27 April 2008 / Categories: Recent Results and Events, 2008 IC of GB v IC of Germany By Benson Greatrex ( Match Manager) We took a strong team of 7 players including IC Captain Jeremy Bates to play Germany in Frankfurt. The IC of Germany managed by their President Alex Kurucz and helped by Secretary, Peter Dinckels and others put on a marvellous weekend for us based at the TC Palmengarten. Surprisingly on the excellent clay courts we were 5-2 up after the singles. In the end after Doubles and Mixed Doubles we won the newly presented Dunlop Trophy 8-5. My thanks go to our team , Lozzie Jelfs, Karen Whishaw , Mark Beim , Jeremy Bates, Paul French and Keith Bland not to mention the IC of Germany. Saturday Mark Beim beat Stefan Heckmans 2-6 6-3 10-3 Lizzie Jelfs beat Lisa Fritz 7-5 7-5 Karen Whishaw lost to Silke Meier 0-6 0-6 Jeremy Bates beat Gerald Marzenell 6-0 6-3 Benson Greatrex lost to Peter Dinckels 5-7 1-6 Paul French beat Wolfgang Popp 6-3 6-2 Keith Bland beat Helmut Rudzinski 6-2 4-6 14-12 Bates/ Beim lost to Marzenell/Heckmanns 7-5 5-7 3-10 Jelfs/Whishwa lost to Meier/Fritz 1-6 6-7 Bland /French beat Popp/ Alex Kurucz 6-4 6-4 Sunday Jelfs/Beim lost to Meier/Marzenell 2-6 3-6 Whishaw/Bates beat Fritz/Heckmanns 6-2 6-7 10-5 Greatrex /French beat Dinckels/Rudzinski 2-6 7-5 10-6 Overall Result : IC of Great Britain won 8-5 Note: matches at one set all were decided by a 10 point tie-break Print 4112