Three weeks ago, on the middle weekend of the Wimbledon tennis tournament, there was outcry when the officials chose not to schedule matches on the middle Sunday, after many matches had been delayed by rain. There were no such qualms for Mel Nash of Jordans Meeting.
Mel organised a tennis tournament in her garden on that day to raise funds for the restoration of the Jordans Meeting House.
Eight sets of doubles partners took part, from married couples to teenagers and septuagenarians, Friends or otherwise.
Mel passed over organisational responsibilities to the praiseworthy Nick Butterfield, who set the couples into two teams competing for a prize. The pairs played everyone from the opposing teams, with sixteen short matches over the afternoon.
Mel's enterprise raised £120 for the fund for the restoration of Jordans Meeting House. Meanwhile, villagers were holding an afternoon of open gardens, which separately raised over £600 for the fund.

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