TEAMBATH-MCTA has had a fabulous summer. Toby Martin followed in Richard Gabb's footsteps to become National U18 Champion. We almost had a double on our hands when Beth Askew narrowly missed out losing the final of the girls. She is only 15 and as I write about to play the finals of the U16 Nationals, so her future is bright.

Our presence at the Championships was extensive with 5 of the semi-finalists in both boys and girls either full time or access players. Toby lost his only set of the week in the semis to Scott Clayton (TB-MCTA) and Luke Johnson (access) ran out of steam after a number of close matches against Luke Bambridge. Beth beat Lissy Barnet (access) in the girls semi-final. The individual coaches of Luke (Gary Henderson, whom I used to coach) and Lissy (Pete Russell) have both done fantastic jobs in bringing them through. TB-MCTA is an effective team and credit goes to all involved. The work done with this particular group by Ian Macdonald and Jim Edgar is to be congratulated.

Sam Murray is one of the fastest climbers of the year in world tennis. She began the year unranked and is now WTA 500, a superb effort. She along with Rich and Toby are off to play 9 tournaments in 3 months in Australia with her target to try reach inside 400 and the boys to get inside 1000. The aim of TB-MCTA is International success. 18 months into the partnership, with continued support from both Bath University and the LTA, this goal is taking shape.