Group: Cumbria, Cheshire, Northumberland, Yorkshire
Team Captain: Paul Hatton
Assistant Captain: Diane Gibson / Caroline Burke
Team: Poppy Baker, Laura Monk, Jemima Harrison and Hannah Burke
Results Day 1:
Cheshire 4 - 0 Derbyshire
Derbyshire 2 - 2 Cumbria. Cumbria won on tie break shoot out 10 - 7.
Results Day 2:
Yorkshire 4 - 0 Derbyshire
Derbyshire 2 - 2 Northumberland. Derbyshire won tie break shoot out 10 - 4.
The 10&U girls team was relatively inexperienced this year with some of the team members not having played at county level before. However, all the players that took part performed to the best of their ability and made significant personal improvement over the two days.
It was a story of two halveswith the larger counties suchas Yorkshire and Cheshire having very strong teams and slightly over whelming our players. Poppy and Laura played very well and a lot of games went to deuce so they should be proud of their performance.
Against Cumbria and Northumberland, Derbyshire were very evenly matched and we were very close to beating Cumbria. Having only experienced tennis in a club setting, Hannah won a first match which was a real boost for her and Jemima improved so much over the two days.
My thanks to Diane Gibson and Caroline Burke for thier help in looking after the girls. Also thanks to Matt Lambert and Dave Barnes, for the David Lloyd players that were in the team.
Paul Hatton - Team Coach / Manager
Derbyshire 10&U Girls