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Individual Achievements and Representative Honours
Catherine Gunn, Finalist BUSA individuals Competition 2005
Marsali Grant, Represented County
Catherine Gunn, Represented County
Lucy Turner, Represented County
Men’s Blues
Blues awarded 2005 – 06
Jon Tassell, Girton
Paddy May, Selwyn
Ben Cole, Robinson
Rutger-Jan Lange, King’s
Tim Murray, Pembroke
Kirill Zavadov, St Edmund’s
Blaise Goswami, Pembroke
Team Colours awarded 2005 – 06
Laurent Pouret, Wolfson
The Varsity Match
29th – 30th June 2006, The Queen’s Club London,
The women repeated their 2005 success with victory over Oxford by fourteen matches to seven.
The men’s Varsity Match turned into a real classic with a nail biting finale. As they began the final set of three doubles matches
on the Friday evening the scores were level at nine matches apiece. Cambridge took the nineteenth match of the series
meaning Oxford needed to make sure of both of the others to claim victory.
The Dark Blues first doubles pair held the lead over the first Cambridge pair for the opening games. Then the tide turned and
Cambridge began to dominate, finally running out winners 5 – 7, 6 – 4, 7 – 5.
The second Cambridge pair lost to Oxford but the title was decided 11 – 10 in the Light Blues’ favour.
Chairman of the CULTC Sir Geoffrey Cass, who has been involved with Cambridge University tennis for the past 34 years, said:
“It was the most exciting match I can remember seeing at this level, a superb testament to the quality of Varsity tennis at the
moment and the dedication and excellence of our scholar sportsmen and women.” .
Other Team Highlights
5th March 2006, The All England Lawn Tennis Club
Cambridge 5 – 3 AELTC
A team of six first team players travelled down to the most prestigious tennis club in the world – The All England Lawn Tennis
Club. Following strong singles performances from Jon Tassell of Girton, Paddy May of Selwyn, RJ Lange of Kings and Ben Cole
of Robinson, the team went into the doubles with a 4 – 0 lead. Bringing in Tim Murray and Blaise Goswami, both of Pembroke
College, the team converted their lead to take one necessary doubles win and come home 5 – 3 winners.
Individual Achievements
Ben Cole & Paddy May: BUSA individuals, Championships Semi-Finalists
Jon Tassell: Blues no. 1 player. Undefeated in singles 2005/06
Seabright and Prentice Cups
A joint Cambridge and Oxford women’s team enjoyed their first victory for six years against opponents from Harvard and Yale.
The British team emerged triumphant in the battle for the Seabright Cup winning by eight matches to four.
The Americans continued to dominate the men’s version of the event, winning the Prentice Cup for the third time in a row by
15 matches to six. Now in its 85th year, the Prentice Cup is the oldest international, inter-collegiate amateur tennis competition
in the world.