Watlington 7-5, 6-7, 6-4 during the Coral Beach Invitational Tennis Tournament yesterday.

Not to be outdone, Peter Newman, hailing from Riverside, Connecticut cast aside a bout of nerves and erratic play to battle from a set down and outlast Nick Frost 6-7, 6-2, 6-2.

Devoid of energy and having lost much body fluid following the contest which was played in the mid-day heat, Frost was unable to say where the turning point was, or even if there was one. All he could muster after the gruelling contest was to advise the tournament committee not to include him in the consolation tournament.

Newman, meanwhile, will have a day to savour this victory -- and recover -- before taking on second seed Gregg Frigerio tomorrow.

SNOOKER SNO Sandys Sports Club II increased their First Division lead with their second straight 5-0 win, this time at the expense of Sandys Boat Club.

Timmy Simons, `Sticks' Henderson, Greg Falzone and Lawrence and Tony DeSilva did the trick again. Peter Bromby nearly won a point for the boat club but was beaten by Falzone on a re-spotted black ball game.

Steve Dunleavy made his league leading third 20-break to lead Warwick over Spanish Point 3-2. Other Warwick winners were Wally Tucker and Dennis Eve who settled that match by beating Conrad Soares in the deciding game. Kenny Wheatley Sr and Ricky Sousa won for SPBC.

Glenn Flood, Stephen Roberts and Sandy Sandhu paced Queens I to a 3-2 win over Police. Andy Wright and Tim Carr scored for Police.

Dave McLean made a 22-break and was joined by Robert Gaglio, Brian Haxton, Terry Southern and Raymond Chan as Old Colony Club I thumped their third team 5-0.

St. George's moved into a six point lead in the Second Division with a 4-1 win over First Division Sandys Sports Club I. William Peniston and the Haywards (Irvin, Timmy and Edwin) won for St. George's but Zane DeSilva prevented a whitewash by winning against Jason Payne 57-31.

Chris Dakin, Nick Mansell and Simon Wait led Queens II over Old Colony Club II 3-2. S.A. Moniz and Stan Fearis won for OCC with Fearis edging Paul Madeiros on the black ball.

Next week's schedule: PRC v SSC II; SPBC v QC II; OCC III v NSC; QC I v SBC; OCC I v ST.GD≻ WWC v OCC II.

NETBALL NET The Primary Schools Netball Tournament takes place today at Bernard Park starting at 11 a.m.

The defending champions are Dellwood Primary, the tournament played under a round robin format. Meanwhile, the Secondary Schools' version takes place tomorrow at the same venue.

LOCAL CRICKET CRI The Bermuda Cricket Umpires Association will hold an important meeting this evening at the Cultural Affairs boardroom at 7.30. All umpires are asked to attend.