Blog

It was our first four day New Year Event at David Lloyd and it proved to be very popular. There were 17 events across all age groups. The atmosphere was friendly but competitive which is just the way we like it to be so thanks to all the competitors and parents for making this possible. There was some great tennis on show over the four days (and nights).

Here is a list of finalists for each event

8 and Under Mixed 2 Box leagues and semi and final

Winner Alfie Deakin RU Clara Lebegue 15-13 (what a match!!!)

9 and Under Mixed 16 Compass Draw

Winner Lawrie Lewis RU Lennon Harper-Raze 10-5 10-9

Consolation Final Winner Samuel Bradshaw RU Daria Joudaky 10-4 10-4

10 and Under Boys 8 Compass Draw

Winner Daniel Bradshaw RU Frederick Cole 4-0 4-2

Consolation Winner George (whatsit) Mccabe RU Alfred Edwards 4-0 4-0

10U Girls Box League

Winner Fosalade Aladese

12U Boys 16 draw elimination

Winner Kouros Anssarizadese RU Brennan Foster 4-2 3-4(4) 10-2

Consolation Winner Aodhan Sopala RU James McMahon 4-0 4-2

12U Girls 8 Compass

Winner Holly Huby RU Freya Peet 4-0 4-2

Consolation Winner Misbah Ahmed RU Isabella Monks 4-2 4-0

14U Boys 16 draw elimination

Winner Charlie Clarke RU Michael Subberwai 4-1 4-3

Consolation Winner William Smith RU Edward Barroclough 4-3(3) 4-2

14U Girls 8 Compass draw

Winner Frankie Sinclaire Bruce RU Amelia Iarotchi 4-2 4-2

Consolation Winner Kate Yeadon RU Misbah Ahmed 4-1 4-2

16U Boys 16 Elimination Draw

Winner Werner Zimmerman RU Thomas Naylor 4-3 4-3

Consolation Winner Alexander Belibov RU Rahul Grewal 2-4 4-0 10-1

16U Boys doubles 8 Compass draw

Winners Ennis Fearon Taylor & Leo Van RU Joe Dyer & Stanley Gilkes

Consolation Winners Harrison Baskind & Max McGregor RU Matthew Anderson & James Holdsworth 3-4(4) 4-0 10-9

18U Boys 16 Compass draw

Winner Arun Bahia RU Jack Willis 4-1 4-0

Consolation Winner Mohammed Al Hayat RU James Hanson 4-1 4-0

18U Girls 8 Compass draw

Winner Vanessa Tanoh RU Cadence Simpson 4-2 4-1

Open Mens Singles 16 elimination draw

Winner Patrick Talbot RU Arun Bahia 4-0 4-2

Consolation Winner Jack willis RU Moazzam Ali Kahut 4-0 4-0

Open Mens Doubles 8 Compass draw

Winners Jack Horsley & JB Pickard RU Arun Bahia & Jack Willis 6-2

Consolation winners Ennis Fearon Taylor & Leo Van RU Ewan McMahon & James McMahon 6-4

Open Womens Singles 8 Compass draw

Winner Ellie Chawner RU Ellie Tweddle

Consolation winner Hermine Kosich RU Misbah Ahmed 4-1 4-0

Open Mens Singles Box league

Winner Callum McHugh

Mens over 40 Box League

Winner Vishal Khurana

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

We held a really popular 3 day event at 2 venues over 3 days from 27 to 29 December. Players came from as far and wide including North Wales, Stevenage, Newcastle and the North West so we must be doing something right! The atmosphere was great for all of the events with the focus on players enjoying good competitive matches at excellent venues with great facilities.

Here is a list of the finalists in each event.

9U mixed

Winner Leon Moreton Runner Up Evie Parkin 7-5 5-7 7-6 winning with the last point of the tournament!!

First round losers Consolation Winner Haquim Kamal

10U mixed

Winner Ben Rudkin Runner up Rayyan Mansoor 4-2 4-2

Consolation Winner Samuel Bradshaw

12U Boys Grade 4

Winner Serban Salbaticu Runner up Brennan Foster 4-1 4-0

Consolation Winner Henry Redfern

12U Boys Grade 5

As there were so many boys that could not get into the Grade 4 event which was full we put on an extra grade 5 event for the boys as we want to see people playing and not on a reserve list!!!

Winner Louis Morton Runner Up Charlie Brown. Box League

12U girls

Winner local girl Folasade Aladese in her first 12U event Runner Up Ottelia Tetley 4-2 4-1

Consolation Winner Alexis Renee Antoun with the last point of the match 10-9 in the deciding tie break in a match with Sophie Bannister

14U Boys

A full compass 16 draw outside at Chapel Allerton.

