BROMSGROVE Tennis Club were celebrating after the men's first team clinched the Division One title in the Worcestershire Summer League.

The A team took on local rivals David Lloyd Bromsgrove, knowing that victory would give them the Division 1 title and the chance to represent Hereford and Worcester in the regional competition.

In a close match it was the opening round of singles that proved conclusive as Bromsgrove took a 3-1 lead.

Matt Kirkham, Adam Dudek and Ben Buckley all won, but Richard Santy went down to the David Lloyd number one Alan Benbow. It was all square in the two doubles matches, so Bromsgrove ran out 4-2winners to take the title.

The B team took on Ombersley in the Aegon Division Three and with Captain Steve Jones supported by three juniors – George Rogers, Aaron Oakes and Ollie Stratford romped to a 6-0 win A midweek Hereford and Worcester League contest saw the Men’s E team continue their strong recovery with a 5-1 win over David Lloyd Dudley.

Bruce Tanner with Aaron Oakes and Jack Walters with George Rogers won both their contests but Dave Jones with Brian Barton just failed to make it a clean sweep as they went down in the final rubber, after a good opening win.

Meanwhile, ladies A team of Jennie Law, Rachael Mack, Sally Franks, Tina Manning, Jilly Witcomb and Imogen Sinclair completed a comfortable 6-0 win over Leominster, to remain second in Division One and puts the pressure on the leaders who are just a few points ahead.

The B Team widened the gap at the top of Division Three as they repeated the 6-0 winning scoreline against Old Hill, again only dropping one set in the process.

The team of Kelly Kenward, Hannah Weston, Ann Banner, Amy Foster, Joan McGregor and Sophie Cornelius have dominated their division this season and are well on course for promotion as champions.

Finally the C Team had a tough match against an unbeaten Stourport side but came away 4-2 winners.

This keeps them strongly in the promotion race for the Division Six title.

Beccy Smith with Dilys Thomas and Lisa Rushton with Sue Forrest both won one and lost one of their two rubbers, but it was Anne Simper with Connie Wedelich who won both their contests that clinched victory.

Club Captain Steve Jones said: "This great run of results with both ladies and men’s team racking up convincing wins shows how strong we are at present.

"Add to that the number of strong juniors we have coming through the ranks means the outlook for the future is really positive."