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Our Hampshire and IOW girls team were competing in Division 2b in Bromley in Kent over the weekend of 24th – 26th February.
The other counties in the division were: Cambridgeshire, Buckinghamshire, Staffordshire.
The team was: Esther Adeshina, Hannah Smith, Aisling Mcgrane, Lorelei Sanderson, Charlotte Howard, Isabelle Barfoot, Magda Kornijczuk, Ellie Millard
Day 1 vs Buckinghamshire
The team was:
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Singles
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Doubles
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Esther Adeshina
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Lorelei Sanderson
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Esther & Hannah
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Hannah Smith
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Charlotte Howard
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Aisling & Ellie
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Aisling Mcgrane
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Issy Barfoot
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Lorelei and Izzy
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After the singles we were 4-2 down, both Esther and Lorelei had very convincing wins. Charlotte lost in 3 sets. In the doubles we had 2 very good wins from Lorelei and Izzy and Hannah and Esther both winning 10-7 in the third set tie break.
Day of day result 5-4 to Berkshire.
Day 2 vs Cambridgeshire
One change in the team today. Ellie came on to play number 6 singles. The team was:
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Singles
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Doubles
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Esther Adeshina
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Lorelei Sanderson
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Esther & Hannah
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Hannah Smith
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Charlotte Howard
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Aisling & Ellie
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Aisling Mcgrane
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Ellie Millard
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Lorelei and Izzy
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We had a successful singles round winning 4 of the 6 matches. The wins came from Ellie, Hannah, Aisling and Esther. Lorelei had a very close match losing in 3 sets.
We had chances in all 3 doubles matches, however we managed 2 wins from Esther and Hannah and Lorelei and Issy. Aisling and Ellie lost in the third set tie break.
End of day result 6-3 to Hampshire.
Day 3 vs Staffordshire
The last day of the tournament and each County in the Division had 1 win each. All positions in the Division were still to play for.
The team today remained unchanged it was:
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Singles
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Doubles
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Esther Adeshina
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Lorelei Sanderson
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Esther & Hannah
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Hannah Smith
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Charlotte Howard
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Aisling & Ellie
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Aisling Mcgrane
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Ellie Millard
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Lorelei and Izzy
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The plan was to get as many singles matches as possible. We managed to win all but Aisling’s match, who had a close match against a very tough opponent. This put us 5-1 up going to the doubles, but still needing another win to gain first place in the division. This win came from Lorelei and Izzy in their doubles. Aisling and Charlotte lost in a very close 3rd set tie break.
The final results of the group were:
1st Hampshire
2nd Buckinghamshire
3rd Staffordshire
4th Cambridgeshire
I was really proud of how the team pulled together on the last day to get the result. It was a great weekend and with such a young team we will be looking forward to challenging in Division 1 next year.
Sue Espley - Team Captain