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Preston Bowl, Sunday 13th Aug 2017

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Preston Bowl 2017 Players

This year, five pairs contested the Preston Bowl in a round-robin tournament. The winner was again Matt Davies, but this year he played with his mother rather than Alice Atkins! Their crucial win was the tie-breaker against Andy Dennis and Helen Bush.

	Member ID	Rat.		1	2	3	4	5
1			Graham Ross Deb Richens		#3: 1-6	#5: 2-6	#8: 3-6	#10: 6-4
2			Andy Dennis Helen Bush	#3: 6-1		#7: 6-7	#9: 2-6	#2: 6-4
3			Matt Davies Deb Davies	#5: 6-2	#7: 7-6		#1: 6-0	#4: 6-4
4			Jason Oliver Sarah Richmond	#8: 6-3	#9: 6-2	#1: 0-6		#6: 4-6
5			Steve Maher Tamala Anderson	#10: 4-6	#2: 4-6	#4: 4-6	#6: 6-4

	Standings	Wins	Pl.	S%	G%
1	Matt Davies Deb Davies	4	4	100.00	67.57
2	Jason Oliver Sarah Richmond	2	4	50.00	48.48
3	Andy Dennis Helen Bush	2	4	50.00	52.63
4	Graham Ross Deb Richens	1	4	25.00	35.29
5	Steve Maher Tamala Anderson	1	4	25.00	45.00

Preston Bowl 2017 Winners

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The Preston Bowl Competition has over 70 years of history. The following information was extracted from the club minutes of 1934:

"At the committee meeting on 23 Jan 1934 it was proposed and agreed that the Crescent Tennis Club be renamed the Abingdon Lawn Tennis Club. At the same meeting Mr A E Preston was elected President of the Club. It was agreed that a competition open to residents in Berkshire within a 13 miles radius of Abingdon would be initiated. The winner will be presented with a Challenge Cup to be given by Mr Preston. The competition is to be played on Whit Monday and to be an American Tournament. Play to commence at 11am and the final to be of 3 sets."

(Note that in July 1933 the club applied for affiliation to the LTA.)