Club Champs Day Five

As predicted Friday was the busiest day, with doubles, singles, vets vintage, tired bodies and empty glasses a plenty.

The evening kicked off with the women's semis, where Sam Ward beat mum Dawn in three, and Hannah Cliff beat Lucy Beecroft 3-1 in what was by all reports an excellent match. Three teenagers in the semis and two in the final sounds pretty good, doesn't it.

The doubles took its usual course with the mixed group - won by Cliff & Cliff - having fun while the macho men slugged it out in the other groups with hardly a smile between them. Millington and Iredale claimed a controversial victory in group C while the Sam & Lucy superteam dented a few male egos as the walked it in group B.

Yours truly acquited himself well against Mr Thompson considering I couldn't move more than a couple of feet an hour by the time we got on court, and as we speak the much-anticipated Cliff-McNestrie vets semi is still to go on court.

Update ... 10.15 and Colin takes the fifth13/11 to reach the vets final.

Finals start at around 4pm tomorrow ...