Inter Schools Singles Tournament 2012
Dec 09, 2012 - Nov 21, 2024 Radley M Dean
The event was divided into 2 grades - the A grade with handicaps below 30 and the B grade for those 45-55.
The two groups in the B grade were won by Felix White, who beat Ollie Dernie (Radley) and Ben Irwin (Warwick) and by Rupert Boddington who got past Charles Hamilton (Warwick ) and David Parry (Clifton) in a very fine 6/4 set. Irwin beat Hamilton 6/4 for the 5th place while the deserving David Parry beat Ollie Dernie for 3rd. The all-Radley B grade final failed to live up to its considerable potential as young Felix White swept Rupert Boddington aside, finding his feet as quickly as Rupert failed to recapture his outstanding form of the group matches.
The A grade group matches threw up some superb matches, and upset the handicap form considerably. George Buckley (Radley) by far the highest handicapper at 37, played with great effect to give close games to Ben Robinson (Radley 29), though struggled to make much impact on Levi Gale (Hyde 17). He finally gave Henry Mullan (Clifton 25) a wonderful match in narrowly failing to gain 3rd place. Levi Gale beat Henry Mullan comfortably before the major upset of losing to Ben Robinson 3/6, who then in turn lost 5/6 to Mullan in another superb contest. This effectively deprived Henry Mullan of a final spot, and he had to content himself with 3rd place after just shaving past George Buckley 6/5 in the play-off. The final saw Gale gain revenge on Robinson but only by 6/5 after having to save a match point at 4/5 attacking a hazard chase in a truly memorable match.
David Parry (Clifton); Ollie Dernie (Radley). 3rd place play off match in B grade singles.
George Buckley (Radley 4th); Ben Robinson (Radley Finalist); Henry Mullan (Clifton. 3rd); Levi Gale (Hyde Winner); Felix White (Radley Winner B grade); Rupert Boddington (Runner up B grade).
B Grade Gp A
Dernie (R) lost White (R) 5/6
White bt Irwin 6/0
Dernie bt Irwin (Warwick) 6/1
B Grade Gp B
Boddington(R) bt Hamilton (Warwick) 6/0
Parry (Clifton) bt Hamiilton 6/1
Boddington bt Parry 6/4
Irwin bt Hamilton 6/4 (5th/6th Place)
Parry bt Dernie 2/6 (3rd/4th Place)
B Grade Final
White bt Boddington 6/0
A Grade
Robinson (R) bt Buckley (R) 6/2
Gale (Hyde) bt Mullan (Clifton) 6/1
Robinson bt Gale 6/3
Buckley lost Mullan 1/6
Robinson lost Mullan 5/6
Buckley lost Gale 2/6
Mullan (25) bt Buckley (35) 6/5 (3rd/4th Place)
A Grade Final
Gale (17) bt Robinson (30) 6/5