DROITWICH Tennis Club's mixed A team started their Herefordshire and Worcestershire Winter League Division Two season by beating their B side 4-0.

Ian Bowman and Lisa Pettener-Jones produced two excellent performances to defeat John Moran and Heather Fellows 6-1, 6-4 and Ben Steel and Caroline Brookes 6-4, 6-3.

Joe Maidment and Marelize Yorke won 6-4, 6-0 against Brookes and Steel and 6-1, 6-2 against Fellows and Moran.  

Droitwich's F team kicked off their Division Eight East season by beating their G side 4-0.

Phil Woodhouse and Gail Hamilton defeated Tony Barnby and Shona Atherton 6-4, 6-7, 6-1 and Steve Good and Helen Whiteside 6-2, 6-2.

Paul Webber and Julia Rollit won 6-4, 6-4 against Good and Whiteside and 2-6, 6-1, 6-1 against Barnby and Atherton. 

Droitwich men’s C team continued their 100 per cent start in Division Six East with a 3-1 victory against Cutnall Green A.

Kevin Hodges and Bob Smith won 6-1, 6-4 and 6-3, 6-1 while Mark Pearsall and Bruce Turner triumphed 6-0, 6-4 and lost 3-6, 7-6, 7-6.

The G team narrowly lost 42-40 on games at home to Wollaston D.

John Jenkins and Mark Woodget won 7-6, 7-5 and 6-2, 6-4 victories but Robin French and Chris Day lost 7-6, 6-3 and 6-2, 6-3.

Droitwich women's F team beat their G side 3-1 in Division 11 East.

Bridget Gill and Shona Atherton won 7-5, 6-2 against Helen Bibbey and Fiona Fogg and 6-1, 6-1 against Kate Bates and Lynne Williams.

Sue Bryce and Janine Billinge beat Bates and Williams 6-2, 6-1 but lost 7-5, 6-4 to Bibbey and Fogg.

The E team began Division Nine East with a 4-0 defeat at Bewdley C.

Julia Rollit and Eileen Probyn-Skinner went down 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 and 6-1, 6-3 and Hazel Briggs and Megan Ross fell 6-1, 6-0 and 6-4, 7-5.