DROITWICH women's A team's Herefordshire and Worcestershire Summer Tennis League Division One relegation battle took a hit with a 6-0 defeat at Pershore A.

Penny Maidment and Caroline Brookes fell 6-2, 6-2 and 6-1, 6-4 with Christine Carr and Linda Price and Christina Sellers and Jackie Passey also losing in straight sets.

The B team remain top of Division Three despite a 6-0 home defeat to second-placed Cutnall Green A.

There were defeats for Heather Fellows and Sue Webber 6-1, 6-2 and 6-1, 6-0, Price and Lydia Walker-Cox 6-2, 6-2 and 6-1, 6-2 and Margaret Hughes and Carr 6-2, 6-3 and 6-2, 5-7, 6-2.

The D team moved into third in Division Seven East with a 4-2 victory against Bromsgrove E.

Alexa Dean and Julia Rollit won 6-1, 7-5 and 6-1, 6-4 while Hazel Briggs and Eileen Probyn-Skinner triumphed 6-7, 6-2, 7-5 and lost 6-1, 6-4.

Alison Whiteman and Abi Moore won 6-4, 7-6 and fell 6-2, 7-6.

The E team had a losing draw at Manor Park D despite Joy Baker and Sue Bryce winning 6-1, 6-4 and 7-6, 7-5.

Lisa Shaw and Sarah Meacham won 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 and lost 6-2, 6-0 while Bridget Gill and Karen Latham fell 6-2, 6-4 and 6-1, 6-2.

The F team slipped to fifth in Division Eight East with a 4-2 home loss to David Lloyd Worcester D.

There were wins for Mel Cook and Fiona Fogg 6-2, 6-4 and Helen Bibbey and Judy Robins 6-0, 6-4.

Droitwich men’s C team beat Stourport B 5-1 to avoid relegation from Division Four East.

There were wins for Neil Bates and Ben Steel 6-0, 6-4 and 6-4, 6-1, Dave Lamb and Bruce Turner 6-2, 6-4 and 6-1, 6-0 and James McKelvey and Mark Pearsall 6-4, 6-2.

The E team had a losing draw at home to Fladbury as they slipped to sixth in Division Nine East.

Richard Probyn-Skinner and Nigel Hughes won 6-7, 6-4, 7-6 and 6-3, 6-3 while Steve Good and Scott Gregory triumphed 7-6, 3-6, 7-6.

But Good and Gregory also lost 6-1, 6-2 and Mark Venables and Phil Woodhouse fell 7-6, 2-6, 7-6 and 6-3, 6-0.

The F team went down 4-2 at Kempsey B despite wins for Jack Roberts and Chris Day 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 and Steve Whittaker and Max Rhodes 6-2, 6-4.

The mixed B team moved into fifth place in Division Two after a 3-1 defeat at David Lloyd Bromsgrove B.

John Moran and Maidment won 7-5, 6-1 but lost 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 as did Steel and Brookes 1-6, 6-4, 6-3 and 6-4, 7-5.

The D team remained bottom of Division Five West after a losing draw at Worcester F.

Ian Ross and Sellers won 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 and 6-2, 7-5 but Nick Dickson and Claire Evans lost 6-0, 6-2 and 2-6, 6-0, 6-3.

The E team lost 4-0 to Ombersley C in their battle to avoid the drop in Division Six East.

Paul Webber and Patricia Weston and Phillip Shaw and Jackie Holliday made up the doubles.