14U Avon Girls - National County Cup WINNERS!

Huge congratulations!

Torquay, a couple of weeks go, saw Izzy, Daisy, Jess, Sophia, Alice and Savannah qualify for the County Cup Finals. The girls travelled up to the finals in Nottingham with Coach Lizzie and Martyn, but without Sophia, who was competing in a Tennis Europe event.

Two words struck the coaches: BELIEF and TEAMWORK. The girls kept their faith and even though Sophia was competing elsewhere, everyone stayed in contact and it felt like a team of 6 with only 5 girls playing. They had to play the No 1 seeds in their box, but the girls had such belief that even though they played 19 tie breaks, they won 17 of them. Exceptional!

You can hear Coach Lizzie speak about the national event on Radio Bristol (scroll to 39 mins 27 seconds) here: The Sports Store - 18/05/2022 - BBC Sounds

Avon are really proud of the girls, showing that belief and team work go hand in hand, with talent, to make them Winners.

Coaches Report: 14U Boys Team

The Boys qualified in style at Royal Wotton Basset, only dropping 1 rubber across the weekend.

A team of Mathias, Ash, Harry, Halbie, Finlay and Tom travelled to Nottingham with high hopes and possibly a podium finish.

After drawing a very tough group, including Cheshire, and eventual 2nd and 3rd place Suffolk and Surrey, the boys finished 3rd in the group with a 5th/6th play off against North Scotland. All the boys fought for each other and played with pride for their County, and maybe at a different stage of the competition, they may have beaten North Scotland, however it was a 6th place for the Avon Boys.

Coaches Matt and Rob were full of pride watching the boys compete, and if a few more match tie breaks went our way, it could have been very different.

A huge effort from everyone involved and we hope the boys had a great time and can take something away from this experience.

14U Boys County Cup Team

Read full information here: LTA - Tennis for Britain - LTA 14U County Cup 2022 - Finals - Matches