The two men’s teams found the going tough on Saturday with both teams suffering defeats. The A team lost at home to Abbeydale B whilst the B team lost to Grove A at Millhouses Park.
At Ridgeway John Firth and Jamie Macefield lost to the first Abbeydale pair by 4-6, 7-5 but beat the second pair by 6-3, 6-2. Rob Mitchell and Alin Carariu 1-6, 0-6 to the second pair and to the firsts by 0-6, 0-6 but Alin was injured. Final match score was Rubbers 1-3, Sets 2-6 Games 22-42. The B team also suffered, a 0-4 defeat to Grove Ben Kay and Sanjula Pilapitya, who was making his debut fro the club, lost to the first pair 0-6, 2-6 and to the seconds by 0-6-1-6 whilst John Hallgarth and Cliff Andrews lost to the seconds by 6-2, 6-1 and to the seconds by 0-6-1-6. Final match score was Rubbers -0-4, Sets 0-8 Games 7-48.