Commanding victories in the Island Construction Open have cemented Ashley Brooks? and Andy Bray?s positions as the top singles players on the Island.

On the Ladies? A side, Brooks? repeat win at Pomander Gate keeps her ahead of runner-up Morgan Lightbourne, though with a stack of points to defend in next month?s Argus tournament .

That leaves her under threat from Lightbourne who has nothing at stake and who could overtake Brooks in the national rankings with another finalist finish, assuming the latter defends. Other movers include Ladies? B winner Louisa Friesenbruch who leaps to number eight, veteran semi-finalist Liz Osborne (better known for her hockey exploits), who has improved to number three and diminutive teenager Cayla Cross, now at number four.

Englishman Bray?s unique brand of power tennis has him comfortably on top in the Men?s A Singles rankings after his third straight tournament success.

Jenson Bascome, unlucky victim of James Collieson in the Pomander quarter-finals in a fully-loaded draw which produced many excellent match-ups, holds on to number two.

Most of Bascome?s points are from last year?s Argus win, which will give hope to close challengers number three David Jenkins (inactive at Pomander), number four Collieson and 2004 Pomander champ Gavin Manders at number six.

David Thomas, 16, rounds out a strong leaderboard at number five while Men?s B winner Vaughan Burrows vaults from number 29 to 14.

The team of the Island Construction tournament was the Ladies Doubles? duo of Lightbourne and Jackie Lambert. They overcame Osborne and Friesenbruch 0-6, 6-0, 7-5 before powering past veterans Gill Butterfield and Kelly Holland in three fluctuating sets and just fell short in the final ? by a few key points in each set ? against highly-favoured defending champions Laverne Stowe and Brooks.

Stowe returns to number one with her partner close behind as the two Jills ? Butterfield and Finnegan ? drop to numbers three and four with Lightbourne and Lambert at five and six.

Ladies? B Doubles winners Kietny Chrun and Clare Warburton catapult to joint 22.

The Men?s Doubles are becoming almost boring (in a Roger Federer sort of way) as the power and brilliance of the Collieson-Bray partnership seems untouchable. The pair have won everything they have entered in the last 18 months.

Their Island Construction victims were the game Roger Marshall and Mark Cordeiro who put up an entertaining show in a good-natured match despite some interesting umpiring decisions.

Manders and Thomas did threaten the champions in the semis by squeaking the first-set tiebreak but ultimately succumbed to the onslaught.

Significant movement in the rankings is limited to former number one Cordeiro reappearing at number eight, Marshall besting Manders for number three, with the inactive former number one and multiple past champion Bascome slipping to number nine.

Colie Place?s surprise semi-final appearance has boosted him to number ten, tied with partner Will Fawcett and Thomas.

In the Mixed Doubles, the sixth-seeded scratch team of Osborne and Manders provided most of the excitement, blitzing by Heineken Open champions and number-two seeds Lightbourne and Thomas in the quarters, then knocking off number-three seeds Finnigan and Marshall in two very close sets in the semi-finals.

They could not come close to reproducing that form, however, against the power and spin of top-ranked Zarah DeSilva and Ben Ureta in the final. Lightbourne has the consolation of moving to the top of the Ladies? Mixed rankings, closely followed by DeSilva, Stowe and the other semi-finalist Butterfield (partnered by Sam Maybury) and Osborne.

Manders? finals berth gained him the top slot in the Men?s Mixed rankings.