Our Men’s Team was: Michael Evans, Jeremy Hammond, Steve Maher and Paul Sanders
Team Captain: Jeremy Hammond
The H&IOW team were placed in Bela – Group 3 with Berkshire, Cornwall and Warwickshire
Pairs: Jeremy & Steve and Michael & Paul
Group matches:
1st match v Cornwall 2-0: Jeremy & Steve won 6-1, 6-2 and Michael & Paul won 6-2, 6-4
2nd match v Berkshire 1-1: This was a much tougher match and both matches went to a third set tie-break with Jeremy & Steve winning 12-10 and Michael & Paul lost 5-10 so the match finished a draw.
3rd match v Warwickshire 2-0: Jeremy & Steve won 6-4, 7-5 and Michael & Paul won 6-1, 6-4 so this meant we were first in Group 3.
Main draw:
The next match was against Lancashire for a place in the semi-finals. Jeremy & Steve narrowly lost 6-7, 6-7 whilst Michael & Paul lost 4-6 3-6.
Well done to Jeremy, Steve, Paul and Michael who all had a very enjoyable weekend.
The next Padel County Cup will be the Open events from 13th – 15th November and the inaugural Junior Padel County Cup will take place over the weekend of 21st – 22nd November with all events being hosted at Rocket Padel Bristol.


