BOWDON 10 FYLDE 8

FYLDE: Alan Morton, Peter Hallett, Ian Theakstone, Geoffrey Lipshaw.
BOWDON: David Holland, Ros Pimlott, Carol Steinberg, Margaret Moss

A pleasant day with a cool breeze.

DOUBLES
Peter and Geoffrey secured a 6-5 win. Carol and Ros won their doubles 7-2.

SINGLES
ROUND 1
Bowdon 2 Fylde 2. Peter and Alan had tie break wins 7-6 to keep the match score at 3-3

ROUND2
Bowdon 3 Fylde 1. Ian beat David 7-5 but at lunch Bowdon were leading 6-4

ROUND 3
Bowdon 2 Fylde 2. Alan beat David 6-5 after nearly gifting the game to his opponent by playing the wrong ball. However, he recovered the situation and won the game. Ian with 6 extra turns against him overcame Margaret 7-5.

ROUND 4
Bowdon 2 Fylde 2. Fylde were still in the hunt at 8-6 down but needed to win the remaining games to win the match. David beat Peter 7-6 which meant a draw might be possible. Alan beat Ros 7-6. Ian beat Carol 7-6 but Margaret got the win against Geoffrey 6-3 to secure the points for Bowdon.

SUMMARY
A good effort , playing on quicker lawns than we are used to at Fylde. It was a close match with 7 games being decided by one point and Fylde won them all which shows the level of determination to try and get a win. Ian had the best of the day in the singles with scores of 5-7,7-5,7-6,7-6 .

Posted by Alan, 3rd May