Players from all over Wales were among the winners at the annual Welsh Tennis Championships, held for the first time in Wrexham.
Almost 200 players, ranging from under-8 to adult, took part in the prestigious event, which dates back to 1927. More than 490 matches were held at Wrexham Tennis Centre throughout the week.
Winners came from Cardiff, Swansea, Wrexham, Carmarthen, Rhos-on-Sea, Mold, Colwyn Bay, Penarth, Caernarfon, Montgomery, Haverfordwest, and Pen-y-ffordd, as well as Shrewsbury and Chester.
“The Welsh Championships are among the highlights of the tennis calendar in Wales,” said Tennis Wales chief executive, Peter Drew. “This was the first time the event has been held in Wrexham, and again we saw the titles going to players from all over the country, which shows we have a wide spread of talent throughout the age groups.
“The championships are also a great inspiration to people of all ages who just want to play tennis recreationally. With new accessible ways to play, such as touchtennis and cardio tennis, which can be played almost anywhere, the sport is reaching a wider public than ever before.”
Winners and runners up were:
Open Womens Doubles
1 Joely Lomas and Rebekah O’Loughlin (Swansea Tennis and Squash Club/Cardiff Lawn Tennis Club)
2 Alex Oelmann and Emily Watson (David Lloyd Club Cardiff/James Alexander Barr Tennis Centre)
Open Mens Doubles
1 Darren Hill and David Parry (Wrexham LTC/Bangor LTC)
2 Ian Noonan and Matthew Sinnott (Mold LTC)
Open Womens Singles
1 Joely Lomas (Swansea Tennis and Squash Club)
2 Emily Watson (James Alexander Barr Tennis Centre)
Open Mens Singles
1 Tiarnan Brady (Cardiff Lawn Tennis Club)
2 Matthew Story (Cyncoed Tennis Club)
18U Boys Doubles
1 Tiarnan Brady and Matthew Lloyd (Cardiff LTC/Llanelli LTC)
2 Matthew Kamal and Matthew Story (Cardiff LTC/Cyncoed TC)
18U Girls Singles
1 Eleanor Scarff (Rhos-On-Sea LTC)
2 Joely Lomas (Swansea Tennis and Squash Club)
18U Boys Singles
1 Matthew Story (Cyncoed Tennis Club)
2 Tiarnan Brady (Cardiff Lawn Tennis Club)
16U Girls Doubles
1 Olivia Chivers and Ellis Cochlin (David Lloyd Club Cardiff/Cardiff LTC)
2 Elin Anderson and Ethne Dowling (James Alexander Barr Tennis Club/Birchwood Leisure & Tennis Complex)
16U Boys Doubles
1 Finnian Bult and Aeron Evans (Cardiff Lawn Tennis Club)
2 Tiago Micallef and James Story (David Lloyd Club Cardiff)
16U Girls Singles
1 Eleanor Scarff (Rhos-On-Sea LTC)
2 Ellis Cochlin (Cardiff Lawn Tennis Club)
16U Boys Singles
1 Callum Findlay (David Lloyd Club Cardiff)
2 Tom Thelwall-Jones (Birchwood Leisure & Tennis Complex)
14U Girls Doubles
1 Morgan Cross and Megan Davies (Wrexham Lawn Tennis Club)
2 Elinor Beazley and Grace Lim (Haverfordwest LTC/David Lloyd Club Cardiff)
14U Boys Doubles
1 Sam Morris and Dominic Robinson (Pen-y-ffordd LTC/ The Shrewsbury Club)
2 Hugo Cochlin and George Webber (Cardiff LTC/Bridgend LTC)
14U Girls Singles
1 Morgan Cross (Wrexham Lawn Tennis Club)
2 Megan Davies (Wrexham Lawn Tennis Club)
14U Boys Singles
1 James Story (David Lloyd Club Cardiff)
2 Sam Morris (Pen-y-ffordd LTC)
12U Girls Doubles
1 Elysia Beynon and Eilidh Findlay (Swansea Tennis and Squash Club/David Lloyd Club Cardiff)
2 Rebecca Dow and Lili Harvey-Hemming (David Lloyd Club Cardiff)
12U Boys Doubles
1 Alex Lewis and Rufus Plane (Windsor LTC, Penarth/David Lloyd Club Cardiff)
2 Dafydd Alderson and Oliver Critchell (David Lloyd Club Cardiff/Hoole LTC)
12U Girls Singles
1 Eilidh Findlay (David Lloyd Club Cardiff)
2 Molly Walsh (Allt Yr Yn LTC)
12U Boys Singles
1 Hugo Cochlin (Cardiff Lawn Tennis Club)
2 Kristian Harrison (Wrexham Lawn Tennis Club)
10U Boys Singles
1 Hugo Russell (David Lloyd Club Cardiff)
2 Viktor Frydrych (Wrexham Tennis Centre)
9U Girls Singles
1 Rhea Makesar (Swansea Tennis Centre)
2 Amelia Robinson (The Shrewsbury Club)
9U Boys Singles
1 Viktor Frydrych (Wrexham Tennis Centre)
2 Kyle Pesario (Swansea Tennis Centre)
8U Girls Singles
1 Mingge Xu (Swansea Tennis and Squash Club)
2 Gracie Hurley (Swansea Tennis Centre)
8U Boys Singles
1 Neirin Gilani (Windsor LTC, Penarth)
2 Theo Bowden (Virgin Active Glamorgan Health and Racquets Club)
Quorn Family Tennis Cup – Yellow Ball Event
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Rhian Griffiths and Dafydd James (Cardiff Lawn Tennis Club)
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Ethne and Steve Dowling (Wrexham Lawn Tennis Club)
Information on all aspects of tennis in Wales is available from Tennis Wales at 029 20 463335 or www.lta.org.uk/in-your-area/Wales/ and for regular updates follow Tennis Wales on Twitter @tenniswales
