# Match Record: Pool 1 - Plate - Open Womens -	2025 Rotorua Doubles Tournament (2025-10-11)
        
**Category:** Match Result
**Verified:** 2026-06-06 08:08:42
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## Match Parameters
- **Event Date:** 2025-10-11
- **Estimated Play Time:** 10:15 AM
- **Event:** Pool 1 - Plate - Open Womens -	2025 Rotorua Doubles Tournament
- **Location:** Rotorua Badminton Club 
- **Outcome:** Loss
- **Scores:** 2-15
- **Division:** Doubles Division
- **Level:** Casual / Recreational (<3.5) (Average DUPR: 3.27)

## Involved Competitors

### Team 1 (Loss)
- **Julz Tito** (DUPR ID: O6WKY7) - Rating: 3.620, Location: Taranaki, NZ
- **Leona Kay** (DUPR ID: P5PDDX) - Rating: 2.712, Location: N/A

### Team 2 (Winner)
- **Alet Venter** (DUPR ID: 5EDPLP) - Rating: 2.875, Location: Hastings, Hawke's Bay, NZ
- **Maora Ratapu** (DUPR ID: XJLR0X) - Rating: 3.890, Location: Gisborne, Gisborne, NZ

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