This popular tournament was held from the 2nd – 6th April 2012. We are pleased to report that entries this year were up on last year and the standard continues to improve.
This is the first of the summer outdoor events and the weather was not as good as previous years but we only lost 1 hour to rain.
Robert Collins, from home club, Great Baddow, continued his dominance, in the winning both the boys 18 and under and Men’s 21 and under singles. He teamed up with Mark Throp (DL Basildon) and narrowly lost the boys 18 and under doubles to Matthew Grover (DL Basildon) and Oliver Geddes-Smith (Essex Golf & Country Club) in a very entertaining match.
Special mention must be given to Darien Lamb (Westcliff Hardcourts), who won the boys 14 and under singles. He beat the 3rd, 4th and 5th seeds on the way, not losing a set. A well deserved win. Max Chesher narrowly lost the boys 16 and under singles to Oliver Geddies-Smith.
In the girls events Leanne Judge (Billericay), who played well all week, beat top seed, Olivia Sherwen (Kemsing LTC) to win the girls 14 and under singles. Later in the day, she teamed up with Oliver Norton (DL Basildon) and they just lost the 16 and under mixed doubles to Ben Good and Charlotte Cousins (Grove (Chelmsford).
The event was organised and refereed by Lesley and Ian Pitt, assisted by Jane Collins, from host club, Great Baddow.
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