Winner Ethan Barrett Runner Up Michael Subberwal 4-2 4-3(2)

Consolation Winner Serban Salbaticu

16U Boys

Winner Andy Brisdon Runner Up Leighton Starkie 4-0 4-1

Consolation Winner Leo Van

18U Boys

Winner local boy Arun Bahia Runner Up Rory Marles 4-3(2) 4-2

Consolation Winner Andy Brisdon

18U Girls

Winner Vanessa Tanoh Runner Up Anna Jones 4-3(4) 4-2

Consolation Winner Kate Prigmore

Open Mens

Winner Arun Bahia Runner Up Jack Willis 4-1 4-3(3)

Consolation Winner Benjamin Scapens

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

There were four grade 4 events on the day with some fantastic tennis on show.

We started with the 12U girls in the bubble with unseeded Ruby Couling only dropping two games on the way to winning the tournament. She won the final 4-1 4-0 against top seed Katherine Bentzen. The consolation event was taken by second seed Marla Davies 4-2 4-0 against Madelaine Malpass.

A 16 draw 12U boys event followed with lots of great tennis and close matches. The final was typical with Louis Hull eventually winning 3-4(3) 4-2 10-9 in an epic game against second seed Sebastian Concannon. The consolation final was nearly as tight with Jake Lane taking the match 2-4 4-1 10-8 against Alex Freestone.

The girls 16U event was taken by second seed Daniela Piani 4-2 4-0 against Katherine-Lee Lukas after some tough matches for both girls on the way to the final. The consolation final was between Sophie Cassidy De-Falco and Isabella Moss with Sophie winning 4-2 4-1.

We rounded off the day with another 16 draw with the 16U boys. There were lots of tight matches going to deciding tie break sets. The standard of the tennis was fantastic and a pleasure to watch. The final was between Owen Lodge and Edward Appleyard with Owen taking the trophy in a 4-3(1) 4-1 win. The consolation event also had some great tight games on the way to the final which was won 3-4(4) 4-0 10-7 by third seed Charlie Clark against Max Marshall.

• 

It was a busy day with 4 popular grade 5 events.

We started in the morning with a full compass draw in the bubble for the 14U girls. There were lots of excellent close matches. The trophy went to top seed Erin Thomas winning 4-0 4-1 against second seed Cadence Simpson. The consolation event was won by Lacie Parry in a close match with Katherine-Lee Lucas 2-4 4-3(4) 10-6

The ever popular 12U boys event attracted a big entry with a full 16 draw. Top seed Aodan Sopala won the final 4-0 4-2 against Jack Preston. The consolation event was won by James Smith 4-0 4-1 against Louis Morton.

There was another 16 draw for the boys 14U. Jacob Popplewell coming through again the top two seeds to claim the trophy in the final 4-2 4-1 against Alex Harris in the final.

The consolation event was taken by David Lloyd member Edward Barroclough 4-1 4-2 against second seed Max Lucas.

The final event of the day was the 18U boys with a full compass draw. The event went to the form book with top seed Matthew Snowden winning the final against second seed Anirudh Mohan 4-2 4-1.

There were four events on the day starting with the 10U Boys grade 4 event in the bubble. We had a full compass draw and the top two seeds came through to the final with Joshua Roberts winning 4-0 4-2 against  James Oxley. The consolation medal went to Ayan Ahmed.

There were lots of good close games in the 10U girls Grade 4 with Casey Mauro coming out on top 4-3(2) 4-1 against Eva Jenkins. Jessica Tinker took the consolation in a close match with Ella Wallwork 4-3(4) 4-3(1)

The Women’s grade 5 event was a round robin with Amber Woofidin coming top and Charlotte Margetson second.

The Men’s event was a full compass draw unseeded Rawdon player Jack Willis won the final 4-2 4-1 against Shaun Murray. The Consolation was won by Andrew Hoskins in a super tight final against Eden Parkinson 4-3(3) 3-4(3) 10-8

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

We were made very welcome again with three events which were all full. They were 12u girls 12U boys and open men’s events.

We started at 9am with the boys event which was won by Louis Hull from Thongsbridge 4-1 4-1 against Tennis World Middlesborough’s James Paluzzi.

The consolation event was between Finn Lynnsdale and Jack Preston with Fin coming through 4-1 4-1

The girls tournament was next Isabella Monks won a tight but fluctuation final 1-4 4-2 10-9 against Kate Spurr. The consolation event between Emilia Griffiths and Isobel Smith went to Emilia 4-2 4-2.

The mens event was played mostly inder the floodlights and the winner was Jack Willis of Rawdon 4-1 4-2 over William Ainge of Lancaster. The consolation winner was Liam Baldwin his second consolation final win in just over a week hopefully making his trip from Stevenage worthwhile.

