MIXED fortunes greeted Westward Ho! A's title challenge in Ladies' Division One of the North Devon Tennis League.

They slipped to a 16-8 defeat against Ilfracombe A before bouncing back the next day with a 20-4 win against Braunton A.

Tracy Edwards and Georgie Redrup won a tie-break decider against Marian Vinall and Karen Morris to set Combe up for their win.

Vinall and Morris also missed out by tie-break against Elaine Cassidy and Jenny Pointer but they returned to winning ways against Braunton.

A 10-8 tie-break win against Jinny Stapley and Teresa Poole was key to the 20-4 success while Stapley and Poole also missed out in a decider with Nicole Williams and Jill Skinner.

In the Houldsworth Cup, Barnstaple Tarka A eased into the semi-finals with a 6-1 win over Ilfracombe B.

Ladies Division 1 — Westward Ho! A 20 Braunton 4: Marian Vinall & Karen Morris beat Ginney Stapley & Theresa Poole 7-6, 2-6, 10-8; beat Hilary Adams & Licy Squires 6-1, 6-3. Nicole Williams & Jull Skinner beat Stapley & Poole 6-4, 4-6, 10-5; beat Adams & Squires 6-2, 6-2.

Westward Ho! A 8 Ilfracombe A 16: Marian Vinall & Karren Morris beat Tracey Edwards & Georgie Redrup 2-6, 6-3, 10-8; beat Elaine Cassidy & Jenny Points 6-4, 3-6, 10-2. Sue Doncaster & Monika Hayter lost to Edwards & Rerup 2-6, 2-6; lost to Cassidy & Pointes 2-6, 1-6.

Braunton 12 Park Lane A 12: Jinny Stapley & Hilary Adams lost to Ruth McMeechan & Lindsay Lewis 3-6, 1-6; beat Cath Lake & Jan Hunter 6-1, 6-1. Sue Hunter & Teresa Poole lost to McMeechan & Lewis 0-6, 1-6; beat Lake & Hunter.

Park Lane A 6 Tarka A 18: Lindsay Lewis & Katie Spice lost to Sally Hook & Sue Williams 4-6, 2-6; beat Nicky Bennington & Bish Muir 6-2, 6-3. Elaine Turner & Ruth McMeechan lost to Hook & Williams 1-6, 3-6; lost to Bennington & Muir 3-6, 1-3 (retired).

Westward Ho! B 2 Westward Ho! A 22: Denise Kovall & Lynsey Ayres lost to Marian Vinall & Karen Morris 0-6, 2-6; lost to Nicole Williams & Bethany Millburn 6-2, 3-6, 7-10. Monika Hayter & Sue Doncaster lost to Vinall & Morris 3-6, 2-6; lost to Williams & Millburn 1-6, 6-7.

Ilfracombe A 20 Westward Ho! B 4: Jenny Pointer & Elaine Cassidy beat Lynsey Ayres & Denise Koval 6-4, 6-3; lost to Sara Milburn & Sue Doncaster 2-6, 6-4, 10-12. Sam Twitchen & Linda Mollart beat Ayres & Koval 6-2, 6-4; beat Milburn & Doncaster 6-2, 6-2.

Division 2: Tarka C 18 Torrington A 6: Emma Underhill & Tia Sloman beat Jane Wickett & Sharon Ford 3-6, 6-2, 10-3; beat Helen Beer & Sue Allin 6-3, 5-7, 11-9. Lydia Huxtable & Sunny Parker beat Wickett & Ford 6-4, 1-0 (retired); beat Beer & Allin 2-6, 7-5, 10-7.

Division 3 — Westward Ho! D 6 Westward Ho! C 18: Nilufer Shaw & Ali Latham lost to Hilary Wilkes & Gainor Hastings 1-6, 4-6; beat Debbie Hellier & Virginia Henderson 6-4, 6-4. Mika Clayton & Ashleigh Clayton lost to Wilkes & Hastings 1-6, 1-6; lost to Hellier & Henderson 0-6, 1-6.

