Phyllis Court 2 beat Bromley 6-1

[<<] [>>] by Christopher Roberts at Phyllis Court
19 Jul (GC - Federations Shield)

PCC 'B' 6 - 1 Bromley

?Phyllis Court's 'Team B' team scored an excellent 6-1 victory over visitors Bromley to reach the National Final of the Federations Shield Handicap (Advantage) competition today.
In doing so, they avenged the defeat suffered by our 'A' team at the hands of Bromley in the previous round.

Heavy overnight rain returned for the first hour or so of play and in enough abundance to cause concern for the completing of the fixture, but its mid-morning easing settled the nerves on that score.

Phyllis Court got off to a terrific start with captain Raghu Iyer and Dee McKibbin winning their morning singes 5-7, 4-4, 7-6 and 7-1, 7-5 against Caroline Burden and Martin Daniels respectively.

Quite a while afterwards, Helen Essa and Rob Eagle won their doubles rubber as well, in a closely fought affair, 6-7, 7-6, 7-5 against Adam Newbould and Karen Newbould, to put Phyllis Court in the commanding position of needing just one of the four afternoon singles matches to clinch the team win.

Bromley were not done so soon though, and took all four matches to third and deciding games and kept Phyllis Court honest when they won the first games in two of the rubbers.

Essa had an easy first game win 7-1 but an impressive comeback by Bromley captain Karen Newbould kept her side in the fixture just 7-1, 4-7, 6-7.

However, wins for Iyer (v Daniels), 7-4, 6-7, 7-1, McKibbin (v Adam Newbould) 3-7, 7-4, 7-6 and Eagle (v Burden) 6-7, 7-6, 7-1 sealed Phyllis Court's victory with aplomb and a resounding 6-1 score line.
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PCC 'B' - Raghu Iyer (3), Dee McKibbin (5), Helen Essa (5), Rob Eagle (6)
Bromley - Martin Daniels (1), Adam Newbould (2), Karen Newbould (3), Caroline Burden (6)
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Phyllis Court will contest the National Final versus the winner of the other semi-final between Colchester and Crake Valley.