Vineyard tennis players are NE women’s senior champs

The Rhode Island senior 4.5 tennis team who won the New England Championships in Springfield last weekend. Front row, left to right: Debbie Cooper (MV), Sue Kimball (Capt. MV), Jane Shanley (RI), Linda Leahy (MV), Nina Bramhall (MV). Back row, left to right: Tracy Regan (RI), Carol Charest (RI), and Heather Mahan (RI).
Photo courtesy of Nina Bramhall

The Rhode Island senior 4.5 tennis team who won the New England Championships in Springfield last weekend. Front row, left to right: Debbie Cooper (MV), Sue Kimball (Capt. MV), Jane Shanley (RI), Linda Leahy (MV), Nina Bramhall (MV). Back row, left to right: Tracy Regan (RI), Carol Charest (RI), and Heather Mahan (RI).

By Ralph Stewart Published

Four Island tennis players are heading to the women’s Nationals after winning the New England Championships in Springfield last weekend.

The team, consisting of Vineyarders Debbie Cooper, Sue Kimball, Nina Bramhall, Linda Leahy, and four players from Rhode Island, represented the Ocean State on the 4.5 senior team. The team went undefeated against Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, and Northern Connecticut and will represent New England at the Nationals, to be held Oct. 14-16 in Palm Springs, Calif.