Coup Droit wrote:

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There's no rule in France. Right up to the elite level, you play on whatever surface the home team has.

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 Group stage play on home clubs surface  which is frequently hard although raynes park away is carpet cos a DL . Finals suit clay players as on green clay at west hants . Shame we did not qualify Matt short as he specialises in clay 

Last year Marcus Willis struggled on the clay and had dips promoting singles results but was not fully fit so a fit Marcus will be a bonus , 

Although we lose Matt short from last year but gain improving peter bothwell and experienced team player neil

 pauffley who will be a major 

 

2014 winners       2015 

Marcus Willis        Marcus Willis 

matt short            Toby Martin 

Toby Martin           Neil pauffley

Matt illingworth     peter bothwell 

harry Meehan        Matt illingworth 

                            Harry Meehan 

                             Piers Herfet jones 

 

Overall I think If Marcus is fit our team is stronger than in 2014 with the gain of peter bothwell and Neil pauffley compensating for the loss of Matt short . Will take 5 players to the finals and piers Herfet -jones as he lives locally 

 

 

Do I understand form this, A1, that the final was rained off twice and has been abandoned, and a draw announced?

lta.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/drawmatches.aspx


PS this has all the matches, and all the scores, for anyone who's interested (great to see some of the 'old names' playing)

lta.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx

This link is to the play offs to be held this Saturday. Winners will progress to the finals held at the start of sept.

-- Edited by Born2WinTennis on Thursday 16th of July 2015 12:35:27 PM

the st andrews boys are really nice guys and im friends with a couple of their players. craig stevens has actually had a cracking last 2 years in the saints team including beating clay crawford last year. however there was a bit of controversy with how the saints won the scottish league. they got 3 walkovers from teams not playing but, rubislaw (who won the scottish league last year and finished 2nd this year) played all of their matches and lost to one of the teams who gave st andrews a walkover.

the general jist i got was that if st andrews played the matches that they got walkovers from they would have lost and rubislaw hence would have won the league. one of my friends in the rubislaw team said they put in an appeal and were confident they would get the league, evidently it wasnt sucessfull, however last year they got hammered by sutton but enjoyed the experience. woud've been nice to see some pro tennis players playing in aberdeen this year though!

-- Edited by huntley93 on Thursday 16th of July 2015 02:25:22 PM

Ah that's interesting Huntley93, link to the draw in question below. This highlights a number of issues. Firstly why does the format differ from the National format, in England, if you hand one walkover, you are immediately excluded from the league and relegated. All matches you played previously do not count, so this issue would not have occurred, making it a fairer playing field for everyone. Also another issue for me is why there is such disinterest in this event in Scotland. I played in it for Stirling and we travelled to Dumfries, not ideal (1.5 hours) but it was great fun, so potentially it needs smaller regional splits, like North, South, East and West (like county cup) then play offs etc. The other issue is the timing, I have no idea why they can't play at the same time as the rest of the country. As in the 2014 winners of Scotland play in the 2015 finals. The official line is that it would clash with the Scottish Cup, but I'm sure teams could be put out.

lta.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx

Good luck today Gary/A1 - why did you not play the match versus St Andrews? Another match was a walkover too for some reason, anyone know why?