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After some
early morning drizzle had cleared away, finals day for Beaconsfield
LTC turned out rather well – a good day for Pimms and a barbecue with
a background of good tennis. We were very fortunate to have Keith
Dewick of the Bucks LTA to present the prizes.
In
the blue ribbon events, Andrew Johnson, back from the second year of a
tennis scholarship in the USA, had too much power for Matthew
Fairbairn as he retained the men’s single title in a repeat of last
year’s final. In the ladies event, after a closely fought match,
Deirdre Cope came through 7-5 in the third set to reverse the result
of last year’s final against Alison Clifford-King.
All the other senior finals produced new winners –
Andrew Johnson and Josh Blattner taking the men’s doubles in a
hard-hitting final against Matthew Fairbairn and Steven Mortimer;
Emily Martin and her mother, Jackie taking the ladies doubles; Sekhar
Pilai and Anna Taylor the veterans mixed, and in an epic match, Josh
Blattner and Rachel Doyle outlasted multiple previous winners Andrew
Hales and Deirdre Cope to win the mixed doubles at 10-8 in the third
set.
In the intermediate and junior events, there were
several multiple winners – Elliott Hudson and Kelsie Elliott who won
their respective U11 Boys and U11 Girls singles and doubles, Will
Taylor and Anna Carter Roberts who did the same in the U13 events,
Owen Bennett who won in the U15 and U18 Boys doubles and also the U15
Mixed Doubles with Anna, but the biggest winner of the day was Bethany
Fairbairn who won in the U15 and U18 Girls singles, the U18 Girls
doubles and the U18 Mixed Doubles with her brother Matthew who had
earlier won the U18 Boys singles.
All of the
intermediates and juniors whether they won or lost enjoyed the day.
They played well and fairly and did credit to themselves and club and
made their friends and families watching very proud of them.
To complete
the prize giving, the Howard Naish trophy for the most successful
player on the day was won by Bethany Fairbairn, and Godwin Johnson
presented the trophy for the most improved player to Jackie Martin.
Full list of results
U11 Boys singles Elliott Hudson bt Callum
O’Donoghue
U11 Boys doubles Elliott Hudson & Hugo Lanning bt
Callum O’Donoghue & Aaron Rozanski
U11 Girls singles Kelsie Elliott bt Theone Johnson
U11 Girls doubles Kelsie Elliott & Theone Johnson
bt Amber de Padey & Susannah Taylor
U13 Boys Singles Will Taylor bt Nick Reynolds
U13 Boys Doubles Will Taylor & Nick Reynolds bt
Mark Atkinson & Elliott Hudson
U13 Girls Singles Anna Carter-Roberts bt Alex
Crowther
U13 Girls Doubles Anna Carter-Roberts & Alex
Crowther bt Kelsie Elliott & Olivia Moran
U15 Boys Singles Rory O’Donoghue bt Owen Bennett
U15 Boys Doubles Owen Bennett & Will Taylor bt Tom
Gill & Sam Hewitt
U15 Girls Singles Bethany Fairbairn bt Georgina
Taylor
U15 Girls Doubles Emily Burnett & Georgina
Taylor bt Maddi Clark and Eloise Dunster
U15 Mixed Doubles Owen Bennett & Anna
Carter-Roberts bt Rory O’Donoghue & Maddi Clark
U18 Boys Singles Matthew Fairbairn bt Steven
Mortimer
U18 Boys Doubles Ollie Atkins & Owen Bennett bt Tom
Gill & Sam Hewitt
U18 Girls Singles Bethany Fairbairn bt Rachel Doyle
U18 Girls Doubles Bethany Fairbairn & Ellie Gill bt
Bryony Abbott & Rachel Doyle
U18 Mixed Doubles Matthew Fairbairn & Bethany
Fairbairn bt Tom Gill & Ellie Gill
Mens Singles Andrew Johnson bt Matthew Fairbairn
Mens Doubles Josh Blattner & Andrew Johnson bt
Matthew Fairbairn & Steven Mortimer
Ladies Singles Deirdre Cope bt Alison Clifford-King
Ladies Doubles Emily Martin & Jackie Martin bt
Deidre Cope & Maggie Todhunter
Mixed Doubles Josh Blattner & Rachel Doyle bt
Andrew Hales & Deirdre Cope
Vets Mixed Doubles Sekhar Pillau & Anna Taylor bt
Robert McGowan & Alison Clifford-King
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