Goodrich Ladies ’C’hasers played their final match of the Summer season in Division 6 on Thursday, 23rd August. Playing in the Herefordshire and Worcestershire League the team faced Woolhope C ladies at home.

Depending on the result, the ’C’hasers could finish in either fifth or sixth place in the division. Knowing what was at stake, Katie Hunt and Kayla Coopey, ’C’hasers’ first pair, recorded one of their best wins of the Summer. They took the first rubber 6-2/6-1, and the second rubber 6-0/6-2.

Goodrich ladies’ second pair, Shani Courtney and Debbie Trigg, also had a good win in their first rubber. They came through the right side of a tie-break in the first set, and then won the second set 6-3.

Although Shani and Debbie battled hard in the second rubber, they came out on the wrong side of a 0-6/3-6 defeat. However, between them, the two Goodrich pairings had picked up enough points to take fifth place overall, which was a very rewarding end to their Summer season. Very well done ladies.

Goodrich Men also rounded off their Summer season with a very convincing win on Friday, 31st August, when they travelled to Woolhope to take on their B team.

Mike Buck and Andrew Downing quickly took the first rubber 6-1/6-0 and duplicated the score in the second rubber.

Meanwhile, Goodrich second pair, Daniel Madge and Mark Brown, took a little longer in their first rubber, but still got the win, 6-3/6-4. Unfortunately, the Woolhope first pair proved too strong for Daniel and Mark in their second rubber, which they lost 3-6/0-6.

A great win for the Goodrich Men, meant that they have finished top of the Herefordshire and Worcestershire Summer League Division 6 West, and also saw Mike and Andrew finishing top of the player statistics table.See this week’s paper for more stories like this, available in shops and as a Digital Edition now.