DaveR
07-03-2008, 08:35 AM
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Cippenham Young Players’ Summer Festival (14-15.6.08)
Despite a number of late withdrawals because of a clash with a national training camp, there was another bumper entry of about 300 for the ever-popular Cippenham Young Players’ Summer Festival. Billed as a 1-star open, this event has always attracted a vast number of players from far and wide and keeps organizers Ken Phillips and Jan Chapman along with their seventeen tables very busy for a whole weekend.
Gone are the days when Cippenham players used to dominate their own junior open events. In the absence of Eddie Mitchell, nursing a broken wrist, only Jonathan Evans made it onto the podium when finishing as runner-up to Lewis Williams in the Under-14 Boys’ Singles.
Williams was the most successful player of the weekend and was the only player to win two events. His other conquest was in the U12 Boys’ Singles where he defeated his Welsh colleague Jonathan Tann.
The other six events were won by six different players, but that was where the sharing out finished. Wins for Chloe Thomas over Evangeline Collier in the U16 Girls’ Singles and for Taylor Williams over Natasha Walsh in the U14 Girls’ Singles resulted in half of the eight titles travelling west along the M4, into the principality of Wales.
The other four titles travelled in the opposite direction along the M4 and M25 into the county of Essex. Collier avenged her earlier defeat by Thomas to claim the U18 Girls’ Singles, whilst Estelle Purkis beat county colleague Danielle Whealy in the U12’s. Essex claimed their equal share by taking the top two boys’ events: the U18’s when Emran Hussain beat Reece Tan in an all-Essex final and the U16’s where Tan gained his victory over Hampshire’s Nathan Bingham.
Other Cippenham players to make it through their groups and into the competitions proper, were: George Weller (U12 quarter-finalist); Jonathan Evans (U16 quarter-finalist and U18 semi-finalist) and Angela Oetiker (U18 quarter-finalist).
Event: Winner: Runner-up:
U18 Boys' Singles: Emran Hussain (E) Reece Tan (E)
U18 Girls' Singles: Evangeline Collier (E) Chloe Thomas (WAL)
U16 Boys' Singles: Reece Tan (E) Nathan Bingham (Ha)
U16 Girls' Singles: Chloe Thomas (WAL) Evangeline Collier (E)
U14 Boys' Singles: Lewis Williams (WAL) Jonathan Evans (Ha)
U14 Girls' Singles: Taylor Williams (WAL) Natasha Walsh (He)
U12 Boys' Singles: Lewis Williams (WAL) Jonathan Tann (WAL)
U12 Girls' Singles: Estelle Purkis (E) Danielle Whealy (E)
U18 Boys' Consolation: Lewis Creighton (Ha) Jarred Knowles (Bk)
U18 Girls' Consolation: Connie Hodges (E) Chrissie Slot (Ha)
U16 Boys' Consolation: Bradley King (Mi) Josh Robinson (Bd)
U16 Girls' Consolation: Sadie Edwards (WAL) Rosie Barnes (E)
U14 Boys' Consolation: Josh Robinson (Bd) Jamie Dunleavy (K)
U14 Girls' Consolation: Estelle Purkis (E) Samantha Purkis (E)
U12 Boys' Consolation: Daniel McTiernan (Bu) Lucas Papantoniou (Mi)
U12 Girls' Consolation: Gabriella Graziano (E) May-Li MacKinnon (E)
Article by Graham Trimming
ETTA
Cippenham Young Players’ Summer Festival (14-15.6.08)
Despite a number of late withdrawals because of a clash with a national training camp, there was another bumper entry of about 300 for the ever-popular Cippenham Young Players’ Summer Festival. Billed as a 1-star open, this event has always attracted a vast number of players from far and wide and keeps organizers Ken Phillips and Jan Chapman along with their seventeen tables very busy for a whole weekend.
Gone are the days when Cippenham players used to dominate their own junior open events. In the absence of Eddie Mitchell, nursing a broken wrist, only Jonathan Evans made it onto the podium when finishing as runner-up to Lewis Williams in the Under-14 Boys’ Singles.
Williams was the most successful player of the weekend and was the only player to win two events. His other conquest was in the U12 Boys’ Singles where he defeated his Welsh colleague Jonathan Tann.
The other six events were won by six different players, but that was where the sharing out finished. Wins for Chloe Thomas over Evangeline Collier in the U16 Girls’ Singles and for Taylor Williams over Natasha Walsh in the U14 Girls’ Singles resulted in half of the eight titles travelling west along the M4, into the principality of Wales.
The other four titles travelled in the opposite direction along the M4 and M25 into the county of Essex. Collier avenged her earlier defeat by Thomas to claim the U18 Girls’ Singles, whilst Estelle Purkis beat county colleague Danielle Whealy in the U12’s. Essex claimed their equal share by taking the top two boys’ events: the U18’s when Emran Hussain beat Reece Tan in an all-Essex final and the U16’s where Tan gained his victory over Hampshire’s Nathan Bingham.
Other Cippenham players to make it through their groups and into the competitions proper, were: George Weller (U12 quarter-finalist); Jonathan Evans (U16 quarter-finalist and U18 semi-finalist) and Angela Oetiker (U18 quarter-finalist).
Event: Winner: Runner-up:
U18 Boys' Singles: Emran Hussain (E) Reece Tan (E)
U18 Girls' Singles: Evangeline Collier (E) Chloe Thomas (WAL)
U16 Boys' Singles: Reece Tan (E) Nathan Bingham (Ha)
U16 Girls' Singles: Chloe Thomas (WAL) Evangeline Collier (E)
U14 Boys' Singles: Lewis Williams (WAL) Jonathan Evans (Ha)
U14 Girls' Singles: Taylor Williams (WAL) Natasha Walsh (He)
U12 Boys' Singles: Lewis Williams (WAL) Jonathan Tann (WAL)
U12 Girls' Singles: Estelle Purkis (E) Danielle Whealy (E)
U18 Boys' Consolation: Lewis Creighton (Ha) Jarred Knowles (Bk)
U18 Girls' Consolation: Connie Hodges (E) Chrissie Slot (Ha)
U16 Boys' Consolation: Bradley King (Mi) Josh Robinson (Bd)
U16 Girls' Consolation: Sadie Edwards (WAL) Rosie Barnes (E)
U14 Boys' Consolation: Josh Robinson (Bd) Jamie Dunleavy (K)
U14 Girls' Consolation: Estelle Purkis (E) Samantha Purkis (E)
U12 Boys' Consolation: Daniel McTiernan (Bu) Lucas Papantoniou (Mi)
U12 Girls' Consolation: Gabriella Graziano (E) May-Li MacKinnon (E)
Article by Graham Trimming
ETTA