Another 72 points win for Plymstock. This time it was the men at Newton and Noss. Another member of the squad – Jack – was given his first experience of league tennis. After this he probably thinks it is very easy.
One more match to play this season with the team probably in second place, well ahead of Ivybridge in third and close enough to Devonshire that they can’t afford to slip up.
A Sunday match for the ladies. Possibly the “D” side of a large club, like Tavistock, gets home matches pushed towards the rear of the week.
In this match Plymstock won every set. Score 28 to 72.
A few Plymstock members including your correspondant also play at Ivybridge, because it has indoor courts, and so we know some of the players. I have to say that Ivybridge put out a strong side tonight. Despite that we gained the majority of the points. Tim and Mark were our A team. They won two – zero against the away second pair, needing a tie break in the first set. Their second game, against the pair nominated as the home first it was a very quick affair, just one game dropped.
Steve and Dave R managed a set against each of the opponents but lost both third set tie breaks. However, adding up all that, we came out ahead, 53 – 37
There will be a cream tea at club play on Saturday 8th July. There is a notice on the board in the clubhouse to sign your name up so the organiser, Jess, has an idea of numbers. Or you could private message her and let her know if you think you will be there. Even better, it’s free!
The mens team are second, fairly close (9 points) to Devonshire B who are first. Also not so far ahead of Ivybridge C in third place. Plymstock and Ivybridge play each other on Thursday 6th July.
The ladies team are third in their division, with a bit of a gap both above and below.
Full details in a PDF file on the P and D website.
Playing on grass – although not quite Wimbledon standard – the Ladies had a 46-46 tie away to Saltash.
Below are the players and you can get a feel for the state of the grass too ..
Our match against Devonshire B was a top of the table clash – which may have prompted them to field a strong side. They just about managed to overturn the result of our last encounter. Dave R was thrown in the deep end, so to speak, for his first game of the new season.
The comments to press say, I think, some of the best rallies all season and definitely the best Jaffa Cakes.
Score 37 to 53
A good result, 63 to 26, including, notice, the H2 team (Jane and Debbie) getting a win against the away second pair and also taking the A1 pair to a tie break.
Score sheet below..
The men played away at Saltash. This was the first time on grass for some of us.
A final set tie break played as the sun sets.
The Saltash A pair were much too good for Chris and Steve, whilst Dave and Mark won easily against their B pair. In the second matches Chris and Steve got off to a slow start, not helped by a recurrence of a shoulder problem for Chris. However they picked up their game, maybe got used to the surface a bit, and scored some points with a 2 sets to zero win.
Meanwhile Mark and Dave were pushed to a tie breaker in the first set which they won. Sadly the second set went to Saltash and a close (10-8) tie breaker also went their way.
After all this the scores were very close, 48 Plymstock to 45 Saltash.
On the same sunny evening that the men were playing at Tavistock, the ladies travelled to table-topping Menheniot. It was very close, with the home side ahead at the end, 45-43.
