ALMOST all the backlog of postponed matches in the Plymouth and District Tennis League have now been played, so some of the Tavistock teams have had a busy week.
Ladies A v Russell Avenue (away) won 6-2. Sarah Lucas/Roma McMahon v 1st pr. 6-4, 7-5, v 2nd pr.6-0, 6-4. Annie Jeffries/Di Jersey v 1st pr. 2-6, 1-6, v 2nd pr. 6-1, 6-1. This is the first time this season that the original team members have been able to play together.
Ladies B v Devonport (home) lost 3-6. Sue Parsons/ Trish Mowle v 1st pr. 2-6 , 6-4, 3-10, v 2nd pair 6-3, 7-6. Gaynor Pollard /Babette Jackson v 1st pr. 2-6, 5-7, v 2nd pair 3-6 4-6. There were some good rallies and tight sets.
Ladies C v Devonshire C (home) won 6-4. Jane Colegate/Sue Hughes v 1st pr. 2-0, v 2nd pr. 2-0. Patricia Steed/Liz Webb v 1st pr. 1-2, v 2nd pr.1-2.
Men's A v Mannamead (away) lost 6-3. Richard Stafford/Josh Brown v 1st pr. 0-2, v 2nd pr.2-0. Phil Harbottle/Jonathon Stephens v 1st pr 0-2, v 2nd pr.1-2.
Men's B v Plymstock (away) won 5-4. Bernard Mowle/Ray Hinton v 1st pr. 1-2, v 2nd pr 2-0. Chris Hill/Luke Wakely v 1st pr.0-2, v 2nd pr. 2-0.
Men's B v Plymstock B (home) lost 2-6. Bernard Mowle/Ray Hinton v 1st pr. 0-2, v 2nd pr. 2-0. Chris Hill/JonathonStephens v 1st pr.0-2, v 2nd pr. 0-2.
Men's C v Whiteford Road (home) drew 4-4. Pete Rodgers/Rick Read v 1st pr 0-2, v 2nd pr. 2-0. Matt Smith/Josh Cowen-Darcy v 1st pr. 0-2, v 2nd pr. 2-0.
Men's D v St Mellion B (away) drew 5-5. Paul Newton/Phil Snell v 1st pr. 1-2, v 2nd pr. 2-1. Phil Webb/Rick Read v 1st pr. 2-0, v 2nd pr. 0-2.
Men's E v Devonshire D (home) won 8-2. David Isaac/John Donnellan v 1st pr. 2-1, v 2nd pr. 2-0. Malcolm Tripp/Mike Webb v 1st pr. 2-1, v 2nd pr. 2-0.
Friendly match. Tavistock v Russell Ave (home) won 7-1. This is a new fixture for ladies' doubles. Sue Marks/Alison West and Maggie Sherras/Debra Allan, still a junior, made a great contribution to the team.
The club knockout competition finals took place in the Meadows on a lovely sunny afternoon last Saturday. The spectators were entertained by some exciting tennis from some talented finalists, who gave a professional performance of their skills.
This competition was organised by John White and played over several months. In both the ladies and men's singles two junior players pipped their more mature opponents into first place.
Ladies' singles: Sarah Lucas beat Annie Jeffries 6-1, 6-2. Men's singles: Josh Brown beat his father, Linden 3-6, 6-2, 6-3. This was quite a feat for Josh, as Linden has just been picked for the GB tennis squad, in the over 40's category. The matches are to be played in Turkey in October.
Ladies' doubles. Alison Clish-Green and partner Olga Rogers had a nail-biting match to take them to victory over the other finalists, Gaynor Pollard and Jane Colegate, 7-6, 6-4.
Men's doubles. Richard Stafford/ Rod Watson beat Ray Hinton/Paul Newton 6-2, 6-4 in another entertaining match.
Mixed doubles. Phil Harbottle/Jane Colegate beat Gaynor Pollard/Steve Fletcher, in what must have been a tiring afternoon for Gaynor and Jane, who were finalists in two of the afternoon's events.
The chairman, Mike Prout, introduced the president, Norma Woodcock, who presented the cups to the winners.
The afternoon was brought to a successful conclusion with a barbecue prepared and cooked by members and the committee, and timed to coincide with the carnival procession.