Westward Ho! C 12 Woolsery B 12: Virginia Henderson & Debbie Hellier lost to Ali Moulder & Denise Baggott 5-7, 2-6; beat Lesley Taylor & Jane Walter 7-6, 3-6, 10-3. Gaynor Hastings & Hilary Wilkes lost to Moulder & Baggott 6-2, 4-6, 8-10; beat Taylor & Walter 6-4, 6-1.

Rock Park B 15 Braunton C 9: Sheila Edwards & Pat Bartlett beat Eirene Williams & Celia Turner 6-1, 6-2; halved with Gill Gough & Lynda Keightley 4-6, 6-2 (bad light). Sarah Richards & Rita Drayton lost to Williams & Turner 3-6, 0-6; beat Gough & Keightley 7-6, 7-5.

Division 4 — Woolsery C 12 Chulmleigh 12: Di Pomeroy & Shirley Grills lost to Jo Moser & Davina Spencer 0-6, 3-6; beat Sarah Yates & Sara Frankland 6-1, 6-3. Jackie Walter & Karen Robinson lost to Moser & Spencer 4-6, 1-6; beat Yates & Frankland 6-0, 6-4.

Lynton A 11 Westward Ho! E 13: Karen Farrington & Serena Kirkman lost to Doreen Rossiter & Danielle Witt 6-4, 3-6, 7-10; beat Polly Greighton & Sally Ferguson 6-1, 6-1. Teresa Hepher & Nicola Davey halved with Rossiter & Witt 3-6, 6-4 (bad light); lost to Creighton & Ferguson 4-6, 3-6.

Men's — Division 1 — Westward Ho! A 14 Ilfracombe A 10: Dan Grigg & Rob Shaw lost to Damon Reed & David Malcolm 6-0, 4-6, 1-10; beat Will Hunt & Fernando Sanmartin 6-3, 6-1. Paul Ley & Dan Lobato beat Reed & Malcolm 6-7, 7-5, 10-4; lost to Hunt & Sanmartin 6-2, 5-7, 7-10.

Rock Park A 12 Tarka B 12: Phil Yabsley & Andy Woo beat Peter Hedge & Peter Underhill 6-2, 6-2; lost to Sam Koval & Steve Jenkins 4-6, 3-6. Leigh Hughes & Steve Ebbutt beat Hedge & Underhill 6-0, 7-5; lost to Koval & Jenkins 2-6, 2-6.

Park Lane A 7 Westward Ho! B 17: Tom Williams & Paul Hollis halved with Steve Clements & Mark Clayton 3-6, 7-6 (bad light); lost to Tom Vinall & Sam Fishwick 5-7, 6-7. Sam Parsons & Dan Parsons lost to Clements & Clayton 3-6, 2-6; beat Vinall & Fishwick 6-4, 4-6, 10-7.

Ilfracombe A 10 Westward Ho! B 14: D Reed & F Sanmartin beat M Clayton & S Clements 6-1, 6-0; beat M Rowe & S Bishop 3-6, 6-4, 10-7. E Davies & D Malcolm lost to Clayton & Clements 0-6, 4-6; lost to Rowe & Bishop 4-6, 1-6.

Division 2 — Rock Park C 6 Torrington A 18: Stuart Watson-Davies & Bruno Alverez beat John Norman & Chris Thompson 7-6, 1-1 (bad light; lost to Gerald Sussex & Mark Sussex 7-6, 1-6, 4-6. Adam Bond & Dave Newman lost to Norman & Thompson 1-6, 5-7; lost to Sussex & Sussex 0-6, 3-6.

Torrington A 18 Ilfracombe C 6: John Norman & Chris Thompson lost to Brian Malcolm & Dave Wright 0-6, 2-6; beat Eden Davies & David Adam 6-4, 6-1. Gerald Sussex & Mark Sussex beat Malcolm & Wright 6-3, 6-1; beat Davies & Adam 6-3, 6-1.

