Thank you to Val & Glynis for sending in this post.
This weekend it was Parwich’s turn to host the annual tour match vs Cromer Tennis Club. (On alternative years Parwich visit Cromer) The weekend started with a friendly get-together in the Sycamore on Friday evening to catch up on the news and events of the past 12 months. Following on from the club’s junior tennis coaching on Saturday, there was a social tennis competition between the two clubs, which lasted late into the afternoon.
Val Stevenson arranged a near mystical match play to ensure that everyone got to play with all the other players of the opposite sex – in the tennis sense – so mystical in fact that Val herself won! Good weather and good tennis meant a fun day in which Parwich’s unconventional play often beguiled the more polished Cromer players. For example Chris Harrison’s electric net play!
The day was rounded off with a lively dinner in the Coach and Horses at Fenny Bentley.
The “Match Proper” for the Burgess Trophy took place on Sunday morning, and turned out as close as ever. Towards the end, Parwich were 4-6 down with two rubbers to play. Then youngsters Oon Yarlett and Zander Drummond won their set and nail-bitingly Di Bunting and Rob Drummond won the final set. At 6-6 Parwich had taken the match – won narrowly based on the overall number of games won.
Following the match, chilli, crumble and Pavlova were enjoyed in the Thornton Pavilion, washed down with champagne kindly supplied by Cromer. Colin Sims toasted both the Centenary of Cromer TC, which they celebrate this year and Parwich TC’s 10th Anniversary, which was last year. To date the Burgess Trophy has been competed for eight times with both clubs having wond on four occasions! The ninth match will take place in Cromer in early September 2009, on their beautiful grass courts.
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