Review: The U15A Aegon team consisting of; Beatrice Stone, Suzannah
Burton, Tabitha Kendrick and Anna Lane have had an extremely impressive start
to the Aegon Competition. In week three they travelled to Southend to play the
high school and won convincingly, only conceding two rubbers against their
number one player. The following day,
the girls travelled to Frinton Tennis Club to play Tendering College. In the
singles matches Suzannah, Tabitha and Anna all won, playing some very good
shots and serving consistently. Beatrice fought hard against a very strong
number one player, narrowly losing out.
The girls then entered the doubles play, knowing that they had to secure
at least one game to win overall. Our
second pair outplayed the opposition and secured yet again another win in the
group stages.
On Tuesday 22nd May the division came to a head
when Felsted faced New Hall at home in the deciding fixture of the division.
The girls had trained extremely hard all week with the help of Joe and the
other Braintree coaches, preparing them perfectly for this tough test. Both Beatrice and Suzannah won their singles
games (6-1) (6-0) , providing a great start to the afternoon. Both Tabitha and
Anna played some great competitive rallies against their oppositions, with
Tabitha losing her game in a tie break situation. After the singles matches it was all even
between the schools, leaving the doubles results to determine the winner. After
two highly contested games the schools could not be split leaving a dramatic
doubles tie break to decide the overall winner. Beatrice and Tabitha were selected to play in
this highly charged situation, with Suzannah and Anna supporting from the side
with bated breath. The pair were
extremely calm and finished the tie break 10-4 up, to be crowned group A
champions. This team now go through to play the winners of group B in a
knockout situation, which if they win will take them through to the regional
stages. A very well done to all the girls and good luck for the next
chapter!
In the last round of the Division B Aegon tournament the
U15Bs were looking to make it win number 3 against New Hall. The afternoon started well, the sun was
shining and the girls had trained well in the week leading up to the
match. Emily O'Connor played some great
tennis to beat their 2nd player (6-0).
Olivia Schweir also won her singles game (6-4) serving well and playing out some great
rallies. Gabby Doughty fought hard and
was (5-1) up, but New Hall fought back well eventually winning a close game (7-5). With Grace Prior also narrowly losing her
singles game (4-6) it was all down to the doubles matches to decide the overall
winner. Emily and Gabby faced a very
strong New Hall 1st pair and lost (6-1).
However, Olivia and Grace kept Felsted in with a chance of winning
playing some superb tennis to give them a (6-1) victory. As with the U15As it was down to a sudden
death tiebreak, nail biting stuff. Emily
and Olivia were selected to play and did a great job to hold their nerve
playing some great points and fighting right to the end. Despite their best efforts Felsted missed out
losing 10-7 in the tie break.
A great day of tennis, the girls were very unlucky not to
come away winners
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