It was a very hot sunny day and there were a few red faces both on and off court! There were two events the boys 10U and boys 14U with a lot of regulars back with is again. Thanks for your support.
The 10U Boys final was between Harry Cameron-Clarke and James Oxley with Harry coming through 4-0 4-0.
The consolation final was won by Gylo Barker-Dix 4-2 4-2 against Stephan Martin
The 14U boys event was taken by Joseph Sweeney winning 4-2 4-0 against David Dabrowski. The consolation event was between Marcus Ford and Theo Whittaker. A close match going to Marcus 2-1 4-0 10-7
You have been asking for more tournaments in the North East so we answered the call by adding David Lloyd Newcastle to the list of venues. It’s a great facility and we hope to be back soon subject to being allocated events by the LTA.
There was a Grade 5 Men’s compass draw competition as well as matchplays boys with three box leagues & knockout event for winners of the leagues.
We were also able to add a number of ratings matches on the day
The tournaments were held on the indoor and outdoor courts and the finalists of the men’s event were Remi Carriot and Ben Scott Wilson. Remi winning the final 4-0 4-0
The consolation final was won by Daniel Hardy 4-2 4-2 against Adam Byles
In the matchplay event we managed to get through lots of games to help players improve their ratings. Matthew O’Brien won the knockout event 4-1 4-3(1) against Johnny Carr
We had two events on the day a men’s Grade 4 and 16 and under boys Grade 5
The results were as follows
The men’s event was won by Josh Bows 4-0 4-1 against Tom Cowdy with Will Sharp beating Warren Broadbent 4-2 4-3(4) for the consolation
The boy’s 16 and under was won by Zack Wilson against William Stringer 2-4 4-1 10-2. The consolation final was won by Emre Sen against Preston Kadji 4-0 4-2
We were welcomed back to Ripon Tennis Centre on mothers day and it seemed liked lots of mothers were happy to spend it watching their boys play!
Its a great venue and everyone who hadn’t been before was saying what a lovely club. We were allowed to have all the courts both indoor and outdoor for the whole day and there was lots of mixing of players and parents alike. Just how we like it. Thank you to the venue and all players and parents.
There were two events with good entries. 12 and under boys and 16 and under boys.
The 12u was won by top seed James Paluzzi in a topsy turvey match which could have gone either way. the score was 1-4 4-0 10-6.
The consolation event final was won by Andrei Nita 4-0 4-2 against Thomas Kacena
In the 16U boys James Wilson took the trophy 4-1 4-1 against Thomas Stevens in the final.
The consolation final was won by Anish Johar 4-1 4-3(3) against Roman Shafiq.
We held one of our Friday night events under the floodlights at Chapel Allerton on 15 March. The weather was kind if a little chilly after a very windy day.
The atmosphere was good with excellent tennis played in a good sportsmanlike way. Just how we like it.
Adam Hamilton of Horsforth came through to win against William Dunning from Louth in the final.
The half term winter Grade 4’s are proving very popular and this was no exception with 90% of advertised events going ahead, 181 entries in total and most events with healthy 16 or 8 draws. This is 30% higher than the national average. This doesn’t just happen by chance we really work on filling the draws!!
There was some great tennis being played and results were as follows:
8 and under winner Reuben Revell runner up Neo Hodkinson
9 and under winner Micah Button runner up Dylan Goldsmith. Consolation winner Neo Hodkinson.
10 and under winner Jamie Allott runner up Benjamin Myles. Consolation winner George Mccabe
12 under girls winner Folasade Aladese runner up Leila Green. Consolation winner Kendele Harper-Raze.
12 under boys winner James Wilson runner up Esa Butt. Consolation winner Billy Moxon.
14 under boys winner Joseph Darley runner up Zac Jones. Consolation winner Lewis Tinsley.
14 under boys doubles winners James Duffy and George Wyton runners up Finley Odell and Joshua Winters
16u boys winner Lewis Wilson runner up Leo Van. Consolation winner Harrison Tuite
16u boys doubles winners Charlie Clarke and Lewis Wilson runners up Jude Dixon and Hugh Shackleton.
18 under girls winner Alice Brook runner up Jemimah Choi. Consolation winner Abbeygayle Hodkin
18 under boys winner Jack Deveney runner up Jack Willis. Consolation winner Alexander Fook-Knowles.
Open Women’s winner Emma Standish runner up Amber Woofidin. Consolation winner Maisie Levell.
Opens men’s winner George Hand runner up Arun Bahia. Consolation winner Li Xiuwen
Open Men’s doubles winners Ben Crichton and Mahesh Jagadeesan runners up Peter Hall and Gavin Mason. Consolation winners Ben and Luke Davies
Men’s 40+ winner Mahesh Jagadeesan runner up Mark Ennis-Brown.
There were 5 events over the weekend four of which were rescheduled ones following previous postponed events due to bad weather. Thanks to all of those who were able to make the revised date. The weather was great for February and we think there was held a nice friendly atmosphere which is what we always try to achieve.
The results were:
10 and under winner Harry Cameron-Clarke runner up Louis Willis
12 and under boys winner Elliot Tayor runner up Sebi Brandom
12 and under girls winner Folasade Aladese runner up Isabells Monks
16 and under boys winner Alexander Bilibov runner up Joseph Darley. Consolation Winner Moazzam Ali Kahut
Mens winner Will Sharp runner up Jack Hanson. Consolation winner Zahid Kahut.
Men’s Finalists
16 and under consolation winner
16 and under finalists
10 and under winner and runner up
12 and under winner
12 and under finalists
Men’s consolation winner – how come he gets to have the biggest picture. Maybe it matches the size of his personality!!!
Thanks to Chapel Allerton for stepping in again to help when David Lloyd were unable to offer courts because of the installation of new court lighting. It will be great news for future events at David Lloyd as the new light are very bright!!
There were two events on the day 8 and under mixed indoors and 14 and under boys outside. The 10 and under had to be postponed as it was very windy at the start time so we will try to reschedule.
It was a big turnout for the 8u with 15 entrants playing on three courts. There was some rally good tennis but above all it was good to see so many children and parents enjoying the occasion. The overall cahmpion was Maxim Sokol winning an entertaining and tight final with Sangamithra Kailasamoorthi 10-8 10-8
Thanks to the boys for playing in difficult conditions particularly at the start of the event. It was very windy but tennis is all about coping with all sorts of conditions. Well done.
There were some excellent close matches and the final could not have been closer with Joseph Bardon coming through 2-4 4-1 10-9 against Ashley Hunter. The consolation winner was Henry Gray.
