tennis Fixture

Category F Open Championship (Level Singles for Handicaps 50-59) 2014

Winners

This year Prested Hall had the pleasure of hosting our very first National Category F competition, this meant we got a new crowd of visitors, many of which had never been to Prested before. It's always a great pleasure to see some new faces!

The event was in the format of two round robin groups, with the top 2 in each going through to the semi finals. Both groups were very close, one group even leading to game difference to decide who went through. The eventual semi finals were set as- Zak Ramjane(Prested) Vs Ian Hawkey(Prested), Melvyn Keen(MURTC) Vs James Bargent(Prested).

The Prested players used their knowledge of the home court well, however this wasn't going to help Zak or Ian in the first semi final. Zak had been playing well all event and seemed particularly focused on winning this one. Ian too had played some great tennis to get this far, but couldn't quite step it up enough against the young and fast improving Zak Ramjane, who won 8/1.

The next semi saw another one of our young stars take to the court, James Bargent, who crept in the event with a handicap of 59 had been playing out of his skin to win his group. Melvyn Keen was his opponent, Melvyn found his range on his underarm twist to devastating effect in the group stages. but the next morning in the semi final he was struggling to rein act it, and with James placing everything into the corners so well, the match was his, 8/1.

With both Prested youngsters playing well in their respective semi final matches, the final was sure to be a good match. It certainly delivered... fantastic tennis was played by both players, aged only 13 and 15. It was very impressive to see how they have come on the past few years. James was finding the corners well, causing Zak some issues, however he managed to stay in the rallies well, and more often than not put the ball away. This lead to him winning the tournament, final score was 10/5. Well played to all involved