Leigh have booked themselves a second round spot in the Leigh & Westcliff LTA Mixed Doubles Winter Cup after defeating St Peters in straight sets.

Anne Wright and Ben Oakes got the ball rolling by beating Shirley Eastern and Don Edmonds 6-0 6-0.

Then Wendy Thrale and Mark Taylor wrapped things up for Leigh by seeing off Stephanie Cooper and Phil Paine 6-2 6-1.

Leigh will now face Westcliff Hard in the second round.

The Hardcourts went through after beating Wickford 4-0.

Isolbel Crawford and David Crawford lost 0-6 2-6 to Linda Vaughan and Darren Bertola before Andy Buswell and Sandra White wrapped things up by defeating Ken Ellis and Sandra Ellis 6-3 6-0.

Kent Elms will face Westcliff Lawn in the second round after they defeated Invicta 3-1.

Elms pair Pat Taylor and Mandy White won 6-1 6-2 against John Tanner and Gill Tanner.

John Mathews and Barbara Platt won their first set 7-5 against Kent Elm's Terry Savage and Brenda Lincoln, but the Elms duo won the second set 6-1 to clinch the match.

In the men's winter cup Thorpe Bay defeated Southend Lawn to book a game against Hadleigh Park.

The draws for the second round of the cup are:

Men's Winter Cup: Invicta v Westcliff Lawn; Thorpe Bay v Hadleigh Park; Kent Elms v Westcliff Hard; Hockley v Leigh.

Ladies' Winter Cup: Leigh v Thorpe bay; Wickford v Hockley; Hadleigh Park v Kent Elms; Rayleigh v Invicta.

Mixed Winter Cup: Westcliff Lawn v Kent Elms; Crowstone v Hadleigh Park; Westcliff Hard v Leigh; Thorpe Bay v Rayleigh.

Cut above - Thorpe Bay Tennis Club's coach Jon Lee lost his locks as the club strived to raise cash for two pulse oxymeters for Southend Hospital's paediatric ward. John is pictured being shorn by Jerry Bell. The stunt raised £400 but the overall amount the club raised reached £5,000. The oxymeters cost £2,000 each and the extra money will be donated to the ward.

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