News October 2008 ECTA European Men's Qualifiers
Stirling host Edinburgh and Oxford at one of the four ECTA European Men's Qualifying venues. Last year's champions Montpellier hosted Leeds Metropolitan and the University of Debrecen. Stirling hosted Oxford and Edinburgh whilst Dublin hosted Warsaw and Bath. The University of Montenegro who already hosted a 8 team University event over the Summer will be hosting Moscow(EUSA European Champions) and the University of Split. In its second year, the event is now starting to command a higher level of interest and commitment from around Europe, complementing the EUSA Championships which are being held in Dublin in December this year, ECTA is determined to raise the profile of European University tennis and to provide high quality playing opportunities for top university players across the continent. The winners of the League will be crowned the ECTA European League Champions. The event has been endorsed by EUSA, The International Tennis Federation and Tennis Europe. Interest and support for ECTA has been encouraging and talks are well progressed to hold the first Ryder Cup style event in 2010 where European players will get to take on their US counterparts. The standard of University tennis in the UK and across Europe is rising and ECTA has picked up the baton at the right time - these events provide an excellent shop window to help showcase the talent and to encourage growth in the sector. For more details and results please click here. On the Women’s side Loughborough University will host 8 womens’s teams from around Europe in a replica of the Men’s Barclay’s European challenge held at Roehampton last year. This will be the showcase for the ECTA Women’s league starting next year with between 12 and 16 Women’s teams from around Europe.
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