Men’s Semi-Finals
Formbook says it should be a Paul Drinkhall, Andrew Baggaley final, but the way Gavin Evans and Liam Pitchford are playing, I wouldn’t be confident... Continue reading
Men’s Doubles Semi-Finals
There was a wealth of talent in the semi’s, the usual suspects of Drinkhall/Knight were there, going up against Doran and Ware who have both... Continue reading
Women’s Doubles Semi-Finals
Semi-Finals Last years winners Mary Fuller and Emily Bates, who claimed the accolade of the youngest ever Women’s Doubles National Champions were deposed by the... Continue reading
Women’s Quarter-Finals
The quarter-finals saw the departure of Hannah Hicks, Jessica Dawson and Lindsey Reynolds in straight sets all being dispatched 4-0, although the Hicks/Vickers match was... Continue reading
Men’s Quarter-Finals
Liam Pitchford who has been consistently at the top of his game this year, including claiming some impressive international scalps has caused another upset, this... Continue reading
Day 2 Afternoon Summary
Mixed Doubles The first semi-final went to the defending champions Drinkhall/Parker to set up a repeat of the usual mixed doubles finals against Kelly Sibley... Continue reading
Women’s Doubles
Tomorrows quarter-finalists all finished of their day with impressive performances, with only Le Fevre/Vickers dropping a set. Parker/Sibley, 3-0 Fuller/Bates, 3-0 Hicks/Reynolds, 3-0 Le Fevre/... Continue reading
Ware Beats Knight
Men’s Singles As a tense Geoff Ware paced the balconies, Matt Ware was going hammer and nail with Darius Knight down on the court, in... Continue reading
Women’s Singles, Rd1 & 2
Rd1 Play was brief in round 1 with only three games, before the main competition started in round 2. Winners: Mary Fuller, 3-1 Abbie Milwain,... Continue reading
Men’s Singles
Preliminary Round Zak Zilesnick, 3-1 Ashley Willets, 3-0 Will Maybanks, 3-0 Daniel Lowe, 3-1 Ben Barlow, 3-1 Matthew Dodds, 3-2 Sean Cullen, 3-1 Matt Kenny,... Continue reading
Women’s Doubles Rd1 & 2
Rd 1 There were only three matches played in round 1, Whyte/Dawson, May/Smith and Layfield/Langford, all progressing through as a result of 3-0 wins to... Continue reading
Men’s Doubles Round 1 & 2
There were no real upsets in the first two rounds of the men’s doubles, with all the top seeds getting ever closer to the silverware.... Continue reading
Day 2 Morning Round Up
The beginning of Day 2 see’s the groups stages being played out in both the men’s and women’s singles as well as the majority of... Continue reading
Mixed Doubles
The action in the mixed doubles has been fast and furious, with the favourites of Drinkhall/Parker and Knight/Sibley still in the fight, being joined by... Continue reading
Friday Summary
Day 1 was a day of title retention, early exits and bat failures. Titles were retained in the U21’s by both Paul Drinkhall and Emma... Continue reading
Veteran Men
Rd 1 winners Trumpauskas BYE Trott 3-0 Papantoniou 3-1 Williams BYE Dennison BYE Bartram 3-1 Wignall 3-1 Taylor 3-1 Quarter-finals There were a brace of... Continue reading
U21’s Finals
Men’s U21 Final Drinkhall v Evans Drinkhall often falters in the first, but not this time round, an astonishing 11-0 win over an inform Evans.... Continue reading
Veterans Women’s
Groups There were increased numbers over last year, with six turning out for the title chase, Sanja Clements, last years women’s doubles runner up topped... Continue reading
U21 Women’s Rd1- Semi’s
U21 Women’s Rd1 As in the mens’, rd1 contained lots of Byes, with Lucy Davidson and Yolanda King taking the sole wins of the round.... Continue reading
U21 Women’s Groups
Lucy Davidson and Yolanda King caused the only upsets, with the number 3 Davidson in group 7 taking the win, although all three of them... Continue reading