George Fletcher Cup Inter District

George Fletcher Inter District From BILL SUMMERSIDE 

Kiama/Shellharbour team travelled to Blacktown on Sunday 28 June. They have been our nemesis for the last few years defeating us in both finals in which we have played them. Chris Ford and Ian Avery got us off to a good start with a 6/3 win. This was followed up by Grant King and Bill Summerside taking out the 2nd set in a tiebreaker after coming back from 5/2 down. Ian and Grant continued to perform well with a 6/3 win in the 3rd set before Chris and Bill consolidated the result with a 6/0 win giving us a 4 sets to 0 lead. A minor hiccup saw Ian and Bill drop the 5th set 6/3 before Grant and Chris sealed the match with another tiebreaker win in set 6. Grant and Bill put the visitors further ahead with a 6/3 win and Ian and Chris rounded out the match with yet another tiebreaker set win, showing how well the team performed under pressure. The final result was Kiama/Shellharbour winning 7 sets 48 games to Blacktown’ s 1 set 33 games. Well done Grant and Chris on winning 4 sets each and ably backed up by Ian and Bill.