Well done to the Lancashire 10 & Under County Cup teams who competed at the National Finals North at the weekend. The boys came runners up and the girls 3rd! 

10 & Under Boys Team - Captain Callum Baddeley, Assistant Chris Ablewhite

Players -  Oliver De Lange, Jan Kochanek, Charlie Ouyang, Samson Sparrow, Samuel Wong.

The boy's started the weekend at Wirral Tennis Centre against what they knew would be the toughest opponents Yorkshire. After a match tie break win and a match tie break loss in the singles the score was 1-3 to Yorkshire with the boy's having hope they could win the 2 doubles rubbers to force a match shoot out. The boys took both matches to tie breaks but it wasn't to be with Yorkshire winning them both. Next up the team played Warwickshire and were 3-1 up after some strong singles performances, two more tight doubles matches saw Lancashire win 1 and loose with. This meant the team beat Warwickshire 4-2 with it still all to play for on Day 2. 

Sunday saw the boy's up against another local rival Cheshire with the Lancashire players dominating to a 6-0 win. The last fixture of the weekend was against North of Scotland with anothe dominant performance from the boys winning 5-1. 

This meant the Lancashire 10 & Under Boys finished in 2nd place behind deserved winners Yorkshire.

All the results can be found here

10 & Under Girls Team - Captain Sarah Hillier , Assistant Laura Hardman

Players - Kendra Olowu, Ava Ormes, Martha Senior, Tilly Taylor, Orla Thompson and Lennie Walker.

The girl's team left on Friday and made the long journey to Boston Tennis Club, Lincolnshire. It was a tough start for the girls against a unknown Cambridgshire team but the girls fought to a 3-1 lead after the signgles but they combined together well in doubles to beat Lancashire in both rubbers to level the score a 3-3. This meant a doubles match shoot out had to be played with Cambridgeshire winning in a close match. Next up the girls took on Warwickshire winning 5-1, a great result after a tough start. 

On Sunday the girls played Yorkshire first in what they knew would be a tough battle losing 1-5 to a very strong team. Next up with North of Scotland a fixture the girl's wanted to win to finish in 3rd place. the team competed well to beat them 4-2 and finished 3rd. 

All the results can be found here

Many thanks to all the coaches and parents who supported the teams over the weekend.