After a week of great Tennis at Bisham Abbey the Finals were completed on schedule last Saturday. Finals Day produced more close matches and proved a fitting conclusion to the event.
James Kelly, who had a very productive week was involved in both the 18&U and 16&U Singles Finals, losing in the older age group to Ben Smith over three sets 2/6, 6/2, 6/1 but coming through in the 16&U Event against Christopher Drakeford-Lewis 6/2, 6/2. His combined results earnt James the Howard Robbins Award for best Boys Performance of the Week. Meanwhile the Girls 18&U Final was contested between Lauren Webb and Dominique Gilbert, with Lauren running out a 5/7, 6/1, 6/2 winner. Dominique was also runner up in the 16&U Girls Singles losing 6/1, 6/2 to Shona Young.
The best Girls Performance of the week was the double success for Maidenhead LTC's Chloe Lant who managed to secure Girls Singles Titles at both 14&U and 12&U age groups. She beat Lindsay Young 6/0, 3/6, 6/3 and Sophie Drakeford-Lewis 6/1, 6/1 respectively and in addition picked up the Marion Coles Award.
Angus Nicholson was the Boys 14&U Champion defeating Youssef Hassan 7/6, 6/2 whilst David Jones defeated Piers Foley in the 12&U Final winning 7/5, 6/1. With the 8&U and 9&U Champions having been decided the weekend before this only left the 10&U Titles to be decided. In a very close match Seb Harris was crowned Boys Champion squeezing past Matthew Cameron 2/4, 4/1, 1/0(6) whilst Alisha Reayer came through the Girls Round Robin Event as Champion.
John Golding, Tennis Development Manager commented, "The event was very well run thanks to Alan Holden and his Team and the players produced some great matches all through the week."
Scores from the Berkshire Junior County Closed 10U-18U
Scores from the Berkshire Junior County Closed 8U & 9U