1. Louis Hull
2. James Wilson
3. Zak Lloyd
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1. Rose O'Donovan-McCann
2. Holly Hull
3. Ava Moss
Northumberland 5 - 4 Yorkshire
Yorkshire started off their county cup against a strong Northumberland side, particularly on the girl’s side. The boys started off with two wins from Louis Hull and Zak Lloyd playing at 1 and 3 respectively. James Wilson lost a very close and hard fought match at 2, losing 8-6 in the 3rd set. After the boys, the girls then went on with Holly Hull winning emphatically at 2. Rose O'Donovan-McCann fought hard but lost eventually to a very strong number one player from Northumberland. Ava Moss lost in another very close singles match 8-6 in the third set. It was a very spirited performance against a girl two ratings higher. After the singles the match was level at 3-3 with the doubles as the decider. Louis Hull and James Wilson fought hard to win in the boy’s doubles whilst Ava Moss and Zak Lloyd put in a brave performance but eventually losing in three sets in the mixed doubles. The match came down to the girls doubles team of Rose O'Donovan-McCann and Holly Hull which Yorkshire just came out the wrong side of losing 9-7 in the third set.
Yorkshire 8 - 1 Durham and Cleveland
The message going into the second match was to put the Northumberland match behind them, settle the nerves and come out fighting for the match against Durham. That is what the team did. The boys came out strong again with wins for Louis and Zak. James was unfortunate once again losing in the 3rd set. The girls also came back very strong in the singles with wins for all three; Rose, Holly and Ava putting the Northumberland game behind them and battling hard to win. With the match already wrapped up with 5 wins it would have been easy to relax in the doubles but the team were ruthless in winning all three doubles matches; pairings were James Wilson and Zak Lloyd, Ava Moss and Rose O'Donovan McCann and Holly and Louis Hull.
Yorkshire 9 - 0 Cumbria
It was important that Yorkshire kept the energy and focus high in the final match and not get complacent against the Cumbrian side. The message was to raise the energy levels and support each. The boys came out and were off very quickly with three wins for Louis, James and Zak followed by more wins by the girl trio of Rose, Holly and Ava. It was great to see all the players raising the energy levels after already playing quite a lot of tennis. The Yorkshire team finished on a high with some great doubles in the final matches, especially from Louis and Zak who worked really well as a team with Louis being solid from the baseline and Zak causing problems in and around the net.
All in all it was a great day for the Yorkshire team; they had fun, provided support for each other and there was a great sense of team unity. Yorkshire narrowly placed 2nd to Northumberland in the end, although won the most individual rubbers on the day. It was a great experience for all of them and I'm sure they will all take something positive away to work on into the future.
Jonny Mumby
Team Captain