Winchmore Hill tennis star Jo Ward was in excellent form as Great Britain finished as runner-up in the first division (group white) of the European Women's team championship in Mosia Zabrze, Poland.

Ward teamed up with British women's No 1 Sam Smith, Julie Pullin and Louise Latimer to defeat Sweden 2-0, Denmark 2-1 and Poland, the hosts, 2-1, pushing them to first in the round-robin tournament. Sadly, in the final, Poland took revenge and won the match 2-1.

Ward, Britain's No 3, beat Maria Wolfbrandt, of Sweden, in the singles but did not

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