We held an open mens event at Chapel Allerton on a Friday evening under the excellent new LED floodlights and despite some light rain the courts played really well and there were some great matches. Special permission was needed from the LTA to hold this event and players came from far and wide to play in it. The furthest being Liam Baldwin who came from Stevenage. Players also came from Buckinghamshire and Manchester. Thanks for your dedication!

There was a full compass draw and top seed Ross Smith from Manchester beat Rory Walsh 5-3 4-2 in an excellent final. Liam Baldwin won the consolation final 4-1 4-0 against Mark Annis-Brown.

It was great to see such a big turnout for all events and particularly the girl’s 10U which had the biggest entry of the day. All were 16 compass draws.

Thanks also to Chapel Allerton for stepping in to host the event after David Lloyd Leeds had double booked their courts.

There was some fantastic tennis all day and the courts played well despite some heavy overnight rain.

We started with the 10U girls at 9.30 and the final was finished by 1pm with Amy Mcmahon winning 4-2 4-0 against top seed Elizabeth Tate in a match with lots of high class rallies.

The consolation event was won by Beth Pratt against Karina Greta Kiss 4-2 4-0.

The boys 10U was also of a great standard and Toby Shaw came through the draw beating the first, third and fourth seeds along the way. Well done Toby. In the final against Joshua Roberts the score was 4-1 4-1

The boys 14U was another competitive event with lots of games being decided on tie break final sets. Eventual winner Joseph Darley had two of them on the way to the final with Jake Reed winning 3-4(1) 4-1 10-8 against Alexandros Chaitidis and 4-2 3-4(3) 10-9 against Edward Barroclough. The consolation event was won by Thomas Cassidy-De Falco.

This was our first Grade 4 3 day event at David Lloyd and it was a busy one with over 100 entrants. There were lots of great tennis and competitive matches and a number of non seeded winners came through to win their tournaments so well done to them.

We started with the 10u girls on the Friday

Folasade Aladese came through the day unbeaten winning all her games in the group and the final 4-1 4-2 against Emilia Linley

The boys event was won by Toby Shaw winning the final 4-0 4-1 against David Lloyd Leeds player Charles Charnock. Between them the boys had knocked out the top two seeds on the way to the final.

Unseeded Lexie Haig won the 12U girls taking the final 4-3(4) 4-2 against second seed Aimee Knowles having beaten the top seed in the finals

There was a full 16 draw for the 12U boys the final was won by Louis Hull against top seed Joseph Evans 4-0 4-1 having dropped only 3 games on the way to the title. Oliver Clark won the consolation final 4-2 4-0 against top seed James Smith

The 14U boys was another full 16 entry with the top seed Owen Lodge winning the final 4-1 4-0 against Max Mcgregor. The consolation event was won by Joseph Bardon 4-3(3) 4-1 against Joe Rhys Cruz in a competitive final.

Another full 16 draw saw Joe Kelt victorious against Sergei Vukasinovic 4-1 4-0. The consolation event was between Cameron Ralph and Charlie Clarke. Cameron winning 4-2 4-3(4)

There was another big entry in the 18U boys with lots of matches being decided by third set tie breaks. Second seed Christopher Horgan made his trip down from the north of Scotland worthwhile by winning the trophy by way of a 4-1 4-1 win in the final against David Lloyds Leeds Joe Conaghan. Jack Hanson won a tight consolation final 4-2 4-3(3) against Aryan Jit Singh.

Unseeded Jessica Eastwood won the Open Women’s event in a fluctuating final 4-0 2-4 10-8 against third seed Natalie Flinn. Kirstin Mcleod beat local girl Priyanka Misra in the consolation final 4-0 4-2 having beaten the 2nd & 4th seeds along the way.

And finally the top seed Adam Hillerby won the Men’s open event to close off the tournament on Sunday evening 4-1 4-0 against Will Sharp. Jack Hanson won the consolation against Christopher Sharp in a real rollercoaster 4-2 0-4 10-8

There were 3 events a G5 10U mixed and G4 men’s and women’s.

The 10U was extremely popular with 23 players. Benjamin Rudkin came out on top with a 4-3(3) 4-2 win over Jamie Allot. The consolation event was won by Joshua Roberts

The final of the women’s tournament was between Jemma Cave and Priyanka Misra with top seed Jemma winning 4-1 4-0 in the final.The consolation winner was Hannah Ison.

In the men’s top seed Ben Davies beat third seed Christopher Higgins 4-1 4-3(1) to take the trophy. The consolation winner was Moazzam Ali Kahut.