Round Robins for the Men’s Veteran Singles took place in glorious weather at the club’s Balksbury Home. Jeremy Hann, Rob King and Mark Williams were in a group of three.
The first match put Rob against Mark. Rob plays and adventurous attacking game and had some success at the net but Mark hit his passing shots with power and accuracy and it was he who came out on top.
Jeremy then played Mark and spent more time at the back of the court with occasional moves forward. This proved a winning tactic.
The final game saw Rob still full of bravery moving into the net. Jeremy had to use lobs as well as passing shots to engineer a win.
Jeremy will play defending champion Al Williams in the Semi Final.
The semi Finalist to come from the second group will play Number two seed Martyn Isherwood.
This was a group of four, with Tim Kelly, Reece Simpson, Richard Shipway and Dan De Marco.
Dan and Tim played an entertaining game but it was Dan who was the steadier shot maker and got the win.
Reece and Richard played a long match with a tie break set going to each of them but a deciding Championship Tie break and the win going to Richard.
In the next round, Dan played Reece. This was another close match with strong groundstrokes and sharp winners from Reece and calm thoughtful tactics from Dan. It was Dan who emerged the winner after two tie break sets.
Reece conceded the next round, after playing five consecutive tie break sets.
Dan cemented his position with a win over Richard who played some tremendous shots.
Dan will play Martyn in the Second Semi Final.
