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Alex ends Bradley's long winning run in blistering final
The continued growth in Norfolk Junior Squash was further demonstrated at the weekend (Sunday March 16) with the Grand Prix Circuit visiting Bannatynes in Thorpe, Norwich for the first time, and also Oasis in Thorpe, hosting the event after several years absence.
Some 52 competitors, aged between 7 and 18, were split between the two venues, and produced some stunning matches and outstanding group competitions.
In Group 1 Bradley Garrett's long winning run was finally broken by Alex Foster (Cromer) in a blistering final match, 11/9 in the fifth game. Jack Bell (Diss) had to settle for third with a slightly more comfortable 3-0 win over Seb Denby (Framlingham College), whilst Luke Perry (EA) and Alex Oliver (Greshams) claimed 5th and 7th respectively over Tom Morris (EA) and Jordan Creed (Bannatynes) in keenly contested matches.
Final Positions: 1. Alex Foster, 2. Bradley Garrett, 3. Jack Bell, 4. Seb Denby, 5. Luke Perry, 6. Tom Morris, 7. Alex Olive,r 8. Jordan Creed.
Group 2 contained two newcomers to the Grand Prix and both Daven Roff (Oasis) and Laurie Lacey-Hastings (BB/UEA) acquitted themselves well. However, following narrow wins against Laurie and Robert Mattocks (Beccles), Daniel Compton (Lowestoft) in only his second Grand Prix, beat Emily Wilford (Harleston) 3-1 for an excellent first group win.
Final Positions: 1. Daniel Compton, 2. Emily Wilford, 3. Daven Roff, 4. Robert Mattocks, 5. Laurie Lacey- Hastings, 6. Louis Kemp (BB), 7. Hugh Williams (EA), 8. Chris Crawford (EA).
Group 3 ran exactly to seeding with Alex Williams (EA) recovering from 2-1 down to beat Jonathan Warrin (BB) 3-2 in another close final. Jason Kent (Beccles) suffered an accidental blow to the face after winning his first match against Chris Davis (BB), and will hopefully make a prompt recovery in preparation for next month's Grand Prix at Fakenham and Reepham. Daniel Roberts (BB) produced a great come back from 2-0 down to beat Connor Doy (F) for 6th place, whilst Chris Davis beat Sam Lanham for 7th.
Final Positions: 1. Alex Williams (EA), 2. Jonathan Warrin (BB), 3. Adam Sinkins (F), 4. Jason Kent (Beccles), 5. Daniel Roberts (BB), 6. Connor Doy (F), 7. Chris Davis (BB) 8. Sam Lanham (F).
Group 4 produced an amazing series of results with 8 of the 12 matches going to the deciding fifth set, and the other 4 matches also being very closely contested. An astonishing total of 53 games and 1,024 points were contested in this group alone with Lasith Ranasinghe (BB) taking a deserved group win over club mate Alex Coburn.
Final Positions: 1. Lasith Ranasinghe (BB), 2. Alex Coburn (BB), 3. William Henden (EA), 4. Jamie Foyster (EA), 5. Robert Davis (BB), 6. Andrew Black (F), 7. Jamie Tuck (F), 8. Josh Brownlow (H).
Group 5. Following Bradley Rix's first group win for Potters Leisure last month, Jamie Matthews repeated the success with their second win with a hard fought 3-1 victory over Bannatynes' Jake Rolph, and Alex Green (H) claimed a well deserved 4th place with 2 convincing wins.
Final Positions: 1. Jamie Matthews (Potters), 2. Jake Rolph (BAN), 3. Sam Henden (EA), 4. Alex Green (H), 5. Ben Cushion (EA), 6. Jack Andrews (H).
Groups 6 and 7 saw impressive wins for Ollie Bickley (H) and 8 year old newcomer Jagan Crane (BAN) who both completed their 6 matches without dropping a game.
Final Positions: Group 6. 1. Ollie Bickley (H) 90 pts, 2. Jake Bond (BAN) 84 Pts, 3. Issac Rolph (BAN) 80 Pts, 4. Joanne Matthews (Potters) 66 Pts, 5. Jade Spalding (F) 56 Pts, 6. Jessica Arneil (BAN) 52 Pts, 7. Nick Haywood (BAN) 29 Pts.
Group 7. 1. Jagan Crane (BAN) 90 Pts, 2. Sam Burrows (Beccles) 83 Pts, 3. Daniel Fuller (BAN) 80 Pts, 4. Liam Bond (BAN) 74 Pts, 5. Katie Cox (BAN) 65 Pts, 6. Lucy Rix (Potters) 63 Pts, 7. Alice Fuller (BAN) 56 Pts.
A total of £105 was raised for Comic Relief from these two events.
Alex Williams (Group 3 winner) left |
Lasith Ranasinghe, Group 4 winner |
