Cadet Masters - Westfeild

[DaveR]

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This weekend saw the Cadet Masters taking place at Westfield TTC in Wellingborough.

Girls
The girls category was extremely close, with only 5 points separating the top seven. Although shared on points with Karina Le Fevre, the eventual winner was Emily Bates, winning on count back.

1 Emily Bates (Li) 25 points
2 Karina Le Fevre (Cv) 25 points
3 Ayonija Sundararajan (Bk) 23 points
4 Martha Travis (Co) 22 points
5 Lucy Davidson (Dy) 22 points

Boys
It was a good weekend for the boys from Derbyshire, Danny Lowe took the boys title, winning every match to gain maximum points, with Liam Pitchford second, having only lost his game against Danny and Sean Cullen taking the final step of the podium.

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1 Danny Lowe (Dy) 26 points
2 Liam Pitchford (Dy) 25 points
3 Sean Cullen (Dy) 23 points
4 Alistair Smith (Co) 22 points
5 Lewis Gray (K) 21 points

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Image1: Right to left, Emily Bates, Karina Le Fevre and Ayonija Sundararajan.
Image 2: Danny Lowe, Liam Pitchford and Sean Cullen.
Image 3: Liam Pitchford, Sean Cullen, Danny Lowe, Emily Bates, Karina Le Fevre and Ayonija Sundararajan.

ETTA

James Cornford

[Michael Hahn]

some interesting results
I'm suprised Yolanda King didn't get in the top 5 as shes playin amazing recently
Alistair Smith must have played well to come 4th
And Danny did well to beat Liam who didn't drop a set on his way to the national title 2 weeks ago

[Belisar]

I saw Danny, Liam and Sean at an England camp before X-Mas and was impressed by all 3 then. I am a bit surprised Danny beat Sean but wonder if that is as much to do with familiarity or even a bit of jadedness from Sean as Danny's performance (I was not at Westfield so do not know).

Seen Yolanda a few times and admit she has been playing well and has a great all round game. Think she lacks a bit of tactics at times (i.e she plays the same way all the time and lacks a bit of imagination and/or experience) and in a close game that can make a difference.

Ajonija was using frictionless pimples last time I saw her and I think her rubber is one of those which is going to be banned. I wonder what she used at this event (old rubber or has she changed already).