No love lost at Tennis club finals day

Bridport Tennis Club held its finals day in the glorious September sunshine on Sunday 25th. The event was the culmination of a month of competition with 6 finals taking place on the day.

In the Veterans Mixed Doubles final Phil Boyer and Janet Clayton had a 6-3 win over Geoff Smith and Helen Boyer while in the Open Mixed Doubles Neil Blincow and Karine Sehn beat Ludo Blackburn and Jilly Blincow. In a game where love literally means nothing one can only hope that both Phil and Neil can survive defeating their wives on the tennis court!

Meanwhile, the Men’s Doubles trophy was won by Nick Wright and Phil Boyer who won 6-0 against Scott Carson and Marc McNaughton and the Ladies Doubles trophy saw Hannah Skellern and Helen Boyer win 6-4 against Karine Sehn and Jacqui Mitchell.

The quality of tennis was exceptional throughout all the finals but it was the two Singles finals that produced the outstanding performances of the day. In the Ladies final Hannah Skellern narrowly defeated Karine Sehn 7-5 while in the Men’s final Neil Blincow had a 7-6 win against Nick Wright after a scintillating match culminating in a tie-break finish - a great finale to a fine day of tennis.

Photograph -Winners and runners up. Left to right: Jilly Blincow, Hannah Skellern, Jacqui Mitchell, Karine Sehn, Neil Blincow, Phil Boyer, Helen Boyer, Nick Wright, Janet Clayton, Scott Carson, Geoff Smith, Marc McNaughton.