Champions and leaders share spoils in tense early battle - The Redditch Standard

Champions and leaders share spoils in tense early battle

Redditch Editorial 23rd May, 2019   0

ALCESTER A retained top spot in the Wildmoor Summer Tennis League Premier Division after a 2-2 draw against closest rivals and champions Stratford.

The Stratford pairing of Max Hurtubise and Will Morley-Cotterell managed to win both their rubbers, defeating Charlie Watson and Marcus Powell 7-5, 6-4 in a tight rubber and then beating Stuart Beach and Barney Williams 6-2, 6-4.

However, on the other court the second Stratford pair Tim Page and Jeremy Simmons went down to Beach and Williams 0-6, 4-6 and then lost to Watson and Powell 0-6, 0-6.

Pershore proved too strong for Littleton with a comfortable 4-0 win. Matt Sime and Steve Bauer beat Sean Witheford and Ali Witheford 6-2, 6-4 and then beat Richard Herborn and Rosie Philpott 6-0, 6-0.




Jon Guppy and Charlie Crisp beat Herborn and Philpott 6-1, 6-1 and then defeated Witheford and Witheford 6-3, 7-5.

Chipping Campden B played host to Alcester B, which resulted in a very hard-fought mid-table draw. Tom Partridge and Taylor Ferrier (Campden) beat Gareth Price and Matt Fielding 7-5, 7-6 and then beat Pete Watson and Sam Thruston-Nend 7-6, 6-3.


Tobias Kemp and George Richards (Campden) lost to Watson and Thruston-Nend 5-7, 6-7 and lost to Price and Fielding 6-7, 5-7.

At the bottom of the table, Evesham took on Henley-in-Arden whose top pairing Tom Griffiths and Rob West saw off Paul Everatt and Simon Wall 6-4, 6-1 and then beat Andrew Crowther and Emmanuel Winstone 4-6, 7-6, 1-0 after a championship tie-break.

On the other court Max Retallack and Carrick Waldron (Henley) lost to Crowther and Winstone 4-6, 2-6 and lost to Everatt and Wall 5-7, 5-7.

In Division One Ardencote Manor stayed despite being held to a 2-2 draw by third-placed Moreton-in-Marsh.

Redditch A are second after they recorded a 4-0 defeat of Stratford B. Surprisingly for such a big club, Stratford B only turned up with one pair and were docked a point by the league for this offence.

In a bottom of the division match, Alcester C managed a 3-1 win over Shipston.

In Division Two Ardencote Manor A pulled away as clear leaders after they defeated Chipping Campden B with an important 4-0 win, although two of the rubbers went to tie-breaks.

Pershore B are second after their 3-1 win over bottom side Henley B and Snitterfield kept close on their heels with a 4-0 defeat of mid-table Ardencote B. Once again, though, Snitterfield only just took two of the rubbers after tie-breaks.

Fourth-placed Warwick were held to a 2-2 draw by joint bottom side Claverdon B.

Bidford A remain top of Division Three thanks to a 4-0 victory over bottom-placed Inkberrow C and Redditch B defeated Evesham B 3-1 to stay second.

Shipston B moved up to third following their 3-1 win over fourth-placed Chipping Campden C and Inkberrow B lost out 3-1 to fellow mid-table side Studley B.

Division Four remained unchanged as Stratford C retained their lead thanks to a 4-0 victory over Warwickshire County Council.

Wildmoor A stay second due to their 3-1 win over Aston Cantlow, who dropped to fourth. Tysoe scored only their second set of points of the season with a good 2-2 home draw against mid-table Moreton-in-Marsh B.

Redditch C moved up to third after they recorded a comfortable 4-0 win over bottom side Bidford B and in doing so overtook Cantlow.

In Division Five, Pershore C stay top by a point after enjoying a 4-0 victory over Moreton-in-Marsh C.

Wildmoor B are close behind after they recorded a 3-1 win over third-placed Claverdon C and Littleton B celebrated a 4-0 win at home to bottom side Shipston C.

The two sides just above bottom met, with the result being a 4-0 win for Wildmoor C over Henley C to rise to fourth.

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