Cardiff Met University won the National Premier League doubles title for a record equalling third successive year over the Easter weekend in Leeds.

The event culminates in the National Finals weekend for the top 16 teams who have qualified from different regions throughout the UK.

The achievement was made extra special this year as the team included both Jonny Marray who won the Wimbledon doubles title in 2012 and Marcus Willis who went on a famous run at Wimbledon in the singles event last year.  The final two players in the four man team were Welsh ex-professionals Chris Lewis and Craig Evans.  Chris captains the team and is the Head Performance Coach at Cardiff Met while Craig is the head coach of Virgin Active Glamorgan near Swansea.

Despite having such a strong line up, Cardiff Met weren't the top seeded team at the event but were expected to reach the final.  The team did so fairly comfortably beating Edgbaston Priory 4-0 in the Quarter Final and then Virgin Active Norfolk 4-0 in the Semi-Final.

The opponents in the final would be the famous Queen's Club which hosts one of the warm up grass court events prior to Wimbledon.  It was an incredibly close match throughout with both the Cardiff Met pairings winning one out of their two matches to leave the score tied at 2-2.  In this event a shoot out is played with one player from each pair combining to play a first to ten points 'match tie-break'.

Team captain Chris Lewis paired up with Wimbledon Champ Jonny Marray to win the shoot out 10-4 and retain the trophy once again.

As current champions the team will now receive a direct acceptance into the finals of the event in 2018.

'The team finished as runners up twice before winning the event for the first time and now we aren't letting go of the trophy easily!  Myself and Craig played great all weekend at 2nd pair but to be able to win an event at this level you need players of an even higher calibre and we certainly had that with Jonny and Marcus this year.  To team up with Jonny for the shoot out is a memory that will stay with me for a long time and to get the win made it extra special.  We will certainly be going for a record breaking fourth straight win next year.' Chris Lewis, Cardiff Met Captain