Felicity Thomas
East Glos member Felicity Thomas has won the Over 70s Women’s Doubles in the British Indoors Championships , partnered by Ruth Weston of Surrey and Scotland.
This was Felicity’s fifth Indoors title, but the first with Ruth, and it takes both of them into the top 10 in the ITF World Rankings.
East Glos member Neil Howitt came very close to success, losing his semi-final in three sets in the Over 45’s Men’s Singles. Playing down in the Over 35’s Doubles, he lost the final very narrowly in the third-set Championship tie-break. He was partnered by Robert Edney (also Gloucestershire).
Neil’s wife, Lucy Howitt and Lorraine Ristic (formerly EG) reached the Over 40’s semi-final but lost against the No1 seeds.
Former EG member Graeme Adams (not to be confused with “the other Graeme Adams” still very much involved with EG) lost in three sets in the final of the Over 50’s singles, having previously beaten the No 1 Seed (a former Indian Davis Cup player). He went down in the semi-final of the Doubles. Felicity and Graeme won their first EG Mixed Doubles title when Graeme was just 17.
Godfrey Evans, also formerly EG, lost in the Over 60’s Men’s Doubles final.
The ITF elevated the status of the tournament to Grade 1 this year and this attracted overseas players to this “Open” competition, some hoping to earn world ranking points early in the year. However, with one exception, all the titles went to British players or those domiciled in the UK.
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