HLTC Finals Day 21/22 July 2023

What a grey, wet and blustery day – a complete contrast to last year’s sweltering Finals Day!

In spite of this awful weather, all but one of the finals matches were played with the Mixed Doubles being rescheduled for mid-August.

Well done all the players including siter and brother Tara and Dhruv Chandra who battled it out for the Lack Cup.

On a hat trick was Simo Pata with a win partnering Stephanie Bloor in the Ladies Doubles Plate, a second win in the Ladies Singles Plate and a third win in the Mixed Doubles Plate with her partner Shivang Patel and she still looked fresh as a daisy by the evening.

A huge thank you to Hugh Watson who spearheaded the organisation of the whole Tournament and well done, Hugh’s little helpers who had a great time on Saturday.  An enormous thank you to Patti Axten who was in charge of organising all the trophies and other prizes and Andy Bunyan for his Pimms stall.  Thank you also to the many helpers, too numerous to mention, who fetched and erected the umpire chairs and to Wendy Driver and her helpers who organised the food in the Club house for the BBQ afterwards. 

You will find photos of all the action and the prize giving in the link below, which was kindly provided by Aidan Cusack, whose photography caught the atmosphere beautifully.  Thank you Aidan!