The IC of GB takes home the Gottfried von Cramm Trophy 2025

The Frankfurt Tennisclub 1914 Palmengarten was the venue at the end of August for the second Gottfried von Cramm Trophy, a team competition in which one women's singles, one men's singles and a mixed doubles are held in each match. While the two singles are played normally, the mixed doubles is a championship tiebreak. In each match between two teams, the winner can reach a maximum of 3 points. For example, if a team wins both singles but loses the championship tiebreak, 2 points go to the winner and 1 point to the loser.

In Frankfurt, five teams from six nations participated: Spain, Great Britain, Germany, Luxembourg and Switzerland in conjunction with Canada. Due to the odd number of teams, the format required all teams to play everyone else.

After three rounds, the teams from Spain and Great Britain were in the lead. In the last game of the tournament (against Germany), the British took the points to pass Spain and win the trophy. Below is the final ranking and the individual players:

1. Great Britain (Emily Arbuthnott, Pedro Ocana)
2. Spain (Isabel Fernandez, Carlos Garcia Villanieva)
3. Germany (Natali Gumbrecht, Tim Richter)
4. Luxembourg (Tatiana Silbereisen)
5. Switzerland / Canada (Kasia Poplawski)

2019 ENTRIES CLOSING ON 31ST JAN

As we start the New Year, we can look ahead to some of the IC events happening in 2019. As a quick reminder, there are a couple of event entries with deadlines at the end of the month, on the 31st January

CQS IC JUNE IN PRAGUE

Dates: Wednesday 12th - Sunday 16th June 2019

Location: Czech Lawn Tennis Club on Štvanice Island

Entry deadline: 31st January 19

Contact: Jiri Medonos - jrmedonos@hotmail.cz

IC WEEK, FRANCE 

Dates: Sunday 8th to Thursday 12th September 2019

Location: Le Touquet Tennis Club

Entry deadline: 31st January 2019

Events: Windmill Trophy & Orsini Trophy, and Mercelis Trophy & Winnie Woolridge Cup

Contact: Marine Piriou - piriou.marine@gmail.com

For more information and entry forms, please visit:  http://www.ictennis.net/Events/Upcoming-Events/ic-week-france