Devon ladies help GB to gold medal at Senior World Team Championships

Tuesday, April 06, 2010
Celebration

Despite incredibly tough conditions, playing at altitude (2,600 metres) the ladies managed to come through as the champions beating Turkey and USA in their box and then beating last year's winners and runners up France and Spain.

Lucie said, "It's been a great week. We had a great team atmosphere and are really pleased to have won especially as we lost in the semi finals last year.

Team: Karen Cross (Capt.), Lucie Ahl, Julie Hobbs, Melissa Russell

Results-
GB bt Turkey 3-0 (Cross and Ahl won singles, Ahl and Hobbs won doubles)
GB bt USA 3-0 (Cross and Ahl won singles, Hobbs and Russell won doubles)
GB bt Spain 2-1 (Cross lost singles, Ahl won singles, Ahl and Hobbs won doubles)
GB bt France 2-0 (Ahl won singles, Hobbs won singles)

There was more good news for Devon when the over 40s team, with Jo Louis from Exmouth, took the bronze in the over 40s winning a tight final doubles match 7-6 in the third set.
Jo said they were delighted to win a bronze having just missed out in the last few years.

The World Championships was a great success for Britain coming home with 1 Gold, 2 Silvers and 3 bronze medals, making it the most succesful year to date.

 

 
 

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