Last week saw the annual LTA Summerr County Cup events take place with the Women competing at The All England Lawn Tennis & Community Centre in Surrey and the Men at Cromer Lawn Tennis Club, Norfolk.
Women's Team
Captain: Sabrina Federici
Team Samria Butt, Sabrina Federici, Hima Fernando, Lily Harper, Livia Harper, Lily Hutchings, Ella McDonald, Hannah Rylatt, Zainab Williams & Daisy Wootton.
The team travelled down to Surrey on the Sunday with the hopes of promotion in mind. On Day 1 they beat Norfolk 8-1 with some dominate performances from the team. Tuesday saw authoritive performance against Warwickshure finishing in another 8-1 win. Day 3 saw a clost battlet against Kent which saw a great 5-4 win after some great matches. Day 4 was impacted by rain but the team knew they needed to beat Gloucestershire to guarentee promotion. It took until the Friday but the weather eventually let the team win 7-2! Also on Friday the team played Buckinghamshire who they lost 6-3 too. This loss meant that the team are promoted to Division 2 next Summer finishing 2nd in the table behind Kent.
Well done to all the players and Sabrina. Special mention goes to Lily Hutchings who won 15 out of 15 matches over the week, a great achievement! The results can be found here
Men's Team
Captain: Andrew Davies
Team Sam Chadwick, Rob Cowley, Andy Davies, Ben Davies, Charlie Hutchings, George Hutchings, Harry Lumb, David Quayle, Simon Roberts and Harry Senior.
The team made the long journet to Norfolk on Sunday with the aim of promotion. On Day 1 they beat Norfolk 6-3 with some dominate performances from the team. Tuesday saw another 6-3 win against Berkshire. Wednesday was a tough day with a 801 loss to Nottinghamshire but the team fought back and beat Leicestershire 5-4 on Day 4 and then finished with 8-1 win against Durham & Cleveland. to gain promotion to Division 3 finishing 2nd behind Nottinghamshire.
Well done to all the players and captain, a great result. over the weekThe results can be found here