Men’s Over 45, Over 55 and Women’s Over 40 Inter County Finals 25-26 Feb Stourbridge Lawn Tennis and Squash Club Semi Final Saturday - Magnificent Middlesex storm through to all 3 Finals WOMEN O40 Semi Final A YORKSHIRE V SURREY Surrey got off to a flying start with 3-0 wins for 4 and 5 strings, however Field kept Yorkshire in the tie with a 3-0 win over Dunn. A close 1st string match between Santa Maria and Tweedle brought Yorkshire level, so it was all down to the 2nd string match between Arrowsmith and Bennett. Arrowsmith showed her class beating an off colour Bennett 3-0 to take Yorkshire through to the final Andrea Santa Maria v Isabelle Tweedle Paula Arrowsmith v Tammy Bennett Julie Field v Sandra Dunn Lucy Robins v Helen Dredge Julie Nevins v Maggie North 3-1 3-0 3-0 0-3 0-3 9/6, 7/9, 10/8, 9/3 9/1, 9/1, 9/1 9/3, 9/2, 10/8 5/7, 7/9, 4/9 4/9, 4/9, 3/9 34m 12m 23m 30m 19m Yorkshire win 3-2 Semi Final B MIDDLESEX V KENT One all after the first 2 rubbers. White staged a great comeback from 2-0 down at 4thstring for Kent. Campion then won at 3rd string to inch Middlesex ahead. In a thrilling 2nd string encounter Hume had the chance to level the match for Kent as at 2 games all she went 7/2 up in the 5th, only to be outdone by an array of winners from Brown, which won her the game 10/8 and her Middlesex team were in the final. The dead rubber first string match was a nothing of the sort, an absolute stunner, 52 minutes of cracking squash, and a wonderful win from 2-1 down for Akin captain of Kent Rina Einy v Mandy Aikin Jo Brown v Karen Hume Jill Campion v Sue Giles Jillian Lillizo v Angie White Wendy Levin v Becky Czuzman 2-3 3-2 3-0 2-3 3-0 9/0, 3/9, 9/7, 6/9 9/10 9/0 10/8 3/9 9/4 10/8 9/3, 9/6, 9/3 9/2, 9/7, 2/9, 7/9, 3/9 9/0, 9/5, 9/6 52m 34m 21m 37m 14m Middlesex win 3-2 MEN O45 Semi Final A MIDDLESEX V AVON Captain and birthday boy Alan Thomson set Middlesex on their way with a comfortable win at 3. New recruit Mick Houlihan put them further ahead winning at 5. Wins for Ockwell , Couch and Jaski took brilliant Middlesex through to yet another final. Alex Couch v Rob Watkins Adrian Jaski v Mark Taylor Alan Thomson v Mark Regan 3-0 3-0 3-0 9/6, 9/7, 9/4 9/4, 9/3, 9/6 9/1, 9/1, 9/0 33m 15m 17m James Ockwell v Ben Dillistone Mick Houlihan v Rob Livingstone 3-1 3-0 6/9, 9/3, 9/7, 9/2 9/4 9/2 9/4 32m 23m Middlesex win 5-0 Semi Final B SURREY V LANCASHIRE Surrey had one foot in the final as firstly Stewart and then Wardle won at 5 and 3. Captain Hurford then secured the win and set up a compelling final with Middlesex beating Hollinrake 3-0 at 4th string. Hyatt made it 4-0 to Surrey. Meanwhile, the match of the day was unfolding between Aldridge and Willis. An entertaining tussle saw Willis win 9/5 in the fifth. Mark Aldridge v Nigel Willis James Hyatt v Allen Day Cliff Martindale v Stuart Wardle Demott Hurford v Steve Hollinrake Mike Stewart v Allen Barwise 2-3 3-0 3-2 3-0 3-0 3/9, 5/9, 9/4, 9/2, 9/5 9/1, 9/3, 9/4 9/2, 6/9, 9/10, 9/1, 9/1 9/6, 9/4, 9/5 9/1, 9/3, 10/8 50m 24m 50m 28m 21m Surrey win 4-1 MEN O55 Semi Final A MIDDLESEX V YORKSHIRE Comfortable wins at 3 and 5 strings gave Middlesex a good early advantage over a weakened Yorkshire team. They pushed the advantage home with 3-0 wins for Cherlin, Adhihetty and Jaski sealing their place in the final, where they look to be favourites Duleep Adhihetty v Mark Thompson Mark Cowley v Dave Lines Stuart Hardy v Mark Regan Howard Cherlin v Geoff Wright Chris Goodbourn v Steve Everitt 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 9/5, 9/0, 9/1 9/4, 9/3, 9/6 9/7, 9/7, 9/3 10/8, 9/1, 9/1 9/7, 9/0, 9/5 19m 29m 26m 26m 21m Middlesex win 5-0 Semi Final B DURHAM &CLEVELAND V SURREY First blood to Middlesex as Wilde beat Duke 3-0. A strange 3-0 score line between Spence and Niven, saw Durham and Cleveland level things up. Durham went ahead when 1st string Lumsden beat Clarke 3-0. It looked like Surrey would level things up as Eakins went 2-0 up, but Dryden had other ideas and came back to win 3-2 and take Durham through to the final . In the dead rubber Jackson put in a captains performance coming back from 2-0 down to win 3-2. Dave Lumsden v Dave Clarke Colin Shields v Steve Jackson Brian Duke v Andy Wilde Kevin Dryden v Paul Ekins Bob Spence v Alisdair Niven Durham & Cleveland win 4-1 3-0 2-3 1-3 3-2 3-0 10/9, 9/5, 9/7 9/1, 9/7, 3/9, 6/9, 6/9 9/0, 4/9, 7/9, 1/9 9/10, 6/9, 9/4, 9/1, 9/3 10/8, 9/0, 10/8 34m 49m 30m 44m 34m