THE opening round of pool matches in the Prudden Road Surfacing Junior Cup competition have now been completed with Bidford, Henley, Shipston and Alcester topping their respective groups.

Finals night between the winning teams from each of the four pools will be held at Bidford on Monday, June 17.

The top two teams will then go on to play in a full match Cup Final at Stratford on Sunday, September 3.

Brothers George and Harry Naylor took command for Bidford in Pool A opening with a tight 7-6 victory over Stratford B pair William Highfield and Oscar Lawrence.

Coasted

On the other court, Stratford A's Daniel Kitchin and Alex Hughes coasted to a 6-1 win over Snitterfield duo Jonathan Smith and George Perry.

Bidford then went on to defeat Stratford A 6-2, followed by Snitterfield 6-1. Stratford then claimed a second victory over their B side (6-2) who then hit back to account for Snitterfield.

Pool B saw Henley's Andy Cooper and Farrell Streacy in dominant mood, first defeating Claverdon 6-2, then Tanworth by the same score before whitewashing Studley.

Studley's Jack Allum and Sam Hillpert-Smith made up for their defeat by defeating Claverdon 6-1 and Tanworth 6-1.

Ben Lane and Charlie Taylor took maximum Pool C points for Shipston as they defeated their B team 6-4, Ilmington 6-0 and Chipping Campden 6-0.

Shipston B's James Hudson and Sam Dexter beat Campden 7-5 and Ilmington 6-2.

The other fixture saw Cam-pden's Toby Robinson and Brogan Barnett overcome Geo-rge Woodall and George Matts of Ilmington 6-3.

Alcester claimed the Pool D plaudits as twins Michael and Arthur Bennett were also unbeaten, overcoming Pershore 6-2, Inkberrow B 6-0 and then Inkberrow A 6-1.

Pershore claimed second spot as Josh Carr and Sam Cross defeated Inkberrow's A and B teams by the same 6-2 scoreline.

The final match threw up a surprise as Inkberrow B's Andrew Price and Billy Cou-ghlin defeated A team' duo Nathan Comber and William Hill 6-3.

Final Pool standings

Pool A

P W L F A Pts

Bidford 3 3 0 19 9 6

Stratford 3 2 1 14 9 5

Stratford B 3 1 2 14 14 4

Snitterfield 3 0 3 3 18 3

Pool B

P W L F A Pts

Henley 3 3 0 18 4 6

Studley 3 2 1 12 8 5

Claverdon 3 1 2 9 15 4

Tanworth 3 0 3 6 18 3

Pool C

P W L F A Pts

Shipston 3 3 0 18 4 6

Shipston B 3 2 1 17 13 5

Campden 3 1 2 11 16 4

Ilmington 3 0 3 5 18 3

Pool D

P W L F A Pts

Alcester 3 3 0 18 3 6

Pershore 3 2 1 14 10 5

Inkberrow B 3 1 2 8 15 4

Inkberrow 3 0 3 6 18 3