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JUNIOR COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS 2008/2009

(Report by Colin Bennett)

 

Well the first weekend of the County Juniors is over and you will be pleased to know that once again the County can be very proud of the young players that travelled to Grantham on Saturday. The general attitude and enthusiasm of all of them was remarkable. And even when we were facing some very strong opposition they continued to give 110% until the end.

The Team:

1/ Jake Collins

2/ Martin West

3/ James Faulker

 

1/ Rachel West

2/ No second girl

 

As you know they play in Div 1 and having lost Ryan and Sian through being too old, it was always going to be a very big ask of these youngsters to try and stay in this division. And having the prospect of going into each match 2-0 down because we only have one girl did not help.

 

DURHAM V SUFFOLK

 

Durham having won the division last year had similar problems to us and we found that some of their top players were not here. And we were quick to realise that they really had 2 strong players. There number one boy Michael Hain and there number one girl Sarah Robinson. James and Jake made short work of Durham’s 2nd and 3rd boys to even the scores at 2-2. Then it was Martin against Michael. Martin had played him before but never won….Until now. After some fantastic attacking rallies martin came out 11-9 winner in the 5th in what was surely one of Martins best wins as well as one of the best matches of the day. Rachel then beat Ester Soos to make it 4-2. James then had another convincing 3-0 win over Matthew Walker before Jake also beat Michael Hain in 4 games to make it 6-2.Martin continued  his winning ways with an easy win over Sam Howard 3-0. Whilst Rachel narrowly lost in 4 games to the experienced and very consistent Sarah Robinson. A fantastic result finishing DURHAM 3 SUFFOLK 7

 

SUFFOLK V ESSEX 1

 

Essex 1 has possibly the strongest team in the league this year and they proved far too strong for Suffolk. But having said that even though we lost this match. It brought the best out of our juniors and they all played above their comfort zone to try in any way possible to get something from it. But it was Jakes win over Essex number 2 Azarel that proved to be our only joy and the final result was Suffolk 1 Essex 9.

 

 

SUFFOLK V BEDFORDSHIRE.

 

Having seen Bedfordshire play earlier we were hopeful to maybe get something from this match. But despite young Rachel winning both her matches and Jake winning against James Coleman, it was not to be. Having said that Martin was subject to an appalling umpire’s decision at 8-8 in the 4th game of his very close encounter with Nathan Forbes. Which may have resulted in an additional win for Suffolk? And Jake also lost 11-9 in the 5th against Ben Gardner. So we can consider ourselves a little unlucky not to get a draw. Final score Suffolk 3 Bedfordshire 7.

 

 

The footnote on this was that once again it was a very enjoyable day. With all of the team giving everything they had to try and get a result. The remaining four matches are in March. And I am sure they will be more than ready for the challenge.

 

Player of the day = RACHEL WEST, for winning 50% of her games. But more importantly for never giving up and showing great character throughout the day.

 

Many thanks to Tony West and Dawn Collins for their help during the day, it was greatly appreciated

 

All results, tables and averages are attached

 

JUNIOR DIVISION 1A RESULTS

 

25 OCTOBER 2008

 

TIME    1000

 

 

 

 

TABLE Nos.

Bedfordshire

3

v

7

Essex 2

1/2

Staffordshire

3

v

7

Nottinghamshire

3/4

Essex 1

7

v

3

Cheshire 1

5/6

Durham

3

v

7

Suffolk

7/8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TIME    1215

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nottinghamshire

7

v

3

Bedfordshire

5/6

Cheshire 1

8

v

2

Staffordshire

7/8

Suffolk

1

v

9

Essex 1

1/2

Essex 2

9

v

1

Durham

3/4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TIME    1410

 

 

 

 

 

 

Suffolk

3

v

7

Bedfordshire

3/4

Durham

4

v

6

Staffordshire

5/6

Cheshire 1

6

v

4

Nottinghamshire

1/2

Essex 1

9

v

1

Essex 2

7/8

 

 

 

 

 

 

JUNIOR DIVISION 1A

LEAGUE TABLE

TEAM

P

W

D

L

GAMES

F

GAMES

A

SETS

F

SETS

A

Pts

ESSEX 1

 

3

3

0

0

81

28

25

5

6

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

 

3

2

0

1

59

43

18

12

4

ESSEX 2

 

3

2

0

1

64

43

17

13

4

CHESHIRE 1

 

3

2

0

1

54

50

17

13

4

BEDFORDSHIRE

 

3

1

0

2