Month: October 2016

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Top four players dominate West of England championships

West of England Championships 2016 Clifton College, Bristol,  29-30th October STOP PRESS It was a weekend of dominance by the game’s top four ranked players at Clifton. After Will Ellison, Dan Tristao, Dan Grant and Ed Kay all reached the semi-finals of the singles championship, the same four players also went on play out the […]

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Entries open for National Singles Championship

National Singles Championship 2016 Qualifying events in various locations, 12 & 16th November. Finals (last 16) at St Paul’s School, Barnes, December 3rd/4th Entry is now open to this year’s National Singles Championship. And, as you can see from the attached document, qualifying events will be taking place around the country as usual; the venues […]

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Surprise win for Parker & Arnold in Yorkshire Open

Yorkshire Open Championships Giggleswick School, North Yorkshire, Saturday/Sunday October 15/16th John Hawke reports As is traditional for this tournament, the doubles were played on Saturday and the singles on Sunday. This arrangement tends to result in highly competitive later rounds in the doubles, at the expense of some performances in the singles. Beer and a […]

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Youngest winners yet of the Lady’s Cup

Cambridge University Sports Centre Saturday, 15th October 2016 Katie and Joseph Sumner became the winners of the 3rd Lady’s Cup, beating Anastasia de Clermont and Tom Beal in the final after a round of group matches and two close semi-finals. In the Beginners’ Event Alice Day and Alina Guna won Le Petit Pot by beating […]

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Entry form and details for West of England championships

West of England Championships Clifton College, Bristol; October 29/30th Simon Werkshagen is now accepting entries for the West of England Open Championships. However, rather than producing an entry form for players to download and send in, he has followed last year’s example and set up a dedicated website, where players can enter the competition, and […]

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Full details and entry form for 2016 Student Championships

British Universities & Student Fives Championships St Paul’s School, Barnes, Friday-Sunday November 18-20th Further to our original story (below), which was published last month, the organisers have now published the official entry form for the 2016 Student Championships, and it can be downloaded by clicking on the link below. 2016 Student Championships entry form [PDF, […]

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Rankings following the London Championships

Updated rankings reflecting the results from the South East Championships (August) and the London Championships (September) have now been posted. The new singles rankings show only marginal changes in the top 20, but lower down Chris Burrows (#25), Tom Watkinson (#30) and Rob Whitehorn (#35) make significant upward moves. There are no new entries. In […]

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Old Paulines win Owers Trophy for seventh year in a row

Owers Trophy St Paul’s School, Barnes, Saturday October 1st 2016   In the second running of the new-format Owers Trophy (for teams of Old Boys from individual schools), the Old Paulines again emerged as victors. This year, it was the combination of three current Cambridge students – Ed Kay, Ben Beltrami and Matt Shaw – […]