It was a double doubles success for Arif Alam at the Tees Valley Under 16 Bronze event on Saturday.  There were also winners’ medals for Melvin Cherian and Sarah Bambrick, runners-up berths for Rachel Bogan and Melvin and a bronze for Matty Jerdan – together with good results from several of our juniors, some in their first outings on the BE circuit. (more…)

A large contingent of players and parents travelled up to Glasgow recently for the Under 12 Anglo Scottish team tournament (previously the Largs weekend).  This was a very young and inexperienced team and it was no great surprise that they found the competition pretty tough.  The team, which can be seen in the pictures below with their manager Karen Davison, was Amy Ward, Lucy Dodd, Ellen Davison and Amy & Hannah Zheng, Tim Bodani, James Dodd, Ollie Bruce, Matthew Short and Jack Tilbury.  Unfortunately, Charlotte Graham had had to withdraw, having recently broken a wrist and we were indebted to the Zheng sisters for standing in at short notice. (more…)

Well, it came round very quickly and was finished all too soon – although all the team and management were very glad to get home for a bit of Sunday relaxation.  The result – 25^th out of 35: not quite as good as last year’s excellent result but pretty much what we had expected and maintaining the improvement over several of the more recent years.  Considering that the team included five players new to the event and that four of them were under 15s, the overall result and many of the individual performances were really encouraging.

This year’s team was

Anna Railton, Ellie Roberts, Emily Harrison, Rachel Bogan and Sarah Wilson; Andrew Hogg, Ashraf Alam, George Moran, Gyan Chadda and Jamie Tinnion.  “The Management” were Alison and Rob Wetherell, David Murray, Richard Taylor and Robyn Luckley.  As usual the venue was the magnificent campus of Nottingham University, although we have to wait until next year for the wonderful new, 20-court sports hall to be open.  (more…)