Herts win Mini Orange Festival of Tennis 2011

The recent Mini Orange Festival of Tennis was very successful, with all the competitors playing 5 matches, so 60 matches completed in total, with many of them going to 3 sets. There was a very high standard of play and a really valuable event.

In stage 1 we had the Federer group of Cambs, Shrops, Norfolk ‘A’ and Notts, and 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, we played the winners of one group 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’.

3/4 place was won by Notts who beat Norfolk ‘A’ 2-1.

In the playoffs, Cambs beat Northants 3-0, while Leics beat Shrops 3-0. Leics then beat Cambs 2-1 to come 5^th, and Cambs 6^th. Northants beat Shrops 3-0 to come 7^th.

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 

A breakdown of the individual players results is available to download.