Hampden Park ladies stay in tennis top division
Hampden Park Tennis Club ladies’ first team played their last Tennis Sussex Winter League doubles match at home against Storrington.
Both teams knew what they needed to do to stay in Division 1 for next winter.
Storrington needed to beat Hampden Park 4-0 to draw level with Hampden Park on points and then it would have been decided on percentages of sets and games won.
Hampden Park needed one point to stay and thanks to Helen Mitchell and Nicola Tuson winning both their matches after a tremendous effort, Hampden got a draw overall – and the 2-2 scoreline made sure of their position for next season.
Jenny Hughes and Sue Bruce only just lost to their second pair on a 10-point championship tie-break but after winning the first set Sue unfortunately sustained an injury which hampered her for the rest of the match.