Bath and Stirling retain University Team Championships

Wednesday, April 03, 2013

The University of Bath and the University of Stirling came out on top as they picked up the men's and women's titles respectively at the University Team Championships last weekend.

The event was the culmination of the year long University Team Championships at British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) and was held at Leeds Met University.

Throughout the season, over 300 university teams and two and half thousand fixtures have decided the teams who had qualified for the Big Wednesday final.

The University of Stirling men's first team were was again champions when they recorded a 12-0 whitewash against Durham University to retain their crown, while the University of Bath defeated the University of Exeter 4-2 in a hard fought women's final.

Euan McGinn, Stirling's High Performance Tennis Coach, said: "This is the best squad we have ever had and they deserve great credit for their performances on the day and throughout the season. Knowing they are the best student team in Britain will give the players great confidence as they look to compete in ITF Futures Tournaments."

Joe Gill, studying Sport Management at Scotland's University for Sporting Excellence, said: "To win the Championship last year and then record back-to-back successes is a really good feeling."

Bath University proved too strong from Exeter despite some very hard fought matches, with Exeter creating opportunities against the very strong Bath team lead by Steph Cornish and Alex Walker.

Bath University's Barry Scollo said "The girls did so well to retain the title and have built up a great team spirit and rapport."

There was a win also for Stirling's second team in the BUCS Trophy Final – the competition which pits the best sides outside the Premier League against one another. They defeated London School of Economics (LSE) 10-2. The women's trophy event was won by Durham who defeated Loughborough 12-0.

The Tennis Foundation's Higher Education Manager, Alistair Higham, added: "Congratulations to Stirling and Bath. The team competition element of university tennis is always popular and it's great to see this emphasised once again by all those competing. Now with additional individual competitions including AEGON Pro -series, AEGON GB Tour and the new Grade 3 university tournaments, UK Universities are really attractive as bases for top players."

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