COUNTY TEAMS
Junior Teams 2024
18U Girls County Cup Team
Bella, Charlotte, Chloe, Daisy, Eloise, Eva, Judy, Leticia
18U Boys County Cup Team
Erik, Isaac, Jack, Luca, Luke, Luke, Matthew, Mihai, Monty, Pranav
Captain: Pippa Lane
Vice Captain: Holly Richards
Captain: Max Robinson
Vice Captain: Tom Jarvis
Result - Div.1 4th
Lost 3-6 to Yorkshire,
Lost 4-5 to Surrey,
Lost 2-5 to Hertfordshire (Winners)
Result - Div.1 3rd
Lost to North of Scotland 3-6,
beat Hertfordshire 7-2,
Lost to Surrey 1-5 (Winners)
It’s been a number of years since we saw both the Kent boys and girls teams in the Division 1 finals, so well done to both for getting there/staying there. We knew that it would be a tough weekend for both teams, with very strong opposition., however, we had two solid teams, with plenty of players who could compete at the highest level.
GIRLS
Having spent the past few years in Division 2B at Bromley Tennis Centre, it was lovely for these girls and the Captains to get away and experience the real County Cup, although I doubt anyone was looking forward to the drive to Sheffield. The girls competed hard and fought bravely, losing some narrow matches, which on another day could have seen them do enough to come through with more wins. The hardest one to take was a 5-4 loss to Surrey (Runners Up), after being 4-2 up. The girls were unfortunately relegated, but with such a young team, I’m sure will fight hard to get backup into Div 1 again next year.
BOYS
As reigning champions of the past two years with almost the same squad, this new team were going to give their best effort to be competitive over the weekend and see what damage they could do. They certainly competed hard and weren’t far off finishing as Runners Up. However, the boys finished up in 3rd place and unfortunately were relegated.
NO DOUBT BOTH TEAMS WILL BE FAVOURITES TO BOUNCE BACK UP AGAIN NEXT YEAR!!
14U Girls County Cup Team
Kate, Milena, Julie, Julia-Janelle, Isla, Judy
Captain: Martin Whitehouse Vice Captain: Ania Chwiejczak
Result - Finished 6th
Beat Suffolk 4-2, Lost to Surrey 5-1,
Lost to Essex 3-3, Lost to Dorset 4-2
14U Boys County Cup Team
Darnay, Elias, Tony, Jayden, James, Tochukwu Michael
Captain: Tom Jarvis Vice Captain: Stefan Coney
Result - Div 1 Runner-up
Beat Cheshire 5-1,
Beat Buckinghamshire 6-0 ,
Beat Sussex 6-0, lost to Surrey 3-3* (shoot out)
12U County Cup
Division 1 Play offs & Division 2
Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 September 2024
Division 1 Finals – Friday 27 September to Sunday 29 September 2024
12U Girls County Cup Team
Captain: Tom Samson Vice Captain: Katy Taylor
12U Boys County Cup Team
Captain: Will Carnegie Vice Captain: Sam Smith
11U Girls County Cup Team
Tilly, Milla, Mia, Genevieve, Eva
Captain: Mark Ruffle Vice Captain: Katy Taylor
Result - Finished 4th
Beat Dorset 3-3* (shoot out), Lost to Surrey 2-4, Lost to Middlesex 2-4, Lost to Warwickshire 2-4
11U Boys County Cup Team
Howie, Jake, Henry, Emile, Khairi
Captain: Dom Cobby Vice Captain: Sam Smith
Result - Finished 7th
Lost to West of Scotland 1-5, Lost to Yorkshire 0-6, Lost to Middlesex 2-4, Beat Sussex 6-0
10U Girls County Cup Team
Isabella, Vivienne, Elizaveta, Zofia, Chandni
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Captain: Harry Bushnell Vice Captain: Sasha Hill
Qualifier Result -
Runners Up
Lost to Middlesex 5-1
Beat Cambridgeshire 6-0
Beat Hertfordshire 5-1
10U Boys County Cup Team
Owen, Jason, Oliver, Oran, Daniel
Captain: Brett Spencer-Stephens Vice Captain: Ben Fudge
Qualifier Result -
Runners Up
Lost to Surrey 5-1
Beat Hampshire 5-1
Beat Essex 4-0
9U Girls County Cup Team
Aaria, Annabel, Elizaveta, Hannah, Leah, Mia
Captain: Tom Samson Vice Captain: Lucy Morice-Jones
Qualifier Result -
Runner-up
Beat Essex 4-2, Beat Sussex 6-0,
lost to Middlesex 5-1
9U Boys County Cup Team
Duy Anh, Kingsley, Linden, Oliver, Parth, Zac
Captain: Tom Samson Vice Captain: Lucy Morice-Jones
Qualifier Result - 1st
Beat Wiltshire 6-0, Beat Sussex 6-0,
Beat Dorset 6-0, Beat Hampshire & IOW 6-0
Finals Result -
Finished National South Champions
Beat Avon 5-1, Beat Surrey *3-3 (shoot-out win 10-4), Beat Hertfordshire 4-2, Beat Berkshire 5-1
Our 9U girls team fought really hard beating Essex 4-2 and Sussex 6-0 showing great strength, determination and teamwork. Unfortunately, they faced tough opposition against Middlesex and after giving it their all, they lost 1-5, finishing second place in their qualifying box – well done girls.
Our 9U boys had an amazing opening match against Essex, where both counties shared 2 singles and 1 doubles win, leaving the match tied at 3-3, all to play for in the shootout! What a shootout it was, Kent were 4-8 down and then 7-9 down facing defeat before they went on to win the next 4 points and the shootout 11-9, securing a 4-3 win – what a start! Next up were Middlesex (who were favourites to win the box) who they beat 4-2, followed by beating Sussex 4-2 finishing winners of their box, qualifying for the National Finals.
Our 9U Boys won the South National Finals at the weekend, winning all 4 of their matches and lifting the trophy for the 2nd time in 4yrs! The team came through stiff opposition from Surrey, Hertfordshire, Avon and Berkshire. The most notable wins coming in the form of a shoot-out win against Surrey and a 4-2 win against Hertfordshire. Well done to everyone.
8U Girls County Cup Team
Olivia, Aarohi, Harriett, Olivia, Zara
Captain: Greg McNally Vice Captain: Lucy Morice-Jones
Result - Runner Up
Beat Surrey 5-5 *(shoot out), lost to Sussex 5-5* (shoot out), lost to Middlesex (Champions) 10-0
8U Boys County Cup Team
Joseph, Harvey, Nico, Adam
Captain: Greg McNally Vice Captain: Luke House
Result - Group I Champions
Beat Surrey 9-1, Beat Sussex 10-0,
Beat Middlesex 8-2
The event for the South East counties was held at Bromley Tennis Centre and saw some superb tennis. The Kent boys finished Champions, after beating all three counties in their group, losing just 3 rubbers. When any Kent junior side beat all their South-East counterparts on the same day, it takes something special. Well done to the 8U boys for winning their regional county cup.
In a closely fought girls group, we emerged Runners Up, what a performance from this group of girls!
8U Girls County Cup Team
8U Boys County Cup Team
TBC November