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Preston Bowl, Saturday 18th August 2012

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Preston Bowl entrants 2012 (the Preston Bowl is being held by the 2012 and 2010/2011 winning ladies)

The Preston Bowl Competition is an Open mixed doubles competition for players of all ages that has been contested annually since 1934. This year there were five pairs and the tournament was played as a round robin. It was a glorious day with temperatures over 30 degrees, but all the contestants managed to complete their matches in the heat.

In the first round, Matthew and Debra and Samantha and Harry both won in straight sets. In the second and third rounds Matthew and Debra remained dominant. The form of Samantha and Harry faltered but they managed to get wins by taking two match tie breaks. It all boiled down to the last round where Matthew and Debra and Samantha and Harry played each other. Matthew and Debra narrowly took the first set 9-7 in the tie break, and then broke Samantha's serve in the second set to give them the lead which they converted into a set and championship win.

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Craig Amison-Smith Alison Bone		#3: 1-4 4-2 [7-10]	#5: 1-4 2-4	#8: 4-1 5-3	#10: 4-0 1-4 [10-5]
2	Samantha Howse Harry Kellner	#3: 4-1 2-4 [10-7]		#7: 4-5(7) 2-4	#9: 4-1 2-4 [10-7]	#2: 4-1 5-3
3	Matthew Davies Debra Davies	#5: 4-1 4-2	#7: 5-4(7) 4-2		#1: 4-0 4-1	#4: 4-0 4-1
4	Jason Oliver Dawn Torgersen	#8: 1-4 3-5	#9: 1-4 4-2 [7-10]	#1: 0-4 1-4		#6: 1-4 4-2 [10-6]
5	Tim Ramirez Gabriella Ramirez	#10: 0-4 4-1 [5-10]	#2: 1-4 3-5	#4: 0-4 1-4	#6: 4-1 2-4 [6-10]

	Standings	Wins	Pl.	S%	G%
1	Matthew Davies Debra Davies	4	4	100.00	75.00
2	Samantha Howse Harry Kellner	3	4	60.00	55.77
3	Craig Amison-Smith Alison Bone	2	4	50.00	50.00
4	Jason Oliver Dawn Torgersen	1	4	30.00	34.78
5	Tim Ramirez Gabriella Ramirez	0	4	20.00	34.09

Preston Bowl winners and runners-up 2012

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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.)