Inter District 26 July 2015

Inter district Report 26 July 2015 

Life Members Cup by David Graham

The Kiama side travelled to Hornsby in the final match of Round 2 determined to reverse their first round loss of 5/3 to the Hornsby team last month at Jamberoo. No 1 pair David Graham and Ross Smith took a little while to adjust to the Hornsby courts and found themselves down 4 games to 2 in the opening match. Holding their serves and breaking twice the Kiama pair won 4 games in a row for a 6/4 victory. Bob Morgan and David Jones were just too strong as No2 pair winning 6/2.

All the Kiama players lifted their play and went to a strong 7 sets to zero lead completely demoralizing the home team with Bob and Dave losing the last set to the No 1 Hornsby pair. A strong 7 sets 44 games to 1/25 victory to Kiama. 

George Rider Cup by David Lehman

Our team with new inclusion David du Bois travelled to Southern Districts where we encountered our strongest opposition to date. Starting well David du Bois and Mark Coleman had a 6/4 win followed by David Lehman and Frank Wallner beating the second couple 6/1 – the next four matches saw Kiama win 2 and lose 2 sets to be four sets to two up going into the final round where David Lehman and Frank Wallner lost a tough tie break 7/6 and David du Bois and Mark Coleman going down 6/4 making it a game count to determine the winners. The match was 4 sets all but in the game count Kiama came out victorious 39 games to 36 games to keep their unbeaten record intact. 

George Fletcher Cup by Bill Summerside

KSDTA played Southern Districts at Leumeah. After leading 5-1 Michael Phipps and Ian Avery clinched the first set in a close 6-4 and this was followed up with a   6-2 win by Chris Ford and Bill Summerside. Mike and Bill extended the lead to 3 sets to nil with a hard fought 6-4 win. Ian Avery and Chris Ford lost a close 6-4 and Mike and Chris lost 7-5 in another tight set where things just didn’t go the way of the visitors. Ian and Bill steadied the ship with a 6-3 win which was followed up by a solid 6-1 win to Chris and Bill which ensured a win for the Kiama team. Mike Phipps and Ian Avery narrowly lost the last set 7-5 but the overall score was Kiama/Shellharbour 5 sets 44 games to Southern Districts 3 sets 34 games keeping the team at the top of the table in the George Fletcher Cup. The Kiama team plays its next match against Nepean on August 9th. 

Blackwell Cup by Joe Moseley

The Blackwell Cup side of Joe Moseley, Bjorn Myers and Brenden Smith played a home game against Illawarra 2. Joe Moseley and Bjorn Meyers both had tough 3 set wins in their singles matches and Brenden Smith going down in his singles to leave the match all square at 4 sets each after the singles. Unfortunately the Illawarra side were very experienced doubles players and got the better of the local side winning all 3 doubles sets and the match 7 sets to 4 sets and 60 games to 45 games