The 2012 National Premier Tennis Finals came to a conclusion over last
weekend at Virgin Active Wearside.
Fourteen teams from around the UK won through to the four day finals including the hosts from Wearside with some fantastic exciting matches played as well.
Virgin Active Warwickshire eventually came out on top 4/0 in the Final
against Bromley Tennis Academy. The Midlands Club had Davis Cup player Dan Evans leading their team backed up by Tom Burn, Marcus Willis, and Maniel Baines and were very well deserved winners.
Group Head of Racquets for Virgin Active Gary Stewart was very pleased with the event saying,
"The event was a great success for all concerned. The support we had from sponsors, spectators and the staff from Virgin Active Wearside was immense. We look forward to helping make the event bigger and better next year!"
The full results of the weekend are as follows;
Qualifying Rounds:
Loughborough University 4 Virgin Active Clearview 0
Virgin Active Wearside 4 Gosling 0
Virgin Active Gloucester 3 Tennis World Middlesbrough 1
Virgin Active Lancashire 1 Four Oaks Sutton Coldfield 3
Sutton Tennis Academy 2 Virgin Active Cardiff 2 (Sutton won 10 - 5 on Shoot Out)
Abbeydale Sheffield 0 Manchester Northern 4
Quarter Finals:
Virgin Active Wearside 3 Virgin Active Gloucester 1
Adam Barratclough/Jonny Binding bt Charles Crisp/Mark Willis 6/4, 6/2
Barratclough/Binding lost to Colin Bennett/Michael Crooks 6/7 (1), 4/6
Ben Lott/Matt Lott bt Bennett/Crooks 6/4, 3/6, 10/5
Lott/Lott bt Crisp/Willis 6/3, 6/1
Loughborough University 3 Manchester Northern 1
Jon Pankhurst/Scott Whitbread bt Matt Bright/Jonny Kinsella 4/6, 6/1, 10 - 8
Pankhurst/Whitbread bt Steve Lee/Anthony Marshall 6/3, 6/4
Tristan Farron Mahon/James Shacklock lost to Bright/Kinsella 4/6, 6/7 (5) Mahon/Shacklock bt Lee/Marshall 7/5, 3/6, 10 - 8
Virgin Active Warwickshire 4 Tennis World Middlesbrough 0
Tom Burn/Dan Evans bt James Lees/Richard Love 6/3, 6/2Burn/Evans bt Stephen Monk/Jonathan Smuk 6/1, 6/1.
Maniel Bains/Marcus Willis bt Lees/Love 6/3, 6/3
Mains/Willis bt Monk/Smuk 6/4, 6/4
Bromley 4 Sutton 0
Nick Cavaday/Keelan Oakley bt Nathan Carter/Tim Webster 6/1, 6/1
Cavaday/Oakley bt John Richards/Craig Veal 6/1, 6/2
Neil Bamford/Matt Short bt Carter/Webster 6/1, 6/2
Bamford/Short bt Richards/Veal 6/1, 6/1
Semi Finals:
Virgin Active Warwickshire 3 Loughborough University 1
Tom Burn/Dan Evans bt Jon Pankhurst/Scott Whitbread 6/3, 6/4
Maniel Bains/Marcus Willis bt Tristan Farron Mahon/James Shacklock 6/4, 7/6
Burn/Evans bt Mahon/Shacklock 6/4, 7/6
Bains/Willis bt Mahon/Shacklock 6/4, 6/4
Virgin Active Wearside 0 Bromley 4
Adam Barratclough/Jon Binding lost to Nick Cavaday/Keelan Oakley 4/6, 6/7 (5)
Barratclough/Binding lost to Neil Bamford/Matt Short 6/7 (7), 4/6
Ben Lott/Matt Lott lost to Cavaday/Oakley 6/4, 2/6, 7/10
Ben Lott/Matt Lott lost to Bamford/Short 5/7, 4/6.
Final:
Virgin Active Warwickshire 4 Bromley 0
Tom Burn/Dan Evans bt Neil Bamford/Matt Short 6/3, 5/7, 10 /7
Burn/Evans bt Nick Cavaday/Keelan Oakley 6/2, 6/4
Maniel Bains/Marcus Willis bt Bamford/Short 6/2, 7/5.
Bains/Willis bt Cavaday/Oakley 6/4, 6/2.
For lots of photos, stories and interviews from the National Premier League Finals, don't miss the 12 page special review in the next ONCOURT magazine in May.