Chester played their first match of the season in the NW Federation AC Advanced League against Crake Lakes at home on Thursday, 28 May, with the team of Mark Lloyd, David Boyd and Robin Tasker.
The weather was hot and steamy after overnight thunderstorms and torrential rain which eased the Chester courts somewhat to make them slightly more predictable although they remained very fast.
In the morning session Chester lost both the doubles and the one singles game. And so at lunch Chester were 0 – 2 down.
The afternoon saw a turnaround in fortune and while the singles games were intense and highly competitive Chester prevailed in all three and so to win the match 3 – 2.
This was the second match within two days when Chester had lost all the morning games but won the match by winning all the afternoon games. There must be a message there somewhere!