East tennis women aim to consolidate promotion
The vastly experienced Mhairi Beattie and Sarah McFadyen will spearhead a second successive promotion bid backed up by club mates Heather Croll and Eve Vrhunec.
Captaining the team will be Ama Nisbet with Shaylan Holt also expected to give a strong lead.
Completing the squad will be teenagers Hanna Augustynska, pictured left below, and Aadya Iver Chadalawada who will be drawing on the experience gained from a debut campaign in 2024 and whose performances could hold the key having excelled on the junior circuit recently.
In the East group will be Sussex, Essex, North Wales, Buckinghamshire and Lancashire and the primary aim will be to consolidate having reached Division Four a few years ago only to be instantly relegated.
*Edinburgh's Jacob Fearnley has withdrawn from next week's ATP event in Washington seeking some extra rest building up to the US Open in late August.
It has been a hectic year for Jacob having shot through the world rankings to occupy a slot within the top 60 and sources say his absence next week is not injury related. Jacob is expected to pick up on his career in the subsequent Toronto tournament.
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