Venue: Stevenage
Date: Sunday 28th February 2010
Opponents:
Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire Hertfordshire, Suffolk, Norfolk, Northamptonshire
Girls Team:
Annalie Olivelle, Arrabella Moen, Holly Lawrence, Eleanor Baglow, Abigail Michelow, Evie Smart
Essex Captain and Selectors: Nicki Waring, Lynn O'Brien, Sarah Hylton
All the team were excited and incredibly proud to be wearing the ESSEX EAGLES t shirts and representing the county.
As the matches were timed for 10 minutes, the scores were more like rugby results than tennis. The team to beat appeared to be Herts as they were winning most of their matches, therefore a team chat was in order and it was decided that we were going to fight for every point. The girls played brilliantly from player one to player six , therefore the Essex Eagles swooped in and took top position.
All were presented with a medal, many photos were taken and much chocolate was eaten to celebrate .
I would like to say a personal THANK YOU to all the girls, as your captain you made me very proud. Well done
Nicki Waring, Girls Captain
Boys Team
Adam Khawaja, Joseph Chard, Johnny Price,Oliver Green, William Sheppard, Jamie Bixby
Essex Captain and Selectors Kingsley Harris, Colin Clay, Ray Coulsen
This year saw a new format with all matches being 10 minute timed games. Essex started strongly with convincing wins against Suffolk and Northamptonshire. Then it was time for the crunch match against Hertfordshire. Winning the tight matches saw us come away with a solid 4.2 win in rubbers.
This theme continued for the rest of the day where we won most of the close matches and scored comfortable wins against Buckinghamshire, Norfolk, Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire. Essex finished the event winning 35 out of 42 matches, resulting in an overall victory for a 2nd year in row.
With the girls team winning as well Essex won the overall title. Well done to all!
Kingsley Harris, Boys Team Captain