The winning teams have been crowned at the AEGON Team Tennis Schools Senior Students Finals 2010/11 in the Boys, Girls and Mixed events.
Ellesmere College (Girls), Peter Symonds College (Boys) and Culford School (Mixed) were all victorious after some enthralling matches at Bolton Arena. The competition is unique as it is only open to players in years 11, 12 or 13 at schools and further education colleges with a British Tennis rating no better than 7.1.
Over 250 teams entered the competition in September and the final eight teams in each event competed at Bolton Arena over 18th-20th March. In the boys' event, Peter Symonds College overcame their local rivals Queen Mary’s College in a match up of the No. 1 & 2 seeds.
The two Hampshire teams were closely matched throughout the final and it took a match deciding shoot out tie-break to separate the two teams. A very consistent Peter Symonds pairing claimed the shootout win 10-8 to take home the title and 25 ranking points for the AEGON Team Tennis Schools National Rankings.
View the AEGON Team Tennis Schools 2010 Year End Rankings
The girls' event was claimed by Ellesmere College from Shropshire who defeated Queenswood School in the final. Ellesmere crucially claimed the two doubles rubbers to take an early lead and didn't look back as they raced to a 10-2 win.
Nikki Hoy, the Head of Tennis at Ellesmere College was thrilled with the success of her team: "The final against Queenswood was very evenly matched. The girls were fantastic and the school will be very proud of their achievement."
View the results from the Senior Students Finals
The final event of the competition saw Culford School from Suffolk claim the mixed title after a dramatic shoot out win over Ellesmere College in the final. Both teams reached the final undefeated in their respective groups and expectations were high for a closely fought match. The teams delivered as each of the four pairs claimed one win to set up the shoot out decider.
David Hall, Director of Tennis at Culford School commented: "We are delighted to win the mixed title following the success of our girls last year. I am proud of all the players who have put in a tremendous amount of hard work into their training throughout the year. The final was a great advert for the quality of tennis in this years Senior Students competition".
The AEGON Team Tennis Schools series is now in full swing with the National Championships and Year 8 & 10 competition starting this week.
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