entered in the Midland Bank/L.T.A. League and other than a 3-3 draw against the Mount School all the matches were won without the loss of a rubber. The girls enjoy both the doubles and singles aspect of the matches and all have shown much improvement in their game, especially in producing consistent shots. The final against Joseph Rowntree produced another convincing result and the girls lost only four games overall. They now progress to a further round having won the York and District area league. The U.14 team had three friendly fixtures, winning two of them. They would have also beaten Queen Ethelburga's with a full strength team but unfortunately three of them were ill on that day. They had mixed results in the U. 14 York League but finished by only losing two of the eight fixtures. Again illness affected this team for which seven girls played. Kathryn Charman and Heidi Clark both won six of their eight singles matches and Heidi played in every fixture. The players all made steady progress through the summer and it was encouraging that people were enthusiastic and willing to play in matches at short notice. W. M. Shepherd
TENNIS We started the tennis season with a week of House matches. On reflection not very helpful for selecting teams as only one colour — Alex Masefield — remained from the 1st team. We played tennis for a week before the fixtures began but it was difficult to know the best players and how to pair them with people missing from each session. Therefore, for the first few matches the pairings changed considerably before the 1st team became settled. All of the LVI who chose full-time tennis were of a good standard and as six of the first seven remain next year, to be joined by some promising Vth year, competition for a place in the 1st team will be keen. Matches against Leeds Girls High School and Scarborough College were only lost by one rubber but important experience has been gained this year and the girls should reverse those scores next summer. Again Queen Margaret's presented the strongest opposition but although losing 2-7 the rubbers were well contested with long games taking place. In fact the game score was 30-44, a gap which could be narrowed with more determination. The U. 18 team also entered the Midland Bank/L.T.A. Senior Students Competition where after beating Woodkirk 6-0 they lost to a strong team from Bradford Grammar School. Nikki Westwood won the only rubber, without dropping a game, playing the No.3 singles string. She also played extremely well in that position in the U. 18 York League. Here Nikki won all of her seven singles rubbers without the loss of a game in four of them. In the first round of the Aberdare/Glanville Cup, Scarborough College withdrew and Queen Ethelburga's were beaten 4-2. Eleanor Bowling, from the fourth year, played in both these matches, winning three rubbers and losing three. She gained valuable experience from this — if a little over-awed at the time! In the next round, St. James', Knaresborough, had two county players in their team of four so the opponents proved to be too strong. Nikki Westwood and Julia Thompson had a good doubles match, losing only 6-7 with a tie-break. The team were unlucky to finish runners-up in the U. 18 York League by one point, despite not losing a match. A tie-break set, lost 6-7 in the first match, against Appleton Roebuck became the decisive rubber but there's always another year! My thanks to Alex Masefield who was a reliable captain, both as a player and in her organising ability. The 2nd team had a disappointing season with only six matches played and three of these against schools with only two couples. Another three schools cancelled previously arranged fixtures due to lack of players. The match against Queen Margaret's produced some of the best tennis with Emma Ward and Susie Musgrave winning two rubbers. Louise and Abigail Fowler won the remaining rubber and Sarah Durham and Claire Farrow were unlucky to lose 5-6 to the first pair but showed a determined approach. The girls played the 1st team from Barnard Castle with Emma and Susie again winning two rubbers. Unfortunately they lost the deciding rubber 5-7. The U. 15 team has had another successful year. They played six fixtures with three pairs in the team and won five of them, four convincingly. A team of four was
The following represented the 1st team: A. Masefield*, R. Robertson*, J. Thompson*, N. Westwood*, S. Musgrave*, E. Ward*, S. Jackson*, A. Fowler, L. Fowler, E. Bowling, J. Webster. * Colours
Results: v Worksop College Home v Ackworth Home v Queen Margaret's Away v Leeds Girls High School! Away v Scarborough College Away v Hymers College Away v Durham Home v The Mount Away v Bootham Away v Pocklington Away
U.18 League Results: v Appleton Roebuck v Dunnington v The Mount v Bootham v Joseph Rowntree v York Vlth Form College v All Saints
Away Away Away Home Away Away Away
6 -3 5'/2 - 3 ' / 2
2 4 4 9 7 8 8 5
-7 —5 -5 -0 -2 -1 —1 -4
3- -3 6- -0 6- -0 3- -3 6--0 6--0 6- -0
Won Won Lost Lost Lost Won Won Won Won Won
Draw Won Won Draw Won Won Won
The following represented the 2nd team: R. Robertson, J. Webster, S. Jackson, E. Ward, C. Farrow, S. Musgrave, A. Fowler, L. Fowler, S. Durham, M. Gibb, A. Daniels. 74
