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16 January 2006

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GIRLS COME OUT ON TOP

In the Essex Closed Championships held at Harlow over the weekend 14/15 January it was our junior girls who got the taste of success.

12year old Hannah Pitt raced away with both the U13 and U15 Girls titles without dropping a match. This was a remarkable achievement to take both titles. Not only did she not drop a match but in the U13 event was a convincing 3 straight winner in each match, whilst in the U15 event dropped just 1 game to the eventual runner-up before overpowering her 11:1, 8:11, 11:4, 11:4. One observer notes, "the difference between the boys and girls competitions both in standard of play and attitude towards playing is quite marked and often quite amusing! The boys all seemed highly competitive, even in the youngest age groups. To the girls, the whole thing seemed a bit of a bore really! And they spent considerable amounts of time both in between and during games attending to their hair, nails, chatting and generally socialising"! Glad the girls are both playing and having fun. Don't think though that should take away from a first class performance to take comprehensively both of these events. Very well done Hannah.  

It was also a busy weekend for Laura Pyman, playing just 1 week after her 17th birthday she came away with the Girls U18 title dropping just 1 game in the five matches; and that to the runner-up as she recovered from dropping the opening game in the deciding match 3:11 to take the title 11:4, 11:8, 11:9. Laura also took the runner-up title in both the U21 Girls and the Ladies Singles losing out to Kelly Skeggs of Braintree in both events. Laura also took part in the Women's Doubles losing out with partner Holly Stubbings over 5 ends where the key game was the fourth game which Laura & Holly dropped 17:15 to let a 2:1 lead slip away. There was no luck either for Laura in the Mixed Doubles where she came in at the last moment to partner Matthew Spero of Ilford. Unfortunately they lost in the first round to the eventual runners-up.

Laura Pyman with playing partner Matthew Spero in action in the Mixed Doubles. Laura seemed to think it was  the absence of matching T shirts that affected their team performance. Laura however had a great weekend in the Women's and Girls events.

Picture courtesy of ETTA photographer Arthur C Clark

In the Boys and Mens events the only notable success for the Club was that
15 year old Bradley Hudgell reached the semi-final of the Boys Restricted Singles bowing out to the eventual winner Greg Green of Clacton and Hatfield Peverel. In the Boys U18 Singles Bradley was unfortunate to meet the No.1 seed and eventual winner, Yasir Mauthoor, in the opening round after qualifying for the final stages by finishing as runner-up in the group stage. Bradley has come on in leaps and bounds this season, but still has a little way to go to compete with the best in his age range.