Montrose doing well in league, but out of the cup

The ladies first team made another step towards a return to Division 1 with a 12-0 win over Kinross 1.

June Buchan and Wendy Sanger won their four sets while losing only four games, while Orla McLeod and Jenna Henderson lost only five.

Allie Henderson and Amy Tewson added their four sets with the loss of just eight games.

In a nearly four-hour first-round Scottish Cup tie the side came up short by one long tiebreak, losing to Kilmarnock by 5-4.

Orla and Jenna won two matches and Jen Richardson and Amy won one, June and Wendy one won match but lost a decisive tiebreak that would have reversed the overall result.

The second team lost an indoor tie away against David Lloyd 2 by 8-4, with Evelyn Kerr and Lindsey Ward winning two sets for Montrose.

Annabel Forbes and Jen Richardson won one set, as did Janet Thomson and Linda Richardson.

The third team won 11-1 away against Kinnoull 2, with Maggie Hodges and Jenny Munro winning their four sets with the loss of just five games.

Rhona Alston and Kara McGeachy also won four sets and Kalpana Patel and Elena Shepeleva won three.

The men's first team won the majority of the close sets and defeated Kinnoull 1 away by 7-5.

Cameron Fryer and Eddie Baxter won their four sets with the loss of only eight games, while Scott Henderson and Noah Watson won two sets.

Graeme Walker and Robin Kerr won the key last set 6-4 to give Montrose the win.

The side lost to St Andrews in the Scottish Cup by 5-1 in matches, with Scott Henderson and Eddie Baxter earning Montrose's point.

The second team just came out just short against David Lloyd 1 by a score of 7-5.

Andy Baxter and Callum Cooper won three sets, while Simon Rolfe and Stuart Matthews won two.

The third team won 8-4 at Tayport, with Nick Wilson and Hunter Ballantyne winning all four of their sets.

Richard Henderson and Simon Devnani won three sets, and David Hill and Duncan Matheson won one.