Hackness & Scarborough hit top form
It was a great week for Hack ness & Men with all three teams winning in the Driffield & District Lawn Tennis League. In Division One the A team had a very comfortable 7-2 win at home against Malton A.
Jim Mellor and Steve Mills took all three sets as did new pairing Jake Rawlinson and Roger Amstell.
Final pair Paul Zac and Martin Glassett rounded off a good evening with just the one set.
The B team had an even
more impressive 8-1 win away at Pocklington B in Division Two.
Adam Magson and partner Stuart Hughes excelled on the artificial grass and were really much too strong and forceful for the opposition.
The same can be said for Bryan Edwards and his partner Paul Jackson and they too didn’t drop a set.
The team’s veterans Mark White and Peter Lee had a good night taking two sets but dropping the third when the match was already won.
This was an important win for the team having won three but lost four in the first half of the season as they fight to stay in the second tier of the league.
The C team continued on their unbeaten run in Division Five taking their seventh victory on the bounce at their Hackness home against Malton C by an 8-1 scoreline.
John Reay partnered Jon Conyers and took three sets including a tie break in their last.
Erkaits Inoue partnered Tom Hunt also took all three sets leaving new pairing Christian Miners and Steve Brennan to clean up with two sets.
The juggernaut that is Scalby men carried on rolling this week with another 9-0 victory away against Malton D in Division Six.
They had their normal pairs available with Matt Thunder cliffe partnering Bobby McNamara, Richard Stacey and Steve McNamara and To- bie Hilliard playing with Simon Boddy.
It was a poor night for Filey men who had to travel with only two pairs to Long Riston in Division Five, losing 9-0.
Ian McHale partnered David Hudghton and young Jacob Warters played with Lawrie Snaith.
In the Ladies section Scalby Ladies travelled to Pocklington B but lost 7-2 in Division One.
Mandy Hillier, together with partner Jane Stockdale took one set as did Sue Jackson and Sue Kendall.
Joy Sharples and Sally Beaumont unfortunately drew a blank in this very competitive division.
Scarborough Ladies A team also had to travel to local rivals Bridlington in Division Two, winning 5-4. The pick of the pairs were Maikke Karrenmans and Nicky Ridley who took all their three rubbers to set up the win.
Louise Tomlinson played with Helen Neal and Helen Reay partnered Heather Forbes played their part winning one vital rubber a piece to seal the result for the visitors.
The Ladies B team played against Market Weighton D in Division Five and lost 6-3.
Vicki Calow and Judy Milburn won two of their rubbers.
Chris Bernard and Sue Barraclough had three very tight rubbers disappointingly only winning one.
Sally Jubb and Rachel Hartley also played hard but their strong opponents took all three rubbers.