Saturday tournament was a great success and played in tremendous weather and in great spirit.

We had 16 players, so 8 pairs. Matches were playing 7 games, with or without beer on the court !

Although pairings were pretty evenly matched in terms of ability and experience, some were a little more competitive than others and keener to gain victory !

Dick, Hamish and myself had played for 3 and half hours in a match beforehand and so were fading quickly, with yours truly the first to wilt. Thankfully the young ladies partnering Hamish (carol) and Dick (Jules) managed to carry them over the line and complete their games.

Q the crying moment …. a certain person sitting on a plastic chair leans back as he shouts across all 3 courts to start a line of encouraging abuse to the ex-chairman, when crack !!! …… the chair disintegrates underneath him ! The tears of laughter all around allAtook some time to fade as I wondered when will i ever learn ?

The final in fading light was between the top two scoring pairs of Ben/Al C and Hamish/Carol. Both these pairs had won 6 or their 7 matches. Sadly with Carol’s back nearly broken from carrying the ex-chairman and lure of more beer, they went down fighting a very spirited Ben and Al.

So victors Ben and Al duly received their Champagne and we all retired to the curry house in Lechlade for supper and beer.

Thanks to everyone for supporting a another successful fun event and in the process contributing after costs, £90 to club funds. This was capped off the next day by the ladies winning their first summer league match of the year with the Mens B having won on Saturday before the tournament.

Top tennis at Colston !

Chris