BOROUGHBRIDGE romped to a 9-0 whitewash of the club's second team to clinch the First Division title in the Harrogate and District Tennis League.
Victory means Boroughbridge regain the title they lost last year to The Academy.
The Boroughbridge club's big squad and strength in depth laid the foundations for this season's triumph clinched with a trio of matches still remaining before the end
of the season.
Boroughbridge first team have yet to lose a match this season. Their only setback came when they were surprisingly held by Thirsk to a draw.
Match details: Boroughbridge 9 Boroughbridge A team 0 (First team names first) :John Rowe and Laura Gilbert beat Alex Smith and Maija Moulton 6-3 6-5; beat Enric Bertran and Maureen Wilkinson 6-1 6-1; beat Andy Royston and Anne Ryan 6-0.
Haydn Andrew and Kate Needham beat Smith and Moulton 6-4; beat Bertran and Wilkinson 6-1 6-0; beat Royston and Ryan 6-0 6-0.
Neil Jackson and Cath Johnson beat Smith and Moulton 6-5 6-5; beat Bertran and Wilkinson 6-4; beat Royston and Ryan 6-3 6-2.
Meanwhile in Division Two Ripon and Harlow A team both look on course for promotion to the top flight.
Ripon kept on course for the club's first elevation to Division One with an 8-1 win over their A team while Harlow's match was postponed.
Harrogate and District Tennis League at August 2
Division Onepldpts
1 Boroughbridge 111 C
Academy A 1216
Harrogate Racquets 1214
Thirsk 1212
Harlow 1112
Academy 1010
Boroughbridge A 113 R
Harrogate Racquets A 112 R
Division Two
Ripon 1217
Bedale 1116
Starbeck 912
Ripon A 1112
Ben Rhydding 1012
Northallerton 117
Harrogate Racquets B 126
Harlow A 104
Division Three
West Tanfield 916
Harlow B 1014
Dacre 1114
Thirsk A 1112
Knaresborough 1212
Ripon B 119
Northallerton A 125
Harlow C 104
Division Four
Spa 918
Wetherby 915
Thirsk B 1012
Ripon C 9 11
Dacre A 109
Wetherby A 108
Bedale A 114
Harlow D 10 1
Division Five
Starbeck A 1222 P
West Tanfield A 1219 P
Birstwith 12 13
Harrogate Racquets C 1212
West Tanfield B 1212
Northallerton B 1211
Knaresboro A 124 R
Bedale B 123 R
Division Six
Wetherby B 1222 P
Boroughbridge B 1117
Raskelf 1212
Ripon D 1012
Thirsk C 1111
Burton Leonard 118
Dacre B 125
Harrogate Racquets D 113
Division Seven
Academy B 1020 C
Ripon E 1116 P
Starbeck B 1114
Birstwith A 1011
Bedale C 118
Knaresborough B 103 *
Ripon F 110
* 2 points deducted for non-fulfilment of fixture.
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