After a beautiful day on Saturday, the weather broke and Sunday morning was greeted with thunder, lightning and heavy rain with the forecast of heavy showers all day.  Despite misgivings, all the entered teams arrived, and the rain stopped at 09.30 allowing play to start at 10.00 on schedule.

There were only 4 teams of boys and 4 teams of girls entered this year, which was disappointing, but it allowed the organiser to adjust the format so that every player played against all the other players in their event. 

Each team played all the other teams in a round robin format. The no 1 pairs played 6 games against each other and the no 2 pairs did the same. Then the no 1 pairs played 6 games against the number 2 pairs. The games were no ad scoring with receiver’s choice.  The number of games won by each team were totalled and the winners of the Cheshire Shield were the team with the most games.

As it worked out, the final matches in both the girls’ and boys’ events were between the two leading teams from the first 2 rounds.  Neston faced Widnes in the girls’ event.  Widnes proved too strong for Neston, but there was stunning tennis on display and the Widnes team had to work hard to retain the title.

Brooklands boys were playing in the competition for the first time and they went into the last round with one more game won than Alderley Edge.  The games were close, and the tennis was excellent, but Alderley had the edge and won the title.

The trophies were presented by Alice Shields, a player in the last three winning teams for Widnes who was unable to play because of injury.  We wish her a full and complete recovery.

Thanks were expressed to Lymm Tennis Club for the use of their club and for the excellent refreshments provided for the competitors. The trophies for the event were supported by Angela Meir-Jones.

Girls Junior Cheshire Shield 2019

Widnes Team: Amy Redman, Hannah Rylatt, Florence Hesby, Abi Redman

Boys Junior Cheshire Shield 2019

Alderley Edge Team: Jonah Gethin, Mason Dace, Max Green, Leo Cullis