WHILE most of Scotland's club players have already hung up their
tennis rackets for the winter, the county squads are preparing to do
battle with their English and Welsh counterparts in the forthcoming LTA
Indoor County Championships.
With six of the eight Scottish counties relegated after the
Inter-County Grass-court championships in July, the Scots will be aiming
for an improved performance, despite having to hold the majority of
their practice sessions outdoors.
West District coach Colin Hanbidge explained: ''With only four
purpose-built indoor courts in Scotland it is virtually impossible to
prepare properly for this event. Inevitably, we start at a distinct
disadvantage from our opponents.''
The Gannochy Centre, Stirling, hosts women's Group 4a, which involves
Bedfordshire , Durham and Cleveland, Derbyshire, and the North of
Scotland, whose squad includes the junior champion, Jennifer Duncan.
West women will be relying on Scottish No.2 Heather Lockhart to win
them promotion from Group 5a at Wigan, where they face Avon, Hereford
and Worcester, and North Hamptonshire, while East and South contest
Group 6a at Middlesbrough with Suffolk and the Isle of Man.
Scottish hard-court champion Malcolm Watt leads the West men against
Sussex, Cheshire, and Somerset in Group 4b at Eastbourne, while Ken Wood
heads the East squad which takes on Avon, Derbyshire, and
Northamptonshire in Group 4a at Sheffield. North men contest Group 5a at
Newcastle with Northumberland, Shropshire, and Cambridgeshire, and South
head for Wrexham to face Bedfordshire, Witlshire, and the Isle of Man in
Group 6a.
Alan Mackin, from Paisley, and Mhairi Brown, from Kirkcaldy, have been
selected to compete later this month in a European junior tournament in
Majorca.
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