Ladies first last week and this week it is time to recognise the Men’s Singles Champions in the U21 event.  The event was first run in 1979 and incorporated into the National Championships in 1998.

Douggie Johnson was the winner in the first year and three players have been triple champions with Darius Knight the only one to achieve this in consecutive years. 17 names on the trophy, will another be added this year?

 

Douggie Johnson 1979
Douggie Johnson 1979

 

Graham Sandley 1980.
Graham Sandley 1980.

 

Jonathan Taylor 1991, 1993
Jonathan Taylor 1991, 1993

 

Bradley Billington 1992
Bradley Billington 1992

 

Andrew Eden 1994
Andrew Eden 1994

 

Alex Perry 1995
Alex Perry 1995

 

Gareth Herbert 1996
Gareth Herbert 1996

 

Darren Blake 1998
Darren Blake 1998

 

Terry Young 1999
Terry Young 1999

 

Andrew Baggaley 2000.
Andrew Baggaley 2000.

 

Andrew Rushton 2001, 2003, 2004.
Andrew Rushton 2001, 2003, 2004.

 

Dale Barham 2002
Dale Barham 2002

 

Paul Drinkhall 2005, 2009, 2010.
Paul Drinkhall 2005, 2009, 2010.

 

Darius Knight 2006, 2007, 2008
Darius Knight 2006, 2007, 2008

 

Liam Pitchford 2011.
Liam Pitchford 2011.

 

Gavin Evans 2012, 2014. Photo by Steve Parkin
Gavin Evans 2012, 2014. Photo by Steve Parkin

 

Sam Walker 2013, 2015. Photo by Michael Loveder.
Sam Walker 2013, 2015. Photo by Michael Loveder.

 

If anyone has additional photos that could be added to the Archive Photo Gallery I would be delighted to hear from you and can be contacted on [email protected]