March 2011

County Girls 18 and under team miss out in Group 2

Cambridgeshire girls 18 and under team missed out on staying in a very strong Group 2 of Aegon County Cup over the weekend despite some good performances from the team.

So close but yet so far for the U9 Orange team

The U9 Cambridgeshire team had mixed fortunes at the Mini Orange Festival of Tennis event at Corby, Northants finishing in 6^th place.

There were 8 counties altogether with two groups of four, with the top two in each group going through to the semi finals and the other four teams contesting for 5^th place.

Cambridgeshire’s 18 and under Girls and Boys Teams win at Corby in 12 Counties

The Cambridgeshire girls and boys 18 and under teams had a good weekend at Corby on Saturday 5^th February both winning their Groups in the 12 Counties Competition

Cambridgeshire girls and boys 14 and under teams were victorious at Corby on 22nd January

The County 14 and under teams performed very well at Corby on Saturday 22^nd January both winning their groups

Tennis Chief Executive Praises Cambridgeshire Clubs

Roger Draper, Chief Executive of the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA), has praised Cambridgeshire tennis clubs and coaches for their work in improving access to the sport in rural areas.

The chief executive of the LTA was a special guest at Cambridgeshire LTA’s annual general meeting in the Old Library at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, yesterday evening where he spoke to 60 players, coaches and officials from the county’s clubs about the LTA’s support for their efforts to enhance facilities, improve access to the sport and increase opportunities to play for local people of all ages and abilities.

Cambridgeshire Mini Tennis Red Teams excel at Inter County Team Event.

Cambridgeshire boys and girls 8 and under teams played extremely well to finish third and fourth respectively in the Inter County Mini Red Team Event at Stevenage on Sunday 27^th February.

Cambridgeshire County Cup Review - 4th-6th March 2011

The team: Will Huyton, Sam Fleck, Josh Wilson, Ben McCann, Chad Richard, Josh Lightowler, Jack Thorndike, James Morris

Venue: Taunton, Somerset

2011 saw Cambridgeshire up against South Wales, Durham & Cleveland and Somerset.

Cambridgeshire Regularly Competing Juniors - County & Regional League Table

Please find the new county Regulary Competing Junior league table. This county league table shows the number of regularly competing junior players (RCJ) at each place to play within Cambridgeshire.

LIVING SPORT Funding Newsletter

LIVING SPORT funding newletter includes a number of articles. These include a football foundation grant for St.Ives, sports clubs encouraged to bid for Sport England funding and a free funding search engine.

Week Long Summer Tournaments 2011

Interested in playing a summer tournament this year? Here you can find a list of week long tournaments within Cambridgeshire. You can also find a list of week long summer tournaments in other counties including Bedfordshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire and Suffolk.