The club held its 2022 Junior Club Championships over the weekend of 2 and 3 April in fine pleasant weather conditions. Mark Storey, Tournament Director, received 45 entries from 29 players, which resulted in his scheduling 49 singles and doubles matches in total.
Regrettably, few girls entered events this year so there were no mixed doubles events as such. However, Elsa Pryor played with Nathan Storey in the Gold Doubles event. Elsa was the deserved runner-up in the Boys and Girls 10U event.
The matches were generally well contested with the format of best of three sets with the third set a tiebreaker. This made for more interest and many matches were decided by the third set.
The quality of the semi-finals and finals was high with many rallies of the Open Boys final between Nathan Storey and Gethyn Healy reaching Premier match standard. With so many junior members improving their standard of tennis, the future of the club’s interclub performances looks to be assured.
The results of the various events (main and consolation draws) are as follows:
Boys and Girls 10U
Winner: Wilder Campbell
Runner-up: Elsa Pryor
Boys & Girls 10U Consolation
Winner: Haoyuan Gu
Runner-up: Isaac Mishkin
Girls 12U
Winner: Alyona Elshout
Runner-up: Elsa Pryor
Boys 12U
Winner: Ethan Pryor
Runner-up: Vinnie Mattlin
Boys 12U Consolation
Winner: Caleb Jourdain
Runner-up: Flynn Brown
Boys 14U
Winner: Gethyn Healy
Runner-up: Max Mitchell
Boys 14U Consolation
Winner: Nicholas Joyce
Runner-up: Silas Campbell
Boys Open
Winner: Gethyn Healy
Runner-up: Nathan Storey
Boys Open Consolation
Winner: Ethan Pryor
Runner-up: Max Mitchell
Doubles Gold
Winners: Robbie Fear & Gethyn Healy
Runners-up: Oli Hercus & Max Mitchell
Doubles Silver
Winners: Flynn Brown & Bailey Pearson-Harkness
Runners-up: Ryan Frost & Will Huntingdon