Helen Thorpe is smash hit in Leicestershire Junior competition

Thursday, October 01, 2009

Melton teenager Helen Thorpe dominated the Leicestershire Junior Closed competition, winning four titles.

The 15-year-old won the girls singles titles at under-18 and under-16 levels, and also picked up the under-18 girls doubles title with Charlotte Griffin and the mixed doubles crown with her brother Peter.

Thorpe, who plays at Hamilton Tennis Club, beat clubmate Griffin 6-2, 6-4 to win the under-16 title, and Emily Egan-Morriss 6-2, 6-2 to win the under-18 crown.

Thorpe and Griffin beat Egan-Morriss and Gina Kothari, of Leicester Forest East, 6-3, 6-2 to win the doubles.

Thorpe then combined with brother Peter to beat Olivia Stewart-Hillard and Chris Bint (LFE) 6-4, 6-4 in the mixed doubles.

Bint won the 18-and-under boys title.

More than 320 youngsters, aged between five and 18, entered the tournament at the Leicestershire Lawn Tennis Club.

Results:

Singles:
U18 Boys – Chris Bint; U18 Girls – Helen Thorpe;
U16 Boys – Ben Minski; U16 Girls - Helen Thorpe;
U14 Boys – Chris Egan-Morris; U14 Girls – Harriet Comley;
U12 Boys – James Ison; U12 Girls – Rebecca Donald;
U10 Boys – Luke Tatman; U10 Girls – Olivia Wagstaff;
Mini Red Boys – Jake Woolf; Mini Red Girls – Evie Lester;
Mini Orange Boys – Ben Moore; Mini Orange Girls – Anna Cesca.

Doubles:
Under-18 Boys – Chris Haydon & Sam Thorold;
U18 Girls – Helen Thorpe & Charlotte Griffin;
U15 Boys – Chris Egan-Morris & Frazer Richards;
U15 Girls – Lauren Prior & Olivia Stewart-Hillard;
U12 Boys – James Ison & Dhillon Purnell-Mullick;
U12 Girls – Siobhan O'Gorman & Francesca Simpson.
Mixed doubles: Peter & Helen Thorpe.

Tom Jessop won first prize at the Leicestershire Lawn Tennis Club's annual tournament. However, he was not able to make use of a top sports car for the weekend because he was under age for insurance purposes, and had to settle for a watch.

Other prizes were awarded to Alex Holman and Mark Platt.

 
 

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