Crowstone finally make their point

All the team’s other nine points had come from points awarded from abandoned matches or walkovers.

The first rubber featured Don Smith and Chris Tancock against Westcliff Hard IV’s Mick Gray and Deb Gray.

In a match lasting more than two hours, Smith and Tancock were defeated 6-7 6-1 4-6 but crucially picked up a point for winning one set.

The second pair of Alex Welsh and Rose Frame were defeated 3-6 1-6 by Hard’s Chris Hanson and Leon Witt.

Hard won 4-1 and picked up five points to Crowstone’s 1 MEN’S RESULTS Division 3: Hadleigh Park v Thorpe Bay III (6-2 3-6 0-6, 0- 0-6 w/o) sets 1-4, points 1-5. Division 5: David Lloyd v Hadleigh Park (6-2 6-1, 6-1 6-2) 4-0, 6-0. Division 6: Kent Elms III v Wickford (3-6 1-6, 6-4 6-4) 2-2, 3-3; Southend Lawn IV v Hadleigh Park III (6-4 6-3, 6-4 6-3) 4-0 6-0. Division 7: David Lloyd II v Rochford III (6-2 6-1, 6-1 6-2) 4-0, 6-0.

LADIES’ RESULTS Division 2: Rayleigh v Hadleigh Park (6-4 6-1, 6-0 6-1) 4-0, 6-0. Division 2: Thorpe Bay II v Leigh II (2-6 7-5 6-0, 6-3 4-6 6-2) 4-2, 4-2. Division 4: St Peter’s v Crowstone 5-4 2-6, 1-6 3-6) 0-4, 0-6; Westcliff Lawn II v Wickford (2-6 6-3 6-7, 2-6 1-6) 1-4, 1-5. Division 5: Thorpe Bay V v Hockley II (6-1 6-2, 6-7 7-5 7-5) 4-1, 5-1.

MIXED RESULTS Division 1: Southend Lawn v Thorpe Bay (2-6 4-6, 7-6 1-6 1-6) 1-4, 1-5; Kent Elms v Westcliff Hard (6-3 6-2, 6-3 6-2) 4-0, 6-0. Division 2: Kent Elms II v Thorpe Bay II (5-7 7-5 6-4, 6-2 2-6 6-3) 4-2, 4-2; Leigh v Wickford (6-0 6-1, 6-1 6-1) 4-0, 6-0. Division 3: Hadleigh Park v Leigh II (6-4 3-6 6-3, 5-7 6-4 6-1) 4-2, 4-2; Westcliff Hard II v Kent Elms III (2-6 3-6, 6-3 5-7 6-1) 2-3, 2-4. Division 4: Thorpe Bay IV v Crowstone (6-4 6-1, 7-5 6-1) 4-0, 6-0; Southend Lawn III v Westcliff Lawn II (6-0 7-5, 6-0 6-1) 4-0, 6-0. Division 5: David Lloyd v Westcliff Hard III (6-2 6-1, 6-4 6-2) 4-0, 6-0. Division 6: Crowstone II v Westcliff Hard IV (6-7 6-1 4-6, 3-6 1-6) 1-4, 1-5; Southend Lawn I