DROITWICH Men’s B won two matches to leap to the top of Herefordshire and Worcestershire Summer Tennis League Division Four East.

They prospered 5-1 at Stourport B as John Moran and Ben Steel won 6-7, 6-3, 7-6 and 6-2, 6-1 and Joe Maidment and Ian Bowman triumphed 7-6, 6-1 and 6-2, 6-2.

Nick King and Bob Smith won 6-1, 6-1 and lost 6-4, 6-4.

They then displaced leaders David Lloyd Dudley A by beating them 5-1 too.

There were victories for Rich Clive and Moran 4-6, 6-0, 6-4 and 6-3, 6-1, for Maidment and Bowman 6-4, 6-4 and 6-1, 6-3 and for Eric Cartelet and Kevin Hodges 6-3, 6-4.

The only defeat was for Cartelet and Hodges 7-5, 6-4.

OTHER RESULTS

Men's C team lost 5-1 to Stourbridge D in Division Four East: Peter Fawcus and James McKelvey won 7-6, 6-4 and lost 6-3, 7-5; Ben Steel and Mark Pearsall lost 6-2, 7-6 and 6-2, 6-3; Dave Lamb and Dave Wicks lost 6-4, 6-2 and 6-2, 6-1.

F team 6-0 at Fladbury in Division Nine East: Roger Whiteman and David Hughes lost 6-1, 6-1 and 6-0, 6-3; Roger Satterthwaite and Mark Alexander lost 6-3, 6-4 and 6-4, 6-0; Steve Whittaker and Max Rhodes lost 6-1, 6-3 and 6-1, 6-3.

Women's B team winning draw at Halesowen: Margaret and Kate Hughes won 6-2, 6-2 and 6-0, 6-0; Sue Webber and Heather Fellows won 6-2, 3-6, 7-5 and lost 7-5, 6-2; Lydia Walker-Cox and Linda Price lost 7-6, 3-6, 6-3 and 6-3, 6-3.

Droitwich D lost 4-2 to Bromsgrove D: Alison Whiteman and Julie Rhodes won 6-4, 6-2 and lost 7-5, 6-2; Alexa Dean and Julia Rollit won 6-4, 2-6, 6-0 and lost 7-6, 3-6, 7-6; Jackie Holliday and Abigail Moore lost 6-1, 6-2 and 6-3, 6-1.

Mixed A team beat David Lloyd Bromsgrove B 4-0 in Division Two: Joe Maidment and Marelize Yorke won 7-6, 6-1 and 6-0, 6-4; Mark Jones and Lisa Pettener-Jones 6-3, 6-2.

C team winning draw at home to David Lloyd Dudley B in Division Five East: Dave Lamb and Karen Hay won 6-4, 7-6 and 7-6, 6-0; Chris and Jackie Passey lost 7-5, 6-7, 6-0 and 3-6, 7-6, 6-1.

D team winning draw at home to David Lloyd Worcester B in Division Five West: Mark Venables and Christina Sellers won 6-2, 4-6, 6-0 and lost 4-6, 7-5, 6-4; Ian Ross and Liz French won 6-3, 6-2 and lost 1-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Mixed F team lost at Halesowen 4-0: Steve Good and Shona Atherton lost 6-1, 6-2 and 6-1, 6-3; Joy Baker and Phil Woodhouse lost 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 and 6-4, 6-3.

Under eights beat Redditch 15-1: Jacob Dufty, Harry Smart, Oliver Stevens and Lewis Hunt all won.

Under 10s beat Barnt Green 6-0: Harry Waters, Jack Fletcher, Joel Park and Holly Stevens all won.

Under 14s boys beat Worcester 3-0: James Stanford won 6-0, 6-0; Thomas Dobson won 2-6, 6-4, 1-0; Stanford and Dobson won 6-1, 6-0.