Fulford Tennis Club pairing Julie Reilly and Neil Haw won their club's 24th Spring Cup tournament by beating Jill McCreedy and Steve Collins 6-4 in the final.
Reilly and Haw beat Richard and Di Ekers 6-5 in the semi-finals after finishing runners-up in Group 'A'.
McCreedy and Collins, last year's winners, beat Group 'B' winners Kevin Todd and Denise Bolam 6-4 in their semi-final.
A total of 20 pairs took part in the competition with 21 of the scheduled matches ending 4-3.
The Ekers pairing won Group 'A', winning 29 games. They just finished ahead of Haw and Reilly, who booked their semi-final spot by edging out Richard and Rosie Cantrell 4-3.
Dunnington's Todd and Bolam, won Group 'B' with 25 games. McCreedy and Collins finished with 23 games won, the same as Andrew Loadman and Beverley Tebbutt but went through to the last four by virtue of beating Loadman and Tebbutt.
Trophies and prizes were presented by Fulford club chairman Terry Haw.
* York Tennis Club junior coaching sessions start on Saturday, April 28 with a six-week course for children of all ages. Further details from Phil Langley tel York (01904) 768832.
Updated: 12:45 Tuesday, April 10, 2001
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