Dumfries and Galloway senior tennis players have been competing for the South of Scotland in the over 50’s senior tennis League.  The South of Scotland tennis region comprises Dumfries and Galloway, Ayrshire and the Borders.  The competition is a Scottish inter county competition comprising of three Scottish counties in this event, East, West and South playing against each other. 

The first match took place recently at Dumfries tennis club and three Dumfries and Galloway men were in the South team, namely, Lister McKiddie of Dumfries Tennis Club, Stevie White from Dalbeattie and Brian Litster, originally from Dalbeattie and now based at Penrith. The other player was Terry McGuigan of Ayr LTC. This match was against a strong West of Scotland team which mainly comprises Glasgow clubs. The South lost 3-1 in a closely contested match with Lister and Terry winning their tie. They then travelled through Edinburgh to play the East of Scotland. With the West having already won the league then it was winner takes all in this match. The East took the first rubber with local D&G boys Lister and Stevie White losing the first match before the Ayrshire pair drew the match level. The East number one pairing then completed the double against the Ayrshire duo of Terry McGuigan and Derek Lauder. This left the final match to decide who would finish 2nd. Stevie and Lister took the first set 6-4 before completing the win with a 6-4 score in the 2nd set. This left the match as a draw which was enough to secure 2nd spot for the South. Great effort from the team.