Ladies & Men's County Teams
Summer County Cup
LTA's Summer County Cup event – commonly known as ‘County Week’ – is possibly the oldest tennis event on the domestic calendar, dating back as far as 1895.
44 counties across the nation are divided into groups based on their results of the previous year’s event with Group 1 being the ‘premier league’. Teams compete against each other over a week to see which team comes out as champions.
The Summer County Cup 2023:
The county cup senior teams were in action at the end of July, with the Men's playing in Frintona dn Women in West Worthing.
The Women team finished 2nd place over all in their group, meaning promotion to group 4 for the next year. The Men's, unfortunately, finished in 5th place, which means relation from Group 3 .
A hug well done to everyone, we are incrediply proud of you all!
Over 35s County Cup
The Over 35s County Cup gives men’s and ladies players around Britain the opportunity to represent their county in a one-off summer event.
The 44 counties are placed in 22 groups of four counties per gender. These groups are placed in order of the previous year’s results with Group 1 being the ‘premier league’.
Final positions are based on how each county performs within that particular group – with top teams getting promoted to the next group and bottom teams relegated to the group below.
Men’s and Women’s O35 Inter-County Championships - played over three-day weekends in August each year.
2023 - Promotion for the Women's O35
A great few days for the Women's O35 team in Eastbourne, despite the wind, rain and a shortened format, there was some great tennis and even some medals!
It was a rain interrupted event at Eastbourne this year. There was no play until 12 noon on the second day and the format was shortened initially to matches played to 4 games and then 3 rubbers rather than the usual 5.
We played North of Scotland 1st and won 3-2 which was really the deciding match of the group. Lindsay Cunningham lost the number 1 singles and Claire Powell won number 2 leaving us 1 all. Laura Godfrey and Ilona Hawker won a very close first doubles match on a deciding tie break from 5-1 down. Debra Schmidt and Laura lost their doubles but our 2 singles players teamed up to win the final doubles match.
We played 2 matches on the last day and won 3-0 against Norfolk and Derbyshire. Lindsay and Claire again played singles, Laura and Ilona the doubles.
Berkshire team took on North of Scotland, Derbyshire and Norfolk and came top of their group, winning promotion to Group 3 next year.
On the court for Berkshire were: Lindsay Cunningham, Claire Powell, Laura Godfrey, Ilona Hawker, Debra Schmidt and the team captain, Gill Galloway.
Congratulations and well done team.
The Men's O35 team is in action at Eastbournethis weekend (11-13 August) against Middlesex, Cambridgefshire and Norfolk, in gorup 3a.
Teams are: Richard Downs, Phil Downs, Robby Green, Sam Warner, Tim Davis and Andrew Rogers.
2022
The Women’s Over 35s County Cup (Group 4A) will take place from Friday 29 to Sunday 31 July 2022.
Well done to Berkshire Ladies O35 county team competed in this year's Eastbourne County Cup. The team finished 3rd in Group 4A against Dorset, Kent and Nottinghamshire so we will stay up next year. Congratulations. Berkshire had a very good win on the first day against Dorset winning both singles and a doubles and won 3-1 but had a tough close matches agains Nottinghamshire in both singels and doubles on Saturday, going down 2-3 in the end. We won both singles again on last day and put in a stellar performance against Kent in deciding doubles matches on the final day but ended up losing 2-3
The Men’s Over 35s County Cup (Group 3A) will take place from Friday 12 to Sunday 14 August 2022.
The team lost their first match against North Scotland but managed a win against Bedfordshire the next day. They lost to Oxfordshire on the last day but managed to stay in Divsion 3
A hugh thank you Richard for being able to get a team out this year. Thank you Phillip, Andy, Robert, David and Steve for taking part and for representing the count. Well done.
Winter County Cup
The LTA Winter County Cup is the second oldest County Cup event and was first played in 1946. The Winter County Cup is a one-off three-day weekend event, taking place at venues around the nation every year.
The 44 counties are placed in 22 groups of four counties per gender. These groups are placed in order of the previous year’s results with Group 1 being the ‘premier league’.
Final positions are based on how each county performs within that particular group – with top teams getting promoted to the next group and bottom teams relegated to the group below.
Winter County Cup 2021 - Berkshire ladies’ team is in group 5a and Berkshire men’s team is in group 3b
Berkshire Men's County Team. Summer County Cup- Group: 4 - finished 4th
Berkshire Ladies County Team. Summer County Cup - Group: 4 - finished 4th
Men's O35 County Cup 2021. Group: 3A - amazing time and played some great tennis. Sadly we just lost on the 1st day against Essex but managed to get some good results on the other days to stay in group 3.
Ladies Over 35 County Cup - 2021 Group: 3A - finished 4th Full results here
