Over 50 Amateur Singles Championship (Bridgeman Cup) 2011
Nov 25, 2011 - Nov 27, 2011 Oratory A Chinneck
David Watson beat William Maltby in the final.
The Oratory was the venue for this year’s Bridgeman Cup. The Bridgeman Cup is a level tournament for any amateur over the age of 50. We had a very high standard of entrees from all over the country.
The early rounds saw some excellent and very close matches with Acklam winning in 3 sets over Danby and Talbot-Williams, beating Paterson in 2 sets. The 1st semi final saw Fisher take on last years champion Maltby, Fisher played some excellent tennis but Maltby was just too strong. The 2nd Semi was always going to be a close match between Prenn & Watson. Prenn took a 5-4 lead in the first set but Watson fought back to win the 6-5, with the momentum on his side Watson went 5-2 up in the second set. Prenn kept it simple and worked his way back to 5-5 and 30-0 before Watson stepped it up a gear and took the second set and the match 6-5 6-5.
The line up for the final was the same as last year, Maltby vs Watson. Watson was ready to reverse last years score as he took an early 5-1 lead. Maltby steadied himself but lost the first set 6-2. The second was a closer battle with Maltby able to control more points, but Watson kept the work rate high and got the set to 4-4 with Maltby on top of the game before Maltby had to retire with an injury which he picked up early during the tournament. Never a nice way to lose a final! Congratulations to David Watson!