On Sunday 6th April Jamie Elliot (Matchpoint TTC) and Ollie George Hockley TTC) proudly represented the Southend League in the English League Cup competition, hosted by Wensum TTC in Norwich.
In their opening match the boys delivered a dominating performance against the Peterborough League, securing a convincing 5-0 victory. The format was four singles and one doubles for the two man teams and this match turned out a little one sided as they only dropped one set in the five matches played.
The second fixture was a challenging encounter against the reigning national champions, the Norwich League. Despite a valiant effort from Jamie and Oliver, Southend were narrowly defeated, with the final scoreline 4-1 in favour of Norwich. The boys found themselves 3-0 down fairly quickly losing the first two singles and the doubles in straight sets, but then had their solitary taste of success thanks to Jamie. He got into an epic five set battle before winning 11/3 in the final set. Ollie went down in four sets in his second match.
Overall, the Southend League finished in a commendable second place in the qualification event for the Carter Cup (Eastern Zone).