THE Okehampton Ladies ‘A’ Tennis Team have won Division 5 of the Exeter and District League.

Last Thursday they played Lympstone ‘B’ away. Jackie Jarvis and Angela Herrod- Taylor started well in what was a tough match.

The Okehampton pair took the first set 6-2 and then had to fight hard in the second to eventually win 6-4. In their second match, knowing that they had secured enough points to win the league they relaxed and won fairly easily 6-0, 6-0.

The second Okehampton pair Penny Holman and Beth Dennis played some good tennis but lost the first match 2-6, and 0-6.

In their second rubber they had some amazing rallies and fought valiantly but were unable to secure the important points and eventually lost 2-6, 3-6. However a 4-4 draw was sufficient to push Okehampton to the top of the table with 79 points, leaving Dawlish in second place on 75 points. Captain Jackie Jarvis was very proud of the team’s performance.