Ilfracombe C 14 Park Lane B 10: Eden Davies & Dave Adams beat Richard Knight & Dev Chopra 2-6, 6-4, 12-10; lost to Rob Delve & Cory Roach 5-7, 1-6. Olly Hunt & Toby Dowding beat Knight & Chopra 3-6, 6-4, 10-5; beat Delve & Roach 6-4, 6-3.

Division 3 — Westward Ho! C 20 Tarka C 4: Dave Vinall & Tom Dobson lost to Tony Hooper & Andy Dodds 1-6, 7-5, 7-10; beat Mark Preston & Richard Preston 6-2, 6-2. Steve Parker & Sam Fishwick beat Hooper & Dodds 6-2, 6-2; beat Preston & Preston 6-3, 6-2.

Tarka C 18 Hartland A 6: Mark Preston & Richard Preston lost to Nick Williams & Simon Goaman 6-7, 6-7; beat Roger Berry & David Kivell 6-4, 6-0. Alex Crisp & Jamie Woolver beat Williams & Goaman 6-1, 6-1; beat Berry & Kivell 6-1, 6-2.

Lynton B 24 Bratton Fleming 0: P Lake & P Druce beat Colin Wadsworth & Rob Clay 7-6, 6-0; beat Colin Thorn & Grant Lawson 6-1, 6-0. G Marshall & A Blackmore beat Wadsworth & Clay 6-2, 6-4; beat Thorn & Lawson 6-2, 6-1.

Tarka C 24 Bratton Fleming A 0: Tony Hooper & Richard Preston beat Colin Wadsworth & Peter James 6-3, 6-2; beat Grant Lawson & Paul Cann 6-4, 6-3. Andy Walder & Andrew Dodds beat Wadsworth & James 6-4, 6-3; beat Lawson & Cann 6-2, 7-5.

Bratton Fleming A 14 Hartland A 10: Colin Wadsworth & James Butcher lost to Nick Williams & Simon Goaman 2-6, 5-7; beat David Kivell & Roger Berry 6-1, 6-1. Grant Lawson & Paul Cann lost to Williams & Goaman 4-6 (rain stopped play); beat Kivell & Berry 7-5, 6-4.

Bratton Fleming A 18 Westward Ho! D 6: Rob Clay & Peter James beat Martin Morris & Chris Hagan 6-3, 7-5; lost to Mark Harding & Matt Johns 0-6, 1-6. Colin Wadsworth & Paul Cann beat Morris & Hagan 6-1, 6-1; beat Harding & Johns 6-4, 6-2.

Hartland A 10 Lynton B 14: N Williams & D Kivell beat Peter Druce & Peter Lake 6-4, 6-4; beat Alan Blackmore & Paul Collinge 6-3, 3-6, 10-5. S Goaman & R Berry lost to Druce & Lake 1-6, 2-6; lost to Blackmore & Collinge 6-7, 4-6.

Division 4 — Torrington B 22 Park Lane D 2: Dominic Sussex & Richard Allin beat Julian Fay & John Bartlett 6-2, 6-1; beat Steve Evans & Cory Roach 6-2, 6-3. Joel Palmer & Hedley Toogood beat Fay & Bartlett 6-3, 6-3; beat Evans & Roach 1-6, 7-5, 10-8.

Tarka D 22 Ilfracombe D 2: Alex Crisp & Rob Draper beat Ethan Harvey-Bryant & James Masterson 6-2, 6-3; beat Andrew Harvey-Bryant & Kevin Constantine 7-5, 6-2. Jamie Woolven & Peter Underhill beat Harvey-Bryant & Masterson 6-4, 4-6, 10-6; beat Harvey-Bryant & Constantine.

Division 5 — Tarka E 4 Chulmleigh 20: Danny Holland & William Holman lost to Ashley Short & Elliott Short 4-6, 0-6; lost to Rob Shepard & Henry Payne 6-7, 0-6. David Norkett & Ashley Hingston lost to Short & Short 6-7, 4-6; beat Shepard & Payne 6-3, 3-6, 10-6.

