The National U13 Championships
St. Paul’s School
Sunday, 17th March 2019
STOP PRESS: Players from 7 schools and clubs contested this year’s National U13 Championships. Among them was a first ever contingent from Stamford School, plus one young player, Camille Beattie, from the new City of Durham Club, who distinguished herself in the Singles by winning the Bronze Medal for Third Place. The later stages of both Singles and Doubles were dominated by competitors from Pilgrims’ School, Bedford Modern School and, above all, Alleyn’s School, whose players did the double
Organiser Sam Russell reports: 38 schoolchildren travelled to London from far and wide to compete in the National U13 Championships at St Paul’s School.
Key: AS (Alleyn’s School); BS (Blundell’s School); BM (Bedford Modern School); CoD (City of Durham Club); DM (Derby Moor Club); PS (Pilgrims’ School); StS (Stamford School)
Scores
Singles (for the Peter de Winton Cup)
From the Pool stage the following progressed to the knock-out:
Pool A Fairbrother (PS); Winlaw (AS); Innes (BM)
Pool B Vernacchio (AS); Boissier (PS); Hull (BS)
Pool C Burnand (PS); Mynors (AS); Williams (BM)
Pool D Cleary (BM); Bradshaw (PS)
Pool E Garcha (BM); Kennedy (PS); Turner (PS)
Pool F Griffith (BM) Beattie (CoD)
Also played: Davey, Dorokhov, Milner, Sternby (AS); Leach, Doherty, Noonan (BM); Pugsley, Templeton, Tomlinson (BS); Singh, Valentine (DM); KIngsbury, Wither (PS); Burgess, Cowin, Laud, Nusair-Palmer, Selkin, Thory, Wienand, Wojciechowski (StS)
Knock-out
1st round: Vernacchio bt Williams 11-1; Garcha bt Bradshaw 11-1; Beattie bt Mynors 11-0; Fairbrother bt Turner 11-2; Cleary bt Innes 11-5; Kennedy bt Hull 11-3; Burnand bt Winlaw 11-2; Griffith bt Boissier 11-4
Quarter-finals: Vernacchio bt Garcha 11-3; Beattie bt Fairbrother 11-1; Cleary bt Kennedy 11-5; Griffith bt Burnand 11-6
Semi-finals: Vernacchio bt Beattie 11-6; Griffith bt Cleary 11-0
Final: Vernacchio (Alleyn’s) bt Griffith (Bedford Modern) 15-11
Plate for Third Place: Beattie (City of Durham) bt Cleary (Bedford Modern) 11-6
Doubles (for the Alastair Mackenzie Trophy)
Preliminary round: Bedford Modern 3 bt Pilgrims’ 4 11-1; Alleyn’s/City of Durham bt Stamford 4 11-0; Bedford Modern 4 bt Stamford 3 11-4
1st round: Alleyn’s 1 bt Bedford Modern 3 11-1; Pilgrims’ 3 bt Stamford 2 11-0; Pilgrims’ 1 bt Bedford Modern 2 11-3; Alleyn’s 2 bt Stamford 1 11-2; Bedford Modern 1 bt Alleyn’s/City of Durham 11-8; Alleyn’s 3 bt Blundell’s 2 11-0; Pilgrims’ 2 bt Blundell’s 1 11-2; Bedford Modern 4 bt Derby Moor 11-5
Quarter-finals: Alleyn’s 1 bt Pilgrims’ 3 11-3; Pilgrims’ 1 bt Alleyn’s 2 11-3; Bedford Modern 1 bt Alleyn’s 3 11-2; Pilgrims’ 2 bt Bedford Modern 4 11-0
Semi-finals: Alleyn’s 1 bt Pilgrims’ 1 11-4; Bedford Modern 1 bt Pilgrims’ 2 11-9
Final: Alleyn’s 1 (Milner & Vernacchio) bt Bedford Modern 1 (Garcha & Griffith) 15-11
Plate: Bedford Modern 3 (Cleary & Innes)