20/09/2024
Graham Spicers under 15 tournament 1 star tournament 2024 (by Chris Andrews)
At the inaugural Graham Spicers under 15 1-star tournament on Sunday 15th September there were 24 Boys and 7 Girls all playing for Ranking points and Bribar cheques, with 24 players from Surrey and the rest from Kent, Middlesex, Essex, Hertfordshire and Somerset.
Boys Band 1
The top seed was Benjamin Willlis of Kent. Even though he had to play three long pimple players in his group he still won all five of his matches on the day losing only three sets all told. Mateusz Niedzielak of Surrey came second winning four of five matches and Louis Green of Essex was third. Middlesex’s Lucio Wen match with Benjamin was close as Benjamin won 3-1(11-5, 18-16, 10-12, 11-6)
Girls Band 1
In the Girls event top see Eunice Lok Yiu Lam was on fine form, dropping just set 1 and winning all 6 matches. Second seed and second placed Alena Bondar came closest with Eunice winning 3-1(11-8, 9-11, 11-6, 11-6). Third place was a real battle as Phoebe Chan beat third seed Chui-Ha Wong 3-2 (12-10, 4-11, 11-7, 6-11, 11-9).
Boys Band 2
Surrey’s Hojeong Yoon won the Boys Band 2 event. Second was Thomas Orbach Otterbu of Middlesex whos wins included two five set matches. Third place went to Leo Gardener of Surrey.
Boys Band 3
In the Boys Band 3 both Kai Drake of Hertfordshire and Henry Markall of Somerset had four out of five wins but Kai topped the group as he beat Henry in their head to head match. Oliver Willis of Kent came third both he and Seiji Ngai of Surrey had three wins but Oliver won their head to head match. Seiji had a great win to beat Kai 3-2 (15-13, 11-6, 1-11, 4-11, 14-12)
Boys Band 4
Ashvin Waegner of Surrey won the Boys Band 4. Both he and Rex Morgan of Surrey won four of five matches but Ashvin won the match between the two of them, meaning Rex came second. Kaden Gallagher and Priyansh Solanki both won 3 matches but Kaden came third as he won their head to head match.
Kumiko Williams was the Tournament Referee, Pawel Meryn was the Tournament Organiser and they were assisted by Jane Barella, Patrick Caunt and Chris Andrews.
Explore this photo album by Pawel Meryn on Flickr!