Sun 27th July, Newport (Essex)
After enjoying home victories in earlier rounds against Wrest Park (4-3) and Shrewsbury (5-2), our 2025 Longman Cup run came to an abrupt end in the quarter-final with a 0-7 whitewash away at Newport (Essex). Three of the Ashby team had previously played there in a Secretary’s Shield match in the hot dry summer of 2022, but this time their lawns were much greener and slower.
Two or three of the singles games were fairly close and could have gone either way, but in the end they did not go the way of the Ashby players.
Teams:
Newport: Alex Lake (7), Fran Lambert (8), Jerome Gasson (8), David Hills (11)
Ashby: Adam Wheatley (11), Richard Sanville (11), Heather Hardy (12), Mick Haytack (14)
Scores:
Fran & David 26-14 Richard & Heather
Alex 26-14 Mick
Jerome 26-19 Adam
Alex 26-10 Adam
Fran 26-18 Richard
Jerome 26-24 Heather
David 26-5 Mick
