At Parwich tennis club yesterday our redoubtable mixed doubles second team took on Darley Dale, hoping to add to our single win so far this season. We got off to a flying start when one of our opponents didn’t turn up, meaning that we were awarded three of the nine sets before a ball was even hit. Despite our affable demeanour, we were determined to dispense with the perception that we are purely social players, by setting about the task of clinching victory with a degree of grit that you can no longer find on our resurfaced courts.
A critical moment came in the second round, when Drummond and Harrison were losing 8-3, with the victor being the first to win 9 games. Refusing to be defeated, they duly won the next five games, leaving their opponents aghast at the prospect of losing the tie break, which they duly did. We staggered off the court to muted applause, since we had kept everyone else waiting so long, but it did help us secure a victory overall by 6 sets to 3. If we had adjourned to the Sycamore, which sadly wasn’t yet open, the drinks would surely have been on our opponents.
The tennis season is far from over – on Saturday-Sunday 13th-14th is the Club Singles Championship (members only). Then the Mixed Doubles Championship will be held on 20th-21st Sept – this is a semi-open competition in which only one of the pair needs to be a member. And do support club nights on Fridays from 7.30 – 9.00 pm!
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