The Under 15 round in the series of Anglo-Scottish tournaments took place at the start of the half-term week.  Our team was managed by Karen Davison (very many thanks to her) and this is her report on an excellent weekend. Continue reading →

A sizeable posse of our Under 15s went down to Teesside for the Under 15 Bronze tournament held there last weekend – and returned with several medals.  Continue reading →

Northumberland’s Junior County Restricted Championships for the new season were played over the first weekend of October, with the exception of some Under 13 events which suffered from too few girls having entered.  Continue reading →

A week after medalling at our Junior Circuit events, Charlotte Graham, Amy Ward and Tim Bodani went off to Thornaby to pick up some more bronze medals. Continue reading →

The first of our BE Junior Circuit events took place recently with the Under 15 and Under 19 Bronzes being held at TBC and, although the main singles medals went elsewhere, there was success for our players in several of the doubles. Continue reading →

Our Junior County Championships took place at the weekend.  A fuller report will be produced soon (time permitting) but these were the winners and runners-up:-

AGE GROUP                                      WINNERS                                            RUNNERS-UP
Under 13
Boys singles                       Ryan Cockett                                  Thomas Vicente
Boys doubles                     Ryan Cockett & Jake Moir           Thomas Vicente & George Butler
(it is hoped to play the girls events and mixed doubles later in the season)

Under 15
Boys singles                      Jack Tilbury                                     Ollie Edmondson
Girls singles                      Charlotte Graham                           Ellen Davison
Boys doubles                    Ollie Edmondson & Jack Tilbury Ryan Cockett & Xuehan Zhang
Girls doubles                    Charlotte Graham & Amy Ward  Lucy Dodd & Ellen Davison
Mixed doubles                  Ollie Edmondson & Lucy Dodd   Jack Tilbury & Charlotte Graham

Under 17
Boys singles                      Tim Bodani                                       Finlay Smith
Girls singles                      Lucy Dodd                                        Ellen Davison
Boys doubles                    Tim Bodani & Matthew Short      James Dodd & Finlay Smith
Girls doubles                    Charlotte Graham & Amy Ward  Lucy Dodd & Ellen Davison
Mixed doubles                 Tim Bodani & Charlotte Graham Dom W-Baker & Ellen Davison

Under 19
Boys singles                      Melvin Cherian                                 Finlay Smith
Girls singles                      Lucy Dodd                                         Charlotte Graham
Boys doubles                    Arif Alam & Melvin Cherian          Tom Cox & Jai Nayyar
Girls doubles                    Lucy Dodd & Ellen Davison         Charlotte Graham & Abby Grogan
Mixed doubles                 Finlay Smith & Charlotte Graham  Matthew Grant & Ellen Davison

Play will start on Saturday at 10.00am with the U13 boys doubles and U17 boys singles, closely followed by the U17 girls doubles & singles.

On the Sunday, play starts at 9.30am with the U19 mixed and U15 boys singles.  The U19 girls and boys singles follow from  about 10.30, with the U15 girls singles from midday.

Emails have been sent out to all players but contact Richard Taylor if there are any issues.

Our Juniors’ first team event of the new season was the Under 17 Anglo-Scottish which took place last weekend at TBC.  This is the report from Karen Davison who did another great job managing the team.

Northumberland’s  team was:  Natalie Ho, Charlotte Graham, Ellen Davison, Amy Ward, Anna Kroot, Erin Macintosh, Lucy Dodd;  Finlay Smith, Tom Bodani, Jai Nayyar, James Dodd, Matty Grant, Dominic Wilson-Baker, Mark Walker. Continue reading →