The Georgia Tennis and Country Club team, under the leadership of captain Ray Schnoor, came with a late rush to beat the Kingston-based Racqueteers team, in Duncans, Trelawny, last Saturday by seven games (total 123 games) in their second clash this year.

Scorekeeper Collin Gallant, assisted by Anne Hopwood, surprisingly ruled that Georgia did not face disqualification for not having its full player complement on site at the 2 p.m. tournament start.

The victorious home team comprised Martin and Andrew Hopwood, Paul and David Muschett, Andrew Todd, Barbara Henriques, Andrew Grant, Mike and Joan Failor, Roy Collins, Andrew Grant, and playing captain Ray Schnoor and, unusually, numbered one more than the visiting team. The excellent Trelawny hospitality group was led by Dimps Gallant, Paddy Masterton, Sheona Muschett (and later Monica Ladd) while groundsman Ralston Ewers had crisp and visible white lines on all courts.

A balanced group

Ray Schnoor

Dr Richard Gomes, Racquet-eers team physician and playing captain, led a balanced group - Rosie McIver, Laura Tanna, Rachel McLarty, Dr Richard Jones (team vet), Frankie Chalifour, Everton Morgan, Stephen Todd, Oliver Clarke (Hon Dr) and Norman Marshall. Racquet-eers players found the fine weather disadvantageous, gusts erratic, and the glaring Trelawny sun unsettling.

Fans, who regularly travel to team events, were vocal but genteel in their partisan support. Cosma Earle, chairman of the nearby Silver Sands community, brought a guest to enjoy the afternoon's sport. Leon Hosang cheered loudly.

The Georgia Club, operators of Jamaica's only three grass courts, has made substantial capital investments in recent times to resurface one court and to mechanise the rolling of courts previously done by a faithful mule and then donkey.