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Fifteen pairs - each representing a different club - provided a rewarding day's tennis. The early stages saw a round-robin format with the teams split evenly into three groups (Green, Yellow, and Blue) with each team lined-up to meet the other four members of their group in a short-set (eight games plus a champions' tie-break - making nine games up for grabs). The format also permitted each team to have a rest period.
The top two from each of the three groups, plus two of the 3rd-placed teams with the highest number of points progressed through to the knockout quarter-finals.
Four tense, competitive quarter-finals resulted in three of the four highest-seeded pairs coming face-to-face in the semi-finals. Louise and Matt Chandler of Draycott came up against an inspired Victoria Wright and Steve Powers from Etchinghill and going down 6-3. On the adjoining court, Slovakian teenager, 16-year-old Simona Pirova partnered by Walsall club coach Clayton Edge found it one game too many in going down 6-0 against the Wolverhampton pairing of Louise Scott and 17-year-old nationally ranked Henry Parocki who peppered the lines with an array of blistering forehands.
The three-set Final saw Victoria Wright and Steve Powers go up an an early break, and managing to hold the advantage by taking the first set 6-4. the second set, however, was a different matter with Louise and Henry coming back in a very aggressive manner to even matters up by a 6-2 scoreline. True the competetive nature of the whole day's tennis, the spoils were decided by a champions' tie-break and it was the Wolves pair who blinked first allowing Victoria and Steve a well-deserved winners' prize of £200 as well as complimentary backpacks provided by Head UK who had generously donated all balls used during the day to the League.
Prize Money: Winners £200, Losing Finalists £100, Losing Semi-Finalists £50.
The Staffordshire Inter-Club Tennis League Committee would like to thank all the players and clubs who helped make the Event a great success and look forward to holding a similar event in future years.
Full results were as follows:
| GREEN GROUP | ||||||||
| PLAYERS | CLUB | ALBERT | STREETLY | HALESOWEN | QUARRY BANK | TETTENHALL | TOTAL GAMES |
POSITION |
| Cathy Lea/Adam Plimmer | ALBERT | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 31 | 1 (Q) | |
| Jan McClaughlin/Andy McClaughlin | STREETLY | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 3 (Q) | |
| Hannah Didlock/Jack Henfield | HALESOWEN | 2 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 2 (Q) | |
| Emily Finney/Rob Cooke | QUARRY BANK | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 4 | |
| Kate Sheldon/Greg Philips | TETTENHALL | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | |
| YELLOW GROUP | ||||||||
| PLAYERS | CLUB | ETCHINGHILL | WOLVERHAMPTON | DAVID LLOYD GREAT BARR | WOMBOURNE | VIRGIN ACTIVE | TOTAL GAMES |
POSITION |
| Victoria Wright/Steve Powers | ETCHINGHILL | 5 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 31 | 1 (Q) | |
| Louise Scott/Henry Parocki | WOLVERHAMPTON | 4 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 2 (Q) | |
| Leanne Rowe/Simon Higgins | DAVID LLOYD GREAT BARR | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 3 (Q) | |
| Helen Caldwell/Dan Nicholson | WOMBOURNE | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | |
| Jess Mills/Andy Buttress | VIRGIN ACTIVE | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 4 | |
| BLUE GROUP | ||||||||
| PLAYERS | CLUB | DRAYCOTT | WALSALL | DAVID LLOYD DUDLEY | ABBEY VIEW | FLORENCE | TOTAL GAMES |
POSITION |
| Louise Chandler/Matt Chandler | DRAYCOTT | 5 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 2 (Q) | |
| Simona Pirova/Clayton Edge | WALSALL | 4 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 1 (Q) | |
| J.J. Parker/Phil Raxster | DAVID LLOYD DUDLEY | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 5 | |
| Liz Rowley/Les Millward | ABBEY VIEW | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 4 | |
| Joanne Challinor/Alan Challinor | FLORENCE | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 3 | |
| QUARTER-FINALS | ||||||
| Simona Pirova/Clayton Edge | WALSALL | 6 | - | 4 | DAVID LLOYD GREAT BARR | Leanne Rowe/Simon Higgins |
| Cathy Lea/Adam Plimmer | ALBERT | 3 | - | 6 | WOLVERHAMPTON | Louise Scott/Henry Parocki |
| Louise Chandler/Matt Chandler | DRAYCOTT | 6 | - | 3 | HALESOWEN | Hannah Didlock/Jack Henfield |
| Victoria Wright/Steve Powers | ETCHINGHILL | 6 | - | 1 | STREETLY | Jan McClaughlin/Andy McClaughlin |
| SEMI-FINALS | ||||||
| Simona Pirova/Clayton Edge | WALSALL | 0 | - | 6 | WOLVERHAMPTON | Louise Scott/Henry Parocki |
| Louise Chandler/Matt Chandler | DRAYCOTT | 3 | - | 6 | ETCHINGHILL | Victoria Wright/Steve Powers |
| FINAL | ||||||
| Victoria Wright/Steve Powers | ETCHINGHILL | 6-4, 2-6, 10-5 | WOLVERHAMPTON | Louise Scott/Henry Parocki | ||