The Ladies Midweek team played their first fixture of the summer season against Magdalen Park at Richmond on 9 May. The team of Camilla Oakley playing with Amanda Kean took on Magdalen’s Park’s 1st pair while Gloria Collar Urquijo and Lyndsay Halper played as 2nd pair. It was quickly discovered that Magdalen’s 1st pair were very canny. The adopted a range of tactics including the Australian formation to unsettle Camilla and Amanda who have not played together for sometime. The tactics worked and the rubber was lost 0:6 2:6. Meanwhile, Gloria and Lyndsay were making a bit of a meal of their contest. After taking the first set comfortably 6:3, they lost the plot and the 2nd set 0:6! Fortunately, with gritted teeth, they won the tie break 10:6.
On to the second round of matches. Gloria and Lyndsay fought hard but were defeated 3:6 3:6 by Magdalen Park’s confident 1st pair. However, Amanda and Camilla had by now got their partnership back together and they fought hard splitting two close sets 4:6 6:3 then just losing out in the tie break 8:10.
Thank you for your efforts and well played everyone.
Lyndsay