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HABS Under 15 Tennis go so close at County Final 

On Thursday 1st July, Habs Under 15 tennis team were in action at the Aegon County Final at Queenswood School. Ed Curtis, Joe Gold, Amar Vaghela and Felix Taljaard had stormed into the Final by virtue of an excellent 6-0 win over Tring School and met Bishops Stortford High School for the right to be crowned County champions.

Our opponents on the day looked strong on paper, with their individual LTA ratings being substantially higher than our boys and also having beaten St Albans 5-1 in the semi-final. The signs were ominous in the early stages of the doubles matches with Ed Curtis and Joe Gold (Pair 1) trailing 0-5 and Felix Taljaard and Amar Vaghela 0-3 down. Typical of the fighting spirit shown by the team this season, our first pair rallied to lose a respectable 3-6 against an extremely powerful Bishops Stortford pair whilst Felix and Amar produced a 7-6 victory to level the match at one set all.

Bishops Stortford made their experience count in the four singles sets that followed winning three of them to clinch the match 4-2 despite Ed Curtis producing some outstanding and brave tennis to beat their highly rated first seed 7-6.

The final was a fitting climax to the County league campaign and the success has been a real squad effort, with no fewer than ten players playing for the team. In addition to the 1st IV who represented the school at the county final, the following boys have also played their part: Will Dunnigan; Joe Bamford; Rahul Doegar; Harry Mistry; Kirill Bekov and Jacob Harris.