Melton Mowbray Tennis Club record four wins from five
Melton Mowbray Tennis Club's senior winter league teams had a super weekend, recording four out of five wins.
The men’s first team travelled to Carisbrooke A for their premiership fixture and returned with the points following a tight 5-3 win. First pairing of James Rowe and Niral Nana led the way with a superb maximum four wins with the normally reliable skipper Ryan Parmar and teenager Alex Freestone just collecting one win which was just enough to claim the win.
J.ROWE & N.NANA Won 6.46.3 Won 6.06.3. R.PARMAR & A.FREESTONE Drew 6.4 6.7Lost 2.6 2.6
The men’s second team entertained Leicester Forest East 3 in their Div 3A fixture and kept up their title hopes with a convincing 7-1 win.
Skipper Tom Dryell was delighted with his young team’s overall attitude and weighed in with a maximum four wins with partner and jet setter Tom Ursell. Second pairing of Liam Morrison and teenager Ben England notched three sets to round off a super win.
T.DRYELL & T.URSELL Won 6.06.4 Won 6.26.1. L.MORRISON & B.ENGLAND Won 6.06.0 Drew 6.77.6
The men’s third team kept up the good work when they travelled to Leicester Forest East 4 for their Div 6A fixture and after a real closely fought contest they returned with the points following a 5-3 win.
First pairing of Craig Tracey and fit again Steve Thompson who collected three battling sets and skipper Mark Ashman and Barry Gill at second pairing collected two tough sets to take the points.
C.TRACEY & S.THOMPSON Won 7.56.2 Drew 6.77.6. M.ASHMAN & B.GILL Won 7.66.4 Lost 1.63.6
The ladies first team travelled to Carisbrooke A for their premiership fixture and were in commanding form to notch an 8-0 win that keeps them well and truly in the title race.
Skipper Charlie Griffin teamed up with Maia Dunn to notch their four sets with just the loss of seven games and second pair of Ellie Sorksky and Sarah Wright completed the rout with their four wins.
C.GRIFFIN & M.DUNN Won 6.06.0 Won 6.46.3. E.SORKSKY & S.WRIGHT Won 6.16.1 Won 7.56.4
The ladies second team entertained a strong Oadby 1 in their Div 1B fixture and were just edged out by a 5-3 scoreline.
The inform lively pair of Jess Simpkin and Olivia Stewart-Hillard notched two sets and skipper Carol Horobin and Lucie Gaunt collected one win after a tough match.
J.SIMPKIN & O.STEWART-HILLARD Won 6.06.4 Lost 2.62.6. C.HOROBIN & L.GAUNTDrew 4.6 7.5 Lost4.6 2.6