Two matches on successive Sundays at Amherst this month brought contrasting fortunes for the club’s ladies team, playing in Division 2 of the Tennis Sussex Winter Doubles.

On 16 February the home duos, Nikki Crowhurst paired with Pearl Hare and Anita Gedge with Jennifer Naylor, were overpowered under a wintry sun by a high-class and much younger foursome from Maresfield. Amherst only won seven games altogether in eight sets, a comprehensive annihilation.

But a week later, shifting from the sand-dressed astroturf courts to artificial clay on a morning of grey skies and gusty winds, Amherst were almost equally dominant against the David Lloyd Club of Worthing. This time they won all eight sets with a combined loss of ten games. Crowhurst and Hare were in fine form, while mother-and-daughter combination Debi and Jada Ani were also much too strong for the visiting pairs.

Amherst have one fixture left in the winter tournament, away at Cross-in-Hand. That’s likely to be a much more even contest.


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