Sally, Nicole and Captain Lottie collecting their trophies for winning the League, Cup and Houldsworth Cup in 2022!
2022 was another fantastic year for ARC in the North Devon Tennis League. Our Ladies A team conquered the North Devon Tennis League, winning both Division 1 and the Knockout Cup competition!
Ladies’ league results
Our ARC A team led by Captain Lottie Koval defended their Ladies Division 1 title by a clear 60 points over their nearest rivals Rock Park A. They won an incredible 92% of their sets played throughout the season. Sally Rana stood out amongst the A team players, winning an incredible 17 of her 18 matches played across the season. Nicole Wickett, Anoushka Lynd, Martha MacDonald and Hannah Miller all made regular appearances for the team, each contributing to their amazing success. Our A’s also won the Knockout Cup this season and the Mixed Doubles Houldsworth Cup, making it an stunning Treble winning year for the team and their captain!
In the same league, our ARC B’s finished in a very creditable 6th place, avoiding relegation in a division where they were the only ‘B’ team amongst a sea of A’s! Captain Marian Vinall held things together beautifully during some tough matches whilst Cath Andrews really stepped up, playing 8 matches for her team.
Our ARC C and D teams were playing in Division 2 this season. ARC C, captained by Lorraine Clements, finished 2nd to Ilfracombe B with a 75% set win rate. Zoe Green, Debbie Chaffe and Sarah Powell were the superstars of their team, playing 58 rubbers between them, winning 38 of them. Our D team also managed to avoid automatic relegation with an impressive 7th place finish just ahead of Woolsery A and only 3 points behind Tarka B team, with captain Fantastic, Sally Ferguson turning out for 24 rubbers over the summer.
In Division 3 ARC was once again represented by our E team ladies and their skipper, Tish Shere. They did really well, finishing in 5th place, which is actually this team’s best ever result in this league! Fiona White was ever present for the E’s, playing in 12 rubbers and winning 3 despite coming back from a nasty injury at the beginning of the year.
Make sure you come along to our ARC Awards night on 26th November at 7pm to help us congratulate our fantastic league teams and celebrate many more successes for Atlantic Racquet Centre this year.
Next week we’ll post a review of the men’s season…