ROSS Ladies Tennis Club ended the season on a high with a 5-1 victory at Wall Heath.

Playing first pair were Val Davies and Jane Pepperell who saw off the first pair of Wall Heath with some hard hitting and only dropped three games.

The ladies second rubber was a tighter affair, and the Ross pair lost the first set on a tie-break.

However, they stood tall to take the second set 6-1 and then won the match tie-break.

Second pair for Ross were Sarah Drake and Gaynor Raine who stormed through the first rubber with firm shots from all over the court.

The result went Ross’ way 6-1, 6-0 against young opponents who suffered in the heat.

Drake and Raine geared up to play the tricky first pair but lost the first set, which was hard on the ladies.

They had the tools to win the second set, however in a stonker of a tie-break it was Wall Heath who held firm and took the rubber.

Sandy Faulkes and Hayley Jackson were the last two members of the Ross team played excellently in their first match against the second pair, only dropping three games, some of Jackson's smashes hit the shed.

The youngsters were next in the firing line, the Ross pair kept their eyes on the ball, were unbending in their resolve and won 6-0,6-0.

l The Ross mixed team were happy to play a local derb against the Goodrich B team.

The first rubber got underway and Tim Barnard and Val Davies managed to control the game on the unfamiliar surface.

Barnard's solid serving gave them an advantage and they won in straight sets dropping only five games. Jamie Farr and Hayley Jackson mirrored the result with only five games lost to the Goodrich second pair.

The second rubber was more difficult for Ross; both pairs lost the first three games.

Barnard and Davies managed to clinch the first set 7-5 and then grew in confidence to take the second set

6-1.

Farr and Jackson also managed to win their first set 6-4, but could not keep it up for the second set which went Goodrich’s way.

A nail-biting match tie-break went the way of the Goodrich first pair.

However, the final result was a very welcome 3-1 win for the Ross team.