Sherborne vs Pilgrims – Pilgrims won 7-2

Glorious sun and beautifully prepared grass courts welcomed our returning Pilgrims. It was another afternoon of the more seasoned and experienced players showing our boys how important it is to anticipate, intercept at the net and only take risks if justified. Billie B did another fine job captaining our other players and he, with his partner Henry W, won their first match against Justin T-G and David C-E (OS d) 6-3 to maintain their unbeaten record so far. However, in their second match, Nick L (OS d) and Benjamin L (OS a) got the better of them with a 6-3 win. Determined to make up for this loss, our first pair went into their final match against Henry Field (OS c) and Seb Fender (OS c) determined to find form, which they did in their second set, which they only just lost with an overall result of 6-1 7-6 (7-5). Our second pair, Charlie S and Rupert D had a tough start by losing against Henry Field (OS c) and Seb Fender (OS c), although they put up a great fight with plenty of closely fought games along the way. It was good to see them win their second match against the Pilgrims third pair 6-3, our second and final match to win during the afternoon. Our third pair, Xav C and Ollie S, fought hard but did not quite muster enough points to take any of their matches. A similar result against the Pilgrims compared to last year with the satisfying complement from them that we were a stronger team than last year.