Hackness and Scarborough teams hit top form in Driffield League
Hackness and Scarborough Tennis Club’s Mixed A team won 9-0 against their B team in the Driffield League third division.
For the B team Vicki Calow played with John Reay, Sue Kendall and Dave Flinton and Judy Milburn with Nathan Whiting.
For the A team Maria Jackson partnered Mark Draper, Lisa Gillespie and Steve Brindle and Sue Crocker partnered Rob Berry.
In Division Five, the Mixed C team won 7-2 playing on three different sites against Sledmere C.
Louise Attley partnering Tom Hunt took all three rubbers as did Abi Coates and Steve Jepson.
Anne Schmuck partnering Paul Davidson added the seventh rubber to end a very good night for the club’s newest team.
The Ladies A team earned a brilliant 8-1 success at Market Weighton’s B team in Division Two.
Sue Kendall partnered sister Jackie Speakman and Maria Jackson played with Sue Crocker, both pairs winning three rubbers.
Lisa Gillespie and Hazel Cross won two rubbers to complete a superb win.
The Ladies B team also won 7-2, at home on the excellent grass courts at Hackness against Pocklington D in Division Three.
Hannah Longman playing with Anne Schmuck took their three rubbers as did Jen Fell with Sarah Hoff.
Judy Milburn partnered Jean Blenkiron to add the one rubber. Well done to both teams.
It was another very good week in the Men’s section with wins for three out of the four teams.
The Men's A team won 6-3 on the grass at Hackness in Division One against Beverley and East Riding A, with all three pairs taking two rubbers.
Liam Mellor partnered Roger Amstell, Rob Berry was with Tom Hunt and new boy Marcus Brown played with Jon Ellison.
The Men’s B team had a much closer match at Beverley and East Riding B in Division Three, coming home winners by 5 rubbers to 4.
Graeme Scott partnered Louis Fell to take two rubbers and Simon Rigg with Mark Draper also took two.
Bryan Edwards played with Jonathan Bramley took the vital fifth rubber for a much needed third win of the season.
The Men’s C team also won 5-4 at home to Beverley and East Riding C in Division Four.
This was an extremely close match going down to the wire.
It was standing at 4 rubbers each and seven all in the final match.
The tie-break was won emphatically by Mark White and his excellent young partner Dan Marr to take the match 5-4.
David Flinton and David Mitchell also had a fine night taking two rubbers. Nathan Whiting with Joe Bolland added the vital fifth rubber for a super end to the evening
The winning streak for the young guns of the Men’s D team came to an end, losing 5-4 at Sledmere C in Division Seven.
Two of the club’s best juniors Benja Buric and Cameron Smith took two rubbers, father and son Steve and Tom Brindle took the one as did Peter Lee and Toby Bramley.
Hopefully this is only a temporary setback for the team which is a major part of the club’s development programme.