On Saturday 15th March, 30 8U girls from across Kent descended upon Bromley Tennis Centre to participate in the Kent Winter Red Girls County Closed Event.
It was an afternoon of fantastic tennis with a number of closely contested matches. The girls competed in 8 qualifying round robin boxes which led to a 16 player compass draw for the winner and runner up of each box. There were also 2 further compass draws for those who were not lucky enough to make it into the main draw.
In the girl’s final another great match took place between Daisy Carpenter (Bromley Tennis Centre) and Lois Newberry (Bromley Tennis Centre) with Daisy emerging as the winner.
The girl’s consolation winner was Lauren Foster (West Heath Tennis Centre.
On Sunday 16th March, 40 boys arrived at Bromley Tennis Centre to play in the Kent Winter Red Boys County Closed Event.
The boys competed in 8 qualifying round robin boxes which led to a 16 player compass draw for the winner and runner up of each box. There were also 2 further compass draws for those who were not lucky enough to make it into the main draw.
In a closely fought and exciting boy’s final, Ewan Grieve (Canterbury LTC) overcame the resistance of Benjamin Gusic-Wan also from Canterbury LTC.
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The boy’s consolation winner was Fred Ivey (West Heath Tennis Centre).
The referee Susan Finch said, ‘I saw great tennis, lovely parents and children and I hope to be asked to referee it again next year. I was very lucky to have some great leaders and I’d like to thank Austin for presenting the trophies.’
Tudor Rowe, Kent Tennis Development manager said ‘Overall the standard of tennis over the two events was very high and the matches were played in a competitive yet friendly manner. The events were extremely well run and it certainly looked like everyone enjoyed their experience.’
Well done to everyone involved and a special thank you goes to Susan Finch for running the events so well, to all the leaders who supported the smooth running of the events, the Bromley Tennis Centre staff who were friendly and helpful, Austin Smith – The President of Kent County Lawn Tennis Association for presenting the trophies, the parents and coaches who make these events happen and last but not least the players, who all put in a great effort on the day and should be really proud of their performance!
Full results can be viewed here:
Boys
Girls
We would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a very successful summer!