21) and Mario Pane (14-22) rounded out the section.

Section three was incredibly tight with just one game separating Michael Ibbot (21-15) and Mike Lairson (21-17), while Mandy Allen (21-18) was hot on their heels.

Matt Curran (18-20) and Ian McDonald (13-24) had a crack but it wasn't their day.

Andrew Lindner was section four's victor with a tidy 23-14.

Colin Mackay (21-16) was next best, while he was a fair way ahead of Thomas McDonald (16-20), Russell Canning (16-20) and Peter Curran (14-20).

Section five saw Geoff Kyne claim the 24 games (13 against) to finish clearly in the lead.

Mark Gorman (19-16), Andrew Cope (18-16), Max McAuliffe (14-21) and Matilda Dean (13-22) followed.

And finally, section six's Amy Lairson claimed the day's best score with 24-11.

Terry Flynn (18-16) couldn't keep up with Lairson, as well as Victor Lairson (17-19), Geoff Davidson (17-20) and Des Steele (12-22).

Results:

Section: 1

Sam Allen 24-13, John Brunner 20-20, Joe Allen 19-21, Matt Allen 17-23.

Section: 2

Mark Brown 23-15, Kevin Callahan 19-18, Brian Scobie 19-18, Henry Dean 19-21, Mario Pane 14-22.

Section: 3

Michael Ibbot 21-15, Mike Lairson 21-17, Mandy Allen 21-18, Matt Curran 18-20, Ian McDonald 13-24.

Section: 4

Andrew Lindner 23-14, Colin Mackay 21-16, Thomas McDonald 16-20, Russell Canning 16-20, Peter Curran 14-20.

Section: 5

Geoff Kyne 24-13, Mark Gorman 19-16, Andrew Cope 18-16, Max McAuliffe 14-21, Matilda Dean 13-22.

Section: 6

Amy Lairson 24-11, Terry Flynn 18-16, Victor Lairson 17-19, Geoff Davidson 17-20, Des Steele 12-22.

The leading players at the half-way mark of the comp are:

Ryan Patterson with an average of 20.0, Mark Gorman 19.6, Andrew Lindner 19.4, Brian Scobie 19.3, Andrew Cope 18.9, Mark Brown 18.8 and Peter Curran 18.1.

Meanwhile, the Gateway Australia Day Tournament entries are currently being taken and close January 15.

The tournament will be played from Saturday, January 25 to Monday, January 27.

There is already a hot field developing in the Men's Open Singles event, but with 29 different senior events spread across six grades, and 16 junior events in four age groups, the club caters for a wide variety of tennis standards.