Life Members Cup
A strong Hornsby- Killara team travelled to Jamberoo to take on the local side lead by Bob Morgan.Mark Graham and Wilco DelHaas, a new combination were overwhelmed by their more experienced opponents who served and volleyed and came into the net at every opportunity losing 6/2. Captain Bob with David Jones regained the equilibrium with a solid 6/1 victory against the second pair to level the match.
With the match tilted in Hornsby favour and down 4 sets to 2, Mark Graham and Wilco Delhaas redeemed themselves winning 6/1 against the pair they lost to in the first set. The match came down to the final set with Bob and David needing to win the set and snatch a victory. Unfortunately it wasn’t to be and Kiama lost the match 5 sets 36 to 3 sets 28 games to an experienced team exhibiting outstanding doubles skills around the net and overhead.
George Fletcher Cup Victory
Round Three of the George Fletcher Cup and Kiama were up against Southern Districts at McDonald Park. The first two sets were closely fought but both sets went to Southern Districts 6/4. Peter Izzard and Todd Austin played well to win the 3rd set 6/1 while Bill Summerside and Cameron Pearson held on to win 7/5 squaring up the match. The 5th set was won by Cameron and Peter 6/3 but in a close encounter Todd and Bill lost 7/5. The match was again evenly poised at 3 sets all but the locals had a slender games advantage.
Todd and Cameron lost the 7th set meaning Bill and Peter had to win the last set for a win. The match seesawed backwards and forwards with neither team being able to forge ahead. Eventually it came down to a tiebreaker which was also going point for point until 3 all before Peter and Bill were able to take the advantage of a couple of unforced errors from the Southern Districts pair, going on to take the tiebreaker 7/3 and the set 7/6 and the match 4 sets 42 games to 4 sets 40 games. A close match indeed.
George Rider Cup
Travelled to NSW Chinese our team made up of Paul Summerside, Richard Welsh, Mark Coleman and David Lehman
Paul and Richard opened with a 6/4 win against the Chinese first couple with David and Mark beating the second couple 6/2 – in the second round Paul and Mark won a good match 6/2 and David and Richard having a comfortable 6/0 – there after Kiama Shellharbour exerted full authority over the match in the third round with Paul and David winning another 6/0 and Richard and Mark having a 6/3 win, where Mark strained a hamstring and in the final round Paul and Richard winning 6/1 and David and Mark 6/2 – an easy win 8 sets 48 games to 0 sets 14 games – hoping Mark is sound for next week as we move into the last match of the first round – the Chinese were very generous hosts with an abundance of eats and drinks for which we thank them.