Tennis in Surrey 2014

county cup
Surrey County Cup Success
Promotion to Division 1 secured by both Surrey U18s Girls and Ladies teams
18U County Cup Girls win in
Southampton!
Congratulations to our Surrey
18U Girls for winning the
Summer County Cup Group 2B at
Southampton, promotion to Group
1 secured.
The team comprised of: Lana
Rush, Darinka Tiboldi, Jodie
Burrage, Melanie Vaxevanakis,
Bethan Hayward, Emily Appleton,
Jodie Lawrence-Taylor, Hannah
Ferrett and Gemma Heath.
Team Manager: Matt Thomas
Team Captain: Lerissa Graham
County Cup Report from
Matt Thomas
Day 1 We met at the NTC on
Thursday and began our County
Cup journey to Southampton. 45
minutes had passed and the team
were already asking if we were near,
and demanding food!
Day 2 We arrived at the courts for
8.15am and had 45 minutes practice
on court in preparation for our first
challenge against Staffordshire.
Hannah Ferrett and Jodie Annie
Lawrence-Taylor got the team off to
a fantastic 2-0 lead with convincing
singles wins. These results filled
the team with confidence and
Darinka, Emily, Jodie Burrage and
Lana all recorded wins giving the
team a comfortable 6-0 lead. The
new partnership of Gemma and
Beth performed exceedingly well in
giving Surrey their seventh rubber
of the day, and the pairings of Jodie
and Emily and Lana and Mel secured
wins ensuring the team defeated
Staffordshire 9-0.
Day 3 Hertfordshire were the day’s
opponents and were very strong
at 5 and 6 but Jodie Annie got a
crucial win meaning the tie went
to 1-1. We went to 2-1 down but
Emily performed excellently to
win a crucial singles which swung
momentum back to Surrey, and
Jodie and Lana continued in fine
fashion scoring convincing wins. We
entered the doubles 4-2 up knowing
one win would secure the match
for us. The same doubles pairs
were picked and we won all three
ensuring we defeated Herts 7-2.
Day 4 We entered day four knowing
that a win would take us back to
Division 1. A different team was
selected based on match ups against
Hampshire. Gemma and Mel were
selected to play at 5 and 6 and both
started well winning the first sets.
Both matches took in excess of two
hours and were both too close to
call. Eventually Mel won in straight
sets with an awesome backhand
line winner, and special mention to
Gemma who won in a third set tie
break 7-5 winning with a courageous
forehand volley. Jodie Annie, Emily
and Jodie all won convincingly and
Lana Rush showed great fight in
pulling through in 3 close sets. The
team won all six singles rubbers, but
continued in their relentless push for
promotion by winning all 3 doubles
matches ensuring we defeated
Hampshire 9-0! Go Surrey!
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