Westward Ho! E 12 Ilfracombe E 12: Kevin Ellicott & Grant Richards beat Andrew Bryant & Paul Denman 6-1, 6-3; lost to Gary Tovey & Lloyd Bryant 1-6, 1-6. Drew Williams & Dave Milburn beat Bryant & Denham 6-4, 6-3; lost to Tovey & Bryant 1-6, 3-6.

Braunton A 14 Park Lane E 10: Connor Stapley & Chris Hatt beat James Bowman & Curtis Gubb 6-0, 6-3; lost to Josh Thornton & Sam Thornton 3-6, 3-6. Richard Stapley & Martin Bennett beat Bowman & Gubb 6-4, 6-1; lost to Thornton & Thornton 6-2, 4-6, 8-10.

Division 6 — Chulmleigh B 24 Chulmleigh C 0: Alex White & Tom Brown beat Warren Danby & Andrew Heighton 6-0, 6-1; beat Mark Harrington & Dan Clarke 7-6, 6-0. Rob Brown & Dave Warwicker beat Danby & Heighton 6-1, 6-3; beat Harrington & Clarke 6-2, 6-3.

Westward Ho! F 24 Braunton B 0: Kevin Johns & Gary Luxton beat Adrian Stanton & Mark Ogden 6-3, 6-3; beat Richard Bolland & Peter Stapley 6-1, 6-1. Matt Johns & Sam Gist beat Stanton & Ogden 7-6, 6-4; beat Bolland & Stapley 6-1, 6-2.

Houldsworth Cup — Tarka A 6 Ilfracombe B 1: Chris Walsh & Sam Koval beat Dave Adams & Trisha Stapley 6-4, 6-2. Sally Hook & Tom Lane beat Andrew Harvey-Bryant & Teresa Poole 6-1, 6-1. Nicky Bennington & Peter Underhill beat Harvey-Bryant & Poole 6-2, 3-6, 10-7; beat Adams & Stapley 6-4, 6-7, 10-2.

Ladies Knockout Cup — Woolsery B 4 Braunton B 0: Les Taylor & Julia Boyle beat Eirene Williams 3-6, 6-3, 10-7; beat Laura Somerville & Gill Gough 6-4, 6-2. Den Baggott & Ali Moulder beat Williams & Turner 6-2, 7-5; beat Somerville & Gough 6-1, 6-3.

Westward Ho! C 4 Woolsery C 0: Debbie Hellier & Virginia Henderson beat Diane Pomeroy & Shirley Grills 6-4, 6-0; beat Jackie Walter & Karen Robinson 6-4, 6-4. Gaynor Hastings & Hilary Wilkes beat Pomeroy & Grills 6-3, 6-1; beat Walter & Robinson 7-5, 6-1.

Men's Knockout Cup — Westward Ho! A 1 Ilfracombe A 3: Dan Grigg & Rob Shaw beat Damon Reed & Will Hunt 6-3, 4-6, 10-8; lost to David Malcolm & Toby Dowding 3-6, 6-1, 6-10. Paul Ley & Steve Parker lost to Reed & Hunt 0-6, 3-6; lost to Malcolm & Dowding 5-7, 6-7.

Ilfracombe B 0 Tarka A 4: Kyrian Okeremi & Shane Storkey lost to Andy Koval & Peter Hedge 1-6, 6-4, 4-10; lost to Sam Koval & Tony Hooper 2-6, 2-6. Barry Challens & Justin Beckley lost to Koval & Hedge 1-6, 1-6; lost to Koval & Hooper 4-6, 1-6.

Lynton A 1 Westward Ho! A 3: Charlie Logan & Peter Bollar lost to Steve Clements & Dave Vinall 6-3, 2-6, 7-10; lost to Sam Fishwick & Tom Vinall 2-6, 7-5, 11-13. Mark Jessop & Paul Reece beat Clements & Vinall 2-6, 6-2, 11-9; lost to Fishwick & Vinall 7-6, 1-6, 2-6.

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