tennis-gloucestershire

The LTA Ladies Grass Court Championships - County Week 23rd - 27th July 2001 - Group 5, East Gloucestershire Club.

The team, Esther Curtis and myself at pair 1, Marie Bell and Heather Sheridan at pair 2, Sarah Carter and Kate Nelmes at pair 3, Ellie Vicary as reserve who played on Friday due to Kate going on holiday.

My main aim was to stay in the group, which we were promoted to last year, missing two key members in Lorraine Ristic and Nikki Rivers in the team.

We had a good week, in extremely hot temperatures, good home support, a lovely meal out on the thursday night, some good and enjoyable tennis and most of all a very good team spirit. I couldn’t have asked for more, they all worked hard before County Week and all battled extremely hard during it.

I was pleased with the third place but who knows if some of those three setters had gone our way we may have been promoted, but then we have always got next year, and we are already planning!!!

Mrs Lucy Howitt, Captain Gloucestershire Ladies Team.