Having won nine sets to four in the side’s round two encounter, Rochy moved even further away from its former grand final opponents on Saturday, taking the match 10-87 to 3-60 at Rochester Lawn Tennis Club.
Echuca 1 looked as if it might take down the leader after a dominant effort in the singles rubbers, Nick Bush earning a 6-0 victory and Eli Kingma adding a 6-1 result to give Echuca a quick lead.
Rochester was able to respond in the men’s doubles sets, taking two of three to pull the margin closer.
Jacob Grieves and Nash Hocking prevailed 8-6 in their set, while Grieves also featured in Rochy’s other win of the grouping.
Echuca was looking to go on with the job, but Rochester took full control in the women’s doubles.
All four sets went Rochy’s way, Mandy Dingwall the best performer for Rochy, her pairings with Karen Taylor and Kate Lee both resulting in 8-1 wins for her side.
The mixed doubles was just as clinical, Rochy getting up in all four sets to run away with the match.
Lachlan Smith and Alyssa Moss had the strongest result in the mixed doubles section, taking their set 8-1.
Lockington-Bamawm United had the bye this week but return to action against Echuca 3 this coming Saturday.
Rochester heads into a bye of its own.
Section two
Only one match was contested, as Echuca 4 forfeited its contest with Echuca 4.
Rochester was defeated by Elmore 4-58 to 9-71.
Elmore took both singles contests and extended the run to the first six rubbers before Rochy could get on the board through Sally Parker and Amber Pain.
Despite their efforts, Rochester split the women’s doubles and mixed doubles evenly with Elmore, the early margin maintained as the visitor rolled to the win.
LBU had the bye.
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