Hampden Park Ladies tennis results for December
On 14th December 3 of our 4 ladies teams were competing in the Sussex Winter Tennis Doubles leagues with mixed fortunes!
The Ladies 1st team travelled to Maresfield who have only recently joined the league after having to start in Div 2 before they were allowed to play in Div 1.
Maresfield were younger, quicker & harder hitting & won convincingly 4-0 but Hampden Park fought really hard to make them work for it. Our normal team of Helen Mitchell, Nicola Tuson & Jenny Hughes played together with Lynsey Swingler who has recently rejoined the club & had her first ever outing with the first team. She played really well especially considering the very tough opposition.
Our Ladies 2nd team were at home to Meads Tennis Club, the local derby. They played a hard fought match & as always it was a friendly yet competitive encounter, with plenty of excellent rallies & both the wind & sun adding to the challenge. In the first round both matches went to the Championship tiebreak & were extremely close with one win for Hampden Park & one narrow loss. The second round saw less tight scorelines, again ending with one win & one loss. Overall the match finished as a 2-2 draw, a fitting way to round off the year, celebrated afterwards with festive mince pies!
Our Ladies 3rd team were away at Pavilion & Avenue Tennis Club in Hove. They lost 4-0 but the team of Sue Lear, Janet Collings, Ali Murray & Amanda Usher had some very close games with lots of deuces which they couldn't quite convert to more games for Hampden Park.
Overall another very hard fought weekend for the Ladies Hampden Park tennis teams.