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James Hignett of Penarth and Saﬁ yyah Azeez The team consisted of Amy Khan Ince, Emily Storey, who trains at UWIC, and Esporta’s
of Dinas Powys both won their respective Watson, Kathryn Hughes, Alice Scott and Gloucester-based Sean Edwards.
competitions at the tournament - a Grade 2 Muireann Henderson who are all North Wales
event which attracts national standard players County players. “It was a tremendous performance,” said
from all over Great Britain. captain David Maddock-Lyon, a coach based
The girls are coached at the Wrexham at David Lloyd in Cardiff. “The boys played
“This is a great achievement for two of our Academy by Dan Sanders, Craig Evans superbly to lose just one rubber over the
promising players and will ensure they both and Matt Smith as well as Martyn Lewis at whole weekend.”
rise up the GB rankings list for their age Prestatyn.
group,” added Peter Hybart. South Wales wheelchair tennis ace Phil
Team coach Lucy Scott said the girls’ Cochrane is the current Tennis Wales player of
James trains at Reeds School in Surrey which performance was achieved through team spirit the year. He added to his growing reputation
produced Tim Henman, and Saﬁ yyah trains at and the ability to play under pressure. by winning Junior boys event in the British
Esporta Cardiff. Open Championships in Nottingham.
"I am really proud of the girls for what they
Wrexham Lawn Tennis Club Girls Under-14 have achieved,” she said. “Having won the Cochrane, from Cwmbran, a member of
team reached the ﬁ nal of the AEGON National Junior Club League as a player, I am honoured Cardiff Wheelchair Tennis Club, has a world
Club League, open to all tennis clubs in to have helped guide the girls to the ﬁ nals." junior ranking of 4 and was seeded 2 for the
Britain. event. This helps him close the gap on the top
The South Wales boys under-12 tennis team three world ranked players.
Wrexham qualiﬁ ed by winning the West reached the ﬁ nals of the County Cup by
Premier League beating teams from winning an even in Shewsbury, putting them So the efforts are bearing fruit. It is just a
Gloucester, Bristol, Bromsgrove and Cardiff into the top eight teams in the country. question of waiting to see which of these
to reach the semi-ﬁ nal, before then defeating players can make the breakthrough to the next
Tennis World, Middlesbrough, in a tense match The team consisted of Matthew Kamal from level.
to qualify for the big event at Roehampton. Esporta, Cardiff, Nicholas J
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