The second (April) round of Junior Tennis Cup competition Pool matches of the Wildmoor Spa Tennis League for the South Warwickshire & District Area have been completed with the same teams topping their Pools as in March. They are Henley-in-Arden A in Pool A, Evesham in Pool B, Stratford-upon-Avon in Pool C, and HDA A of Redditch in Pool D.
In Pool A hosted in Redditch by HDA B, the Henley duo of Alex Evans & Louis Walsh opened by beating Alcester 6-1, then sister-side Henley B 6-1 and finally hosts HDA B Redditch 6-4, the latter giving them a close match. Henley B pair Alex Didlick & James Price just managed to reverse their result from March against the hosts in another close match only defeating HDA B 7-5. The Redditch side finally gained a much deserved victory when their boys Joe Hollier & Owen Perry just overcame Alcester’s Adam Haerle & Luke Clements 7-6 (7-2) after a tie-break.
Pool B played at Chipping Campden saw Evesham again dictate the pace as their players Ben Shepherd & Emmanuel Winston beat hosts Campden B 6-0, Campden A 6-0 and finally Pershore in a closer match 6-4. Pershore easily claimed second place with their duo Giles Lowbridge & Oliver Marlow proving too strong for the Campden outfits. They beat Campden A and Campden B by the same 6-0 score line. The home pairs for Chipping Campden A Archie Griffiths & Will Smith and for Campden B Finn Watkins & Harry Jeavons enjoyed a close contest before Campden A emerged winners 6-4.
Ilmington hosted Pool C but new leaders were Littletons. With Bidford unable to field a pair and allowing walkovers for the remaining three teams it was agreed to increase the games in each match to ten points by two clear points or a tie-break. Littletons’ players Callum Bennett & Liam Clear made short work of beating hosts Ilmington 10-1. However, they reversed last month’s result against Stratford when, in the best match of the week, they took the result 11-10 (7-5) after a tie-break. Stratford’s William Noyce & Joseph Pinnock were comfortable victors over Ilmington pair Breyton Armstrong & Charlie Dews 10-1. After this round Stratford and Littetons are equal top with 11 points each, but Stratford games are 49-20 to Littletons 48-20 leaving only one game separating the sides in the closest of all the pools.
Finally Pool D was played at HDA Tennis Club in Redditch and saw HDA A again cruise to victory in all three of their matches as Harvey Ravenscroft & Scott Mortimer overcome first HDA C 6-3 and then HDA D 6-1. Since HDA were unable to field an E team this month the other three sides had 6-0 walkovers. In the only other match Paulina Jurkowska & Latesha Grant for HDA C beat HDA D pair Kiyyah Grant & Joe Hembrey 6-0.
Photo attached is of Alex Evans & Louis Walsh Henley A pair in Pool A
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Pool A
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P
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W
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L
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GF
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GA
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PTS
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Henley A
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6
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6
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0
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36
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10
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12
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Henley B
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6
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3
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3
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24
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23
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11
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HDA B
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6
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3
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3
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29
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28
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11
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Alcester
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6
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0
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12
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9
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37
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6
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Pool B
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P
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W
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L
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GF
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GA
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PTS
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Evesham
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6
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6
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0
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36
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10
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12
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Pershore
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6
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4
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2
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32
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14
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10
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Campden A
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6
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2
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4
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13
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33
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8
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Warwick
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6
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0
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6
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13
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37
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6
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Pool C
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P
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W
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L
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GF
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GA
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PTS
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Stratford
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6
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5
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1
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49
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20
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11
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Littletons
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6
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5
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1
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48
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20
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11
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Ilmington
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6
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1
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5
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14
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38
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7
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Bidford
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6
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1
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5
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14
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39
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4
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*Bidford No Team in April Pool scored no points in April
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Pool D
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P
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W
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L
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GF
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GA
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PTS
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HDA A
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6
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6
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0
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36
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6
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12
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HDA C
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6
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4
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2
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28
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10
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10
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HDA D
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6
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2
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4
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15
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26
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8
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HDA E
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6
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0
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6
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2
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36
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3
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*HDA E No Team in April Pool scored no points in April
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