The Albany Auxesia Junior Open commenced on Saturday with a full programme of Mini Tennis U9 & U8 matches. Officials and parents were pleasantly surprised by the progress of the players and witnessed some good matches. As you can see there were some close matches. Well done everyone.
Results – U12 mixed singles Gr A r/r - Jack Christian bt Patrick McCord 4/1 4/1, Patrick bt Sam Skelcher-Maxwell 2/4 5/3 (13-11). Gr B – Oliver Wait bt Zac Walker 2/4 5/3 (10-6). Gr C – Jayden Go bt Alex Freer 4/1 5/3, Jayden bt Joshua Hilger 4/1 4/1, Joshua bt Alex 4/1 4/1. Gr D – Roch Mirski bt Oliver Dean 4/0 4/0, Oliver bt Kitty Thomas 5/4 4/0. Q/finals Jack Christian bt Joshua Hilger 4/2 4/1, Zac Walker bt Roch Mirski 4/0 2/4 (13-11), Patrick McCord bt Jayden Go 4/2 2/4 (10-6). U9 mixed singles r/r Luke Ward bt Jemima Denton 10-3, Charlotte Clarke bt Aaron Hempsall 11-9, Nathan Brew bt Jemima 10-6, Aaron bt Nathan 9-11, Luke bt Charlotte 10-7, Aaron bt Jemima 10-3, Charlotte bt Nathan 10-7, Luke bt Nathan 10-3, Luke bt Aaron 10-7, Charlotte bt Jemima 10-2. the overall winner was Luke Ward with 4 wins and r/up Charlotte Clarke with 3 wins. U8 mixed singles – r/r Group A – winner Greg Kelly 4 wins, r/up Orry Farnworth 3 wins, 3rd Albert Kessler 2 wins. Group B winner Ben Bosworth 3 wins, r/up Sarah Long 2 wins, 3rd Tom Ward 1 win. Semi-finals Greg bt Sarah 10-6, Ben bt Orry 10-3. Final Ben bt Greg 10-7 in the 3rd game.
In this tournament prizes were presented on court at the conclusion of the final by Club President, Bryan Sharp as the club is already scheduled to be busy with the Celebration of the new courts (see below). The other events will be concluded by Friday.
Members are requested to be at the club by 3.30 on Saturday – HE Lt Gov. Adam Wood will arrive at 3.45pm and go on court at 4pm. A champagne cocktail buffet will follow. Any guests may bring racquets and have a game. Dress is smart casual or tracksuits. Please use your “prayer mats” and pray for good weather or cross your fingers. Wet weather arrangements are in place.
Junior member, Sean Drewry (16) from Sulby was away during half-term gaining more match experience. In a Matchplay event at Rok Centre he beat A Blacklock 4/1 4/1 and won 5/4(5) 5/3 v E Walker. In a Grade 4 event at the Chesterfield tennis Club his results were q/final bt O Shalidullah 4/0/4/0, s/final bt Ross Edgar 4/1 4/1 (12-10). Sean lost in the final, to the No 1 seed John Heppell 1/4 1/4 . Sean does travel quite often to the UK to compete – maybe a company would like to sponsor him and help with the travel expenses. Contact me for more details.
Members who wish to have their names entered in next year’s Wimbledon ticket ballot, must have a British Tennis Member’s number AND OPT INTO the ballot.
All BTM members will receive an e-mail explaining all this from 24 November. Any Albany member who doesn’t yet have a BTM no. can enrol on the LTA website. The club’s allocation of tickets will be based on the number of members who have and everyone joining by 31 January 2015.
Photo - U8 competitors at the conclusion of the Albany/Auxesia Junior Open. Winner Ben Bosworth - 4th from right in white/green shirt. R/up Greg Kelly 5th from right - red shirt. Officials L - R Ian Watson, Club Coach/Referee, Bryan Sharp (President/umpire) and Martin Feely, Club Coach/umpire.
