On Friday last week, our New Hall team lost 3-17 to a strong Loughborough Leys New Hall 1 team and came away with more injury woes.

Before the match even started, both teams were without a third lady and the relevant games were conceded. Unfortunately, during the first ladies' doubles game, Jing rolled her ankle and was unable to continue, which meant that the remaining games involving Jing were also conceded. We wish Jing a speedy recovery.

The team was composed of Caroline, Jing, David, Alex and Lee.

​The next match is against Hermitage Lakeside on Friday 13th November (oh dear).

On Monday, the Mens 2 team won 9-0 against Loughborough Tech Mens 2, recording back-to-back victories in the process.

​All three pairs won their rubbers 2-0, which is an impressive performance and bodes well for the rest of the season. The team was composed of Henri & Joel, Jed & Martin and Kam & Trevor. Well done, team!

The next match is against Huncote Mens 3 on Sunday 8th November.

Croakers' Ladies team played their first match of the new season last night, narrowly losing 4-5 to Ashby Ladies 1 in division 3. This was despite the Ladies team only being able to field two pairs.

Ayesha & Caroline took Ashby's first pair to three close games with hard fought rallies throughout, but unfortunately lost the final game 20-22. Ashby's first pair were by far their strongest pair and Ayesha & Caroline beat the second and third pairs convincingly. Sam & Kate played well too, beating Ashby's second and third pairs easily, but they also succumbed to the first pair.

Caroline, the team captain, said, "Not the best start to the season, but everyone played well, giving us hope when we have a full team."

The next match is against Huncote Ladies 1 on Thursday 5th November.

​The new season is now well underway and a number of matches have taken place over the last couple of weeks. Let's read the match reports.