The Acton Plate and Cup commences in April and concludes in September, the competition is in its 48th season and represents the best competition tennis in  the NECLTL. 

This year David Lloyd Trafford and Sale TC were the 2 finalists competing for the 2024 Acton Plate trophy. Hosted at David Lloyd Trafford , neither club had won the competition before.  It was a very closely contested match,  both the Men’s Doubles and Ladies Doubles events went to 3 sets, with Sale narrowly losing the third set 4 : 6 in each. The overall score was 4 events to David Lloyd and 1 event to Sale.

Commiserations to Sale and congratulations to David Lloyd Trafford this year’s winners.