Women’s 35+ County Cup Report

Tuesday, November 19, 2019
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The women’s 35+ Inter-county championships were played from 2nd to 4th August on the superb grass courts of Devonshire Park, Eastbourne.  This year we were back playing 5 rubbers, rather than the reduced 3, in the glorious sunshine.

Team

Sarah Wright

Caroline Milns

Lisa Knowles

Maia Dunn

Day 1 – Nottinghamshire vs South of Scotland

We are very excited to welcome a new youngster to the team, Sarah Wright, playing at no1.  Nottinghamshire had a fantastic start to the weekend with singles wins and all three doubles.

Nottinghamshire 5-0

Day 2 – Nottinghamshire vs East of Scotland

Having struggled to gather a team over the past few years, East of Scotland this year came out with an incredibly strong team.  Sarah had a battle with the no1 Mhairi Beattie falling short in the match tie break, a match worthy of being in Div 1 rather than in 5!  Maia also lost a close match against Sarah Mcfadyen, as did Lisa and Caroline.  After the first round we were going into the second, 3-0 down against a very strong county.

Nottinghamshire 1-4

Day 3 – Nottinghamshire vs Shropshire

Going into the third and final day, both counties had secured a win and a loss over the first two days but were comfortable in the knowledge that neither would be relegated.  Owing to injury from Shropshire, 2 doubles remained incomplete.

Nottinghamshire 3-2

The Nottinghamshire ladies as always gave it their best, coming second in our group. We will be joined by Oxford and Cornwall who will move into Division 5 in 2020, along with Northumberland, Derbyshire and Shropshire.  We look forward to the challenges ahead. 

Thank you for all your support, enthusiasm and effort once again.

Maia Dunn   Capt 

 
 

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