ARC Men's A win North Devon Tennis League

 
 

Our Men’s A team topped the North Devon Tennis league in 2022, winning Division 1, making it a league ‘clean sweep’ for our club after the Ladies A team success. 

Men’s league Results 

The ARC Men’s A team led by Lewie Parker had a great season, winning Division 1 by a comfortable margin of 54 points.  Lewie won an incredible 23 of the 24 rubbers he played in, closely supported by Alex Grigg who won 17 of his 18 matches.   ARC B and C teams captained by Tom Farnell and Alex Wingent respectively also gave a really good account of themselves, finishing in 4th and 7th place.  Matt Johns and Matt Daniel were the B team aces, playing 12 matches between them and winning most of them.  The C’s held onto avoid relegation, keeping 3 ARC teams in Division 1 for next season.   Ian Leonard played an important role for them, winning 6 matches throughout the year. 

 ARC D and ARC E played in division 2 this season, coming 3rd and 5th respectively.  Simon Trapnell led the D’s in a strong campaign, with himself, Dave Thresher and Mark Clayton all winning 18 matches for their team along the way.  Kullervo captained the E’s, and again led from the front alongside Martyn Beer, winning 18 rubbers between them. 

Our F team captained by Matt Farley played in Division 3, coming home in 3rd behind Tarka C.  Neil Darnley and Richard Jones showed up the most, playing 36 matches between them and winning 19 of those encounters.  Finally, ARC G team ably led by Erol Eales toiled hard to finish the season in 6th place in Division 4.  Erol played in a monumental 18 games, whilst Jonathan McNeil starred for the team, winning half of the games he played in. 

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.