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2010 Season

Men’s B Thurs. 13 May vs. Kirby C home 6.30pm

First outing of the season ended in failure (2-7) at home to a very strong Kirby side. All the opening rubbers were in the balance up to the final stage but alas we succumbed in all 3. The remainder of the evening was a little disjointed as one of the Kirby’s third pair had to leave the court early, despite this their pairs 1 & 2 remained strong and won out.

For the Record
Matt & Dan- 6/8, 3/8
Rob & John- 7/9, 3/8
Halford & Russ- 8/9, 3/8, 2/8

Men’s B Wed. 19 May vs. Frinton C away 6.30pm

The B’s got the first win of the season on the grass at Frinton (6-3). While the grass was in good condition the Dedham pairs were battling hard to get any purchase on what became a very slippery surface as the evening dew came down. Turning 3-3 after the first two rubbers it was decided to move to the hard courts for the final rubber. On a familiar surface the Dedham pairs kicked on to win the final 3 sets. All pairs had their moments – Matt & Dan winning from 5-0 down against their third pair, Robert & Tony’s clinical 8-2 against their 2 pair but ultimately it was Russell & Halfords felling of the top pair that was the performance of the night & quite possibly the season

For the Record

Matt & Dan – 5-8, 9-7, 8-2
Robert & Tony – 8-2, 2-8, 9-7
Russell & Halford – 8-6, 4-8, 8-6

Men’s B Thurs. 17 June vs. Col Gar Off Club home 6.30pm

On a beautiful summers eve in Dedham the B’s suffered their second loss of the season going down 3-6 to a very capable Officers Club. Russell & Halford could not recreate the heroics of Frinton a couple of weeks back, Matt & Dan showed some encouraging signs as a pair before injury to Dan in the second rubber put paid to their evening, John & Robert had the performance of the night in taking a rubber from Ivanišević on court 2.

For the Record
Matt & Dan- 4/8, 8/5, 3/8
Rob & John- 9/8, 3/8, 8/3
Halford & Russ- 4/8, 2/8, 2/8

Men’s B Tues. 22 June vs. Little Clacton away 6.30pm

A great win for the B’s ‘even the vegetables, and mud balls being thrown over from the caravan site couldnt put us off’!

                                                    MATT/TONY      ROB/JOHN       RUSS/HAL

GUNFIELD / CROSS                        3/8                       6/8                   9/7
AMOY / PARTRIDGE                     2/8                       3/8                   2/8
FAITHFUL / APPLETON              1/8                       2/8                   4/8

John and Robert made sure of a triple win with a good a fight at the end. Some sharp volleying by Halford, and fine serving by Russel kept their end up. A reunited Matt & Tony showed the chemistry was still there

Men’s B Tues. 29 June vs. Kirby C away 6.30pm

A good result on Tuesday….we held on to a win with some Isna inspired play by John and Robert who closed off the tie break under the floodlights. The opposition 1st pair were caught off guard by our dynamic duo Russel and Halford who won two rubbers with ease. A disappointing result from the 1st pair who on the night faired 3rd winning only 1 rubber

Robert & John: Won 2 / Lost 1
Halford & Russ: Won 2 / Lost 1
Matt & Tony: Won 1 / Lost 2

Men’s B Mon. 12 July vs. Col Gar Off Club away 6.30pm

Deham went down heavily to what are comfortably the best team in the league.  Results as follows

John & Robert- 6-8 /2-8/6-8

Tony & Duncan- 4-8/3-8/6-8

Matt & Halford-  4-8/8-2 / 6-8

Men’s B Thurs. 15 July vs. Little Clacton home 6.30pm

Little Clacton failed to show – a 9-0 to Dedham
Men’s B Thurs. 29 July vs. Frinton C home 6.30pm