There's no holding the holdersFAVOURITES Louise Lister and Wendy Stirke retained the IT Sports Fulford Ladies Invitation League doubles tournament at Fulford.
The York tennis club pairing won their group, beating all the other five couple, then beat group A winners Fran Critchley and Sue Yoward (Bishopthorpe) 6-2 in the final.
Lister and Stirke were in dominant form throughout, knocking out one of their biggest rivals, Fulford team-mates and last year's beaten finalists, Jackie Heels and Julie Reilly 5-2, in the group stages.
Group A was a much tighter affair with Critchley and Yoward losing 4-3 against Helen Leach and Karen Reteif (York) and 4-3 to Bubwith's Margaret Stevenson and Jill Schofield.
Lorraine Pearey and Debbie Young (Tadcaster) looked set to take the group after winning their opening three games but lost to Jill McCreedy and Anna Baker (Fulford) 5-2 and were beaten 5-2 in the final match of the group by Critchley and Yoward, who totalled 24 games to go through to the final.
The trophies were presented on behalf of sponsor Ian Toomes by Beryl Bean, captain of Fulford.
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