CLEVEDON Lawn Tennis Club had an emphatic start to the season.

CLEVEDON Lawn Tennis Club had an emphatic start to the season, the first week of the North Somerset league saw the first team defeat last year's Division 1 champions Bridgwater A 10-0.

The second and third teams also had comfortable victories, winning 10-1 and 10-2 respectively against Lympsham A and Weston D.

The first AEGON team tennis match (formally the national club league) also took place at Clevedon, the opponents were local rivals Nailsea. Clevedon came out with a resounding 5-1 win. The winning team was Alex Allen, James Bassett, Mike Dale and Ryan Reynolds.