Risbygate Ladies in the

 Cambridgeshire Winter League

The Risbygate ladies team have had mixed results in the league so far and playing conditions have been very varied.

They hosted Haslingfield in windy conditions and this was a close match. Genella Doble and Gail Corcoran had a tough match against the 1st pair, winning the 1st set 6-4 but losing the 2nd 3-6. They won both sets against the 2nd pair (after letting leads of 4-1 and 4-0 slip) finally winning 6-4 6-3. Sue Glasswell and Annemarie Vis fought hard against the 2nd pair, catching up to level the score at 4-4 in the 2nd set, but unfortunately couldn’t sustain the momentum and lost 3-6, 4-6, resulting in a 3-5 loss. Haslingfield are the current league leaders.

Cambridge 3rd team proved to be strong opposition and the team of Genella Doble, Jo Harpur, Louise Vivian and Dorothy Donaldson lost 1-7.

In rather damp conditions the team played Saffron Walden. The conditions made it a long match as it was more difficult to put the ball away. Both Risbygate pairs got off to a good start and got the measure of their opposing pairs, winning the first round matches fairly comfortably. In the 2nd round Dorothy Donaldson and Genella Doble had a good fight back against the 1st pair to level the score at 6-6 in the 2nd set, having been 3-5 down. They played a strong tie break to clinch the set 7-6. Meanwhile, Gail Corcoran and Jo Harpur started slowly against the 2nd pair but then were too strong for the Saffron Walden pair, winning 6-2, 6-3. A good 7-1 win for the team.

Risbygate are well placed at joint 2nd in the league at the moment.