Edinburgh University and the University of Stirling will be flying the flag for Scotland at next month’s second European Collegiate Tennis Association Champions League Finals after successfully coming through the qualifying groups.

The Scottish pair will be joined by reigning champions Montpellier University, Moscow University, University of Montenegro, Leeds Met University, Warsaw University and Bath University at the LTA National Tennis Centre in Roehampton from the 14th to 16th November following the qualifiers staged in France, Scotland, Republic of Ireland and Montenegro.  


The ECTA Tennis Champions League, sponsored by Barclays Bank and Tretorn, brings together the top men's and women's tennis teams from across Europe and ECTA Operations Director, former top Scottish player Euan McGinn, commented: “Now that we’re in our second year, the event is now starting to command a higher level of interest and commitment from around Europe and complements the European University Sports Association Championships which are being held in Dublin in December.

“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.”

Running in tandem with the Finals will be the inaugural Barclays ECTA Women’s Invitational Event at Loughborough University with players from all over Europe competing, while ECTA has also confirmed that Tretorn will be the official ball supplier for the organisation  until 2010.
 

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