Daily updates from the 2026 County Championships

Day 1 - Sunday 23rd August: Day 1 of the County Champs did NOT disappoint!

We’ve had an incredible first day of action, with plenty of drama, great tennis and lots of fun!

First up were the 14U Boys, with Ollie Mallett and Sunny Pound battling their way through to Friday’s final!

Then it was the girls’ turn, with a super-close semi-final between Jess and Florence. Jess came through to set up a final showdown with Poppy!

Men’s Over 35s Singles: Steve Finch took the title — congratulations Steve!

But the highlight of the day had to be our first-ever Junior & Adult competition! What an afternoon of fun, laughter and some fantastic tennis. Matt and Lilia Trudgeon came out on top, beating Erik and Fenna Dirkx in a brilliant final!

Stars of the day: Yasmina Wight and Otto Campos Trolle, who absolutely left it all on the court!

What a way to kick off the County Champs!

Day 2 - Monday 24th August What a day! From our minis right through to the Over 60s, there’s been something for everyone at the County Champs!

The day kicked off with the 18U girls’ and boys’ singles. Millie and Katia battled their way through and will meet in the final on Friday! The boys’ draw is halfway through, with the action continuing tomorrow.

Jess had a fantastic day! She took the 14U girls’ singles title after a brilliant final against Poppy. And there was more success for Jess in the 14U girls’ doubles, where she and Florence took the title after an incredible match! Poppy and Fenna fought right to the very end, just missing out 11–9 in the match tie-break. What a finish!

Millie was back on court later in the day with doubles partner Katia, and the pair claimed the 18U girls’ doubles title, beating Ruby and Chloe.

We finished the day with our second-generation doubles event, and this time it was the turn of the minis! After some fantastic matches, Jon and Felix, fresh back from their holidays, took the title!

Day 3 - Tuesday 25th August

Day 3 saw the Orange Ball take centre stage - and what a fantastic competition it was!

Played in a brilliant atmosphere and with great spirit throughout, the players even got involved with putting away the lines at the end!

A special shout-out to Tim Hill, who stepped in at the last minute to run the competition - thank you, Tim!

🏆 Orange Ball Boys

🥇 Winner: Theo

🥈 Runner-up: Felix

🏆 Orange Ball Girls

🥇 Winner: Darcey

🥈 Runner-up: Elsie

Well played to everyone who took part!

The Men’s 60s saw some long and tough matches, with Graham Smith taking the overall title. Congratulations, Graham!

The 45s Mixed Doubles was won by Ali and Rachel, with Mark and Tracey runners-up. Well played!

It was definitely the day of the tie-breaks, with some seriously long matches keeping everyone on the edge of their seats!

The 18U Boys’ Doubles semi-finals certainly didn’t disappoint, with two fantastic matches setting up an exciting final on Friday between:

Blake & Oscar vs Elijah & Harry

The 18U Mixed Doubles title went to Ethan and Katia - well done guys!

And finally, the Mixed Doubles Open Final is all set for Friday:

Finn & Sofiia vs Jayden & Scarlette - our brother and sister pairing!

Day 4 - Wednesday 26th August

The day started with a gathering of our Cornwall coaches for breakfast, including some great presentations from Ryan and Julie, our coaching leads, as well as a very informative presentation from Alice Turner from Sense.

Another day, and more cracking tennis!

The Ladies’ competition reached the quarter-finals today, with India and Scarlette both battling through in thrilling match tie-breaks! Well done, ladies - what a fight!

The Men’s competition also got underway, with an impressive 21 entries making it one of the biggest draws we’ve seen for many years!

There’s also plenty to look forward to in the juniors…

12U Boys: Joseph & Levison are through to Friday’s final!

16U Boys: Harry & Ethan have also booked their places in Friday’s final!

12U Girls: Poppy & Fenna both won today and will meet each other in Friday’s final!

Day 5 - Thursday 27th August

The 9U's kicked things off with some fantastic, hard-fought matches and plenty of big smiles!

9U Girls: Ava took the title after a brilliant final against Bea!

9U Boys: Theo came out on top with a 4-3,4-1 win!

9U Doubles: The girls took the honours, beating the in-form duo of Theo & Felix!

Huge well done to Ava & Bea - fantastic tennis from both!

45's Singles - It was brilliant to see Matt back on court. He got his campaign off to a flying start with a convincing 6-1, 6-0 win over Paulo... despite Otto proudly waving his "Vamos Dad!" sign from the sidelines! Matt faces Erik in tomorrow's final. Good luck!

The Women's 45's Singles final is also set, with Lynsey and Clare both winning their semi-finals.

Ladies Singles Scarlette and Sofia both came through their matches to set up a repeat of last year's final!

45's Women's Doubles

Tomorrow's final will see Rachel & Lynsey take on Clare & Amelia. Another fantastic final in store!

Open Doubles The Open Women's and Men's Doubles got underway today, including a THRILLER between the Stirling brothers and Jayden & Oscar. After an incredible match, Jayden & Oscar edged the match tiebreak 13-11! They'll now face Joel Fern & Tim Webster in the next round.

In the ladies, Clare was back on court again, this time partnering Ella Fern. They won their first-round match and will face Millie & Katia in the semi-final tomorrow!

Day 6 - Friday 28th August

FINALS DAY 2026!  And what a way to finish an AMAZING Cornwall County Championships!   

The Under 8s kicked things off with a fantastic competition. Molly took the girls’ title  and Ernie was our boys’ winner!  A huge thank you to Julie for running the event and to our brilliant scorers Henry, Blake and Sonya!

The 12U saw Joseph and Poppy take home the trophies.

In the 14U Boys’ Singles, Ollie got the better of Sunny, while Ethan was in unstoppable form in the 16U Boys’ Singles, beating Harry 6-1, 6-0!  He then teamed up with Blake Silver to claim the16U Boys’ Doubles title too.

The 14U Girls’ Doubles went to The Dodgers - aka Florence and Jess! Jess had hot-footed it back from Swindon after playing football.

The 18U Singles titles went to Millie and Atticus, while Blake & Oscar took the boys’ doubles and Millie & Katia won the girls’ doubles.

Millie & Katia were back on court again in a nail-biting Women’s Open Doubles final, eventually losing out 10-5 in the match tiebreak to the seasoned pairing of Scarlette & Sofiia. What a match!

The Ladies’ Singles final was another thriller between last year’s finalists Sofiia and Scarlette. This time Scarlette came out on top, winning the match tiebreak 10-4!  

In the Men’s Singles, Finn took the title with a straight-sets win over Elijah.

The Mixed Doubles was another super-close affair, with brother-and-sister duo Scarlette & Jayden edging out Finn & Sofiia 10-8 in the match tiebreak!

Then came the much-anticipated Men’s 45s! Despite the torrential rain, Matt battled through to beat Erik 6-3, 6-1. Huge respect to both players for keeping going in those conditions!  

On the women’s side, Clare Hudson beat Lynsey Newcombe 6-0, 6-1.

And finally our Cornwall County Coaches, Joel & Tim, took on Steve & Kieran in the Men’s Doubles final, with Joel & Tim took the win 6-4, 6-1.

 Our Chairs’ Lunch was also a great success! It was fantastic to bring together club chairs from across Cornwall to share ideas and best practice, catch up with each other and, of course, enjoy some of the fantastic finals action.

A huge thank you to everyone who made these championships so special

A special shout-out to our referee Carole, who did a sterling job in her first year taking over from Sue.  You absolutely smashed it!