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Gents: The 2011 champions Dumfries A, maintained the unbeaten record by beating Dumfries B 4-0, this keeps them 1 point clear of nearest rivals Dalbeattie who travelled through to Dumfries C and recorded a 3-1 win. Beechgrove entertained Stewartry CSC with the away team winning 4-0.

Ladies: The missing result from the 1st May was an away win for Dumfries B who travelled to Moffat and beat Beechgrove 3-1. Only one match was played on the 9th May, Stewartry CSC beat Dumfries B 3-1 with the Dalbeattie v Beechgrove match being awarded to Dalbeattie as a walk over.

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The men’s fixtures this week (16th) sees Stewartry CSC entertaining Dumfries C, Dumfries B travel to Dalbeattie and Dumfries A try to maintain the unbeaten run at home to Beechgrove.

In the ladies league Beechgrove are at home to Dumfries A with Dalbeattie travelling through to play Dumfries B. Stewartry CSC have a free week.

More local tennis news can be found at www.dumfriessportsclub.co.uk/tennis

Gents: The new tennis season kicked off on the 11th April with a re-scheduled match between Dumfries C and Dumfries B. In a tight match, which had several rain delays Dumfries B took the points with a 3-1 victory.

The 2011 champions Dumfries A, started their campaign on the 18th at home to Dalbeattie and secured a 3-1 win also, elsewhere Dumfries B travelled to Stewartry CSC and lost 4-0. The match between Beechgrove and Dumfries C was postponed.

Ladies: Like their male counterparts 2011 champions Dalbeattie started their campaign at home, where they secured a 4-0 victory over Stewartry CSC. Dumfries A entertained Dumfries B with the A team gaining a 4-0 win.

The men’s fixtures this week (25th) has Stewartry CSC entertaining Dumfries A and Beechgrove travel to Dalbeattie. Dumfries C against Dumfries B was played 2 weeks ago.

In the ladies league Beechgrove start their season at home to Stewartry CSC whilst Dumfries A entertain Dalbeattie. Dumfries B have a free week.

More local tennis news can be found on here on the site at www.dumfriessportsclub.co.uk/tennis

The 2012 D&G Tennis League’s campaign start this Wednesday (11th April) with a re-scheduled fixture between Dumfries C and Dumfries B. Both teams enjoyed a good season last year with the B team finishing 3rd, which is their highest finish for several years, and the C team finishing 5th in the first season.

This year’s format has changed from last year which was 3 rounds of matches, we are now going back to the 2 rounds of matches with each rubber being the best of 3 sets with the third set being a championship tie-break to 10.

The full season starts on 18th April and the fixtures can be viewed here.

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Match of the night had Dumfries B locked at 2-2 against Dumfries A with 2 rubbers left to play, however the A team stepped up the pace to take the final 2 rubbers winning 4-2. Elsewhere Dumfries C put on a brave show but where no match for the current champions Dalbeattie, eventually going down 6-0 and an early injury to a Beechgrove player saw them conceding advantage to Stewartry CSC who came out on top 5-1.

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Fresh from the victory last week Dalbeattie B were hoping to continue this with a results against Dumfries A at Dumfries. However a tight match saw Dumfries A eventually winning their first match of the season 5-1. Defending champions Dalbeattie A showed their class again, beating Beechgrove 6-0 at Dalbeattie.  Stewartry CSC bounced back from last week’s defeat by beating Dumfries B 6-0.  

The men’s fixtures for Wednesday 11^th May sees defending champions Dalbeattie entertaining Stewartry CSC, Beechgrove travel to Dumfries B and Dumfries A hope to continue their winning start when they play Dumfries C.

In the ladies league Stewartry CSC play host to Dumfries A, Beechgrove entertain fellow strugglers Dumfries B and Dalbeattie A take on Dalbeattie B.

More local tennis news can be found at www.dumfriessportsclub.co.uk/tennis

The Tennis Dumfries and Galloway Leagues for 2010 start this week, on Wednesday, for both Mens and Ladies teams. More details here.