The format involved morning play in the group stages, in the afternoon those pairings who
qualified competed for The Club Championships, while the other pairings entered the plate. All
finals were the best of two sets, with a champions tie-breaker at one set all.
Winners of the ladies Club Championships were:- Holly Cheeseman and Emily Rodbourne (the
two on the left on the photo below) who played some great tennis to defeat Bea Cooper and
Hannah Holmes by 6-3 / 6-0.
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Winners of the Men's Club Championships were:- Shen Tonghui and Ashton Zaranyika (The
two in the middle on the photo below) who defeated Mike Forshaw and Chris Mears in two
straight sets 6-4 / 6-1.
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Winners of the ladies plate were:- Gina Cooper and Michaela Greck-Ismair (the left hand pair on
the photo) who defeated Anna Ismair and Erin Donnelly by 6-1 / 7-5.
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Winners of the men's plate were: Ash EL-Menshawy and James Holt (the two on the left of the
photo) with a victory over Rob Blockley and Mehmat Saracoglu by 6-3 / 6-4.
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Commenting for The Echo on a hugely successful competition, Andrew Smith from Charnwood
Tennis Club said "The Club Championships were a huge success, the tennis was played to an
extremely high standard, but also in a tremendous spirit, which reflects extremely well on The
Club"