After qualifying for the LTA 9 & Under County Cup National Finals - North in March our 9 & Under Girls team this weekend made the trip to Loughbrough to take part in the event.
9 & Girls Team - Captain Danielle Gallagher , Assistant Callum Baddeley
Players - Lyla Davis, Jia Kochhar, Lottie Lugr, Kendra Olowu, Ava Ormes and Ellie Stickland.
Our girls started the event against West of Scotland and went 3-1 up after the singles, later winning 1 doubles and loosing 1 singles giving us a 4-2 to win. Lancashire then took on Cambridgeshire who went on to win the event later in the day. Their players were very strong anda we were 1-3 down with the doubles to go. Our girls dug in and managed to win 1 of the doubles matches to finish with a respectable 2-4 loss. The girls then went on to comfortably beat Herefordshire & Worcestershire only losing 1 singles match to their top player.
Our final fixture of the day was to be a battle against Cheshire with the winning team claiming 2nd place. It was a great start for Lancashire 3-0 up after the first 3 singles, Ava then lost a tight match to give Cheshire the win. Cheshire showed a dominant doubles display to get the score back to 3-3. A match tiebreak was then played to decide who finished 2nd and who finished 3rd. Cheshire were crowned runners up and Lancashire finished in 3rd place.
Well done to all the players and parents, another long day of tennis and great learning experience.