Don Brace Cup

Don Brace Final

2018

Huntingdon Tennis Club Retain the Don Brace Cup

Huntingdon Tennis Club ( see winning team below ) retained the Huntingdon & Peterborough Tennis Association's Don Brace Cup defeating a strong St Neots Tennis Club team by 5 sets to 3 on the afternoon of Sunday 14th October at the City of Peterborough Tennis Club’s Indoor Centre.

In an extremely close and hard-fought encounter, the mixed matches ended all square with the Huntingdon first pair of Michael King and Natasha Scott running out comparatively easy winners against Steve Reid and Othelia Stallbom when taking both sets 6-2. St Neot’s second pair of Alan Jordan and Laurie Cruikshank restored parity with a much closer match when taking both sets by 7-5 and 7-6 against Tristan Bacon and Lydia Sivirent-Sava .
In the men's doubles match, Huntingdon's Michael King and Tristan Bacon won their tie against St Neot's Steve Reid and Alan Jordan in a hard hitting, skilful and enjoyable encounter. With Huntingdon winning the first set comfortably 6-2, St Neots nearly clawed their way back into the tie but narrowly lost the second set on a tie-break. Huntingdon's ladies pairing of Natasha Scott and Lydia Sivirent-Sava had a very close match against Othelia Stallbom and Laurie Cruikshank with honours being shared with each narrowly winning a set.

The results were as follows ( Huntingdon scores first ):

Mixed Doubles
Michael King & Natasha Scott 6 - 2, 6 - 2 Steve Reid & Othelia Stallbom

Tristan Bacon & Lydia Sivirent-Sava 5 - 7, 6 - 7 Alan Jordan & Laurie Cruikshank

Men's Doubles

Michael King & Tristan Bacon 6 - 2, 7 - 6 Steve Reid & Alan Jordan

Ladies Doubles

Natasha Scott & Lydia Sivirent-Sava 6 - 7, 7 - 5 Othelia Stallbom & Laurie Cruikshank

The match was played in a very friendly and respectful way and was enjoyed by a number of spectators.

The following photograph shows all of the players involved:

Grateful thanks are extended to the Don Brace Cup organiser Kath Marshall for all her hard work.

IN FOND MEMORY OF STEVE SPILKA