Herts Victorious at Orange Festival Day in Corby

The Orange Festival Day took place at Corby Tennis Centre on Sunday 27th February.

In stage 1 there was the Federer Group of Cambs, Shrops, Norfolk ‘A’ and Notts. The Nadal Group had Northants, Leics, Norfolk ‘B’ and Herts.

Norfolk ‘A’ won Federer group having won 6 tie-breaks and losing 3, the same as Notts, but had beaten them in the Head-to-Head. Cambs came third as they had won 5 tie-breaks and lost 4, while Shrops came 4^th.

Herts won Nadal group having won all three matches, with Norfolk ‘B’ coming second, Leics 3^rd and Northants 4^th.

In Stage 2, the knock-out stage, the winners of one group played against the second placed of the other, in the semi finals, while there was a play-off for 5/6^th place and 7/8^th place.

In the first semi final, Norfolk ‘B’ beat Norfolk ‘A’ 3-0, while Herts beat Notts 2-1. Herts then won the final 2-1 against Norfolk ‘B’.

Final Positions:-

Winners – Herts
Runners Up – Norfolk ‘B’
3^rd place – Notts
4^th place – Norfolk ‘A’
5^th place – Leics
6^th place – Cambs
7^th place – Northants
8^th place – Shrops

Many congratulations to our team of David Latter, Joe Collins and Emily Middleton and their captain, Barry Figg. Come on Herts!