Under 18 Singles Handicap Tournament 2014
Dec 20, 2014 - Dec 21, 2014 Seacourt P C Weaver
British Under 18 Handicap Singles Tournament
Sponsored by Gable Facilities Management Ltd.
Once again Seacourt hosted the National U18 Handicap Singles Competition just before Christmas. A total of 36 juniors entered from many different clubs including 1 player from as far away as Manchester!
The event commenced with a “C” Grade competition for the very youngest players aged 6 to 10 years old! This was won by James Hellier (Seacourt) who defeated Jess Medlow (Seacourt) 5/3 in the final.
The “B” competition took place on the Saturday for entries over 60 h/c. Some great play resulted in an all Seacourt final once again. In a tense match between two 11 year olds, William Flynn came out on top beating Elliot Cotton 8/5 to win the competition and take the trophy.
And so to the main event. 16 boys & girls took part and produced some outstanding tennis with many close matches as you would expect in a handicap event. In the first semi-final between Alfred Backhouse (Radley) & Finlay Ramjane (Prested), Finlay proved too strong winning 6/2 to take his place in the final. The second semi was between Seacourt youngsters Huw Thomas & George Charlton with George coming out on top 6/4.
In the final Finlay who had looked unbeatable all day faltered with local boy George Charlton powering his way through to take the National title 8/4.
Our thanks go out to the event’s new sponsor Gable Facilities Management Limited and to the Seacourt members who once again gave up their valuable court time to promote junior tennis.
To watch the A & B finals on Youtube take the following links:-
Real Tennis National Junior Singles A Grade Final…: http://youtu.be/oRB-K2wyUr4
Real Tennis National Junior Singles B Grade Final…: http://youtu.be/nANVU0gq84o