The Wildmoor Spa Tennis League Junior Summer Competition June Round

The final (June) 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 teams topping their Pools and qualifying for the play-offs in July. They are Henley-in-Arden A or HDA B of Redditch in Pool A, Littletons A in Pool B, Bidford-on-Avon in Pool C, and HDA A of Redditch in Pool D.

Pool A, hosted by Warwick was unfortunately rained off and will be played the night before the Semi-Final Play-Offs in July.  The two top teams are both in contention as Henley A lead by a solitary point with 17, with HDA B Redditch just behind on 16 points.  Either one could qualify for the play-offs?  The other two teams, Henley B with 12 points and Warwick with 9 points cannot qualify, but could indeed make a difference as to who goes through, depending on their match scores against the top pairs?

Pool B was played at Littletons Tennis Club and saw hosts Littletons A undefeated and going through to the play-offs comfortably with 23 points, three more than runners-up Chipping Campden A.  Littletons A pair brothers Oliver and Jacob Medley opened with a 6-2 win over contenders Campden A.  They then beat sister side Littletons B 6-1, before finishing off with a 6-1 victory over Chipping Campden B.  Campden A pair finished runners-up after their duo William Smith & J.J. Coleman beat sister side Campden B 6-0 and hung on to second spot even though they had to award a 6-0 walkover win to their opponents Littleton B when one of the Campden A players had to leave the tournament early.  In the final match Littletons B boys Robbie Clear & John Blakely defeated Campden B boys Joe Lindner & Alex Alexiou 6-1.

Stratford-on-Avon hosted Pool C, but the leaders Bidford-on-Avon maintained their one hundred per cent record to qualify for the play-offs with a maximum 24 points and 9 points clear of the next placed team.  Bidford boys Adam Farrow & Alfie Lovell again overpowered all three opponents starting with hosts Stratford 6-1, then Pershore 6-0, before defeating Evesham 6-3.  While Evesham finished second on the night, it was Pershore’s Alfie Hoyle & Jack Marsh who finished the group in second place with 15 points.  They beat Stratford 6-0 but lost to Evesham 6-3.  Evesham lads Joseph Williams & Jamie Woodcock then also beat Stratford pair Dylan Jones & Jack Seabourn 6-2. 

Finally Pool D was played at Alcester Tennis Club and once more saw the reigning Champions HDA A again cruise to victory in all three of their matches.  Last year’s champion pairing of Harvey Ravenscroft & Scott Mortimer overcame all opposition Alcester A, Alcester B and Ilmington.  They beat Alcester A 6-2, Alcester B 6-2 and Ilmington 6-0.  This like Bidford in Pool C gave them the maximum 24 points, although only a 5 point lead over the second side Alcester A.  The latter’s lads Adam Haerle & Luke Clemons went on to beat Alcester B 6-1 and Ilmington 6-0.  Alcester B boys Charlie Derby & Chris Hillman came third in the table when they beat Ilmington 6-0.