Tennis lead shared

Press, 22 August 1989, Page 23

Tennis lead shared

Avonhead and Shirley share the lead in the Fright Aubrey pre-season inter-club men’s tennis competition after the second round was played at the Indoor Centre on Sunday evening. Both teams took straight wins although Shirley's pairing of Brett Hibbert and Hamish Faulls was pushed to three sets by the youthful combination of James and Justin O’Malley, of Te Kura. Cashmere is close on the leader’s heels and took a worthy 3-1 win over Elmwood. Andrew Bruce, of Cahmere, was in particularly promising form and he combined with Peter Terrace to subdue Rhett Mason and Jean Pierre Andre, 6-7, 7-6, 7-6. Results.Avonhead 4, Edgeware 0 A. Hunt and P. Mitchell beat C. Small and A. Worley 6-1, 6-0; V. Aubrey and M. Sunderland beat Small and Worley, 6-4, 6-2; Hunt and Mitchell beat Smith and Perkins, 6-4, 6-1. Cashmere 3, Elmwood 1 J. McHarg and G. Love lost to R. Manson and J. P. Andre, 5- 6-2, 6-7; A. Bruce and P. Terrace beat C. Coffey and S. Agar, 6-3, 6-2; Bruce and Terrace beat Mason and Andre, 6-7, 7-6, 7-6; McHarg and Love beat Coffey and Agar, 63, 6-3. Shirley 4, Te Kura 0 P. Hampton and J. Faulls beat J. and J. O’Malley, 6-1, 6- B. Hibbert and H. Faulls beat A. Batie and J. Honeywell, 6-1, 6-4; Hampton and Faulls beat Batie and Honeywell, 6-2, 6-2; Hibbert and Faulls beat O’Malley and O’Malley, 6-1, 3-6, 7-6. Points: Shirley 7, Avonhead 7, Cashmere 6, Elmwood 1, Edgware 0, Te Kura 0.