Shropshire's tennis players clocked up the miles as they enjoyed representing the county in the LTA Winter County Cup.

Shropshire’s men’s team headed east to Boston, while the county’s women’s side travelled even further to Sunderland for their matches in an event that was first played in 1946.

Shropshire were one of 44 county teams - 88 men's and women's sides combined - placed in 22 groups between last Friday and Sunday, with matches, both singles and doubles, held across England, as well as in Wales, and played on a round-robin basis.

Shropshire’s men’s team were edged out 5-4 in tight fixtures by Oxfordshire and Cumbria on the opening two days before signing off with a 5-1 victory over hosts Lincolnshire at Boston Tennis Club.

It meant Shropshire, having achieved back-to-back promo

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