Goodrich ‘D’ie-Hards were playing at home against Ledbury ‘C’, on Sunday, January 12th, which was their first match since the Christmas break.

First pair, Lisa Hill and Di Webb, battled hard, both against the Ledbury first pair and very windy conditions, and were disappointed to lose the first rubber 2-6 / 3-6. However Ros Wadsworth and Karla Morris, the second pair, playing their first match together, were delighted to record a 6-1 / 6-0 victory against their opposite number. 

With one rubber apiece and Goodrich having a slight game advantage it was all to play for in the second rubber. Lisa and Di, having refocused after the change-over and keen to improve on their earlier result, got off to a flying start in the first set taking it 6-0, however Ledbury were not going to roll over and at 6-6 it was time to play a tie-break, which Lisa and Di came out as the worthy winners. 

High in confidence following their win in the first rubber, Karla and Ros soon got back into their stride against the Ledbury first pair, dropping just three games on the way to a 6-0 / 6-3 win, and enabling the team to pick up 8 points. This moves the Goodrich ‘D’ie-Hards up to third place in Division 6 of the Herefordshire & Worcestershire Winter League, one place below Leominster ‘B’, who they will play on Saturday, January 18th. For more information about Goodrich Tennis Club, please contact:- [email protected] or visit the website:- www.goodrichtennis.co.uk