Kentish Gazette Canterbury & District
Bay pair sweep all before them to land doubles title
Tennis
Herne Bay enjoyed success as the East Kent Doubles Championships were held at Deal ITC, winning the ladies trophy and finishing runners-up in the men’s.
The format of the competition was for each pair to play two short sets to four plus a 10-point tie-break, if needed.
Bay representatives Nicola Mileham and Anne Gibbs were in devastating form and beat the pair from the host club 4-0, 4-0, before taking on the defending champions from Hythe and beating them 4-2, 4-0.
Finally they played a pair from Canterbury/broadstairs and beat them 4-0, 4-1, to take the title.
In the men’s competition Graham Miles and Alex Kazakeos struggled initially in their first match against a pair from Broadstairs but finally won 2-4, 5-3 and 10-6 in the tie-break.
They then lost heavily to the defending champions from Deal but beat a pair from Sandwich 4-2, 4-2, to finish as runners-up in the men’s competition.
Bay have made a slow start to their Kent League Winter season with several matches being called-off because of bad weather but there was success Herne Bay’s representatives at the East Kent Doubles Championships, with East Kent president Lionel Hoskins. From left: Graham Miles, Nicola Mileham, Anne Gibbs and Alex Kazakeos for the ladies 1st team. Canterbury first pair but eventually
Their first match was at home to local won it 6-4 and then took the second rivals Canterbury 2 in Division 2. The 6-2. They then beat the opposition’s start was delayed by torrential rain 2nd pair 6-3, 6-1. which flooded the courts but after a 45 Danielle Miles/debbie Holden were minute delay the courts had drained the econd pair and won their first and play was possible. match against the Canterbury 2nds
Bay’s first pair, Louise Tucker/anne 6-4, 6-0, giving the team a 3-1 win for Gibbs, had a close first set against the an excellent start to the season.