Sidmouth B 4

Okehampton men's B 5

THE seaside setting of Sidmouth Tennis Club on a bright sunny evening was the picturesque location for Okehampton B latest fixture. At the request of the opposition, a minutes silence in memory of David Carter was held before the start of play reflecting the high esteem in which he was held on the East Devon tennis circuit.

John Jarvis and Martin Pearce curtailed their natural attacking tendencies and cut out errors to overcome the opposition. This tactic proved successful and they won their matches 6-2, 6-3 and 6-2, 6-1.

Robert Richards played his first match for some time in partnership with David Naylor. They lost their first set 2-6, and came back strongly to take the second set 6-3 but lost the deciding tiebreak 6-10. They found it difficult to get past the strong net play of Sidmouth`s first pair and lost to them in straight sets.

However, the overall 5-4 victory keeps Okehampton in contention in what looks like being a closely fought division eight.

Okehampton ladies 8

Kingsteignton B ladies 0

THE Okehampton ladies fielded a strong team in their recent match against Kingsteignton B.

Beth Dennis and Kath Bolt held on to their unbeaten record and won comfortably in straight sets in both matches 6-3, 6-1, 6-0, 6-0, gaining four valuable points.

The second pairing of Jackie Jarvis and Angela Herrod-Taylor, having not played together this year, started off tentatively making a few unforced errors. However, they eventually found their form and won the first match 6-4, 6-0.

Feeling more confident they then continued their success and stormed on to win their second match 6-0, 6-0.

The Okehampton team were delighted to pick up the maximum eight points from this fixture.

Newton Abbot ladies 4

Okehampton ladies 5

OKEHAMPTON Tennis Club ladies earned a superb win away to Newton Abbot ladies.

The visitors mustered a slightly stronger team with Beth Dennis and Kath Bolt soon finding a good playing combination.

The opposition found it difficult to deal with Dennis's sliced forehands and Bolt's angled volleys and they romped through the opening match in straight sets winning 6-1,  6-3. They continued their impressive form in the next match winning 6-2, 6-1.

Angela Herrod-Taylor and Becca Jarvis struggled to find any consistency and lost their first match 1-6, 2-6. In the next, they started better and won their first set convincingly 6-0.

Unfortunately for the away side they were unable to continue their success and lost the next set 2-6 and the tie break 6-10. However, the point that they did secure ensured a win for the Okehampton team with the final score 5-4.

Lympstone 8

Okehampton men's B 1

After a convincing win in their first match Okehampton men`s B team travelled to Lympstone in a confident mood.

However, Oke were unable to find a way through the solid defence of the opponents' first pairing and lost both these matches in straight sets.

The matches against the second pairing, who played more attacking tennis, were much more enjoyable although Steve Parsons and David Naylor again lost.

John Jarvis and Graham Duck lost the first set 2-6 but played some sparkling tennis to take the second set 6-2. They then lost a tense and tight tiebreak by 10 points to 8.