The League season kicked off on Saturday 23rd when Ridgeway men took on Moorgate C. The match was played at Ridgeway after a late venue switch. The result was a 4-5 defeat for Ridgeway. Steve and Dave Bramall won two of their three rubbers, beating the second couple by 6-3, 6-4 and the third couple by 7-5, 6-1. They lost to the firsts on a tie break after sets of 6-7, 6-4. Tim Robinson and John Firth beat the third Moorgate pair by 6-3, 6-1 but lost to the first by 2-6, 2-6 and to the seconds by 1-6, 2-6. Danny Lidster and John Hallgarth lost to the first by 2-6, 3-6, to the seconds by 2-6, 1-6 but beat the thirds by 6-2, 6-2. Final match score was Rubbers 4-5, Sets 9-9 and games 76-81.
The Midweelk Mixed League should have kicked off on Tuesday with a home match to Barnsley but unfortunately we couldn’t get the ladies to form the team and, by the League rules, the match had to be conceded to Barnsley.
On Wednesday the Works League team played Moorgate B away and lost this match 4-0. Danny Lidster played with Jarek Doroszko and they lost each of their rubbers by 9-5. Ben Kay partnered Malcolm Harris and they lost their two rubbers by 9-0, 90. Final match score – Rubbers 0-4, Games 12-36.