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The 16 clubs
entered into the League were divided into four areas with the
winners coming together at Newport over the weekend of 23rd-24th
September. Newport proved a popular venue with no team having too
far to travel and members of the home club had turned out in force
to prepare the lawns and keep up a constant supply of hot and cold
drinks. They also provided fine weather on both days.
The
semi-finals were played on Saturday. In the first Letchworth beat
Downham Market 10-8, recovering from 8-4 down! In the second
semi-final Chelmsford won convincingly against Bury St Edmunds 12-4
in the singles and as time was getting on it was agreed not to play
the doubles.
In a keenly
contested final on Sunday the teams took lunch after three rounds of
singles with the score at 6-6. Chelmsford won the next round of
singles 3-1 which meant that Letchworth had to win both rounds of
doubles to force a shoot-out. They won one but lost the other
leaving Chelmsford (Judith Hand, Les and Sheila Renew and John
Marchant) the 10-8 winners. Particular thanks go to Richard Keighley
of the Leighton Linslade Club for organising the League throughout
the season.
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