Tennis: Sapsford has last laugh for Castle Farm
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Your support makes all the difference.Danny Sapsford lost to Jeremy Bates but victory in the doubles with Ross Matheson over Bates and Andrew Foster helped the Newcastle club, Castle Farm, to a surprise 5-1 victory over David Lloyd Raynes Park in the Premier Divisional final of the Everest National Club League. Raynes Park went into the match at the Royal Berkshire Club, Bracknell, as strong favourites, a status that was reinforced by Bates's 5-7, 6-4, 6-1 victory over Sapsford. However, Sapsford's team-mates, Matheson, the American Steve Herdoiza and James Fox, all had good singles wins over leading British players to give Castle Farm a 3-1 lead. Castle Farm clinched the title, and a place in the 1995 European Club championship, when Sapsford and Matheson beat Bates and Foster 6-4, 6-1. In the women's final the favourites Clearview, from Essex, beat Stockport's Bramhall Park 5-1.
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