Shirley, Fendalton share women’s competition lead

Press, 2 November 1981, Page 32

Shirley, Fendalton share women’s competition lead

With an accumulation of seven points each after the first day’s play, Shirley, and Fendalton share the early lead in the women’s section of the B.N.Z. inter-club tennis competion: Matches were played in fine weather at Wilding Park on Saturday and some close and exciting contests were conducted. Shirley defeated Avonside, winning three of the four singles matches. Julianne Taylor recovered well after dropping the first set in her match, with Judy Phillips to win, 2-6, 6-2, 6-0. Jane Clarke easily disposed of Rhonda Pearce, but Jill Hibbert had to really fight to beat a tenacious Dianna McKinnel. Carol Pearce salvaged something for Avonside by winning her singles match with Trish Grace, shortly after partnering McKinnel in an easy doubles victory.-

f i Fine play by Cashmere’s 1 Sally Chapman was not r enough to halt the strong i Fendalton team in . their 5 match. Chapman easily beat j the former Otago player, t Ruth Seeman, in the first r singles match, but the follow- ; ing three were easy for Fendalton, with wins going to , Lynn Cowie, Sally Hughey - and Angela Brading. • Cowie . was particularly • impressive, her fluent serv- • ing and rapid footwork un- > settling her experienced opponent, Kate Hatherton. ■ The . doubles were also t shared, with the Chapman r and Hatherton pairing taking s the first for Cashmere, while 1 Cowie teamed up with Brad- » ing to win the second. r The United v. Barrington i encounter was very intense, - ending at three matches / apiece. On a countback, the win went the way of United

by seven sets to six. Jane Howe, Lynette Lewthwaite, and Sue Keddell had wins for United in three of the singles matches, the remainder going to Barrington’s No. 1, Robin Hunt, who easily accounted for Phillipa Lewthwaite. Barrington reigned supreme in the doubles, however, with Hunt partnering Debbie Hills, and Delia' O’Malley, teaming with Vicki Ratana to take both matches. Points are:— Shirley 7, Fendalton 7, United 6, Barrington 3. Avonside 2, Cashmere 2. Results were:— Shirley 4, Avonside 2 J. Taylor beat J. Phillips, 2- 6-2, 6-0; J. Hibbert beat D. McKinnel, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4; J. Clarke beat R. Pearce, 6-0, 62; P. Grace lost to C. Pearce, 3- 0-6. Taylor and Hibbert beat Phillips and R. Pearce,

6- 6-2; Clarke and Grace lost to McKinnel and C. Pearce, 4-6, 1-6. United 7 sets, Barrington 6 sets P. Lewthwaite lost to R. Hunt, 0-6, 3-6; J. Howe beat D. Hills, 6-0, 6-1; L. Lewthwaite beat D. O’Malley, 6-0, 6-1; S. Keddell beat V. Ratana, 6-3, 7-6. P. Lewthwaite and Howe lost to Hunt and Hills, 4-6, 2-6: L. Lewthwaite and Keddell lost to O’Malley and Ratana, 6-7, 7- 0-6. Fendalton 4, Cashmere 2 R._ Seeman lost to S. Chapman, 2-6, 2-6; L. Cowie beat K. Hatherton, 6-4, 6-1; S. Hughey beat J. Pickering, 63, 6-3; A. Brading beat F. Ormandy, 6-1, 6-2. Seeman and Hughey lost to Chapman and Hatherton, 1-6, 4-6; Cowie and Brading beat Pickering and Ormandy, 6-2, 6-3.